Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles Schumer</a> (D-NY) sparred with several hosts on CNN late this week when pressed about President Joe Biden&#8217;s growing classified document scandal.
Schumer made the contentious remarks during an interview on &#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; on Friday, claiming that it was &#8220;too early&#8221; to comment about whether Biden violated the law.
&#8220;It&#8217;s much too early to tell,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;I think President Biden has handled this correctly. He&#8217;s fully cooperated with the prosecutors when the documents were found, he notified Archives. It&#8217;s a total contrast to President Trump, who stonewalled for a whole year.&#8221;
CNN&#8217;s Don Lemon pushed Schumer over reports that indicated that the administration gave &#8220;misleading statements&#8221; that have now &#8220;created the impression that Biden&#8217;s team has something to hide.&#8221;
&#8220;That doesn&#8217;t sound that much different than the former president,&#8221; Lemon said.
&#8220;Don, there&#8217;s now a special prosecutors. Let&#8217;s see what they have to say,&#8221; Schumer responded. &#8220;We can have all the speculation and comment. Let&#8217;s see what they have to say and let&#8217;s focus on doing things that help the American people.&#8221;
&#8220;But, senator, I have to get — I have to say this,&#8221; Lemon fired back. &#8220;You seem much more measured about this than with the Trump documents because you called for transparency with the Trump documents. You wanted lawmakers to have access to the documents seized from the former president, his residence in Florida.&#8221;
When Poppy Harlow brought up whether Biden was being transparent with the American people, Schumer responded, &#8220;Bottom line is the prosecutors will get to the bottom of this and let&#8217;s let them do it, for God&#8217;s sake.&#8221;
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN: Joining us now to weigh in on all of this and what&#8217;s happening on Capitol Hill is Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Democratic senator obviously from New York. We&#8217;re so glad to have you back on set.
But we have to ask you about what&#8217;s happening with the attorney general now appointing the special counsel, and the fact that the White House is acknowledging, yeah, these classified documents were found. Do you believe that he&#8217;s violated the federal law here?
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): It&#8217;s much too early to tell. There&#8217;s a special prosecutor in each situation. I think President Biden has handled this correctly. He&#8217;s fully cooperated with the prosecutors when the documents were found, he notified Archives. It&#8217;s a total contrast to President Trump, who stonewalled for a whole year. But the point is we now have special prosecutors for both of these situations, very serious people. We should let it play out. We don&#8217;t have to push them in any direction or try to influence them. That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m going to say, let the special prosecutors do their job.
COLLINS: Do you support the fact that a special counsel is overseeing this matter now?
SCHUMER: Yes, I do. And, in fact, when they first — the FBI went to Mar-a-Lago and they said, well, what are you going to say about this? I said, it&#8217;s premature to comment, and I&#8217;ve said it here. So, I&#8217;ve been consistent about it in both cases. You have prosecutors, special prosecutors, I support both of them. Let them do their job. I think that&#8217;s all that should be said. The politicians shouldn&#8217;t be buzzing around.
LEMON: Just to be sure about what you said, do you believe that the Biden folks are being transparent about this? Do you think that they&#8217;re being &#8212;
SCHUMER: I think the Biden folks, as I said, cooperated with the prosecutorial authorities from day one and Donald Trump didn&#8217;t.
LEMON: This is our reporting. According to one justice official, said that the White House public statements earlier this week offered an incomplete narrative about the classified documents from Biden&#8217;s time as vice president reinforced the need for special council. The misleading statements created the impression that Biden&#8217;s team has something to hide. That doesn&#8217;t sound that much different than the former president.
SCHUMER: Don, there&#8217;s now a special prosecutors. Let&#8217;s see what they have to say. We can have all the speculation and comment. Let&#8217;s see what they have to say and let&#8217;s focus on doing things that help the American people.
LEMON: But, senator, I have to get — I have to say this. You seem much more measured about this than with the Trump documents because you called for transparency with the Trump documents. You wanted lawmakers to have access to the documents seized from the former president, his residence in Florida, which it seems like you &#8212;
SCHUMER: The bottom line is, I said that night it’s premature to comment on what should be done, and I stood by that.
LEMON: For President Trump?
SCHUMER: Yes, former President Trump. That&#8217;s exactly right. That&#8217;s what I said.
LEMON: So, you think that your statements are consistent for both?
SCHUMER: I sure do. You bet.
LEMON: Okay.
HARLOW: So, you say the president has fully cooperated. And there&#8217;s no indication that he and the White House have not, but there is a real question about transparency and what the American people deserve. Let me just &#8212;
SCHUMER: Bottom line is the prosecutors will get to the bottom of this and let&#8217;s let them do it, for God&#8217;s sake. I know you want to buzz around and all of that, but the bottom line is &#8212;
HARLOW: Let me buzz for a minute. Let me buzz for one minute and I promise we&#8217;ll get on to something else.
LEMON: But it&#8217;s not just &#8212; hold on, it&#8217;s not just us buzzing around. You&#8217;re the Democratic head of the Senate. This is a really important issue. It&#8217;s not just  buzzing around.
SCHUMER: No. But we have to &#8212; and if there were no special prosecutor, there would be &#8212; you might have a different thing to say, but there is.
And now we have the law enforcement people who have the power to get all the facts out doing it. I support both. I think we should have a special prosecutor on each. I don&#8217;t mind you asking these questions, but my view is I&#8217;m not going to say anything, let the special prosecutors do their job.
HARLOW: The question I was going to ask is about the fact when this did come out, after CBS News&#8217; reporting, and the White House came out and acknowledged it, they only addressed the documents found on November 2nd, but they knew at the time about the documents found on December 20th. And that&#8217;s what begs the question of full transparency. And it&#8217;s not just us. The Washington Post editorial board this morning says the same thing, that if the president and this White House answered more questions directly like that exact timeline, that would, quote, promote trust and pre-empt this criticism. Would you like to see the White House do that today?
SCHUMER: I leave everything up to the special prosecutors. Their obligation legally was to report things to the Archives the minute they discovered them. Unlike Trump, they did.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-chairman-on-bidens-document-scandal-national-archives-wont-disclose-what-was-found" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Oversight Chairman On Biden’s Document Scandal: National Archives Won’t Disclose What Was Found</a>

