Arizona House Republicans have once again rejected an attempt to fast-track a bill that would repeal a 160-year-old abortion ban that the state&#8217;s Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed to go into effect</a>.
On Wednesday, Republican leaders in the state House rejected a motion by Democrat Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, which called for a procedural vote on fast-tracking her bill that would repeal the 1864 abortion ban, but the GOP leaders allowed for a vote on if their move to block the vote was correct, AZ Central <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2024/04/17/arizona-abortion-ban-lawmakers-poised-to-again-try-to-overturn-1864-law/73331740007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Republicans, who hold a one-seat majority in the Arizona House, lost one fellow party member on the vote, leading to a 30-30 split. The tie was broken by a vote from the chair against moving forward with the abortion ban repeal.
“The last thing we should be doing today is rushing a bill through the legislative process to repeal a law that has been enacted and affirmed by the legislature several times,” House Speaker Ben Toma said, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/arizona-house-abortion-law-repeal/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.
Republicans&#8217; rejection of the fast-tracked repeal attempt marks the second time the House has stopped an effort to kill the law since the 1864 abortion ban was greenlit by the state&#8217;s Supreme Court last week. Last Wednesday, a motion by Republican state Rep. Matt Gress was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-republicans-shut-down-bid-to-quickly-repeal-abortion-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stopped</a> by a GOP motion to recess, sparking an outcry from Democrats.
After the House voted in favor of recess over moving forward with a repeal of the abortion law, some Democratic state lawmakers began shouting &#8220;Shame!&#8221; on the House floor.
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🚨JUST IN—Democrats in the Arizona state house have hijacked the legislative session shouting &quot;SHAME&quot; and &quot;BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS&quot; at Republicans following yesterday&#39;s Arizona Supreme Court&#39;s ruling on abortion. <a href="https://t.co/0ztaRFhkOd">pic.twitter.com/0ztaRFhkOd</a>
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At least two Arizona Republican lawmakers — Reps. Matt Gress and David Cook — have indicated that they support a repeal of the abortion law, according to AZ Central. Gress voted with Democrats on Wednesday&#8217;s procedural vote, and Cook told CNN last week that &#8220;this territorial law needs to be repealed.&#8221; Cook, however, voted with Republicans on Wednesday to reject fast-tracking a repeal bill.
The Arizona Supreme Court&#8217;s decision has caused division among Republicans, many of whom are attempting to navigate the hot-button issue while they run a campaign. Arizona Republicans running in tight 2024 races, such as Senate candidate Kari Lake and Rep. David Schweikert, have released statements saying they oppose the 1864 abortion law.
Former President Donald Trump also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-on-arizona-governor-legislature-to-act-immediately-on-abortion-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> on Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs and the state legislature &#8220;to remedy what has happened” and “act as fast as possible,” adding that the Arizona Supreme Court &#8220;went too far on their Abortion Ruling, enacting and approving an inappropriate Law from 1864.&#8221;
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Pro-life groups such as LiveAction and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, however, celebrated the state high court&#8217;s decision and the law&#8217;s protection of unborn children.

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Arizona Republicans Reject Another Effort To Repeal Law Protecting Unborn Babies From Nearly All Abortions

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Former President Donald Trump took his criticism of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona&#8217;s</a> reinstated abortion ban a step further on Friday, calling on the state&#8217;s Democratic governor and legislature to stop the 160-year-old law from taking effect.
The 1864 law, which the state&#8217;s high court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> could go into effect, protects unborn children from abortion in every circumstance other than when the life of the mother is in danger. Anyone who aids an abortion is punishable by two to five years in prison, according to the law. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-arizona-abortion-law-goes-too-far-that-will-be-straightened-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement to reporters on Wednesday that he believes the Arizona abortion law goes too far, adding, &#8220;That will be straightened out.&#8221;
The former president took to his social media platform Truth Social on Friday to call on Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and state lawmakers &#8220;to remedy what has happened&#8221; and &#8220;act as fast as possible.&#8221;
&#8220;The Supreme Court in Arizona went too far on their Abortion Ruling, enacting and approving an inappropriate Law from 1864. So now the Governor and the Arizona Legislature must use HEART, COMMON SENSE, and ACT IMMEDIATELY, to remedy what has happened,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112259523897710004" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Remember, it is now up to the States and the Good Will of those that represent THE PEOPLE. We must ideally have the three Exceptions for Rape, Incest, and Life of the Mother. This is important! Democrats are the EXTREMISTS &#8211; They support Abortion up to the moment of birth, and even execution of Babies, in some cases, after birth. This should not be. Arizona Legislature, please act as fast as possible!&#8221;
On Thursday, Republicans in the Arizona legislature <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-republicans-shut-down-bid-to-quickly-repeal-abortion-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shut down</a> an effort to vote on a proposed repeal of the 1864 law. A motion to begin the process of repealing the law was introduced by Republican state Rep. Matt Gress, but his GOP colleagues put the effort to rest with a motion to recess. Some Democrats in the state legislature then began shouting &#8220;Shame!&#8221; at their Republican counterparts.
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🚨JUST IN—Democrats in the Arizona state house have hijacked the legislative session shouting &quot;SHAME&quot; and &quot;BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS&quot; at Republicans following yesterday&#39;s Arizona Supreme Court&#39;s ruling on abortion. <a href="https://t.co/0ztaRFhkOd">pic.twitter.com/0ztaRFhkOd</a>
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The law is set to go into effect 14 days from the Arizona Supreme Court&#8217;s Tuesday decision as plaintiffs have the opportunity to challenge the law in a lower court. Even if the law goes into effect in two weeks, whether it would be enforced remains in doubt as Governor Hobbs issued an <a href="https://www.ktvq.com/how-will-arizona-s-near-total-ban-on-abortion-be-enforced#:~:text=Wade%20reversal-,Democratic%20Gov.%20Katie%20Hobbs%20signed%20an%20executive%20order%20last%20year,attorneys%20could%20challenge%20the%20order." target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a> last year giving the state’s attorney general, who is currently a Democrat, all power to enforce abortion laws.
Trump, who is currently leading President Joe Biden in polling in the crucial swing state, released a statement explaining his position on abortion on Monday, the day before the Arizona Supreme Court came down with its ruling on the abortion law. In his Monday statement, Trump said he was proud of his part in the overturning of Roe v. Wade, adding that abortion laws should be left up to the states.
The Republcian has also said that he supports abortion exceptions for rape and incest, which are not included in the 1864 Arizona abortion law.
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The Arizona law sparked controversy within the GOP as Republicans split on their support or opposition to the abortion ban. Pro-life leaders Lila Rose of LiveAction and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser celebrated the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision and what it means for protecting unborn babies in the state, but Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake, along with Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), who are both running in tight races, said they oppose the law.
Lake released her own video <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1778494973824151896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Thursday, saying, &#8220;This total ban on abortion that the Arizona Supreme Court just ruled on is out of line with where the people of this state are. The issue is less about banning abortion and more about saving babies.&#8221;

