The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> will again move to pass legislation providing aid to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> in response to a drone and missile attack from Iran, Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) said on Sunday.
Republicans &#8220;understand the necessity of standing with Israel,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnLwv_zuTA4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo, adding, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to try again this week, and the details of that package are being put together.&#8221;
During the interview on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221; Johnson suggested the package could provide emergency support to other countries as well, noting that lawmakers are &#8220;looking at the options and all these supplemental issues.&#8221;
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Johnson addressed the debate over providing more aid to Ukraine, too, while discussing his visit with former President Donald Trump in Florida on Friday.
&#8220;He and I are 100% united on these big agenda items,&#8221; Johnson said of Trump. He added that Trump floated the idea of a loan concept. The speaker additionally raised the <a href="https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/rep/release/risch-whitehouse-applaud-committee-passage-of-repo-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">REPO Act</a> to use seized assets from Russian oligarchs to help fund Ukraine&#8217;s war effort.
&#8220;These are ideas that I think can get consensus, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been working through. We&#8217;ll send our package, we&#8217;ll put something together and send it to the Senate and get these obligations completed,&#8221; Johnson said.
Like other Republicans, Johnson chided Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after the Senate <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/senate-blocks-14-3-billion-in-aid-for-israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked</a> a House-passed bill that would have provided $14.3 billion in emergency aid to Israel with an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offset.
&#8220;What a concept, we took from the IRS expansion slush fund to pay for the Israel priority,&#8221; Johnson said.
The speaker noted that the House later considered an Israel aid bill without the IRS offset. It was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a>, with 166 Democrats and 14 Republicans voting against it after President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-threatens-veto-us-houses-standalone-israel-aid-bill-2024-02-05/#:~:text=Feb%205%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20U.S.,providing%20new%20funds%20for%20border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened</a> a veto.
On the Senate side, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-bill-despite-opposition-from-over-half-of-republican-senators" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$95 billion foreign aid bill</a> to boost U.S. allies such as Israel and Ukraine was passed in February, but the House has not taken up the legislation. Some Democrats are renewing a push for that package following the Iran attack.
&#8220;The world is on fire. We should stand with our Democratic allies and push back against the enemies of freedom. The House must pass the bipartisan national security bill. Tomorrow,&#8221; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/1779501281477845042" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Sunday morning.
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Johnson also rebuked Schumer over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-rebukes-schumer-over-israel-remarks-grotesque-and-hypocritical" target="_blank" rel="noopener">call last month</a> for Israel to hold a new election while criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership amid a months-long campaign in Gaza seeking to root out Hamas terrorists following an attack in October.
&#8220;What&#8217;s important right now is that we stand with Israel. We should not be dictating to them what their policy is; we certainly shouldn&#8217;t be doing what Chuck Schumer did, trying to suggest they should have new elections at this critical time,&#8221; Johnson said.
&#8220;They&#8217;re fighting for their very existence, and it&#8217;s never been more important for us to be there with them. And we&#8217;re resolved to do that. I hope that continues,&#8221; he added.

House Speaker Mike Johnson

Speaker Johnson Says House Will ‘Try Again’ With Israel Aid Following Iran Attack

Speaker Johnson Says House Will 'Try Again' With Israel Aid Following Iran Attack

Charles Schumer

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Hakeem Jeffries

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U.S. House of Representatives

