Former &#8220;Empire&#8221; actor Jussie Smollett claimed under oath Monday that there was no hate crime hoax, telling the court that he had been in the car with brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo but that he had spent the time driving, smoking a blunt, and texting someone about an appearance on MSNBC.
Smollett, who was charged with faking a racist and homophobic hate crime and filing a false police report, chose to take the stand in his own defense.
Fox News national reporter Matt Finn, who has been covering the trial since its beginning last week, offered several updates via Twitter after Smollett took the stand.
&#8220;Jussie Smollett just said under oath &#8216;there was no hoax,'&#8221; Finn tweeted, adding, &#8220;Smollett says he was driving, smoking a blunt and texting with a woman about MSNBC appearance – day of January 27th – when the Osundairo brothers were in his car. Brothers say that&#8217;s when hoax was being planned.&#8221;
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Jussie Smollett just said under oath “there was no hoax.” 
Smollett says he was driving, smoking a blunt and texting with a woman about MSNBC appearance – day of January 27th – when the Osundairo brothers were in his car. Brothers say that&#8217;s when hoax was being planned.
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1467965820622061573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Smollett also testified that it had become a <a href="https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1467958855724421121">running joke</a> on the set of &#8220;Empire&#8221; that the Osundairo brothers were actually his security team. He claimed that he did not want the studio to provide security because he preferred to drive around in his own car and &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1467959749354430466">smoke my blunt</a>&#8221; during lunch breaks. The defense went on to argue that the Osundairo brothers were attempting to &#8220;scare&#8221; Smollett into officially hiring the brothers to provide security.
As to the night of the attack, <a href="https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1467968018399604736">Smollett claimed</a> Bola Osundairo&#8217;s call was to discuss personal training and a meal plan, after which they discussed a trip to Walgreens to buy the eggs Bola told him he needed to eat.
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Jussie Smollett testifies Bola Osundairo called him the night of the attack to talk about Smollett&#8217;s training and meal plan. Smollett says Bola told him he had to eat 4 eggs.. so Smollett talked about going to Walgreens to get eggs.
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1467968018399604736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2021</a></blockquote>
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According to <a href="https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1467934150065860608">Smollett&#8217;s testimony</a>, he was training with Bola Osundairo primarily because &#8220;Empire&#8221; creator Lee Daniels had told him that he was fat, and because he wanted to lose weight for a music video. He also claimed that he and Bola had a more <a href="https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1467928044258144268">personal relationship</a>, saying that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-jussie-smollett-testifies-he-did-hard-drugs-went-clubbing-and-to-bathhouse-with-accused-attacker">first night they met</a> they had done weed and cocaine together and gone to a private room in a gay bath house.
<a href="https://kvia.com/news/us-world/cnn-national/2021/12/06/jussie-smollett-called-to-testify-in-his-criminal-trial-for-allegedly-staging-a-fake-hate-crime/">Osundairo</a> said last week, under oath, that he had never had a sexual relationship with Smollett. He also told the court that Smollett had orchestrated the entire attack, saying that Smollett had told them what to say and where they should be, even taking them out to show them the location and the camera he hoped would capture the attack, using the code word &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/code-word-training-jussie-smollett-trial-is-not-looking-great-for-former-empire-actor">training</a>&#8221; to describe what appeared to be a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-allegedly-captures-jussie-smollett-practicing-dry-run-of-fake-hate-crime">dry run</a>.
Chicago Police detectives said that Smollett appeared to be frustrated when he learned that the camera had been pointed in the wrong direction to pick up the attack, and initially refused to turn over his phone to law enforcement.
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‘There Was No Hoax’: Jussie Smollett Claims Under Oath That He Was Driving, Smoking A Blunt, And Texting In Car With Osundairos

