Former NBA star Dwyane Wade voiced support for Nick Cannon on Wednesday afternoon after Cannon was terminated by ViacomCBS for making remarks that were widely deemed as anti-Semitic.
Wade tweeted, &#8220;@NickCannon We are with you✊🏿 Keep leading!&#8221;
Seattle-based conservative radio host Jason Rantz tweeted out a screenshot of Wade&#8217;s tweet after Wade deleted the tweet a couple of hours after posting it.
&#8220;After Nick Cannon was fired for his disturbing anti-Semitic vitriol, Dwayne Wade tweeted his support&#8230; but then deleted the tweet,&#8221; Rantz said. &#8220;I screenshot it below. What leadership was @DwyaneWade supporting?&#8221;
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After Nick Cannon was fired for his disturbing anti-Semitic vitriol, Dwayne Wade tweeted his support&#8230; but then deleted the tweet. I screenshot it below. What leadership was <a href="https://twitter.com/DwyaneWade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DwyaneWade</a> supporting? <a href="https://t.co/c0bFsILkQk">pic.twitter.com/c0bFsILkQk</a>
&mdash; (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1283493628518621185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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ViacomCBS <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viacomcbs-terminates-nick-cannon-over-anti-semitic-remarks-does-not-mention-anti-white-remarks">announced</a> in a statement yesterday that it had terminated its relationship with Cannon:
<blockquote>ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we categorically denounce all forms of anti-Semitism.
We have spoken with Nick Cannon about an episode of his podcast “Cannon’s Class” on YouTube, which promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
While we support ongoing education and dialogue in the fight against bigotry, we are deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism, and we are terminating our relationship with him.
We are committed to doing better in our response to incidents of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry. ViacomCBS will have further announcements on our efforts to combat hate of all kinds.</blockquote>
Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/07/14/nick-cannon-responds-to-backlash-following-anti-semitic-comments/">reported</a> that Cannon promoted fringe anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Jewish people, including “the Rothschilds, centralized banking, the 13 families, the bloodlines that control everything even outside of America.”
The statement from ViacomCBS did not directly address anti-white remarks that Cannon made in the same podcast.
“When you have a person that has the lack of pigment, the lack of melanin, that they know that they will be annihilated,” Cannon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-nick-cannon-white-people-are-a-little-less-closer-to-animals-true-savages">said</a>. “So, therefore, however they got the power, they have the lack of compassion. Melanin comes with compassion, melanin comes with soul. We call it soul. Soul brothers and sisters. That’s the melanin that connects us. So the people that don’t have it, and I’m going to say this carefully, are a little less.”
“When they didn’t have the power of the sun, the sun then started to deteriorate them, so then they’re acting out of fear, they’re acting out of low self-esteem, they’re acting out of a deficiency,” Cannon continued. “So, therefore, the only way that they can act is evil. They have to rob, steal, rape, kill … in order to survive.”
“They had to be savages, they had to be barbaric, because they’re in these Nordic mountains, they’re in these rough … environments, so they’re acting as animals,” Cannon added. “So they’re the ones that are actually closer to animals; they’re the ones that are actually the true savages.”
Wade later claimed in a tweet that he was not expressing support or condoning Cannon&#8217;s remarks.
&#8220;I want to clarify my now deleted tweet,&#8221; Wade tweeted. &#8220;I was not supporting or condoning what Nick Cannon specifically said, but I had expressed my support of him owning the content and brand he helped create.&#8221;
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I want to clarify my now deleted tweet. I was not supporting or condoning what Nick Cannon specifically said, but I had expressed my support of him owning the content and brand he helped create 🙏🏾
&mdash; DWade (@DwyaneWade) <a href="https://twitter.com/DwyaneWade/status/1283499589182517248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The number of FBI background checks conducted last month for people attempting to purchase firearms shattered the previous all-time record, and experts say the surge in gun sales was directly tied to current events rocking the United States.
&#8220;The new coronavirus pandemic, civil unrest after the killing of George Floyd and the ensuing movement to defund police are bringing in new buyers worried about their personal safety, according to buyers, store owners and gun experts,&#8221; The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/background-checks-a-metric-for-gun-sales-hit-all-time-high/2020/07/01/a5e6fe8c-bbdb-11ea-97c1-6cf116ffe26c_story.html">reported</a>. &#8220;In June, background checks for firearms were up 136%, compared to a year earlier &#8230; background checks in June for civilians seeking a license to carry were the highest since the FBI began conducting checks 20 years ago.&#8221;
FBI statistics that were <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year.pdf/view">released</a> at the start of the month showed that 3,931,607 background checks were processed last month, which is by far the most ever recorded. The previous all-time record was set in March – when parts of the U.S. began going into shutdown over the coronavirus – when 3,740,688 were conducted.
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Firearm sales in June were the highest monthly sales since data collection began in 1998: 3.9M firearms sold. <a href="https://twitter.com/phil_wellesley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@phil_wellesley</a> and Robin McKnight explore the trend, as well as potential causes and consequences. <a href="https://t.co/X7ZdI0zP3X">https://t.co/X7ZdI0zP3X</a> <a href="https://t.co/WKRchQ07SK">pic.twitter.com/WKRchQ07SK</a>
&mdash; Brookings Econ (@BrookingsEcon) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrookingsEcon/status/1282821114553663493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Journal reports that dealers estimate that some 40% of sales have been going to first-time buyers, &#8220;an increase over the normal average of about a quarter,&#8221; and are claiming that many of the new buyers &#8220;are people who say they never thought they would own a firearm and were previously critical of those who did.&#8221;
The surge in gun sales comes as the U.S. has experienced a wave of violent riots in response to the death of George Floyd. The riots have spanned from Los Angeles to New York City, and ultimately led to calls from leftist activists and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-ilhan-omar-defund-minneapolis-police-theyre-cancer-we-dont-want-your-damn-reforms">Democrat</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-proposed-budget-would-cut-1-billion-from-nypd-aoc-it-isnt-enough">politicians</a> to defund the police. Violent crime has <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/deadly-weekend-in-seattle-chicago-minneapolis-as-new-york-city-reports-uptick-in-shootings">surged</a> in inner cities in the days and weeks following the riots and the demonization of law enforcement officials.
Social media was flooded with images of rioters destroying police cars that were abandoned by law enforcement officials, looters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-in-l-a-begs-alleged-looters-to-stop-this-is-going-to-get-trump-re-elected">stealing</a> items from stores, and criminals <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-officers-hit-by-cars-shot-beaten-in-numerous-cities-on-monday-night-amid-violent-riots">attacking</a> law enforcement officials by hurling objects at them and even running them over.
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POLICE CARS DESTROYED: Rioters destroy a line of police cars, ghost riding them into each other and setting them on fire in West Philadelphia. 
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One gun buyer told the Journal that he was applying for a permit because he feared that law enforcement officials would not be able to protect him, saying, “I don’t want to ever shoot anybody ever. But if I had to duck and shoot back in self-defense, at least I’d have a chance.”
John Kingdon, a registered Democrat who has been a gun control activist in the past, told the paper that he purchased a semi-automatic pistol just a couple of months ago, saying, “If I had a hard time getting police to respond to me when we weren’t in a pandemic, what about now?”
British media personality Piers Morgan, who opposes the Second Amendment, derided the surge in Americans engaging in their constitutionally protected right, writing on Twitter: &#8220;Just when you thought the news couldn&#8217;t [be] more depressing&#8230;8.3 million guns have been sold in the United States since March, meaning 2020 is on course to be the biggest year for gun sales in American history.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Just when you thought the news couldn&#39;t more depressing&#8230;8.3 million guns have been sold in the United States since March, meaning 2020 is on course to be the biggest year for gun sales in American history.
&mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1278382083837235211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Riots, Violent Crime, ‘Defund Police’ Push Surged In June. Gun Sales Exploded To All-Time High, FBI Data Suggests.

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Leaders in the black community in New York City are calling on the New York City Police Department to deal with the recent crime surge in the city by reinstating the plainclothes anti-crime unit that the department recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-new-york-police-department-eliminating-anti-crime-unit">dismantled</a> as anti-police sentiment exploded in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a former cop, &#8220;became the second member of the African-American community to call on the NYPD to stop the violence by re-instituting the Anti-Crime Unit — undercover cops whose job was to get guns off the street,&#8221; CBS New York <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/07/13/new-york-city-shootings-nypd-anti-crime-unit-eric-adams-tony-herbert/">reported</a>. &#8220;This, as shootings for the week went up 277%, 49 compared to 13 in 2019. The number of victims is up 253%, 60 compared to 17 in 2019.&#8221;
&#8220;I think that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate,&#8221; Adams said. &#8220;Right now, bad guys are saying if you don’t see a blue and white you can do whatever you want.&#8221;
Activist Tony Herbert told the network that he agrees, saying, &#8220;we have a 1-year-old and the blood is on the hands of the mayor and the state Legislature.&#8221;
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed on Sunday that the crime surge was happening because people were &#8220;scared to pay their rent,&#8221; or they were just needing some &#8220;bread.&#8221;
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-nyc-crime-surge-maybe-due-to-people-being-scared-to-pay-their-rent-dont-have-jobs">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Ocasio-Cortez’s suggestion that the increase in crime is simply people stealing bread to try to feed their families ignores the widespread looting of <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/nypd-nyc-luxury-stores-george-floyd-protests">luxury stores</a> that happened in the city during the recent riots. It also ignores the fact that New York City Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-mayor-bill-de-blasio-proud-of-daughter-after-she-was-arrested-in-peaceful-protest">resisted</a> calls from top Democrats and Republicans to deploy the National Guard to restore order and stop the violence and looting.
Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks about the increasing crime rate also fail to address the fact that a lot of the <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/06/18/nypd-crime-stats-may-2020/">increase</a> in crime that is garnering headlines is an increase in violent crime, including murders and shootings. For example, shootings last month <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-city-shootings-increased-130-in-june/">skyrocketed</a> 130% compared to June of 2019.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nycs-criminal-justice-system-is-imploding-nypd-boss-says-as-homicides-hit-5-year-high/2483376/">said</a> that the increase in crime around the city was causing the city’s justice system to implode. The NYPD also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-new-york-police-department-eliminating-anti-crime-unit">cut</a> their plainclothes unit of 600 officers, and have seen a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-many-nypd-officers-are-applying-for-retirement-that-department-forced-to-slow-applications-report-claims">massive increase</a> in officers retiring – which is likely due, at least in part, to the current anti-police climate that is being pushed by the political Left.
Ocasio-Cortez’s sudden apparent concern for people not having jobs may ring hollow as she previously celebrated a crash in oil prices, which critics <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-celebrates-american-oil-job-losses-you-absolutely-love-to-see-it">said</a> meant that she was “cheering job losses.” Ocasio-Cortez also <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/aoc-boycott-work-coronavirus-shutdown">suggested</a> that low-income Americans should boycott going back to work after the pandemic shutdown was over.
Ocasio-Cortez was one of the people who helped <a href="https://time.com/5530386/aoc-amazon-new-york-hq2/">stop</a> Amazon from bringing tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity to New York City.</blockquote>
Continue reading: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-nyc-crime-surge-maybe-due-to-people-being-scared-to-pay-their-rent-dont-have-jobs">Ocasio-Cortez: NYC Crime Surge ‘Maybe’ Due To People Being ‘Scared To Pay Their Rent,’ Don’t Have Jobs</a>
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Members Of Black Community Call On NYPD To Bring Back Anti-Crime Unit Amid Crime Surge: ‘We Need To Reevaluate’