The Senate&#8217;s top Democrat revealed his pick to temporarily replace Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dianne-feinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-CA) on the Senate Judiciary Committee as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senators-revolt-against-democrats-bid-to-replace-feinstein-on-judiciary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans rally</a> against such a swap aimed at ending the freeze on President Joe Biden&#8217;s judicial nominees.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) named Ben Cardin, a Democrat who is the senior senator from Maryland, as the proposed stand-in.
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Feinstein, the Senate&#8217;s oldest member at the age of 89, announced in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dianne-feinstein-hospitalized-in-san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">early March</a> that she had been hospitalized in San Francisco after being diagnosed with a case of shingles. Facing calls from some fellow Democrats to resign, Feinstein asked Schumer last week to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feinstein-asks-schumer-to-let-another-democrat-take-committee-spot-2nd-democrat-calls-for-resignation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">temporarily replace</a> her on the Judiciary Committee while she continues to recover.
The proposed shuffle is being characterized as a short-term move. Schumer told reporters on Tuesday that he spoke to Feinstein a few days ago and both of them hope that she will return to the Senate &#8220;very soon.&#8221;
A number of Republicans have voiced opposition to the swap, and hours after he proposed Cardin, Schumer&#8217;s request for <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/glossary.htm#:~:text=unanimous%20consent%20%E2%80%93%20Agreement%20on%20any,objects%2C%20the%20request%20is%20rejected." target="_blank" rel="noopener">unanimous consent</a> was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-block-schumers-request-replace-feinstein-judiciary-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met with an objection</a> by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). If Democrats press the issue, replacing Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee would require 60 votes in the narrowly-divided Senate.
<a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/04/17/no-gop-favors-for-feinstein-00092278" target="_blank" rel="noopener">At least 10 Republicans</a> need to join with Democrats and independents, but they would do so at the risk of breaking with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4BWofLK0-E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who just returned</a> to Capitol Hill himself after recovering from a fall.
&#8220;Senate Republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporary absent colleague off a committee just so Democrats can force through their very worst nominees,&#8221; McConnell said on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170624504/mcconnell-says-republicans-will-block-effort-to-replace-feinstein-on-judiciary-p" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per NPR</a>.
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Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently conceded that Feinstein&#8217;s absence is holding up the ability of the panel, which is <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members" target="_blank" rel="noopener">split 10-10</a> along party lines without her, to advance Biden&#8217;s nominees to federal courts around the nation. &#8220;I can’t consider nominees in these circumstances because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/10/politics/biden-judges-senate-blue-slips-absences/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he told CNN</a>.
Feinstein <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dianne-feinstein-not-running-for-re-election-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced in February</a> she would not seek re-election in 2024, and three prominent House Democrats — Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbara-lee-announces-bid-for-dianne-feinsteins-senate-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbara Lee</a> — have announced campaigns to replace Feinstein in the Senate. Cardin is expected to announce whether he will seek another six-year term in 2024 in the near future, <a href="https://twitter.com/ktullymcmanus/status/1648398744335818761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to POLITICO</a>.
Another aspect of the current debate about Biden&#8217;s nominees is whether to uphold the &#8220;blue slip&#8221; tradition in which home-state senators can effectively put a stop to a nominee if they do not support the individual. This issue is exemplified by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), who refuses to return her blue slip for <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/06/white-house-pulls-punches-over-gop-judicial-nomination-blockade-00090824" target="_blank" rel="noopener">district court nominee Scott Colom</a>.
Schumer said Durbin and the Judiciary Committee &#8220;are considering&#8221; what to do about the issue.

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Senate Democrats Reveal Proposed Judiciary Replacement For Feinstein

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The father of a young Jewish man who was savagely beaten in broad daylight in Times Square ripped into two New York Democrat leaders, Senator Chuck Schumer and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, for not responding when he reached out after the attack.
Barry Borgen, whose son Joey was wearing a yarmulke when he was allegedly beaten up by Waseem Awawdeh, Mahmoud Musa, Faisal Elezzi, and Mohammed Othman, addressed Nadler when he spoke on Monday at the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing regarding victims of violent crime in Manhattan.
“Mr. Nadler, you’re a Jewish New Yorker,” Borgen stated. “I called your office numerous times. I called Mr. Schumer’s office, another Jewish New Yorker, numerous times. No one called us back.”
“You’re a Jewish New Yorker,” he continued. “You have Jewish roots here. Behavior like this enables DA [Alvin] Bragg to just do whatever he wants to do. If you guys would have come out with a statement from Washington and said that we condemn the beating of Mr. Borgen’s son, we condemn this act, maybe Mr. Bragg would have taken this case a little more seriously.&#8221;
“And I call you out on it,” he said. “Most of my friends are so disheartened with you and Mr. Schumer you don’t understand. We wouldn’t vote for Mr. Schumer again &#8230; And if I lived in Manhattan I wouldn’t vote for you either. “
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Barry Borgen, father of Joey Borgen, who was beaten at a 2021 pro-Israel rally, calls out Rep. Jerry Nadler and Chuck Schumer at the House GOP crime hearing. 
&quot;You&#39;re a Jewish New Yorker,&quot; he said. &quot;I called your office numerous times. No one called us back.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/R7P7lUtb5c">pic.twitter.com/R7P7lUtb5c</a>
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Joey Borgen <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/26/family-of-nyc-anti-semitic-attack-victim-rips-da-alvin-bragg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recalled</a> that his attackers called him a “dirty Jew” and yelled, “F*** Israel, Hamas is going to kill all of you.”
Bragg offered a six-month plea bargain to Awawdeh, who allegedly told a jailer after the attack, “If I could do it again, I would do it again. I have no problem doing it again.”
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“It’s disgusting how Mr. Bragg calls himself a crime fighter, the man does nothing,” Barry Borgen said. “He offered people who tried to kill my son six months in jail, one guy to walk away because maybe he hit him once. It is a hate crime.”
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“[The light sentence] shows that it’s open season on anybody, be it an Asian, an African-American, Jewish, Muslim,” Barry Borgen continued. “It’s basically open season. If you can’t prosecute, put people away for a hate crime, I don’t know what else is there besides murder, God forbid. It’s just disgusting, it’s not right.”
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“I feel like I have a target on my back sometimes, but it’s getting better and better,” Joey Borgen, who sustained a concussion from the attack, said. “Hopefully the DA does their job and brings accountability and justice to everyone who deserves it.”
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Long Island Community Rallies Against Anti-Semitic Attacks

