Candace Owens, host of The Daily Wire’s “Candace,” said the verdict in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin is a product of “mob rule,” not justice.
Owens, along with The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh, slammed the verdict, as well as the media and Democrats’ calls to gin up unrest in advance of the jury’s decision on a Tuesday episode of The Daily Wire’s “Backstage.”
“It’s the wrong verdict, in my opinion. And I think it’s indicative of the fact that we now live in mob rule,” Owens said, adding that Chauvin’s trial was “polluted from start to finish.”
A Minneapolis jury <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-jury-finds-derek-chauvin-guilty">convicted</a> Chauvin on Tuesday of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. The jury concluded that Chauvin had murdered George Floyd while arresting him for attempting to pass fake currency at a convenience store last year.
Owens said that the media began manipulating the facts of the case and building a false narrative around Floyd almost from the moment he died. She expressed surprise that the Minneapolis Police Department held on to police bodycam footage of Floyd’s arrest while video shot by a bystander echoed around the internet and the media for months playing into the false narrative.
“When I watched the full tape, I was astonished that they didn’t think to just at least add this context so that people understood, yes, this person was high out of his mind. He asked to be put on the ground. He was resisting arrest,” Owens said.
“The media said he was just getting his life together … He had moved to Minnesota. Yes, he had been in prison in the past, but he was just helping the youth. And everyone was crying and, oh my gosh, this man is getting a second chance at life, and maybe had the wrong idea or whatever it was, was using counterfeit bills and somebody called the police and was killed. He was brutally murdered on the basis that he was black,” Owens said, summarizing the dominant media narrative. “And then they successfully hid every piece of evidence that would have transformed public opinion.”
“To me I think, the saddest part of this is that, what we need to acknowledge is that right now, mob rules,” she added. “The media creates the mob, and the mob rules, and that’s what we just saw play out.”
Earlier in the show, Shapiro and Walsh pointed out how the trial could have been compromised and how the jury’s decision suggests that it was.
“You don’t have to say that you love what Chauvin did. You don’t have to say that Chauvin acted appropriately. You don’t have to say any of that stuff. What you do have to say is to not even believe there’s reasonable doubt on the murder charges – on the murder charges where you would have to have intent – that suggests to me that this was far less about the actual facts of the case and far more about all of the hubbub surrounding the case,” Shapiro said. “This trial never should have taken place in Minneapolis. It should have immediately been transferred in terms of venue. You were not going to find an impartial jury in Minneapolis in the single most publicized criminal justice case of our lifetime, at least since Rodney King.”
Walsh then pointed out that the jury was never sequestered, or shut off from any outside news or commentary, going into deliberations in the case. Before the trial ended, Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-maxine-waters-on-if-derek-chauvin-is-acquitted-get-more-confrontational-on-the-street">Maxine Waters</a> (D-CA) traveled to Minneapolis and called for protesters to be &#8220;more confrontational&#8221; unless Chauvin was found guilty. After the jury entered deliberations, President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-joe-biden-on-chauvin-trial-im-praying-for-the-right-verdict-evidence-is-overwhelming">Joe Biden</a> said the evidence was “overwhelming” in favor of conviction.
“The irony is the only verdict we could really trust is an acquittal on all counts. I think that would have been the right verdict, but it’s also the only one you can trust because it’s the only one that could not have been motivated by anything but a look at the evidence,” Walsh said. “But with this verdict, you have to obviously wonder, is that how they saw it when they investigated the evidence or are they coming to this decision because they know their lives might be over, might be ruined if they came to any other decision. They know the media is going to leak their identity and they are going to be looking over their shoulders for the rest of their lives.”
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President Joe Biden said he was &#8220;praying&#8221; for the jury to reach the &#8220;right verdict&#8221; in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin Tuesday after consoling the family of George Floyd.
Biden’s comments come as the jury in Chauvin’s trial sits in deliberation on the verdict for the second day. The trial wrapped up on Monday with closing arguments by the prosecution and defense before the jury was sent to deliberate on a verdict. The jury is also now sequestered, meaning they are staying in a hotel without access to news media for the deliberations process, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-trial-biden-prays-for-right-verdict-amid-maxine-waters-controversy.html">CNBC News</a>.
“I can only imagine the pressure and anxiety they are feeling, and so I waited until the jury is sequestered and I called,” Biden said, referring to a phone call he shared with Floyd’s family Monday. “I wasn’t going to say anything about it … it was a private conversation.”
“They’re a good family and they are calling for peace and tranquility no matter what that verdict is. I’m praying the verdict is the right verdict, which is, I think it’s overwhelming, in my view. I wouldn’t say that unless the jury is sequestered,” he continued.
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Floyd’s brother Philonise <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-joe-biden-calls-george-floyds-family-as-jury-deliberates-says-he-hopes-everything-will-come-out-ok">revealed</a> Tuesday morning on the TODAY Show that Biden had called Floyd’s family after the jury had moved to deliberate the final verdict. Philonise said that the president said he hoped “everything will come out to be OK.”
“He was just calling,” Philonise said. “He knows how it is to lose a family member, and he knows the process of what we’re going through. So he was just letting us know that he was praying for us, hoping that everything will come out to be OK.”
Biden’s comments come after Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) encouraged protesters to be “confrontational” should the jury be hung or vote to acquit Chauvin of charges related to Floyd’s death. Waters traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota, over the weekend amid ongoing riots around the city in the wake of the fatal police shooting of a 20-year-old black man, Daunte Wright.
“We’re looking for a guilty verdict. We’re looking for a guilty verdict. And we’re looking to see if all of the talk that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd,” Waters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-maxine-waters-on-if-derek-chauvin-is-acquitted-get-more-confrontational-on-the-street">said</a> alongside protesters over the Wright shooting. “If nothing does not happen, then we know, that we’ve got to not only stay in the street, but we’ve got to fight for justice, but I am very hopeful and I hope that we’re going to get a verdict that will say guilty, guilty, guilty. And if we don’t, we cannot go away.”
Asked what protesters should do if the verdict is anything other than guilty, Waters said: “Well, we’ve got to stay on the street. And we’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”
Chauvin trial Judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-in-chauvin-trial-maxine-waters-remarks-could-lead-to-whole-trial-being-overturned-on-appeal">Peter Cahill</a> suggested that Waters’ comments could result in the “whole trial being overturned” on appeal should Chauvin be found guilty.
“Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” Cahill told Chauvin’s defense attorney, responding to the attorney’s request for a mistrial.
“I’m aware that Congressman Waters was talking specifically about this trial, and about the unacceptability of anything less than a murder conviction, and talk about being confrontational,” Cahill continued. “But you can submit the press articles about that. This goes back to what I’ve been saying from the beginning. I wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law, and to the judicial branch and our function.”
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Joe Biden On Chauvin Trial: ‘I’m Praying For The Right Verdict,’ Evidence Is ‘Overwhelming’

