Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban appears in a player-created video posted to the team&#8217;s official social media accounts that promotes the Black Lives Matter message.
&#8220;The idea came from a number of conversations in the past few weeks following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis,&#8221; AL.com reported. &#8220;The football program held video calls with prominent Black voices including Condoleezza Rice, Charles Barkley and Stephen A. Smith and their message was clear: use your platform for positive change.&#8221;
&#8220;The leadership group of veteran players and other star players filmed their parts on Wednesday, and it was edited for release early Thursday afternoon,&#8221; the local paper added. &#8220;The message was one of unity, honoring the past and building a better future for race relations. It calls for equality and the end of brutality and ended with a simple message repeated by several players and appeared on the screen.&#8221;
The video features numerous players from the team who read different parts of the script, which was written by offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood (transcript below).
&#8220;In this moment in history we can’t be silent, we must speak up for our brothers and sisters, for our sons and daughters,&#8221; Saban said, later adding, &#8220;Until I listen with an open heart and mind, I can’t understand his experience and his pain.&#8221;
The video concludes with numerous players saying, &#8220;All lives can’t matter until black lives matter.&#8221;
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>We are a team black, white, brown.
Together we are a family, we are brothers.
We represent ourselves, our families, our hometowns, our university, and our country.
We stand on the shoulders of giants, our grandparents and parents, our ancestors, our heroes, Alabama alumni, and former players who have changed the world.
Beginning on our historic campus we speak as one, acknowledging our history, honoring their legacy, and building a better, more just future.
On the field we are relentless, we are strong, we are conquerors.
But we are human beings first and in this moment in history we can’t be silent, we must speak up for our brothers and sisters, for our sons and daughters.
We speak for justice, for fairness, for equality, for greater understanding.
We stand together against racism.
Against brutality, against violence, for a better world.
When we see our families, our neighbors, our classmates subjected to violence we recognize the fear in their eyes and when we experience racism it hurts.
In the game we are one team.
One heartbeat, one mission.
Yet we are diverse.
We don’t always agree but we learn so much from each other and we are so much better together.
Until I listen with an open heart and mind, I can’t understand his experience and his pain.
The virus has shown us how much we benefit from being together and how much we need each other.
We believe the solutions to our challenges are within us.
We chose to listen, we chose to hear, and understand other’s prospectives.
Let’s listen, let’s unite, because all lives can’t matter until black lives matter.
Until black lives matter.
Until black lives matter.
Until black lives matter.
Until black lives matter.
Because all lives can’t matter until black lives matter.</blockquote>
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President Donald Trump is reportedly planning a rally shortly before the Alabama run-off election on behalf of Tommy Tuberville, the former Auburn University head football coach, in his senate bid against former Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. 
“Two sources familiar with the plans” told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/alabama-senate-race-trump-rally-tuberville-jeff-sessions/index.html">CNN</a> that the event will be held in Sessions’ hometown of Mobile, Alabama, where the then-Alabama senator joined Trump at a rally in 2015 to <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4548811/sen-jeff-sessions-speaks-donald-trump-rally-wears-trump-campaign-hat">praise</a> his immigration plan. Sessions formally <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/sen-jeff-sessions-endorses-trump-219939">endorsed</a> Trump in February 2016. He was announced as the presidents-elect&#8217;s first pick for attorney general shortly after Trump’s upset election victory against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 
Over the last several months, multiple polls show Tuberville substantially leading Sessions, whose relationship with the president has soured over his recusal from the Russia investigation. 
An early-May poll by the firm <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2020/05/poll-shows-tuberville-leading-sessions-in-us-senate-race.html">Cynga</a>l shows Tuberville leading Sessions by 20 points, an uptick of <a href="https://www.cygn.al/tuberville-leads-in-gop-senate-primary-race/">eight points</a> since the firm’s March poll. Another poll, conducted before Trump endorsed Tuberville, showed the former football coach leading Sessions by <a href="https://www.clubforgrowth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CFG_Alabama_Senate_RunoffBenchmark_Poll_Memo_200311.pdf">four points </a>— but also showed that this lead would increase to 24 points if the president endorsed Tuberville. 
Sessions has repeatedly defended his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sessions-to-trump-perhaps-youve-forgotten-alabama-trusts-me-trump-you-should-drop-out">arguing</a> that “If I, as a target of the investigation, had broken the law by not recusing myself, it would have been a catastrophe for the rule of law and for the president.” Nonetheless, President Trump has told him to drop out of the race. 
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Jeff, you had your chance &amp; you blew it. Recused yourself ON DAY ONE (you never told me of a problem), and ran for the hills. You had no courage, &amp; ruined many lives. The dirty cops, &amp; others, got caught by better &amp; stronger people than you. Hopefully this slime will pay a big&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/AJPUBTPCnT">https://t.co/AJPUBTPCnT</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1264328744682078208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Tuberville&#8217;s a coward who is rightly too afraid to debate me. He says you&#8217;re wrong on China &amp; trade. He wants to bring in even more foreign workers to take American jobs. That&#8217;s not your agenda and it&#8217;s not mine or Alabama&#8217;s. I know Alabama. Tuberville doesn&#8217;t.
— Jeff Sessions (@jeffsessions) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffsessions/status/1264028418951258112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
Despite the fallout, Sessions endorsed Trump for the 2020 election, and expressed enthusiasm for the president’s agenda in an open letter to the people of Alabama earlier this month, reports <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sessions-sends-open-letter-to-alabamans-on-recusal-from-mueller-probe">Fox News</a>.
“I have remained faithful to the President and his agenda,” said Sessions. “I have always stood up for him, and I never backed down, not even for one moment. My convictions are immovable, built on rock, not sand.”
In fact, when Sessions announced his run for office, he emphasized his commitment to the president&#8217;s agenda: “When President Trump took on Washington, only one Senator out of a hundred had the courage to stand with him: me. I was the first to support President Trump. I was his strongest advocate. I still am. We must make America great again.”
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Report: Trump Planning Rally In Sessions’ Hometown On Behalf Of His Run-Off Election Opponent

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On Sunday, after protesters tried to topple a 115-year-old Confederate monument in Birmingham, Alabama, the mayor of Birmingham pled with the protesters to leave before they got arrested, promising to remove the monument.
The 52-foot tall Confederate Soldiers &amp; Sailors Monument in Linn Park, where there is also a statue of Confederate sailor Charles Linn, was erected in 1905. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin showed up on the scene and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2723081611350288&amp;ref=watch_permalink">said he would work to have the monument removed</a> by Tuesday. He said, “Ladies and gentlemen: everybody listen to me. If you continue to (unintelligible) the statue, we’ll have to bring the police in. I’m not telling you to disperse; I’m just telling you to leave the statue alone. I gave you my word; Tuesday by noon, okay?”
&#8220;The statue has been at the center of a legal fight between the city and the state’s attorney general’s office, with the city wanting it removed but ultimately losing the battle. Still, Randall Woodfin, the mayor of the majority black city, approved the removal on Monday in defiance of the Alabama Monuments Preservation Act, setting the stage for another showdown,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/george-floyd-birmingham-confederate-statue.html">The New York Times</a> noted.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2723081611350288&amp;ref=watch_permalink">CNN affiliate WIAT</a> reported that Woodfin stated on Sunday night, &#8220;Allow me to finish the job for you.”
On Monday, Woodfin said at a press conference, “Birmingham, this is not us. This is not who we are. This is not how we taught the world to protest. Anybody that’s doing the looting, breaking things, setting fires, you’re not doing that in the name of reform or George Floyd. You’re on a different agenda and the City of Birmingham won’t tolerate it,” <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2020/06/watch-live-birmingham-officials-discuss-night-of-protests-riots.html">AL.com</a> reported.
He added:
<blockquote>The Legislature enacted a law that prevented cities from removing Confederate statues in the state of Alabama for all 169 cities, so Birmingham is not alone in this fight. Moving forward, what took place in the park put many of the residents and the peaceful protesters in physical danger. In addition to that it could possible put our officers in danger …
In order to prevent more civil unrest, it is very imperative that we remove this statue in Linn Park. That has a cost to it. I understand the AG’s office can bring a civil suit against the city and if there’s a judgment rendered from a judge, then we should be held accountable and I am willing to accept that because that is a lower cost than civil unrest in our city.</blockquote>
“In 2017, Alabama enacted a law directed at local governments that bars the removal, renaming, removal and alteration of monuments, memorial streets, memorial buildings and architecturally significant buildings located on public property for 40 or more years,” <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alabama-protesters-tried-to-remove-a-confederate-monument-but-the-mayor-told-them-he-would-finish-the-job/ar-BB14TA54?ocid=spartanntp">msn.com</a> noted.
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Alabama&#8217;s Attorney General Brings Lawsuit Over Plywood Coverage Of Birmingham&#8217;s Confederate Monument

