Former MTV reality star Spencer Pratt informed comedian Bill Maher that, if elected mayor of Los Angeles, he would enforce laws against smoking marijuana around children and in public spaces.
Pratt joined Maher for the latest episode of his &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast, where the two discussed Pratt&#8217;s dramatic surge leading into Tuesday&#8217;s jungle primary — and Pratt said he was absolutely ready to enforce laws already on the books regarding cannabis smoking and drug use when children are present.
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Pratt explained that he&#8217;d never really talked about politics when he was on MTV, saying that at the time he&#8217;d been trying to be famous, and did not see an advantage in angering one half of the audience or the other.
Maher asked then whether he cared about &#8220;all the issues&#8221; now that he was running to be mayor of Los Angeles, and Pratt said no.
&#8220;I care about safety, the lights being on, potholes. I don’t want you smoking in front of kids at the park. You know, I’ll be enforcing if you’re smoking that in front of a kid at a swing. I’ll be getting you as mayor,&#8221; he jabbed at Maher, who is well known for his love of marijuana.
&#8220;No more drugs around kids at parks, in schools, in front of daycares,&#8221; Pratt said. &#8220;We need to have a society of consequences again &#8230; I never thought growing up I could smoke a blunt in front of a kid at the park. Now that happens. Moms do not want their kids that are like 5 years old &#8230;&#8221;
Maher continued to press Pratt on specific issues — namely the regulatory red tape surrounding solar panels, despite the fact that California has been pushing more people toward green energy sources — and Pratt insisted that crime and drug use needed to be handled first: &#8220;We’re about three years from worrying about solar panels. We need to get all the naked drug addicts off of the sidewalks, and then I can worry about solar panels.&#8221;
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Spencer Pratt drags Bill Maher out of his liberal bubble and brought him back down to earth.
Maher was annoyed that Pratt didn’t know the specifics about taxes on solar powered energy, but Pratt humbled him with the REAL problems Angelenos care about.
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Pratt and Maher appeared to be on the same wavelength for much of the conversation, but the former MTV star shocked the comedian with one assertion: the number of homeless people in Los Angeles who, he says, are not even from California.
&#8220;Ready for the best part?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;60% of the people in Los Angeles that are &#8216;experiencing homelessness&#8217; are NOT from California! They&#8217;ve been brought here by NGOs that profit off of this homeless industrial complex.&#8221;
&#8220;Wait, wait, they&#8217;ve been brought here?&#8221; Maher asked.
&#8220;They&#8217;ve been brought here,&#8221; Pratt replied. &#8220;Body brokers bring these people here from all across the country. If you&#8217;re an addict you can come to LA and get these rehabs and because you can use Medicaid, Social Security.&#8221;
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🚨 BOOM: LA mayor candidate SPENCER PRATT just exposed the NGO homeless industrial complex and Bill Maher couldn&#8217;t believe it
&#8220;Ready for the best part? 60% of the people in Los Angeles that are &#8216;experiencing homelessness&#8217; are NOT from California! They&#8217;ve been brought here by… <a href="https://t.co/Iq7R41gxdt">pic.twitter.com/Iq7R41gxdt</a>
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Former first lady Jill Biden said during a recent interview that she supported then-President Joe Biden&#8217;s plan to pardon his embattled son Hunter, claiming that the Department of Justice — run by his administration — was &#8220;not fair&#8221; to the younger Biden.
Biden, doing press for her upcoming memoir titled &#8220;View from the East Wing,&#8221; joined host Rita Braver for an interview that aired on the CBS News program &#8220;Sunday Morning&#8221; — and she <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/jill-biden-admits-i-wanted-joe-to-pardon-hunter-claims-process-was-not-fair-to-ex-first-son/">suggested</a> that the pardon was ultimately prompted by the Democratic Party&#8217;s 2024 loss and the fear that President Donald Trump would push for additional prosecution against Hunter.
&#8220;The Justice Department changed, and the process was not fair to Hunter,&#8221; she claimed.
Hunter, 56, initially landed a sweetheart deal that only gave him probation on three separate gun charges and tax evasion to the tune of $1.4 million — but left it on the table when his attorneys demanded immunity for him for any potential violations of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-plea-deal-almost-derails-after-questions-about-scope-of-deal-immunity">Foreign Agents Registration Act</a>, ostensibly because any charges in that particular ballpark could also implicate other family members like his father.
He was charged and tried in both cases by special counsel David Weiss, acting on behalf of Biden&#8217;s Justice Department. He was convicted in Delaware on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-david-weiss-makes-statement-after-hunter-biden-convicted-on-felony-gun-charges">gun charges</a> in June 2024 and took a plea on the tax charges in September. At the time, then-President Joe Biden and everyone in his inner circle declared that he would not pardon his son.
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But when former Vice President Kamala Harris failed to win her abbreviated White House bid, the Biden family calculus changed.
&#8220;When Trump was elected, things changed and we knew that he would target Hunter. And we just could not let our son go to jail on a charge that no one would go — I mean, no one has ever gone to jail for,&#8221; Jill insisted, adding, &#8220;I truly supported it. I wanted him to pardon Hunter at that point, and I agreed with Joe.&#8221;
President Biden issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/liar-liar-biden-pardons-hunter-after-all">sweeping pardon</a> for his son on December 1, 2024, and also pardoned several other family members at the same time.
Jill explained that he did so, &#8220;I suppose for the same reason, that he felt that they would be targeted.&#8221;

