Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) drew a shocked response from CNN anchor Dana Bash when he told her that the most vicious attacks aimed at him have not come from conservatives, but rather from those on the Left.
Fetterman sat down with Bash to discuss his new memoir, &#8220;Unfettered,&#8221; and she explained that she&#8217;d been struck by a claim he made in the book — namely that Democrats were consistently more cruel in their attacks than Republicans were.
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🚨NEW: John Fetterman *STUNS* CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash by telling her how Left crueler than Right🚨
FETTERMAN: &#8220;The Right would say really rough things and names &#8230; but on the Left, it was like they want me to die or that &#8216;We&#8217;re cheering for your next stroke&#8217; &#8230; they even have a gif… <a href="https://t.co/iMRyVTssgs">pic.twitter.com/iMRyVTssgs</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1988670736924336374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You said, quote, &#8216;I&#8217;ve drunk deeply of the venom of both the Left and the Right. And as a connoisseur, I can confirm that the most poisonous, the bitterest, is from the far Left,'&#8221; Bash read from the book. &#8220;That is pretty remarkable to hear you say that as an elected Democrat. Why?&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s just been my personal experience on this thing,&#8221; said Fetterman, who has repeatedly bucked the far Left in his party on major issues such as the war between Israel and Gaza and the recent battle to reopen the federal government.
&#8220;I asked my digital team, I said, ‘We’re on all the platforms, you know, what’s kind of the harshest? What’s kind of the most personal?&#8221; Fetterman asked. &#8220;And the answer was immediate. They said, ‘Oh, Bluesky. It’s Bluesky.&#8221;
&#8220;And the difference is the Right would say really rough things and names, some names I won’t repeat on TV,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But on the Left, it was like, they want me to die, or that ‘We’re cheering for your next stroke’ or that&#8217;s terrible that depression — &#8216;Why couldn’t the depression won?&#8217; And &#8216;I hope your kids find you.&#8217; And they even have a graphic, like a gif where they have a stroke in your head —&#8221;
&#8220;Oh my gosh!&#8221; Bash exclaimed, clearly shocked.
&#8220;And they said that — I remember one that they claimed, &#8216;oh, the doctor let us down,&#8217; and &#8216;why did they have to save his life?'&#8221; Fetterman added. &#8220;I mean, just really — I just can&#8217;t imagine people are wishing, &#8216;I wish he dies,&#8217; or &#8216;I want him to die,&#8217; you know, literally cheering for a stroke. And I don&#8217;t know what the kind of a place where that comes from.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s much different from calling me a name,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;And that&#8217;s really been consistent in that community online.&#8221;
Just a few days earlier, HBO host and comedian Bill Maher was commenting on the exact same issue with Cheryl Hines, wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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🚨NEW: Bill Maher, Cheryl Hines *RAIL AGAINST* Democrats over &#8220;HOW MEAN&#8221; they are🚨
HINES: “The Republicans have been very kind to me from the beginning. Even &#8230; when Bobby was running as a Democrat, they weren’t mean. And they never have been. And I can’t say that for the… <a href="https://t.co/9DiWjCh8rN">pic.twitter.com/9DiWjCh8rN</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1987904203360989235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Republicans have been very kind to me from the beginning,&#8221; Hines remarked, saying that even when her husband had run as a Democrat, Republicans had not been &#8220;mean&#8221; to them. &#8220;They never have been. And I can’t say that for the Democrats.&#8221;
&#8220;I agree. And it’s sad because it’s not the Democrats we grew up with,&#8221; Maher replied, adding, &#8220;I’m not going to pretend I don’t notice how different they are. How mean they’ve become.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-daily-wire-sits-down-with-john-fetterman-who-doesnt-hear-from-democrats-anymore">The Daily Wire Sits Down With John Fetterman, Who Doesn’t Hear From Democrats Anymore</a>

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CNN anchor Abby Phillip claimed on Wednesday that part of her job is to explain facts to conservatives, saying that they often do not have access to the truth because they live in a &#8220;completely different information world.&#8221;
Phillip, host of CNN&#8217;s &#8220;NewsNight,&#8221; made the comment while speaking with ousted MSNBC host Joy Reid on her new eponymous show. The CNN anchor said that conservatives were so often deprived of facts that it was difficult for them to know they were wrong.
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Abby Phillip describes how her job at CNN is to explain &#8220;the facts&#8221; to conservatives who live in &#8220;a completely different information world.&#8221;
&#8220;Because when you don&#8217;t ever even hear the facts, it&#8217;s hard to even know that you&#8217;re wrong.&#8221;
&#8220;Half my job sometimes is knowing what the… <a href="https://t.co/jZAHPAsxFI">pic.twitter.com/jZAHPAsxFI</a>
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&#8220;Conservatives are living in a completely different information world than liberals,&#8221; she said, and Reid agreed. &#8220;And breaking that down needs to be done. Because when you don&#8217;t ever even hear the facts, it&#8217;s hard to even know that you&#8217;re wrong. And that happens a lot.&#8221;
&#8220;Half my job sometimes is knowing what the latest conspiracy is so that if it comes up, I&#8217;m ready to address it,&#8221; she continued, as Reid continued to nod along with her. &#8220;Because it happens a lot where people don&#8217;t even know that what they&#8217;re saying or what they&#8217;ve seen and believe is not true.&#8221;
Phillip went on to argue that was why she felt like her job was so important, saying that she felt as though she needed to be the one to &#8220;debunk&#8221; their claims in case that was the first time they ever heard the &#8220;facts.&#8221;
&#8220;It could be the very first time that someone out there has heard an alternative point of view,&#8221; she said.
But as some critics quickly pointed out, Phillip was making those claims to Reid, who argued repeatedly that President Donald Trump&#8217;s attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, had been staged for a photo op. She also argued that then-President Joe Biden &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-host-biden-surviving-covid-is-just-as-bada-as-trump-surviving-assassination-attempt">surviving COVID</a>&#8221; was just as impressive as Trump rallying the crowd immediately after being shot in the ear.
&#8220;I love the Jane Goodall treatment of conservatives. What specimens. They&#8217;re so ignorant in the fog over there. Let&#8217;s enlighten them!&#8221; another posted.
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I love the Jane Goodall treatment of conservatives. What specimens. They&#8217;re so ignorant in the fog over there. Let&#8217;s enlighten them! <a href="https://t.co/f6HsbPN98P">https://t.co/f6HsbPN98P</a>
— Melissa Mackenzie (@MelissaTweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/MelissaTweets/status/1988443141205364874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Amazing. Absolutely amazing. She hosts a show where Scott Jennings repeatedly has to explain basic facts to her and her other left wing guests to demonstrate why they’re wrong and she thinks she’s correcting others. So delusional,&#8221; another added.
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Amazing. Absolutely amazing. She hosts a show where Scott Jennings repeatedly has to explain basic facts to her and her other left wing guests to demonstrate why they’re wrong and she thinks she’s correcting others. So delusional. <a href="https://t.co/2xIW78uFr2">https://t.co/2xIW78uFr2</a>
— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ianmSC/status/1988645465194389623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Either This is the most textbook definition of projection I&#8217;ve ever seen, or the greatest lack of self awareness. I can&#8217;t decide which,&#8221; another posted.
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Either This is the most textbook definition of projection I&#8217;ve ever seen, or the greatest lack of self awareness. I can&#8217;t decide which. <a href="https://t.co/JL02LpIo3A">https://t.co/JL02LpIo3A</a>
— Jim Verdi (@jjverdi) <a href="https://twitter.com/jjverdi/status/1988590770077729081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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CNN Anchor Claims It’s Her Job To Explain Things To Fact-Deprived Conservatives