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Retired Army Col. Edward Shames — the last surviving officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division — passed away Friday at the age of 99.
Shames and his brothers-in-arms were immortalized in HBO&#8217;s miniseries &#8220;Band of Brothers,&#8221; which documented Easy Company&#8217;s movements from training and parachuting into Normandy on <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/veteran-who-fought-d-day-at-15-dies-of-covid-19-at-92/">D-Day</a> as part of Operation Overlord to the disastrous Operation Market Garden, and the turning point at Bastogne&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/wapo-uses-white-christmas-to-point-up-virus-deaths/">Battle of the Bulge</a>.
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This feels like the end of something.
Edward Shames, the final living member of the Band of Brother, Easy Company, 506th, has left us. He died peacefully at home at 99.
Ed jumped into Normandy, fought in some of WWII&#8217;s most critical moments, was memorialized on the HBO show. <a href="https://t.co/4o57njMJ5k">pic.twitter.com/4o57njMJ5k</a>
— XVIII Airborne Corps (@18airbornecorps) <a href="https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/status/1467249531905622023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home and Crematory posted <a href="https://www.hollomon-brown.com/obituaries/Edward-D-Shames?obId=23292641#/obituaryInfo">Shames&#8217; obituary</a> on Saturday:
<blockquote>Ed was born in Norfolk, Virginia on June 13, 1922, to the late David and Sadie Shames. In August, 1942, Ed was called to duty in World War II. During the war, he was a member of the renowned Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division now known globally as the “Band of Brothers.” 
Ed was involved in some of the most important battles of the war. He made his first combat jump into Normandy on D-Day as part of Operation Overlord. He volunteered for Operation Pegasus and then fought with Easy Company in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne. 
Ed gained a reputation as a stubborn and very outspoken soldier who demanded the highest of standards from himself and his fellow soldiers. He not only earned the respect of his men, but was recognized by command for outstanding leadership and on June 13, 1944, he received a battlefield commission to Second Lieutenant. This made him the first non-commissioned officer in the Third Battalion to receive a commission in Normandy. </blockquote>
According to the obituary, the Jewish officer was the first member of the 101st Airborne Division to walk into Dachau — the Nazi regime&#8217;s longest-operating concentration camp — just days after the men of New York&#8217;s 42nd Infantry &#8220;<a href="https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/2166335/nys-42nd-infantry-division-liberated-dachau-75-years-ago/">Rainbow Division</a>&#8221; had discovered it. Dachau was the third camp to be liberated by Allied forces, and at the time housed 32,000 living prisoners. Corpses were stacked everywhere, from rail cars to empty barracks rooms.
&#8220;Nothing you can put in words would adequately describe what I saw there,” Division Assistant Chaplain (Maj.) Eli Bohnen wrote in a letter to home on May 1, 1945. &#8220;The human mind refuses to believe what the eyes see. All the stories of Nazi horrors are underestimated rather than exaggerated.&#8221;
When Germany surrendered weeks later, <a href="https://www.hollomon-brown.com/obituaries/Edward-D-Shames?obId=23292641#/obituaryInfo">Shames</a> and the men of Easy Company went into Hitler&#8217;s famed Eagle&#8217;s Nest — and <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/05/band-brothers-last-veteran-edward-shames-death/8879976002/">Shames</a> managed to steal several bottles of cognac that had been labeled &#8220;for the Fuhrer&#8217;s use only.&#8221;
&#8220;Later, he would use the cognac to toast his oldest son’s Bar Mitzvah,&#8221; the obituary continued. &#8220;On November 6, 2021, the American Veterans Center at its annual Veterans Conference and Honors program gave a final toast to Ed and presented him with the distinguished Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Wings of Valor Award.&#8221;
The last surviving member of the famed &#8220;Band of Brothers&#8221; is 97-year-old Bradford Freeman, an enlisted mortarman, who served as a consultant for the HBO miniseries and now lives in Mississippi.
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Brad Freeman is the last surviving enlisted man and currently lives in Mississippi. <a href="https://t.co/pV6Tjotcku">pic.twitter.com/pV6Tjotcku</a>
— Ricky Barksdale (@RickyBarksdale) <a href="https://twitter.com/RickyBarksdale/status/1467476849676668929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Last Surviving ‘Band Of Brothers’ Officer – A Jewish Soldier Who Toasted His Son’s Bar Mitzvah With Cognac Stolen From Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ – Dies At 99

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CNN weekend anchor Jim Acosta claimed Saturday that Democrats should go ahead and get rid of the filibuster in order to pass their agenda down party lines, arguing that if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had the opportunity, he would do the same.
&#8220;Democrats could think about it this way: If Mitch McConnell were in their shoes, what would he do? Given what we know, would we see him letting the filibuster stand? Is the filibuster more important than election rights, women’s rights…&#8221; Acosta asked, apparently referencing HR-1 — the Democrats&#8217; attempt to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ga-secretary-of-state-says-democrats-are-criticizing-voting-law-in-order-to-take-over-federal-elections/">overhaul federal elections</a> and wrest them from the state control outlined in the Constitution.
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Acosta: Democrats could think about it this way: If Mitch McConnell were in their shoes, what would he do? Given what we know, would we see him letting the filibuster stand? Is the filibuster more important than election rights, women’s rights… <a href="https://t.co/90ZwDIoAdT">pic.twitter.com/90ZwDIoAdT</a>
— Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1467264465078919168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
What Acosta appeared to forget was that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play/">McConnell</a> actually did have the opportunity to get rid of the filibuster as recently as last year — he was the Senate Majority Leader from <a href="https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Majority_Minority_Leaders.htm">2015-2021</a>, and Republicans held the Senate with a larger majority than the 50/50 plus a vice presidential tie-breaker that Democrats currently hold.
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As <a href="https://twitter.com/Acosta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Acosta</a> plays Dem strategist here — trying to invent an absurd pretext to destroy the Senate — remember that CNN bills this as straight news, not opinion.
You’d expect a top political reporter to remember that McConnell was in D’s shoes a YEAR ago, didn’t nuke the filibuster. <a href="https://t.co/EJJbncr1lo">https://t.co/EJJbncr1lo</a>
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1467281308363669511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
Despite having the power to end the filibuster — and rumors that then-<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/mitch-mcconnell-filibuster-trump-678817">President Donald Trump</a> would have liked him to do so on several occasions — McConnell refrained from doing so. Trump reportedly used the same argument on McConnell that Acosta used Saturday, telling him that if he did not end the filibuster, then Senate Minority Leader (and now the Majority Leader) Chuck Schumer (D-NY) certainly would.
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Or you could ask yourself this: What *did* Mitch do? Despite tremendous pressure from Trump, McConnell refused to dismantle the legislative filibuster.
Which, by the way, is a complete non-sequitur to Supreme Court appointments, as Acosta knows, or *should* know. <a href="https://t.co/V4G0zoe9vk">https://t.co/V4G0zoe9vk</a>
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdMorrissey/status/1467513559902994432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I don’t think the legislative filibuster, which has been around for a long time, is a problem. And it does, I think, generate on many occasions kind of a bipartisan solution, and I don’t think that’s always bad for the country. We do have some pretty big differences about a number of things, but there are a lot of things we do together,&#8221; McConnell <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/mitch-mcconnell-filibuster-trump-678817">told Politico in 2018</a>. &#8220;I think both sides, having been up and down a number of times, understand the advantages when you’re not in the majority. What I remind the president of occasionally when we have this discussion is but for that we would have socialized medicine [and] right-to-work would have been eliminated across the country.&#8221;
While McConnell was not ready to make unilateral rule changes in the Senate himself, he was willing to use the unilateral changes made by his predecessor, former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) — changes that he had warned years earlier would come back to bite Democrats if they pushed them through.
Reid instituted the so-called Nuclear Option — which allowed for federal judges to be confirmed by a simple majority rather than the typical 60-vote requirement, thus avoiding the filibuster — in 2013 over McConnell&#8217;s objection: &#8220;You’ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.&#8221;
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Just three years later, with Republicans at the helm, the use of the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nuclear-mcconnell-prepares-new-procedural-tactic-josh-hammer/">nuclear option</a> allowed Mitch McConnell&#8217;s Senate to confirm and seat an unprecedented number of federal judges — and three Supreme Court Justices: Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
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CNN’s Jim Acosta Returns To The White House After Court Orders White House To Reinstate His Press Pass