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ViacomCBS announced late on Tuesday evening that they had terminated their relationship with left-wing entertainer Nick Cannon after the actor made remarks that were widely deemed to be anti-Semitic on his podcast.
&#8220;ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we categorically denounce all forms of anti-Semitism,&#8221; the company said in a statement. &#8220;We have spoken with Nick Cannon about an episode of his podcast &#8216;Cannon&#8217;s Class&#8217; on YouTube, which promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.&#8221;
&#8220;While we support ongoing education and dialogue in the fight against bigotry, we are deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism, and we are terminating our relationship with him,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We are committed to doing better in our response to incidents of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry. ViacomCBS will have further announcements on our efforts to combat hate of all kinds.&#8221;
Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/07/14/nick-cannon-responds-to-backlash-following-anti-semitic-comments/">reported</a> that Cannon promoted fringe anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Jewish people, including “the Rothschilds, centralized banking, the 13 families, the bloodlines that control everything even outside of America.”
ViacomCBS&#8217;s statement did not directly mention anti-white remarks that Cannon made during the same podcast episode where he suggested that white people were inferior to black people because of the color of their skin.
“When you have a person that has the lack of pigment, the lack of melanin, that they know that they will be annihilated,&#8221; Cannon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-nick-cannon-white-people-are-a-little-less-closer-to-animals-true-savages">said</a>. &#8220;So, therefore, however they got the power, they have the lack of compassion. Melanin comes with compassion, melanin comes with soul. We call it soul. Soul brothers and sisters. That&#8217;s the melanin that connects us. So the people that don&#8217;t have it, and I&#8217;m going to say this carefully, are a little less.”
“When they didn&#8217;t have the power of the sun, the sun then started to deteriorate them, so then they&#8217;re acting out of fear, they&#8217;re acting out of low self-esteem, they&#8217;re acting out of a deficiency,&#8221; Cannon continued. &#8220;So, therefore, the only way that they can act is evil. They have to rob, steal, rape, kill &#8230; in order to survive.&#8221;
“They had to be savages, they had to be barbaric, because they&#8217;re in these Nordic mountains, they&#8217;re in these rough &#8230; environments, so they&#8217;re acting as animals,&#8221; Cannon added. &#8220;So they’re the ones that are actually closer to animals; they’re the ones that are actually the true savages.&#8221;
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Nick Cannon says white people are &quot;a little less,&quot; &quot;closer to animals,&quot; &quot;the true savages,&quot; &quot;acting out of a deficiency so the only way they can act is evil.&quot; When does he get canceled? <a href="https://t.co/vK3TBDW9i8">pic.twitter.com/vK3TBDW9i8</a>
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, has been hospitalized for a &#8220;possible infection&#8221; after experiencing a fever and chills.
&#8220;Justice Ginsburg was admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland early this morning for treatment of a possible infection,&#8221; the Supreme Court said in a statement. &#8220;She was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. last night after experiencing fever and chills.&#8221;
&#8220;She underwent an endoscopic procedure at Johns Hopkins this afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;The Justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment.&#8221;
Ginsburg has been hospitalized with health problems numerous times in recent months including once in  May for an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-with-infection-supreme-court-says">infection</a> she sustained from a gallbladder condition and once in November after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-again-admitted-to-hospital/">experiencing</a> flu-like symptoms.
The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-with-infection-supreme-court-says">highlighted</a> Ginsburg&#8217;s numerous battles with cancer:
<blockquote>In 1999, Ginsburg was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/29/us/ginsburg-leaves-hospital-prognosis-on-cancer-is-good.html">diagnosed</a> with colon cancer and had to undergo surgery. In 2009, Ginsburg underwent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/washington/06ginsburg.html">surgery</a> for early-stage pancreatic cancer. In 2018, Ginsburg underwent surgery to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/us/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-cancer.html">remove</a> two cancerous nodules from her left lung. In 2019, underwent three weeks of radiation treatment to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/08/23/753699013/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-underwent-another-round-of-cancer-treatment-this-sum">treat</a> a localized cancerous tumor on her pancreas.</blockquote>
“Ginsburg has faced a slew of hurdles concerning her health, fueling speculation that her possible exit from the court could provide an opportunity for President Trump to appoint a third justice to the bench,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-with-infection-court-announces">reported</a> earlier this year. “However, she consistently has slapped down any notion that her departure from the nation’s highest court was imminent, insisting that she’d like to remain on the bench until she’s 90 years old.”
Ginsburg is not the only justice to be hospitalized in recent days.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized late last month after he fell and reportedly hit his head at a country club.
In a statement, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg told The Post:
<blockquote>The Chief Justice was treated at a hospital on June 21 for an injury to his forehead sustained in a fall while walking for exercise near his home. The injury required sutures, and out of an abundance of caution, he stayed in the hospital overnight and was discharged the next morning. His doctors ruled out a seizure. They believe the fall was likely due to light-headedness caused by dehydration.</blockquote>
“Roberts has not released detailed information about his health or whether he takes medication because of those incidents,” The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/john-roberts-hospitalized-supreme-court/2020/07/07/6bc230ae-c0a0-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html">reported</a>. “The nine members of the court generally decide for themselves how much information to release about their health.”
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The British government announced early on Tuesday that it was banning Chinese-state telecommunications company Huawei from its high-speed 5G telecommunications network.
&#8220;The new U.S. measures restrict Huawei&#8217;s ability to produce important products using U.S. technology or software,&#8221; Media Secretary Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons. &#8220;The National Cyber Security Center has reviewed the consequences of the U.S.&#8217;s actions. The NCSC has not reported to ministers that they have significantly changed their security assessment of Huawei&#8217;s presence in the U.K.&#8217;s 5G network.&#8221;
&#8220;Given the uncertainty that this creates around Huawei&#8217;s supply chain, the U.K. can no longer be confident it will be able to guarantee the security of future Huawei 5G equipment effected by the change in U.S. foreign direct product roles,&#8221; Dowden said. &#8220;To manage this risk, they have now issued new advice on the issue of Huawei in U.K. telecomms networks.&#8221;
&#8220;So, this morning, the prime minister chaired a meeting of the national security council,&#8221; Dowden continued. &#8220;Attendees at that meeting took full account of the National Cyber Security Center&#8217;s advice, together with the implications for U.K. industry, and wider geostrategic considerations. The government agrees with the National Cyber Security Center&#8217;s advice, the best way to secure out networks is for operators to stop using new [inaudible] Huawei equipment to build the U.K.&#8217;s future 5G networks.&#8221;
&#8220;So, to be clear, from the end of this year, telecomms operators must not buy any 5G equipment from Huawei, and once the telecomms security bill is passed, it will be illegal for them to do so,&#8221; Dowden added.
&#8220;In addition to intense pressure from Washington, the Chinese crackdown in Hong Kong and Beijing’s lack of transparency on the origins of the coronavirus have added to concerns in Western capitals about using Chinese technology,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/britain-to-bar-huawei-from-its-5g-wireless-networks-part-of-a-growing-shift-away-from-the-chinese-tech-giant/2020/07/13/44f6afee-c448-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html">reported</a>. &#8220;Britain said it will phase out over the next seven years the small amount of Huawei 5G equipment installed in recent months.&#8221;
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&quot;The best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected Huawei equipment to build the UK&#39;s future 5G networks&quot;
Oliver Dowden announces that from the end of 2020 networks &quot;must not buy any 5G equipment from Huawei&quot; 
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The news came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-pompeo-sends-communist-china-strong-message-on-their-claims-in-south-china-sea">delivered</a> a blow to the Chinese Communist Party at the start of the week, informing the totalitarian nation that its claims in the South China Sea were “completely unlawful.”
In a speech from earlier this year, Attorney General William Barr said that China&#8217;s rapid advancement in trying to dominate the 5G market was the greatest national security threat that the U.S. faced. Partial <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-barr-highlights-greatest-threat-to-u-s-should-vastly-outweigh-all-other-priorities">remarks</a> delivered by Barr in February below:
<blockquote>5G technology lies at the center of the technological and industrial world that is taking shape. In essence, communications networks are not just for communications anymore. They are evolving into the central nervous system of the next generation of internet, called the “Industrial Internet,” and the next generation of industrial systems that will depend on that infrastructure. China has built up a lead in 5G, capturing 40 percent of the global 5G infrastructure market. For the first time in history, the United States is not leading the next technology era.
Much of the discussion on the dangers of allowing China to establish dominance in 5G has been focused on the immediate security concern of using communications networks that China can monitor and surveil. That is, in fact, a monumental danger. For that reason alone, we should mobilize to surmount China’s drive to dominate 5G. But the stakes are far higher than this.
It has been estimated that the Industrial Internet powered by 5G could generate new economic opportunities of $23 trillion by 2025. If China establishes sole dominance over 5G, it will be able to dominate the opportunities arising from a stunning range of emerging technologies that will be dependent on, and interwoven with the 5G platform.
From a national security standpoint, if the Industrial Internet becomes dependent on Chinese technology, China would have the ability to shut countries off from technology and equipment upon which their consumers and industry depend. The power the United States has today to use economic sanctions would pale by comparison to the unprecedented economic leverage we would be surrendering into the hands of China.
It is important to understand how 5G will enable a revolution in industrial processes.  Some Americans think that all we are talking about here is analogous to the shift from 3G to 4G in our wireless networks.  But we are talking about a change that is far more fundamental than merely increasing download speeds for movies and websites.
The move from 3G to 4G meant moving from download speeds of about one Mbps up to speeds of about 20 Mbps.  This increase made it possible to move the storage of data and some modest processing power off of devices and into “the cloud.”  Even this modest evolution of the wireless business spawned wide new fields of innovation, applications, and businesses.  Because the United States was the country that developed 4G, we were the country that captured most of the economic opportunity that flowed from that technology.
The jump to 5G is a quantum leap beyond this.  We are now talking about multi-Gigabits per second peak rates for both download and upload.  These fiber-like speeds, coupled with placing “Edge Computing” facilities closer to the users, means 5G is capable of extremely low latency – under 10 milliseconds.  With this capacity, the tiniest devices can have virtually instantaneous interconnectivity, and access infinite computing power.  With these characteristics, 5G becomes a real time, precise command and control system.
Devices of all kinds – some “smart,” some sensors collecting and transmitting data, and some actuators carrying out remote commands – can be dispersed and embedded in business and industrial equipment across a wide array of businesses, such as transportation, energy, finance, healthcare, agriculture, heavy construction, and so forth.  5G provides the command-and-control function for managing industrial processes.
As the world of 5G unfolds, we will be seeing not just smart homes, but smart farms, smart factories, smart heavy construction, smart transportation systems, and so forth.  And a host of new emerging technologies, in addition to AI, will become interwoven with and dependent upon 5G and the Industrial Internet, including for example: robotics, the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, 3-D printing, nanotechnology, biotechnology, materials science, energy storage, and quantum computing.