The House races to vote on a resolution that could end the government shutdown, the FDA removes black box warnings for hormone replacement therapy drugs, and we look at the role media bias played in shaping Americans’ views on the shutdown.
It’s Wednesday, November 12, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251112-member-exclusive">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">House Shutdown Vote?</h2>
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Topline: The government shutdown appears to be on the verge of finally ending, as both parties debate the future of healthcare, and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) fends off calls for his resignation.
The federal government may finally reopen on Wednesday. The bill broke through the Senate with the help of eight Democrats. That bill will now go to the House, and it is expected to begin voting today at around 4:00 p.m. ET.
This is a major development following the longest government shutdown in American history, and it comes at a time when D.C. is deeply politically divided. There has been a lot of pushback, not only against the Democrats who voted to reopen the government, but also against Minority Leader Schumer, who is now facing calls to step down or even be primaried in 2028.
What does D.C. do next? Once the government is back in operation, the focus will shift back to healthcare, but the debate will look different. During the shutdown, Democrats said they wanted the continuing resolution to be contingent upon continuing subsidies for Obamacare. Now, as part of the Senate deal, Democrats want to bring that discussion back next month, since the government will only be funded through the end of January if the bill passes. The shutdown debate could flare up again if lawmakers don&#8217;t figure this out before funding runs out.
If the subsidies don&#8217;t continue, opponents have said that a coming premium spike is proof that the Affordable Care Act was not sustainable in the first place.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has said that this deal was the Senate’s, and that the House didn&#8217;t make any promises on its end, so there hasn&#8217;t been a commitment yet to finding a solution to Obamacare subsidies.
Trumpcare: There has been discussion on tax-advantaged Health Savings Accounts. President Donald Trump has also floated giving some of the subsidy money back to the American people. Trump has argued that many of these subsidies only benefited large insurance companies.
“Instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own health insurance. If we did that, that would be so exciting. Call it Trumpcare,” the president <a href="https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1988038828846670192?s=20">said</a>.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">HRT Black Box Warning Axed</h2>
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Topline: The FDA is removing “black box” warnings from hormone replacement therapy for menopause symptoms. The reversal is earning high praise from both the medical establishment and medical outsiders. 
The warnings were slapped on HRT for menopausal and perimenopausal women more than two decades ago by the FDA. But FDA Commissioner Marty Makary says those warnings were unnecessary, harmful, and based on a significantly flawed 2002 Women’s Health Initiative study that connected this treatment to an increase in breast cancer risk.
Why it matters: While currently fewer than 5% of menopausal women take HRT, Dr. Makary says between 50 and 70 million women have been denied or discouraged from taking the treatment since that study was mainstreamed. Makary also says the vast majority of those women were denied life-changing or even life-saving treatment. 
“Women who go through menopause and start hormone replacement therapy have profound short-term and long-term health benefits, including reducing the risk of bone fractures by 50-60% later in life, reducing the risk of fatal heart attacks by 30-50%,” Makary told Morning Wire. “That&#8217;s the number one cause of death in women – and reducing cognitive decline. There may be no medication in the modern era, aside from perhaps antibiotics or vaccines, that can improve the health outcomes of women on a population level more than hormone replacement therapy started within 10 years of the onset of menopause.”
Makary noted that this treatment is for the vast majority of women in this phase of life, though he said there are rare exceptions to that, for example, if a woman currently has breast cancer. Women should talk to their doctors before receiving treatment.
View from the experts: Major medical groups are supporting this. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), which represents more than 60,000 physicians and medical professionals, praised the FDA for empowering women.
The Menopause Society, the American Association of Clinical Urologists, and the National Consumers League, a consumer advocacy organization, also applauded this change from the FDA. Also of note, <a href="https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/how-gender-bias-medicine-has-shaped-womens-health?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Harvard Medicine Magazine</a> last year acknowledged that this Women’s Health Initiative study “has widely been considered flawed.”
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Democrat-Media Complex</h2>
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Topline: With the government shutdown poised to end on a sour note for most Democrats, it has become painfully obvious just how eager some in the media were to put their thumbs on the scales. 
The legacy media coverage was biased against Republicans over the shutdown, and the numbers prove it. The Media Research Center conducted a study of the first full month of the shutdown, from October 1 to October 31. It looked at the evening news broadcasts on the three major networks – ABC, CBS, and NBC – and discovered that 87% of the network news coverage during that time had been skewed in favor of the Democrats.
The center evaluates only the statements made by anchors and experts who are supposed to be nonpartisan, which would exclude comments from elected Democrats or Republicans, or from pundits who are decidedly partisan. Using that framework, it found 83 statements about the shutdown that were critical of Republicans and only 12 that were critical of Democrats.
Those same people, despite discussing the shutdown on multiple broadcasts, showed very little interest in discussing why the government was shut down or who repeatedly voted against the clean continuing resolution that would have reopened the government. According to the center, “On both ABC and CBS, only 12.5 percent of reports on either network mentioned this basic detail. On NBC, that fact was included in just 31 percent of newscasts.”
View from the media: On CNN, the network is laying it on thick against Schumer and highlighting the blowback against him within his own party. CNN pollster Harry Enten sounded off: “ What about Democrats nationwide feeling about Chuck Schumer? I think the word of the day is terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible.”
The hosts of ABC’s “The View” have been gunning for Schumer since March because, as they said, he “caved” to avoid a shutdown early in Trump’s term. They re-upped calls for him to step aside on Monday, and on Tuesday, they spent some time yelling at Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman for voting in favor of his constituents not starving.
There’s a bit of a pile-on effect happening right now. The argument appears to be that the compromise has given President Trump yet another win, which is something Democrats and many in the legacy media hate to do.