NY Father Whose Son Was Beaten For Being Jewish Rips Into Schumer, Nadler

NY Father Whose Son Was Beaten For Being Jewish Criticizes Schumer, Nadler

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Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell pressed Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., this week on the matter of rising crime rates across the country.
Caldwell received responses from various Republicans about solutions to the problems, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
However, when he approached Democrats on the crime situation, many of them ran.
During his interviews, Caldwell approached Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) who refused to talk because he claimed that he was &#8220;in a rush right now.&#8221;
&#8220;We just want to talk about the crisis that is impacting our country with crime across the nation,&#8221; Caldwell said as Nadler tried to avoid being on camera while waiting for the elevator.
&#8220;I can&#8217;t do it now,&#8221; Nadler claimed.
&#8220;Congressman Nadler, can we set up a meeting with your office and have a discussion?&#8221; Caldwell asked.
&#8220;Uh,&#8221; Nadler responded. &#8220;Maybe. I&#8217;m going to be pretty busy.&#8221;
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Democrat Jerry Nadler repeatedly refused questions about rising crime:
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Caldwell also approached Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY).
&#8220;Senator, any reaction to the crime crisis in America?&#8221; Caldwell asked. &#8220;Crime is up, sir. There&#8217;s a crisis. You have any reaction? You&#8217;re a leader, I would think that you would have a reaction to what&#8217;s going on in the country.&#8221;
&#8220;Thank you,&#8221; Schumer responded.
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Q: &quot;Senator, any reaction to the crime crisis in America? Crime is up. There’s a crisis. &quot;
SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER: &quot;Thank you.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/1iuepi9Umo">pic.twitter.com/1iuepi9Umo</a>
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Caldwell confronted Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) on the matter.
&#8220;Any reaction to the rise in violent crime across the country which is impacting students?&#8221; Caldwell asked the congresswoman at an event where she talked about the far-Left push to cancel student debt.
&#8220;I mean our work on student cancellation is a direct response to what I would consider to be policy violence,&#8221; she claimed.
A short time later, Caldwell caught up with Pressley while she walking and he pressed her on the answer that she gave.
&#8220;You mentioned policy violence, I just wanted to follow up on that,&#8221; he said.
A staffer for Pressley interjected, saying, &#8220;She got your question.&#8221;
When Caldwell continued to press on whether Pressley still believed in defending the police, her staff just said that he should email them about the subject.
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When asked about rising violent crime, Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley says Biden’s student debt bailout is a reaction to “policy violence.” <a href="https://t.co/1Pat6S0lOk">pic.twitter.com/1Pat6S0lOk</a>
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Finally, Caldwell pressed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) over her repeated calls to defund law enforcement.
&#8220;Any reaction to rising crime in America?&#8221; Caldwell asked.
Omar did not responded.
&#8220;You supported the defund the police movement that led to a rise in crime,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Do you have any reaction? Any reaction? No reaction? It impacts your citizens.&#8221;
Omar did not say a single word as she drove off in a tiny car.
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Q: “You supported the ‘Defund the Police’ movement — it led to a rise in crime. Do you have any reaction?”
Democrat Ilhan Omar: *rolls up car window* <a href="https://t.co/v2C17TDqdr">pic.twitter.com/v2C17TDqdr</a>
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WATCH: Democrats In D.C. Run When Confronted By Reporter About Skyrocketing Crime Rates

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On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DzXRa6HnhA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cursed Republicans</a> who oppose President Biden’s White House&#8217;s student debt forgiveness plan.
Schumer made his remarks at a press conference where he was joined by hard-Left House Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Mondaire Jones (D-NY).
“Those damn Republicans,” Schumer raged. “They are bellyaching, you know, when anyone helps regular people. When they give tax cuts to the rich, they say they&#8217;re helping the middle class. When we help the middle class, they say we&#8217;re helping the rich.”
“They only want to help the rich,&#8221; Schumer continued. “The reason they don’t this is all of their rich friends &#8230; might have to pay a little more in taxes. Disgraceful, disgraceful, disgraceful.”
Later in the day, Arizona GOP Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed suit against the Biden administration policy, making Arizona the seventh state to sue the Biden administration over the issue. Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Carolina had already filed suit.
“The president’s action is contrary to several recent United States Supreme Court decisions striking down federal agencies’ assertion of power never granted to them by Congress,” Brnovich <a href="https://www.azag.gov/press-release/attorney-general-mark-brnovich-sues-over-biden-administrations-student-loan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. “Despite being told by members of congress he cannot pursue such an action, Biden is relying on the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act (HEROES Act) and the COVID-19 pandemic. The HEROES Act was a response to the September 11th attacks to relieve active-duty personnel from financial hardship while defending our nation.”
“The act also includes individuals who reside in disaster areas affected by a national emergency. The president attempts to stretch the HEROES Act to assert authority over all borrowers in the country, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a national emergency and the entire United States as a disaster area,” he added.
Arkansas Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, who is leading the effort by the other six states, had similar reasoning to opposing Biden&#8217;s plan.
“It&#8217;s patently unfair to saddle hard-working Americans with the loan debt of those who chose to go to college,” Rutledge <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/gop-states-sue-biden-administration-student-loan-plan-90701527" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. “The Department of Education is required, under the law, to collect the balance due on loans. And President Biden does not have the authority to override that.”
In the <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/ARAG/2022/09/29/file_attachments/2283559/09.29.22%20Complaint%20-%20Neb.%20v.%20Biden%20Student%20Loan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> Rutledge filed, it quotes a study from Penn Wharton University of Pennsylvania contending that the majority of the mass debt cancellation will “accrue[ ] to the debt borrowers in the top 60% of the income distribution.” The lawsuit adds, “And none of the benefit will accrue to those who worked and paid their debt.”