Protesters Try To Topple Confederate Monument, Mayor Vows To Remove It

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Alabama head football coach Nick Saban called for “kindness” in the aftermath of violent riots over the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, George Floyd in Minnesota, and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.
Saban released a statement on Sunday as thousands of rioters burned buildings, pummeled bystanders, and looted businesses across the country from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. The prolific football coach empathized with protesters before making a plea for unity.
<blockquote>I am shocked and angered by the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. We&#8217;re at an important moment for our country, and now is the time for us to choose kinds, tolerance, understanding, empathy, and most importantly &#8230; it&#8217;s time to love each other. Every life is precious, and we must understand we have so many more things that unite us than divide us.
I&#8217;ve always been inspired and encouraged by examples set by those who came before us like Dr. Martine Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and so many others who devoted their lives to finding peaceful ways to rid our society of social inequities. As Dr. King said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” We are all part of this and we must banish these types of injustices in not just our country, but our world. The ultimate future of our nation is in our hands, and like the teams I&#8217;ve been privileged to coach, we must depend on and respect each other no matter our differences. We must come together as a society and treat one another with respect and dignity.</blockquote>
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Historic levels of rioting hit nearly every major city in the United States late last week and over the weekend. Outside agitators reportedly partnered with local rioters to burn and steal from hundreds of businesses and attack innocent bystanders and police. Pundits have compared the level of violence to the civil rights riots of 1968 in the aftermath of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination.
The riots began as protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death a week ago. Online videos showed Minneapolis police officers pinning Floyd, who was handcuffed, to the ground. One officer, Derek Chauvin, held his knee on Floyd’s neck for roughly nine minutes while Floyd pleaded for mercy saying he could not breathe.
Floyd was later transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. The four officers have been fired from the department and Chauvin has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Protests formed later in the week after videos of Floyd’s arrest began circulating online. The protests devolved into riots. On Thursday, hundreds of rioters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-rioters-storm-police-station-in-minneapolis-set-fires-at-facility">broke</a> into the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct, where Chauvin and the other officers had been based, and razed the police headquarters. Police officers and National Guard forces had abandoned the precinct on the orders of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
On Sunday, violent riots took place in Washington, D.C., despite an 11 p.m. curfew put in place by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Rioters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rioters-hurt-50-secret-service-agents-lincoln-memorial-vandalized-church-burned-american-flags-burned">burned and looted</a> businesses and other buildings, and set fire to outbuildings connected to the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church located near the White House. Dozens of Secret Service agents were injured throughout the night.
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President Trump and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions went into the second day of their recent Twitter feud, which rekindled after Sessions publicly suggested that Trump had “forgotten” that the people of Alabama and other conservatives trust him to serve in the Senate.
“Mr. President, Alabama can and does trust me, as do conservatives across the country. Perhaps you’ve forgotten. They trusted me when I stepped out and put that trust on the line for you,” remarked Sessions, who is now running to reclaim his old Senate seat.
Trump, who blasted Sessions on the third anniversary of the Mueller investigation, responded to his former attorney general even more forcefully than the day before, telling him that he has “no courage” and should “drop out” before the July primary runoff against Republican candidate Tommy Tuberville, the former football coach at Auburn University.
“Jeff, you had your chance &amp; you blew it. Recused yourself ON DAY ONE (you never told me of a problem), and ran for the hills. You had no courage, &amp; ruined many lives. The dirty cops, &amp; others, got caught by better &amp; stronger people than you. Hopefully this slime will pay a big,” said Trump.
“You should drop out of the race &amp; pray that super liberal<a href="https://twitter.com/DougJones"> @DougJones</a>, a weak &amp; pathetic puppet for Crazy Nancy Pelosi &amp; Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, gets beaten badly. He voted for impeachment based on ‘ZERO’. Disgraced Alabama. Coach<a href="https://twitter.com/TTuberville"> @TTuberville</a> will be a GREAT Senator,” the president continued.
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&#8230;.price. You should drop out of the race &amp; pray that super liberal <a href="https://twitter.com/DougJones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DougJones</a>, a weak &amp; pathetic puppet for Crazy Nancy Pelosi &amp; Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, gets beaten badly. He voted for impeachment based on “ZERO”. Disgraced Alabama. Coach <a href="https://twitter.com/TTuberville?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TTuberville</a> will be a GREAT Senator!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1264328756736536576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Tuberville&#8217;s a coward who is rightly too afraid to debate me. He says you&#8217;re wrong on China &amp; trade. He wants to bring in even more foreign workers to take American jobs. That&#8217;s not your agenda and it&#8217;s not mine or Alabama&#8217;s. I know Alabama. Tuberville doesn&#8217;t.
— Jeff Sessions (@jeffsessions) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffsessions/status/1264028418951258112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
Sessions, who was the first senator to endorse Trump’s 2016 campaign, has repeatedly defended himself for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, a decision that ultimately soured his relationship with Trump.
“I did the right thing for the country and for President Trump,” said Sessions, reports <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/politics/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-obligated/index.html">CNN</a>. “If I, as a target of the investigation, had broken the law by not recusing myself, it would have been a catastrophe for the rule of law and for the President.”
Despite the fallout, Sessions has endorsed Trump for the 2020 election, and expressed enthusiasm for the president’s agenda in an open letter to the people of Alabama earlier this month, reports <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sessions-sends-open-letter-to-alabamans-on-recusal-from-mueller-probe">Fox News</a>.
“I have remained faithful to the President and his agenda,” said Sessions. “I have always stood up for him, and I never backed down, not even for one moment. My convictions are immovable, built on rock, not sand.”
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Sessions To Trump: ‘Perhaps You’ve Forgotten’ Alabama ‘Trusts Me’; Trump: ‘You Should Drop Out’

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday night that he was endorsing former football coach Tommy Tuberville for the U.S. Senate in the Alabama Republican Senate nomination race.
The news comes as Tuberville and former Sen. Jeff Sessions, who stepped down to serve as attorney general early in the Trump administration, were forced into a runoff race after both candidates failed to get 50 percent of the vote.
&#8220;Tommy Tuberville (@TTuberville) is running for the U.S. Senate from the Great State of Alabama,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;Tommy was a terrific head football coach at Auburn University. He is a REAL LEADER who will never let MAGA/KAG, or our Country, down! Tommy will protect your Second Amendment (which is under siege), is strong on Crime and the Border, and truly LOVES our Military and our Vets. He will be a great Senator for the people of Alabama. Coach Tommy Tuberville, a winner, has my Complete and Total Endorsement. I love Alabama!&#8221;
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&#8230;.(which is under siege), is strong on Crime and the Border, and truly LOVES our Military and our Vets. He will be a great Senator for the people of Alabama. Coach Tommy Tuberville, a winner, has my Complete and Total Endorsement. I love Alabama!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1237557412048986120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sessions fell out of favor with the president after he recused himself from the Russia investigation early in 2017, which allowed the investigation to linger over the administration for over two years.
Trump had stayed out of the primary until it became clear that there was going to be a run off race.
Last week, Trump tweeted, &#8220;This is what happens to someone who loyally gets appointed Attorney General of the United States &amp; then doesn’t have the wisdom or courage to stare down &amp; end the phony Russia Witch Hunt. Recuses himself on FIRST DAY in office, and the Mueller Scam begins!&#8221;
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Trump Makes Endorsement In Alabama Republican Senate Nomination Race