President Joe Biden said he was &quot;praying&quot; for the jury to reach the &quot;right verdict&quot; in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin.

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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) reportedly requested a police escort ahead of calling for unrest if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is not found guilty of murder.
Waters requested that a police officer escort her to and from the airport before she flew from Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., to St. Paul International Airport in Minnesota, according to documents obtained by <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/04/19/documents-show-maxine-waters-requested-police-escort-before-screed-advocating-for-violence-n2588144">Townhall</a>. After landing in Minnesota, Waters called on protesters to get “more confrontational” and said “we are looking for a guilty verdict.”
Waters&#8217; comments followed days of riots in the Minneapolis area over the Chauvin trial and the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop. At the time, Wright had a warrant out for his arrest for first-degree aggravated robbery related to a 2019 incident. One of the arresting officers appeared to mistake her gun for a taser before shooting Wright.
Waters appeared in Minneapolis over the weekend as the prosecution and defense in the Chauvin case prepared closing arguments for the trial. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-charges-facing-derek-chauvin-and-what-it-will-take-to-convict-him">Chauvin</a> is facing charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd last year. Waters said that anything short of a guilty verdict for murder is unacceptable.
“We’re looking for a guilty verdict. We’re looking for a guilty verdict. And we’re looking to see if all of the talk that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd,” Waters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-maxine-waters-on-if-derek-chauvin-is-acquitted-get-more-confrontational-on-the-street">said</a> alongside protesters over the Wright shooting. “If nothing does not happen, then we know, that we’ve got to not only stay in the street, but we’ve got to fight for justice, but I am very hopeful and I hope that we’re going to get a verdict that will say guilty, guilty, guilty. And if we don’t, we cannot go away.”
Asked what protesters should do if the verdict is anything other than guilty, Waters said: “Well, we’ve got to stay on the street. And we’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”
Chauvin trial Judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-in-chauvin-trial-maxine-waters-remarks-could-lead-to-whole-trial-being-overturned-on-appeal">Peter Cahill</a> suggested that Waters’ comments could result in the “whole trial being overturned” on appeal should Chauvin be found guilty.
“Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” Cahill told Chauvin’s defense attorney, responding to the attorney’s request for a mistrial.
“I’m aware that Congressman Waters was talking specifically about this trial, and about the unacceptability of anything less than a murder conviction, and talk about being confrontational,” Cahill continued. “But you can submit the press articles about that. This goes back to what I’ve been saying from the beginning. I wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law, and to the judicial branch and our function.”
“I think if they want to give their opinions, they should do so in a respectful and in a manner that is consistent with their oath to the Constitution, to respect a co-equal branch of government,” he said. “Their failure to do so I think is abhorrent, but I don’t think it has prejudices with additional material that would prejudice history, they have been told not to watch the news. I trust they are following those instructions, and that there is not in any way a prejudice to the defendant beyond the articles that we’re talking specifically about the facts of this case. A Congresswoman’s opinion really doesn’t matter a whole lot. Anyway, so motion for mistrial is denied.”
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Report: Maxine Waters Requested Police Protection Before Pushing ‘More Confrontational’ Unrest Amid Riots

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Maxine Waters reportedly requested a police escort ahead of calling for unrest if former officer Derek Chauvin is not found guilty of murder.