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Chuck Schumer Spars With CNN Hosts Over Biden Classified Document Scandal: ‘For God’s Sake’

Chuck Schumer Spars With CNN Hosts Over Biden Classified Document Scandal: 'For God's Sake'

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> passed a $1.7 trillion spending package Thursday on a 68-29 vote, with 18 <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1606016033453535232" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> joining <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrats</a> to push the massive omnibus over the line.
Congressional leaders are rushing to get the bill through Congress and to President Joe Biden’s desk before the federal government hits its Friday deadline and runs out of funding. Congress passed a stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing resolution, last week to fund the government up until the day before Christmas Eve.
The Republican senators who voted to pass the bill include Roy Blunt of Missouri, John Boozman of Arkansas, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Richard Shelby of Alabama, John Thune of South Dakota, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and Todd Young of Indiana.
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Senior lawmakers unveiled the text of the 4,155-page omnibus bill in the early morning hours on Tuesday. The Senate voted 70-25 on Tuesday to move the bill through a procedural vote to begin debate, easily clearing the 60-vote threshold. Only 51 votes were required to pass the bill.
The spending package has faced outspoken opposition from a group of conservatives in the Senate, as well as public criticism from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a leading contender to be the next House speaker.
The omnibus’ Republican critics have said that Congress should continue to pass stopgap spending measures until the Republican majority is seated in the House next year, giving the GOP a stronger position from which to barter with the administration and Democrats over spending priorities.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has been one of the loudest critics of the omnibus in the upper chamber. On Tuesday, he gave a Senate floor speech blasting the spending package and Congressional leaders who were pushing it through, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
“This bill before us is legislative barbarism. This is an act of extortion being leveraged on the United States Senate right before Christmas,” Lee <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK0IOHzbVoI&amp;t=1s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “This bill, in all 4,155 pages of its glory – or infamy – was negotiated in secret by four or five members of Congress.”
“They wrote it utterly in secret with the design of making an artificial emergency, threatening a shutdown right before Christmas,” he continued.
McConnell worked alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to push the bill through the Senate. McConnell claimed the omnibus was a necessary investment in the U.S. military. “The bipartisan government funding bill before this body is imperfect but strong. It will make huge new investments in our Armed Forces while cutting non-defense, non-veterans baseline spending in real dollars,” he said in a Wednesday <a href="https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=6700DFCF-C103-4675-A940-5146E4DE1027" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
The bill allocates $858 billion to military spending, $45 billion more than Biden requested. It has another $772.5 billion in nondefense discretionary spending, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-tries-to-get-omnibus-spending-bill-over-finish-line-11671656366" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
The $1.7 trillion bill is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pork-parks-and-woke-all-the-fun-features-in-1-7-trillion-omnibus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">loaded</a> with earmarks, carveouts, and favors for numerous lawmakers. The bill also contains provisions such as $410 million in funding for border security for the countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman. That provision was pointed out by Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) as an example of questionable spending.
The bill also contains $1.2 million for “LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers,” $477,000 for the Equity Institute in Rhode Island “to indoctrinate teachers with ‘antiracism virtual labs,&#8217;” and $3 million for the American LGBTQ+ Museum, according to The Heritage Foundation.