On Thursday, Republicans in Alabama took a key step in their quest to protect children from hormone blockers and transgender surgeries, when state senators approved a bill seeking to criminalize medical professionals prescribing or advising such drastic transgender medical intervention.
According to <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/8/alabama-republicans-seek-transgender-surgery-ban-t/">The Washington Times</a>, Republican Sen. Shay Shelnutt&#8217;s bill, called the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, seeks to &#8220;make it a felony for doctors and other medical providers to prescribe hormone blockers or surgeries for minors seeking to treat gender dysphoria.&#8221;
&#8220;I just don’t think, and others don’t think, that kids should be given experimental drugs or surgeries that could have irreversible consequences for the rest of their life,&#8221; Sen. Shelnutt <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/8/alabama-republicans-seek-transgender-surgery-ban-t/">told</a> local reporters.
&#8220;Kids are not fully developed until later in life,&#8221; the Republican added. &#8220;I think we can all agree that kids aren’t capable of making certain decisions until certain ages. And so we want to just stop these procedures from happening in Alabama.&#8221;
The bill, which overwhelmingly passed in the state Senate, is soon headed to Alabama&#8217;s House of Representatives.
Alabama&#8217;s Republican Governor Kay Ivey has yet to indicate her intention on signing the bill if it were to pass the House.
Ivey earned praise from conservatives and scorn from feminists last year when she signed a robust pro-life bill, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-alabama-law-doesnt-punish-women-who-get-michael-j-knowles">Alabama Human Life Protection Act</a>, banning nearly all elective abortions within the state.
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Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious &amp; that every life is a sacred gift from God. <a href="https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8">https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8</a> <a href="https://t.co/PIUQip6nmw">pic.twitter.com/PIUQip6nmw</a>
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Rep. Wes Allen, a Republican serving in the Alabama House, fumed over the reality that children are being prescribed hormone blockers within the state.
&#8220;I was shocked when I found out doctors in Alabama were prescribing these types of drugs to children,&#8221; Allen said in a statement, the Times noted. &#8220;This is something you hear about happening in California or New York but it is happening right here in Alabama and it’s time we put a stop to that practice.&#8221;
According to the Mayo Clinic&#8217;s <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/in-depth/pubertal-blockers/art-20459075">website</a>, giving a child hormone blockers to delay puberty is a &#8220;big step&#8221; that could effect their fertility.
&#8220;In those identified as male at birth, <abbr title="gonadotropin-releasing hormone">GnRH</abbr> analogues decrease the growth of facial and body hair, prevent voice deepening, and limit the growth of genitalia,&#8221; the clinic&#8217;s site outlines, adding that the &#8220;treatment limits or stops breast development and delays or stops menstruation&#8221; for biological females.
Under &#8220;side effects&#8221; and &#8220;complications,&#8221; the site lists:
Possible side effects of <abbr title="gonadotropin-releasing hormone">GnRH</abbr> analogue treatment include:
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<li>Injection site swelling</li>
<li>Weight gain</li>
<li>Hot flashes</li>
<li>Headaches</li>
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Use of <abbr title="gonadotropin-releasing hormone">GnRH</abbr> analogues might also have long-term effects on:
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<li>Bone density</li>
<li>Future fertility</li>
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&#8220;If children with male genitalia begin using <abbr title="gonadotropin-releasing hormone">GnRH</abbr> analogues early in puberty, they might not develop enough penile and scrotal skin for certain gender confirmation genital surgical procedures, such as penile inversion vaginoplasty,&#8221; the Mayo Clinic explains, adding that &#8220;delaying puberty beyond one&#8217;s peers can be stressful. Your child might experience lower self-esteem.&#8221;
Moreover, as highlighted by <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2018/12/14/puberty-blockers-clear-danger-childrens-health/">The Federalist</a>, endocrinologist Michael Laidlaw has warned that puberty blockers &#8220;interfere with the expected increase in bone density in adolescence such that the bones are not as strong as they would be had normal pubertal development been allowed. This is due to the effect of dropping sex hormone levels to subnormal levels. These lost years of bone development cannot be regained.&#8221;
Laidlaw also emphasized the &#8220;truly terrifying&#8221; &#8220;psychological effect&#8221; hormone blockers have on children.
&#8220;Under the traditional treatment for gender dysphoria, which involves &#8216;watchful waiting or pursuit of family and individual psychotherapy,&#8217; between <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2018/12/14/puberty-blockers-clear-danger-childrens-health/watchful%20waiting%20or%20pursuit%20of%20family%20and%20individual%20psychotherapy">80 and 95 percent of adolescent patients</a> outgrow their dysphoria naturally,&#8221; The Federalist added.

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Alabama Takes Major Step In Banning Hormone Blockers, Transgender Surgeries For Children

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Former Vice President Joe Biden is so far sweeping the Southern states on Super Tuesday, having immediately won the North Carolina and Virginia primaries after polls closed. He also won Alabama just after the polls closed, but had to battle it out in Tennessee with rivals Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
With 49% of precincts reporting, The New York Times and NBC called the primary for Biden around 9:15 p.m. So far on Super Tuesday, Biden has won four states while Sanders has won his home state of Vermont. At the time of this writing, Biden was leading in an additional four states – Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Arkansas – while Sanders was leading in Maine, Colorado, and Texas.
The early primary results give Biden a commanding delegate lead, but Texas and California – which each have hundreds of delegates to disperse – have not been called yet. Sanders, as mentioned previously, is leading in Texas and recent polls suggest a strong showing for him in California.
There are 14 states with primaries on Super Tuesday, but so far Biden is doing well. Of the five states that have been called so far, Biden has won four. The wins keep him in the lead as far as delegates go, but there are still 9 states to be called and even though some of Biden’s challengers dropped out over the weekend, he still has to contend with Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Biden had been doing poorly in the early primary states: He placed fourth in Iowa, received no delegates from New Hampshire, and placed a distant second in Nevada. On February 29, however, his luck began to turn as he finished first in South Carolina, bringing his delegate count from a dismal 15 to a commanding 54, just six delegates behind the current front runner, Sanders.
By winning Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia, Biden will pick up around 150 delegates, while Sanders so far is taking home far less in these early states. That will Biden him into not only an early lead for Super Tuesday, but also put him in the lead for the Democratic nomination. Sanders won his home state of Vermont, but that brings with it about a dozen delegates.
Of course, this early win may not seal Biden as the candidate. Just days ago, Sanders was polling 2-to-1 over his next closest rival in California, which has a whopping 415 delegates to give away. But Biden’s quick win in Virginia could also signal a continued upswing for the candidate. In the days before Super Tuesday, some of Biden’s toughest competitors dropped out of the race and endorsed him. Both South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (who won the Iowa caucus and had the second-most delegates before the South Carolina Primary) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) who surprisingly had come in third place in New Hampshire and picked up a delegate in Iowa, dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden in an effort to keep Sanders from winning the nomination. Along with their endorsements, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and failed presidential and senate candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke (D-TX) also endorsed Biden.

