The love is gone for Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago &#8212; at least from some members of the first union to endorse her in 2019.
At a fundraiser for Plumbers Union Local 130 on Sunday, Lightfoot was met with boos from the crowd after she was introduced on stage, video shows.
The mayor &#8220;spoke for less than a minute. And there was a resounding booing throughout the room,&#8221; one reported attendee told the paper. &#8220;Almost deafening &#8230; I was sitting at the table with a bunch of plumbers. They’re like, ‘We’ve never heard that before here.’ … Clearly, their membership is not with her. &#8230; They were calling her names. It was bad.&#8221;
In video of the booing incident, one person is heard saying, &#8220;I knew that was going to happen.&#8221; Another seemingly says, &#8220;That’s f***ing brutal.&#8221;
Plumbers Union Local 130 recording secretary Pat McCarthy admitted that she heard the booing, but said Lightfoot was able to finish her remarks, rebutting a notion that she was technically &#8220;booed off the stage.&#8221;
“I was there when she was speaking,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;There were a couple of people in the corner that booed. But it was nothing significant. And it didn’t disrupt the event at all.&#8221;
“I would have to suspect whoever was booing at that event was not a member of this local,&#8221; the recording secretary speculated. &#8220;We respect her and we have no problems with the mayor.”
Lightfoot’s political director Dave Mellet downplayed the booing, too.
“I don’t believe that she was, quote-unquote, ‘booed’ at this event,” Mellet told the Sun-Times. “I believe she was well received. There may have been a couple of people in the room who came in there to shout and be loud.”
As <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lori-lightfoot-drowned-out-boos-union-fundraiser">noted</a> by Fox News, Lightfoot has been catching heat from unions over her vaccine mandate, requiring &#8220;city workers to report their COVID-19 vaccination status or be placed on unpaid leave.&#8221;
The mandate has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-illinois-sheriffs-departments-refuse-chicagos-request-to-staff-streets-during-possible-police-shortage">caused a crisis</a> in policing, which is already strained in the crime-plagued city.
&#8220;Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) President John Catanzara said it’s not just his union but first responders, firefighters and labor unions that oppose the mandate,&#8221; the Fox News report outlined. &#8220;He has instructed officers to file for exemptions to receiving vaccines and provided instructions for what officers should do if given a direct order to report on the city portal their vaccination status.&#8221;
&#8220;Both sides have since taken legal action against each other,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;A judge has granted the city’s request for a temporary injunction barring Catanzara from making any public comments that encourage FOP members to disobey the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate until the next hearing on the city’s lawsuit on Oct. 25.&#8221;
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‘Almost Deafening’: Lori Lightfoot Booed On Stage At Fundraiser For First Union To Endorse Her In 2019

Standing by the company&#8217;s stance to reject &#8220;discrimination&#8221; against their patrons, another California In-N-Out Burger was closed down for refusing to check customers&#8217; vaccination status before serving them food.
“The Pleasant Hill In-N-Out location received four citations in recent weeks and fines totaling $1,750, all for the same health order violation, before today’s action,” Contra Costa Environmental Health said in a statement, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578642-california-in-n-out-shut-down-over-vaccine-mandate">according</a> to The Hill.
“(Contra Costa Environmental Health) suspended the permit because the business was not in compliance with all applicable state and local health and safety regulations, and so posed an immediate health hazard to the public,” the statement <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/Contra-Costa-County-shuts-down-an-In-N-Out-for-16566585.php">added</a>.
Two other In-N-Out restaurants in the area are also being targeted by Contra Costa Environmental Health, collecting fines and warnings for refusing to check patrons&#8217; jab status.
Last week, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-n-out-exec-refuse-to-be-vaccination-police-for-any-government-wont-discriminate">The Daily Wire</a> reported that In-N-Out&#8217;s only San Francisco location was closed for violating another dubious health order.
The restaurants are now only allowed to open for outdoor dining and takeout, while inside dining remains closed.
Following the San Francisco closure, In-N-Out Burger’s Chief Legal and Business Officer Arnie Wensinger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-fran-temporarily-closes-in-n-out-for-not-enforcing-vaccine-mandate-restaurant-fires-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-fran-temporarily-closes-in-n-out-for-not-enforcing-vaccine-mandate-restaurant-fires-back&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634832472125000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEeq-38YvO4EIwp-FEYUYMJj2lgPA">slammed</a> such health orders as discriminatory, underscoring that the company, headed by 39-year-old Lynsi Snyder, refuses to become “the vaccination police for any government.”
And after the Pleasant Hill location shutdown, the company is sending out the same response: we won&#8217;t be the &#8220;vaccination police,&#8221; and we won&#8217;t &#8220;discriminate.&#8221;
“Our store properly and clearly posted signage to communicate local vaccination requirements,” Wensinger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-fran-temporarily-closes-in-n-out-for-not-enforcing-vaccine-mandate-restaurant-fires-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-fran-temporarily-closes-in-n-out-for-not-enforcing-vaccine-mandate-restaurant-fires-back&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634832472125000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEeq-38YvO4EIwp-FEYUYMJj2lgPA">explained</a> in a statement sent to Fox News. “After closing our restaurant, local regulators informed us that our restaurant Associates must actively intervene by demanding proof of vaccination and photo identification from every Customer, then act as enforcement personnel by barring entry for any Customers without the proper documentation.”
“‘We refuse to become the vaccination police for any government,” said Wensinger, adding that the health department&#8217;s requirements are “unreasonable, invasive, and unsafe.”
“We fiercely disagree with any government dictate that forces a private company to discriminate against customers who choose to patronize their business,” the statement continued.
“This is clear governmental overreach and is intrusive, improper, and offensive,” Wensinger blasted.
As highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-n-out-exec-refuse-to-be-vaccination-police-for-any-government-wont-discriminate">The Daily Wire</a>, Snyder, serving as CEO of the restaurant chain, has been open about her Christian beliefs.
During a rare interview in 2019 with the Christian Post, Snyder talked about her faith and how it’s incorporated into the company — first by her family, and now by her.
“I’ve been the one to hurt, and I’ve been hurt,” Snyder, 39 revealed to the Christian Post in 2019. She described a past marriage as abusive.
“I have gained insight and growth through both sides of the coin,” she said, emphasizing “her method of seeking ‘healing time with Jesus’ before embarking on new relationships,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/in-n-out-president-heiress-lynsi-snyder-opens-up-about-faith-explains-those-bible-verses-on-cups">according</a> to Fox News.
Snyder lost her father back in 1999 when she was just 17 years old. She said she dealt with the tragedy poorly, abusing drugs and alcohol. She credited her Christian faith for helping her get clean.
“I finally found that the deep need in my heart can only be filled by Jesus and my identity in Him,” she said.
Keeping tradition with past family owners of In-N-Out Burger, Snyder has “John 3:16” on the bottom of the company’s soft drink cups. Fox News reported:
<blockquote>“It’s a family business and will always be, and that’s a family touch,” she said, explaining that it was actually her idea to put other verses (Proverbs 24:16 and Luke 6:35) to the fry containers and hot beverage cups.</blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-n-out-exec-refuse-to-be-vaccination-police-for-any-government-wont-discriminate">In-N-Out Exec: ‘Refuse’ To Be ‘Vaccination Police For Any Government,’ Won’t ‘Discriminate’</a>
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Orange County Register Archive