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Former first lady Jill Biden suggested during a recent interview that the White House health care team should have diagnosed former President Joe Biden&#8217;s advanced prostate cancer much earlier.
Jill Biden spoke with Rita Braver for an interview that aired on CBS News and discussed her husband&#8217;s diagnosis, which came just a few months after they left the White House in early 2025, and how the health care team could have missed the aggressive disease that had already metastasized to his bones.
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&#8220;So is it a big change?&#8221; Braver asked. &#8220;You were in the White House, and you are living kind of a quiet life in Delaware?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, it&#8217;s not exactly a quiet life. I mean, we are still doing a lot of things, writing, traveling, speaking. But then we come home, and this is our peaceful place, let&#8217;s put it that way,&#8221; Jill Biden replied, noting that she and the former president were certainly still keeping themselves busy.
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Braver provided the voice-over as the network cut to the next portion of the interview: &#8220;But there has not been a lot of peace for the Bidens.&#8221;
&#8220;Just four months after leaving office, President Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage four prostate cancer that had traveled to his bones,&#8221; Braver prompted, and Jill Biden affirmed that timeline. &#8220;How is the president doing now?&#8221;
&#8220;He is doing well. But it was a shock. I mean, Rita, honestly, I can remember getting the diagnosis, and it was just, it was shocking,&#8221; she explained.
Braver opened the door for Jill Biden to put the onus on the White House health care team: &#8220;Do you think that someone, when he was in The White House, should have discovered it, given him a test?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, you know, the doctors said that according to the American Urological Association, that men over 70 don&#8217;t need a PSA, a blood test anymore because it&#8217;s a slow-growing cancer. I have to say, Rita, I do feel we had amazing care in The White House, but somehow that was missed,&#8221; she replied.
&#8220;So you&#8217;re a little bit tense when it comes to his health, huh?&#8221; Braver pressed.
&#8220;I don’t know if the word is &#8216;tense,&#8217; but I think I’m vigilant,&#8221; Jill Biden replied.
The former first lady also recently revealed that she had worried that her husband might have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-jill-biden-recalls-private-fear-during-biden-trump-debate">having a stroke</a> during his debate with President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-dismantles-jill-bidens-stroke-claim">Donald Trump</a>.
Trump challenged her in a Truth Social post, arguing that if she had truly been concerned for her husband&#8217;s health during the debate, she should have rushed out onto the stage to help him.
&#8220;She said that she thought he was having a ‘stroke,’ and various other really bad things, and yet never rushed onto the stage to help her troubled husband, as any good wife would do,&#8221; he said.