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Trump Calls On Arizona Governor, Legislature To ‘Act Immediately’ On Abortion Law

Trump Calls On Arizona Governor, Legislature To 'Act Immediately' On Abortion Law

2024 Election

Republican lawmakers in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona</a> blocked an effort on Wednesday to quickly repeal a 160-year-old law prohibiting nearly all <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortions</a> after the state&#8217;s high court upheld it this week.
A motion by state Rep. Matt Gress, a Phoenix-area Republican, to begin the repeal process got waylaid by a GOP motion to recess, according to <a href="https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/lawmakers-try-fail-start-repeal-arizona-abortion-ban/75-06535cfe-1876-4e5e-8d98-f624e1bfeb99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local NBC affiliate KPNX</a>. That&#8217;s when some Democrats, the minority in the chamber, began <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1778141153696817347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1778165387424899425%7Ctwgr%5E10fb08ea16e34f8dc488256e228a06d65cf84c41%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.12news.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Flawmakers-try-fail-start-repeal-arizona-abortion-ban%2F75-06535cfe-1876-4e5e-8d98-f624e1bfeb99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shouting</a>, &#8220;Shame on you.&#8221;
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🚨JUST IN—Democrats in the Arizona state house have hijacked the legislative session shouting &quot;SHAME&quot; and &quot;BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS&quot; at Republicans following yesterday&#39;s Arizona Supreme Court&#39;s ruling on abortion. <a href="https://t.co/0ztaRFhkOd">pic.twitter.com/0ztaRFhkOd</a>
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Democrat State Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, who is the <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2677P.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top sponsor</a> of a one-line bill that would repeal the abortion law, brought the motion to the floor again in the afternoon, but the House adjourned until next Wednesday on a roll call vote.
The Associated Press <a href="https://ktar.com/story/5569775/shouts-of-shame-shame-erupt-in-arizona-house-as-fight-over-abortion-ban-engulfs-lawmakers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Gress is one of three GOP legislators who openly oppose the ban. He said the near-total ban &#8220;is not reflective of the values of the vast majority of our electorate, regardless of political affiliation. … This issue transcends all.&#8221;
Gress got some flak from his GOP colleagues for trying to bring the motion to the floor. State Rep. Alexander Kolodin, a Republican, <a href="https://twitter.com/realAlexKolodin/status/1778165387424899425" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> Gress of putting &#8220;his Republican comrades in swing districts in the line of fire.&#8221;
In Arizona&#8217;s GOP-led Senate, Democrats claimed they stood to try and start a repeal of the abortion law right. KPNX reported this was right before the chamber was going to adjourn, and President Pro Tempore T.J. Shope, a Republican, gaveled out until next Wednesday.
A Senate GOP spokesperson told the news outlet that the Democrats &#8220;were not recognized because the motion before the body was the motion to adjourn. A substitution motion would have been procedurally improper.&#8221;
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, <a href="https://twitter.com/GovernorHobbs/status/1778166990643077315" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the &#8220;extremist Republican majority had the chance to do the right thing for their constituents, and they failed.&#8221; She also insisted the &#8220;fight is far from over.&#8221;
The state&#8217;s Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upheld</a> on Tuesday an 1864 law that outlaws all abortions in the state, except when the mother’s life is at risk, and makes those performing an illegal abortion liable to face two to five years in prison.
While pro-life advocates cheered the ruling, several high-profile Republicans opposed it. Former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-arizona-abortion-law-goes-too-far-that-will-be-straightened-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it goes too far. Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake and Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) also said they oppose Tuesday’s ruling.
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Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma, both Republicans, released a <a href="https://twitter.com/AZSenateGOP/status/1777771918105731586" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> after the ruling explaining that the law did not immediately go into effect and that they would use the interim to have lawmakers deliberate on the issue.
The Supreme Court decision was &#8220;based solely on the text of the law — it was not a policy statement,&#8221; they said. &#8220;It&#8217;s important to note, there is at least a 60-day waiting period before any change in the existing law occurs. During this time, we will be closely reviewing the court&#8217;s ruling, talking to our members, and listening to our constituents to determine the best course of action for the legislature.&#8221;

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Arizona Republicans Shut Down Bid To Quickly Repeal Abortion Law