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President Joe Biden has banned federal immigration agencies from using terms such as “alien,” “assimilation,” and “illegal alien” in official documents and statements.
The Biden administration sent memos to immigration officials on Monday detailing the changes in a move that is partly a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on immigration issues, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/illegal-alien-assimilation/2021/04/19/9a2f878e-9ebc-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html">The Washington Post</a>. The order is part of a larger effort to roll back Trump’s immigration policies.
The memo orders immigration officials to make changes in rhetoric such as substituting “noncitizen or migrant” for “alien,” “undocumented” for “illegal,” and “integration” for “assimilation.”
“In response to the vision set by the Administration, ICE will ensure agency communications use the preferred terminology and inclusive language,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Tae Johnson said in a memo.
The memos are also a clear message to immigration officials and officers who supported Trump that Biden is now in charge of immigration policy, and so immigration officials should behave accordingly, the Post reported.
“As the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, we set a tone and example for our country and partners across the world,” Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) head Troy Miller said in a memo. “We enforce our nation’s laws while also maintaining the dignity of every individual with whom we interact. The words we use matter and will serve to further confer that dignity to those in our custody.”
Biden has shifted the United States’ approach to immigration from the Trump and Obama administrations, focusing on processing illegal immigrants and allowing them into the country rather than deporting and blocking illegal immigrants.
Since Biden was elected, an unprecedented number of illegal immigrants have surged toward the U.S. southern border in hopes of gaining entry to the U.S. Many of those coming directly cite Biden’s election as a primary factor in their decision to make the trek. The surge has overwhelmed immigration facilities as Biden’s administration has resorted to buying <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-to-spend-86-million-on-hotel-rooms-for-migrants-amid-border-crisis">hotel rooms</a> for illegal migrants and transferring thousands of children to temporary shelters run by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/number-of-migrant-children-in-border-patrol-custody-drops-45-as-biden-admin-transfers-kids-to-hhs">Department of Health and Human Services</a>. As The Daily Wire reported:
<blockquote>The number of migrant children in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody has fallen sharply, according to the Biden administration, thanks to efforts to transfer control of unaccompanied minors from border detention facilities to temporary shelters operated by the Department of Health and Human Services — not because of a drop in the number of migrants.
At one point, CBP had custody of nearly 6,000 unaccompanied minor children who crossed the United States-Mexico border without parents or relatives. They were either captured or presented themselves to border patrol agents seeking asylum. Now, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/politics/border-migrant-children/index.html">CNN reports</a>, CBP has just 3,400 children in border detention facilities, with the rest having transferred to one of the dozens of temporary holding facilities across the country.</blockquote>
Biden referred to the situation at the border as a “crisis” in remarks Saturday, a marked shift in the language of his administration as Democrats have largely avoided using the term to describe the U.S. southern border. The White House downplayed Biden’s remarks Monday, claiming that the president’s use of “crisis” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-biden-calling-the-border-crisis-a-crisis-does-not-reflect-view-of-the-administration">did not reflect a change</a> in the administration’s position on the border.
“No, there is no change in position. Children coming to our border seeking refuge from violence, economic hardships and other dire circumstances is not a crisis,” a White House official told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/biden-border-crisis-unaccompanied-minors/index.html">CNN</a>.
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Joe Biden Bans Terms ‘Illegal Alien,’ ‘Assimilation’ To Make U.S. Seem More ‘Inclusive’

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President Joe Biden has banned federal immigration agencies from using terms such as “alien,” “assimilation,” and “illegal alien.”

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Thousands of Oregonians are ripping a proposal to make the state’s mask mandate permanent, flooding the state government with “openly hostile” comments on the idea.
Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s health department has proposed a permanent masking rule as the current regulations are set to expire next month. The proposal has received a record number of public comments &#8212; five times more comments than the previous record holder, according to the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/oregons-coronavirus-rules-permanent-opposition">Washington Examiner</a>.
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, led by administrator Michael Wood, received 5,000 comments on the proposed rule before the public comment period ended.
“The majority of comments were simply hostile to the entire notion of COVID-19 restrictions,” Wood said. “The vast majority of comments were in the context of, ‘You never needed to do anything.’”
Wood floated the proposal to keep masking requirements in place until “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace” last month. Wood <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oregon-weighs-permanent-mask-mandate-as-states-lift-covid-19-regulations">said</a> that the new “permanent” rule is needed to keep the current regulations from expiring on May 4.
Republican state Sen. Kim Thatcher ripped Brown’s administration for the proposal, accusing the governor of throwing more uncertainty at business owners who have already been hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic and heavy-handed regulations.
“When will masks be unnecessary? What scientific studies do these mandates rely on, particularly now that the vaccine is days away from being available to everyone?” Thatcher said. “Businesses have had to play ‘mask cop’ for the better part of a year now. They deserve some certainty on when they will no longer be threatened with fines.”
Over a dozen states have <a href="https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2020/states-mask-mandates-coronavirus.html">removed</a> mask mandates as Americans continue to be vaccinated against COVID-19. President Joe Biden and top health officials continue to urge Americans to keep masking and social distancing, even after one gets vaccinated.
Last month, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oregon-weighs-permanent-mask-mandate-as-states-lift-covid-19-regulations">Biden</a> mocked states that have been lifting mask mandates, saying that their leaders were following “Neanderthal thinking.”
“I think it’s a big mistake,” Biden said reacting to the decisions of Texas and Mississippi to lift mask mandates. “Look, I hope everybody’s realized by now these masks make a difference. We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we’re able to get vaccines in people’s arms. We’ve been able to move that all the way up to the end of May to have enough for every American, to get every adult American to get a shot.”
“The last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in mean time everything’s fine, take off your mask,” Biden continued. “Forget it. It’s still matters. … And it’s critical, critical, critical, critical that they follow the science. Wash your hands, hot water, do it frequently. Wear a mask and stay socially distance. And I know you all know that, I wish the heck some of our elected officials knew it.”
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Thousands Of Oregonians ‘Openly Hostile’ To Democratic Governor’s ‘Permanent’ Mask Mandate