Another In-N-Out Burger Location Closed For Bucking Vax Mandate, Other Locations Targeted

California

Vaccine Mandate

Actress Hilarie Burton gushed with gratitude for fellow &#8220;One Tree Hill&#8221; actress Moira Kelly, who Burton said gave her &#8220;permission&#8221; to leave the hit show, which was allegedly plagued with sexual harassment.
More importantly, the push from Kelly &#8220;saved&#8221; her &#8220;life,&#8221; the actress explained, because it led her to her husband, fellow actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and her children.
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&#8220;It&#8217;s like, ‘Oh, my God. You don&#8217;t know that you saved my life,'&#8221; Burton said of Kelly on an episode of the &#8220;Drama Queens&#8221; podcast, <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1307120/hilarie-burton-explains-how-one-tree-hill-co-star-moira-kelly-saved-my-life">according</a> to E!News. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what would have happened to me if I stayed. I met my husband. My son Gus exists because Moira Kelly told me to run and so I did.&#8221;
&#8220;I just think about how different my life would be if she wasn&#8217;t that one person to give me permission to just go,&#8221; added Burton.
The 39-year-old emphasized that she trusted and valued Kelly&#8217;s opinion because the actress so successfully prioritized her family over work, just as Burton knew she wanted to do.
&#8220;I so valued your opinion of me and of our business and the way you prioritized your family over work, and that&#8217;s what I wanted—what you had is what I wanted,&#8221; said Burton. &#8220;You didn&#8217;t have to say anything because you lived it and we could just, like, see it…I have wanted to thank you for that, honestly, since I was 26 years old.&#8221;
On the podcast, Burton detailed how Kelly, who was a guest on the podcast, helped her leave the show.
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&#8220;Moira, this is the first time I&#8217;ve seen you since I left the show,&#8221; Burton started. &#8220;I&#8217;ve wanted to tell you this for years and years and years, but in the last episode of the show, everyone in my world was telling me, ‘You can&#8217;t leave. You can&#8217;t leave.&#8217; &#8230; You came and you sat next to me and you started off by just joking, and you were like, ‘What&#8217;s going on?'&#8221;
&#8220;I was like, ‘I don&#8217;t know what to do,&#8217; and you said, ‘Run,'&#8221; the actress continued. &#8220;You started it off with, like, a joke, and I was like, ‘Yeah?&#8217; You said to me, ‘There&#8217;s so many chapters in life and this is just one. This is just one.'&#8221;
Kelly expressed on the podcast that she wished she knew of the alleged sexual harassment on set because she would have done something about it.
Numerous women in 2017 <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1307120/hilarie-burton-explains-how-one-tree-hill-co-star-moira-kelly-saved-my-life">accused</a> &#8220;One Tree Hill&#8221; showrunner Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment. Schwahn has never publicly commented on the allegations.
&#8220;Hearing honestly what all of you young women had to go through—I don&#8217;t want to get choked up. If I could go back, I would have made my presence stronger there,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;I felt like, you know, being somewhat of a veteran, you were all so very young coming into this situation, there&#8217;s a part of me that feels like I let you all down.&#8221;
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&#8220;If I had been more present, I would have been more aware maybe of what was going on, I surely would have said something,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I surely would have done something, and so, if I could go back and do anything different, I would make my presence so solid on that show and I would have made myself so available to all of you.&#8221;
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69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Arrivals