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Former MTV reality television star Spencer Pratt is the first to admit that he has no political experience — but he says he does have a plan to help the homeless in Los Angeles if he&#8217;s elected mayor, and it&#8217;s modeled on a veteran training center in Arkansas.
Pratt, speaking with CNN&#8217;s Elex Michaelson, said that he wanted to build a rehabilitation center for homeless addicts — a move that he argues would swiftly and dramatically cut down the number of homeless in L.A. — similar to a training center for military veterans operating in Bentonville, Arkansas.
&#8220;You don’t get off these drugs with beds,&#8221; Pratt said, digging at incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, whose plan was to throw more money, clean needles, and shelters at the problem. &#8220;You need support. You need a real solution. And what’s happening? We’ve done it now, what, for 10 years. Their plan does not work. Their experience is complete failure. This is not Spencer saying this. This is every single person with eyeballs driving around L.A.&#8221;
Instead, Pratt argues that the treatment should be mandatory and that those in treatment should be pushed not just toward recovery but toward the skills and discipline that will help them succeed.
&#8220;If they want to come back to the city, we have a job for them — not just a bed off Skid Row,” Pratt explained. “They’re sober off fentanyl for two days, they go into a bed, they come out right back on to where all the drugs [are]. We need to actually help these people and get that back into society.&#8221;
The model is the <a href="https://uhp.com">University of Health and Performance (UHP)</a>, a 19-day immersive training program designed to help veterans transition from military to civilian life. Tuition, meals, health and fitness instruction, and lodging are all free — and veterans leave with the confidence and skills to build a new civilian life.
Pratt told Michaelson he was eyeing property in &#8220;beautiful nature&#8221; and had already approached several people about helping fund the project. In addition, he said he wanted to bring in &#8220;top doctors&#8221; to make sure he was doing things the right way, because he wanted the center to become &#8220;a shining light of hope.&#8221;
&#8220;You need to offer people a chance,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be somewhere where people will go, and they will say, &#8216;Thank God for Spencer.'&#8221;
Pratt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reality-tv-star-spencer-pratt-obliterates-leftist-policies-in-heated-l-a-mayoral-debate">squared off</a> with his opponents during a recent televised debate, arguing that Bass had done little to solve the problem and that Democratic socialist Councilwoman Nithya Raman&#8217;s offer of help was likely to be met by violence from addicts just looking for another fix.
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Spencer Pratt Thinks He Found The Fix For L.A.’s Homeless Disaster

Spencer Pratt's Plan To Help Homeless Is Modeled After Red State Veteran Training Center

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President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he might not make it to his eldest son&#8217;s destination wedding — planned for the Memorial Day holiday weekend — because it&#8217;s &#8220;not good timing&#8221; for him.
Donald Trump Jr. plans to wed Bettina Anderson in a small ceremony on a private island in the Bahamas, Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/05/18/society/donald-trump-jr-bettina-anderson-to-wed-over-memorial-day/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">reported</a> on Tuesday, and the president said he was going to &#8220;try&#8221; to attend, but was not sure whether he&#8217;d be able to make it happen.
&#8220;He’d like me to go, but it’s going to be just a small little private affair, and I’m going to try and make it,&#8221; Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday.
His explanation was simple: the timing, given everything going on in Iran and around the world, was not great as far as he was concerned.
&#8220;This is not good timing for me. Everything called Iran and other things,&#8221; he said, adding that there was no answer he could give that would not get him into trouble with someone.
&#8220;That’s one I can’t win on. If I do attend, I get killed. If I don’t attend, I get killed,&#8221; he said, implying that there would likely be negative coverage from the press if he missed his son&#8217;s wedding — and no shortage of negative coverage if he left Washington to attend.
Don Jr., 48, and Anderson, 39, have been engaged since December — and had initially considered a White House wedding, but ultimately decided that the optics would not be the greatest.
&#8220;They’re very aware that a lavish wedding at the White House while people are dying wouldn’t be well-received,&#8221; an insider told Page Six.
They opted instead for a smaller, more private ceremony — but the end result might be that they have to carry on in the president&#8217;s absence.
&#8220;Hopefully they’re going to have a great marriage,&#8221; Trump added.
News of the imminent ceremony comes just as Vanessa Trump, Don Jr.&#8217;s ex-wife, has announced a breast cancer diagnosis.

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Why Trump Might Not Make It To His Son Don Jr’s Wedding

Trump Says He Might Not Make It To Don Jr.’s Wedding: ‘Not Good Timing’