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Thousands of Oregonians ripped a proposal to make the state’s mask mandate permanent, flooding the state government with critical comments.

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Oregon’s top health administrator is considering a permanent masking rule as other states continue to reverse restrictive COVID-19 regulations.
Michael Wood, administrator of the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Department, has floated a proposal to keep masking requirements in place until “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.” Wood said that the new “permanent” rule is needed to keep the current regulations from expiring, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-oregon-6f7f919d27644d02c330da5a8648af95">The Associated Press</a>.
The proposal has sparked opposition from the state’s Republican lawmakers. State Sen. Kim Thatcher ripped Democratic Gov. Kate Brown&#8217;s administration for floating the proposal and throwing additional uncertainty at business owners.
“When will masks be unnecessary? What scientific studies do these mandates rely on, particularly now that the vaccine is days away from being available to everyone?” Thatcher said. “Businesses have had to play ‘mask cop’ for the better part of a year now. They deserve some certainty on when they will no longer be threatened with fines.”
Wood said he plans to make a decision on the new mandate before the current provision expires on May 4.
Over a dozen states have <a href="https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2020/states-mask-mandates-coronavirus.html">removed</a> mask mandates as Americans continue to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the threat of the disease diminishes. A handful of states never implemented such measures.
President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-mocks-texas-and-mississippi-for-reopening-dropping-mask-mandates-neanderthal-thinking">Joe Biden</a> and his health officials continue to urge people to wear masks, and the president has mocked those states that are lifting their mandates and reopening as the threat of COVID-19 diminishes as more and more Americans are vaccinated. After Texas and Mississippi removed mask mandates earlier this year, Biden said such rollbacks in regulations amounted to “Neanderthal thinking.”
“I think it’s a big mistake,” Biden said reacting to the decisions of Texas and Mississippi. “Look, I hope everybody’s realized by now these masks make a difference. We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we’re able to get vaccines in people’s arms. We’ve been able to move that all the way up to the end of May to have enough for every American, to get every adult American to get a shot.”
“The last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in mean time everything’s fine, take off your mask,” Biden continued. “Forget it. It’s still matters. … And it’s critical, critical, critical, critical that they follow the science. Wash your hands, hot water, do it frequently. Wear a mask and stay socially distance. And I know you all know that, I wish the heck some of our elected officials knew it.”
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifted COVID-19 regulations from his state on March 2. Since then, Texas’ COVID-19 numbers have dropped significantly as federal experts such as National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci have continued to warn that lifting mask mandates could lead to spikes in cases. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-been-nearly-a-month-since-texas-governor-lifted-mask-mandate-and-covid-cases-continue-to-fall">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>Nearly a month after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), announced he was lifting the state’s mask mandate, new daily cases in the Lone Star State continue on a downward trend, once again beating “expert” predictions of dire consequences.
When Abbott announced the end to the mask mandate, Texas’ 7-day average for new cases was at 7,259 — it’s now roughly half that. Daily cases have also declined by about half since the mask mandate was lifted. Deaths also continue to drop.</blockquote>
Cases in Texas have continued to remain relatively stable.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-still-wont-concede-texas-should-be-open-despite-stats-indicating-success">‘We’ve Been Fooled Before’: Fauci Still Won’t Concede Texas Should Be Open Despite Stats Indicating Success</a>
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Oregon Weighs ‘Permanent’ Mask Mandate As States Lift COVID-19 Regulations

Oregon’s top health administrator is considering a permanent masking rule as other states continue to reverse restrictive COVID regulations.