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Morning Brief: House Vote On Shutdown, Women’s Health Gets A Reboot, & Media Blames Usual Suspects

Morning Brief: Shutdown Showdown, Women's Health Gets A Reboot, & Media Blames The Usual Suspects

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Democrats followed big wins — albeit in the reliably blue states of Virginia and Maryland and the deep blue city of New York — with what could only be described as capitulation on the government shutdown as it stretched into its 40th day, as eight Democratic senators voted with Republicans to break the filibuster.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire normally would compile a short summary of what you may have missed. But with the shutdown driving discussions and an 11th-hour deal to break the stalemate, the real news rolled in a bit later than usual.
In the moments leading up to and immediately following the test vote — and then a final vote in the Senate — critics in the media and within their own party quickly began piling on the Democrats who chose putting an end to the suffering of their constituents over another day fighting for something Republicans were clearly unwilling to give.
CNN let the mask slip almost immediately, after weeks of largely giving cover to the Democrats, and conceded that their pet party was actually the driving force behind keeping the Capitol shuttered.
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🚨 JUST IN: CNN has STUNNED viewers after stating the quiet part out loud after Democrats caved on the shutdown
“The DEMOCRATIC filibuster has been broken!”
They just called it the Democrat shutdown!
Remember who REFUSED to pay the troops!
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&#8220;We&#8217;ve got plenty more on the other side, we will talk much more about this,&#8221; the anchor said. &#8220;Again, you&#8217;re looking live at the Senate floor as the Democratic filibuster has been broken. We have so far reached 60, we are waiting for the official count, but right now, 60 votes that would unlock moving forward with this plan to reopen the government on the Senate side.&#8221;
CNN anchor Jake Tapper had conceded several days earlier that Democrats were ultimately responsible for the stalemate, but he qualified the statement by noting that he certainly understood why they were holding out.
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CNN exposes Democrats for shutting down the government and trying to mislead the American people.
JAKE TAPPER: &#8220;Democrats are the ones that are not voting to fund the government&#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/9sTlM9hCwI">pic.twitter.com/9sTlM9hCwI</a>
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&#8220;Democrats are the ones that are not voting to fund the government,&#8221; he said on election night, adding immediately, &#8220;Now, I understand why they&#8217;re doing so, they&#8217;re doing so because of health care, and they want to fight and they want Republicans to negotiate, etc., etc.&#8221;
He went on to praise Democrats for sticking to &#8220;sharper&#8221; messaging and convincing voters that Republicans were actually the ones holding things up.
But Senator Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats and had previously voted no on efforts to break the filibuster, said after casting his vote with Republicans that the messaging — however &#8220;sharp&#8221; — was just not working.
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A Democrat senator who helped keep the shutdown alive is now admitting the truth: he caved because the strategy had completely collapsed.
Sen. Angus King told reporters he voted for the compromise funding deal for one simple reason — “it wasn’t working.”
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&#8220;It’s been six weeks. The Republicans made it clear they weren’t going to discuss the health care issue. The Affordable Care Act, tax credits until until the shutdown was over,&#8221; King told reporters. &#8220;We tried to keep working that for six weeks. It didn’t happen. The vote that we have is not a guarantee for sure &#8230; As I assessed it, there was zero chance of dealing with the ACA issue as long as the shutdown continued.&#8221;
On MSNBC, a panel discussion laid out what was happening on Sunday evening – and immediately questioned what Democrats had actually won by keeping the government closed for nearly six weeks.
&#8220;Weekend Primetime&#8221; host Antonia Hylton kicked off the conversation by noting how &#8220;strange&#8221; it seemed to watch Democrats win so handily in Tuesday&#8217;s elections and then roll over just a few days later.
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&#8220;The President is kinda getting what he wanted&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand how a democratic senator goes, &#8216;wow we won really big &#8212; let me cave now. I don&#8217;t understand. That makes no sense to me.&#8217; &#8221; <a href="https://t.co/xkkOptXJlD">pic.twitter.com/xkkOptXJlD</a>
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&#8220;We spoke about this earlier, but it&#8217;s strange, Dean, to go back to the original sort of part of this conversation of whether [Trump] is a good deal maker,&#8221; she began. &#8220;In a way, it seems like the president is kind of getting what he wanted 40 days ago when all this started — he was out there saying that oh, this is all about Democrats trying to give health care to illegal immigrants, he just said that to reporters moments ago, repeated that refrain the Democrats had actually very successfully pushed back against.&#8221;
&#8220;Then there&#8217;s all this energy in the wake of the election on Tuesday,&#8221; Hylton continued, noting that even Trump had conceded that the shutdown was likely hurting Republicans in Tuesday&#8217;s major races. &#8220;[Trump was] acknowledging that he was on his back foot, and now here he is winning again? How did he do it?&#8221;
&#8220;The Democrats — I don&#8217;t understand how a democratic senator goes, &#8216;Wow, we won really big — let me cave now.&#8217; I don&#8217;t understand. That makes no sense to me,&#8221; another replied.
Another questioned whether Democrats had intentionally dragged things out in order to get through the election.