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Los Angeles Republican mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt revealed that his political role model is &#8220;Jesus Christ&#8221; — and that the modern politician with whom he most identified was former President Barack Obama.
Pratt, during an interview with CNN&#8217;s Elex Michaelson, discussed everything from why he decided to run for mayor in the first place and what led him to become a Republican to his plan to manage the homelessness crisis — and he got candid about political comparisons and role models.
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&#8220;Who is your political role model?&#8221; Michaelson asked the question directly.
Without a second&#8217;s hesitation, Pratt replied, &#8220;Jesus Christ.&#8221;
&#8220;Okay, I mean —&#8221; Michaelson tried to reframe the question.
&#8220;He was a politician, you know, he had to go in and —&#8221; Pratt defended his response.
Michaelson tried a different tack: &#8220;Are there any modern politicians that you&#8217;re especially studying or drawn to that —&#8221;
&#8220;No, no, no,&#8221; Pratt was insistent. &#8220;I am not a politician. I don&#8217;t want to be a politician. I want to be a fighter for the people.&#8221;
&#8220;But you&#8217;ve mentioned, though, that —&#8221; Michaelson pressed again, and Pratt interrupted.
&#8220;Obama, yeah,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m most similar to Obama. And I know &#8216;The View&#8217; ladies said that I don&#8217;t have a law degree, so I&#8217;m gonna work on that online in the next — before November — I probably can get one, and do the Baby Bar.&#8221;
Pratt argued that he was most similar to Obama because he viewed the former president as first and foremost a community advocate — and that was also how he thought of himself.
The former MTV reality star — in the mayoral race because of the fallout from the deadly Palisades fire that took his home — also explained during that same interview how he had come to be a Republican in a town teeming with young liberals.
It was all about his own personal safety, he said, explaining that when he&#8217;d been on MTV&#8217;s &#8220;The Hills,&#8221; his personal security team had advised him to get a firearm for his own protection. He and his wife, Heidi Montag, had done so and had learned in the process that Republicans were the ones supporting their right to do that.

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FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia shared video of a suspect fleeing on foot during a Thursday news conference and asked the public for help in identifying the man.
Raia explained that the Justice Department was looking for the man shown in the video in connection with the ongoing fraud investigation in Minnesota, and said that he had evaded law enforcement by jumping from a fourth-floor balcony before escaping on foot.
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&#8220;On the screen, you will see a subject — you will see a subject on the screen of an individual who&#8217;s a target of the investigation this morning,&#8221; Raia said, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. &#8220;That individual is currently on the run after having jumped out of a fourth-story balcony.&#8221;
&#8220;Once again, a good look at him, you&#8217;ll see him — you&#8217;ll see him running here, he is currently on the run,&#8221; Raia continued.
The suspect on the screen appears to be hopping as he tries to run, possibly injured during his escape. He falls in the street before getting up and hopping again.
&#8220;We need your help,&#8221; Raia said. &#8220;If you recognize this individual, if you know this individual, if you can provide any information related to this individual, I would encourage you to call 1-800-CALL-FBI — or go to the internet at www.tips.fbi.gov or call your local law enforcement.&#8221;
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche <a href="https://x.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/2057522949629084038">announced</a> on Thursday that the Justice Department was indicting 15 defendants as part of the ongoing fraud investigation, saying they were tied to some $90 million in losses, including &#8220;the largest Medicaid fraud cases in the history of the district.&#8221;
&#8220;These criminals allegedly stole from our country&#8217;s most vulnerable: children with autism, the disabled, and the homeless. In one case, services were allegedly billed but never provided, leading to the death of the supposed recipient. This will not be tolerated,&#8221; Blanche added.

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A police officer&#8217;s body-worn camera captured the dramatic moment when he caught a baby who was thrown from the second floor of a burning home.
The officer was responding to a <a href="https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/kdps-officer-catches-baby-during-escape-from-house-fire/">house fire</a> in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and was able to locate a woman and her baby trapped on the second floor at the rear of the home. Upon learning that the woman was unable to get downstairs with the baby, he instructed her to kick out the window screen and throw the baby down to him.
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&#8220;Ma&#8217;am,&#8221; the officer shouted as sirens screamed in the background. &#8220;Throw me your kid! Kick out the screen! Kick out the screen!&#8221;
The video showed the woman attempting to kick the screen free from the window frame. A dispatcher could be heard on the radio, relaying information about the fire: &#8220;We do have entrapment.&#8221;
&#8220;Oh my God. I got contact on the B side,&#8221; the officer said into his two-way. &#8220;She&#8217;s trying to get the kid out the window, second story.&#8221;
Turning back to the window, he called to the woman again and urged her to drop the child. &#8220;Come here, okay, hang on &#8230; okay &#8230; I got it!&#8221;
The baby then appeared in the frame, safe in the arms of the waiting police officer.
&#8220;Ma&#8217;am! Ma&#8217;am! Come out,&#8221; he said, and then into the radio, &#8220;Can I get someone on the B side? I got the baby.&#8221;
Other officers brought a ladder around the house so that the woman could climb down to safety. She was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation but sustained no injuries. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety stated that the cause of the fire was still under investigation, and noted that part of the roof had to be removed in order for them to fully extinguish the fire in the attic.