Chuck Schumer

Schumer Curses Republicans Opposing Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan

Schumer Curses Republicans Opposing Biden's Student Debt Cancellation Plan

Joe Biden

Student Loan Cancellation

Put your hands together for Nancy Pelosi!
But first, a brief history of applause. Clapping our hands is a human social gesture &#8212; born thousands of years ago &#8212; to show approval and admiration. While there is the polite golf clap for a well-struck shot, nearly all other types of applause come from the heart when we&#8217;re inspired or moved or blown away.
And throughout history, one thing has always been taboo (if unspoken): never ask for applause. You either earn it or you don&#8217;t. But you just can&#8217;t be beggy.
Pelosi, the 82-year-old Speaker of the House, certainly knows that rule. A career politician, she&#8217;s delivered a zillion speeches, both in arenas and backyard fundraisers.
Which makes it hilarious that when she dropped by to hang out with a younger man, merely a septuagenarian, to deliver what amounted to a campaign endorsement, she begged the crowd to put their hands together for President Joe Biden.
Having covered hundreds of events at the White House as a reporter, I know one thing: They&#8217;re almost always boring. For every press conference or impromptu exchange with the president, there are a dozen bill signings, commemorations for this or that, and background briefings with bloviating bureaucrats.
Those latter events, though, always include a slew of cheerleaders. After all, they&#8217;ve been invited to the White House by the president, likely for their support on an issue or piece of legislation.
But on Tuesday, Pelosi was able to bore even those hardcore fans to tears.
Speaking at a White House event celebrating the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, Pelosi piled praise on the president. Appearing alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Pelosi said the &#8220;landmark&#8221; law is &#8220;driving down costs for kitchen table items for America’s working families.&#8221;
“Mr. President, thank you for unifying and inspiring a vision of a stronger, fairer, safer future for all, for our children,” she said. “Your extraordinary leadership has made this glorious day possible.”
Then, silence. No one moved a muscle. Amid the deafening void, Pelosi declared: &#8220;That’s an applause line.&#8221; While no one felt inspired or moved or blown away, they dutifully applauded, giving the speaker a courtesy clap.
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That&#8217;s how little jam Biden has these days. Even with a handpicked crowd of flattering fawners &#8212; fired up by the third-most powerful person in government &#8212; he couldn&#8217;t even get a decent round of applause.
It wasn&#8217;t the first time a politician had to beg for a courtesy clap. Back in 2016, when former Florida governor Jeb Bush was running for the Republican presidential nomination, he made a campaign stop in New Hampshire.
Wearing a brown pullover and speaking to a sedate group of white people in a subdued town hall, Bush droned on and on.
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The candidate had just finished sixth in the Iowa caucuses with about 3% of the vote, and he was on a last-ditch mission to save his campaign.
&#8220;I will not trash talk. I will not be a divider in chief or an agitator in chief. I won&#8217;t be out there blowharding, talking a big game without backing it up. I think the next president needs to be a lot quieter but send a signal that we&#8217;re prepared to act in the national security interests of this country &#8212; to get back in the business of creating a more peaceful world,&#8221; Bush declared to the crowd.
A pretty fiery bit of rhetoric, right? But nothing. Stony silence. Many of the room looked away, others had that glassy gleam in their eyes that signified they just weren&#8217;t listening.
&#8220;Please clap,&#8221; Bush begged. The crowd laughed and clapped, but it was clear Bush &#8212; whose campaign yard signs said simply &#8220;Jeb!&#8221; &#8212; had no jam.
The scene prompted then-candidate Donald Trump to dub Bush &#8220;low-energy Jeb.&#8221; And &#8220;please clap&#8221; became emblematic of a weak campaign &#8212; he tried to whip the crowd up with an inspirational speech about what kind of leader he is, then had to ask for applause.
Jeb! came in fourth in the New Hampshire GOP primary behind Trump, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and even Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. He survived to try again in South Carolina, where he got just 8% of the vote &#8212; then dropped out of the race, never to be heard from again.