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Uber left CNN political commentator Van Jones said he was taken aback by the “character switch” during New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech.
“I think he missed an opportunity. I think the Mamdani that we saw in the campaign trail, who was a lot more calm, who was a lot warmer, who was a lot more embracing, was not present in that speech,” the commentator said while participating in a panel discussion for CNN.
“There are a lot of people trying to figure out, ‘Can I get on this train with him or not? Is he going to include me? Is he going to be more of a class warrior even in office?’ I think he missed a chance tonight to open up and bring more people into the tent,” Jones added.
“I think his tone was sharp. I think he was using the microphone in a way that he was almost yelling,” he went on. “That’s not the Mamdani that we’ve seen on TikTok and the great interviews and stuff like that.”
“I felt like it was a little bit of a character switch here,” Jones noted, wondering why the “warm, open, embracing guy” was gone during his first statements to the public following his big win in NYC.
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CNN&#8217;s Van Jones was not a fan of Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s angry, far-left, rage-filled victory speech:
&#8220;I think he missed an opportunity. I think the Mamdani that we saw in the campaign trail, who was a lot more calm, who was a lot warmer, who was a lot more embracing, was not present… <a href="https://t.co/aM2AlcgM1U">pic.twitter.com/aM2AlcgM1U</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1985932962261565442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“That said, he’s very young and he just pulled off something very, very difficult. I wouldn’t write him off, but I think he missed an opportunity to open himself up tonight and I think that that will probably cost him going forward.”
Mamdani, 35, who has not been shy about his embrace of socialism, promised in his victory speech to freeze rents for more than one million New Yorkers, provide free busing, and offer universal childcare, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-party-nycs-new-mayor-celebrates-win-by-channeling-americas-marxist-icon">reported</a>. 
“For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands,” he said during his speech. “The future is in our hands. My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name, as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to the few.”
Mamdani’s speech focused on class warfare and identity politics, plus included negative comments about President Donald Trump, whom he called a “despot.”
“If we embrace this brave new course, rather than fleeing from it, we can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves,” he said. “After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump, how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.”

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‘Character Switch:’ CNN’s Van Jones Didn’t Like Mamdani’s Victory Speech

'Character Switch:' CNN's Van Jones Didn't Like Mamdani's Victory Speech

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NYC Mayoral Race

Van Jones

Zohran Mamdani

The Democrat brand, according to CNN&#8217;s chief data analyst Harry Enten, is &#8220;in the basement&#8221; — with multiple polls showing that Americans in near record numbers have an unfavorable view of the party and that no clear leader has emerged to potentially carry the Democrats through the next presidential election.
Enten delivered the news during a Monday appearance on &#8220;CNN News Central,&#8221; where he spoke with anchor Kate Bolduan about the obvious issues plaguing the Democratic Party.
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🚨NEW: CNN&#8217;s Harry Enten says &#8220;DEMOCRATIC BRAND IS IN THE BASEMENT&#8221;🚨
&#8220;It is total and complete garbage in the mind of the American public.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/7zV62UvT4x">pic.twitter.com/7zV62UvT4x</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1951286424210120773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Democrats at this point are historically divided. It is a complete and utter mess. It is messier than a hoarder’s basement. What are we talking about here? The national early poll leader — 25% plus,&#8221; Enten began, noting that Democrats typically had a standout potential candidate at this point in a regular election cycle. &#8220;Normally, that’s where Democrats are. [Joe] Biden was at 25% plus in 2020. Hillary Clinton was in ’08 and ’16. [Al] Gore was in ’00 and ’04.&#8221;
&#8220;At this particular point, there is no one — no one — in the Democratic race for president who’s polling at 25% plus. The water is quite warm. If you’re a Democrat potentially thinking about running in 2028, jump right in — because at this point there is no front-runner,&#8221; Enten continued.
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Bolduan pressed him on that point, asking whether he thought the lack of a clear frontrunner had any connection to the fact that so many Americans saw the party in a negative light — and Enten agreed.
&#8220;I think that that is in large part what’s going on is one of the reasons why there is no front-runner, nobody wants to put anybody up at the top of their ballot list, is because at this particular point, the Democratic brand is in the basement. It is total and complete garbage in the mind of the American public,&#8221; he explained.
&#8220;The Democratic Party’s net favorable rating — record lows in all three. Wall Street Journal, 30 points underwater. CNN, 26 points underwater. Gallup, 26 points underwater. And that is being driven in large part by discontent within the Democratic base,&#8221; Enten explained. &#8220;The Democratic base wants something different.&#8221;

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‘Total And Complete Garbage’: CNN Pollster Says The Democrat Brand Is ‘In The Basement’

'Total And Complete Garbage': CNN Pollster Says The Democrat Brand Is 'In The Basement'