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Have you ever seen a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/liberals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bunch of freeloaders</a> eat a meal? They tend to wolf it down so quickly that you have to wonder whether they even taste the food.
If you&#8217;re confused, then you&#8217;re probably a mooch yourself. Or, you just might be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/am-i-a-b-pelosi-asks-explicit-question-after-phone-call-with-mike-pence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) and<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY).
The two recently sat down for lunch at the &#8220;Hunan Dynasty&#8221; Chinese restaurant in Washington, D.C. for their &#8220;first-ever&#8221; joint interview together. It&#8217;s unclear who exactly paid for the lunch — perhaps they went Dutch or Pelosi footed the bill — but it is safe to say that the pair has bilked the taxpayers for plenty of dough since they entered politics.
This hard-hitting piece of journalism appeared on CNN — perhaps no surprise to our readers.
Pelosi and Schumer had Peking duck, hot and sour soup, shrimp dumplings, and more. Here&#8217;s a brief recap of the gruesome twosome&#8217;s meal at the restaurant located near Capitol Hill:
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Obsessed with this interview in which Pelosi and Schumer just ate Chinese food the whole time <a href="https://t.co/KCLV13shgk">pic.twitter.com/KCLV13shgk</a>
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We know Pelosi loves Chinese food because back in February 2020, she was encouraging all Americans to go down to <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/22420" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco&#8217;s Chinatown and eat dim sum</a> to prove they weren&#8217;t racist.
COVID was just beginning and at that point, the Left&#8217;s biggest concern was that fears of the virus — which was just starting to explode in Wuhan, China — would lead to anti-Chinese racism in Trump&#8217;s America.
Then the left realized they could politicize the issue and use the pandemic to amass government power and bash the 45th president, so they forgot about their virtue signaling on that front.
Anyway, now that the pandemic is over — or maybe it isn&#8217;t depending on whether you ask President Joe Biden or the folks actually running the show — Pelosi and Schumer are back to eating Chinese food.
At one point during the meal, Schumer said, &#8220;I&#8217;m eating too much,&#8221; which is a bit of an understatement.
The speaker took a break in between courses to voice her support for Biden&#8217;s potential 2024 run. She says he has done an &#8220;excellent&#8221; job.
The conversation featured the typical bashing of President Donald J. Trump that you can expect from the Dems.
At this point in the column, readers may be wondering about the photo choice for the story. What do current climate czar John Kerry and the deceased portly Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) have to do with any of this?
Well, the simple answer is that the photo of the cackling men was taken at Schumer&#8217;s book party thrown by then-Senator Hilary Clinton (D-NY- in 2007 at Hunan Dynasty — the same restaurant where the CNN interview took place.
Kerry and Kennedy joined Schumer to celebrate his book &#8220;Positively American.&#8221;
At the time, Schumer <a href="https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/27376/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;I felt a real yearning &#8230; I felt a real yearning and a passion to get my ideas out to help my country.&#8221;
Perhaps he was inspired by a &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; re-run the night before the big bash:
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The other explanation of the photo selection is that Kerry and Kennedy are included to remind readers what sort of scoundrels the U.S. has been dealing with for decades now.
Kennedy <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/07/16/chappaquiddick-ted-kennedy-caused-death-mary-jo-kopechne-50-years-ago/1742106001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed a woman in a drunken stupor</a> in Chappaquiddick and <a href="https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-rennie-dodd-kennedy-waitress-sandwich-1119-20171115-column.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even allegedly violently sexually assaulted</a> a waitress across town at a French restaurant.
Still, Kennedy is lauded by the Democratic Party to this very day.
Speaking of Chinese for lunch, Kerry has been having <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-kerry-blames-recent-covid-bout-for-failed-climate-change-talks-with-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his lunch eaten by the Chinese</a> as of late. The man has totally failed in getting the communist country on board his green energy gambit.
To close, you have to wonder why politicians ever agree to eat food on camera.
Between the clanging of the forks and knives as well as the shoveling of food in their faces, it is never a great look.
If you are interested in the rendezvous, watch here:
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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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This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Biden Calls On Congress
On Tuesday, Congressional Democrats and Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to pass legislation to avoid a nationwide rail strike at the behest of President Biden. A strike would disrupt shipping and would likely lead to delays in Christmas gift delivery. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) vowed to move quickly, saying, “Tomorrow morning we will have a bill on the floor.&#8221;
McCarthy Makes Demands
President Biden met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday at the White House to discuss his plans for the remainder of the year, as well as to go over upcoming government funding legislation. McCarthy explained to the press what was discussed.
&#8220;What I explained to all of them is that I can work with anyone who&#8217;s willing to work to get our spending under control, to work to make America energy independent, to secure our borders&#8230;&#8221; McCarthy said.
&#8220;If they don&#8217;t want to work with us, we can get this work done in January,&#8221; he added.
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&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1597700930274631680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Chinese Protests Continue
As an update to our Tuesday Morning Wire podcast, Chinese universities sent students home and police took preventative steps to curb protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign.
A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pornography-escort-service-advertisement-bots-flood-twitter-feeds-preventing-chinese-citizens-from-accessing-covid-protest-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> indicates that search results of current widespread protests opposing oppressive COVID lockdown measures in major cities across China have been drowned out by Chinese bots advertising pornography, escort services, and gambling.
Record Voting In Georgia Continues
Georgia broke another voting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-sets-new-single-day-early-voting-record-in-senate-runoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record Monday</a>, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots in the 2022 Senate runoff election between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker. The previous early voting record was just over 233,000 votes in 2018.
“Father Stu” Returns To Theaters
Hollywood actor and producer Mark Wahlberg and Sony studios <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-sony-re-releasing-pg-13-version-of-father-stu-in-theaters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are re-releasing in theaters a new PG-13 version</a> of Father Stu, a film about an ex-boxer turned Catholic priest after a horrendous auto injury. The film premiered earlier this year with an R-rating. Wahlberg recently explained why it will be re-released.
&#8220;Well, given the nature of the R-Rated movie, lots of families didn’t feel comfortable with their children seeing it, but they really wanted them to get the message,&#8221; Wahlberg told Fox News. &#8220;So because the Archbishop Thomas of Nevada — who actually ordained Father Stu in Helena, Montana, came to me and said, &#8216;Mark, I understand why the language is there but it would be a sin and a shame for young people not to see this movie and to really understand the importance of this story.’”
&#8220;So we wanted to make sure that we would share that with children of all ages,&#8221; he added.
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The Netherlands Plan To Buy And Shut Down Farms 
In international news, the government of The Netherlands <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/netherlands-buy-out-and-close-farms-meet-climate-goals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it could soon buy and close down nearly 3,000 farms in Holland in order to comply with European environmental regulations. The Netherlands is attempting to cut down its nitrogen pollution and will push ahead with compulsory purchases if not enough farms take up the offer voluntarily.
Biden&#8217;s Non-Binary Nuke Officer Charged With Felony Theft
Sam Brinton, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gender-fluid-biden-admin-employee-charged-with-stealing-womans-luggage-at-minneapolis-airport-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly charged</a> with a felony last month after allegedly stealing a woman’s suitcase from the baggage claim area at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Surveillance video shows Brinton removing the luggage tag from a navy blue Vera Bradley suitcase bag, dropping it into a handbag, and then leaving the area “at a quick pace” on September 16, 2022, according to a criminal complaint. Brinton made headlines for being one of the Energy Department’s first self-identified non-binary employees.
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) Dies
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) died Monday night after battling cancer for many years, according to a statement from his office. He was 61.
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Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, ‘Father Stu’ Returns, And More

Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, 'Father Stu' Returns, And More