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Update: Seuss Enterprises told The Daily Wire that the legal threat is fake and that Seuss Enterprises never demanded the retraction.
“The purported legal notice is a fake. It did not come from Dr. Seuss Enterprises or anyone associated with the organization,” Seuss Enterprises told The Daily Wire.
Original Post: Seuss Enterprises, which holds the rights to the famous children’s author’s titles, threatened the satire site The Babylon Bee with a defamation lawsuit over the weekend.
The Bee’s CEO Seth Dillon posted a copy of the email from Seuss Enterprise’s legal department on Twitter on Sunday along with a rebuke of the literary estate. Dillon said the Bee would not pull the article in question, which satirized Seuss Enterprises for adopting progressive views of literature.
“The woke folks over at Seuss Enterprises … were apparently bored and looking for something dumb to do this weekend, so they threatened to sue us for defamation whether our content is ‘satire or not,’” Dillon tweeted along with a screenshot of the legal threat. The threat said “Your article, satire or not, is a copyright infringement and breaking multiple defamation laws. Remove this or we will proceed accordingly.”
The Bee article in question is titled “In New Dr. Seuss Book, Cat In The Hat Gives Kids Puberty Blockers While Their Mother Isn’t Home,” mocking the estate for its recent progressive turn. The article was published on March 5, days after the estate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/six-dr-seuss-books-to-stop-being-printed-day-after-biden-left-out-author-from-read-across-america-day">announced</a> that it had banned six of Dr. Seuss’s books over claims that the works were offensive.
“Unfortunately for them, this piece was a work of satire, which is fair use,” Dillon continued, shooting down Seuss Enterprises’ demands for a retraction. “We will not be taking it down the way they took down several of their own, perfectly harmless titles to score worthless virtue points with insatiable leftists.”
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Unfortunately for them, this piece was a work of satire, which is fair use. We will not be taking it down the way they took down several of their own, perfectly harmless titles to score worthless virtue points with insatiable leftists. <a href="https://t.co/6jBxnAQuqX">https://t.co/6jBxnAQuqX</a>
&mdash; Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1383905142957776897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Seuss Enterprises stopped production of six titles: “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” “If I Ran the Zoo,” “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.”
“Today, on Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises celebrates reading and also our mission of supporting all children and families with messages of hope, inspiration, inclusion, and friendship. We are committed to action,” the estate said in a March 2 statement.
“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” the statement continued. “Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’s catalog represents and supports all communities and families.”
Over a week prior to the announcement, the left-wing education group Learning for Justice called on schools to stop reading Dr. Seuss to children over the children’s author’s “racial undertones.” As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oh-the-places-the-woke-will-go-dr-seuss-canceled-for-racial-undertones">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>In a magazine article titled, “<a href="https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/its-time-to-talk-about-dr-seuss">It’s Time to Talk About Dr. Seuss</a>,” Learning for Justice cites a <a href="https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol1/iss2/4/">study</a> from St. Catherine University that claims Dr. Seuss’s children’s literature is rife with “orientalism, anti-blackness, and white supremacy.”  
The researchers surveyed 50 Dr. Seuss books and concluded that there is not enough diversity in the children’s books, many of which were written in the 1950s. 
“Of the 2,240 (identified) human characters, there are 45 of color representing two percent of the total number of human characters,” the study reads. Of the 45 characters of color, 43 “exhibited behaviors and appearances that align with harmful and stereotypical Orientalist tropes.” </blockquote>
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Babylon Bee Rips Dr. Seuss’s Estate Over Defamation Claims, Caving To ‘Insatiable Leftists’

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Seuss Enterprises threatened The Babylon Bee with a defamation lawsuit over the weekend over a satirical article published in March.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will no longer wear a face mask on Capitol Hill because he has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Cruz told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/ted-cruz-no-mask/index.html">CNN</a> Thursday that he and other senators and staff working on the Hill have been vaccinated and that he no longer needs to wear a face mask. In the past, Cruz has compared said that wearing face masks after being vaccinated is a type of theatrical virtue signaling.
“At this point I’ve been vaccinated. Everybody working in the Senate has been vaccinated,” Cruz said. He is the second lawmaker, following Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), to ditch face masks on Capitol Hill.
Once fully vaccinated, Americans have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/only-tiny-percentage-of-vaccinated-americans-have-contracted-covid">almost no chance</a> of contracting COVID-19. Out of 76.6 million Americans who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, about 5,800 people have later tested positive for the virus, an infection rate of 0.008%, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.
CDC <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html">guidelines</a> on what one can and cannot do post-vaccination are relatively restrictive, recommending people stay away from medium to large gatherings and maintain social distancing and wear masks while in public settings. According to the CDC, vaccinated people can unmask in private settings with a group of people who have also been vaccinated. Vaccinated people may also travel via plane with being tested before and after or quarantining.
The agency has explained its hesitancy to encourage further socializing by vaccinated people by stating that researchers are still studying the limits of what getting vaccinated can accomplish. The CDC states:
<blockquote>COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html">what we know</a> about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had stopped doing because of the pandemic.
We’re still learning how vaccines will affect the spread of COVID-19. After you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you should <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html">keep taking precautions</a> — like wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces — in public places until we know more.</blockquote>
A recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-terrible-disservice-trump-hammers-biden-over-call-to-pause-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine">decision</a> by the Biden administration to suggest pausing further vaccinations with the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-admins-decision-to-pause-jj-vaccine-causes-confidence-in-vaccine-to-plummet">undermined</a> Americans’ confidence in the vaccine despite the number of alleged complications being close to one-in-a-million.
“Fieldwork for the latest Economist/YouGov poll on vaccine safety perceptions was in the midst of being conducted when the Centers for Disease Control made the decision to suspend the use of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine,” YouGov said in a press release. “Comparing the results from those who took the survey before the announcement with those who took the survey afterward shows the huge impact the CDC’s decision has had on the perceived safety of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine.”
“Among those who started the survey before the announcement about the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine pause, about half (52%) considered the shot ‘very safe’ or ‘somewhat safe’ — twice the number who believed it ‘very unsafe’ or ‘somewhat unsafe,’” the poll said. “After the announcement was made, these figures had converged — just 37% called the vaccine safe, and 39% feeling it unsafe.”
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will no longer wear a face mask on Capitol Hill because he has been vaccinated against COVID-19.