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Biden Continues March To Nomination, Winning Alabama and Tennessee

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On February 4, Alabama state Representative Proncey Robertson (R-District 7) introduced H.B. 39, which pertains to the issuance of “carry permits,” and to the creation of a “standardized statewide process to issue concealed carry permits for terms of 1 year, 5 years, or permit holder&#8217;s lifetime.”
The bill was read and “referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security,” according to <a href="https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB39/2020">LegiScan</a>.
“Under current law, concealed carry permits are issued by the sheriffs of each county. Each sheriff may have different fees, forms, and processes for the issuance of a concealed carry permit,” the synopsis of the bill reads. “Further, each county may maintain separate databases of individuals authorized to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person within this state.”
The synopsis continues, proposing a standardized, statewide process instead:
<blockquote>This bill would standardize a process by which concealed carry permits may be issued statewide and would create a state concealed carry permit information system by which relevant data may be maintained and provided to law enforcement. This bill would also integrate into that state information system existing data relating to concealed carry permits issued by county sheriffs.</blockquote>
Later, the <a href="http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020RS/PrintFiles/HB39-int.pdf">text of the bill</a> goes into more detail:
<blockquote>Upon receiving notice from a sheriff of an approved application for a concealed carry permit, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall immediately enter the information into the state concealed carry permit information system and ensure that a concealed carry permit endorsement is viewable by law enforcement officers and other authorized persons through the individual&#8217;s driver license&#8230;</blockquote>
Further, it details how one’s license could be revoked under the proposed system:
<blockquote>Upon receiving notice of a denial of an application for a concealed carry permit or a court disposition which would prohibit that individual from purchasing or possessing a pistol or firearm under state or federal law or render that individual ineligible for a permit based upon the factors provided in paragraph [a] of subsection (b), the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall enter the information into the state concealed carry permit information system and ensure that a &#8220;Concealed Carry Prohibited&#8221; restriction is viewable by law enforcement officers and other authorized persons through an individual&#8217;s driver license.</blockquote>
On Thursday, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) <a href="https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200220/alabama-senate-committee-hearing-on-lifetime-carry-permit-bill">stated in a release</a> pertaining to a <a href="http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020RS/PrintFiles/SB47-int.pdf">parallel bill</a> in Alabama’s state Senate, “contact committee members and ask them to support S.B. 47.”
Despite the NRA-ILA’s seeming endorsement of the legislation, Alabama gun rights organization BamaCarry has a different perspective.
Speaking with Fox affiliate <a href="https://www.wbrc.com/2020/02/22/state-lawmaker-proposes-statewide-database-gun-permit-holders/">WBRC</a>, BamaCarry president Eddie Fulmer said: “They need to back off of trying to regulate people who lawfully carry weapons.”
After stating that “permit holders in Alabama are some of the most law-abiding citizens there are,” Fulmer added, “What they are worried about here is a very insignificant amount of people when it comes to revoking a permit.”
The Daily Wire reached out to Rep. Proncey Robertson, and he answered several questions pertaining to the proposed law.
Robertson first noted how information pertaining to gun licenses in the state of Alabama is quite disparate: “Most people may not even realize this, but the concealed carry permit process in the state of Alabama is done in 67 different counties, by 67 different sheriffs. The 67 different processes and 67 different databases or local systems that hold your information – some of them, very insecure to say the least – they’re just on a standalone server under the front desk, for instance.”
The lawmaker added: “When an officer stops you in one end of the state and you have a permit from the other end of the state, he has very little confidence that that permit is valid, or that the Sheriff used the same background process or even maintained the records correctly.”
Robertson said that his proposed H.B. 39 would “standardize” all these various processes under the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) or the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC), giving law enforcement the ability to access it.
As for the accountability of law enforcement as it pertains to information searching, Robertson stated: “As a police officer, if I want access to that information, I am passworded into it, and you would know what I looked at, every key stroke, what I obtained, what I learned, what I did with it, and I have to have a law enforcement purpose for accessing that information.”
In response to BamaCarry president Eddie Fulmer’s comments, Robertson said: “I have no interest in regulating people who carry legally. What the system would do is it would begin to keep records of those who are prohibited to carry firearms.”
He added:
<blockquote>If we just do away with the permits in the state of Alabama, you still have to have one if you&#8217;re going to cross the state lines. So, this is just a way to secure that information. Number two, currently ACJIC and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), it keeps arrest records, but that is much different than conviction records or disposition records.</blockquote>
Robertson then noted that if he, as a police officer, were to stop someone he didn’t know personally, who had a history of arrests for “robbery or domestic violence, something what would prevent them from carrying a concealed weapon or obtaining a concealed weapons permit,” NCIC or state records can tell him if they had been arrested, but not if they were convicted, which, he said, “is what I need in order to make an arrest.”
According to Robertson, H.B. 39 would connect the courts to the permit database. “The day that the court convicts you, they would enter into the system that you are now prohibited, and it would revoke your permit if you have one in the system,” he stated.
When probed as to how his bill isn’t a centralized firearm registry, Robertson replied: “It has nothing to do with your gun. I&#8217;m not registering your guns. It never asks you one single question about your gun.”
He continued:
<blockquote>It&#8217;s about your concealed carry permit. It&#8217;s you coming in, taking a background check that says you&#8217;re not someone convicted of anything that would prohibit you, and it says it&#8217;s your license to carry concealed. They never ask you what gun you have or own or possess.</blockquote>
Robertson said that nothing in H.B. 39 requires new information from citizens, rather, it would simply standardize and centralize the current data from all the numerous hubs in which they currently reside.
The lawmaker also made sure to state that “the ATF, every time you purchase a gun, they do a background check at the gun dealer. They collect the make, model, and serial number of the gun you bought, and your name, address, and all your personal information.”
<blockquote>The federal government and the state of Alabama already has that information. This has nothing to do with your guns. This is just about, do you have the right to carry concealed, have you been convicted of something that would prohibit you from carrying a concealed weapon – and that&#8217;s any violent crime, it&#8217;s domestic violence, and it&#8217;s being ruled by a probate judge with a mental defect and involuntarily committed.</blockquote>
Lastly, Robertson explained why he believes Constitutional Carry or Permitless Carry isn’t an option in Alabama as things currently stand:
<blockquote>If you do that, here&#8217;s what happens – because many of these other states that have done it have very good record-keeping systems of criminal convictions, so an officer can look when he stops someone, and tell what they have been convicted of. In Alabama, we do not have that record keeping on the bad guys. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to do with this bill.
Right now in Alabama, if we went Permitless Carry, I could literally stop someone who is a convicted felon carrying a gun, and I have no way to prove that he is a felon carrying a gun there on the side of the road. So, I would have to let him drive away or walk away with that gun.</blockquote>
“That&#8217;s what people don&#8217;t understand about the way the system works currently,” Robertson added. “We do not have a good enough records management system of convictions in the state of Alabama to go with Constitutional Carry.”
“H.B. 39 requires the courts to report any conviction, misdemeanor, or felony that would make you a prohibited person to carry a firearm. So this improves things for the citizens, it improves the safety for our officers, and it begins to organize this so if there was ever a dream of going to Constitutional Carry in the state of Alabama, the first thing that we have to do is begin to maintain proper criminal conviction records,” Robertson concluded.

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Alabama Republican Who Proposed New Gun Permit Bill Says People Are Mislabeling It As A Gun Registry Bill

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Alabama lawmaker Rollanda Hollis (D-AL) proposed a law in the state legislature earlier this month that would require all men to celebrate their 50th birthday with a mandatory vasectomy — and pay for it themselves. 
“Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men,” says Hollis in the text of the bill. “This bill would require a man to undergo a vasectomy within one month of his 50th birthday or the birth of his third biological child, whichever comes first.”
Ted Cruz, the 49-year old Texas senator, responded to the proposal requiring 50th birthday vasectomies with strong opposition, and a reminder about the threat of big government. 
“Yikes. A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything&#8230;literally! Alabama Democrat proposes bill mandating all men have vasectomy at age 50 or after third child,” tweeted Cruz on Sunday. 
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Yikes. A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything&#8230;literally! Alabama Democrat proposes bill mandating all men have vasectomy at age 50 or after third child. <a href="https://t.co/PeaNUg1Joc">https://t.co/PeaNUg1Joc</a>
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1229054383540887555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
According to <a href="https://www.al.com/politics/2020/02/state-reps-bill-would-force-men-to-get-vasectomies-at-50.html">AL</a>, Hollis said that the bill was a response to the Human Life Protection Act, which was passed last year and prohibits abortions after the baby’s heartbeat begins to form at around six week: “We can’t put all the responsibility on women. Men need to be responsible also.”
The news agency also reported that Hollis believes she is both “pro-life and pro-choice,” and that Hollis said she does “not believe that women should use abortion as a birth control, but I do believe that if a women is raped or if it’s incest or anything like that, then she has the choice to do what she wants to do.”
While Hollis doesn’t expect the bill to pass, if the bill were to become law, men could expect to pay anywhere between $300 and $3,000 for the procedure. 
According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/alabama-abortion-ban.html">The New York Times</a>, as of last October, the Human Life Protection Act has been barred from going into effect by federal courts, prompting local lawmakers to decry the intervention as simply another instance of judicial activism.The bill would shield women who receive abortions from criminal liability, but would give prosecutors the authority to pursue up to 99  years in prison for anyone who performs an abortion. 
“This legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God,” said Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, who signed the bill into law. 
However, Steve Marshall, the state attorney general, has claimed that the primary intent of the proposal was not to go into effect immediately, but to trigger a challenge to a Supreme Court case that has enshrined abortion as a constitutional right for decades. 
“As we have stated before, the state’s objective is to advance our case to the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Marshall in a statement last October, who says the effort is designed to prove that Planned Parenthood v. Casey was “wrongly decided and that the Constitution does not prohibit states from protecting unborn children from abortion.”