Jim Acosta Seems To Claim Mitch McConnell Would Trash Filibuster If He Could; Forgets He Could Have – And Didn’t – In Six Years

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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy &#8220;a liar and a coward&#8221; during a Sunday morning appearance on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;
Omar told anchor Jake Tapper that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/dems-demand-boebert-be-stripped-of-committees-for-jihad-remark-mccarthy-responds-blasting-omar-aoc-dems/">McCarthy</a> — and other Republicans in leadership positions — had not done enough to condemn Congresswoman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/boebert-apologizes-to-muslim-community-for-omar-remark/">Lauren Boebert</a> (R-CO) for comments that she said were anti-Muslim and could provoke extremists into taking dangerous or violent actions.
Tapper began with a recap of Boebert&#8217;s comments — a story she told claiming that, while standing in an elevator with Omar, she joked with security about how Omar probably was not a threat because she didn&#8217;t have a backpack. The obvious inference was that if Omar had been carrying a backpack, she might have been a suicide bomber.
&#8220;I want to start with those comments, Boebert comparing you to a terrorist suicide bomber,&#8221; Tapper said as he introduced Omar. &#8220;What is it like to hear that kind of blatant bigotry, coming from a fellow member of the House of Representatives?&#8221;
&#8220;It’s shocking and unacceptable. It’s very unbecoming of a congresswoman to use that kind of derogatory, dangerous, inciting language against a colleague,&#8221; Omar replied, saying that in the years since the 9//11 terror attacks, she had initially felt like America had made progress. &#8220;When I first won, I remember getting phone calls from across the world from heads of states and prime ministers and foreign ministers congratulating me because they thought America was past its sort of post 9/11 Islamaphobia. And to see this happen right now in the halls of Congress really is damaging not just to the Muslim community, to myself, but to the kind of country we want to be.&#8221;
Tapper went on to say that McCarthy had not condemned Boebert&#8217;s comments — but instead had said that Boebert had apologized both publicly and privately.
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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar calls House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy &#8220;a liar and a coward&#8221; for not publicly condemning GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert&#8217;s anti-Muslim comments about Omar. <a href="https://t.co/bpBmBU1anQ">https://t.co/bpBmBU1anQ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/1eXkETU3Cx">pic.twitter.com/1eXkETU3Cx</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSotu/status/1467509144223686657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;To be clear, after her conversation with you, Boebert went on social media and doubled down and said things that were equally incendiary. What’s your reaction to McCarthy and how he described it?&#8221;
&#8220;McCarthy is a liar and a coward. He doesn’t have the ability to condemn the kind of bigoted Islamaphobia and anti-Muslim –&#8221; Omar began, but Tapper interrupted.
&#8220;Why doesn’t he have the ability to do that?&#8221; he asked.
&#8220;This is who they are,&#8221; Omar said, going on to claim that the Republican Party was effectively &#8220;normalizing&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/aoc-loses-it-mccarthy-working-with-his-ku-klux-klan-caucus-allows-violent-targeting-of-woc/">anti-Muslim sentiment and bigotry</a>.
Omar said that she expected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take action in the coming weeks, noting that she had spoken with her about the issue and that the Speaker had always lived up to her promises.
&#8220;I’ve had a conversation with the Speaker. I’m very confident that she will take decisive action next week. As you know, when I first got to Congress, I was worried that I wasn’t going to be allowed to be sworn in because there was a ban on the hijab. She promised me she would take care of it. She made another promise to me she will take care of this,&#8221; Omar said.
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Reps. Carson, Tlaib and Omar Speak On Islamophobia

Ilhan Omar Calls Kevin McCarthy ‘A Liar And Coward’ For Not Cracking Down On Lauren Boebert