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In this <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-45-the-cia-s-secret-plans-for-domestic-terrorism-the-view-hosts-push-covid-boosters-woman-marries-a-rag-doll-it-cheats-on-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dystopian nightmare</a> that has become life in America, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has recently come out and said that our American population is not reproducing as it used to do — but don&#8217;t worry, guys. He has a solution for it.
Ready for it?
The solution is to grant mass amnesty to “however” many illegal immigrants there are in our country. Here&#8217;s what Schumer said:
<blockquote>Now more than ever, we’re short of workers. We have a population that is not reproducing on its own with the same level that it used to,” the Senate Majority Leader said on Wednesday. “The only way we’re going to have a great future in America is if we welcome and embrace immigrants  — the DREAMers and all of them — cause our ultimate goal is to help the DREAMers but get a path to citizenship for all 11 million, or however many undocumented there are here.</blockquote>
I really have nothing left to say here other than the Democratic leadership seem to be Satan worshipers to me. I can&#8217;t even respond to that.
Schumer is correctly identifying a problem — that our society is not reproducing. And why is that?
Why? Well, I don&#8217;t know. Maybe because from the time we get into school, women are being told not to have children, not to aspire to family life?
We&#8217;re giving young girls a bunch of birth control pills without fully thinking of the consequences.
Then you couple that with the fact that you have children being told that they can choose their gender.
Then, when they turn the ripe age of 18, they are told they can go ahead and remove their genitals, because it&#8217;ll somehow render them male or female. Of course, these kids often realize that that&#8217;s a lie when they grow up and become adults.
Because they&#8217;ve been dosing themselves with hormones that make it impossible for them to actually reverse anything that&#8217;s happened to their bodies.
They don&#8217;t get to grow up and become the men or women they were meant to be. They can’t reproduce and have families because their bodies are destroyed before they are even old enough to have children.
Then you add that to the climate change nonsense. Democrats keep telling kids they&#8217;re going to die. It would be irresponsible for them to have children.
Now, Schumer is surprised that some of them are making that decision based on their advice.
All of this is to say that the answer to the problem of us not reproducing isn&#8217;t that we need to start telling people the truth and start making family life more aspirational, it isn&#8217;t that we need to stop funding Black Lives Matter ideologues who openly brag that they want to destroy the nuclear family unit.
It isn’t that we need to stop the mass indoctrination of Americans on college campuses, where they tell women they need to climb the corporate ladder and not have a family — the only way they will be happy is if they don’t have kids.
No, it&#8217;s none of that. None of that could possibly be the answer.
The answer, according to Democrats, is that we just need more illegal immigration. We need to just give illegal aliens citizenship, and then hope that maybe they&#8217;ll produce or something like that.
These people are sick.
Schumer’s comments can be seen here: <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1592928904112922625" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1592928904112922625</a>
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Democrats Have Sick Ideas To Grow The Population

Candace Owens

Democrats

Readers Pass

The more things change, the more they stay the same.
In 1986, Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) successfully <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/18/us/1986-amnesty-law-is-seen-as-failing-to-slow-alien-tide.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed for</a> amnesty for millions of illegal aliens, promising that doing so would help slow the tide of illegal immigration and support America&#8217;s dwindling workforce. It failed.
In 2022, a reinvigorated Schumer is demanding that the country yet again allow millions to stay in the country and become new citizens— despite breaking the law to get here.
&#8220;Now more than ever, we&#8217;re short of workers. We have a population that is not reproducing on its own with the same level that it used to,&#8221; the Senate Majority Leader said on Wednesday. &#8220;The only way we’re going to have a great future in America is if we welcome and embrace immigrants  — the DREAMers and all of them — cause our ultimate goal is to help the DREAMers but get a path to citizenship for all 11 million, or however many undocumented there are here.&#8221;
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Schumer: &quot;We have a population that is not reproducing on its own with the same level that it used to. The only way we’re going to have a great future is if we welcome immigrants… get a path to citizenship for all 11 million [illegal immigrants].” <a href="https://t.co/ag9XMQCvet">pic.twitter.com/ag9XMQCvet</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1592928904112922625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The 11 million number is certainly outdated, but Democrats and their media ilk have used that figure for more than a decade.
Per a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-should-deport-pelosi-attacker-and-all-other-illegal-aliens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2018 Yale study</a>, an estimated 22 million illegal aliens are living in the U.S. Under President Joe Biden&#8217;s watch, some project that 5.5 million have crossed the border.
There are other ways to encourage population growth. Tax incentives that benefit couples who marry and have children and other pro-natalist policies could help.
Yet it seems obvious that Democrats want to pass amnesty because they believe it would create a new class of voters for them.
Schumer and his gang are not alone. Some Republicans want a &#8220;pathway to citizenship&#8221; for illegal aliens as well — precisely because it would provide cheap labor.
As documented by Nate Hochman at <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-are-senate-republicans-pushing-amnesty-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Review</a>, Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Cornyn (R-TX) have been in talks with Democratic leaders throughout 2022 to create some sort of bill that strengthens border security while passing amnesty.
That sort of deal was the exact sort of thing offered in 1986. Obviously, the plan wasn&#8217;t sufficient enough in solving open borders and is one of President Ronald Reagan&#8217;s greatest blights.
More than 30 years later, we&#8217;re now faced with an almost identical problem and identical solution.
As Hochman put it, &#8220;The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It’s time for Tillis and Cornyn to prioritize their constituents over the Chamber of Commerce.&#8221;
Unfortunately for Americans who care about borders, re-elected GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is already running headstrong into bipartisan efforts.
&#8220;My message to the administration &#8230;. let&#8217;s find some things between the 40-yard lines that we can agree on and do them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And we did some of that this year: infrastructure, chips, school safety, mental health.&#8221;
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McConnell: &quot;My message to [Biden] is let&#39;s find some things between the 40 yard lines that we can agree on and we did some of that this year: infrastructure, chips, school safety, mental health.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/R10DWW1WIi">pic.twitter.com/R10DWW1WIi</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1592951807399321601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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While he stopped short of saying &#8220;pathway to citizenship,&#8221; it seems evident that amnesty would be included if a &#8220;bipartisan&#8221; group of officials can come up with a plan.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

No, Thanks: Schumer Wants Amnesty For ’11 Million Or However Many’ Illegal Aliens Are In The U.S.

No, Thanks: Schumer Wants Amnesty For '11 Million Or However Many' Illegal Aliens Are In The U.S.