Former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he believes Arizona&#8217;s abortion law goes too far after the state&#8217;s Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> that a 160-year-old ban on nearly all abortions can go into effect.
The law, which was passed before Arizona was a state in 1864, came before the state&#8217;s highest court after an appeals court ruled in December 2022 that doctors could not be prosecuted under the abortion ban even though the law mandates that anyone who aids an abortion, except in the case of saving the mother’s life, be punished by two to five years in prison, AZ Central <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2024/04/09/arizona-abortion-law-state-supreme-court-upholds-near-total-ban/73251148007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. In a 4-2 ruling on Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court said the 1864 law is “is now enforceable” and can take effect in 14 days pending any additional legal challenges.
&#8220;Did Arizona go too far?&#8221; a reporter asked Trump.
&#8220;Yeah, they did. That will be straightened out,&#8221; the former president responded. &#8220;As you know it&#8217;s all about state&#8217;s rights. It&#8217;ll be straightened out. I&#8217;m sure that the governor and everybody else are going bring it back to within reason, and that&#8217;ll be taken care of, I think, rather quickly.&#8221;
Trump was also asked about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-supreme-court-allows-six-week-abortion-ban-to-take-effect-opens-door-for-ballot-referendum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida&#8217;s law</a> limiting abortion to within the first six weeks of pregnancy, often referred to as a &#8220;heartbeat&#8221; law and supported by a majority of conservatives and pro-lifers.
&#8220;Florida is probably, maybe, going to change also,&#8221; Trump said, adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s the will of the people. This is what I&#8217;ve been saying. It&#8217;s a perfect system.&#8221;
&#8220;So for 52 years, people have been wanting to end Roe v. Wade to get it back to the states. We did that. It was an incredible achievement,&#8221; the Republican presidential candidate added. &#8220;And now the states have it, and the states are putting out what they want. It&#8217;s the will of the people. So Florida is probably going to change; Arizona is definitely going to change. Everybody wants that to happen.&#8221;
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Q: &quot;Did Arizona go too far?&quot;
Former President Trump: &quot;Yeah, they did. That&#39;ll be straightened out. As you know it&#39;s all about state&#39;s rights. It&#39;ll be straightened out. I&#39;m sure that the governor and everybody else are going bring it back to within reason&#8230;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Dc9qluxemc">pic.twitter.com/Dc9qluxemc</a>
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Trump&#8217;s remarks echo what he said on Monday when he released a highly anticipated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-releases-long-awaited-abortion-position-says-policies-should-be-left-to-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> addressing his stance on abortion. In his statement, the former president said he was proud of being responsible for the end of Roe v. Wade, adding that the issue of abortion should be left to the states.
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“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state,” Trump said.
“At the end of the day, this is about the will of the people,” Trump continued, adding, “You must follow your heart on this issue, but remember: you must also win elections to restore our culture and, in fact, to save our country.”
Trump has also said that he supports abortion exceptions for rape and incest, which are not included in the 1864 Arizona abortion law.
Some Republicans and pro-life advocates disagree on the Arizona law that is set to go into effect just months before the 2024 election. Pro-life leaders such as Lila Rose of LiveAction and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser celebrated the Arizona Supreme Court&#8217;s decision while Arizona Republican Senate candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1777763769890071022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kari Lake</a>, along with Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDavid/status/1777778129483780533" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Schweikert (R-AZ)</a>, who are both running in tight races, said they oppose Tuesday&#8217;s ruling.
Democrats, who are seeking to push abortion into the spotlight and make it a main issue in the election, attempted to connect the Arizona law to Trump&#8217;s policies. The Biden campaign said the 160-year-old Arizona abortion law “is now enforceable because Trump ended Roe.”

Trump Says Arizona Abortion Law Goes Too Far: ‘That Will Be Straightened Out’

Trump Says Arizona Abortion Law Goes Too Far: 'That Will Be Straightened Out'

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Florida

A new poll from the media outlet Axios found that President Joe Biden’s support among the Latino population is eroding while support for former President Donald Trump is rising.
The latest <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/biden-approval-drops-democrat-popularity-rises-latino-voters">Axios-Ipsos poll</a> found that among Latinos, Biden was only leading Trump by nine points (41-32) as opposed to Biden’s first year as president when the margin was a whopping 29 points (53-24). That could prove pivotal in swing states such as Nevada and Arizona.
“In almost every case, Trump performs better than the Republican brand and Biden performs worse than the Democratic brand,&#8221; Ipsos pollster and senior vice president Chris Jackson stated.
“Biden’s lead shrinks even further — to 3 points — among Latinos who said they plan to vote in November,” Axios reported. 11% of Latinos surveyed said they would not vote for Biden or Trump; 28% said they were still undecided.
Latinos favored Trump by 22 points regarding the U.S. economy and 11 points on fighting crime.
A <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-political-science-review/article/solidarity-in-question-activation-of-dormant-political-dispositions-and-latino-support-for-trump-in-2020/81B1B5FC8A04CE9D970D801FDA1D4F82">study</a> published in the European Political Science Review noted that Trump’s support among Latinos grew between 2016 and 2020, adding, “Despite his anti-immigration positions and policies, the number of votes cast for Trump unexpectedly increased among members of the group most strongly associated with the issue of immigration. &#8230; We propose a counterintuitive explanation for this trend: due to the activation of dormant political dispositions, it is the very anti-immigration attitudes characterizing Trump that account for his ascendence among Latino voters. Latinos voting for Trump did so because of his anti-immigration positions and not despite those positions.”
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The last time a GOP presidential candidate won in Nevada (which has 6 electoral votes) <a href="https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/fact-brief-was-2004-the-last-time-a-republican-presidential-candidate-won-nevada">occurred</a> in 2004, when George W. Bush won 50.5% of the vote and John Kerry won 47.9% of the vote. Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3870203-these-6-states-will-determine-the-2024-presidential-election/">won</a> Arizona (which has 11 electoral votes) by 3.6% in 2016 but lost narrowly by 0.3% in 2020. Aside from 2020, the only time in the last 50 years that the GOP lost Arizona came in 1996, when Bill Clinton narrowly defeated Bob Dole.
If Trump were to win both states and retain the states he won in 2020, he would receive 249 electoral votes while Biden would win 289. Trump currently is expected to win Georgia, which has 16 electoral votes; that would put him at 265 and Biden at 273.