China has stolen a march and is now leading in 5G. 5G is an infrastructure business. It relies on a Radio Access Network (RAN).  China has two of the leading RAN infrastructure suppliers: Hwawei and ZTE.  Together, they have already captured 40 percent of the market, and are aggressively pursuing the balance.
Huawei is now the leading supplier on every continent, except North America.  The United States does not have an equipment supplier.  China’s principal competitors are the Finish firm, Nokia (with a 17 percent share) and the Swedish firm Ericsson (with a 14 percent share).
The Chinese are using every lever of power to expand their 5G market share around the globe. It is estimated that the total market for 5G infrastructure is $76 billion.  China is offering over $100 billion in incentives to finance customers’ purchases of its equipment.  This means that the Chinese can offer customers to build their 5G networks for no money down.
In an infrastructure business like 5G, scale is critical. The business requires huge investments in R &amp; D, as well as very high capital costs.  The larger a company’s market share, the better it can afford these costs.  Competitors facing a shrinking addressable market find it harder to sustain the levels of investment required to stay competitive.
Chinese companies start with the advantage of the largest domestic market, giving them instant scale, and as they add to this around the world, they will be able to invest more in their technology.
The more China gains ground as a supplier of 5G infrastructure, the more it will gain ground in all the constituent technologies that undergird 5G infrastructure.
5G rests on a stack of technologies, including semiconductors, fiber optics, and rare earth and materials.  China has moved to domesticate all these elements so it will not be dependent on foreign suppliers.
Semiconductors provide a good example of the ripple effect of Chinese leadership in 5G. China now consumes over half of the world’s semiconductors.  China has now started to replace U.S. semiconductors with its own.  Its scale in this field will permit it to make the investments needed close the current quality gap.  As China builds its scale in the semiconductor industry, it will place substantial pressure on alternative suppliers.  And, of course, semiconductors are indispensable to a wide range of technology and industries apart from 5G.
China’s success in 5G infrastructure is also translating into advantages in a range of new technologies associated with 5G.  AI is a good example.  As China captures more and more of the data generated by 5G, its AI products become better.
Within the next five years, 5G global territory and application dominance will be determined.
The question is whether, within this window, the United States and our allies can mount sufficient competition to Huawei to retain and capture enough market share to sustain the kind of long-term and robust competitive position necessary to avoid surrendering dominance to the Chinese.
The time is very short.  We and our allies have to act quickly.  While much has to be done, it is imperative to make two decisions right away.
First, we have to deploy the spectrum necessary for a robust 5G system in the U.S.  This is the mid-band spectrum called the “C-band.”
The FCC has been working hard to get the C-band spectrum out into the market through an auction.  It is critical to get this done within the next few months.  Even then, the U.S. will need 400,000 base stations to cover the nation.  This could take a decade or more to build out.
Recently, there have been interesting proposals to jump-start U.S.  5G by also making available L-band spectrum for use in tandem with the C-band.  By using the L-band for uplink, we could dramatically reduce the number of base stations required to complete national coverage.  It has been suggested that this could cut the time for U.S. 5G deployment from a decade to 18 months, and save approximately $80 million.  While some technical issues about using the L-band are being debated, it is imperative that the FCC resolves this question.
The bottom line is that we have to move decisively to auction the C-band spectrum, and bring to resolution the issues over L-band.  Our economic future is at stake.  We have to bear in mind that, given the narrow window we face, the risk of losing the 5G struggle with China should vastly outweigh all other considerations.
Second, we have to make a decision on the “horse” we are going to ride in this race.  Who is the 5G equipment supplier, or suppliers, that we will rely on to compete against Huawei around the globe, win contracts from operators, and blunt Huawei’s drive to domination?
It’s all very well to tell our friends and allies that they shouldn’t install Huawei, but whose infrastructure are they going to install?
If we and our allies – and other countries that do not want to put their economic fate in China’s hands – are not going to install Huawei’s infrastructure, we have to have a market-ready alternative today.
What is the customer looking for after all?  What is the operator looking for in moving from 4G to 5G?  It is a one-time decision.  It is a big decision.  You cannot afford to make a mistake, you need to know you are buying a reliable system that will perform, because you don’t have the luxury of tearing it out down the road.  And, you need a system that will allow you to seamlessly migrate your installed 4G base to 5G.  You need to know that your supplier has staying power – they are not here today and gone tomorrow.  They will be there for the long-haul.  Those are the products that are necessary to win contracts today.
There are only two companies that can compete with Huawei right now as 5G infrastructure suppliers: Nokia and Ericsson.  They have quality, reliable products that can guarantee performance.  They have proven successful in managing customers’ migration from 4G to 5G.  The main concern about these suppliers is that they have neither Huawei’s scale nor the backing of a powerful country with a large market, like China.
Some propose that these concerns could be met by the United States aligning itself with Nokia and/or Ericsson through American ownership of a controlling stake, either directly or through a consortium of private American and allied companies.  Putting our large market and financial muscle behind one or both of these firms would make it a more formidable competitor and eliminate concerns over its staying power.  We and our closest allies certainly need to be actively considering this approach.
Recently, there has been some talk about trying to develop an Open RAN approach, which aims to force open the RAN into its components and have those components to be developed by U.S. and western innovators.  The problem is that this is just pie in the sky.  This approach is completely untested, and would take many years to get off the ground, and would not be ready for prime time for a decade, if ever.
What we need today is a product that can win contracts right now – a proven infrastructure that network operators will make a long-term commitment to today.  In other words, we need a product that can blunt and turnaround Huawei’s momentum currently.
As a dictatorship, China can marshal an all-of-nation approach – the government, private companies, and academia acting together as one. &#8230;
If we are going to maintain our technological leadership, our economic strength, and ultimately our national security, we need the public and private sectors to work together and come shoulder to shoulder.
To our private sector friends, I would say that appeasing the PRC may come with short-term benefits, but I urge you to question the longstanding assumption that promises of market access are worth the steep costs. The PRC’s ultimate goal is to replace you with a Chinese company.
University and think-tank colleagues, do not allow the theft of technology under the guise of academic freedom. Do not allow the PRC to dictate your research or pressure you into ignoring diverse voices on controversial topics. Consider whether any sacrifice of academic integrity or freedom is worth the tradeoff.
To our allies, we applaud your efforts to stand up to China’s economic power. But we must do more, and act collectively.  Let us not forget our collective economic influence and power.
Throughout history, free societies have faced regimented adversaries.  At critical junctures, they have achieved the unity and purpose necessary to prevail, not because they have been compelled to do so, but because they freely chose to do so. We must make that choice today.
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Twelve Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr late last week demanding that the Department of Justice take “decisive action” to protect American’s rights from “mob rule.”
The letter came in response to the recent incident in St. Louis when two homeowners, Mark and Patricia McCloskey, stood armed outside their home to defend it from a large group of demonstrators who had entered their private neighborhood. Authorities later returned to the home and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-warrant-served-on-st-louis-couple-who-defended-private-property-guns-confiscated-report-says">confiscated</a> Mark McCloskey&#8217;s rifle. McCloskey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-couple-who-defended-home-rumor-is-that-we-are-going-to-be-indicted-shortly">told</a> Fox News on Monday night that he expects that he and his wife will soon be indicted by the circuit attorney, Democrat Kimberly Gardner.
“This past week Mark and Patricia McCloskey in St. Louis, Missouri, took up arms in their own defense when violent protesters broke the gate to their private neighborhood and made threats of violence towards them,” the letter stated (full text below). “In spite of this egregious behavior by the protestors, the recently elected Circuit Attorney, Democrat Kim Gardner, stated publicly that their department is pursuing charges against the couple, calling the lawful protection of their homestead ‘a violent assault.’”
“At this crucial time in history, our nation needs the Department of Justice to exert strong leadership to ensure that none of our constitutional protections are eroded by mob rule,” the letter continued. “Charges against this couple will have a chilling effect on the entire nation, sending the message that American citizens no longer have the right to protect themselves at their own homes. Therefore, we urgently request the Department of Justice to take decisive action to protect our communities, uphold the rule of law, defend the Second Amendment, and insure the civil rights of Americans under attack.”
The letter was signed by Republican Reps. Louis Gohmert (TX), Mo Brooks (AL), Greg Steube (FL), Brian Babin (TX), Paul Gosar (AZ), Alex Mooney (WV), Andy Harris (MD), Ted Budd (NC), Steve King (IA), Steve Watkins (KS), Jody Hice (GA), and Scott Perry (PA).
Full text of the letter the Republicans sent to Barr below:
<blockquote>The Attorney General is authorized under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 34 U.S.C. 12601, to &#8220;investigate and litigate cases involving a &#8216;pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officer&#8217; that violates Constitutional or federal rights.&#8221; We ask that the United States Department of Justice initiate proceedings to ensure that the Second Amendment, which enshrines the fundamental right of citizens to protect themselves from violence and tyranny, is zealously defended during this time of unrest.
Peaceful protests, started in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, have been hijacked by incendiary, tyrannical anarchists who use violence and looting as a means to create chaos in America. Cities with Democratic leadership have responded to this wave of violence by slashing budgets of their local police departments and in some instances allowing open insurrection by way of &#8220;autonomous zones.&#8221; This past week Mark and Patricia McCloskey in St. Louis, Missouri, took up arms in their own defense when violent protesters broke the gate to their private neighborhood and made threats of violence towards them. In spite of this egregious behavior by the protestors, the recently elected Circuit Attorney, Democrat Kim Gardner, stated publicly that their department is pursuing charges against the couple, calling the lawful protection of their homestead &#8220;a violent assault.&#8221;
At this crucial time in history, our nation needs the Department of Justice to exert strong leadership to ensure that none of our constitutional protections are eroded by mob rule. Charges against this couple will have a chilling effect on the entire nation, sending the message that American citizens no longer have the right to protect themselves at their own homes. Therefore, we urgently request the Department of Justice to take decisive action to protect our communities, uphold the rule of law, defend the Second Amendment, and insure the civil rights of Americans under attack.</blockquote>
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The National Basketball Association&#8217;s online store blocked people from being able to order customizable jerseys that featured &#8220;FreeHongKong&#8221; as the name on the back of the Jersey.
Sports commentator Clay Travis posted a video to Twitter that showed the NBA blocking the jersey when the name entered was &#8220;FreeHongKong&#8221; but not when the name was &#8220;FreeHongKonu&#8221; thus showing that it had nothing to do with the number of characters on the jersey.
The Daily Wire received the same message when attempting to purchase a jersey that stated &#8220;FreeHongKong.&#8221; The message that the NBA store auto-populates states, &#8220;We are unable to customize this item with the text you have entered. Please try a different entry.&#8221;