‘Saved My Life’: Actress Says Leaving Hit Show Allowed Her To Have Family

Celebrities

Hollywood

Raytheon Technologies Chief Executive Greg Hayes warned Tuesday of the thousands of employees he&#8217;ll lose due to President Joe Biden&#8217;s vaccine mandate on all federal workers and some private businesses.
&#8220;We will lose several thousand people,&#8221; Hayes said during a CNBC interview, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/raytheon-will-lose-several-thousand-workers-due-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-ceo-2021-10-26/">reported</a>. The company is planning to comply with Biden&#8217;s vaccine order, set to go in effect on December 8.
Raytheon Technologies, which makes Tomahawk missiles, has a total of 125,000 U.S. employees, the report noted.
The top boss also said he &#8220;expects Biden&#8217;s vaccine mandate to cause &#8216;some disruption&#8217; in the supply chain in a post-earnings conference call,&#8221; Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/raytheon-will-lose-several-thousand-workers-due-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-ceo-2021-10-26/">noted</a>.
Earlier this month, Delta Air Lines <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/delta-air-lines-ceo-ditches-divisive-vaccine-mandate">announced</a> that they are ditching a vaccine mandate for employees, according to company CEO Ed Bastian, who emphasized the “divisiveness” of such an order.
“The reason the mandate was put in by [the] president, I believe, was because they wanted to make sure companies had a plan to get their employees vaccinated,” the CEO said, <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/delta-air-lines-ceo-ditches-divisive-covid-vaccine-mandate">according</a> to Fox Business. “A month before the president came out with the mandate, we had already announced our plan to get all of our people vaccinated. And the good news is the plan is working.”
Bastian “acknowledged that there will need to be religious and medical accommodations made for those who wish to remain unvaccinated while avoiding having to threaten employment status,” Fox Business noted.
“By the time we’re done, we’ll be pretty close to fully vaccinated as a company without going through all the divisiveness of a mandate,” the executive said.
“We’re proving that you can work collaboratively with your people, trusting your people to make the right decisions, respecting their decisions and not forcing them over the loss of their jobs.”
In September, Biden officially announced that he will be mandating vaccination, testing, and mask requirements for not just federal employees, but many private businesses, too.
“Companies with at least 100 employees must require their employees get vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID-19 tests under a new Biden administration plan to combat the coronavirus and encourage vaccination,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-to-force-private-companies-to-mandate-vaccinations-weekly-covid-tests-report">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time. “President Joe Biden is scheduled to outline a revamped federal strategy to address COVID-19 that includes far more invasive regulations and restrictions than the federal government has put in place to date. Part of Biden’s six-point plan involves cracking down on 100+ employee companies to push their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-to-force-private-companies-to-mandate-vaccinations-weekly-covid-tests-report">According</a> to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Labor Department plans to issue an emergency temporary standard in a matter of weeks “implementing the new requirement, which will cover 80 million private-sector workers. … Businesses that don’t comply can face fines of up to $14,000 per violation, [officials] said.”
Notably, Daily Wire co-founder and co-CEO Jeremy Boreing quickly reacted to the announcement via Twitter, saying he would not comply with Biden’s dictates.
“The Daily Wire has well over 100 employees. We will not enforce Joe Biden’s unconstitutional and tyrannical vaccine mandate,” Boreing wrote. “We will use every tool at our disposal, including legal action, to resist this overreach. More to come.”
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The Daily Wire has well over 100 employees. We will not enforce Joe Biden&#39;s unconstitutional and tyrannical vaccine mandate. We will use every tool at our disposal, including legal action, to resist this overreach.
More to come <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a>.
&mdash; Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1436068144943095809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2021</a></blockquote>
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TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-BIDEN

‘We Will Lose Several Thousand People’: Top Boss Warns Against Biden Vax Mandate

COVID-19 Vaccine

Joe Biden

During a pre-trial hearing on Monday, prosecution tried to argue that alleged past actions of Joseph Rosenbaum have no connection to the deceased being fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during a riot in August 2020.
Attempting to illustrate the point that there&#8217;s &#8220;no factually commonality&#8221; between prior alleged actions of Rosenbaum on the night of the incident to the shooting, prosecution listed off accusations from defense and downplayed the relevance.
&#8220;Mr. Rosenbaum started fires that night,&#8221; prosecution said. &#8220;Well, that has nothing to do with the allegation that he chased after Mr. Rittenhouse and tried to physically attack him. Arsonist &#8212; or alleged arson, has nothing to do with an alleged physical assault. There is an allegation that Mr. Rosenbaum was shouting racial slurs; that has nothing to do with physical assault.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s an allegation that he&#8217;s telling other people at [a] gas station to shoot him, which, really, is different than what was going on with Mr. Rittenhouse,&#8221; he argued. &#8220;Um, he clearly didn&#8217;t want Mr. Rittenhouse to shoot him. So, I don&#8217;t see that there&#8217;s any commonality, there.&#8221;
&#8220;So, this is bad character evidence, your honor,&#8221; prosecution claimed. &#8220;This is an attempt to tell the jury Mr. Rosenbaum was a bad guy and deserved to die. That&#8217;s really what it is.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8216;He was an arsonist, he was a rioter, he was starting fights &#8212; well, not starting fights, he was starting problems, he&#8217;s disorderly, he was loud &#8212; whatever. Therefore, it was okay for the defendant to kill him.&#8217; That&#8217;s really what&#8217;s going on here, your honor.&#8221;
It seems prosecution is getting ahead of the narrative that Rosenbaum is a &#8220;bad guy,&#8221; which has been circulating in news reports since the fatal shooting. For example, Rosenbaum&#8217;s criminal history and apparent sexual abuse of minors surfaced online after the riot.
Snopes <a href="https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/09/11/rittenhouse-victims-records/">reported</a> that the claim Rosenbaum was &#8220;convicted of sexually abusing at least one child&#8221; is &#8220;true,&#8221; per criminal records:
<blockquote>For example, yes, at age 19, Rosenbaum was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing five children — all boys between the ages of 9 and 11 — in Arizona’s Pima County in early 2002, according to his case file obtained via a public records request by Snopes.
The documents said Rosenbaum was temporarily living with the boys’ parents after his mother had kicked him out for disobeying her rules about one month earlier. Over the course of his weeks-long stay, Rosenbaum molested the boys, showed them porn, and performed oral sex on them, among other offenses, the documents showed. He was sentenced to prison for roughly 15 years, and authorities believed at the time “his risk to recidivate being of great concern to the community” considering the victims’ gender and age. (Let us note here: The records included an interview with Rosenbaum in which he said his stepfather sexually abused him and his brother on an almost daily basis when he was a preteen.)
Considering that evidence, the claim that Rosenbaum at one point was convicted of sexually abusing at least one child before his death was true.</blockquote>
Prosecution, of course, is arguing past sins of Rosenbaum are irrelevant to the shooting.
Rittenhouse was 17 years old when he was arrested for fatally shooting Rosenbaum and one other man, as well as injuring a third during a protest-turned-riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-had-to-protect-myself-rittenhouse-speaks-out-before-jail-release-new-details-emerge-about-fatally-shot-rioter">charged</a> with two felony counts of homicide and one count of felony attempted homicide and is facing potential life in prison.
The teen pleaded not guilty in January, claiming he was acting in self-defense.
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The full exchange of the prosecutor arguing against the judge permitting video evidence of Kyle Rittenhouse’s assailants behavior and actions on the night of August 28, 2020.
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Protests in Wisconsin aftermath of Kenosha shooting