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New Poll Shows Latinos Sour On Biden: Could Cost Him Arizona, Nevada

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The Biden administration is giving nearly $7 billion to a project run by a former top executive of the failed green energy company Solyndra.
Brian Harrison, the former CEO of Solyndra, is now president of an Arizona subsidiary of the Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, according to <a href="https://freebeacon.com/energy/biden-admin-gives-6-6-billion-to-project-run-by-ex-solyndra-ceo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Free Beacon</a>. Harrison is heading a project to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the United States, part of a push by the U.S. to on-shore production of valuable advanced semiconductors that are in large part produced in Taiwan, which is under threat from Chinese expansion.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced on Monday that the federal government has granted Harrison’s project $6.6 billion as part of the on-shoring process. She said the partnership with TSMC will bring “the manufacturing of the world’s most advanced chips to American soil,” according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/08/tsmc-set-to-receive-up-to-6point6-billion-in-funding-for-arizona-plants-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNBC</a>.
Harrison is previously known for his work with Solyndra, a now-defunct solar energy company that accepted $500 million in loans of taxpayer money from the Obama administration. The administration greenlit the loans under a 2009 stimulus program. At the time, the administration celebrated Solyndra as a key player in the United States’ future transition toward green energy.
Solyndra announced bankruptcy in 2011 and never paid back the loans it received from taxpayers. Harrison oversaw the company at the time, and while Harrison and other executives were probed by federal investigators over the company’s failing, neither Harrison nor any other Solyndra executive was charged over the ordeal, according to the Free Beacon.
The $6.6 billion grant funds part of the construction of three semiconductor plants estimated to cost a total of $65 billion. The grant includes tens of millions of dollars to train local workers in semiconductor manufacturing.
The taxpayer funds were designated toward semiconductor creation under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. The act was passed in 2022 and designated $53 billion in taxpayer money to build and protect the United States’ ability to manufacture the semiconductors, which are commonly used by the U.S. military in advanced weapons systems.
President Joe Biden celebrated the investment into Harrison’s project in a statement, according to CNBC.
“Thanks to this investment, TSMC will also build a third chip factory in Phoenix, increasing its total investment in Arizona to $65 million and creating over 25,000 direct construction and manufacturing jobs, along with thousands of indirect jobs,” Biden said.

Solyndra

Biden Awards Ex-Solyndra Boss Nearly $7 Billion To Fund New Tech Project

Gina Raimondo

The Arizona Supreme Court came down with a major abortion ruling on Tuesday, upholding a law passed in 1864 that outlaws all abortions in the state except when the mother&#8217;s life is at risk.
The case made its way to the state&#8217;s highest court after an appeals court ruled in December 2022 that doctors could not be prosecuted under the 160-year-old abortion ban that went into effect before Arizona was a state. The state Supreme Court ruled 4-2 that the law &#8220;is now enforceable&#8221; and can take effect in 14 days pending any additional legal challenges, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/arizona-abortion-ban.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The law mandates that anyone who aids an abortion, except in the case of saving the mother&#8217;s life, be punished by two to five years in prison, AZ Central <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2024/04/09/arizona-abortion-law-state-supreme-court-upholds-near-total-ban/73251148007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed a 15-week limit into law in 2022, which came just three months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the door for states to enact their own limitations or bans on abortion.
“We celebrate this enormous victory for unborn children and their mothers. Reinstating Arizona’s pro-life law will protect more than 11,000 babies annually at all stages of pregnancy while providing an exception for the life of the mother,&#8221; Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a <a href="https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/unborn-babies-their-mothers-protected-in-arizona-for-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;This includes babies who have heartbeats, babies who can feel pain, and babies who can smile and suck their thumbs. Today’s state Supreme Court decision is a major advancement in the fight for life in Arizona.&#8221;
Last year, Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs signed an executive order giving the state&#8217;s attorney general, who is currently a Democrat, the power to enforce abortion laws. Attorney General Kris Mayes has vowed not to enforce any limitations or bans on abortion and said shortly after the state Supreme Court ruling that its decision is &#8220;an affront to freedom.”
“The Court has risked the health and lives of Arizonans,” Mayes <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/arizona-abortion-ban.html">said</a>. “Today’s decision to reimpose a law from a time when Arizona wasn’t a state, the Civil War was raging, and women couldn’t even vote will go down in history as a stain on our state.”
Hobbs also <a href="https://twitter.com/GovernorHobbs/status/1777756501974934007" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the decision represents &#8220;a dark day in Arizona&#8221; and vowed that she &#8220;won&#8217;t stop fighting until we have secured the right to abortion.&#8221;
Shortly after the abortion decision, Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake released a <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1777763769890071022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> saying she opposed the state Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling and called on the governor and legislature &#8220;to come up with an immediate common sense solution that Arizonans can support.&#8221;
Democrats are already using the ruling to pit their pro-abortion policies against what they describe as &#8220;extreme abortion laws&#8221; in some states. The Biden campaign <a href="https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1777755420498461062">posted</a> on X showing side-by-side videos of Trump&#8217;s Monday statement on abortion — in which the former president said laws should be left up to the states — with an MSNBC report of the Arizona Supreme Court ruling. The Biden campaign said the 160-year-old abortion law &#8220;is now enforceable because Trump ended Roe.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-releases-long-awaited-abortion-position-says-policies-should-be-left-to-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a video statement</a> on Monday morning where he came out against federal limitations on abortion and said the issue should be left up to the states.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state,” Trump said.
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“At the end of the day, this is about the will of the people,” Trump said, adding later, “You must follow your heart on this issue, but remember: you must also win elections to restore our culture and, in fact, to save our country.”
Democrats and pro-abortion advocates have been pushing for an abortion measure as they seek to make abortion an unrestricted practice and allow doctors to perform the procedure at any point of a pregnancy. Those pushing for pro-abortion policies say the initiative has already received enough signatures to appear on the November ballot.
Arizona, a vital battleground state in the 2024 election, has been polling in Trump&#8217;s direction as the former president focuses on immigration and the border crisis. As of Tuesday afternoon, Trump leads Biden by 4.5 points in Arizona, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/arizona/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average.