Illegal Immigration

Immigration

Democratic Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) said that Democrats would hold the Senate and potentially add seats in the 2022 midterms.
In an interview with the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-congress-government-and-politics-50b9ae25b0709c74c3111d50a8fdc8f5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a> Thursday, Schumer said he was bullish on the Democrats&#8217; prospects for the midterms. Schumer claimed that Democrats had overcome the pre-summer electoral environment and were closing the gap in key swing states, citing the fact that Democrats have branded their Republican opponents as extreme while touting their own accomplishments.
“It’s tight,” Schumer told the AP. “I believe Democrats will hold the Senate and maybe even pick up seats.”
Schumer was cautious about races in several battleground states, but said that Democrats were within striking distance of Republicans.
“I don’t want to give the illusion that these are all slam dunks,” Schumer said, but “[t]he fact that we’re in the ballpark and our Democratic candidates are defying the political environment is a testament to a few things,” he said. “[Voters] are seeing how extreme these Republican candidates are and they don’t like it. And second, they’re seeing the Democrats are talking to them on issues they care about, and that we’ve accomplished a great deal on things.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-red-wave-narrative-was-bull-legacy-journalists-attack-polls-favoring-gop-after-one-poll-shows-dems-ahead-in-swing-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legacy media journalists</a> and Democratic activists have attacked polling in recent days, spinning a narrative that Republicans are inundating the public with polls favoring Republicans to spin their own narrative of a coming red wave.
&#8220;If you get past those headlines and dig a little deeper, you would uncover an insidious and seemingly intentional campaign from Republican-backed polling firms to flood the zone and tip the balance of polling averages in favor of their candidates, to create a narrative that Republicans are surging and that a red wave is imminent and inevitable,&#8221; MSNBC host <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/11/01/msnbcs_joy_reid_republicans_are_trying_to_flood_the_zone_with_junk_polls_to_make_a_red_wave_look_inevitable.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy Reid</a> said in a monologue on her show &#8220;The ReidOut&#8221; Monday.
&#8220;Most of the polling over the last few weeks is coming from partisan outfits — usually Republican — or auto-dial firms,&#8221; New York Times pollster <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/upshot/midterms-polls-senate-nyt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nate Cohn</a> claimed in an editorial touting his own polling. &#8220;These polls are cheap enough to flood the zone, and many of them were emboldened by the 2020 election, when their final results came close to the election results even as other pollsters struggled.&#8221;
Journalists lit up Twitter on Monday evening after The New York Times and Siena College released a spate of polls showing Democrats in the lead in four hotly-contested Senate races. The journalists seized on the polls in an effort to debunk a “narrative” that Republicans’ lead in recent generic ballot polling would help carry Republicans in Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Georgia across the finish line.
The polls, conducted by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/31/upshot/senate-polls-az-ga-nv-pa-toplines.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NYT/Siena</a>, found that Democrats led in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. In Arizona, incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly held a six-point lead over Republican Blake Masters, 51%-45%; in Georgia, incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock held a three-point lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker, 49%-46%; in Pennsylvania, Democrat John Fetterman led Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz by five points, 49%-44%. The Senate race in Nevada between incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt was tied at 47%.
“Many partisan ‘outlier’ polls funded by GOP are driving the narrative,&#8221; Politico investigative reporter Heidi Przybyla commented on the polling. &#8220;Nonpartisan polls find these races are very close.”
“These encouraging Senate polls confirm that the red wave narrative was bull***, again,” Democratic activist Simon Rosenberg commented. “It’s a close, competitive election and the Senate is leaning Dem.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Chuck Schumer: ‘Democrats Will Hold The Senate And Maybe Even Pick Up Seats’ In Midterms

Chuck Schumer Says Democrats Will Hold Senate, Even Add Seats In Midterms

2022 Midterms

Associated Press

Elections

Polls

U.S. Senate

Georgia U.S. Senate candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/herschel-walker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herschel Walker</a> (R) responded to Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles Schumer&#8217;s</a> (D) hot mic remark to President Joe Biden (D) this week by saying that his opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), got played by Schumer.
Schumer was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-warns-biden-on-hot-mic-that-democrats-are-vulnerable-in-key-state-were-in-danger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caught</a> on a hot mic Thursday afternoon telling the president that the Democrats were in trouble ahead of next month&#8217;s midterm elections, especially in the state of Georgia.
&#8220;And now you see what happened to him just the other day on the open mic,&#8221; Walker said of Warnock. &#8220;Y&#8217;all saw Chuck Schumer and y&#8217;all saw the President Joe Biden talking about him behind his back.&#8221;
&#8220;And I told him, I said sir, &#8216;I told you they were gonna do you like this, all they wanted was your vote,’” Walker continued. &#8220;Because I&#8217;m gonna tell you something he didn&#8217;t told you yet, that was his rail system that he gave to Chuck Schumer. It was almost a billion dollars that he could have got for Marietta, but because he was longing to kiss up to Chuck Schumer, he gave to Chuck Schumer and now Chuck Schumer talking about [how] he was gonna lose now.&#8221;
&#8220;He knew he was gonna lose before, he should not even listen to Chuck Schumer and gave us that job,&#8221; Walker added. &#8220;But he didn&#8217;t give it to us, he gave to Chuck Schumer. Quit kissing up to those other people, senator. You need to get back to Georgia and do what is right for the Georgia people.&#8221;
Schumer was caught giving the hot mic remark while he was on the tarmac in Syracuse, New York, with Biden, who was in town to talk about a large investment Micron was making in microchip manufacturing.
“That seat, we’re in danger in that seat,” Schumer told Biden. “It’s close. We’ll see.”
It’s not clear what seat Schumer was talking about as press poll coverage did not show what was said just prior to Schumer’s remarks.
Schumer then addressed the recent disastrous debate performance from Lt. Governor John Fetterman (D) in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race against Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz.
“We’ll we’re, you know, it looks like, it looks like the debate didn’t hurt us too much in Pennsylvania as of today,” Schumer said. “So that’s good.”
Schumer then shifted his focus to the U.S. Senate race in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and Republican nominee Herschel Walker (R).
“And we’re basically, we’re, I think we’re going to [inaudible],” Schumer continued. “The state where we are seeing, the state we are going downhill is Georgia. It’s hard to believe that they will go for Herschel Walker.”