WATCH: Prosecutor Lists Numerous Alleged Crimes Of Man Kyle Rittenhouse Fatally Shot, Downplays As Irrelevant

Kyle Rittenhouse

Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder ruled Monday that prosecutors are barred from referring to the men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse as &#8220;victims,&#8221; while the defense team was permitted to refer to them as &#8220;rioters&#8221; and &#8220;looters.&#8221;
Judge Schroeder explained to Rittenhouse&#8217;s defense team that they may not refer to those shot in such terms during opening statements, but they can do so in closing arguments if evidence backs it up, The Chicago Tribune reported, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578514-judge-rules-men-shot-by-rittenhouse-can-be-described-as-rioters-and">according</a> to The Hill.
“He can demonize them if he wants, if he thinks it will win points with the jury,” the judge reportedly said.
“The word victim is a loaded, loaded word,” Schroeder added, telling prosecution they can&#8217;t use the term &#8220;victim&#8221; to refer to those shot.
According to the Tribune, such restrictions are not uncommon in self-defense cases. The ruling, however, did upset prosecution, The Hill reported:
<blockquote>Prosecutors were frustrated by Schroeder&#8217;s decision, arguing that he was creating a double standard by allowing Rittenhouse&#8217;s attorneys to disparage the men he allegedly killed, while not allowing them to be defended.
“The terms that I’m identifying here such as rioter, looter and arsonist are as loaded, if not more loaded, than the term victim,” assistant district attorney Thomas Binger said, the Tribune reported.</blockquote>
In August 2020, when Rittenhouse was 17 years old, he was arrested for fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during a protest-turned-riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-had-to-protect-myself-rittenhouse-speaks-out-before-jail-release-new-details-emerge-about-fatally-shot-rioter">charged</a> with two felony counts of homicide and one count of felony attempted homicide and is facing potential life in prison.
Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty in January, claiming he was acting in self-defense.
An organization that was raising funds for Rittenhouse’s legal defense, #FightBack Foundation, published a video last September outlining the teen&#8217;s actions as self-defense. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-truth-in-11-minutes-defense-lawyer-posts-video-of-kyle-rittenhouse">The Daily Wire</a> reported on portions of the video:
<blockquote>The video shows Rittenhouse tending to hurt protesters during the night of the riot, before tensions escalate and the teen finds himself pursued by a mob and pinned between cars as gun shots ring out nearby.
“Every decade or so, a legal matter arises that holds the power to negatively affect our lives for generations to come,” the narrator prefaces the video. “Regardless of what side of the political spectrum you identify with, this is about you.”
“To prevent the total destruction of their communities, good Samaritans united to guard local businesses,” the video continues, showing destruction from rioters.
“So people are getting injured,” Rittenhouse himself says before the incident, the video captures. “Our job is to protect this business. Part of my job is to help people. If there’s somebody hurt, I’m running into harm’s way.”
“I have a medic kit,” the teen yells to the protesters. “If you are injured, come to me!”
The video, titled, “Kyle Rittenhouse – The Truth in 11 Minutes,” highlights that not one of Rittenhouse’s attackers were given a single charge.
“A 17-year-old American citizen is being sacrificed by politicians,” the narrator says. “But it’s not Kyle Rittenhouse they’re after; their end game is to strip away the Constitutional right of all citizens to defend our communities, our personal property, our lives, and the lives of our loved ones.”
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The trial is set to begin next week.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reporters-dox-harass-paramedic-for-donating-10-to-kyle-rittenhouse-defense-fund">Reporters Dox, Harass Paramedic For Donating $10 To Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Fund</a>
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Judge: Men Shot By Rittenhouse Not ‘Victims,’ But ‘Rioters’ And ‘Looters’ During Arguments