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Arizona Supreme Court Upholds 1864 Law Protecting Unborn Babies From Abortion In Nearly All Cases

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The top Democrat on the <a href="https://naturalresources.house.gov/about/members.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Natural Resources Committee</a>, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cancer</a> and is undergoing treatment.
Grijalva, <a href="https://ktar.com/story/5568863/arizona-democratic-u-s-rep-raul-grijalva-announces-that-hes-being-treated-for-cancer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who is 76</a>, said in a <a href="https://grijalva.house.gov/rep-grijalva-statement-on-cancer-diagnosis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that he sought medical treatment a few weeks ago for a &#8220;persistent cough which was initially diagnosed as pneumonia&#8221; that further testing and imaging revealed to be cancer.
&#8220;This diagnosis has been difficult to process, but I am confident in the vigorous course of treatment that my medical team has developed, and I’ve begun my journey to fight this cancer,&#8221; he said.
Grijalva did not disclose what kind of cancer he is dealing with but did state that his office remains open so that services will continue to be provided to his constituents.
&#8220;I am in regular communication with my staff and I continue to work as I undergo treatment. It is a privilege to serve as a Representative for the people of Arizona and I take this responsibility very seriously,&#8221; the congressman added.
The announcement comes as the party split in the GOP-led House has become extremely slim. Members of both parties have retired early or, in the case of Rep. George Santos (R-NY), been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slim-house-gop-majority-takes-a-hit-with-dem-winning-contest-to-replace-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expelled and replaced by a Democrat</a>.
Well-wishers responded to news of Grijalva&#8217;s diagnosis on social media.
&#8220;My thoughts &amp; prayers are with [Grijalva] and his family during this difficult time,&#8221; Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who is running for Senate, said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRubenGallego/status/1775200382181912999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X.
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&#8220;As a fighter for AZ and the natural wonders of our state, Raul is an inspiration to me and so many,&#8221; Gallego continued. &#8220;I wish him the best in this cancer fight and hope to be working with him again soon.&#8221;
Grijalva, a former <a href="https://rollcall.com/2018/11/29/jayapal-joins-pocan-as-co-chair-of-congressional-progressive-caucus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leader</a> of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said he is &#8220;grateful to my family, friends and doctors for their support, and I am working hard to get healthy and return to business as usual as soon as I am able.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;I appreciate your consideration, well wishes and respect for my family’s privacy during this time. My heart goes out to others struggling with cancer, and I wish everyone strength in their fight.”
Other House members who have battled cancer in recent years include <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democratic-rep-jamie-raskin-announces-cancer-diagnosis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)</a> and Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scalise-expects-return-next-week-could-break-mayorkas-impeachment-standoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Scalise (R-LA)</a>.

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House Democrat From Arizona Reveals Cancer Diagnosis

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A Democrat state lawmaker in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona</a> has resigned following a report on allegations concerning sexual misconduct several years ago at a college based in Washington, D.C.
State Rep. Jevin Hodge submitted his letter of <a href="https://twitter.com/brahmresnik/status/1770125388787925456" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resignation</a> on Tuesday, less than two months after he was <a href="https://ktar.com/story/5560047/former-congressional-candidate-jevin-hodge-appointed-to-vacated-arizona-house-seat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appointed</a> to the role.
&#8220;We have accepted Representative Hodge&#8217;s resignation, which he offered in good faith and out of respect for our caucus, and we are prepared to move forward with the important business of the state,&#8221; House Minority Leader Lupe Contreras (D) said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/AZHouseDems/status/1770116674630431093" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
The Arizona Republic <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2024/03/18/jevin-hodge-sexual-violence-misconduct-findings-from-college-days/72976267007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Monday that Hodge was accused by a woman of unwanted sexual contact during what began as a consensual encounter in 2015 while he was a student at George Washington University (GWU).
A GWU hearing board found Hodge to be in violation of conduct policies against sexual violence and misconduct in 2016 and barred him from the school&#8217;s property under a disciplinary suspension, records showed.
On social media, Hodge released a <a href="https://twitter.com/JevinHodge/status/1770132185661813078" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> of his resignation, saying he apologized &#8220;to those who may have been caused pain by my actions.&#8221; But Hodge said he &#8220;unequivocally&#8221; denied the allegations against him, though he noted that &#8220;now is not my time to lead.&#8221;
A prior <a href="https://twitter.com/JevinHodge/status/1769752607000858735" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from Hodge on Monday offered a more in-depth explanation of what he says took place at GWU.
&#8220;When I was a 21-year-old college student, I had a consensual romantic encounter with another student. We both had consumed alcohol and we remained clothed the entire time. I knew then as I know now that consent is non-negotiable, so when she made it clear she was not interested in continuing, we stopped. She called a taxi and I walked her out,&#8221; he said.
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&#8220;Months later, I learned that she accused me of sexual misconduct. I take responsibility for all my actions and have used this experience to grow as an adult, but I must be clear: I unequivocally deny the allegations made against me,&#8221; Hodge continued.
&#8220;In 2016, I requested that the police fully investigate these claims so the truth could come out. My request was denied by the University,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I believe in taking responsibility for my actions. During the University hearing on this matter, I could see that I caused her emotional pain. I am sincerely sorry for the distress that I caused her.&#8221;
The Arizona Republic report said the woman, who was not named, filed a complaint with the school but claimed she did not press charges because she was a lawful permanent resident at the time and feared that a complaint would be detrimental to her legal status in the United States.