Pelosi&#8217;s own &#8220;please clap&#8221; moment may mean nothing. She often garbles her speeches these days, emphasizing odd words and misspeaking. And perhaps the crowd just wasn&#8217;t listening.
But the scene could also mean much more. Even a roomful of supporters were not moved to applaud effusive praise for a president whose approval ratings are in the dumper. When no one seems inspired or moved or blown away, it could signal a much deeper problem.
Just ask Jeb!
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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President Joe Biden said Thursday that he is considering canceling some student loan debt, but much less than progressive Democrats have urged him to.
Speaking to reporters after his prepared <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDmvpratIuo">remarks</a> Thursday on his request for billions more in aid to Ukraine, Biden was asked about recent comments made by Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-white-house-seems-more-open-to-student-loan-forgiveness-than-ever-before">Chuck Schumer (D-NY)</a>, which suggested that Biden was &#8220;more open&#8221; to canceling student debt &#8220;than ever before.&#8221;
&#8220;You mean my spokesman said that?&#8221; Biden asked, smiling at the reporter, who repeated that it was Schumer who made the comments.
Biden answered the reporter first by defending his move to cancel the debts of people working in public service through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. “Number one, the first thing we did was reform the system that was in place that didn&#8217;t work for anybody, that allowed people to write off debt if they engaged in public service,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;We have almost a million, 785 — don&#8217;t hold me to the exact number, I&#8217;ll get the number, 700-some thousand have had debt forgiven, their whole debt forgiven because of their work, working in — [either as] teachers or other means by which they qualify, and we continue to make that easier.&#8221;
“Secondly, I am considering dealing with some debt reduction,” Biden continued. “I am not considering $50,000 debt reduction, but I’m in the process of taking a hard look at whether or not there will be additional debt forgiveness, and I’ll have an answer on that in the next couple of weeks.”
Schumer said at a virtual summit by the Student Debt Crisis Center on April 13 that, based on recent conversations, he thought the White House was more open to cancelling student loan debt. “We’re working on it,” Schumer said. “We’re making progress, folks. We are making progress. The White House seems more open to it than ever before.”
“We want our young people to realize that they can have a good future. One of the best, very best, top-of-the-list ways to do it is by canceling student debt, by getting rid of the $50,000, even going higher after that,” he added.
Biden&#8217;s remarks also came after CBS News <a href="https://twitter.com/edokeefe/status/1519017885267636224">initially reported</a> Wednesday that Biden told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that he was &#8220;looking at forgiving most federal student loan debt.&#8221; CBS News later <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-options-forgiving-student-loan-debt/">clarified</a> that Biden did not give a specific amount of debt he would forgive, nor did he say he would wipe out all student loan debt. Biden did, however, indicate that he was going to make a move to cancel some debt. Democratic California Representative Tony Cardenas told CBS that during the meeting, he reiterated that the Caucus supported Biden canceling up to $10,000 of student debt through executive action if Congress could not pass legislation doing so. In response, Biden reportedly told Cardenas, &#8220;You’re going to like what I do on that, I&#8217;m looking to do something on that and I think you&#8217;re going to like what I do.&#8221;
In the meantime, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-extends-pause-on-federal-student-loan-payments">extended</a> the student loan repayment moratorium earlier this month through August 31. The freeze was expected to end on May 1. Progressive Democrats are still not satisfied. A group of House Democrats sent a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-democrats-push-biden-to-extend-student-loan-freeze-through-the-end-of-the-year">letter</a> to Biden in March asking Biden to extend the pause through the end of the year, and Massachusetts Democratic Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-everything-has-to-go-through-congress-elizabeth-warren-wants-biden-to-be-more-authoritarian-axe-student-debt">Elizabeth Warren</a> insisted Sunday that Biden has the authority to forgive all of the more than $1.6 trillion in student loans held by borrowers.