Senators Scott And Cotton Join Republican Senatorial Candidate Herschel Walker On The Campaign Trail In Georgia

Herschel Walker Responds To Schumer’s Hot Mic Remarks: Warnock Was ‘Longing To Kiss Up To Schumer’

Herschel Walker Responds To Schumer's Hot Mic Remarks: Warnock Was 'Longing To Kiss Up To Schumer'

Herschel Walker

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Senate</a> passed a stopgap bill Thursday, seeking to avoid a partial government shutdown while also sending billions of dollars more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-simply-have-to-step-back-the-realist-approach-to-war-in-ukraine-and-americas-european-allies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to Ukraine</a>.
The legislation passed 72-25 and would keep the government funded through the middle of December. Along with creating a path for the federal government to avoid a shutdown, the Senate also approved more than $12 billion in additional aid for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a>, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-set-to-approve-stopgap-bill-to-fund-government-provide-more-ukraine-aid-11664469820" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The House will have until Friday night, when the current fiscal year ends, to send the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk.
“This legislation avoids a very bad thing—shutting down the government—and does a lot of good things: money for the people of Ukraine, funding for communities reeling from natural disasters, aid to families with their heating bills, just to name a few,” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on the floor of the Senate.
If the bill passes the House and gets Biden’s signature, Ukraine will receive $3 billion for training and equipment and for salaries and stipends for its soldiers. Another $4.5 billion will go to support the Ukrainian government’s budget. The U.S. has already committed upwards of $40 billion to Ukraine since the end of January, more than every country in the world combined, <a href="https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to figures from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
“Assisting Ukraine is not some feel-good, symbolic gesture,” Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://apnews.com/article/senate-passes-shutdown-bill-d4c21a9bd5872990466c0f1bc188c93e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “It’s literally an investment in our own national security and that of our allies.”
Notably missing from the Senate’s legislation was Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) energy project deal. Manchin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-deal-manchins-permitting-reform-side-deal-cut-out-of-government-funding-bill-at-the-last-minute" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> struck the deal with Democratic leadership to include an overhaul of the U.S. energy permitting system in a continuing budget resolution — to avoid a looming government shutdown — in exchange for his vote on the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation-reduction-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inflation Reduction Act</a>,” the Democrats’ $740 billion tax and spending plan. But Manchin’s deal was on thin ice from the start due to bipartisan opposition.
“It is unfortunate that members of the United States Senate are allowing politics to put the energy security of our nation at risk,” Manchin said in a statement on Twitter Tuesday. “The last several months, we have seen firsthand the destruction that is possible as Vladimir Putin continues to weaponize energy. A failed vote on something as critical as comprehensive permitting reform only serves to embolden leaders like Putin who wish to see America fail.”
John Rigolizzo <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-deal-manchins-permitting-reform-side-deal-cut-out-of-government-funding-bill-at-the-last-minute" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contributed</a> to this report.

Chuck Schumer/Mitch McConnell

Senate Passes Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown, Send Billions More In Aid To Ukraine

Senate Passes Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown, Send Over $12 Billion More To Ukraine