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The national Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization sent legal threats to a prominent New York BLM activist for using the Black Lives Matter name, according to both parties.
BLM Global Network Foundation, cofounded by Patrisse Cullors, sent cease-and-desist letters to BLM Greater New York leader Hank Newsome claiming Newsome’s group is illegally uses the Black Lives Matter name, according to <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/14/blm-cease-desist-letters-hawk-newsome/">The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF)</a>. Newsome earlier this week called for an independent investigation into Cullors’ finances after she reportedly spent millions on new properties.
BLM Greater New York is unaffiliated with the national BLM group and is illegally operating under the BLM name, the foundation argued in its letters to Newsome.
Newsome “is not and has never been a part of the official Black Lives Matter organization, but continues to use BLM’s name even after sending him multiple cease and desist letters. Therefore, any mention of him as a leader is not factual,” an outside spokesman for the BLM Global Network Foundation said. “Only BLM chapters who adhere to BLM’s principles and code of ethics are permitted to use the BLM name.”
The national BLM group does not have legal rights over the Black Lives Matter name. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office <a href="https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/blacklivesmatter-a-trademark-or-a-8653602/#:~:text=Like%20the%20applications%20filed%20by,Matter%E2%80%9D%20marks%20or%20the%20movement">rejected</a> six applications from the group to trademark the phrase.
On Sunday, Newsome <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blm-of-nyc-calls-for-independent-investigation-of-blm-co-founder-after-3-2-million-home-buying-binge">called</a> for an audit of Cullors’ finances after news broke that Cullors has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cashing-in-blm-co-founder-goes-on-real-estate-buying-binge-snagging-four-homes-totaling-millions-of-dollars-report">spent</a> about $3.2 million buying four properties since 2016. The prominent Black Lives Matter leader purchased a $1.4 million property near Los Angeles and a $415,000 “custom ranch” near Atlanta within the past year.
The L.A. and Atlanta purchases came after the publication of Cullors&#8217; memoir, “When They Call You a Terrorist,” and after she signed “a multi-platform” deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.
BLM Global Network Foundation <a href="https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter/status/1382033380888481794">responded</a> to allegations of impropriety surrounding Cullors’ lavish spending Tuesday, claiming that the allegations put Cullors and her family “in harm’s way” and “continues a tradition of terror by white supremacists against Black activists.”
When approached about his use of the BLM name, Newsome told DCNF, “So the issue has become my affiliation and not the use of funds … Interesting.”
“This movement belongs to the people,” Newsome said. “It is for the people and by the people. It is the people that take to the streets and march in the name of BLM. No one has ownership of that. It is the equivalent of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. claiming ownership of the civil rights movement.”
Numerous local BLM groups have complained about the transparency of the national BLM organization and expressed concern that millions in charitable donations to the group were not being dispersed fairly. In November, 10 local chapters accused the national group of hiding “untold millions of dollars.” As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/local-blm-chapters-accuse-national-foundation-of-hiding-untold-millions-of-dollars-in-donations-from-grassroots-activists">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>Black Lives Matter chapters in Chicago, Denver, Hudson Valley in New York, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, San Diego, Vancouver in Washington state, and Washington, D.C., signed onto a <a href="https://www.blmchapterstatement.com/">statement</a> issued Monday condemning the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMGN) Foundation. The foundation, the statement said, has taken major actions without input from chapter leaders and refused until recently to make any effort to distribute millions of dollars-worth of donations to grassroots activists.
“Since the establishment of BLMGN, our chapters have consistently raised concerns about financial transparency, decision making, and accountability,” the statement says. “Despite years of effort, no acceptable internal process of accountability has ever been produced by BLMGN and these recent events have undermined the efforts of chapters seeking to democratize its processes and resources.”</blockquote>
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BLM Sent Legal Threats To NY Activist Who Called For Audit Of Cofounder’s $3.2 Million Home-Buying Spree

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The national Black Lives Matter organization sent legal threats to a New York activist for using the Black Lives Matter name.