Biden: ‘I Am Considering Dealing With Some Debt Reduction,’ But Not $50,000

Biden ‘Considering’ Some Student ‘Debt Reduction,’ But Not $50,000

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) discussed student debt on Wednesday, seeming to hint that the White House could be open to canceling it.
At a virtual summit by the Student Debt Crisis Center, Schumer reportedly stated that he thinks that President Joe Biden can get rid of federal student loans via executive order.
As Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-more-open-to-canceling-student-loan-debt-chuck-schumer-2022-4">reported</a>, he also said that after Biden&#8217;s extension of the student loan payment pause, wide-scale cancellation of student debt needs to be the next move.
&#8220;Make no mistake about it: this pause isn&#8217;t going to stay forever, and the canceling of student debt is the way to go,&#8221; Schumer said.
&#8220;We&#8217;re working on it,&#8221; Schumer added. &#8220;We&#8217;re making progress, folks. We are making progress. The White House seems more open to it than ever before.”
Common Dreams <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/13/keep-fighting-schumer-making-progress-canceling-student-debt">reported</a> that Schumer &#8220;said he and other advocates on Capitol Hill are ‘making progress’ in convincing the president to cancel at least $50,000 per borrower, which Biden could direct Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to do instead of relying on Congress to pass legislation.&#8221;
According to a Business Insider reporter, Schumer also <a href="https://twitter.com/arsheffey/status/1514282365782310913">said</a>, &#8220;College is so expensive that even if you work your butt off, you&#8217;re not going to be able to emerge without this huge amount of debt on your shoulders.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> speaking now at <a href="https://twitter.com/DebtCrisisOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DebtCrisisOrg</a> virtual summit: &quot;College is so expensive that even if you work your butt off, you&#39;re not going to be able to emerge without this huge amount of debt on your shoulders.&quot;
&mdash; Ayelet Sheffey (@arsheffey) <a href="https://twitter.com/arsheffey/status/1514282365782310913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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According to <a href="https://thehill.com/news/senate/3266646-schumer-white-house-closer-to-cancelling-student-debt-than-ever-before/">The Hill</a>, Schumer claimed that families will have an average student debt payment of $393 per month when the pause is ended.
“That is so much money. How does anybody live knowing every month I got to pay this $400?” he said.
“You get out of college, and you have all this debt,” he said. “I have told the president this is one of the most important things he can do to help our economy. We all want the economy to grow. We all want people to have good lives, where you can provide for yourself and your family.”
“We want our young people to realize that they can have a good future. One of the best, very best, top-of-the-list ways to do it is by canceling student debt, by getting rid of the $50,000, even going higher after that,” he said.
Biden has reportedly said he is in support of canceling $10,000 for each student debt borrower, but he wants Congress to pass a measure in order to take such action.
Biden recently extended the pause on student loan payments, sliding the student debt repayment start date from May 1 to August 31, per <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obamas-former-economic-adviser-condemns-bidens-very-hard-to-understand-student-debt-repayment-pause">The Daily Wire</a>. Biden has extended the pause multiple times.
In a statement, the president said that the extension would “enable Americans to continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.”
Critics have pushed back against the idea of canceling student debt, especially after prior generations have had to pay off their own and the economy continues to struggle.
However, Biden has faced pressure from several groups, as well as progressive members of Congress, to entirely get rid of it.
In December, more than 200 groups <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/teachers-unions-aclu-want-biden-to-extend-student-loan-repayment-pause-cancel-student-debt">called</a> on Biden to prolong the pause, and go even further.
“In fewer than 60 days, tens of millions of student loan borrowers are slated to be thrown back into repayment on federal student loans they are ill-equipped to pay as the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate Americans’ health and financial security,” the organizations told Biden. “It is clear that payments should not resume until your administration has fully delivered on the promises you made to student loan borrowers to fix the broken student loan system and cancel federal student debt.”

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Schumer: White House ‘Seems More Open’ To Student Loan Forgiveness ‘Than Ever Before’

While defending President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer bungled the timeline for when the highest court in the country ceased to be occupied by “all white men.”
Schumer called Biden’s pledge to nominate someone to the Supreme Court based first and foremost on their race and sex “historic,” before pointing out that a small number of the 115 Supreme Court justices since 1789 have been non-white or women.
“Only five of them have ever been women, none until 1981,” Schumer said. “Only two have been African-American, but never, never has there been an African-American women [sic], who still make up barely 6% of the federal judiciary.”
Schumer then declared, incorrectly, that “Until 1981, this powerful body, the Supreme Court, was all White men.”
“Imagine. America wasn&#8217;t all White men in 1981, or ever. Under President Biden and this Senate majority, we&#8217;re taking historic steps to make the courts look more like the country they serve,&#8221; he continued.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a>: &#8220;Until 1981, this powerful body, the Supreme Court, was all White men. Imagine. America wasn&#8217;t all White men in 1981, or ever. Under President Biden and this Senate majority, we&#8217;re taking historic steps to make the courts look more like the country they serve.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/PrEjoLrmPH">pic.twitter.com/PrEjoLrmPH</a>
— The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1489277244765843459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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While Schumer clearly knows who former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is – he is the only other African-American man to serve on the court besides current Justice Clarence Thomas, as Schumer pointed out – he appears to have forgotten that Marshall was appointed to the court in 1967 – 14 years before Schumer’s stated claim that the Supreme Court ceased to be “all white men” in 1981, which was the year Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed.
Schumer’s claim that “President Biden and this Senate majority” are “taking historic steps to make the courts look more like the country they serve,” is also cynical, considering Senate Democrats&#8217; history of blocking or attempting to block Republican nominees who were not white.
The most famous example occurred in 2003 and is known as “Memogate” because Democrats and the mainstream media focused on how a GOP staffer noticed that Democrats on the Judiciary Committee hadn’t secured their server from Republicans. The staffer exploited this and turned over documents to Republican groups.
Media coverage at the time focused on how unethically the documents were obtained, instead of on the explosive content. But the content of the memos showed Democrats openly saying they wanted to keep Judge Miguel Estrada off the D.C. Circuit Court because of his race, so that Republicans wouldn’t get the credit for nominating the first Latino man to the Supreme Court.
One of the leaked memos was from a staffer to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), who wrote that liberal groups “identified Miguel Estrada (D.C. Circuit) as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment.”
A spokesperson for Durbin later <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090530082039/http:/www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,111286,00.html">told</a> Fox News that the memo was not an indication of racism against Estrada, just that he was “politically dangerous” because he could be viewed as an attractive candidate for Republicans to nominate to the Supreme Court later on.
Publicly, Democrats claimed they torpedoed Estrada’s nomination for a host of other reasons.