Harry Enten

Polls

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins caught House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in an outright lie about the ongoing government shutdown, pushing back immediately when he claimed that Republican leaders were not engaging on the issues that might finally get the government reopened.
Collins spoke with Jeffries on Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The Source,&#8221; on the eve of the shutdown&#8217;s 30th day, and she challenged him directly on his claim that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was not willing to even sit down and &#8220;have a conversation&#8221; with him.
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: “You said that Mike Johnson isn’t willing to sit down and have a conversation. Y’all did have a phone conversation, I believe you said earlier today. Who initiated that call?”
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): “It was a call from Mike Johnson. It was very brief and… <a href="https://t.co/Shi8jhAYWo">pic.twitter.com/Shi8jhAYWo</a>
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&#8220;You said that Mike Johnson isn’t willing to sit down and have a conversation. Y’all did have a phone conversation, I believe you said earlier today,&#8221; Collins pointed out. &#8220;Who — who initiated that call? Was that you or was that Speaker Johnson?&#8221;
&#8220;It was a call from Mike Johnson,&#8221; Jeffries admitted. &#8220;It was very brief and it wasn’t a substantive discussion in terms of finding a path forward.&#8221;
Collins pressed again, asking, &#8220;But was he calling to talk about the government shutdown?&#8221;
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&#8220;I mean, you could say that — that was in the ballpark,&#8221; Jeffries conceded her point, but then attempted to cover: &#8220;But it was a private conversation that will remain private. However, nothing meaningful came out of it, again, because Donald Trump has not given Mike Johnson permission to enter into a bipartisan negotiation.&#8221;
Jeffries then reverted to his previous talking point, claiming that Republicans had been on vacation for the last five weeks.
Collins also played a clip of Jeffries from 2013 — in which he claimed that government shutdowns caused unnecessary pain to the American people and demanded the passage of a clean continuing resolution — and then asked Jeffries whether he had changed.
&#8220;The Hakeem Jeffries of today definitively agrees with the Hakeem Jeffries of yesterday,&#8221; Jeffries claimed — despite the fact that Republicans have repeatedly offered Democrats the chance to reopen the government via a clean CR — and then attempted to explain why demanding the exact opposite now was somehow the same.
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: *Plays clip of Hakeem Jeffries from 2013 blasting a government shutdown, declaring it unnecessarily hurts Americans.*
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): “The Hakeem Jeffries of today definitely agrees with the Hakeem Jeffries of yesterday.” <a href="https://t.co/gZe5MpRE7u">pic.twitter.com/gZe5MpRE7u</a>
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) <a href="https://twitter.com/RedWave_Press/status/1983867542293852647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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House Minority Leader Jeffries Holds Capitol Hill Press Conference

CNN Catches Hakeem Jeffries In Straight-Up Lie About Government Shutdown

Hakeem Jeffries

Kaitlan Collins

CNN&#8217;s chief data analyst delivered bad news to climate alarmists all across the United States on Wednesday, saying that polling indicates very few Americans view the potential threat of climate change as a major issue going into the 2026 midterm elections.
Harry Enten discussed the topic with host John Berman, and he shared data showing that the percentage of Americans who were &#8220;greatly worried&#8221; about climate change had not changed drastically in nearly four decades — and had even dropped off somewhat in the last five years.
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Re: Bill Gates &amp; climate change&#8230; He&#8217;s not alone in doubting a doomsday scenario.
Only 2% rank climate change as the top issue facing the USA. The % who are greatly worried has been steady since 1989.
Just 17% say climate change will make it harder to stay in their home area. <a href="https://t.co/T9rOtT2JqP">pic.twitter.com/T9rOtT2JqP</a>
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1983546202692948354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On the heels of a comment from Berman about billionaire Bill Gates — who has been at the forefront of the climate conversation — Enten observed that even with prominent messengers, the climate alarmist narrative has not really resonated.
&#8220;Yeah, I think a lot of people will agree with Bill Gates that maybe this wouldn’t be the end of humanity,&#8221; he said of the Microsoft creator&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-gates-walks-back-climate-doom-it-will-not-lead-to-humanitys-demise">recent pivot</a>.
&#8220;And I think, you know, we’ve been talking about climate change now for decades, upon decades, upon decades,&#8221; Enten continued. &#8220;And the worry in terms of climate change, simply put, hasn’t shifted; it has not reached the majority of Americans.&#8221;
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&#8220;What are we talking about? Greatly worried about climate change. You go all the way back to 1989, it was 35%. 2000, 40%.  2020, 46%. And in 2025, look at that, it’s 40%,&#8221; Enten added, noting the recent drop off. &#8220;The same number as we had 25 years ago, back in 2000, and then only just five points higher than we had back in 1989. Really, we’ve just seen consistency on this issue.&#8221;
&#8220;The bottom line is that the climate change message that folks who, of course, believe that climate change is real and is quite worrisome, simply put, has not really worked with the American people,&#8221; he concluded, noting that just two percent of Americans believed climate change was a &#8220;top issue&#8221; facing the United States.