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The NBA bans you, the fan, from putting <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/freehongkong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#freehongkong</a> on customized league jerseys even as they allow players to wear customized jerseys. <a href="https://t.co/px9enQa1qk">pic.twitter.com/px9enQa1qk</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1282731020647895043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Rick Scott responded to the tweet, writing, &#8220;More evidence of the @NBA’s shameful cowardice and unwillingness to stand up for human rights in China. This is mind-boggling. The NBA and its players have chosen profits over human rights. They’re siding with Xi and the CCP over those fighting for their freedom.&#8221;
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More evidence of the <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>’s shameful cowardice and unwillingness to stand up for human rights in China. This is mind-boggling. 
The NBA and its players have chosen profits over human rights. They’re siding with Xi and the CCP over those fighting for their freedom. <a href="https://t.co/H0HSQRIqSW">https://t.co/H0HSQRIqSW</a>
&mdash; Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottforFlorida/status/1282749307565768704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tweeted: &#8220;Of course &#8211; @NBA Incorporated doesn’t dare offend the paymasters in #Beijing!&#8221;
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Of course &#8211; <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a> Incorporated doesn’t dare offend the paymasters in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beijing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beijing</a>! <a href="https://t.co/vRe8aspbln">https://t.co/vRe8aspbln</a>
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1282764140298240005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) tweeted: &#8220;The NBA makes BILLIONS of dollars in #China. No wonder it&#8217;s afraid to stand up to the #CCP and fight for the millions of people being persecuted in #HongKong right now — because it&#8217;s deep in the CCP&#8217;s pocketbook. The NBA should side with freedom, not oppression! #FreeHongKong&#8221;
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The NBA makes BILLIONS of dollars in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#China</a>.
No wonder it&#39;s afraid to stand up to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CCP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CCP</a> and fight for the millions of people being persecuted in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a> right now — because it&#39;s deep in the CCP&#39;s pocketbook.
The NBA should side with freedom, not oppression! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeHongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreeHongKong</a> <a href="https://t.co/ANqehQZR0Q">https://t.co/ANqehQZR0Q</a>
&mdash; Michael Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz/status/1282759070747963397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/culture/nba-china-cowards/">tested</a> numerous different phrases and found that the NBA allegedly allowed these phrases to be printed on their jerseys:
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<li>F—K HONG KONG</li>
<li>DEFUND POLICE</li>
<li>ABOLISH COPS</li>
<li>BEWARE OF JEWS</li>
<li>SNEAKY JEWS</li>
<li>BAN GYPSIES</li>
<li>XI FOR LIFE</li>
<li>CANCEL ISRAEL</li>
<li>NINE 11 HOAX</li>
<li>END TAIWAN</li>
<li>ENSLAVE TIBET</li>
<li>TRUMP HAS AIDS</li>
<li>PENCE IS GAY</li>
<li>UYGHURS LIE</li>
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The Daily Wire was able to verify the majority of those with &#8220;F**kHongKong&#8221; being the only phrase that did not work when attempted which might be an indicator that the NBA intervened after seeing reports surface online. The NBA store also <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/13/nba-bans-custom-jerseys-with-freehongkong-but-allows-burn-jews-and-kill-cops/">allegedly</a> allowed other heinous statements to be printed on their jerseys, including statements advocating for violence against Jews and police officers.
Daily Caller reporter David Hookstead called the NBA store and allegedly confirmed with an employee that he could not get a jersey that stated &#8220;FreeHongKong&#8221; but could get a jersey that stated &#8220;KillCops.&#8221;
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Here is audio of the NBA store telling me I can&#39;t buy a FreeHongKong jersey, but I can buy a KillCops jersey.
Eventually, once they realized what was happening, they claimed they couldn&#39;t sell me anything because of high call volume and system error. <a href="https://t.co/S9bdj9xgXU">pic.twitter.com/S9bdj9xgXU</a>
&mdash; David Hookstead (@dhookstead) <a href="https://twitter.com/dhookstead/status/1282769612191551488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reportedly said last year that he was &#8220;proud&#8221; of &#8220;the sentiment&#8221; that people have who view the NBA as &#8220;the wokest professional sports league&#8221; and said that &#8220;political speech&#8221; from the players is protected by the league.
New York Times columnist Bari Weiss <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/opinion/nba-china-hong-kong.html">wrote</a> the following about the NBA last year:
<blockquote>Absolutely, that is, unless the subject of that political speech is the Chinese Communist Party, which presents perhaps the greatest strategic threat to our freedoms of any regime in the world. On that subject, Mr. Silver and the league he runs are shamefully silent.
A stunning instance of N.B.A. acquiescence to Beijing began on Friday evening when Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, put out a tweet expressing support for Hong Kong’s democracy movement: “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” You might assume that the wokest professional sports league — this is a business, after all, that pulled its all-star game out of Charlotte, N.C., in 2017 because of that state’s anti-transgender bathroom bill — would see human rights, representative democracy and freedom of conscience as core virtues. But you would be wrong.
The Morey tweet, though promptly deleted, went viral in China, where outrage from sponsors and fans was fast and furious. But the swiftness with which the N.B.A. bent its knee to Chinese sensitivities was truly breathtaking for a league that prides itself on a “sense of an obligation, social responsibility, a desire to speak up directly about issues that are important,” as Mr. Silver has boasted. Perhaps the fact as many as 500 million Chinese watched at least one N.B.A. game last season and the N.B.A.’s business operations there are valued at more than $4 billion had something to do with it.</blockquote>
NBA star LeBron James cowered to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the incident, suggesting that those with pro-Hong Kong views were not &#8220;educated&#8221; and saying that there were &#8220;negatives&#8221; that come with having freedom of speech.
“We all talk about this freedom of speech, yes, we all do have freedom of speech but at times there are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you’re not thinking about others and you’re only thinking about yourself,” James said. “I don’t want to get into a … feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand and he spoke. So many people could have been harmed, not only financially, but physically, emotionally, and spiritually.”
“So, just be careful what we tweet and say and what we do even though, yes, we do have freedom of speech there can be a lot of negatives that comes with that too,” James concluded.
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LeBron James rips Daryl Morey, says Morey was uneducated. Says, “We do have freedom of speech, but there can be a lot of negatives that come with that too.” Really. <a href="https://t.co/ZTw6a3FZ5n">pic.twitter.com/ZTw6a3FZ5n</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1183921775647875072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Mark McCloskey, the homeowner who defended his St. Louis home recently from a large mob of demonstrators, told Fox News on Monday that he excepts to be “indicted shortly.”
The segment came after St. Louis law enforcement officials served a warrant on the McCloskeys late last week and confiscated the rifle that he used to defend his home.
&#8220;The police were really very professional and very nice,&#8221; McCloskey said. &#8220;The cops that came out to issue the search warrant on us, they were almost apologetic. They didn’t want to have to be there. They were doing their job. Patty wanted to take a picture to document it, and she asked if they wouldn’t mind facing away from the camera so that people wouldn’t get mad at them if their faces were shown on TV.&#8221;
McCloskey said that the officers did not believe that he and his wife did anything wrong but were being forced to carry out the order by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, a Democrat, who claimed that the McCloskeys defending their private property was a &#8220;violent assault.&#8221;
&#8220;My attorney advised me not to be on the show tonight because the rumor is that we are going to be indicted shortly,&#8221; McCloskey said. &#8220;Having said that, this is the same circuit attorney that released 35 of the protesters that torched and looted in downtown St. Louis but now she wants to indict me. I didn’t shoot anybody. I just held my ground, protecting my house, and I’m sitting here on television tonight instead of dead or putting out the smoldering embers of my home.&#8221;
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Mark McCloskey says that he believes that he and his wife are going to be &quot;indicted shortly&quot;. <a href="https://t.co/8o4xsb82Az">pic.twitter.com/8o4xsb82Az</a>
&mdash; (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1282833518158950400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>Fox News host Tucker Carlson: Mark McCloskey joins us tonight. Mark, thanks much for coming on. So before I ask you about how you feel about this to reimagine public safety you been subjected to, tell us specifically what happen when the police visited your home recently.
Mark McCloskey: Well, you know, the police were really very professional and very nice. The cops that came out to issue the search warrant on us, they were almost apologetic. They didn’t want to have to be there. They were doing their job. Patty wanted to take a picture to document it and she asked if they wouldn’t mind facing away from the camera so that people wouldn’t get mad at them if their faces were shown on TV. They all did so. They unfortunate are stuck between a circuit attorney that wants to prosecute us in their own belief that we did absolutely nothing wrong.
Carlson: It goes without saying, I mean, police department’s are structured along the lines of the military. They don’t make independent. They are told what to to do and they do it. They didn’t make this decision independently but you still can escape the contrast of what happened the night the mob came to your home and you call the police and they didn’t, and then they come at the command of the prosecuting attorney later to take the firearm you used to defend yourself. Is that what police are for, do you think?
McCloskey: Well, you know, my attorney advised me not to be on the show tonight because the rumor is that we are going to be indicted shortly. Having said that, this is the same circuit attorney that released 35 of the protesters that torched and looted in downtown St. Louis but now she wants to indict me. I didn’t shoot anybody. I just held my ground, protecting my house, and I’m sitting here on television tonight instead of dead or putting out the smoldering embers of my home.
Carlson: So I mean, your strategy in response to all this seems to be staying silent doesn’t get to anything, obviously. If you just retreated into your house, it probably would be burned to the ground, as you just said. But is that how society should function? I mean, shouldn’t someone in authority in the state of Missouri be coming to your aid right about now?
McCloskey: You know, the way I view it is, when you have certain elements of society encouraging violence, at the same time asking the police to stand down, what’s the only possible result? The only possible solution is for individual citizens to stand up and defend themselves. I’m afraid that what’s being promoted is causing citizens to stand up and defend themselves so they can be [inaudible] and abused the way we have been.
Carlson: I don’t think there’s any doubt about that. I don’t think there’s a homeowner in America who wants to defend his own home with a gun. That something you do if you have no choice. You’d much rather the police came and took the risk for you. That’s why you pay them, but they won&#8217;t. What do you make of the media response? You were lectured on another channel by a guy who’s threatened violence against people, actually threatened violence against people, for getting in his space and yet he dressed you down for defending your home. What do you make of it?
McCloskey: The traditional media is right behind the mob. We are not allowed to use that word anymore. The large crowd of angry people and are supporting these entities which are from my understanding Marxist and oppose every thing I stand for and I hold dear. We have gotten tremendous support from ordinary people. My phones in my emails are running at about 90% positive. We have gotten calls from all over the world. I got a nice letter from a lady in Ireland congratulated us for taking a stand against violence and so I think that the vast majority of Americans wish they could do something. The problem is if nobody stands up and supports them, if the media blasts them, I’m self-employed, I own my own law firm, but what if I was an employee somewhere? If I did what I did and I was an employee of anybody else, I would have been canned the next day. My family would’ve been canned. No one would ever get a job again. This is the kind of social pressure that keeps people from standing up and defending themselves and I think it’s time for people to take a different stand. Actually stand up and have some risk. Patrick Henry said, &#8216;give me liberty or give me death&#8217; and now everybody so afraid of losing their job.</blockquote>