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Dr. Anthony Fauci objected Sunday to claims made by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) — namely that he was intentionally overhyping information about COVID-19 in an effort to keep Americans scared.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/its-not-hard-to-figure-out-msnbc-analyst-says-republicans-hate-fauci-because-they-dont-want-covid-to-go-away/">Fauci</a> spoke with CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; and Tapper asked him to respond to Johnson&#8217;s claims that he was &#8220;overhyping&#8221; the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson likened to to Fauci&#8217;s response to HIV/AIDS decades earlier, saying that he had &#8220;overhyped&#8221; that as well.
&#8220;Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said this week that you have been using coronavirus to keep Americans in fear and maintain control. Take a listen,&#8221; Tapper said, rolling tape of Johnson.
&#8220;He did the exact same thing with AIDS. He overhyped it. He created all kinds of fear saying it could affect the entire population, when it couldn’t. And he is doing – using the exact same playbook with COVID,&#8221; Johnson said.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci responds to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) saying Fauci “overhyped” AIDS and COVID:
&#8220;Overhyping AIDS? It&#8217;s killed over 750,000 Americans and 36 million people worldwide. How do you overhype that? Overhyping COVID? It&#8217;s already killed 780,000 Americans &#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/RXNIJv0f8H">pic.twitter.com/RXNIJv0f8H</a>
— The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1467496686717214728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Obviously, that’s a bizarre and false assertion. President George W. Bush gave you the Presidential Medal of Freedom because of your leadership in the AIDS crisis,&#8221; Tapper said before turning the floor over to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/fauci-im-advising-biden-on-new-testing-rules-for-everyone-entering-u-s-border-crossers-different-issue/">Fauci</a> for his response.
&#8220;You know, Jake, how do you respond to something as preposterous as that? Over hyping AIDS? It&#8217;s killed over 750,000 Americans. 36 million people worldwide. How do you overhype that? Over hyping COVID? It&#8217;s already killed 780,000 Americans and over 5 million people worldwide. So I don’t have any clue of what he is talking about,&#8221; Fauci replied.
&#8220;I don’t think he does either,&#8221; Tapper agreed.
Tapper and Fauci also discussed the continuing spread of the newest variant, known as <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-have-been-stunned-at-the-response-south-african-dr-who-reported-omicron-slams-hysteria/">omicron</a>, which has now been detected in more than a dozen states and several dozen countries worldwide.
&#8220;Let’s start with the omicron variant. Coronavirus cases in South Africa quadrupled in four days this week. Reportedly spreading twice as quickly as delta. But the South African president said overnight that hospitalizations from omicron are not increasing at an alarming rate,&#8221; Tapper began. &#8220;Have you seen evidence that hospitalizations or deaths were rising, not just cases? What does this suggest to you about this new variant?&#8221;
Fauci, noting that officials in South Africa had been transparent and forthcoming with all the information they had gathered, said that the consensus appeared to be that omicron would spread faster than previous variants but had thus far only been connected to milder symptoms in those who were infected.
&#8220;Thus far, though it’s too early to really make any definitive statements about it, thus far, it does not look like there’s a great degree of severity to it. But we really gotta be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or really doesn’t cause any severe illness comparable to delta. But thus far, the signals are a bit encouraging regarding the severity. But again, you have to hold judgment until we get more experience,&#8221; Fauci replied.
Fauci went on to note that the travel bans, put in place to restrict travel to the United States from several South African nations, had been a temporary measure to buy scientists more time to study omicron. &#8220;Hopefully, we will lift that ban within a reasonable period of time. We all feel very badly about the hardship that that might have put upon not only South Africa but the other african countries. For that reason, on a daily basis, we are re-evaluating that policy,&#8221; he said.
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‘How Do You Overhype That?’: Fauci Objects To Ron Johnson Claim That He Wants To Keep People Scared Of COVID

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CNN anchor Brian Stelter detailed some of the mixed feelings surrounding ousted anchor Chris Cuomo&#8217;s suspension — and subsequent termination — over new details arising from an investigation of his role in defending his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Stelter said Sunday, as he opened his weekly show &#8220;Reliable Sources,&#8221; that Cuomo&#8217;s producers and staff — as well as a number of viewers who love Cuomo — wanted the anchor to be returned to the airwaves as soon as possible. A number of other CNN staffers, however, felt that the network had given Cuomo enough leeway already and probably should have terminated him sooner.
&#8220;The biggest media story this weekend is the firing of Chris Cuomo from this network, CNN,&#8221; Stelter began. &#8220;I have been working the phones ever since this was announced yesterday evening. Frankly, I have been on the phone until the last five minutes here getting information about what happened, and where CNN goes from here. So I would like to start, now that you know the news about Cuomo’s firing, with a timeline of how it came to this point. Why was Chris Cuomo fired now, after CNN management supported him all year long? That’s the key question I have been pursuing as a media reporter for the past, you know, 18 hours or so.&#8221;
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cnns-stelter-dunks-on-fired-chris-cuomo-caused-so-many-headaches-cnn-staffers-were-very-unhappy/">Stelter</a> then detailed what had happened since Monday, when Attorney General Letitia James (D-N.Y.) had released a number of documents pertaining to the state&#8217;s investigation into sexual harassment and assault allegations against Andrew Cuomo — and they raised questions about just how involved <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-chris-cuomo-releases-statement-responding-to-cnn-firing-him/">Chris Cuomo</a> had been in helping to advise and shape his brother&#8217;s defense, even to the point of using his professional contacts in an effort to get ahead of potentially damaging stories that might be coming down the pipe.
Cuomo was suspended Tuesday, pending an investigation — which CNN executed by bringing in attorneys to review the documents. The information they reviewed, possibly coupled with a credible accusation of sexual misconduct against the embattled anchor, led the network to decide that Cuomo should be terminated, effective immediately.
Stelter went on to say that inside CNN, it had felt like a bit of a balancing act. &#8220;On one side important complaints about Cuomo crossing clear journalistic lines and damaging CNN&#8217;s brand, on the other side, concerns about Cuomo the person and respect for the fact he put his family first. Some of you felt all of the above,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My phone was lighting up on Tuesday with calls from CNN staffers, some of whom said Cuomo should have been fired right away and also with emails from CNN viewers that CNN was being unfair to the ancchorman.&#8221;
&#8220;At the same time CNN boss Jeff Zucker held a meeting with the staff of Cuomo&#8217;s &#8216;Primetime&#8217;  show and the sentiments were there were clearly in Cuomo’s favor &#8230; Those staffers from the 9:00 p.m. show talked about the anchorman’s talent and the pride they felt in the show. So there was a real wide array of feelings in this house. You’ve got CNN staffers saying get rid of him, he shouldn’t work here, he’s hurt us. And then you have some of his own producers saying, you know, let’s bring him back. He should be back.&#8221;
It was in that environment, Stelter said, that CNN learned of the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cnn-under-fire-for-not-revealing-the-additional-information-discovered-during-chris-cuomo-probe/">sexual misconduct</a> accusation against Cuomo — and that was reportedly what pushed the network over the edge.
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Celebrity Sightings In New York City – May 02, 2019