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CNN Pollster Has Bad News For Climate Doomsday Cult

CNN Pollster Has Bad News For Climate Doomsday Cult: No One Cares

Thanks to valiant efforts from on-air personalities Kasie Hunt and Kaitlan Collins, CNN managed to deliver two acts of actual journalism in the same 24-hour period — on two different topics.
The first came on Monday evening from Collins, who was discussing the political hot topics of the day with Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) on &#8220;The Source&#8221; and took a moment to fact-check the Texas Democrat when she played fast and loose with the context of a statement made earlier in the day by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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Jasmine Crockett immediately runs the debunked &#8220;Trump’s main priority is the ballroom” hoax on her CNN hit.
The lie is so egregious, she actually gets fact-checked by Kaitlan Collins. <a href="https://t.co/HRfeoTZ3ys">https://t.co/HRfeoTZ3ys</a> <a href="https://t.co/lvdp4gkuGu">pic.twitter.com/lvdp4gkuGu</a>
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When asked whether she thought the ongoing government shutdown was likely to end any time soon, Crockett attempted to make it look like President Donald Trump was going out of his way to prioritize other things.
&#8220;The president has time to do everything but what he needs to focus on. In fact, we heard the press secretary say his main priority is the ballroom — the ballroom that no one asked for. The ballroom that requires him to destroy historic pieces of the White House. And so it doesn’t seem like he’s interested [in the shutdown],&#8221; Crockett claimed.
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Collins pushed back immediately, noting that Leavitt had said the ballroom was the president&#8217;s top priority — but that she had been specifically referring to construction and renovation projects at the White House.
&#8220;Yeah, and that context of the comment from Karoline Leavitt, she was asked if the president was working on any other renovations when it came to the White House, and she was saying his focus was the ballroom,&#8221; Collins said.
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Karoline Leavitt was asked if &#8220;the president is looking at any other renovations&#8221; at the White House?
Karoline answered: &#8220;At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president&#8217;s main priority.&#8221;
This is how easily Democrats lie about stupid stuff. <a href="https://t.co/qGuZkvYYPV">https://t.co/qGuZkvYYPV</a> <a href="https://t.co/1fBzh8sdRN">pic.twitter.com/1fBzh8sdRN</a>
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewKolvet/status/1981491616591597662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Less than 24 hours later, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined host Kasie Hunt to discuss the ongoing shutdown — and she pressed him repeatedly on his party&#8217;s evolving position on keeping the government shuttered in order to leverage political gains.
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Ruben Gallego just got wrecked on CNN for his hypocritical stance on shutdowns reverting to a &#8220;BUT TRUMP&#8221; response:
Host: &#8220;Why is it suddenly right to do it this way?&#8221;
Gallego: &#8220;It&#8217;s DONALD TRUMP &#8230; it&#8217;s all out the window Casey.&#8221;
There is nothing that Democrats have aside… <a href="https://t.co/sZKARGLRKA">pic.twitter.com/sZKARGLRKA</a>
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&#8220;So I think my question is this, I mean, I take your point about these millions of people, the cost of living is incredibly high, but also Republicans control the White House, they control the Senate, they control the House, and in the past, Democrats, when Republicans have tried to do something like this, Democrats have argued that the norms of our government should be that you negotiate policy outside of a government shutdown,&#8221; Hunt confronted Gallego right from the start. &#8220;I mean, over many years covering Washington, people have said that over and over and over again.&#8221;
&#8220;Now I have neighbors in the D.C. area who are both employed by the federal government who are having to use food banks. We are heading into Thanksgiving. Why is it suddenly right to do it this way and to do it for this long when it didn’t used to be the right way in Democrats&#8217; view?&#8221; Hunt asked directly.
&#8220;Oh, that’s an easy answer. It’s Donald Trump,&#8221; Gallego replied, spinning quickly to change the topic. &#8220;You’re talking about norms in the time of Donald Trump? It’s also normal not for you to tear down the East Wing.&#8221;
Hunt did not budge: &#8220;Right, but Democrats have spent so much time arguing about how maintaining those norms is actually incredibly important in the face of Donald Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;It doesn’t. It’s all out the window. It is all out of the window, Kasie,&#8221; Gallego insisted, arguing that because he and Democrats did not like what Trump was doing, they were justified in breaking rules in order to level the playing field. &#8220;No. When you’re doing this time with Donald Trump, this is the man that is extorting people. He’s literally breaking every rule. We’re not going to go back and play by the norms when we know that&#8217;s what’s on the line. What’s on the line is 24 million people are going to have their insurance rates premiums doubled. That’s a new thing, by the way. And the fact is the president and everyone expects us to play by these old norms.&#8221;
&#8220;But didn’t Democrats kind of set that up in the bill that you passed, though, that these subsidies were going to expire?&#8221; Hunt was clearly not convinced.
Gallego admitted that Hunt was, in fact, correct — but once again attempted to spin, blaming Republicans for not wanting to pony up billions of taxpayer dollars to fund endless subsidies, all just to rescue the Affordable Care Act they hadn&#8217;t supported in the first place.
&#8220;When we passed the bills and back in the day, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, of course we were trying to maybe hope for the best that this country and our Republican colleagues would understand that raising insurance rates on people is a bad thing. I’m sorry they don’t see it that way, but it’s also not my job to make their job easier,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My job is to make sure that the premiums of 24 million Americans does not double overnight. And if it makes it harder on the Republicans that we’re putting them in a very difficult position, then they have to answer for that &#8230; But I’m not gonna abide by old norms, especially when you’re dealing with this presidency, this administration, and how the Republicans themselves have been acting.&#8221;