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Wisconsin

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) wore a &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Brandon&#8221; mask on the House floor Monday.
“Let’s Go Brandon” has become a viral anti-President Joe Biden saying following a recent NASCAR race, where an NBC reporter claimed fans were cheering on the race winner, Brandon Brown, when they were actually chanting “F*** Joe Biden.”
&#8220;Spotted at House votes: GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan of SC wearing a mask with a phrase that Republicans are using in place of F*** Joe Biden,&#8221; tweeted POLITICO reporter Olivia Beavers.
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Spotted at House votes: GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan of SC wearing a mask with a phrase that Republicans are using in place of F*** Joe Biden. <a href="https://t.co/0rTSz6LwNV">pic.twitter.com/0rTSz6LwNV</a>
&mdash; Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1452793951715475466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Duncan posted a mask emoji after politicos started to report on his anti-Biden mask.
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In South Carolina, Oconee Democratic Party chairwoman Jody Gaulin was fuming mad at Duncan.
<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/jeff-duncan-lets-go-brandon-mask-joe-biden-chant-1642534">According</a> to Newsweek, Gaulin told The Seneca Journal, &#8220;Not only does Jeff Duncan not deliver for the people of the third district—I cannot think of a thing he has truly done—he now sports a vulgar slogan on his mask and walks off the floor!&#8221;
&#8220;The hypocrisy of the Faith and Freedom BBQ is exposed!&#8221; the Democrat raged.
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Though the phrase &#8220;Let&#8217;s go Brandon&#8221; has become pretty widespread, a White House official recently told The Washington Post he has &#8220;never heard&#8221; of the saying. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-claims-ignorance-on-popular-lets-go-brandon-and-f-joe-biden-chants">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>The White House is claiming they are unfamiliar with anti-Joe Biden chants, such as the blunt and ever-popular “F*** Joe Biden” chant, and the more recent “Let’s Go Brandon” meme. 
“Administration officials sought to downplay the phenomenon, and at least one claimed to be unfamiliar with the ‘Let’s go Brandon’ chant or its cruder cousin, though they are now chanted everywhere from football stadiums to concert arenas to local bars,” The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-vulgar-signs-chants/2021/10/22/6071836e-3122-11ec-a880-a9d8c009a0b1_story.html">reported</a> Saturday.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates claimed, “I had never heard of that chant until you explained it to me.”
Mocking the anti-Biden sentiment as fringe, Bates added, “I guess I’m not spending enough time on 8chan or whatever.”</blockquote>
The anti-Biden expression has even popped up in hit songs.
For example, rapper Bryson Gray’s “Let’s Go Brandon” song, despite being banned from YouTube and Instagram, became the number one most-downloaded on iTunes, <a href="http://www.popvortex.com/music/charts/itunes-top-400-songs.php">according</a> to PopVortex rankings on Sunday morning.
Another song aptly titled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lets-go-brandon-song-soars-to-no-1-spot-on-itunes-hip-hop-chart">“Let’s Go Brandon!”</a>, this one by rapper Loza Alexander, has earned success, too, reaching the number one spot on iTunes hip-hop chart, earlier this month. Here&#8217;s a sampling of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lets-go-brandon-song-soars-to-no-1-spot-on-itunes-hip-hop-chart">lyrics</a>:
<blockquote>And I say it wit’ a passion 
As I pull off in the Aston 
Don’t nobody like his ass, huh? 
Tried to cover up, but tell the people, go Brandon 
But we know what they sayin’, though 
You can hear thе chant in every post 
Don’t nobody want this commie ‘causе we not in China 
Everybody hated Trump, and now they out to catch a body 
That’s what they get for treatin’ us like we in Squid Game 
Dream light, mandate like he’s insane 
These times, people wakin’ up to e’erything 
Go Brandon, but we all know what the sayin’ mean</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-claims-ignorance-on-popular-lets-go-brandon-and-f-joe-biden-chants">White House Claims Ignorance On Popular ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ And ‘F*** Joe Biden’ Chants</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/youtube-instagram-ban-rappers-anti-biden-lets-go-brandon-song-still-hits-1-on-itunes">YouTube, Instagram Ban Rapper’s Anti-Biden ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Song, Still Hits #1 On iTunes</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lets-go-brandon-song-soars-to-no-1-spot-on-itunes-hip-hop-chart">‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Song Soars To No. 1 Spot On iTunes Hip Hop Chart</a>
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GOP Rep Wears ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Mask On House Floor; Dem Not Happy: ‘Vulgar Slogan’