Brian Stelter Says His ‘Phone Was Lighting Up’ Over Cuomo: ‘Staffers Saying Get Rid Of Him’

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Former Kansas senator and Republican presidential candidate Robert Joseph Dole passed away early Sunday morning at the age of 98.
According to a statement released by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, the World War II veteran and longtime politician <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bob-dole-wwii-hero-former-republican-presidential-candidate-dies-98-n953981">passed in his sleep</a>.
&#8220;It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years. More information coming soon,&#8221; the Foundation shared in a tweet.
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It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years. More information coming soon. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RememberingBobDole?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RememberingBobDole</a> <a href="https://t.co/57NtGfqtmL">pic.twitter.com/57NtGfqtmL</a>
— Elizabeth Dole Foundation (@DoleFoundation) <a href="https://twitter.com/DoleFoundation/status/1467533869905817602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Dole served as top Republican in the Senate for some 11 years — a feat beaten only by current Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — and is one of only eight senators in history to have received a Congressional Gold Medal.
His response, when he received the honor in January of 2018, was simple and self-deprecating: &#8220;I want to thank all those who&#8217;ve said such kind words about me. They&#8217;re probably not true, but they were nice.&#8221;
He was former President Gerald Ford&#8217;s 1976 running mate, and at 73 he became the oldest to ever make a first-time run for the presidency, clinching the Republican nomination in 1996 but losing to Bill Clinton.
Dole had been in poor health for several years – and had confirmed in February of this year that he was suffering from stage 4 lung cancer — but had continued to make an effort to serve others and honor his friends as colleagues.
Even into his 90s, he visited the World War II Memorial on the National Mall and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bob-doles-final-mission/2018/06/18/93962908-6fff-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html?utm_term=.3e61442d9fdb">greeted fellow veterans</a> who came to see the memorial as part of the nation&#8217;s Honor Flight program, which helps veterans of past wars obtain free flights to the nation&#8217;s capitol to visit their memorials.
As <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bob-doles-final-mission/2018/06/18/93962908-6fff-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html">The Washington Post</a> reported in June of 2018, he saw that as his final mission:
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“Good to see you. Where you from?” Dole says, over and over, as they roll close, sometimes one on each side. New York, Tennessee, Nevada, the old roll-call once again. “Let’s get a picture.” “Thank you for your service.” “What about your service?” “How old are you?” “I’m 90.” “I’m 94.” “Where you from?” “Good to see you.”
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And when former President and fellow World War II veteran George H.W. Bush passed away, Dole not only attended the public visitation but asked to be helped to his feet so that he could salute his fallen friend.
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Bob Dole was the type of man who at 96, unable to walk and struggling badly with his health, wanted to be held up so he could salute the casket of a fellow WWII veteran and former president <a href="https://t.co/udvVDSYg17">pic.twitter.com/udvVDSYg17</a>
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) <a href="https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/1467536379076919305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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RIP, Robert Joseph Dole.
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President George H.W. Bush Lies In State At U.S. Capitol

Former Senator, Republican Presidential Candidate Bob Dole Dies At 98

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Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy pushed back Friday when press secretary Jen Psaki circled back to an earlier question about crime rather than directly answering his immediate question about Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Doocy brought up the continuing investigation into the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/u-s-intelligence-agencies-dont-expect-to-determine-covid-19-origins-report/">origins of the coronavirus</a> and asked Psaki whether or not President Xi had made any effort to assist — or to provide transparency as to what the Chinese Communist government new about the virus and when they knew it — in the weeks since <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/chinas-xi-jinping-appears-to-mock-biden-with-name-during-meeting-after-biden-denials-over-relationship/">Biden&#8217;s virtual summit</a> with him.
&#8220;We know [Biden] did not press [Chinese President Xi Jinping] to help w/the Covid origins investigations b/c you said that Xi just understands he&#8217;s supposed to be transparent, so in the 2+ wks since, has he helped &amp; been transparent yet?&#8221;
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Doocy: &#8220;We know [Biden] did not press [Chinese President Xi Jinping] to help w/the Covid origins investigations b/c you said that Xi just understands he&#8217;s supposed to be transparent, so in the 2+ wks since, has he helped &amp; been transparent yet?&#8221;
Psaki says she didn&#8217;t say that <a href="https://t.co/Or2Pz7dylf">pic.twitter.com/Or2Pz7dylf</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1466849868295593988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that&#8217;s exactly what I said,&#8221; Psaki pushed back, adding, &#8220;I believe what I said is we have pressed for this repeatedly, we will continue to, and we&#8217;ll continue to do that at a range of levels. I don&#8217;t, unfortunately, have any updates on the participation or willingness of the Chinese to add and provide additional data.&#8221;
Psaki then pivoted to a question Doocy had asked a day earlier about rampant organized retail theft and whether the administration believed that was ultimately the result of the pandemic.
&#8220;My question was about Xi. It wasn&#8217;t about that,&#8221; Doocy protested.
&#8220;Well, you asked me&#8230;about crime yesterday, so I&#8230;was going to give you a little extra information. I followed up for you!&#8221; Psaki replied.
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Psaki: Since you asked me about crime yesterday &amp; I have a little more information for you?
Doocy: My question was about Xi. It wasn&#8217;t about that.
P: Well, you asked me&#8230;about crime yesterday, so I&#8230;was going to give you a little extra information. I followed up for you! <a href="https://t.co/k6hoBSMlWb">pic.twitter.com/k6hoBSMlWb</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1466851184183062532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Psaki went on to say that the Justice Department and the FBI had been coordinating with local law enforcement in an effort to curtail the dramatic uptick in &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thieves-target-l-a-area-nordstrom-in-another-smash-and-grab/">smash and grab</a>&#8221; style robberies.
Doocy thanked her for the update, promising to include it in the day&#8217;s coverage, and Psaki replied, &#8220;I look forward to seeing it on Fox later today.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s on Fox right now,&#8221; Doocy said, pointing to one of the cameras in the briefing room.
&#8220;I bet it is,&#8221; Psaki said before moving on.
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Doocy: &#8220;Thank you for that. We will include that in our coverage.&#8221;
Psaki: &#8220;I look forward to seeing it on Fox later today.&#8221;
Doocy: &#8220;It&#8217;s on Fox right now, I think.&#8221; [Points at the camera]
Psaki: &#8220;I bet it is.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/T0wQ8hRMa4">pic.twitter.com/T0wQ8hRMa4</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1466851542338842628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Doocy had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-press-secretary-blames-increase-in-looting-shoplifting-on-pandemic">asked Thursday</a> whether the White House believed the pandemic was the &#8220;root cause&#8221; of the dramatic increase in crime in recent months.
&#8220;When a huge group of criminals organizes themselves and they want to go loot a store—a CVS, Nordstorm, a Home Depot—until the shelves are clean, you think that’s because of the pandemic?&#8221; he asked.
&#8220;I think the root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic, yes,&#8221; Psaki said.
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Biden