Arizona State Capitol Building at sunrise, Phoenix, State Flag

Arizona Democrat Lawmaker Resigns After Report On Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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As a politically active teenager in Arizona, Abraham Hamadeh had strong-held convictions when it came to Israel. The son of Syrian immigrants was a frequent poster on blogs devoted to the libertarian political maverick Ron Paul, and his posts include outlandish, yet clearly serious, claims against the Jewish state his relatives died fighting.
An archive of posts viewed by The Daily Wire reveal that a young Hamadeh <a href="https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/loosechangeforum/viewtopic.php?p=14659555#p14659555" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in 2007 stated</a> that “Israeli Mossad” was responsible for taking down New York City’s Twin Towers, and that a “missile hit the Pentagon.” He also made comments criticizing Israel for responding with force to terrorist attacks, and justified their assaults on Israeli citizens — making arguments eerily similar to those made by today’s radical anti-Israel Left.
In fact, in <a href="https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/loosechangeforum/viewtopic.php?p=11124514#google_vignette">2009</a> he criticized Israel’s last invasion of Gaza, stating: “Israel may have killed 200 Hamash [sic] fighters, but they just created 20,000 more. Sad…” He also <a href="https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/loosechangeforum/viewtopic.php?p=11124514#p11124514" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended Hezbollah</a>, another designated terrorist group, in its war against Israel, saying attacks were justified because of Israel’s actions in “Palestine.”
“Israel is demolioshing homes in palestine they brought beirtu to there knees, and hezbollah fought back [sic throughout],” Hamadeh wrote in January 2007. “israel want hezbollah out because there scared shitless of them.”
In a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Wire, the now-32-year-old Republican congressional candidate acknowledged the posts’ authenticity, but said they couldn’t be a further representation of his current worldview. He openly declares that Israel has “<a href="https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-773762#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no bigger ally</a>” than him, and calls for the annihilation of terrorist groups that aim to harm it.
So what happened?
Simply put, Hamadeh says he grew up and started to “understand how the world actually works.”
The first “inflection point” on Israel for Hamadeh, he explained, was the so-called “Arab Spring” that began in 2010. Syria, where both his parents immigrated from, erupted in civil war, and Israel emerged as the “good neighbor.”
“My family is Syrian, and I remember that during the Syrian civil war, that Israel was actually having people who were injured come into the hospitals in Israel,” Hamadeh recalled. “So all this humanitarian aid was actually being done by the Israelis, and not the others in the Arab World.”
“That was the first instance of me looking at the truth, and having my eyes opened,” he said. “It just dismantles that whole narrative of Israel being this problem in the Middle East, when they’re actually being good neighbors.”
Hamadeh at the time was a political science student at Arizona State University, and as a law student at the University of Arizona a few years later in 2014, he decided to take an elective trip to Israel. It turned out to be an experience that confirmed what he took from the Arab Spring — he was welcomed into the country despite a background that led to extra scrutiny from Israeli officials when he arrived.
“I was pulled off to the side for like, two hours, and questioned really intensely,” Hamadeh said, recalling “probing questions” about his parents’ Arab backgrounds and their relationship.
Hamadeh, however, says the tone of the inquiry changed on a dime when the Israelis learned that he was also a cadet in the U.S. Army.
“Their tune really changed when they discovered I was a cadet in the Army,” he said. “It was a common camaraderie. And they profusely apologized and said, ‘This will never happen again.’”
The Israeli population’s respect for military service, in all its forms, was demonstrated to Hamadeh just days later on a tour by an Israeli military commander of the Golan Heights in northern Israel.
Hamadeh has a very real connection to the Golan Heights — his grandfather was killed there in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, a Druze man fighting as a member of the Syrian Army against Israel. And as Hamadeh stood on the Israeli side in 2014, listening to the artillery fire back and forth in the Syrian civil war, the Israeli commander was putting in effort to show him where his grandfather likely died — there was no animosity towards Hamadeh due to his family’s history, but rather respect between “military guys,” he recalls.
In the next days, he learned for the first time how pluralistic Israeli society was — he visited a community of Palestinian Christians, a Druze village, and the Muslim Bedouins. And his travel just a few years later exhibited just how rare this is to find in the Middle East.
On a trip to Beirut, Lebanon, for his brother’s destination wedding, Hamadeh was actually barred from entering the country by Lebanese customs officers because he still had the sticker showing his travel to Israel on his passport.
“I get to the customs in Lebanon, and the lady looks at the back of the passport, and says, ‘Come with me,” Hamadeh explains. “I&#8217;m like, ‘oh, f**k,’ and then I go into this area and these military customs officials are saying, you know, you&#8217;ve been to Israel.”
Israel puts a sticker on passports rather than a stamp to help its visitors avoid situations like this. Hamadeh failed to remove the sticker, and ultimately, he was deported.
“My family is Syrian blood, my brother’s getting married this week, and Israel let me into their country,” he remembers thinking. “How are you not letting me into this country?”
Hamadeh, sensing government ineptitude, took a plane to London, removed the sticker showing his travel to Israel, and flew straight back to Lebanon, where he was granted entry to the country. He got in “Jason Bourne-style,” he says, though they caught him as he left and told him never to return to Lebanon — a promise he says he was happy to make.
The ordeal again showed him the unique nature of Israel.
“Israel, which has every reason to not have me come into its country, they love me,” he said. “And then Lebanon doesn&#8217;t have me because I&#8217;ve been to Israel. Just so unreasonable.”