Couple points guns at protesters marching to St. Louis mayor&#8217;s home to demand resignation

Couple Who Defended Home: ‘Rumor Is That We Are Going To Be Indicted Shortly’

protests

Riots

St. Louis

After issuing multiple warnings to residents in the area, the Portland Police Department worked to clear out a section of the city Sunday in response to a fire being set, smoke from which was &#8220;entering the Justice Center creating a hazard for all persons inside.&#8221;
While law enforcement officials moved people out of the area, an anti-police protester screamed obscenities at officers, at one point telling one of the officers that she hoped that someone would kill him and his family.
&#8220;F*** off you, b***h,&#8221; the demonstrator yelled at police as they cleared people out of the area.
As the police in riot gear continued to push the demonstrators forward, the woman screamed while walking, &#8220;Hey, godd*mnit, I&#8217;m disabled, I&#8217;m disabled I can&#8217;t walk!&#8221;
The woman then turned around and said to the officers, &#8220;I hope someone kills your f***ing family.&#8221;
&#8220;I hope they kill you, too,&#8221; the woman continued. &#8220;I hope someone burns down your whole precinct with all y&#8217;all inside. Can&#8217;t wait to see it. Can&#8217;t wait to see it.&#8221;
Video of the incident has circulated online (warning—contains explicit language):
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The Portland Police Department issued repeated warnings for people to leave the area because federal law enforcement officials were engaging an unruly mob.
&#8220;PPB is aware Federal Officers are currently engaging a crowd in the area of SW 3rd Ave between SW Salmon St/SW Main St. Federal Officers also deployed CS,&#8221; the department <a href="https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice/status/1282219350506668032">tweeted</a>. &#8220;PPB is asking the community to avoid the area for safety.&#8221;
The department <a href="https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice/status/1282241847876710400">added</a> a short time later, &#8220;PPB has closed the area in downtown Portland between SW Harvey Milk St to SW Colombia Ave / SW Naito Pkwy to SW Broadway Ave. If you are in this area Please leave now.&#8221;
The Associated Press <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/07/23-million-lost-due-to-ongoing-portland-protests.html">reported</a> last week:
<blockquote>Downtown businesses in Portland, Oregon, have sustained about $23 million in damages and lost customers because of violent nightly protests that have brought the city to its knees, authorities said Wednesday.
At a police briefing, Deputy Chief Chris Davis said the intensity of the violence by an “agitator corps” and the length of the protests that are now in their sixth week are unprecedented in Oregon’s largest city.</blockquote>
“Quite frankly, this is not sustainable,” Deputy Chief Chris Davis said. “There’s a very big difference between protests and the kind of mayhem that we’ve seen every night. &#8230; The Black Lives Matter movement is not violent. The story that we’re going to talk about today is about a small group of agitators that is attempting to hijack that message and use it as a cover for criminal activity.”
The Portland Police Department put out another warning on Sunday night as alleged criminal activity once again flared up.
&#8220;Portland Police are securing the area near SW 3rdAve and SW Main St because of a fire. Smoke is entering the Justice Center creating a hazard for all persons inside,&#8221; the department said. &#8220;Anyone in the the area move so members Portland Fire &amp; Rescue may safely extinguish the fire. Move away now.&#8221;
&#8220;Move away now,&#8221; the department continued. &#8220;If you remain in the area and show the intent to engage in physical resistance to removal or if emergency circumstances require you may be subject to the use of force including riot control agents and impact weapons. Move to the west away from SW 3rd &amp; SW Main.&#8221;
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Move away now. If you remain in the area and show the intent to engage in physical resistance to removal or if emergency circumstances require you may be subject to the use of force including riot control agents and impact weapons. Move to the west away from SW 3rd &amp; SW Main
&mdash; Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice/status/1282609816196640768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Black Lives Matter protests continue in Portland

Portland Police Clear Streets After Fire; Protester: I Hope ‘Someone Kills’ Your Family, Burns Precinct With ‘Y’all Inside’

Portland

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has reportedly expanded its criminal investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard as new questions emerge about the grand jury subpoenas Howard&#8217;s office issued in the case involving the death of Rayshard Brooks.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has asked the GBI to expand the scope of its current investigation regarding Howard after Carr learned about subpoenas Howard&#8217;s office issued regarding Officer Garrett Rolfe and the use of force against Brooks, whom Rolfe shot after he resisted arrest and fired a taser at him during a DUI arrest.
Howard issued grand jury subpoenas directing the Atlanta Police Department to turn over its “open investigation regarding Garrett Rolfe and the use of force incident.” Fox 5 Atlanta <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/exclusive-gbi-probe-of-fulton-county-da-paul-howard-widens">reports</a>:
<blockquote>The subpoena required that the documents be turned over for the &#8220;Grand Jury, June/July term on the of 14th day of July.&#8221; Other grand jury subpoenas were issued for phone and surveillance camera videos.</blockquote>
Fox 5  notes, however, that these grand jury subpoenas were issued while the grand jury was suspended. The grand jury &#8220;had been suspended on March 13 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.&#8221;
The issuing of grand jury subpoenas while there is no grand jury could be &#8220;an ethical or possibly criminal issue,&#8221; according to legal experts who spoke with the Fox 5.
Gable Cino, who is a law professor that specializes in prosecutorial misconduct, told the outlet, “It would be a violation of criminal law to make a knowingly false statement or misrepresentation in the subpoena which is a document that has been issued.”
GBI Director Vic Reynolds said that the department was aware of the matter and apparently is looking into it.
GBI was already investigating Howard earlier this year over a &#8220;mysterious salary supplement negotiated between Howard and then Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed&#8221; that directed $250,000 over a a 3-year period into a non-profit that was run by the DA&#8217;s office, Fox 5 reports. Howard allegedly took $140,000 from those funds to supplement his own salary.
Howard&#8217;s name gained national attention after he charged Rolfe with felony murder in the case of Rayshard Brooks.
The Atlanta Police Department was called to a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, because Brooks, 27, had fallen asleep behind the wheel of a car while in the drive-thru, which blocked the movement of vehicles in line. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-police-body-cam-footage-challenges-narrative-on-death-of-rayshard-brooks">interaction</a> between the police and Brooks was mostly calm until the attempted arrest following his breathalyzer, which showed that he was driving while drunk.
When the officers began to arrest Brooks, he resisted arrest, assaulted the officers, and took one of their tasers. Rolfe pursued Brooks, who then fired the taser he had taken in Rolfe&#8217;s direction, who responded by shooting and killing Brooks.
In explaining the charges against Rolfe, Howard said, “We’ve concluded at the time Mr. Brooks was shot that he did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or officers.”
A couple of weeks earlier, however, Howard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/da-says-brooks-wasnt-threat-toward-cop-he-shot-taser-at-said-two-weeks-ago-taser-is-considered-a-deadly-weapon">stated at a press conference</a> that a taser was considered to be a “deadly weapon” under Georgia law.
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Fulton County DA Announces Decision On Charges In Shooting Of Rayshard Brooks

Criminal Investigation Expanded Into District Attorney Who Charged Officers In Rayshard Brooks Shooting

Georgia

Law Enforcement

Rayshard Brooks

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed on Sunday that the surge in crime in New York City is happening because people are “scared to pay their rent” and because of high unemployment numbers due to the pandemic.
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks and other misleading statements during a Zoom video call that was posted to Twitter by The Hill.
Ocasio-Cortez claimed without evidence that the recent $1 billion budgetary cut by the New York City Police Department wasn&#8217;t “really real.”
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/us/new-york-budget-nypd-1-billion-cut-trnd/index.html">reported</a>:
<blockquote>The approved budget includes nearly $484 million in cuts and will reallocate $354 million to other agencies &#8220;best positioned to carry out the duties that have been previously assigned to the New York Police Department, like the Department of Education, the Department of Health &amp; Mental Hygiene and the Department of Homeless Services. Another $162 million was slashed through &#8220;associated costs,&#8221; the council said in a statement.
The approved budget also moves about $500 million of the department&#8217;s capital budget to other &#8220;badly needed infrastructure,&#8221; the City Council said, and reduces overtime spending by $352 million.</blockquote>
&#8220;So why is this uptick in crime happening?&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez asked. &#8220;Well, let’s think about it. Do we think this has to do with the fact there’s record unemployment in the United States right now? The fact that people are at a level of economic desperation that we have not seen since the Great Recession. Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren’t paying their rent and are scared to pay their rent, and so they go out and they need to feed their child and they don’t have money so you maybe have to, they’re put in a position where they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry that night.&#8221;
&#8220;Maybe it’s the fact that unemployment provisions have not been given to [everyone],&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez claimed. &#8220;May it’s because the fact that people, some people still haven’t gotten their stimulus checks yet.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s suggestion that the increase in crime is simply people stealing bread to try to feed their families ignores the widespread looting of <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/nypd-nyc-luxury-stores-george-floyd-protests">luxury stores</a> that happened in the city during the recent riots. It also ignores the fact that New York City Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-mayor-bill-de-blasio-proud-of-daughter-after-she-was-arrested-in-peaceful-protest">resisted</a> calls from top Democrats and Republicans to deploy the National Guard to restore order and stop the violence and looting.
Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks about the increasing crime rate also fail to address the fact that a lot of the <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/06/18/nypd-crime-stats-may-2020/">increase</a> in crime that is garnering headlines is an increase in violent crime, including murders and shootings. For example, shootings last month <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-city-shootings-increased-130-in-june/">skyrocketed</a> 130% compared to June of 2019.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nycs-criminal-justice-system-is-imploding-nypd-boss-says-as-homicides-hit-5-year-high/2483376/">said</a> that the increase in crime around the city was causing the city’s justice system to implode. The NYPD also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-new-york-police-department-eliminating-anti-crime-unit">cut</a> their plainclothes unit of 600 officers, and have seen a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-many-nypd-officers-are-applying-for-retirement-that-department-forced-to-slow-applications-report-claims">massive increase</a> in officers retiring – which is likely due, at least in part, to the current anti-police climate that is being pushed by the political Left.
Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s sudden apparent concern for people not having jobs may ring hollow as she previously celebrated a crash in oil prices, which critics <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-celebrates-american-oil-job-losses-you-absolutely-love-to-see-it">said</a> meant that she was &#8220;cheering job losses.&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez also <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/aoc-boycott-work-coronavirus-shutdown">suggested</a> that low-income Americans should boycott going back to work after the pandemic shutdown was over.
Ocasio-Cortez was one of the people who helped <a href="https://time.com/5530386/aoc-amazon-new-york-hq2/">stop</a> Amazon from bringing tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity to New York City.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/nyregion/newyorktoday/AOC-Amazon-nyc.html">reported</a> that polling showed that the deal was popular across the state and that the majority of New Yorkers, including Democrats, said that the cancellation of the deal was bad for the state. Ocasio-Cortez was also credited with being the top &#8220;villain&#8221; in why the deal fell apart. It&#8217;s also worth noting that as a company, Amazon had to hire an additional <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/28/863653914/amazon-is-offering-to-keep-125-000-workers-it-hired-for-the-pandemic">175,000 employees</a> to keep up with the demand that was created during the pandemic, although it’s not clear how many of those jobs would have been created in New York City.
Also, for all her apparent concern for people not having jobs in the current economic environment, Ocasio-Cortez last week <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/10/aoc-tweets-support-for-goya-boycott-after-ceo-praises-trump/">reportedly</a> promoted a boycott of Goya Foods – the largest Latino food company in the U.S. – because the company&#8217;s CEO said positive things about President Donald Trump.
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AOC on increased NYC crime: &quot;Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren&#39;t paying their rent &amp; are scared to pay their rent &amp; so they go out &amp; they need to feed their child &amp; they don&#39;t have money so&#8230; they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/oHSTWWJZ6a">pic.twitter.com/oHSTWWJZ6a</a>
&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1282358303549464578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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New Yorkers Remember Victims Of Mass Shootings In El Paso And Dayton