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Recently-tapped Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo blasted vaccine mandates and politicians and some public health officials&#8217; &#8220;denial&#8221; of &#8220;natural immunity,&#8221; during a rally in Clearwater on Thursday.
Questioning mandates for the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Ladapo noted that people can still get infected with the virus even if they are vaccinated, adding that it&#8217;s anti-scientific to discount natural immunity &#8212; that is, gaining antibodies by fighting a COVID-19 infection, not receiving the vaccine.
&#8220;Infections can still happen whether people [are] vaccinated or not,&#8221; the surgeon general explained. &#8220;This idea that vaccine mandates are needed to create safe workplaces is a complete lie, it&#8217;s continued to be repeated, and you should know, that it&#8217;s not at all backed by science.&#8221;
Ladapo noted that there might be vaccine hesitancy due to &#8220;the climate of scientific dishonesty about the science,&#8221; highlighting the &#8220;denial&#8221; of &#8220;natural immunity.&#8221;
In a &#8220;fact-check&#8221; from the Tallahassee Democrat, the news outlet <a href="https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2021/10/25/florida-surgeon-general-fact-check-joseph-ladapo-ron-desantis-vaccine-breakthrough-natural-immunity/6134660001/">conceded</a> that there is a &#8220;growing body of evidence&#8221; suggesting &#8220;natural immunity exists against COVID-19.&#8221; The report added that some reports suggest &#8220;natural immunity plus vaccination provides even stronger protection [&#8230;] [b]ut it remains unclear how much protection it provides and how long it will last.&#8221;
The Tallahassee Democrat also acknowledged that health expert Dr. Monica Gandhi of the University of California, San Francisco, agreed with Dr. Ladapo.
&#8220;To deny natural immunity does not generate trust,&#8221; she told USA Today.
Moreover, as highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johns-hopkins-doctor-criticizes-vaccine-mandates-stresses-natural-immunity">The Daily Wire</a> in early October, Johns Hopkins’ Dr. Marty Makary similarly ridiculed blanket vaccine mandates that bizarrely discount natural immunity, which he said studies have shown to be 27 times more effective than vaccinated immunity:
<blockquote>Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and editor in chief of MedPage Today, told “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/thursday-october-7-2021">Morning Wire</a>” that public health leaders’ hypothesis on natural and vaccinated immunity has proven to be “backwards.”
“The data on natural immunity are now overwhelming,” stressed Makary. “It turns out the hypothesis that our public health leaders had that vaccinated immunity is better and stronger than natural immunity was wrong. They got it backwards. And now we’ve got data from Israel showing that natural immunity is 27 times more effective than vaccinated immunity. And that supports 15 other studies.”</blockquote>
In August, Makary wrote an <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/why-covid-19-vaccines-should-not-be-required-for-all-americans">op-ed</a> at U.S. News, titled “Why COVID-19 Vaccines Should Not Be Required for All Americans,” in which the professor argued that a more science-based approach to vaccination must be deployed.
Since Makary’s op-ed was published, vaccine mandates have become increasingly commonplace, particularly in deep blue states like New York and California.
“It’s ruining the lives of people who are getting fired,” Makary told The Daily Wire&#8217;s “Morning Wire.”
“Nurses, who are heroes, are now getting laid off. Soldiers are getting dishonorably discharged,” said Makary, an apparent reference to an Army <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/09/14/soldiers-have-3-months-get-covid-vaccine-or-face-discharge-few-waiver-options.html">announcement</a> last month that soldiers may face possible discharge if not vaccinated within three months. “They’ve got immunity. It’s just not the type that our public health officials have sanctioned,” Makary said.
“This is a failure of government, not a failure of science,” he emphasized.
“But how about some flexibility? How about recognizing natural immunity and allowing those who have circulating antibodies to get credit. That’s how they do it in parts of Europe, and that’s how they do it in Israel,” Makary offered.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johns-hopkins-doctor-criticizes-vaccine-mandates-stresses-natural-immunity">Johns Hopkins Doctor Criticizes Vaccine Mandates, Stresses Natural Immunity</a>
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Newly appointed state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo

Florida Surgeon General Blasts Vax Mandates, ‘Denial’ Of ‘Natural Immunity’

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As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-obama-economic-adviser-torches-biden-admin-over-skyrocketing-inflation-my-alarm-is-increasing">inflation</a> continues to rise and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jen-psaki-on-supply-chain-shortages-impacting-u-s-the-tragedy-of-the-treadmill-thats-delayed">supply chains</a> continue to break, the Biden administration on Friday unveiled a first-ever &#8220;National Gender Strategy,&#8221; aimed at rectifying supposed gender inequality in the U.S. and abroad.
&#8220;President Biden and I released the first ever National Gender Strategy,&#8221; Vice President Kamala Harris announced via Twitter. &#8220;This is our vision for the future of our nation—one that is bold in strategy and one that this moment calls for.&#8221;
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President Biden and I released the first ever National Gender Strategy. This is our vision for the future of our nation—one that is bold in strategy and one that this moment calls for.<a href="https://t.co/89T8lDmkIM">https://t.co/89T8lDmkIM</a>
&mdash; Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/1452002385526603777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Notably, the plan calls for cemented abortion &#8220;rights&#8221; and a push for more women in the U.S. Military, as well as closing the &#8220;gender wage gap,&#8221; though there&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-study-confirms-yet-again-gender-wage-gap-due-ashe-schow">no evidence the gap is caused by sexism</a>.
“On International Women’s Day, the President issued an Executive Order establishing the White House Gender Policy Council to ensure that gender equity and equality are at the forefront of America’s domestic and foreign policy,&#8221; reads a letter from Harris and President Joe Biden, Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2021/10/25/biden-administration-unveils-national-strategy-to-achieve-gender-equity/?sh=7e1bca24512e">reported</a>. &#8220;That Executive Order also mandated the development of this first-ever national strategy to guide our work on gender equity and equality as a government and as a nation.&#8221;
Here are just a few of the &#8220;highlights&#8221; in the lengthy 42-page plan, as highlighted by Forbes:
<blockquote>Protect Abortion Rights, Expand Access To Healthcare And Create National Paid Family Leave The plan vows to protect rights recognized under Roe v. Wade and improve access to affordable, quality health care to reduce the needlessly high rate of death related to pregnancy-related complications in the United States.  In addition, the administration plans to create a national paid family and medical leave for parents and caregivers, which would include leave for bonding with a new child.
Help Achieve Global Equality For Women The plan vows to address human rights violations, promote reform of laws in other countries that discriminate against women and combat human trafficking.
Recruit More Women In Military The strategy proposes to improve gender integration into the uniformed services and address the issue of sexual harassment and assault which has plagued the military. The strategy states, “This includes removing the prosecution of sexual assault, and the investigation of sexual harassment, from the chain of command, as well as creating specialized units to handle these cases and related crimes.”</blockquote>
Especially considering the current economic crisis, the lofty plan was met with mockery online. Republican strategist Matt Whitlock put two screen-grabs side by side. For example: One of the posts is from Jake Tapper quoting CNN&#8217;s Harry Enten: &#8220;While the causes of Biden&#8217;s (polling) decline are numerous &#8230; perhaps the biggest one is that Americans believe there are big economic problems and that Biden isn&#8217;t focused nearly enough on them.&#8221; The other screen-grab is a tweet from Harris announcing the &#8220;Nation Gender Strategy&#8221; plan on Friday.
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The perfect shot/chaser doesn’t exis…. <a href="https://t.co/OnXbpHx2Jy">pic.twitter.com/OnXbpHx2Jy</a>
&mdash; Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1452636892344766474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-obama-economic-adviser-torches-biden-admin-over-skyrocketing-inflation-my-alarm-is-increasing">Top Obama Economic Adviser Torches Biden Admin Over Skyrocketing Inflation: ‘My Alarm Is Increasing’</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jen-psaki-on-supply-chain-shortages-impacting-u-s-the-tragedy-of-the-treadmill-thats-delayed">Jen Psaki On Supply Chain Shortages Impacting U.S.: ‘The Tragedy Of The Treadmill That’s Delayed’</a>
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President Biden Attends Ceremony For 10th-anniversary Of MLK Jr. Memorial