Uncle Sam Vasectomy

Alabama Lawmaker Proposes Mandatory Vasectomies For Men Turning Fifty. Ted Cruz Responds.

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In a Wednesday morning speech on the U.S. Senate floor in anticipation of an expected ultimate impeachment acquittal vote later today, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) announced that he will &#8220;reluctantly&#8221; vote to convict President Donald Trump on each of the two articles of impeachment adopted by the U.S. House: &#8220;Abuse of power&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-at-the-new-york-post-obstruction-of-congress-is-an-utterly-ridiculous-impeachment-charge">obstruction of Congress</a>.&#8221; Jones has been viewed as one of three possible Democratic senators, along with Sens. Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), who could cross party lines and join the overwhelmingly majority of Republican senators expected to vote to acquit Trump.
&#8220;After many sleepless nights, I have reluctantly concluded that the evidence is sufficient to convict the President for both abuse of power and obstruction of Congress,&#8221; Jones said in a statement, as <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/481610-doug-jones-says-he-will-vote-to-convict-trump">reported</a> by The Hill. &#8220;[A]fter careful consideration of the evidence developed in the hearings, the public disclosures, the legal precedents, and the trial, I believe the president deliberately and unconstitutionally obstructed Congress by refusing to cooperate with the investigation in any way.&#8221;
&#8220;The president’s actions placed his personal interests well above the national interests and threatened the security of the United States, our allies in Europe, and our ally Ukraine,&#8221; Jones added. &#8220;His actions were more than simply inappropriate. They were an abuse of power.&#8221;
Jones&#8217; decision leaves Manchin and Sinema as the remaining Democrats who still might join Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the majority of his Republican caucus in voting to acquit President Trump of his impeachment charges. Moderate Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Susan Collins (ME) have each announced their intent to vote to acquit the president, which leaves freshman Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) as the only Republican senator still considered to be a possible defector.
Jones shocked the political world in 2017, winning a special election over the deeply polarizing and scandal-plagued Roy Moore to secure a Democratic Senate seat from one of the reddest and <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/247016/conservatives-greatly-outnumber-liberals-states.aspx">most conservative states</a> in the country. Accordingly, Jones, who is on the ballot this November, is widely considered to be the single most politically vulnerable Senate Democrat. As The Hill notes, a &#8220;JMC Analytics and Polling survey released late last year found that 39% of voters in Alabama support impeaching Trump, compared to 54% who oppose it.&#8221;
The Alabama Senate Republican primary is a crowded field, but there is no bigger name than Jeff Sessions — the man who long held this very Senate seat before abdicating it to assume the role of the Trump administration&#8217;s first attorney general. Other candidates include Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville, Moore, and State Sen. <a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/news/levin-endorses-arnold-mooney-alabamas-gop-senate-primary/">Arnold Mooney</a>. Assuming Moore does not prevail, whichever candidate does emerge from the Republican primary will assuredly become an immediate general election favorite over Jones.
&#8220;A new <a href="https://winwithjmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Alabama-Senate-Executive-Summary-General-Election-Poll-1.pdf" data-reader-unique-id="17">poll</a> on the 2020 Alabama U.S. Senate race finds an uphill race ahead for incumbent Doug Jones, but also no Republican candidate breaking from the pack,&#8221; local CBS affiliate WHNT News <a href="https://whnt.com/2019/12/23/new-polls-finds-uphill-climb-for-incumbent-u-s-sen-doug-jones-in-re-election-bid/">reported</a> in December. &#8220;The poll found also shows Jones with a solid lead over Republican Roy Moore, 47 to 33 with 20% undecided. &#8230; But in match-ups against the leading GOP contenders, including Sessions, &#8230; Tuberville, and &#8230; Byrne, Jones trails.&#8221;

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Doug Jones Will ‘Reluctantly’ Vote To Convict Trump Today

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A woman who once worked with troubled teens pleaded guilty last week to having sexual contact with a 13-year-old boy.
The woman, 30-year-old Amanda Shantay Williams, was listed as a “counselor” at Three Springs, a juvenile facility for troubled youths that was once located in Madison, Alabama, but has since moved its occupants to other facilities throughout the state. Despite her job title as counselor, defense attorney Robin Wolfe <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2020/01/former-three-springs-counselor-pleads-guilty-to-sex-with-13-year-old.html">told AL.com</a> that she had no formal training for such a position and that her duties were more in line with a day-care worker.
Williams was <a href="https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2017/07/teacher_student_sex_alabama.html">first arrested</a> two years ago, in July 2017, and charged with two counts of engaging in sexual contact with a student under the age of 19. At the time, she faced up to 40 years in prison and the requirement to register as a sex offender.
&#8220;Amanda, a counselor at Sequel, gave oral sex to several boys, all under the age of 19 years, at that facility,” an investigator wore in court documents, according to AL. Those records also confirmed that the sexual activity occurred within a two-month period while Williams worked at the facility.
When her arrest was initially announced, Madison police said she had turned herself in, according to AL.
After her first arrest, Williams went on to be indicted on four felony charges: “three counts of having sexual contact with students and one count of second-degree sodomy,” AL reported. Last week, Williams pleaded guilty to one of the sodomy charges in exchange for dropping the other three charges. She took what’s known as a “blind plea,” which meant she didn’t reach a prearranged deal with prosecutors about a sentence.
Even with that lone charge, she faces up to 20 years in prison and registering as a sex offender for life. Since Williams is a woman, she likely won’t get anywhere near 20 years in prison – if she gets jail time at all.
Wolfe, the defense attorney, told AL that Williams has no prior criminal history and should be considered for probation instead of jail. The outlet reported that Williams is a single mother and no longer working with children.
“She hopes the court will see that she’s taking responsibility for her actions,” Wolfe told the outlet. “She’s remorseful, she’s embarrassed and she has good family support.”
Being a single mother shouldn’t excuse someone from their crimes. A man would never get the same treatment in a similar situation. Yet it appears as though the Madison County district attorney’s office may also try to spare Williams from jail.
Assistant district attorney Tim Douthit told AL that he wasn’t going to recommend any specific number of years for Williams to spend in prison.
“It’s going to be the judge’s call,” he told the outlet.
“I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this, but don’t have sex with a 13 year old,” Douthit said after Williams’ court hearing last week.
If the sentences for other women who have sexually abused children are any indication, there’s a good chance Williams will get only probation for her offenses.