Ocasio-Cortez: NYC Crime Surge ‘Maybe’ Due To People Being ‘Scared To Pay Their Rent,’ Don’t Have Jobs

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Amazon

Crime

New York City

The Trump administration rejected a $500 million federal aid request from Minnesota after Democrat Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey failed to stop significant damage from being inflicted on the city in response to the death of George Floyd.
“We’re asking our federal partners to step up and help our communities recover,” Walz said in a statement at the start of the month. “We need to come together to ensure Minnesotans who were victims of this destruction have access to critical infrastructure they need so they can go to the grocery store, pick up their medication, and live their lives. Together, we will rebuild.”
Estimates provided by the state said that an estimated 1,500 businesses were destroyed by violent rioters who burned down many of the businesses and looted countless stores. The state said that the estimated damage exceeded $500 million.
The Trump administration reportedly did not approve the request after the Democrat mayor and governor failed to stop the damage from happening in the first place.
“The Governor is disappointed that the federal government declined his request for financial support,” Walz&#8217;s office said in a statement. “As we navigate one of the most difficult periods in our state’s history, we look for support from our federal government to help us through.”
After Floyd&#8217;s death, violent left-wing rioters attacked Minneapolis&#8217;s 3rd Precinct station and Frey ordered the police to stand down and retreat.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/minneapolis-government-george-floyd.html">reported</a>:
<blockquote>As the night wore on, dozens of buildings burst into flames, without a fire crew in sight. A six-story apartment building that was still under construction collapsed into a ball of fire. A high-tech factory was set ablaze. Residents called 911 desperate for help, but dispatchers were overwhelmed.
Over three nights, a five-mile stretch of Minneapolis sustained extraordinary damage. The police precinct house itself was set on fire, after the mayor gave orders to evacuate the building. A month later, the city is still struggling to understand what happened and why: Not since the 1992 unrest in Los Angeles has an American city suffered such destructive riots.</blockquote>
The Minneapolis city government, which is controlled by Democrats, has repeatedly demonized police officers and members of the city council have advocated for defunding the police department in recent weeks even as violent crime has <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/are-minneapoliss-police-protests-causing-a-crime-wave/">surged</a> since Floyd&#8217;s death.
Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender was asked by CNN following the Democrats&#8217; calls for defunding the police department what people should do if their homes are broken into.
Bender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-minneapolis-city-council-president-asked-who-to-call-if-someone-breaks-into-your-house-after-dismantling-police-says-step-back-check-your-privileg">responded</a> by saying, “Yes, I mean, I hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors, and I know, and myself too, and I know that that comes from a place of privilege because, for those of us for whom the system is working, I think we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm is done.”
Bender later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-grills-minneapolis-city-council-president-how-do-you-stop-killers-without-police-she-struggles-to-respond">struggled</a> in a separate interview on CNN to explain what should happen in a killer was running around on the loose shooting people.
While members of the Minneapolis City Council were advocating for defunding the police department many of them were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/minneapolis-city-council-oks-charter-amendment-to-cut-police-some-of-them-now-get-private-security-after-threats">receiving</a> expensive private security protection at taxpayer expense.
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MINNEAPOLISPOLICEDEATH

Trump Denies Federal Aid Request From Minnesota After Democrat Governor, Mayor Fail To Stop Damage, Report Says

Donald Trump

George Floyd

Minnesota

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) is facing increasing pressure to resign over her handling of recent events around the city, including the death of a young girl who was shot and killed near a Wendy&#8217;s where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks after he resisted arrest.
The girl, 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, was killed as violent criminals opened fire on a car that her mother was driving as she was trying to pull a U-turn to get away from the rioters.
“They didn’t give us time to make a U-turn,” Turner’s mother <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/father-of-8-year-old-killed-near-atlanta-wendys-they-say-black-lives-matter-you-killed-your-own">said</a>. “They started shooting at my car before we could even make a U-turn. Shooting my tires out, like why?”
A social justice activist blamed Bottoms for Turner&#8217;s death, <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/pandemic-protests-keep-atlanta-mayor-national-spotlight/6AkZtzVhakbGZ2y8PdBUtJ/">saying</a>, “Keisha we begged ya’ll for help. You said you’re schedule was so busy that you didn’t have time to meet with activists … You only got time when it’s good for you … If you would have been doing your job, if APD would have been doing their job then no one would have been killed … How is Secoriea’s blood not on your hands?”
Attorney Gerald Griggs, vice president of the Atlanta NAACP, agreed that Bottoms was responsible for Turner&#8217;s death on July 4.
&#8220;For Keisha to call you guys out and say blood is on your hands … it’s not true,” Griggs said, according to the <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/local/protesters-march-wendy-where-rayshard-brooks-was-killed/oa5PUMFjjjK1XIWDeO9o6O/">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a>. “The blood is on her hands.”
“Get off CNN. Get off MSNBC. Get off Fox. Get off ABC!” Griggs continued. “The community is down here. We want an end to police brutality on your watch, Keisha. If you can’t do it, you need to pack up your office.”
Bottoms initially tried to hold the community responsible for what happened, saying, “You can’t blame this on a police officer, you can’t say this is about criminal justice reform. This is about some people carrying some weapons who shot up a car with an eight-year-old baby in the car,” Bottoms said. “We got to stop this. We are doing each other more harm than any police officer on this force. We’ve had over 75 shootings in the city over the past several weeks. You can’t blame that on APD.”
The next day Bottoms <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/atlanta-mayor-keisha-bottoms-suggests-trump-responsible-for-8-year-old-girl-murdered-in-atlanta/">appeared</a> on CNN, where she suggested that President Donald Trump was responsible for what happened in her city.
CNN host Brooke Baldwin asked Bottoms how such a tragic incident could occur: “I want to just get right to Secoriea, 8 years of age. You said it over the weekend. She was a baby. How could this happen?”
“I was listening to [Chicago] Mayor [Lori] Lightfoot, she summed it up,” Bottoms said. “We talk about systemic racism and the trauma and anxiety and all these things that are happening in our communities. And it is this convergence.”
“And I hate to use the word a perfect storm, but it’s where we are in this country right now,” Bottoms continued. “And you think about the leadership or the lack thereof that we have coming from the highest office in the land. I think that you are seeing so many emotions play out. And so, too often, it’s playing out in violence in our streets.”
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2019 BronzeLens Women Superstars Luncheon

Atlanta NAACP Suggests Democrat Mayor Keisha Bottoms Resign: ‘If You Can’t Do It, You Need To Pack Up Your Office’

Atlanta

Black Lives Matter

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Goya Foods CEO and President Bob Unanue is standing tall against top Democrat politicians who are urging people to boycott his business—the largest Latino food company in the United States—after he praised President Donald Trump this week, saying &#8220;hell no&#8221; he is &#8220;not apologizing.&#8221;
During an event at the White House this week, Unanue said, &#8220;Today, it gives me great honor – and, by the way, we&#8217;re all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder. And that&#8217;s what my grandfather did: He came to this country to build, to grow, to prosper. And so we have an incredible builder, and we pray – we pray for our leadership, our president, and we pray for our country that we will continue to prosper and to grow.&#8221;
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CEO of Goya Foods, Robert Unanue: &quot;We&#39;re all truly blessed to have a leader like President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vqMP4C3rqb">pic.twitter.com/vqMP4C3rqb</a>
&mdash; Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1281323161192148992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other far-left Democrat politicians <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/10/aoc-tweets-support-for-goya-boycott-after-ceo-praises-trump/">promoted</a> a boycott of Goya Foods, encouraging people to abandon the Latino business because Unanue said positive things about the president.
Unanue then appeared on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;FOX &amp; Friends&#8221; the next morning where he defended his comment and said that he would not apologize for what he said because it was suppression of speech.
“It’s suppression of speech,” Unanue said. “In 2012, eight years ago, I was called by Michelle Obama to Tampa, and they were mentioning to launch a ‘my plate’ thing which we put on, it’s putting the nutritional pyramid into a plate of portion control. They wanted to approach the African American community, the Hispanic community, to eat more nutritionally.”
“So, they called on us as the most recognized Hispanic brand in the United States, and I went,” Unanue continued. “I went to the White House later and I introduced at Hispanic heritage month President Obama. And so you’re allowed talk good or to praise one president, but you’re not allowed, when I was called to be part of this commission to aid in economic and educational prosperity and you make a positive comment, all of the sudden that’s not acceptable.”
“So, you know, I’m not apologizing for saying, especially if you’re called by the President of the United States, you’re going to say, ‘no I’m sorry, I’m busy. No thank you,’&#8221; Unanue concluded. &#8220;I didn’t say that to the Obamas and I didn’t say that to President Trump.”
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The radical left is trying to &quot;cancel&quot; the CEO of Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food business in the country, because he praised <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealDonaldTrump</a> at yesterday&#39;s event focusing on Hispanic opportunity.
Watch him explain why he won&#39;t apologize! <a href="https://t.co/MjZkFGA2z8">pic.twitter.com/MjZkFGA2z8</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room &#8211; Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1281588155808964609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Unanue later appeared on Fox News’ Laura Ingraham show where he again defended his comments when asked if he would be apologizing, saying, “Hell no. Hell no.”
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Goya CEO Bob Unanue on whether he will apologize for praising the Trump administration as top Democrats are calling for people to boycott his business, which is one of the largest Latino businesses in the America: “Hell no.” <a href="https://t.co/5GPfYwZZg9">pic.twitter.com/5GPfYwZZg9</a>
&mdash; (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1282151256274825216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Goya Foods CEO On Democrats’ Boycott Of Latino Company: ‘Hell No’ I’m ‘Not Apologizing’ For Praising Trump