Hamadeh’s posts as a high school and college student weren’t just random thoughtless asides — he appears to have been well-read and deeply interested in the Middle East and Israel. He just gravitated towards reading anti-Semites.
Asked on the Ron Paul forum for a book recommendation on Israel, Hamadeh suggested Jimmy Carter’s “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid,” in which the former president <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/books/14cart.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accuses the Jewish state</a> not only of apartheid, but also promotes anti-Semitic tropes regarding Jewish control over the media and politicians.
He also defended a Scottish politician, George Galloway, who was expelled from Britain’s Labour Party over his anti-Semitism — and is even <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/complete-non-starter-jeremy-corbyn-allies-snub-george-galloways-plea-for-political-pact-with-ex-labour-leader-13088286" target="_blank" rel="noopener">too anti-Semitic for Jeremy Corbyn</a>. He told critics of Galloway that they should “<a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?174300-GEORGE-GALLOWAY-blasts-ISRAEL-!!-(I-love-this-guy!!)&amp;highlight=hamadeh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research him more</a>.” That research would have turned up meetings with Iraq’s Saddam Hussain in which Galloway praised the dictator’s “strength” and “courage,” and calls for a complete rejection of Israel, which Galloway describes as an “illegal, barbarous, savage state.”
(Galloway was recently <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/01/george-galloway-wins-rochdale-byelection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reelected</a> in Britain after his two-decade-long political exile on a purely anti-Israel ticket, with his campaign signs fashioned as Palestinian flags.)
Hamadeh’s politics seem to have been driven entirely by his views on Israel. In a post on the 2008 election, he says that Muslims supported Republican George W. Bush in 2000 only because “Al Gores VP was Joe Lieberman, a Zionist supporting you know what.” (Hamadeh in the posts said he also supported Bush.)
Regarding the 2008 election, in which Hamadeh supported Barack Obama over “<a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?161252-Hannity-s-America/page2&amp;highlight=hamadeh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">radical fascist</a>” John McCain, he <a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?168567-NY-Times-vote-for-Obama-s-cabinet-RP-in-5th-place&amp;highlight=hamadeh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> Obama surround himself with figures known for their anti-Israel views such as Chuck Hagel, who once <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/hagel-in-2003-israel-keeps-palestinians-caged-up-like-animals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that Israel “keeps Palestinians caged up like animals” when discussing the existence of terrorist suicide bombers, and alleges that the “Jewish lobby” controls the State Department.
He said in the post that it’s important for politicians to speak to Muslims “because there [sic] going to be the biggest religion in 2020, and going to beat out the Judiasm [sic] religion in America in 2020.”
“If you think Jews arent [sic] big in america (2%) how come 56% of them are CEO&#8217;S,” Hamadeh wrote in a 2007 post.
He also used the forum to raise money to build support for Ron Paul, even buying ad space in a Dearborn, Michigan, paper for his group called, “Arab Americans for Ron Paul.” At the bottom of a pro-Paul ad that, according to the forums, appeared in the Dearborn-based Arab American News in November 2007, there is a disclaimer: “If you would like to comment, email Abraham Hamadeh,” and goes on to list the same email address he used on the forums.
His profile was deleted, along with his social media posts, making a full accounting of his activity on the forum impossible. The posts visible on the forum are only ones that other users replied to.
Now Hamadeh states unequivocally that terrorist hijackers from Saudi Arabia are responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and blames “radical Islam.” He says it’s hard to listen to his past words read back to him, and that he struggles to “get into the brain” of his teenage self that was so active on the forums.
“I don’t really recall a lot of what I was saying,” he said. “I was just getting into politics, and I was a libertarian, anti-war type of guy … clearly my views have dramatically changed.”
Hamadeh says that despite his anti-Israel views, he thinks there’s a major ideological difference between where he was and the current mobs of Hamas defenders that have emerged since the terrorist group’s October 7 massacre of civilians.
“I think I was coming more from a libertarian anti-war perspective,” Hamadeh said. “I think these ones are coming from this total Marxist perspective. And that&#8217;s what&#8217;s so scary.”
He doesn’t regret his libertarian beliefs, but says he’s strayed from that worldview with experience.
“I can’t speak ill towards Ron Paul — he was kind of like the Bernie Sanders of that time period, he enlightened a lot of people,” he said. “But clearly my foreign policy, my whole worldview has changed. I think I’m much more conservative than libertarian these days. For foreign policy, joining the military really kind of shows you, especially when you serve overseas, you really start to understand how the world actually works.”
His political allies say that Hamadeh is a trusted friend of Israel, and that his change of heart should be an example for other Arab-Americans in the country.
“Throughout my friendship with Abe, he has shown me in words and in actions that he stands tall with the Jewish community,” said Bryan Leib, a political operative who works to fight anti-Semitism and reached out to The Daily Wire unsolicited after hearing about the story from Hamadeh. “I understand there are some old message board posts from Abe when he was a teenager. I am not concerned at all with these posts.”
“Abe has been to Israel and has seen first hand that Israel is not the Apartheid nation that Democrats such as Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib falsely accuse it of being. I think many Arab-Americans can learn from Abe’s lead on this and should spend time building bridges and supporting the Jewish community just like Abe has done his entire life, instead of spreading lies like Tlaib and Omar do.”
Hamadeh was Arizona’s Republican candidate for attorney general in 2022, but he lost by just a few hundred votes. He is now running in a crowded Republican primary for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Republican Party Of Arizona Holds Get Out The Vote Rally