‘My Question Was About Xi’: Peter Doocy Protests While Jen Psaki Circles Back To Question About Crime

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&#8220;The View&#8221; set heated up Friday as the discussion turned to President Joe Biden and his administration&#8217;s return to the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy for illegal immigrants seeking asylum.
The Biden administration had announced earlier in the week that, pursuant to a court order, the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-reinstating-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-immigration-policy-after-court-forces-admin-to-do-so/">Remain in Mexico Policy</a> — which requires those seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed — would be reinstated. The White House also promised to work with Mexico to ensure the safety and security of those who were waiting on the other side of the border.
But according to regular host Sunny Hostin and guest, actress America Ferrera, that is not enough – and both accused Biden of violating his <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-takes-second-shot-at-scrapping-remain-in-mexico-policy/">campaign promises</a>.
&#8220;One of Joe Biden’s first acts as president was ending Trump’s policy of keeping immigrants in Mexico, people seeking asylum. Biden says he’ll work with Mexico to make conditions more humane,&#8221; cohost Joy Behar began, asking Ferrera whether she thought that would be effective.
&#8220;No. You can’t make an inhumane policy humane,&#8221; Ferrera replied.
&#8220;What should he do?&#8221; Behar asked.&#8221;First of all, Joe Biden tweeted, &#8216;Donald Trump’s remain in Mexico policy is dangerous and inhuman and goes against everything we stand for as a nation of immigrants. My administration will end it.&#8217; I’m disappointed in Joe Biden’s decision not only to allow it to be reimplemented but to expand on it. He’s actually including more people particularly Haitians and Jamaicans in this implementation.&#8221;
&#8220;Not only is this a broken campaign promise this is an incredible disappoint that will put tens of thousands of people in real danger and Joe Biden should be doing everything in his power –&#8221; Ferrera continued, but Behar interrupted, saying that it was her understanding that Biden was allowing the policy to continued only because a court had ordered him to do so.
&#8220;The court order is not to expand it,&#8221; Ferrera objected. &#8220;He’s not only implementing but expanding it.&#8221;
&#8220;They started doing with the Haitians that were under the bridge,&#8221; Hostin added. &#8220;Let’s face it, when you come here and you land on this – in this country, you have an automatic right to legal asylum, the very promise of this country, Joe Biden’s ancestors came to this country as Irish immigrants, he knows better, he needs to do better and he did break all of his campaign promises. It’s your right, the minute you step into this country to seek asylum and that’s what people are doing and now Joe Biden is basically breaking the law, his administration is breaking the law.&#8221;
Co-host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cnns-ana-navarro-suggests-who-gets-vaccines-first-should-be-based-in-part-on-political-history-if-they-are-a-politician/">Ana Navarro</a> pushed back, saying that she wasn&#8217;t so sure the issue was black and white, adding, &#8220;This is something that strikes us very personally. You’re from Honduras, you were born in Honduras. Your husband is from Haiti. I was born in Nicaragua. There&#8217;s over 50 million people between Haiti and Central America. And we have to somehow figure out how to give those people opportunities and how to help them in those countries. We have to figure out how to process asylums in those countries in a good, reasonable way, so people don’t make the treacherous trek, get preyed on by coyotes, get raped, little girls getting raped –&#8221;
&#8220;America, you said it was Joe Biden’s decision,&#8221; Navarro turned back to Ferrera. &#8220;Immigration is such a complex issue.&#8221;
&#8220;What do you do when they get here? Send them back?&#8221; Hostin asked.
&#8220;Do you remember how mad we were when federal court told Donald Trump to reunite minors with their parents he flipped the finger at the federal court, well, Joe Biden is abiding by the court order,&#8221; Navarro said.
&#8220;There was no court order when he shipped Haitians out of this country,&#8221; Hostin objected.
&#8220;It’s title 42,&#8221; Navarro pushed back, referencing the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-is-lunacy-it-is-lawless-cruz-blasts-biden-after-reports-he-will-end-title-42-border-expulsions/">public health code</a> that allowed for deportations during the pandemic, prompting the others to talk over her.
&#8220;One at a time, girls,&#8221; Behar cautioned.
They continued to argue, with Navarro saying that Congress needed to step up and pass comprehensive immigration reform and Ferrera continuing to criticize Biden for failing to follow through on his campaign promises.
Hostin then injected race into the conversation, adding, &#8220;It’s very interesting that Melania is such a genius that she was able to get into this country from Slovenia and brought her family back. So if you look like you’re from Slovenia it’s perfectly okay for you to get here, and chain migration is perfectly okay. It’s not okay if you’re a Haitian immigrant or from Central America or if you&#8217;re from another country and you end up under a bridge, you got to go back.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of ironic, that — thank you — people are now seeking to come to a democracy, and we are eroding democracy,&#8221; Behar added.
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P&G, Global Citizen, ANA #SheIsEqual Summit