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Maximo Alvarez, a Cuban immigrant who came to America over 60 years ago after escaping communist Cuba, issued a powerful warning to Americans during a round table with President Donald Trump last week, saying that the political Left in America today are &#8220;communists,&#8221; and that they are trying to destroy the nation.
Alvarez, president of Sunshine Gasoline Distributors, praised the president during the event and expressed overwhelming gratitude for the opportunity that living in the U.S. has afforded him.
During the speech, Alvarez said that he remember murderous dictator Fidel Castro&#8217;s promises &#8220;that we hear today about free education and free health care and free land.”
&#8220;My God, no freedom,&#8221; Alvarez continued. &#8220;But he never said that until after he was in power, got rid of all the police, got rid of all the military – been there for the last 60 years and counting. And he destroyed each and every one who helped him.&#8221;
Alvarez said that his father told him, “Don’t lose this place because you’re never going to be as lucky as me. Because if you lose this place, you have no place to go.”
&#8220;So with that, please keep that in mind,&#8221; Alvarez continued. &#8220;And please, people, explain that to our young people who are demonstrating out there. Don’t be useful idiots. Please understand what’s happening in our country. See what happens to our parents and see what is happening to America today.&#8221;
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&mdash; Jeffrey Marty (@Jeffrey_Marty) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jeffrey_Marty/status/1282113075534090241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>Look at the people in this table. Look at our backgrounds. Just think that in 1961, as a 13-year-old, by myself, on my way to Spain. I wasn’t even coming here. I arrived in this great country and almost 60 years later, I’m sitting next to the President of the United States talking about the American dream. The only country in the world, no other country in the world that you can start a business from the trunk of your car and within a very few years with hard work, commitment, and all the core values that we learn from this very culture of ours, we can become very important to our future. We can become those people who make the next generation better than the one before. This is the only country. Why do you think you had to close the borders?
Because everybody in the world wants to come over here. Nobody’s ever forced to come over here. We come over here, in my case because my parents chose that I would not be indoctrinated by the communist country, by the totalitarian country, by the totalitarian regime. They don’t educate children. Absolutely not. And this is something that we need to understand. What is happening in our backyard today, I experienced as an 11-year-old. I remember vividly all the promises that a guy named Castro gave, and how 99% of the people swallowed the pill.
It took many years later, after I read somebody named Saul Alinsky, that I realized that all those people were nothing but useful idiots. I remember Castro while in the mountains being interviewed and asked if he was a communist. He went crazy. “‘I dare you,’ he says,” [foreign language 00:00:31:12]” [a] Roman Catholic. Educated by the Jesuits, he was. “How dare you! We even have a priest in the mountains.” We used to have priests in the mountains. I remember, I was in Marist Brothers, Christopher Columbus here for those who don’t. And I remember the Brothers, the Marist Brothers used to send young kids to the mountains because it was the second coming of our Lord. He was going to save Cuba. I remember how he promised to the farmers, to the [foreign language 00:31:48] that you’re going to own the land. I remember all the promises that we hear today about free education and free health care and free land.
My God, no freedom. But he never said that until after he was in power, got rid of all the police, got rid of all the military – been there for the last 60 years and counting. And he destroyed each and every one who helped him. The Catholic church, everybody. And why do I know that? Because I happened to come to this country with a very last nine cloister nuns from Convent Santa Clara, because he had taken over the convent. And I was on my way to Spain, I wasn’t even coming here, because I was going to join my brother, who my parents had already sent a few months before because he was in the age where the government will take him for indoctrination purposes.
My dad, who had experienced the same thing coming from Spain at the turn of the century, running away, not from socialism, communism. He knew better. I remember when he used to tell my mom, “Fefa, this SOB’s a communist.” My mother says, “Luca, how can you say that? He’s Catholic. Look, he’s [wearing] …” He had rosary beads all over his neck. It just so happened that when I was on my way to Spain to meet my brother, I was going to go to the Marist Brothers in La Coruna, Spain. Same brothers here at Christopher Columbus, by the way. My brother died, and I was kept in this country. Greatest blessing I ever had. But imagine what happened to mom and dad.
One day, you lose both kids. This is a family who had never been involved in politics. My father came at age 18 from Spain, running from communists. By himself, never went back. After a long, long life of sacrifice, when he was about to enjoy the fruit of his labors just like a president that is helping us today, because he could have been just having a good time, one of his many beautiful golf courses. But no. But yet he gave up enjoying the fruit of his labors to do this. So did my dad, that’s why I love you. Exactly the same. So when they’re about to do that from one day to the next, they end up in this country with the shirt that he was wearing on his back. And they did maximum, have been here already for years. But thank God for Pedro Pan.
Talking about socialism, Catholic church, 14,000 kids who came like me in this country without parents. And we were provided an opportunity. This is what makes our country great. They didn’t give me free nothing, they gave me the opportunity. That is the most valuable thing in the world. Now, when I said they didn’t give me any free something, please understand that at 13 years old, I had to be provided with a home, had to be provided with food, and an education. That is socialism, that’s Americanism, that’s the America that these people are trying to destroy today by using funny terms like socialism. They’re not, they’re communists. Don’t ever forget that. I know our president understands that because he knows, he’s been all over the world. And you’re surrounded with great people, very loyal people, and we have our back.
I remember the first time I gave little speech about something like this, tell him about I came from Cuba, blah, blah, blah. I remember this was around October 2016. I thought you were a little crazy for the sacrifice you were about to take, but I predicted that we were going to elect you in November, and I was going to see you in the White House in January. Thank you very much. Because of the situations right now, I cannot give you hug. Otherwise, thank you very much. And I going to leave you with one last thing. Never forget about my dad who only had a sixth grade education, but I think he was the greatest philosopher I ever met. He used to tell us how lucky he was because he was able to come from Spain to Cuba. And then he came from Cuba to United States. And he saw me graduate from college, and that was the biggest prize he ever had. And he said, “Don’t lose this place because you’re never going to be as lucky as me. Because if you lose this place, you have no place to go.”
So with that, please keep that in mind. And please, people, explain that to our young people who are demonstrating out there. Don’t be useful idiots. Please understand what’s happening in our country. See what happens to our parents and see what is happening to America today. Mr. President, thank you very much. And thank you for your hard work.</blockquote>
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt responded to Friday night&#8217;s breaking news that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-warrant-served-on-st-louis-couple-who-defended-private-property-guns-confiscated-report-says">a search warrant was served and at least one gun confiscated from the St. Louis couple who defended their home last month from an angry mob</a> by saying that the Democrat prosecutor who was handling the decision has an alleged track record of making politically motivated decisions.
&#8220;I know this is being handled by a local prosecutor, not something you’d be involved with, but what is your take on what we’re seeing tonight?&#8221; Fox News host Shannon Bream asked Schmitt. &#8220;The local warrant there signed off by a judge and being executed by St. Louis police?&#8221;
&#8220;Under Missouri law, under the Castle Doctrine, the individual has really expansive authority to protect their own lives, their home, and their property, and I think the story here to watch is the local prosecutor, Kim Gardner,&#8221; Schmitt responded. &#8220;Kim Gardner has an abysmal record in prosecuting violent crime, has recently released and been complicit in the release of dozens and dozens of inmates who have been charged with violent crimes, and has a record of making politically motivated decisions not based on the law. So, this is certainly something to watch.&#8221;
&#8220;One important factor here is this was a private street. This was not a public street,&#8221; Schmitt continued. &#8220;These individuals were on their way to the mayor’s house, actually, which has been vandalized several times. This was on a private street, and if you listen to the McCloskeys, they felt threatened, that they were going to be attacked, and that it was made known to them. They made known to the protesters and the people who came by that this was a private street, and they said they were going to murder them and come into their house, and so, as I said, the Castle Doctrine in Missouri is pretty expansive; it allows you to defend your life, obviously your family’s life, your home, but also your property, and this was on private property.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s hard to get into the mind of Kim Gardner. As I said, she has a sketchy track record of making politically-based decisions,&#8221; Schmitt continued. &#8220;And I would also point out, Shannon, that this very same day—there&#8217;s been calls to change the name of St. Louis, which is ridiculous—and there were peaceful folks praying at the base of that statue who were assaulted, and those folks haven’t been charged with anything, so again, Kim Gardner’s track record is certainly suspect.&#8221;
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In St Louis, when you defend yourself, the local prosecutor goes after you in a disgusting abuse of power. The Missouri AG weighs in on FOX News at Night as the McCloskey family is under siege. <a href="https://t.co/2OG3jj5yA7">pic.twitter.com/2OG3jj5yA7</a>
&mdash; (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1281793133676605440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Missouri AG On Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple: Democrat Prosecutor Has History Of ‘Politically Motivated Decisions,’ Has Not Charged Those Who Attacked Prayerful Protesters