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‘Counselor’ Admits To Sexual Contact With 13-Year-Old Boy, May Only Get Probation

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Police officers in Mobile County, Alabama, entered a home and shot a woman while trying to arrest a man who was already in jail. Authorities are now blaming the woman because she held up a shotgun at them after they entered her home erroneously.
Police officers were dispatched to the home to arrest 41-year-old Nicholas McLeod, who used to live in the house that was stormed. McLeod had several outstanding warrants for his arrest. But McLeod no longer lived in the home. Instead, his nephew, Christopher, lived in the house along with his fiancé, Ann Rylee, 19.
Christopher told news outlets that he was outside the house when multiple police officers pulled up, decked out in body armor and carrying rifles. Christopher said the officers told him to put his hands up.
“They were looking for someone who used to live at that house years ago. He was my uncle,” McLeod said, <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2019/12/miscommunication-led-to-alabama-woman-being-shot-by-officers-trying-to-arrest-man-already-in-jail.html">according to The Associated Press</a>.
McLeod told news outlets that he informed the police that his fiancée, Rylee, was inside the home and sleeping on a recliner with quick access to a shotgun for protection. McLeod said two federal marshals then yelled “gun” and shots were fired.
“They had us face down in the dirt outside the whole time this was going on,” McLeod said.
Rylee was shot multiple times and has had surgery for her wounds.
“I just hope she&#8217;s OK. That&#8217;s my No. 1,” McLeod said, according to the AP. “It&#8217;s just so unfortunate because none of this needed to happen, it had nothing to do with us. We&#8217;re just victims of an unfortunate situation.”
WALA <a href="https://www.fox10tv.com/news/mobile_county/mcso-sheriff-woman-pointed-gun-at-officer-before-she-was/article_effd4f0c-22da-11ea-b92c-97a70d44e2ba.html">reported</a> that Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran laid blame for the incident on Rylee.
&#8220;As agents went up to the house they detained two men outside, who said there was a woman still inside. As they went to make entry into the house&#8230; This lady had armed herself with a shotgun and the entry team was giving her orders to drop the gun, put the gun down, drop the gun several times &#8212; over a period of a few seconds it seems like&#8230; And there is video recordings of that. She didn&#8217;t and she pointed the gun at one of them &#8212; then two or three agents fired upon her striking her three or four times,&#8221; Cochran said.
Agents shouldn’t have even entered the home, as the man they were looking for, Nicholas McLeod, had been arrested a day earlier and was sitting in jail during the time officers went to Christopher and Rylee’s home. Cochran told WALA that they didn’t know Nicholas had already been arrested and wouldn’t have gone to the home if they had known.
&#8220;We do know there was a miscommunication&#8230; And we&#8217;ve narrowed it down to one of two things: The investigators did not make one final check this morning to send teams out to make the arrests or warrants section did not communicate to the computer system &#8212; that the warrants were no longer active. We&#8217;re running that down,&#8221; Cochran said. &#8220;However, if she would not have pointed a gun at the agents &#8212; they would have determined all of that on the scene and would have bid her a good day and thank you very much.&#8221;
The Alabama Bureau of Investigation has now taken over the case and will investigate the situation. Though Cochran said there was footage of the officers telling Rylee to put the gun down, WALA reported that there is no body camera footage.

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Alabama Police Shoot Woman After Entering Her Home While Trying To Arrest Man Who Was Already In Jail

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Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated on Thursday that if the state of Alabama re-elects him as their United States senator in 2020, he will be President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;number one supporter&#8221; in the upper chamber.
&#8220;You know what the president feels about your ultimate decision two years ago, to recuse yourself from the Russian matter,&#8221; said Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer. &#8220;We are all well aware about your history together. When was the last time you communicated with him?&#8221;
&#8220;It is been some time. I haven&#8217;t talked to him recently,&#8221; Sessions replied. &#8220;We had a disagreement on that but he knows that in the Senate I was his number one supporter.&#8221;
&#8220;I was his first supporter, but more than that I was the number one advocate for the issues he ran on,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;If I go back to the Senate I can tell you, I will be his number one supporter in the Senate and I will be his number one advocate for the issues that he is talking about because they are issues that the average American cares about.&#8221;
Sessions held Alabama&#8217;s junior Senate seat for four terms before he was appointed to the role of attorney general under Trump. Trump and Sessions&#8217; relationship soured after the former AG recused himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump ultimately forced Sessions&#8217; resignation from the Department of Justice.
Sessions announced more than a week ago that he was officially throwing his hat into the ring and running to regain the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama that he previously occupied. While announcing his candidacy, he reiterated his support for the president and said he will largely be running on his agenda. However, Trump told reporters earlier in November that he is still unsure whether or not he will be endorsing Sessions.
&#8220;Well I haven&#8217;t gotten involved. I saw he said very nice things about me last night. But we&#8217;ll have to see,&#8221; he said before departing the White House on November 8th. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t made a determination.&#8221;
Hemmer further pressed Sessions on whether he believes Trump will ultimately support his candidacy.
&#8220;I hope so. I&#8217;m certainly going to hope that will happen and he said he&#8217;s not going to attack me in the race,&#8221; Sessions replied. &#8220;We are taking our case to the people of Alabama and they will decide who their next senator is. It&#8217;s not my seat, it&#8217;s the people&#8217;s seat in Alabama. That&#8217;s who I will be asking.&#8221;
Democrats won control of Alabama&#8217;s Senate seat in 2017 after the state held a special election to replace Sessions, who vacated the seat when he was tapped to head the Justice Department. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) defeated his Republican challenger Roy Moore, who faced massive blowback after allegations arose that Moore had molested a teenager in the 1970s.
Despite the controversy, Jones won the special election by less than 2% of the vote and is now considered to be one of the most vulnerable incumbent senators in the 2020 election cycle. The typically red state voted for Trump by nearly 30 points.

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Jeff Sessions Vows To Be Trump’s ‘Number One Supporter’ In The Senate

When President Trump jumped down to Tuscaloosa to catch the Alabama-Louisiana State University game on Saturday, a smattering of protesters gathered. As they have done before, they brought along a giant balloon of the president wearing a diaper.
Hoyt Deau Hutchinson was apparently not happy. &#8220;He posted a Facebook video before the incident saying he was &#8216;going down here to make a scene &#8230; y’all watch the news. &#8230; I’m shaking I’m so mad right now. I’m fixin’ to pop this balloon. Stay tuned. It should be interesting,'&#8221; The <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7672453/Trump-supporters-raise-thousands-pay-legal-fees-man-burst-balloon-president.html">Daily Mail</a> reported.
Hutchison, 32, allegedly stabbed the balloon, cutting an eight-foot gash in the 20-foot balloon. He was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal mischief.
&#8220;Officers observed Hoyt Deau Hutchinson, age 32 of Tuscaloosa, AL, cut into the ‘Baby Trump’ balloon, and then attempted  to flee the area. Officers apprehended the suspect and took him into custody on a charge of Criminal Mischief First Degree. Hoyt was transported to Tuscaloosa County Jail where he was held on a $2,500 bond,&#8221; according to a statement from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, police.
Cue Trump supporters.
The MAGA brigade has already collected more than $38,000 on GoFundMe.
&#8220;Help raise money to pay legal fees and restitutions for Hoyt. He was charged with a felony criminal mischief after deflation of the disrespectful baby trump balloon. Hoyt made sure our beloved president didn’t have to see this disrespectful balloon on the streets of Ttown today!!&#8221; said <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/restitutions-for-baby-trump-stabber">one fundraising page</a> that claimed to be the official site for Hutchinson.
More than 1,700 people have donated so far.
The page said the money would be used to pay his legal fees, and &#8220;all proceeds not needed for legal fees will be donated to the Trump 2020 campaign to further support this great country.&#8221;
Another GoFundMe page, called &#8220;FREE HOYT,&#8221; raised more than $13,000 in just one day.
&#8220;Let’s help Hoyt with the financial fees that will come with the court process! I have personally been in touch with Hoyt everyday since Saturday and he has decided the money he doesn’t use for his court costs will be donated to the Republican Party,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/free-hoyt?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1">page</a> says.
&#8220;Baby Trump&#8221; first hit the protest scene in London, when the president made an official state visit there, prompting protests. Since then, replicas have been flown at protests around the U.S.
&#8220;Robert Kennedy, a volunteer &#8216;baby sitter&#8217; who brought the balloon to Tuscaloosa, said the balloon immediately began to sag after it was cut,&#8221; reported The Mail.
&#8220;The day had been going mostly smoothly, Kennedy said. Some people yelled &#8216;Trump 2020&#8217; as they passed while others posed for selfies with the balloon. But then Kennedy said a man sidled up on the back of the balloon and attacked it with a knife. The suspect ran away but was caught by police officers, Kennedy said.&#8221;
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Kennedy said he&#8217;s accompanied &#8220;Baby Trump&#8221; to many appearances and never witnessed an attack on it, although someone did stab one of the balloons in London earlier this year.
&#8220;It is rare to get that kind of anger,&#8221; Kennedy said.
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But Hutchison is reportedly unapologetic, saying in another video after his release that he would &#8220;do it again given the opportunity,&#8221; <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/469816-people-raise-thousands-for-man-who-allegedly-stabbed-trump-baby">The Hill</a> reported.