2024 Republican National Convention: Day 1

PLOT TWIST: CNN Commits Two Acts Of Journalism In The Same Day

CNN Commits Two Acts Of Journalism In The Same Day

Journalism

Karoline Leavitt

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Legacy Media

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten voiced his own surprise on Tuesday as polls indicate that Republicans are not seeing a drop in popularity due to the ongoing government shutdown.
Enten joined CNN host John Berman to discuss the shutdown and how it might eventually come to an end — and Berman predicted that &#8220;political pain,&#8221; for one party or the other, would be what ultimately brought people to the table. Enten pushed back, noting that Democrats might be the ones feeling the pain.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Republicans&#8217; polling has improved during Democrat government shutdown
CNN: &#8220;The Republican brand in Congress has actually improved&#8221; incl. with Independents 📈
Plus alarm bells for Democrats: &#8220;The worst position Democrats have been…in the last 20 years&#8221; 🚩 <a href="https://t.co/g0hWYhsChM">pic.twitter.com/g0hWYhsChM</a>
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&#8220;One thing that might end a shutdown is political pain, if parties start to feel that it’s hurting them. So let’s talk about that, starting with Republicans. How has the shutdown seemed to have affected their political standing?&#8221; Berman prompted.
&#8220;Yeah, you might think, given that the Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate, that a government shutdown might actually hurt the Republican brand. But in fact, it hasn’t!&#8221; Enten replied. &#8220;If anything, it’s been helped a little bit! Take a look here, the shift in net popularity versus pre-shutdown. When we’re looking at the Republican Party overall, that brand, actually up two points. That’s within the margin of error, but clearly it hasn’t dropped. Come over to this side of the screen, look at the net approval ratings for Republicans in Congress. It’s actually up five points since pre-shutdown! So what we’re seeing here is the Republican brand in Congress has actually improved somewhat compared to where we were pre-shutdown, despite the fact that Republicans control. And that’s the math that John Thune and Mike Johnson are looking at is, &#8216;Hey, why should we give in, electorally speaking, when our brand has actually improved a little bit?'&#8221;
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Berman pressed for details, asking whether Republicans were only getting more popular with die-hards or were they making gains across other demographics: &#8220;Now we say their position is getting better, with whom?&#8221;
&#8220;It’s rallying the base for sure. Look at this, the net approval rating up 12 points versus pre-shutdown,&#8221; Enten began — but he did not stop there. &#8220;But it’s not just with the base, it’s also with the middle of the electorate. Look at this among independents, it’s up eight points as well! So we’ve got a situation here where Republicans with the shutdown are actually rallying their base, but it’s also something that’s not hurting them with the folks in the middle. If anything, it’s helping them with folks in the middle, and this is the type of math that if you’re Republicans, you like to see, right? Because something could rally the base, but alienate those in the middle, or something could rally those in the middle, but alienate the base.&#8221;
&#8220;But the truth is, we’re not seeing that. What we’re seeing is the Republican brand has actually gotten better among independents and it’s also gotten better among Republicans as well, that Republican brand when it comes to those in Congress,&#8221; Enten added. &#8220;So again, what’s the electoral reason that Republicans would give in at this point?&#8221;
&#8220;And Democrats, of course, they have their eyes on the midterm elections. Yeah, we have elections one week from today, but what Democrats in Congress are mostly focused on are one year and one week from today, from the midterms. So how do Democrats, how are they positioned right now?&#8221; Berman asked.
Enten broke out the worst news, noting that Democrats were actually losing ground as the midterms crept closer. &#8220;You look at this point back when Trump was president the first time around, Democrats were up 11 points. Look at where it is now. Democrats are ahead, but they’re actually only up three points. This is, in fact, the worst position Democrats have been on in a generic ballot at this time in a midterm when there was a Republican president in the last 20 years. And this is no different from pre-shutdown. So Republicans aren’t losing on this metric either. They’ve become more popular, and they’re in a pretty good position for them historically when it comes to the generic congressional ballot.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a concerning number for Democrats, are you saying?&#8221; Berman tried one more time.
&#8220;This is a concerning number for Democrats, because it’s considerably worse than they traditionally do in midterm elections when there’s a Republican president,&#8221; Enten confirmed the worst.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson

‘They’ve Become More Popular!’: CNN Pollster Shocked As GOP Gets Shutdown ‘Bump’

'They've Become More Popular!': CNN Pollster Shocked As GOP Gets Shutdown 'Bump'

Republicans

Actor and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) quickly terminated CNN anchor Jake Tapper&#8217;s argument that the Republican Party was largely responsible for gerrymandered congressional maps all across the United States.
Schwarzenegger, who served as California&#8217;s governor from 2003-2011, joined Tapper on Sunday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; and argued that &#8220;extreme gerrymandering&#8221; had been happening for decades and would only end up hurting the American people.
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NEW: Arnold Schwarzenegger claps back at CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper, calls out &#8220;extreme gerrymandering&#8221; in blue states.
Tapper: &#8220;Do you believe that the Republican Party is starting this?&#8221;
Schwarzenegger: &#8220;No, Jake. There has been gerrymandering going on for 200 years.&#8221;
&#8220;There is such… <a href="https://t.co/ovxGJ6ll8p">pic.twitter.com/ovxGJ6ll8p</a>
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&#8220;As you&#8217;ve acknowledged, this all started because of redistricting in Texas — and this was Trump pushing Republican-controlled states to throw out their current congressional maps so as to cook the books so that there is less — it is less likely for Democrats to retake control of the House during the next year midterms,&#8221; Tapper began. &#8220;I mean, is it fair to argue that — do you believe that the Republican Party is starting this?&#8221;
&#8220;No, Jake. No, Jake. There has been gerrymandering going on for 200 years,&#8221; Schwarzenegger replied, shaking his head. &#8220;There is such extreme gerrymandering going on that in a state like Massachusetts, it has like 40% of the people voting for Trump, they only — they have zero representatives. The Republican Party has zero representatives sent to the House. Think about that.&#8221;
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&#8220;In New Mexico, 45% of the people voted for Trump and vote Republican, and zero is sent to the House, zero representatives from the Republican Party,&#8221; the &#8220;Terminator&#8221; actor continued. &#8220;So there&#8217;s gerrymandering — crazy gerrymandering — going on all over the country, and we wanted to try to stop it in California, and we did stop it in California.&#8221;
This is not the first time Schwarzenegger has vocally opposed gerrymandering — regardless of which party was redrawing the maps. In 2019, he joined with Governor Larry Hogan (R-MD) <a href="https://schwarzenegger.usc.edu/institute_in_action/governor-arnold-schwarzenegger-took-his-mission-to-terminate-gerrymandering-to-dc/">in opposition</a> to a New Democrat-favored map in Maryland and a Republican-favored map in North Carolina.
&#8220;It is a national scandal with what is going on with the gerrymandering and the way our politicians draw the district lines. Both parties are doing it. Democrats are gerrymandering, Republicans are gerrymandering. It is a real disservice to the people. It is not a representative government, but a mis-representative government,&#8221; he said at the time.