‘The View’ Torches Biden For Going Back To ‘Remain In Mexico’ Policy: ‘He Did Break All Of His Campaign Promises’

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President Joe Biden claimed he was invited to Israel during the Six Day War by former Prime Minister Golda Meir — but history doesn&#8217;t exactly square with his recollection.
Biden, speaking during a Hannukah party at the White House, said that he had been close with every Israeli Prime Minister since Meir.
&#8220;I was saying to a couple of young members of my staff before I came over about the many times I&#8217;ve been to Israel, and I said — all of a sudden I realized, God, you&#8217;re getting old, Biden,&#8221; he began, prompting laughs from the audience. &#8220;I have known every — every prime minister well since Golda Meir, including Golda Meir. And during the Six Day War, I had an opportunity to — she invited me to come over because I was going to be the liaison between she and the Egyptians, about the Suez and so on and so forth.&#8221;
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Biden says he went to Israel during the Six Day War to act as a liaison. He’s lying. That never happened. Totally normal. <a href="https://t.co/rqLysviI4U">pic.twitter.com/rqLysviI4U</a>
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1466480101860810757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;And I sat in front of her desk. And she had a guy — her staff member — to my right. His name was Rabin. And she kept flipping those maps up and down. She had that bevy of maps — sort of kept it — and it was — it was so depressing what she was — about what happened. She gave me every detail,&#8221; Biden continued.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱 — BELAAZ VIDEO: President Biden said at the Chanukah party Wednesday that he went to Israel during the 6 Day War in 1967 &amp; PM Golda Meir asked him to mediate with Egypt.
Fact Check: It did not happened at that time — he went only prior to the ‘Yom Kippur War in 1973. <a href="https://t.co/bzY2g1cfLx">pic.twitter.com/bzY2g1cfLx</a>
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The historical complication for Biden is the fact that the Six-Day War, also known as the Third Arab-Israeli War, took place between June 5-10, 1967. At the time, Biden was <a href="https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/biden-is-first-president-since-taft-to-have-a-law-degree-outside-of-t-14-his-law-prof-saw-presence">still a student</a> at the Syracuse University School of Law — he would not graduate until 1968 and would not be elected to the U.S. Senate until four years later, in 1972. Additionally, Meir was not elected Prime Minister of Israel until March 17, 1969.
Biden did visit Israel during Meir&#8217;s tenure, but it was not until 1973 — on the eve of the Yom Kippur War. It was his first major overseas trip as a senator, and he has often called it &#8220;one of the most consequential meetings I’ve ever had in my life.&#8221;
He claimed that Meir chain-smoked through the meeting while she gave him details about all of the security threats the Israelis faced on a daily basis — and during a 2010 interview, he claimed that she had even told him of Israel&#8217;s &#8220;secret weapon&#8221; when it came to such wars.
&#8220;We have a secret weapon in our conflict with the Arabs,&#8221; Meir told Biden. &#8220;We have no place else to go.&#8221;
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But according to <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-biden-met-golda-new-details-emerge-of-storied-1973-encounter/">The Times of Israel</a>, a once-classified memo paints a slightly different picture of Biden&#8217;s meeting with Meir.
<blockquote>Biden warned that Israel’s actions in the territories it had captured during the Six Day War, including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, were leading to “creeping annexation.”
Since he believed Israel was militarily dominant in the region, he suggested the Jewish state might initiate a first step for peace through unilateral withdrawals from areas with no strategic importance.
The official said Biden criticized the Nixon administration for being “dragged by Israel,” complaining that it was impossible to have a real debate in the Senate about the Middle East as senators were fearful of saying things unpopular with Jewish voters.
The official added his own personal impressions regarding the young senator at the bottom of the document, saying Biden was full of respect toward the Israeli leader and repeatedly said he had come to learn, “and yet while speaking displayed a fervor and made comments that signaled his lack of diplomatic experience.”</blockquote>
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President Biden Delivers Remarks On November Jobs Report

Biden Claims He Met With Israeli PM Golda Meir During Six Day War, But History Begs To Differ