Biden, Harris Ripped For Unveiling ‘First-Ever National Gender Strategy’ As Economy Worsens

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The on-set killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins likely constitutes &#8220;homicide,&#8221; or a criminal killing, famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz explained in an opinion piece published Sunday.
Actor and co-producer Alec Baldwin on Thursday shot Hutchins and director Joel Souza while on the film set for &#8220;Rust,&#8221; killing Hutchins and wounding Souza. According to a court document, Baldwin was told he was handed a &#8220;cold gun&#8221; before firing at the camera, striking the two crew members. It still remains unclear if the &#8220;live round&#8221; was real ammunition.
Dershowitz <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/578183-is-the-alec-baldwin-shooting-a-homicide">asserts</a> at The Hill that &#8220;two things&#8221; seem clear in the incident: &#8220;guidelines seem not to have been followed in this case, and the existing guidelines seem insufficient to prevent accidents like this.&#8221;
&#8220;It is likely, therefore, that the killing of Halyna Hutchins could constitute a homicide — that is, a criminal killing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The remaining questions are who might be criminally responsible for the killing and what degree of homicide fits the evidence?&#8221;
&#8220;It seems clear that Alec Baldwin was not aware that he was firing a gun capable of expelling a lethal projectile,&#8221; Dershowitz wrote. &#8220;But his role reportedly was not limited to passively being an actor; he may have had some responsibility as one of several producers of the film. The nature of the role of producers varies from film to film, and it is unlikely that Baldwin’s role included responsibility for set safety. But some may think that it was not simply enough for him to accept the word of an assistant director about the gun’s safety, that he perhaps should have independently inspected the gun before firing it. It is unlikely, however, that such an omission would result in criminal responsibility.&#8221;
&#8220;Others on the set almost certainly bore greater responsibility, and their roles should be investigated, their responsibilities pinpointed,&#8221; he added.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/use-of-force-expert-state-witness-throws-wrench-in-prosecutions-knee-on-neck-narrative">Attorney Andrew Branca</a> of Law of Self Defense similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legal-expert-weighs-in-on-alec-baldwin-shooting-incident-discusses-potential-prison-time-co-producer-role">weighed in</a> on the case, Friday.
The fatal shooting could be argued to be an accident, prove negligence, or be classified as recklessness or involuntary manslaughter — a worst-case scenario for the actor, Branca said in an 18-minute video.
The attorney noted that, for this case, involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico would be classified as a fourth-degree felony, which is typically punishable by up to 18 months in prison and a fine of $5,000.
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Branca outlined the hypothetical case that Baldwin was negligent in the killing (emphasis added):
<blockquote>In our hypothetical with the defective gun, for example, it may be true that the discharge of the gun was not foreseeable by Alec Baldwin, and therefore not really in his control—but the direction in which the gun was pointed certainly was in his control.
The death of Ms. Hutchins by the discharge of the gun could not have occurred had the gun not been pointed at her—and that pointing of the gun at her would certainly seem to constitute negligence.
Anyone trained in firearms safety—and anyone handling an inherently dangerous instrument like a firearm can be reasonably expected to have a duty to be trained on its safe operation around others—would know that one of the four primary safety rules of handling firearms is that you do not point the muzzle of the gun at anything you are not willing to destroy.
Pointing the gun at Ms. Hutchins then, at least under circumstances in which the gun discharges and kills her, would certainly qualify as negligence at a minimum, and thus create civil liability for her death.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/union-says-alec-baldwin-shot-live-round-in-on-set-fatal-incident-report-notes-clarity-needed">Union Says Alec Baldwin Shot ‘Live Round’ In On-Set Fatal Incident; Report Notes ‘Clarity’ Needed</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legal-expert-weighs-in-on-alec-baldwin-shooting-incident-discusses-potential-prison-time-co-producer-role">Legal Expert Weighs In On Alec Baldwin Shooting Incident; Discusses Potential Prison Time, Co-Producer Role</a>
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Famed Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Says It’s ‘Likely’ On-Set Hutchins Killing A ‘Homicide’