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Judge Peter Cahill threatened to call a mistrial in Minnesota’s case against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin Wednesday after prosecutors tried to introduce additional evidence last-minute.
State prosecutors called Dr. Martin Tobin to testify a second time in the trial as a rebuttal witness to Dr. David Fowler, a witness for the defense on Wednesday, according to the <a href="https://www.startribune.com/derek-chauvin-tells-court-he-will-not-testify-murder-trial-recesses-until-monday-s-closing-arguments/600046200/?refresh=true">Star Tribune</a>. During his testimony, Fowler had posited that carbon monoxide from a nearby police vehicle potentially played a role in the death of George Floyd.
Tobin disagreed with Fowler’s analysis that Floyd’s blood was saturated 10-18% with carbon monoxide. Tobin said Floyd’s blood was 98% saturated with oxygen, leaving only 0-2% left for carbon monoxide. As part of his rebuttal, Tobin intended to point to Floyd’s blood test results that measured the concentration of carbon monoxide.
Cahill shot down the prosecution’s attempt to introduce the test results as evidence last-minute after an objection from Chauvin’s defense attorney, Eric Nelson. Nelson said prosecutors have known for weeks that Fowler had intended to bring up potential complications concerning carbon monoxide and should have sought to include the tests, conducted during Floyd’s autopsy, earlier.
Cahill agreed with Nelson, saying that if Tobin “even hints at test results the jury has not heard about, it’s gonna be a mistrial, pure and simple.”
“This late disclosure is not the way we should be operating here,” Cahill said.
After Tobin’s testimony, the prosecution and defense wrapped up proceedings and Cahill dismissed the jury until Monday. The jury will hear closing arguments then, as well as begin deliberations on Chauvin’s guilt or innocence. The jury must vote unanimously to convict or acquit Chauvin on charges of second-degree manslaughter, second-degree unintentional murder, and third-degree murder.
Chauvin elected not to testify in his own trial Thursday, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights. Cahill asked if Chauvin wanted the jury instructed to not assume his refusal to testify as evidence of his guilt, and Chauvin assented.
Chauvin was the second potential witness to plead the Fifth in his trial. Morries Hall, who sold Floyd drugs, according to Floyd’s girlfriend, also pleaded the Fifth. Hall was allegedly in the vehicle with Floyd when Floyd was arrested before his death on May 25 last year. In addition to Hall not testifying, Cahill also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prosecution-judge-block-jury-from-hearing-state-interview-with-floyds-alleged-drug-dealer">blocked</a> the jury from reading a 90-minute interview between Hall and state investigators.
Floyd’s girlfriend, Courteney Ross, testified that Hall was with Floyd on May 25 and that he had sold both her and Floyd drugs. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-floyds-girlfriend-floyd-hospitalized-for-overdose-months-earlier-drug-dealer-with-him-during-arrest">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time:
<blockquote>Later in the trial, Ross <a href="https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1377714691917631489">confirmed</a> that Floyd was with Morries Hall, who had sold both her and Floyd drugs, at the time of Floyd’s arrest in May. She said that the pills she and Floyd got in May reminded her of some she took in March that kept her up all night and left her feeling jittery, and that she believed they came from Hall, but was she was not sure, according to the Star Tribune.
Earlier, while talking to the FBI, Ross had said that those pills she and Floyd got had left her feeling like she was going to die.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-media-paving-the-way-for-riots-with-skewed-coverage-of-chauvin-trial">Ben Shapiro: Media ‘Paving The Way For Riots’ With Skewed Coverage Of Chauvin Trial</a>
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Judge Threatens Mistrial In Chauvin Case After Prosecutors Attempt To Present Last-Minute Evidence

Judge Peter Cahill threatened to call a mistrial in Minnesota’s case against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin Wednesday.