”Raising Hope for Climate Justice” Conference Opens

Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminates Jake Tapper’s Effort To Blame GOP For Gerrymandering

Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminates Jake Tapper's Effort To Blame GOP For Gerrymandering

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Democrats and media talking heads have voiced their opposition, on multiple occasions, to President Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to prevent narco-terrorists — by whatever means necessary — from continuing to flood the United States with fentanyl and other drugs.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
The federal government has been shut down for nearly one full month — and although Democrats have done their best to reassure the public that the blame for that lies with Republicans, the fact remains that Democrats are the ones refusing to accept a clean continuing resolution that would reopen the government or even vote on a measure that would make sure military service members continue to receive pay.
And while some of the conversation on the Sunday morning talk shows was focused on the shutdown and how to bring it to an end, a lot was also focused on Trump&#8217;s efforts to take out drug runners before they were able to reach the United States.
On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said that recent strikes on boats that reportedly contained drugs and were headed toward the United States were, at best, &#8220;questionable.&#8221;
&#8220;The White House and the Department of Defense could not give us a logical explanation on how this is legal,&#8221; he said.
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Sen. Mark Kelly tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> that the U.S. military&#8217;s recent strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat is &#8220;questionable.&#8221;
&#8220;The White House and the Department of Defense could not give us a logical explanation on how this is legal.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/c5ou1EVNTV">https://t.co/c5ou1EVNTV</a> <a href="https://t.co/EVP53aCZfd">pic.twitter.com/EVP53aCZfd</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1982459545478709337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) supported President Trump&#8217;s actions, telling host Margaret Brennan on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; that he believed Trump was acting well within his authority to strike the boats carrying drugs and traffickers.
He went on to tell Brennan that he saw it as &#8220;a real possibility&#8221; that Trump would also authorize strikes on land in Venezuela in order to stop the flow of drugs into the United States. Graham said that he expected the president to brief Congress about his next moves, adding, &#8220;I support that idea. But I think he has all the authority he needs.&#8221;
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U.S. land strikes on Venezuela are “a real possibility,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says, telling <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> President Trump plans to brief Congress about potentially expanding the U.S. military operations “from the sea to the land.”
“I support that idea. But I think he has… <a href="https://t.co/q7iBG7D0H7">pic.twitter.com/q7iBG7D0H7</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1982479665525613037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Graham also responded to criticisms of Trump from within the Republican Party — namely from Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and James Lankford (R-OK) — telling Brennan, &#8220;Rand Paul, I just fundamentally disagree with. To the other senators, you deserve more information and you&#8217;re going to get more information. But there is no requirement for Congress to declare war before the commander-in-chief can use force.&#8221;
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is pushing back against criticism by Democrats and some Republicans, including Sens. Rand Paul and James Lankford, that the Trump administration is not providing enough information to Congress about its strikes on alleged drug boats off the coast of… <a href="https://t.co/KjrqzPW36x">pic.twitter.com/KjrqzPW36x</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1982480379844931876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It’s time for Maduro to go. I hope Maduro would leave peacefully, but I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s going to stay around much longer,&#8221; Graham added. &#8220;The game is changing when it comes to drug traffickers and drug cartels. We&#8217;re going to use military force like we have in the past to protect our country &#8230; And if I were Maduro, I&#8217;d find a way to leave before heat goes down.”
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On the U.S. potentially expanding its operations to on the ground inside Venezuela and whether that would include U.S. troops, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says “It’s time for Maduro to go. I hope Maduro would leave peacefully, but I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s going to stay around much… <a href="https://t.co/42tYbYWOrE">pic.twitter.com/42tYbYWOrE</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1982483129349861497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) referred to the targeted strikes as &#8220;sanctioned murder.&#8221; He told host Kristen Welker, &#8220;This is murder. It&#8217;s sanctioned murder that he is doing.&#8221;
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Sen. Ruben Gallego on the strikes on drug boats: &#8220;This is murder. It&#8217;s sanctioned murder that he is doing.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/n4i9WWj9RA">pic.twitter.com/n4i9WWj9RA</a>
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1982549544182374444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Gallego claimed that a declaration of war would be necessary if Trump planned to continue to target such boats.
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Trump is blasting Venezuelan ships out of the water to make himself feel tough.
Either send the Coast Guard onto these ships or come to Congress for a declaration of war. Plain and simple. <a href="https://t.co/7zZ5td7RLz">pic.twitter.com/7zZ5td7RLz</a>
— Senator Ruben Gallego (@SenRubenGallego) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRubenGallego/status/1982497980725838112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Welker on &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Democrats&#8217; refusal to put an end to the shutdown are starting to cause real problems: &#8220;Chuck Schumer is trading off his polls. What&#8217;s different than when he passed a clean CR in the spring? It&#8217;s his polls &#8230; We&#8217;re starting to eat into muscle here &#8230; I don&#8217;t know what the purpose is. I&#8217;m not sure they do.&#8221;
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&#8220;Chuck Schumer is trading off his polls. What&#8217;s different than when he passed a clean CR in the spring? It&#8217;s his polls,&#8221; says <a href="https://twitter.com/SecScottBessent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecScottBessent</a> on the Democrat Shutdown.
&#8220;We&#8217;re starting to eat into muscle here&#8230; I don&#8217;t know what the purpose is. I&#8217;m not sure they do.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Bt0ej6d8yF">pic.twitter.com/Bt0ej6d8yF</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1982443342110613889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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