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Director Michael Bay is on tap to direct a movie based on the epic rescue mission to retrieve two downed American airmen in Iran.
Bay, in partnership with Universal Pictures, is developing a feature-length film based on an upcoming 2027 book by author Mitchell Zuckoff. The book — and by extension, the movie — will tell the story of the two U.S. airmen who went down behind enemy lines in Iran during Operation Epic Fury.
The project will describe how their F-15E Strike Eagle operating under the call sign &#8220;Dude 44&#8221; was shot down over Iranian territory in early April, just weeks after the United States and Israel launched a joint military operation in Iran.
According to the planned adaptation, the pilot, known as Dude 44 Alpha, was located and extracted within hours. But the plane&#8217;s weapon systems officer, Dude 44 Bravo, remained stranded in the rugged Zagros Mountains.
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For nearly two days, the injured Dude 44 Bravo actively evaded capture by Iranian forces, hiding in the mountains and ravines while he waited for the rescue mission he knew was coming.
That eventual rescue came in the form of a daring night raid that included dozens of aircraft and hundreds of American special operations forces, all coordinating to fight off the Iranian forces — who were still desperately trying to locate the downed American first — and safely extract Dude 44 Bravo.
Bay may have gotten his start directing music videos — for everyone from Styx and Donny Osmond to Vanilla Ice and Meat Loaf — but he is no stranger to bringing heroic military stories to the silver screen. In 2016, he directed &#8220;13 Hours,&#8221; a film based on the siege of the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that took place on September 11, 2012.

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Pedestrians could be seen running in all directions as a vehicle caught fire, then exploded during rush hour on Tuesday evening, just a block away from New York City&#8217;s famous Charging Bull statue.
Several videos caught the wild blaze as it quickly engulfed the car — which appeared to be affiliated with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) — and the ensuing explosion that sent onlookers scattering to get away from the billowing smoke.
&#8220;Dramatic moment car explodes in huge fireball near Wall Street&#8217;s iconic Charging Bull statue,&#8221; The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/car-explodes-near-wall-streets-charging-bull-video/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter">captioned</a> a video shared via X.
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Dramatic moment car explodes in huge fireball near Wall Street&#8217;s iconic Charging Bull statue <a href="https://t.co/mkhlN6eZjq">https://t.co/mkhlN6eZjq</a> <a href="https://t.co/3c01DpqX9G">pic.twitter.com/3c01DpqX9G</a>
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Several other videos shared across X showed the blaze from different angles.
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Story here 👉️ <a href="https://t.co/iAyKRfJO1I">https://t.co/iAyKRfJO1I</a> A car caught fire and exploded Tuesday evening in Lower Manhattan, sending thick black smoke into the air near the Charging Bull. Videos from the scene show the car, which appeared to be MTA-affiliated, parked on the side of the road before… <a href="https://t.co/bGVe9JRg3l">pic.twitter.com/bGVe9JRg3l</a>
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The vehicle initially caught fire while parked outside the MTA&#8217;s headquarters on Broadway near Stone Street. The New York City Police and Fire Departments responded to reports about a car on fire at 5:42 p.m., according to local reporting, and firefighters reportedly extinguished the flames by around 7 p.m.
No injuries were reported despite the magnitude of the blast, and city officials are investigating the cause of the fire.
The New York Post confirmed that the vehicle did belong to the MTA, but said that all questions about the ongoing investigation should be directed to the FDNY.