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Eleven sitting United States senators wrote an open letter on Friday expressing their support for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced only a day earlier that he was officially throwing his hat into the ring and running to regain the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama that he previously occupied.
&#8220;Each of us has served in the United States Senate with Jeff Sessions,&#8221; the letter read. &#8220;We have seen him work diligently in the public eye and behind closed doors, when things were both good and bad, under stress and in success.&#8221;
&#8220;We know Jeff&#8217;s character and his temperament. We know his commitment to his principles. We know he is a man of his word. And we know he is devoted to serving the people of Alabama,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;We believe Jeff Sessions has more to offer his country, and we believe the United States Senate will be better with his experience and leadership.&#8221;
The endorsement letter was signed by Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), James Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and Richard Shelby (R-AL), who represented Alabama with Sessions for two decades.
&#8220;Jeff Sessions is a good friend and a respected former colleague,&#8221; Shelby said. &#8220;I believe he is well-suited to return to his role as United States Senator for the state of Alabama, where I served with him for more than 20 years. He has my full support and endorsement.&#8221;
Sessions revealed on Thursday evening that he would be joining the crowded Alabama Republican primary field. Sessions held Alabama&#8217;s junior Senate seat for four terms before he was appointed to the role of attorney general under President Donald Trump. Trump and Sessions&#8217; relationship soured after the former AG recused himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump ultimately forced Sessions&#8217; resignation from the Department of Justice.
Democrats won control of the Senate seat in 2017 after the state held a special election to replace Sessions, who vacated the seat when he was tapped to head the Justice Department. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) defeated his Republican challenger Roy Moore, who faced massive blowback after allegations arose that Moore had molested a teenager in the 1970s.
Despite the controversy, Jones won the special election by less than 2% of the vote and is now considered to be one of the most vulnerable incumbent senators in the 2020 election cycle. The typically red state voted for Trump by nearly 30 points.
While announcing his candidacy, Sessions reiterated his support for the president and will largely be running on his agenda. However, Trump told reporters on Friday that he is still unsure whether or not he will be endorsing Sessions.
&#8220;Well I haven&#8217;t gotten involved. I saw he said very nice things about me last night. But we&#8217;ll have to see,&#8221; he said before departing the White House for events in Georgia. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t made a determination.&#8221;

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Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Thursday that he is officially throwing his hat into the ring and running to regain the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama that he previously occupied.
&#8220;Our freedoms have never been under attack like they are today. We have major party candidates for President campaigning on socialism, confiscating firearms, and closing down churches they disagree with,&#8221; Sessions wrote on his <a href="https://www.jeffsessions.com/">campaign website</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve battled these forces my entire life, and I&#8217;m not about to surrender now.&#8221;
Sessions represented Alabama in the Senate for four terms before he was appointed to the role of attorney general under President Donald Trump. Trump and Sessions&#8217; relationship soured after the former AG recused himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump ultimately forced Sessions&#8217; resignation from the Department of Justice.
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While the White House has been silent on whether Trump will support Sessions&#8217; candidacy, Sessions has reiterated his support for the president and will largely be running on his agenda.
&#8220;When I left President Trump&#8217;s cabinet, did I write a tell all book?  No. Did I go on CNN and attack the President?  No. Have I said a cross word about President Trump?  No, and I&#8217;ll tell you why,&#8221; Sessions said in his first campaign video. &#8220;First, that would be dishonorable &#8212; I was there to serve his agenda, not mine. Second, the President is doing a great job for America and Alabama, and he has my strong support.&#8221;
“As everyone knows, President Trump and I have had our ups and downs. But here&#8217;s the important part: the President is doing great work for America,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;When President Trump took on Washington, only one Senator out of a hundred had the courage to stand with him: me. I was the first to support President Trump. I was his strongest advocate. I still am. We must make America great again.&#8221;
After Sessions was ousted from his role at the White House, rumors began to percolate as early as November 2018 that his future aspirations might involve retaking the Alabama seat he gave up when elevated to the attorney general position. Speculation was reignited in recent weeks after reports surfaced that he had reached out to members of the Alabama congressional delegation to test the waters of his support.
Democrats won control of Alabama&#8217;s junior Senate seat in 2017 after the state held a special election to replace Sessions, who vacated the seat when he was tapped to head the Justice Department. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) defeated Republican Roy Moore, who faced massive backlash after allegations arose that Moore had molested a teenager in the 1970s. Despite the controversy, Jones won the election by less than 2 percent of the vote.
Jones is considered to be one of the most vulnerable incumbent senators in the 2020 as Alabama typically votes Republican; he is preparing for an uphill battle. Trump won the Yellowhammer state by nearly 30 points during the 2016 presidential election.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has already endorsed Sessions&#8217; candidacy, telling reporters days earlier, &#8220;Oh, yeah, if he runs, I will. He&#8217;s always endorsed me. He&#8217;s my friend.&#8221;