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Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford on Monday blasted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s (D-NY) plan to change the chamber&#8217;s rules, arguing the effort is &#8220;a threat to our Republic.&#8221;
“Schumer’s threat to change the rules of the Senate unless he gets his way is not just a temper tantrum; it is a threat to our Republic. For over two centuries, the Senate is the one place in our government where minority opinions have a voice, unless Senator Schumer gets his way,&#8221; Lankford said in a <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-responds-to-schumers-senate-rules-threat-">statement</a>.
&#8220;In 2017, 32 Senate Democrats signed a letter saying that the filibuster should not change—27 of those Democrats are still in the Senate. Now that they are in power, they want to do whatever it takes to pass their progressive legislative agenda by changing the historic rules of our Republic,&#8221; he added.
Lankford also addressed what he called the &#8220;absurd&#8221; claim by Democrats that Republicans do not want fair elections.
“It is absurd to claim that Republicans do not want free and fair elections. We all want fair elections,&#8221; the senator wrote.
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It is absurd to claim that Republicans do not want free and fair elections. We all want fair elections. Dems want to federalize our elections over the states &amp; local authorities in blue and red states.
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1478382434546765833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
Instead, Lankford noted that it is Democrats who want to federalize elections to extend &#8220;overreach&#8221; that benefits keeping them in power.
&#8220;Democrats want to federalize our elections over the states and local authorities in blue and red states. Their absurd overreach only benefits keeping them in power and is not what’s in the best interest of Americans,” he said.
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Their absurd overreach only benefits keeping them in power &amp; is not what’s in the best interest of Americans.<a href="https://t.co/QWVLN7G6v1">https://t.co/QWVLN7G6v1</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1478382537764388870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
Schumer vowed on Monday that he will push a vote on changing the Senate rules by January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, if Republicans continue to oppose his party’s voting rights bill.
“If Republicans continue to block our efforts, The Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: Free and fair elections,” Schumer tweeted.
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If Republicans continue to block our efforts,
The Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy:
Free and fair elections.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1478046352852627461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-vows-vote-on-changing-senate-rules-if-gop-continues-to-block-efforts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Schumer also sent a <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Dear%20Colleague%201.3.22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> on Monday to the members of the Senate Democratic Caucus regarding the issue.
“The fight for the ballot is as old as the Republic. Over the coming weeks, the Senate will once again consider how to perfect this union and confront the historic challenges facing our democracy,” Schumer wrote.
“We hope our Republican colleagues change course and work with us. But if they do not, the Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: free and fair elections,” he added.</blockquote>
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Make no mistake: This week, <a href="https://twitter.com/SenateDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenateDems</a> will make clear what happened on January 6th is directly linked to the one-sided, partisan actions being taken by GOP-led state legislatures across the country. We can and must take strong action to stop this anti-democratic march. <a href="https://t.co/tLkpfObZAS">pic.twitter.com/tLkpfObZAS</a>
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1478030819327418368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2022</a></blockquote>

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‘A Threat To Our Republic’: GOP Senator Blasts Schumer’s Plan To Change Senate Rules