He Once Thought Israel Did 9/11. Now He Says Jews Would Have ‘No Bigger Ally’ If He’s Elected To Congress.

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If you’ve been paying attention over the last couple of years, you’ve seen how woke ideologies are ripping through all aspects of society from the K-12 education system to colleges, the military, and our local, state, and federal governments.
If you haven’t been paying attention, Harvard-educated House GOP Chair, Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) thrust this into the spotlight and is finally taking some action. Her brave questioning of several U.S. college presidents in Washington, D.C., exposed the rot that has formed at many of America’s most respected education institutions.
And now this is extending beyond the GOP. Bill Ackman, billionaire and longtime Democrat donor, <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/bill-ackman-war-harvard-mit-dei-claudine-gay.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently told the New York Magazine</a> that his daughter was indoctrinated at Harvard University saying in part &#8220;She became, like, an anti-capitalist. Like practically a Marxist.”
Bill’s comments reflect the pain that many parents from around the nation are feeling who have watched their sons and daughters return home from college not smarter, more cultured, or more business savvy, but brainwashed on many issues that go against the values in which they were raised as children.
What should terrify all parents, is that this is not an uncommon scenario in today’s world where a young man or woman goes off to college with a deep love for America only to come home on spring break with a new mindset: burn America to the ground.
U.C. Berkeley&#8217;s School of Law <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/30/uc-berkeley-blasted-for-creating-jewish-free-zones-with-pro-israel-speaker-ban/">allegedly</a> created a “<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/uc-berkeley-law-schools-jew-free-zones-latest-progressive-trend-opinion-1748218">Zionist-free zone</a>&#8221; where anyone who supports Israel is not allowed to enter. On another side of the same campus, Jewish students were recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-uc-berkeley-jewish-students-forced-to-evacuate-after-mob-storms-event-with-idf-soldier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forced to to barricade</a> themselves inside because of a angry mobs trying to attack them. 
Through a strategic plan to completely infiltrate our education systems, we have seen innocent children grow up to become unrecognizable anarchists on campuses across our nation. What should scare us even more — today’s protesters will become tomorrow’s prosecutors.
And it doesn’t stop there. Innocent, moldable minds that have been hijacked by woke ideology are the future of our healthcare system, government, judicial system, and yes, those in charge of educating generations to come.
President Donald J. Trump has always said, “They aren&#8217;t after me, they are after you.” But it doesn’t stop there — they are after an entire generation.
As a former intelligence officer and prosecutor, this problem is much deeper than meets the eye.
For years, this has been quietly driven by weak college presidents who can’t find the moral courage to unequivocally condemn Anti-Semitism and tenured professors turned political activists with a single mission — to brainwash the minds of our nation’s future.
This hate-filled culture is not enriching life on college campuses. Why are the leaders of higher education allowing this to take root and more importantly, who is funding it?
And it’s not just in higher education where the destructive woke ideologies have taken root. We now see them on full display in the U.S. military where recently, radical U.S. airman, Aaron Bushnell, quite literally<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-praises-far-left-extremist-who-torched-himself-while-screaming-free-palestine" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> set himself on fire</a> outside of the Israeli Embassy in the United States to protest the American government’s support for Israel.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices have transformed into a Marxist value system and the consequences are detrimental and our recruitment is suffering immensely.
Traditionally, the U.S. military has been revered for its focus on meritocracy and unity of purpose. Recruitment was based on the principles of honor, duty, and patriotism, with individuals from diverse backgrounds coming together under the shared goal of defending their country. However, the rise of Marxist initiatives has shifted the focus away from these core principles, prioritizing identity politics over the fundamental qualities necessary for military service.
DEI initiatives have fostered a toxic environment within the military, where divisive identity politics take precedence over unity and cohesion. Rather than fostering a sense of camaraderie and shared purpose, these initiatives have sown discord and resentment among service members, undermining morale and eroding the bonds of trust that are essential for effective teamwork in combat situations.
It is imperative that we recognize the dangers posed by Marxist initiatives all throughout our society and take decisive action to reverse this damaging trend. Instead of focusing on divisive identity politics, we must reaffirm our commitment to meritocracy, unity, and shared purpose.
From all aspects of our education systems to our military to our government leaders, one thing is for sure; woke ideologies are destroying the fabric of our great nation and they must come to an end once and for all.
And in Congress, I will fight to save our children and our national security. I will use all means possible to form a task force to investigate this problem, find out who is funding it and make sure that our youth once again believes in one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/AbrahamHamadeh?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Abe Hamadeh</a> is a Trump-endorsed Republican Candidate for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District and former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer.
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) announced on Tuesday that she will not seek re-election and will leave the U.S. Senate at the end of this year.
Her exit from the Senate clears the way for the race to be a two-way battle between Republican Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) in an election that could determine which party controls the Senate.
In the video where she made her announcement, Sinema warned that America was choosing the worse course by continuing to go to the political extremes on both sides.
&#8220;In 2017, I warned we were approaching a crossroads,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Our democracy was weakened by government dysfunction, and the constant pull to the extremes by both political parties. I promised I would do my best to fix it, to protect and defend our Constitution, to listen to others without judging to focus on what unites us, and to make Americans lives better.&#8221;
&#8220;Through listening, understanding and compromise, we delivered tangible results that make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Yet despite modernizing our infrastructure, ensuring clean water, delivering good jobs and safer communities, Americans still choose to retreat farther to their partisan corners.&#8221;
&#8220;These solutions are considered failures, either because they&#8217;re too much or not nearly enough. It&#8217;s all or nothing. The outcome, less important than beating the other guy,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The only political victories that matter these days are symbolic, attacking your opponents on cable news or social media. Compromise is a dirty word. We&#8217;ve arrived at that crossroad. And we chose anger and division. I believe in my approach, but it&#8217;s not what America wants right now. I love Arizona, and I am so proud of what we&#8217;ve delivered. Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of this year.&#8221;
Sinema concluded the announcement by highlighting some of her accomplishments while in the Senate.
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A message for Arizonans from Senator Kyrsten Sinema <a href="https://t.co/1XWFSWgGdh">pic.twitter.com/1XWFSWgGdh</a>
— Kyrsten Sinema (@SenatorSinema) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorSinema/status/1765094840214127068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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