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) ripped Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Wednesday for interrupting his questioning of Kristen Clarke.
President Joe Biden tapped Clarke to be the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for its Civil Rights Division. She sat in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Durbin, Wednesday for her confirmation hearing.
Cotton pressed Clarke on her perspective on several police shootings of black men, such as the cases of Michael Brown in 2014 and Jacob Blake in 2020. The GOP senator had asked Clarke if she believed Brown’s shooting by then-Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson to be justified when Durbin cut off Cotton’s line of questioning to give Clarke “an opportunity to respond.”
<blockquote>COTTON: Was Officer Darren Wilson justified or not in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014? Vanita Gupta has said he was. Eric Holder has said he was. Three different investigations have said he was. I’m asking you was he or was he not justified in that shooting?
CLARKE: As a private citizen based on the facts that I know – I’m not privy to the details that the federal government may have been privy to in the course of its investigation – as a private citizen there is something that feels unfair and I …
COTTON: The Department of Justice issued an 87-page report. That’s not grand jury sensitive information. That’s not secret. An 87-page report released by Vanita Gupta when she ran the office that you aspire to lead. It concluded that the shooting was justified.
CLARKE: Right. Well, my views …
COTTON: You obviously do not want to take the position that the shooting was justified despite what Eric Holder and Vanita Gupta have said given the fact that you won’t answer the question yes or no. Let’s turn to another case. Was Jacob Blake …
DURBIN: Senator, senator, could you please just allow her an opportunity to respond?
COTTON: Could you stop your pattern of interrupting me repeatedly? This happened the last time we had a hearing, and you called a vote in violation of this committee’s rules.
DURBIN: I’m sorry. I will give you additional time but I would like to give her the chance to complete her answer.
 COTTON: I’ve asked her a simple yes or no question multiple times and she refuses to answer it. Thank you though for your input.</blockquote>
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At another point in the hearing, Durbin also interrupted Clarke’s questioning by Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-know-youre-testifying-under-oath-here-cruz-corners-biden-doj-nominee-on-defunding-the-police">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX). Cruz pressed Clarke over whether or not she supports defunding police departments like Black Lives Matter activists she has praised. Durbin stepped in with the same complaint he leveled against Cotton.
“Senator Cruz, please allow her to answer,” Durbin said.
“Well, I’m not going to allow her to filibuster,” Cruz responded. “When I ask a question, if she wants to answer a question that I asked, she can do so.”
“She should be allowed — I hope you’ll show respect to the witness,” Durbin said.
“I will show respect to every witness, but we also have limited time, as you’re aware, and you’ve been on this committee long enough to know that witnesses, in avoiding questions, will try to filibuster on different topics,” Cruz replied. “So I’m going to ask questions, and I’m going to expect answers to the questions I ask, and I understand the Chairman wants to jump in and defend the witnesses but that’s your prerogative to try to do so.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-nominee-to-lead-doj-civil-rights-division-wrote-in-letter-melanin-endows-blacks-with-greater-abilities">Biden Nominee To Lead DOJ Civil Rights Division Wrote In Letter: ‘Melanin Endows Blacks With Greater’ Abilities</a>
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WATCH: Tom Cotton Hammers Dick Durbin For ‘Repeatedly’ Cutting Into GOP Questioning Of Biden Appointees

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) ripped Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Wednesday for interrupting the Arkansas senator’s questioning of Kristen Clarke.

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A group of Democratic polling companies acknowledged “major errors” in their efforts to track voters during the 2020 election Tuesday.
Five of the largest polling companies for the Democratic Party – ALG Research, Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group, GBAO Strategies, Global Strategy Group, and Normington Petts – issued a joint <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/2021/04/revisiting-polling-for-2021-and-beyond/">statement</a> admitting that each one overestimated Democratic performance on election day last year.
“2020 was an ‘Oh, s***’ moment for all of us,” one pollster involved in crafting the statement told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/13/dems-polling-failure-481044">Politico</a>. “And I think that we all kinda quickly came to the point that we need to set our egos aside. We need to get this right.”
The results of the 2020 election sparked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-dem-furious-after-caucus-call-live-leaking-reveals-infighting-stop-this-nonsense">infighting</a> among Congressional Democrats as moderates pressured House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to rein in progressives such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Moderate Democrats slammed more radical party members, claiming that radical Democratic policy proposals throughout the 2020 election cost the party close races.
The Democratic polling companies contributed to the confusion within Democratic ranks by publishing rosy polling numbers for Democrats that did not reflect reality on election day.
“Thanks to the quirks of the electoral college, the difference between a new administration and four more years of Donald Trump was merely 43,000 votes cast across Wisconsin, Georgia, and Arizona. As pollsters, the tremendous impact of such a small number of votes underscores the importance of continually questioning our assumptions and working to improve our methods to produce more accurate, reliable data. But in 2020, our industry saw major errors and failed to live up to our own expectations,” the polling companies said in a statement.
The pollsters said that while their data was reliable in Democratic strongholds and other blue areas, their polling methods failed most often to measure the tastes and preferences of Republican voters.
“We saw that in more Democratic states and districts, and some closely divided states like Georgia and Arizona, the data were quite good. But in more Republican areas, the data were often wrong, sometimes egregiously so,” the polling companies said.
The pollsters said that they made errors both in estimating voter turnout and measuring voter preferences beyond the margin of error. Regarding turnout, the companies underestimated the number of Republican voters who showed up to vote.
“Now that we have had time to review the voter files from 2020, we found our models consistently overestimated Democratic turnout relative to Republican turnout in a specific way. Among low propensity voters—people who we expect to vote rarely—the Republican share of the electorate exceeded expectations at four times the rate of the Democratic share,” the pollsters said (emphasis theirs). “This turnout error meant, at least in some places, we again underestimated relative turnout among rural and white non-college voters, who are overrepresented among low propensity Republicans.”
The pollsters admit that they do not know why they whiffed so badly on voter measurement. “While there is evidence some of these theories played a part, no consensus on a solution has emerged,” the pollsters said.
“What we have settled on is the idea there is something systematically different about the people we reached, and the people we did not. This problem appears to have been amplified when Trump was on the ballot, and it is these particular voters who Trump activated that did not participate in polls,” they continued.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-infighting-over-house-power-positions-james-barrett">Democrat Infighting Over House Power Positions Gets ‘Racially-Charged’</a>
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Pollsters Admit ‘Major Errors’ In 2020, ‘Egregiously’ Undercounted GOP Support

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A group of Democratic polling companies acknowledged “major errors” in their efforts to track voters during the 2020 election Tuesday.

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