Government Shutdown

Inflation Reduction Act

Joe Manchin

Ukraine

After the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-about-january-6-megyn-kelly-calls-bulls-on-trump-raid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6, 2021, riot</a> at the Capitol, Democrat leaders <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosis-pitiful-plea-for-applause-was-pathetically-perfect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-and-schumer-have-very-different-reactions-to-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> replace two members of the Capitol Police’s three-person board of directors with people who have overseen what critics say is the partisan mobilization of Congress’ law enforcement arm.
The final member could not be so easily ousted because he was appointed to a 10-year term by President Donald Trump. Now he could have his career ended by a highly unusual criminal investigation that appears to be targeting him for, of all things, the minor offense of personal use of a government vehicle including an unauthorized stop at Walmart.
J. Brett Blanton serves as Architect of the Capitol, tasked with overseeing the U.S. Congress’ physical campus. That position also makes him, alongside the House and Senate Sergeants-at-Arms, a member of the Capitol Police board. But soon after January 6, he became the target of an investigation that was initially spurred by the General Services Administration and was taken up by an obscure congressional oversight body.
“The Architect is the only thing standing in the way of turning the Capitol Police into Pelosi&#8217;s army,” Mike Davis, a former Republican staffer for the Senate Judiciary Committee who now leads the Article III Project, told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>. “They&#8217;re going to weaponize the Department of Justice to go after the Trump-appointed Architect of the Capitol because his daughter borrowed his car? Biden has turned the Justice Department into a third-world hit squad.”
The Architect of the Capitol office has a little-known inspector general office dedicated to detecting waste in the office. In the past, it has done little: The <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-17-25.pdf">Government Accountability Office</a> found in 2016 that the IG had a budget of $1.8 million paying for 10 auditors and investigators, yet pinpointed only $7,620 in misspent money in 2015. The current IG is Christopher Failla, who was appointed in 2017 by previous Architect of the Capitol <a href="https://www.aoc.gov/about-us/history/architects-of-the-capitol/stephen-t-ayers-faia-leed-ap">Stephen Ayers</a>, who in turn was nominated by former President Barack Obama.
On April 27, Failla wrote to congressional overseers in an email obtained by The Daily Wire that &#8220;The Architect has been made aware he is under Federal Investigation by the DOJ investigators and he has obtained legal counsel for himself and his family,&#8221; noting that &#8220;all interviews have been completed by DOJ investigators and AOC OIG Investigators.&#8221;
&#8220;The case is in the hands of the AUSA who is developing charges based on testimony and evidence obtained through surveillance, video, documentation and witnesses testimony. This evidence will be presented to the Grand Jury as well as an arrangement for Witness to testify,&#8221; it continued.
<a href="https://rollcall.com/2022/05/26/potential-criminal-matter-regarding-architect-of-the-capitol-referred-to-doj/">Roll Call</a>, which first reported on the letter in May, also reported on the substance of the apparent underlying investigation in <a href="https://rollcall.com/2021/06/04/aoc-blanton-under-investigation-for-misusing-government-vehicle/">June 2021</a> &#8212; a background that would explain the reference to Blanton&#8217;s &#8220;family.&#8221; It said that in March 2021 — not long after the January 6 riots &#8212; someone called a government hotline to report that the car was being driven recklessly at the Tysons Corner mall in Virginia by a woman, and the GSA hotline sent a complaint to the IG.
It would not be possible to criminally prosecute someone for being tied to a car that a citizen claimed was driven poorly. But the black Ford Explorer is supposed to be used only for Blanton’s commute from work to home, Roll Call said, whereas the car allegedly made an “unauthorized stop at Walmart.”
The IG’s assertion that the U.S. attorney was pursuing charges is atypical for when inspectors general catch employees violating minor — and even major — rules and laws, a Daily Wire review of years of various IG reports found. For example, on September 12, the Department of Justice Inspector General said that when it told the DOJ that one of its own prosecutors had been caught sexually assaulting someone, exposing his genitals, and lying to investigators, the DOJ <a href="https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/22-103.pdf">rejected</a> the IG&#8217;s referral.
Bill Miller, a spokesman for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves, declined to say if the investigation found anything worse than misuse of a government vehicle or to confirm if Graves has taken or will take the case to a grand jury, telling The Daily Wire &#8220;We typically do not confirm the existence of investigations and have no comment.&#8221; Public court records do not show that any charges have been brought.
A spokeswoman for IG Failla told The Daily Wire “The Architect of the Capitol Office of Inspector General (AOC OIG) does not confirm or deny the existence of or otherwise comment about ongoing investigations.” Adding to the impression that the probe is still open, no report is posted on its website. IGs often don’t publish investigations <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-watchdog-report-claiming-ex-trump-official-lied-four-years-ago-called-election-smear">until</a> the DOJ has either prosecuted or declined to prosecute.
Blanton’s office did not respond to an inquiry from The Daily Wire. In a June 2021 statement to Roll Call about the driving allegations, his office appeared to try to signal to Democrats that he should not be viewed as a proxy for Donald Trump. “The Architect of the Capitol is selected by a bi-cameral, bi-partisan selection committee and a list of recommended names is submitted to the White House, who returns one nominee to the U.S. Senate for confirmation,” it said.
The Capitol Police have worked closely with prosecutor Graves and congressional Democrats in the wake of January 6. Following the Pelosi-Schumer shakeup of the Capitol Police, all visitors to the historically open-to-the-public Capitol could enter only if they were escorted by staff and showed ID to security, which Republicans feared could be used by Pelosi to snoop on Republicans.
Conservatives said the new security measures were only selectively enforced. In July, Graves&#8217; office said it would not charge members of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/late-night-show-will-not-be-prosecuted-for-going-into-capitol-buildings">Stephen Colbert</a>&#8216;s film crew for unlawful entry to the Capitol.
In August, the Capitol Police said that with the blessing of Graves, they would be hiring their own criminal prosecutor &#8212; despite the usual separation between prosecutors and police and the legislative and executive branches. The position would handle prosecuting January 6 rioters as well as any misconduct by congress members, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/capitol-police-seek-to-hire-their-own-prosecutor-overseeing-allegations-against-congressmen-and-trespassers">job ad</a> said.
In Graves’ high-crime jurisdiction of D.C., minor crimes routinely go uncharged, and even serious ones often result in lax punishments.

Negotiations For New Coronavirus Relief Package Continue At The Capitol

Dems Couldn’t Fire This Trump-Appointed Official. Now He Might Be Prosecuted Over A Trip To Walmart.

Lone Republican Overseeing Capitol Police Might Be Prosecuted Over ... An Unauthorized Trip To Walmart

Capitol Police

Department of Justice

January 6

Moderate Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/west-virginia">West Virginia</a> Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin">Joe Manchin</a> won&#8217;t be getting his side deal on permitting reform done after all.
Manchin struck a deal with Democratic Leadership to include an overhaul of the U.S. energy permitting system in a continuing budget resolution — to avoid a looming government shutdown — in exchange for his vote on the &#8220;Inflation Reduction Act,&#8221; the Democrats&#8217; $740 billion tax and spending plan. But Manchin&#8217;s deal was on thin ice from the start due to bipartisan opposition. Manchin announced Tuesday afternoon that he had asked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to take his reforms out of the funding bill.
&#8220;It is unfortunate that members of the United States Senate are allowing politics to put the energy security of our nation at risk,&#8221; Manchin said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin/status/1574865778746204177?s=20&amp;t=LVIKc6sAq4Hc2kkE1V-dnw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Twitter Tuesday. &#8220;The last several months, we have seen firsthand the destruction that is possible as Vladimir Putin continues to weaponize energy. A failed vote on something as critical as comprehensive permitting reform only serves to embolden leaders like Putin who wish to see America fail.&#8221;
&#8220;For that reason and my firmly held belief that we should never come to the brink of a government shutdown over politics, I have asked Majority Leader Schumer to remove the permitting language from the Continuing Resolution we will vote on this evening,&#8221; Manchin continued.
While his bill will not be included in the continuing resolution to fund the government through December 16, Manchin expressed optimism that the bill could still pass later. &#8220;Over the last several weeks there has been broad consensus on the urgent need to address our nation’s flawed permitting system,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I stand ready to work with my colleagues to move forward on this critical legislation to meet the challenges of delivering affordable reliable energy Americans desperately need.&#8221;
&#8220;We should never depend on other countries to supply the energy we need when we can produce it here at home,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Accelerating the construction of energy infrastructure is critical to delivering that energy to the American people and our allies around the world. Inaction is not a strategy for energy independence and security.&#8221;
In a floor speech shortly before the bill was brought up, Schumer put the blame on Republicans for scuttling the reform package. “Senate Republicans have made clear they will block legislation to fund the government if it includes bipartisan permitting reform, because they’ve chosen to obstruct instead of work in a bipartisan way to achieve something they’ve long claimed they want to do,” Schumer said, via <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3663763-manchin-asks-schumer-to-cut-permitting-from-spending-bill/">The Hill</a>.
“Because American families should not be subjected to a Republican-manufactured government shutdown, Sen. Manchin has requested, and I have agreed, to move forward and pass the recently filed continuing resolution legislation without the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022,&#8221; he said.
Despite Schumer&#8217;s intentional scapegoating of Republicans, opposition to permitting reforms was bipartisan. Republicans expressed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchins-permitting-reform-side-deal-collapsing-as-republicans-blast-bill-and-propose-their-own" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skepticism</a> about the bill earlier this month, wary that Manchin might have to make concessions to appease progressive Democrats. Instead, Republicans proposed their own alternative legislation that aligned with their priorites.
But at the same time, more than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchins-inflation-reduction-act-side-deal-beginning-to-fall-apart-dozens-of-democrats-signal-opposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">70 House Democrats</a> wrote a letter to Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, denouncing Manchin&#8217;s proposal and demanding it be excluded from the funding bill. Finally last week, a contingent of progressive Democrats in the <a href="https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/09-21-2022/progs-look-for-separation/">Senate</a> asked Schumer not to include the permitting reforms in the funding bill.