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&#8220;The View&#8221; host Whoopi Goldberg lashed out Thursday at the Supreme Court over oral arguments in what could be the next landmark abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization.
Goldberg criticized several of the arguments made but the justices, but reserved the bulk of her ire for Justice <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/justice-alito-questions-viability-standard-in-monumental-supreme-court-abortion-case/">Samuel Alito</a>. Alito argued Wednesday that a fetus presumably had the same interest both prior to and after the point of viability — namely, to stay alive.
&#8220;Do any of you men have any eggs or the possibility of carrying a fetus? How dare you talk about what a fetus wants! You have no idea,&#8221; she scolded during Thursday&#8217;s broadcast.
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&#8220;Do any of you men have any eggs or the possibility of carrying a fetus? How dare you talk about what a fetus wants! You have no idea.&#8221;
Whoopi Goldberg went OFF on the Supreme Court&#8217;s oral arguments on Mississippi’s abortion law. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheView?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheView</a> <a href="https://t.co/BSZKTTHHlf">pic.twitter.com/BSZKTTHHlf</a>
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1466440612815716357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1466467605825433618">Matt Walsh</a> was quick to respond, saying, &#8220;I have been reliably informed that many men do in fact have the possibility of getting pregnant. This transphobic bigotry from Whoopi Goldberg is outrageous and unacceptable.&#8221;
The conversation on &#8220;The View&#8221; began with a montage of several of the justices&#8217; comments, beginning with <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/justice-sotomayor-compares-unborn-babies-to-braindead-people-reacting-to-stimuli/">Justice Sonia Sotomayor</a> — who, in addition to comparing unborn babies to braindead adults, claimed that the court might not ever recover from &#8220;the stench&#8221; of overturning Roe v. Wade.
&#8220;Viability, it seems to me, doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with choice, but if it really is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time?&#8221; Chief Justice John Roberts argued.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/justice-amy-coney-barrett-brings-up-adoption-safe-haven-laws-during-mississippi-abortion-case-arguments/">Justice Amy Coney Barrett</a> noted that in both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the undue burden on the woman seeking an abortion stemmed from the duties and stresses of parenting — and she argued that adoption and safe-haven laws addressed that burden more directly.
The final comment in the montage came from Alito, who said, &#8220;The fetus has an interest in having a life, and that doesn&#8217;t change, does it? From the point before viability to the point after viability?&#8221;
That was when Goldberg cut in, demanding to know whether Alito, as a man, had any eggs or the ability to carry a fetus to term.
&#8220;How dare you talk about what a fetus wants! You have no idea!&#8221; she shouted, prompting applause from the audience before she continued, &#8220;I’m fine if you disagree with abortion, I have no problem with that, my problem comes when you tell me what I need to do with my doctor and my family, how dare you. How dare you!&#8221;
Co-host Sara Haines went on to argue that viability was not &#8220;arbitrary&#8221; — despite the fact that it was, as the justices noted during oral arguments, entirely dependent on the availability and quality of medical care — and that it was viability that put a fetus on &#8220;equal footing&#8221; with the mother because that was when it was able to survive outside the womb.
Co-host Ana Navarro brought up the Michigan school shooting that killed four and left several others wounded, appearing to suggest that conservatives did not care about the &#8220;right to life&#8221; of those students. &#8220;That’s the thing, they’re all into sanctity of life before it comes to four teenagers who died in Oxford, Michigan, how about their right to life and you know pursue happiness?&#8221; she asked.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the case next summer.
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MSNBC analyst John Heilemann claimed Thursday that Republicans are only critical of Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden&#8217;s chief medical adviser, because they believe they have a political advantage if COVID-19 does not ever go away.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-worst-msnbc-2018-ashe-schow/">Heilemann</a> made the comments during an appearance on &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; saying that he believed Republicans were doing the &#8220;political math&#8221; and reaching the conclusion that the continued spread of COVID-19 and each new variant helped them because they thought it reflected poorly on Biden.
Host Mika Brzezinski began the segment with a clip of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) claiming that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-fauci-urge-americans-to-get-vaccinated-as-omicron-concern-grows/">Fauci</a> had been part of the politicization of COVID-19, keeping people scared and pushing them toward vaccines while ignoring therapeutics.
Host Joe Scarborough responded to Johnson&#8217;s comments by saying he didn&#8217;t understand why anyone would attack <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/desantis-targets-d-c-elites-no-accountability-how-the-hell-else-does-fauci-still-have-a-job/">Fauci</a>, who he claimed had &#8220;committed his entire life&#8221; to public health.
&#8220;Fauci, certainly, he just became the symbol of the anti-science movement and also just need to have a villain, to have a bad guy of government control, and it was — Speaker Pelosi played that role for a while for the people of the right, then we had last year they tried to make President Biden it, you know there was Kamala Harris and the socialists were &#8216;controlling him&#8217; and now Dr. Fauci, who of course clashed with Trump at times —&#8221; Jonathan Lemire replied.
&#8220;Can I suggest something more, something darker?&#8221; Heilemann asked.
&#8220;I would love it,&#8221; Scarborough replied.
Calling the Republican Party a &#8220;death cult,&#8221; Heilemann argued that top Republicans were seeing the political advantage — especially going into the 2022 midterm elections — of allowing COVID-19 to continue to spread. &#8220;They know it hurts Joe Biden,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Their sense of the politics of this is dark. They think if Covid goes on longer, it puts them in a better position. They are right about that.&#8221;
Co-host Willie Geist claimed that prominent figures in right-leaning media were &#8220;comparing Fauci to a Nazi,&#8221; adding, &#8220;That’s been a story for a long time that Fauci is profiting to from the vaccine, all these things that are not true. That then moves into the mainstream of conservative media and becomes gospel, that he&#8217;s a villain and that somehow he’s asserting his power by trying to get people vaccinated and protect the American public from this disease that&#8217;s killed 700,000 people.&#8221;
Heilemann&#8217;s conclusion was simple: &#8220;It&#8217;s because if people follow Fauci, there’s a likelier chance that COVID will go away. And if COVID goes away, it’s bad right now for Republicans. It&#8217;s just the math on this, the political math on this, it&#8217;s not hard to figure out,&#8221; he said.
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MSNBC’s Heilemann: Republicans trash Fauci because they don’t want Covid to go away.
“If people follow Fauci, there’s a likelier chance that Covid will go away. And if Covid goes away, it ’s bad for Republicans. The political math on this, it&#8217;s not hard to figure out.” <a href="https://t.co/1mbWygeXQS">pic.twitter.com/1mbWygeXQS</a>
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1466389021828034563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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