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Former Victoria’s Secret Angels Erin Heatherton and Selita Ebanks have come forward this month to talk about the dark side of the industry, specifically the expectations to stay unnaturally thin.
Heatherton, who worked for Victoria&#8217;s Secret from 2010-13, said on the &#8220;Fallen Angel&#8221; podcast that she resorted to hormone injections and a diet pill her therapist later likened to &#8220;bathwater meth&#8221; to stay extremely thin for the job.
A man Heatherton dubbed a &#8220;nutritionist to the stars&#8221; put the model &#8220;on this diet pill called phentermine,&#8221; she said, adding, &#8220;which my therapist later called &#8216;bathwater meth.'&#8221;
&#8220;I was just like, &#8216;Help me lose weight. What do people do?'&#8221; the 32-year-old recalled. &#8220;He suggested something this other model did that worked for her.&#8221;
Once a day, Heatherton was injected with a hormone that is naturally produced during pregnancy called HCG, or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, she explained, <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a38034332/victorias-secret-model-erin-heatherton-drugs-pressure-stay-skinny/">according</a> to Cosmopolitan magazine. &#8220;I started like a diabetic injecting my stomach every morning.&#8221;
&#8220;There was this certain point where everything that I was doing just didn’t yield the same result. I was just a little bit bigger,&#8221; Heatherton discussed. &#8220;In retrospect, that’s just biology and how the body works. You’re not the same size when you’re 18 to when you’re 25.”
“I share my story again because I don’t want anyone to have an eating disorder or hate their bodies,” the model added, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/victorias-secret-podcast-erin-heatherton-b1943677.html">according</a> to the Independent. “I know what that feels like. I speak out only for people that might hear me and think: ‘Hey, that makes sense,’ or maybe that might change their attitude towards how they treat themselves.”
Ebanks, <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1306936/former-victorias-secret-model-selita-ebanks-says-body-expectations-werent-natural">appearing</a> on E!&#8217;s &#8220;True Hollywood Story,&#8221; also spoke about the pressures to stay so thin that it was &#8220;not&#8221; &#8220;natural.&#8221;
&#8220;Modeling for Victoria&#8217;s Secret, there&#8217;s a code you have to follow,&#8221; Ebanks said, according to a sneak peek from E! News. &#8220;There is expectation to maintain the size, and unfortunately, we are going against Mother Nature. It is not something that&#8217;s natural, it is not something that should happen. It&#8217;s tough.&#8221;
The outlet noted that psychotherapist Stacy Kaiser claimed in the special that &#8220;she heard that some models &#8216;back in the day&#8217; only ate an apple every 24 hours to maintain their trim physiques; such were just the beauty standards of the brand.&#8221;
Pushing some women to go to extreme lengths to be thin was the goal of becoming an &#8220;angel&#8221; for the brand. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been on many runways, but, to be a part of the Victoria&#8217;s Secret Fashion Show, for me, was more than just a job. It was the highlight,&#8221; Ebanks said.
But when she finally became an &#8220;angel,&#8221; the pressure just intensified.
&#8220;My life changed drastically, like overnight,&#8221; the model said. &#8220;All of a sudden, people know your name,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;You find out friends that you thought were friends were not necessarily friends. A lot of other models didn&#8217;t think that I was deserving of this contract, so I had to basically fight my way into their circle.&#8221;
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Victoria’s Secret Body By Victoria Collection Launch

Victoria’s Secret Models Talk Dark Side Of Industry

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The White House is claiming they are unfamiliar with anti-Joe Biden chants, such as the blunt and ever-popular &#8220;F*** Joe Biden&#8221; chant, and the more recent &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Brandon&#8221; meme. The latter went viral following a recent NASCAR race, where an NBC reporter claimed fans were cheering on the race winner, Brandon Brown, when they were actually chanting “F*** Joe Biden.”
&#8220;Administration officials sought to downplay the phenomenon, and at least one claimed to be unfamiliar with the &#8216;Let’s go Brandon&#8217; chant or its cruder cousin, though they are now chanted everywhere from football stadiums to concert arenas to local bars,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-vulgar-signs-chants/2021/10/22/6071836e-3122-11ec-a880-a9d8c009a0b1_story.html">reported</a> Saturday.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates claimed, “I had never heard of that chant until you explained it to me.&#8221;
Mocking the anti-Biden sentiment as fringe, Bates added, “I guess I’m not spending enough time on 8chan or whatever.”
Reacting to the White House denial, Donald Trump Jr. posted a screencap of the Post article and snarked via Instagram, &#8220;If they&#8217;re not familiar, let&#8217;s keep it going until they are.&#8221;
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Of course, even the Post has conceded that President Joe Biden himself has addressed the phenomenon.
For example, as reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irritated-biden-addresses-f-joe-biden-signs-after-chilly-reception-in-michigan">The Daily Wire</a>, an irritated POTUS reacted to hundreds of anti-Biden protesters and &#8220;F*** Joe Biden&#8221; signs and chants during a visit to Michigan on October 5:
<blockquote>An irritated President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening reacted to his chilly reception in Michigan, boasting to his hundreds of protesters — many holding “f*** Joe Biden” signs — that he won the 2020 election with a record 81 millions votes.
“They said it was time to build an economy that looks out from Scranton, Pennsylvania — where I grew up as a kid — instead of looking down from Wall Street. Notwithstanding some of the signs I saw coming in … that’s why 81 million Americans voted for me,” Biden said, emphasizing that he has a mandate to implement his “Build Back Better” agenda. &#8230; “The largest number of votes in American history — a clear majority!”</blockquote>
Notably, the Post article displays ample handwringing over the &#8220;harsh&#8221; animus toward Biden, linking it to the &#8220;norm-breaking and vulgarity of the Trump era&#8221; and adding that Biden pushback is &#8220;on another level&#8221; and &#8220;far more vulgar and widespread&#8221;:
<blockquote>Yet the anger also demonstrates how a political party or cause often needs an enemy, a target of vilification that can unite its adherents — and, in this case, one refracted through the harshness, norm-breaking and vulgarity of the Trump era. &#8230; The current eruption of anti-Biden signs and chants, however, is on another level, far more vulgar and widespread.</blockquote>
This article has been revised for clarity.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irritated-biden-addresses-f-joe-biden-signs-after-chilly-reception-in-michigan">Irritated Biden Addresses ‘F*** Joe Biden’ Signs After Chilly Reception In Michigan</a>
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