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wrote a scathing letter to President Joe Biden on Friday informing the president that Republicans would not bail out Democrats again if they failed to raise the debt limit by themselves.
McConnell&#8217;s letter also called out Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer&#8217;s (D-NY) speech on the Senate floor on Thursday evening, which was widely criticized after Schumer attacked Republicans despite Republicans having thrown him a lifeline to get out of a situation that would have been bad for the Democratic Party.
McConnell began:
<blockquote>Last night, Republicans filled the leadership vacuum that has troubled the Senate since January. I write to inform you that I will not provide such assistance again if your all-Democrat government drifts into another avoidable crisis.
The Senate Democratic Leader had three months&#8217; notice to handle one of his most basic governing duties. Amazingly, even this proved to be asking too much. Senator Schumer spent 11 weeks claiming he lacked the time and the leadership skills to manage a straightforward process that would take less than two weeks. Whether through weakness or an intentional effort to bully his own members, Senator Schumer marched the nation to the doorstep of disaster. Embarrassingly, it got to the point where Senators on both sides were pleading for leadership to fill the void and protect our citizens. I stepped up.</blockquote>
During his speech on Thursday night, Schumer claimed that the crisis would have been the “first ever Republican manufactured default on the national debt,” even though Republicans had warned Schumer for months that he would need to raise the debt ceiling on his own.
McConnell continued:
<blockquote>Remarkably, even as Republicans saved Americans from his crisis, Senator Schumer kept compounding his failures. Last night, in a bizarre spectacle, Senator Schumer exploded in a rant that was so partisan, angry, and corrosive that even Democratic Senators were visibly embarrassed by him and for him. This tantrum encapsulated and escalated a pattern of angry incompetence from Senator Schumer. It was reminiscent of last year when he joined a protest on the steps of the Supreme Court and shouted threats at individual Justices by name.
This childish behavior only further alienated the Republican members who helped facilitate this short-term patch. It has poisoned the well even further.
I am writing to make it clear that in light of Senator Schumer&#8217;s hysterics and my grave concerns about the ways that another vast, reckless, partisan spending bill would hurt Americans and help China, I will not be a party to any further effort to mitigate the consequences of Democratic mismanagement. Your lieutenants on Capitol Hill now have the time they claimed they lacked to address the debt ceiling through standalone reconciliation, and all the tools to do it. They cannot invent another crisis and ask for my help.</blockquote>
Schumer&#8217;s speech left Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-manchins-visible-reaction-to-schumers-attacks-on-gop-goes-viral-slams-attacks-as-not-appropriate">exasperated</a> as he looked on and buried his face in his hands, an image that quickly went viral online.
“I didn’t think it was appropriate at this time,” Manchin later told reporters.

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Biden Warned In Letter Ripping Schumer’s Speech: ‘Even Democratic Senators Were Visibly Embarrassed’

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reportedly told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that his Thursday speech on the Senate floor was “f***ing stupid.”
Manchin&#8217;s blunt assessment of Schumer’s remarks comes after the West Virginia senator was visibly upset in the Senate chamber, burying his head in his hands during Schumer’s speech. The particularly stark image underscored the battle that Manchin has waged for weeks attempting to restrain Democrats’ high-spending appetite.
Punchbowl News <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1446439270626086915">reported</a> on Manchin’s alleged remarks to the Senate majority leader. Schumer claimed victory in a minor battle over a debt ceiling increase to stave off a government shutdown, buying some time for Democrats to attempt to resolve their infighting over a multi-trillion-dollar spending package. Schumer’s comments angered Republicans who supported the debt ceiling increase as well as Manchin. Punchbowl News’ morning newsletter said in part:
<blockquote>There was some last-minute drama, as well. Schumer went to the floor and harshly criticized Republicans for provoking the crisis. Schumer won this round of his never-ending battle with McConnell, and he made sure everyone knew it. But Republicans &#8212; and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) &#8212; didn’t like the tone of Schumer&#8217;s remarks. Senate Minority Whip John Thune complained personally to Schumer on the floor, while Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) complained to reporters. 
Manchin told Schumer the speech was “f***ing stupid,” according to four sources. Then Manchin complained to reporters too. The incident doesn’t really signify anything, except to show how tense everyone is in the Senate these days. And it’s only going to get worse.</blockquote>
Manchin was visibly upset during Schumer’s speech, giving off an on-camera reaction shown just over the Senate majority leader’s left shoulder. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-manchins-visible-reaction-to-schumers-attacks-on-gop-goes-viral-slams-attacks-as-not-appropriate">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>“Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans insisted they wanted a solution to the debt ceiling, but said Democrats must raise it alone by going through a drawn out convoluted and risky reconciliation process,” Schumer said as Manchin looked on from behind shaking his head and putting his hands on his face in an apparent display of frustration. “That was simply unacceptable to my caucus.”
Schumer claimed that that this would have been the “first ever Republican manufactured default on the national debt,” even though Senate Republicans have warned Schumer for months that Democrats would need to use the reconciliation process to increase the debt ceiling.
Schumer said that Republicans need to “stay out of the way and let Democrats address that debt limit ourselves,” which is precisely what Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was allowing them to do by forcing them to use the reconciliation process to raise the debt limit.</blockquote>
Manchin later explained his frustration to reporters after Schumer’s speech. “I didn’t think it was appropriate at this time,” he said.
“We had talked about that,” the West Virginia senator continued. “But he felt charged up and he and I have good conversations.”
Manchin later said that Schumer’s victory lap was not appropriate because “I just think that basically what we got to do is find the pathway forward and make sure that we de-weaponize; we have to de-weaponize. You can’t be playing politics; none of us can, on both sides, and both sides have been very guilty of this. The frustration was built up.”

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Report: Joe Manchin Told Chuck Schumer He Was ‘F***ing Stupid’ For Attacking GOP

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