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Law enforcement officials in St. Louis have allegedly served a warrant on the St. Louis couple who recently defended their home when a large mob of angry demonstrators allegedly trespassed onto their private property.
“5 On Your Side has learned St. Louis police officers executed a search warrant Friday evening at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Central West end couple who confronted protesters with weapons in June,” KSDK News <a href="https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/mccloskeys-served-with-warrant-police-take-rifle-shown-in-viral-pictures-st-louis-protests/63-c6059a94-528c-4fa5-8fea-4a87fba31f1c">reported</a>. “Sources tell 5 On Your Side police seized one of the weapons, the rifle, from the couple and they told police their attorney has the pistol seen in photos.”
Fox News host Shannon Bream confirmed the news in a tweet, writing, &#8220;BREAKING: Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached. We&#8217;re told weapon(s) seized. We&#8217;ve got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p &#8211; PLUS, Missouri @AGEricSchmitt joins us LIVE&#8230;”
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BREAKING: Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached. We&#39;re told weapon(s) seized. We&#39;ve got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p &#8211; PLUS, Missouri <a href="https://twitter.com/AGEricSchmitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGEricSchmitt</a> joins us LIVE <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/foxnewsnight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNewsNight</a>
&mdash; Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShannonBream/status/1281778799970058240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon responded to the news by tweeting, &#8220;Missouri is a Castle Doctrine state, permitted among the broadest latitudes of any state in using even deadly force to protect yourself or your property. This couple used NO force, despite the imminent threat from a trespassing mob. The seizure of weapons is government overreach.&#8221;
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Missouri is a Castle Doctrine state, permitted among the broadest latitudes of any state in using even deadly force to protect yourself or your property. This couple used NO force, despite the imminent threat from a trespassing mob. The seizure of weapons is government overreach. <a href="https://t.co/CZI3w3GhpE">https://t.co/CZI3w3GhpE</a>
&mdash; Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) <a href="https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1281784497499852806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The left-wing demonstrators returned to the couple&#8217;s home last week and were met by private security that was guarding the home.
&#8220;When about 300 protesters returned Friday — holdings signs reading &#8216;Black Lives Matter. Period&#8217; and &#8216;No Justice, No Peace&#8217; — a more subdued Mark McCloskey could be seen peering out from his balcony while his wife appeared to be shooting video of the marchers on her mobile phone,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/05/st-louis-couple-stay-on-balcony-as-protesters-return-to-mansion/">reported</a>. &#8220;The photos also show private security guards setting up barricades and securing the gate prior to Friday’s new demonstration.&#8221;
Mark McCloskey, who guarded his private property with an AR-15, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeowner-sounds-off-rioters-threatened-to-kill-us-take-our-home-rifle-only-thing-that-saved-us?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">told</a> a local news station following the incident, “We were threatened with our lives, threatened with the house being burned down, my office building being burned down, even our dog’s life being threatened. It was about as bad as you can get. You know, I really thought it was the storming of Bastille, that we would be dead and the house would be burned and there was nothing we could do about it. It was a huge and frightening crowd and they broke in the gate and they were coming at us.”
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, a Democrat, claimed that the McCloskey&#8217;s defending their private property was a &#8220;violent assault&#8221; and that authorities “will use the full power of Missouri law to hold people accountable.”
Albert Watkins, the McCloskeys’ attorney, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/st-louis-gun-couple-investigated-clash-protesters">told</a> Fox News that &#8220;If Kimberly Gardner wants to press charges against two attorneys who are protecting their home and their family and themselves on their own property, I will tell you that it will be nothing short of the proverbial cluster f***.&#8221;
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Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple Who Defended Private Property, Rifle Confiscated

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President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of political operative Roger Stone on Friday just days before the 67-year-old was set to report to prison to serve a 40-month sentence.
Stone was arrested last January in then-special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and was convicted in federal court last November of making false statements and impeding an investigation by Congress.
The White House released a scathing statement blasting the entire investigation by painting it as a politically motivated hit job:
<blockquote>Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency. There was never any collusion between the Trump Campaign, or the Trump Administration, with Russia. Such collusion was never anything other than a fantasy of partisans unable to accept the result of the 2016 election.
The collusion delusion spawned endless and farcical investigations, conducted at great taxpayer expense, looking for evidence that did not exist. As it became clear that these witch hunts would never bear fruit, the Special Counsel’s Office resorted to process-based charges leveled at high-profile people in an attempt to manufacture the false impression of criminality lurking below the surface. These charges were the product of recklessness borne of frustration and malice.
This is why the out-of-control Mueller prosecutors, desperate for splashy headlines to compensate for a failed investigation, set their sights on Mr. Stone. Roger Stone is well known for his nearly 50 years of work as a consultant for high-profile Republican politicians, including President Ronald Reagan, Senator Bob Dole, and many others. He is also well known for his outspoken support for President Donald J. Trump and opposition to Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Stone was charged by the same prosecutors from the Mueller Investigation tasked with finding evidence of collusion with Russia. Because no such evidence exists, however, they could not charge him for any collusion-related crime. Instead, they charged him for his conduct during their investigation. The simple fact is that if the Special Counsel had not been pursuing an absolutely baseless investigation, Mr. Stone would not be facing time in prison.</blockquote>
The statement also documented the much-criticized way in which Stone was taken into custody when the FBI conducted a pre-dawn raid on his home and a CNN camera crew was present during the raid.
The White House said that Stone would have been put at serious medical risk in prison, a likely reference to the coronavirus pandemic, which was not explicitly mentioned in the statement. The statement added that Stone has appealed his conviction and believes that he will be &#8220;fully exonerated&#8221; in a new trial.
&#8220;At this time, however, and particularly in light of the egregious facts and circumstances surrounding his unfair prosecution, arrest, and trial, the President has determined to commute his sentence,&#8221; the statement concluded. &#8220;Roger Stone has already suffered greatly. He was treated very unfairly, as were many others in this case. Roger Stone is now a free man!&#8221;
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) launched a new ad Friday that features prominent figures criticizing the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate&#8217;s fitness for office.
The ad, titled &#8220;Joe Biden: Unfit To Lead,&#8221; repeatedly highlights Biden struggling to make a coherent statement and includes critical comments from Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Obama senior adviser David Axelrod, and Fox News anchor Bret Baier.
Partial transcript:
<blockquote>Narrator: It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. But there’s a phone in the White House and it’s ringing, something is happening in the world. Your vote will decide will who answers that call.
Booker: There’s a lot of people who are concerned about Joe Biden.
Axelrod: He kind bumps along kind of Mr. Magooing his way through this.
Baier: There were some answers Shannon, that were word salad. I mean they were just all over the map.</blockquote>
The ad ends with the words &#8220;Joe Biden: Unfit To Lead&#8221; appearing on the screen.
&#8220;Americans are starting to see firsthand that Joe Biden is unfit to lead, a concern Democrats themselves have expressed since he launched his campaign,&#8221; RNC spokesman Steve Guest said in a statement. &#8220;At a time when law and order is under attack, the choice is clear: leave the security of our nation in the hands of an incompetent lifelong politician who supports defunding the police, or trust President Trump to prioritize the safety of the American people.&#8221;
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The remarks from Sen. Booker were made during a Democrat debate in September in which then-candidate Julian Castro tore into Biden over the issue of fitness for office after he appeared to contradict himself on healthcare.
“The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in, and I would not require them to opt in,” Castro said. “They would automatically be enrolled, they wouldn’t have to buy in.”
“They do not have to buy in,” Biden responded.
“Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?” Castro fired back. “Are you forgetting already what you said just two minutes ago? I can’t believe that you said two minutes ago that they had to buy in, and now you’re saying they don’t have to — you’re forgetting that.”
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Following the debate, Booker appeared on CNN, where he said, “I think we are at a tough point right now, because there’s a lot of people concerned about Joe Biden’s ability to carry the ball all the way across the end line without fumbling. And I think that Castro had really legitimate concerns about can he be someone in a long, grueling campaign … and has every right to call out.”
“I think there were a lot of moments where a number of us were looking on the stage when he tends to go on sometimes,” Booker continued. “At one point, he was talking about communities like mine listening to record players. I don’t remember the last time I saw a record player … But there are definitely moments where you listen to Joe Biden and you just wonder …”
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Sen. Cory Booker on Julián Castro&#39;s jab at former VP Joe Biden&#39;s memory: &quot;Castro has some really legitimate concerns about, can he be someone in a long grueling campaign that can get the ball over the line? And he has every right to call that out.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DemDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DemDebate</a> <a href="https://t.co/rRxWIV0FmL">pic.twitter.com/rRxWIV0FmL</a>
&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1172368490927247360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized With ‘Possible Infection’

U.K. Bans China’s Huawei From Its 5G Network After Months Of Pressure From Trump Admin

Republicans Send Letter To Barr Demanding ‘Decisive Action’ To Protect Americans From ‘Mob Rule’

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Portland Police Clear Streets After Fire; Protester: I Hope ‘Someone Kills’ Your Family, Burns Precinct With ‘Y’all Inside’

Criminal Investigation Expanded Into District Attorney Who Charged Officers In Rayshard Brooks Shooting

Ocasio-Cortez: NYC Crime Surge ‘Maybe’ Due To People Being ‘Scared To Pay Their Rent,’ Don’t Have Jobs

Trump Denies Federal Aid Request From Minnesota After Democrat Governor, Mayor Fail To Stop Damage, Report Says

Atlanta NAACP Suggests Democrat Mayor Keisha Bottoms Resign: ‘If You Can’t Do It, You Need To Pack Up Your Office’

Goya Foods CEO On Democrats’ Boycott Of Latino Company: ‘Hell No’ I’m ‘Not Apologizing’ For Praising Trump

WATCH: Cuban Immigrant Warns Americans About ‘Communists’ Trying To Take Over U.S.

Missouri AG On Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple: Democrat Prosecutor Has History Of ‘Politically Motivated Decisions,’ Has Not Charged Those Who Attacked Prayerful Protesters

Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple Who Defended Private Property, Rifle Confiscated

Trump Commutes Sentence Of Roger Stone

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Dwyane Wade Tells Nick Cannon To ‘Keep Leading’ After Cannon Fired For Racist Remarks; Wade Later Tries To ‘Clarify’

Riots, Violent Crime, ‘Defund Police’ Push Surged In June. Gun Sales Exploded To All-Time High, FBI Data Suggests.

Members Of Black Community Call On NYPD To Bring Back Anti-Crime Unit Amid Crime Surge: ‘We Need To Reevaluate’

ViacomCBS Terminates Nick Cannon Over Anti-Semitic Remarks, Does Not Mention Anti-White Remarks

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized With ‘Possible Infection’

U.K. Bans China’s Huawei From Its 5G Network After Months Of Pressure From Trump Admin

Republicans Send Letter To Barr Demanding ‘Decisive Action’ To Protect Americans From ‘Mob Rule’

WATCH: NBA Blocks People From Being Able To Order ‘FreeHongKong’ Customizable Jerseys

Couple Who Defended Home: ‘Rumor Is That We Are Going To Be Indicted Shortly’

Portland Police Clear Streets After Fire; Protester: I Hope ‘Someone Kills’ Your Family, Burns Precinct With ‘Y’all Inside’

Criminal Investigation Expanded Into District Attorney Who Charged Officers In Rayshard Brooks Shooting

Ocasio-Cortez: NYC Crime Surge ‘Maybe’ Due To People Being ‘Scared To Pay Their Rent,’ Don’t Have Jobs

Trump Denies Federal Aid Request From Minnesota After Democrat Governor, Mayor Fail To Stop Damage, Report Says

Atlanta NAACP Suggests Democrat Mayor Keisha Bottoms Resign: ‘If You Can’t Do It, You Need To Pack Up Your Office’

Goya Foods CEO On Democrats’ Boycott Of Latino Company: ‘Hell No’ I’m ‘Not Apologizing’ For Praising Trump

WATCH: Cuban Immigrant Warns Americans About ‘Communists’ Trying To Take Over U.S.

Missouri AG On Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple: Democrat Prosecutor Has History Of ‘Politically Motivated Decisions,’ Has Not Charged Those Who Attacked Prayerful Protesters

Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple Who Defended Private Property, Rifle Confiscated

Trump Commutes Sentence Of Roger Stone

‘Unfit To Lead’: RNC Releases New Ad Showing Democrats Criticizing Biden’s Fitness

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