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Far-left Senate candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) has once again landed in hot water over a now-deleted Reddit post that appears to mock a wounded soldier.
The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/platners-deleted-reddit-sparks-outrage-appears-mock-wounded-soldier-didnt-deserve-live">post</a>, written in 2019, was a brutal takedown of a viral video from the helmet-cam of Pfc. Ted Daniels during a 2012 firefight with the Taliban. Daniels received a Purple Heart after being shot four times during that firefight — but Platner argued in a post attributed to his old account, &#8220;P-hustle,&#8221; that Daniels did not &#8220;deserve to live&#8221; because he&#8217;d made &#8220;sh*t&#8221; decisions in combat.
&#8220;This video never gets old,&#8221; the commentary began. &#8220;Dumb motherf*cker didn&#8217;t deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat-*ss wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban&#8217;s part is the only reason this mouth breather made it home, he managed to make every possible sh*t decision possible when it comes to small unit combat.&#8221;
Daniels, in later interviews, has explained that the actions he took were not tactically the best ones he could have made, but said that he had to make decisions in the moment he believed would &#8220;draw fire&#8221; away from others in his unit.
&#8220;I put my *ss on the line for other guys,&#8221; he said, even as he conceded it was not &#8220;a sound thing to do.&#8221;
Army Ranger veteran and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) minced no words in his response to Platner&#8217;s comment: &#8220;Graham Platner is a lying, antisemitic fraud who has no business serving in the Senate.&#8221;
&#8220;Let’s see the courageous Democrat vets defend this one … can’t wait to hear it,&#8221; Navy SEAL veteran and Senator Tim Sheehy (R-MT) added.
Rep. and retired Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) unloaded on Platner as well, saying, &#8220;This Nazi tattooed raging a*shole should be resoundingly condemned by every active duty military member and veteran. He is a disgrace to the uniform he previously wore and should be mocked and shamed.&#8221;
Platner has faced criticisms over a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nazi-tattoo-dem-blames-u-s-army-culture-for-ink-nasty-social-media-posts">Nazi tattoo</a> — which he recently had covered — as well as several offensive and vulgar social media posts, but still managed to rise as the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine. He will face longtime incumbent Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) in November.

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Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) topped off his concession speech with a swipe at Jews in a comment about his Republican primary challenger Ed Gallrein.
Massie spoke to supporters on Tuesday evening after his campaign went down in flames, claiming that he was late to deliver his remarks because he&#8217;d first had to track down Gallrein in Tel Aviv to offer his concession personally.
&#8220;I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent to concede and it took awhile to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv,&#8221; Massie said, prompting laughter from his supporters as he suggested that his opponent was beholden to Israeli interests.
&#8220;I did give the call, though. I have called and conceded the race,&#8221; Massie continued, claiming, &#8220;We&#8217;ve been honorable the whole time, and we&#8217;re gonna stay that way.&#8221;
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The Kentucky Congressman&#8217;s campaign leaned into antisemitic advertising as the heated contest drew to a close.
One ad, created by pro-Massie PAC Hold the Line, claimed that &#8220;the gay mafia&#8221; would &#8220;own&#8221; Gallrein if he won, and pointed to Gallrein&#8217;s billionaire Jewish donor Paul Singer as the prime example. The ad featured the LGBTQ+ flag overlaying the Star of David, called Singer a &#8220;pro-gay, pro-trans activist working with far-Left, hardcore Democrats,&#8221; and claimed that Singer would &#8220;bring his trans madness to Kentucky.&#8221;
In the final hours of the campaign, Massie&#8217;s team <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/massie-rolls-out-fake-trump-endorsement-with-hours-to-go-before-polls-close">fired off</a> a text blast that featured an endorsement from President Donald Trump. The endorsement was a real one, but it was from 2022 — and Massie&#8217;s campaign removed the date to make it appear as if it were current.
President Trump fired off a quick response via social media, demanding that Massie withdraw the &#8220;FAKE STATEMENT&#8221; immediately.
&#8220;Horrible Congressman Thomas Massie put out an old Endorsement, from many years ago, of him by me long before I found out that he was the Worst Congressman in the History of our Country,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/2056827052851105947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2056827052851105947%7Ctwgr%5E2b8df505d2491211326c6d5292d3f5ee21d905f3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fmassie-rolls-out-fake-trump-endorsement-with-hours-to-go-before-polls-close">posted</a>. &#8220;I endorsed Ed Gallrein, a true American Patriot, which Massie knows full well, so the statement that he put out is fraudulent, just like HE is fraudulent. WITHDRAW YOUR FAKE STATEMENT, MASSIE, RIGHT NOW.&#8221;
CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings laid into Massie over the &#8220;nasty, gutter politics&#8221; on display, saying, &#8220;There was an undercurrent of antisemitism in this race on the Massie side. There&#8217;s been an undercurrent of it in his career, unfortunately, and it really came out in an ugly way tonight, and I think it needs to be stated, acknowledged, and condemned.&#8221;
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🚨 NEW: Scott Jennings blasts Thomas Massie on his way out the door: “Despicable, anti-Semitic, nasty, gutter politics… it needs to be condemned.”
“What a way to go out. He said, ‘I’d have called Gallrein but I had to find him in Tel Aviv.’.. it needs to be stated, acknowledged… <a href="https://t.co/2TlzBF8syJ">pic.twitter.com/2TlzBF8syJ</a>
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVNewsNow/status/2056939356393263128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2026</a></blockquote>
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