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Greetings, global citizens! Some things happen in politics that are a bit too on the nose.
For example, conservatives have warned that &#8220;America Last&#8221; globalists in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, are wasting federal money on pet causes such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-is-pretty-ironic-radio-interview-with-teen-climate-activist-goes-sideways-in-3-2-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate change</a>. At the same time, these self-appointed moral betters are pushing the entire world into having the same set of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/globalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rules, customs, and culture</a>. Those same elites remain oblivious that enemies like China are completely flouting those standards.
Critics say that is all a conspiracy and fear-mongering.
To help alleviate those fears, Democrat President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addressed the Global Citizen Festival this past weekend.
All four bragged about the fact that the United States is spending billions on leftist causes while shipping U.S. tax dollars overseas. Jill even went a bit further and pushed the notion that the entire world should adopt left-wing American values.
Via video address, Biden joined the first lady for an urgent message for the event Saturday evening. The festival was started in 2012 and is sponsored by some of the largest corporations in the world. It aims to alleviate &#8220;extreme poverty&#8221; through global collectivist efforts.
&#8220;Last month I signed the biggest climate bill in history, the biggest ever. $369 billion to slash emissions by nearly half,&#8221; Biden bragged as a doting Jill nodded along. &#8220;This is a whole new chapter for America and for the planet. We have to do more, I pledged $11 billion a year to help poor countries fight climate change.&#8221;
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The comments came just a week after John Kerry, the White House&#8217;s special climate envoy, warned poorer nations in Africa that they would have to sacrifice for the good of the world and choose which sort of fossil fuel they want to power the continent.
&#8220;We are not saying no gas,&#8221; Kerry <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/climate-czar-john-kerry-warns-africa-natural-gas-bring-power-millions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a conference in Dakar, Senegal.
&#8220;What we are saying is, over the next few years, gas replaces coal or replaces oil,&#8221; he added in promotion of a transition to green energy.
For all his bluster, Kerry does not seem too concerned with the threat of fossil fuels himself. According to Fox News, Kerry&#8217;s family jet has emitted 300 metric tons of carbon dioxide since the Biden administration began.
Saturday afternoon, Schumer and Coons similarly amped up the crowd by promising to look after the citizens of other countries. Coons was particularly laudatory of &#8220;global citizens.&#8221;
&#8220;As chair of the Senate subcommittee that funds all of our foreign assistance, I will keep working with Senator Schumer to fund issues like climate change and improve the lives of millions and millions of families across the globe,&#8221; Coons told the crowd.
&#8220;Thank you Global Citizens for everything you do!&#8221; he added. &#8220;You are the wind beneath our wings!&#8221;
&#8220;You are the greatest,&#8221; Schumer chimed in. &#8220;And we are in a New York State of Mind.&#8221;
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Did you get that? Global citizens are the pinnacle of model human beings, according to Schumer and Coons.
MAGA Republicans, on the other hand, are threats to democracy and a basket of deplorables. Democratic leaders have zero interest in representing anybody not on board with their collectivist agenda.
The first lady also made it abundantly clear that the entire world is in a battle against American conservatives. For her part, Jill called on the whole planet to come together at this time.
&#8220;From the Paris agreement to defending democracy to standing up to the NRA, we’ve seen what’s possible when we come together, when we vote, when we raise our voices, and work for change,&#8221; the first lady said during the video address. &#8220;The world is counting on us, all of us, to stand up for the values we hold dear.&#8221;
It is not entirely clear what fighting a second amendment advocacy group in the U.S. has to do with feeding starving children abroad, but the first lady evidently thought it was necessary to mention her party&#8217;s fight against the NRA. &#8220;Defending democracy,&#8221; as readers well know, is a codeword for using the might of the federal government against Americans who support former President Donald J. Trump of the MAGA philosophy.
Of course, as America suffers from open borders, sends billions to places like Ukraine with zero oversight, and inflation runs wild, it&#8217;s obvious that the Democratic Party has other priorities than improving the lives of the average American or standing up to our enemies.
Well, now we know in their own words, they are focused on &#8220;global citizens.&#8221; Meanwhile, China is focused on <a href="https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-has-built-14-overseas-coal-plants-since-vowing-no-new-ones-1.1822049" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opening up another</a> coal plant.
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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Democrats Praise ‘Global Citizens’ At The Global Citizen Festival: ‘You Are The Wind Beneath Our Wings!’

Democrats Praise ‘Global Citizens’ At The Global Citizen Festival: 'You Are The Wind Beneath Our Wings!'

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