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A week after making headlines for the explosive crowd response to his appearance at Game 5 of the World Series in Nationals Park, Sports Illustrated&#8217;s <a href="https://www.si.com/college/alabama/bamacentral/alabama-football-lsu-president-trump">BamaCentral</a> is reporting that President Trump will be attending the most anticipated game of the college football season: No. 1 LSU versus No. 2 Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday.
The game, which starts at 3:30 p.m. Eastern and features the undefeated LSU Tigers (8-0) playing against their biggest rival, the undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0), will now draw even more attention, if Sports Illustrated&#8217;s sources are correct.
&#8220;BamaCentral has learned that the University of Alabama is making preparations for President Donald Trump to attend the LSU game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday,&#8221; the outlet reported Monday. &#8220;Alabama officials could not be reached to confirm or deny, but sources have confirmed his expected visit.&#8221;
LSU edged out Alabama in the most recent <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings">AP poll</a> (1479-1472), though Alabama returned the favor in the <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings">Coaches Poll</a> (1591-1531). ESPN&#8217;s <a href="http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings">Football Power Index</a> lists Alabama at 2nd and LSU at 4th overall, giving Alabama a 31.6% chance of winning out the rest of the way and LSU an 11.7% chance. The index gives Alabama a 50% chance of winning the conference and LSU a 16.4% chance, in large part because of the daunting task of taking out Alabama. The line for the game currently gives Alabama a -6.5 point advantage.
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&#8220;The high-profile game was already attracting a lot of attention, including ESPN&#8217;s pregame show &#8216;College Gameday,'&#8221; BamaCentral reports, noting that due to security concerns, the stage for the show had to be moved from the Walk of Champions outside the stadium to the Quad. SEC Nation and the Marty &amp; McGee show will also be filming on location on the campus.
This isn&#8217;t the first college football game starring Alabama that Trump has attended. He also made it to the National Championship game in 2017, when Alabama managed to come back in the second half to beat another SEC team, the Georgia Bulldogs.
Though Trump left at halftime when Alabama was still trailing 13-0, the president made sure to celebrate their 17th championship (their 5th under Nick Saban) with them at the White House, calling it &#8220;a win for the ages.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-alabamas-football-team-prays-trump-white-ryan-saavedra">The Daily Wire</a> reported, when the Crimson Tide team visited the White House to meet the president in April 2018, WBRC News sports reporter Christina Chambers posted a moment on video that went viral:  A member of the team asked if they could pray for the president.
“What a cool moment! [Alabama Football&#8217;s punter JK Scott] asked [President Trump] if he could pray for him and his staff,&#8221; wrote Chambers in a tweet. &#8220;Video below shows President Trump and Bama players praying after the Tide’s [at] WhiteHouse visit!&#8221;
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What a cool moment! .<a href="https://twitter.com/AlabamaFTBL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlabamaFTBL</a> JK Scott asked <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> if he could pray for him and his staff. Video below shows President Trump and Bama players praying after the Tide&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> visit! <a href="https://twitter.com/WBRCnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WBRCnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BarrettSallee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarrettSallee</a> <a href="https://t.co/tE4hj4k38l">pic.twitter.com/tE4hj4k38l</a>
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White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham posted a tweet celebrating the moment. &#8220;As a proud Arkansan, I’m not an Alabama football fan, but I was a big fan of this prayer for [President Trump,&#8221; Grisham wrote.
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As a proud Arkansan, I’m not an Alabama football fan, but I was a big fan of this prayer for <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SEC</a> Always <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WPS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WPS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ArkRazorbacks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArkRazorbacks</a> <a href="https://t.co/P65jAN29zS">pic.twitter.com/P65jAN29zS</a>
&mdash; Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/983904413768089600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Trump also issued a tweet in response to the team&#8217;s visit. &#8220;Today, it was my great honor to welcome the 2017 NCAA Football National Champion, Alabama Crimson Tide – to the White House. Congratulations!&#8221; he tweeted. adding, &#8220;#RollTide.&#8221;
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Today, it was my great honor to welcome the 2017 NCAA Football National Champion, Alabama Crimson Tide &#8211; to the White House. Congratulations! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollTide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RollTide</a><a href="https://t.co/hF5EZHlSVS">https://t.co/hF5EZHlSVS</a> <a href="https://t.co/JfGue4IIs1">pic.twitter.com/JfGue4IIs1</a>
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On Tuesday, a federal judge blocked Alabama’s abortion ban, which was scheduled to be implemented on November 15 and would make Alabama the first state in the United States to make abortion illegal. The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama and Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates had filed suit claiming the legislation, which was signed into law last May, was unconstitutional.
As <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2019/10/federal-judge-blocks-alabama-abortion-ban.html">AL.com</a> reports, Judge Myron Thompson of the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama stated of Alabama&#8217;s Human Life Protection Act, which would charge doctors with a felony for performing abortions unless the mother’s life was in danger or the baby was still born or likely to die just after its birth: “&#8217;The court is persuaded that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in showing that the Act violates an individual’s constitutional right to obtain a pre-viability abortion, and thus that it violates her constitutional rights.” He concluded:
<blockquote>Alabama’s abortion ban contravenes clear Supreme Court precedent. It violates the right of an individual to privacy, to make “choices central to personal dignity and autonomy&#8221;(Casey, 505 U.S. at 851) … It diminishes “the capacity of women to act in society, and to make reproductive decisions.” (Id. at 860). It defies the United States Constitution. The court will, therefore, enter an appropriate order preliminarily enjoining enforcement of the Act as applied to pre-viability abortion.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7626635/Federal-judge-blocks-Alabamas-abortion-ban-ACLU-lawsuit.html">The Daily Mail</a> noted, “Tuesday&#8217;s injunction will ensure that the suit can move forward and upward through the court system &#8211; including, quite possibly, the Supreme Court &#8211; before coming into effect. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has long been prepared for that possibility. In no uncertain terms, he responded in August to the ACLU and Planned Parenthood suit, announcing that he had every intention of challenging Roe v Wade.”
Marshall issued a statement saying, “The district court’s decision to grant the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction of Alabama’s 2019 abortion law as to pre-viability abortions was not unexpected. As we have stated before, the State’s objective is to advance our case to the U.S. Supreme Court where we intend to submit evidence that supports our argument that Roe and Casey were wrongly decided and that the Constitution does not prohibit states from protecting unborn children from abortion.”
Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, echoed, “Today’s ruling is both expected and welcomed. Our law was designed to overturn Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court level, and today’s ruling is merely the first of many steps on that legal journey. I remain confident that our mission will be successful and appreciate the support of millions of citizens who support our effort to preserve unborn life.”
AL.com noted, “Alabama is one of at least six other states attempting to challenge the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe V. Wade, including Ohio, Georgia, Iowa, North Dakota, Kentucky and Mississippi.”
When Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed the bill into law, she tweeted, &#8220;Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious &amp; that every life is a sacred gift from God.&#8221;
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Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious &amp; that every life is a sacred gift from God. <a href="https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8">https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8</a> <a href="https://t.co/PIUQip6nmw">pic.twitter.com/PIUQip6nmw</a>
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Alabama Congressional candidate Jessica Taylor made waves on Monday by kicking off her 2020 campaign with an advertisement vowing to take on socialist Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her so-called &#8220;Squad.&#8221;
&#8220;Like you, I&#8217;m tired of arrogant socialists like [Ocasio-Cortez] &#8212; who has never even run a lemonade stand &#8212; telling us how we should live in Alabama, and more government is the answer,&#8221; Taylor said in the campaign video.
&#8220;I&#8217;m a steadfast conservative, a mom, a patriot, a business owner, and job creator, and even though it might trigger a few liberals, I&#8217;ll fight to protect life, the Second Amendment, our borders, our military, our families, and President Trump from socialists in the swamp,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And I won&#8217;t apologize for it.&#8221;
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As an Alabama conservative, I’m sick of arrogant socialists like <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> who’ve never even run a lemonade stand trying to tell us how to live in Alabama. Are you? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AL02?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AL02</a> <a href="https://t.co/IIsqDQLcTt">pic.twitter.com/IIsqDQLcTt</a>
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Taylor, an entrepreneur and wife of a former Alabama state senator, is running for Alabama&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District. Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), who has held the seat since 2010, announced in July that she was resigning at the end of her term.
Roby was first elected to serve after narrowly edging out incumbent Bobby Bright and flipping the district red. She went on to win re-election for a fifth term in 2018, receiving more than 60% of the vote. Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District is considered a Republican stronghold, and Taylor joins an already crowded primary field.
Taylor&#8217;s campaign video went viral shortly after it was posted on social media, and the Alabama congressional candidate subsequently appeared on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; on Tuesday morning to discuss her platform.
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On <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@foxandfriends</a> this morning I highlighted my conservative campaign platform. We need to take socialism head-on with conservative squad of our own! I&#39;m pro-life, pro-<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/2A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#2A</a>, pro-wall, &amp; pro-TRUMP and I won&#39;t apologize for it!
Join the new squad: <a href="https://t.co/Xrpw8ioCjm">https://t.co/Xrpw8ioCjm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AL02?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AL02</a> <a href="https://t.co/9MRoYt9XB4">pic.twitter.com/9MRoYt9XB4</a>
&mdash; Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylorAL) <a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaTaylorAL/status/1186664906059386886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I think now is the right time for me to fill this slot because we need a new generation of conservatives, folks who can go toe-to-toe with people like AOC and her squad who believe socialism is a legitimate ideology that our nation should embrace,&#8221; Taylor told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade. &#8220;I&#8217;m pro-life, pro-second amendment, pro-wall, and pro-Trump.&#8221;
The &#8220;Squad&#8221; refers to Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed &#8220;radical,&#8221; and three of her progressive House colleagues, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA). The freshmen quartet are considered among the most far-left members in the House of Representatives and have largely voted as a bloc. The Squad, however, has been embroiled in allegations of anti-Semitism and anti-American sentiments since even prior to taking office.
&#8220;We need somebody who can convince my generation and others that more government is not the answer, more government is the problem,&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;This country was founded on small business and private citizens who can make a difference. More government is not what we need.&#8221;
Taylor introduced herself to constituents as the candidate that will create her own &#8220;Squad&#8221; that will promote conservative values, and further noted that she initially decided to run for Congress due to her concern over the spread of socialism in America.
&#8220;We have got to get back to our fundamental values – our freedom is at stake here,&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re going to be talking about that on the campaign trail. We’d love for folks to follow us.&#8221;

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