On Sunday, normally voluble Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was hilariously caught in a vise and resembled a talking parrot repeating itself as reporters questioned him about President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter. Schumer dodged answering the questions while his Senate Democrat colleagues Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) stood uncomfortably behind him.
“Do you agree with some of your Democrat colleagues that President Biden pardoning Hunter Biden was wrong, unwise, and put personal interest ahead of unity?” a reporter asked.
“I got nothin’ for you on that,” Schumer dodged.
“Can I follow up on that? Are you concerned about the lack of transparency, the lack of honesty, around Biden’s decision to pardon his son?” another reporter queried.
“As I’ve said, I got nothin’ for you on that,” Schumer answered.
“Can I follow up on that, too?” the reporter persisted.
“Nope,” Schumer said defiantly.
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A third reporter asked, “Are you concerned that pardoning anyone on the way out of office, family members, sets a poor precedent?”
“Thank you. I’ve got nothing for you on that,” Schumer repeated.
A fourth reporter asked, “But the question is: You’ve talked about the January 6 pardons; this is a playbook for incoming President Trump, isn’t this a problem? Did he not establish a bad precedent for pardons?”
“I’ve got nothin’ for you on that. Any other subjects?” Schumer said.
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Schumer is typically loquacious when it comes to other subjects, even going so far last March as to intervene in another country’s political process, calling for the Netanyahu government in Israel to be toppled in the middle of its desperate war with Hamas. Schumer made comments <a href="//A466FB8F-43F9-4614-9DAD-B4D436D170B2/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a>, “The fourth major obstacle to peace is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu &#8230; he has shown zero interest in doing the courageous and visionary work required to pave the way for peace, even before this present conflict. &#8230; The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after October 7. &#8230; Nobody expects Prime Minister Netanyahu to do the things that must be done to break the cycle of violence &#8230;”
Or consider September 2022, when Schumer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DzXRa6HnhA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cursed Republicans</a> who opposed President Biden’s White House&#8217;s student debt forgiveness plan. “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,” Schumer continued. “The reason they don’t like this &#8230; this might mean their rich friends might have to pay a little more in taxes. Disgraceful, disgraceful, disgraceful.”

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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) was heavily mocked on Sunday over a Father&#8217;s Day post he published on X that he later deleted.
&#8220;Our family has lived in an apartment building for all our years, but my daughter and her wife just bought a house with a backyard and for the first time we&#8217;re having a barbecue with hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill!&#8221; he posted. &#8220;Father&#8217;s Day Heaven!&#8221;
The photo showed Schumer putting cheese on a raw hamburger patty while his reading glasses were next to him on a completely clean cutting board.
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🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Chuck Schumer cooks a burger incorrectly showing cheese on a Raw Beef patty on the grill causing an uproar on the internet 
⁰📌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Newyork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Newyork</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USA</a> 
⁰Senator Chuck Schumer, New York’s Senator, posted a photo of himself having a good time at his family&#8217;s apartment… <a href="https://t.co/zSuB0RS9zh">pic.twitter.com/zSuB0RS9zh</a>
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href="https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1802527950534856935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
The photo drew comparisons to other Democrats who posted BBQ photos on social media and later went on to lose their elections, including former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and North Carolina Senate candidate Cal Cunningham.
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&#8220;I get that you’re playing to the masses but literally no one puts cheese on a raw beef patty,&#8221; said Donald Trump Jr. &#8220;If you need help learning how to do basic grilling stuff let me know. Nice try relating though. 🙄 Fuc$&amp;?g communists!!!&#8221;
Journalist Jordan Schachtel posted on X: &#8220;Chuck Schumer has been a politician for his entire life and has never held a real job. He also apparently has never used a grill. How can this man possibly relate to any of his constituents? He may as well be from a different planet.&#8221;
&#8220;Hard pass on the tapeworms there Wolfgang Puck…&#8221; one account commented, while another posted: &#8220;Chuck is making an E. coli with cheese.&#8221;
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted: &#8220;Things I trust more than a Schumer burger: Epstein’s prison guards. The CIA. Gas station sushi.&#8221;

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Former President Donald Trump slammed Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charles-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles Schumer</a> (D-NY) during an interview this week for abandoning his support for Israel, saying that the Democrat had &#8220;become like a Palestinian.&#8221;
Trump made the remarks during a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity on Wednesday night while talking about Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas.
&#8220;They have to finish the job. Israel has to finish that job,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;They have to finish it quickly, strongly, and they have to get back to life again because it&#8217;s taking too long. Gotta win, gotta win.&#8221;
&#8220;The attack on October 7th, and it&#8217;s getting more and more demeaned, they&#8217;re demeaning it. I have people telling me they don&#8217;t think the attack ever happened,&#8221; Trump said in reference to modern day anti-Semitic Holocaust deniers. &#8220;And take a look, you watch the news reports &#8212; you watch these people on television and just like you have Holocaust deniers also, they say the Holocaust never happened. It&#8217;s the exact same people. They&#8217;re saying it never happened.&#8221;
Trump noted that Israel used to have much more support in the U.S. among lawmakers, but lawmakers like the Squad — Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and others — have eroded that support.
&#8220;I&#8217;m good,&#8221; Trump said about his support for Israel. &#8220;But they don&#8217;t have the backing. Even Schumer, he&#8217;s become like a Palestinian. Chuck Schumer, Jewish, always strong for Israel. He&#8217;s become like a Palestinian.&#8221;
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— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1798821265110954328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote>

Senate Takes Up Foreign Aid Package Passed By House

Trump: Schumer So Radical Now That ‘He’s Become Like A Palestinian’

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The top four U.S. congressional leaders sent a joint letter to Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/benjamin-netanyahu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> inviting him to come to the U.S. to address Congress.
&#8220;Last year, Congress was proud to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Washington to celebrate 75 years of friendship and partnership between our two democracies,&#8221; the letter said, which was signed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
&#8220;Less than three months later, the horrific attacks of October 7th shocked the world and forced your nation into a fight for its very existence,&#8221; the leaders said. &#8220;We join the State of Israel in your struggle against terror, especially as Hamas continues to hold American and Israeli citizens captive and its leaders jeopardize regional stability.&#8221;
They said that because Israel was having to fight for its very existence, they wanted to invite Netanyahu to &#8220;address a Joint Meeting of Congress.&#8221;
&#8220;The existential challenges we face, including the growing partnership between Iran, Russia, and China, threaten the security, peace, and prosperity of our countries and of free people around the world,&#8221; they said. &#8220;To build on our enduring relationship and to highlight America&#8217;s solidarity with Israel, we invite you to share the Israeli government&#8217;s vision for defending democracy, combatting terror, and establishing a just and lasting peace in the region.&#8221;
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The top four leaders of the House and Senate have invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress. <a href="https://t.co/lTR2iUi4nz">pic.twitter.com/lTR2iUi4nz</a>
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1796631491398799722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2024</a></blockquote>

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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.

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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

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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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Chuck Schumer says he will try to temporarily replace Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee with Ben Cardin <a href="https://t.co/iKtqmiDziv">pic.twitter.com/iKtqmiDziv</a>
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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. 
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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>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1578058032021397506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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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.”

Schumer Curses Republicans Opposing Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan

Schumer Curses Republicans Opposing Biden's Student Debt Cancellation Plan

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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Pelosi’s Pitiful Plea For Applause Was Pathetically Perfect

House Speaker Pelosi's Pitiful Plea For Applause Was Pathetically Perfect

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;
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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’

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