CNN axed the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charles-barkley-rips-san-francisco-during-live-nba-all-star-broadcast-you-cant-even-walk-around-down-there" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles Barkley</a> and Gayle King primetime talk show after only six months on the air after it failed to generate ratings.
The “King Charles” show — co-hosted by sports commentator Barkley and &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; host King — aired on Wednesday nights and generated worse ratings than reruns of shows like “South Park” and “Friends,” the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/media/cnn-axes-charles-barkley-and-gayle-kings-weekly-show-king-charles/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social">New York Post</a> reported.
The show launched in November and became the lowest-rated primetime week night show CNN has debuted in at least a decade, according to Nielsen ratings. 
Viewership fell 20% from the debut episode of “King Charles” in November, which was watched by 500,000 viewers, with 139,000 of those in the coveted age demographic of ages 25-54, according to Nielsen. By the end of January, those numbers didn&#8217;t even crack 100,000 mark among that same demographic, Nielsen showed.  Over the show’s 14 episodes, it had an average of 459,000 total viewers, with an average of 106,000 in the advertising demographic of ages 25-54.
It came in third behind Fox News’ “Gutfeld” and MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” The Greg Gutfeld-lead show averages 2.2 million total viewers with more than 300,000 viewers in the 25-54 age demo, the highest of all three cable news outlets, according to Nielsen. While over on MSNBC, O’Donnell scores an average of 1.5 million total viewers and 142,000 in the highly desired age demographic.
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An industry insider attributed part of the problem to the NBA Hall of Famer’s rigorous schedule, as he was still a co-host on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” and was only available on Wednesdays.
However, a CNN spokesperson touted the show, stating that it was “a great addition to CNN’s lineup,” noting the shows diversity pull with 44% non-white — the most diverse viewership among the network’s prime time shows, according to Nielsen figures.
CNN also noted that the show was announced as a &#8220;limited run&#8221; series, with an end date of spring 2024, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cnn-king-charles-ends-limited-series-1235874249/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
&#8220;King Charles has come to the end of its limited run as we announced when it launched last fall and was a great addition to CNN&#8217;s lineup, with the youngest, most affluent, and most diverse P2+ audience in its cable news time period,” the spokesperson said.
“King Charles” was created by fired former CNN boss <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ceo-chris-licht-out-at-cnn-after-tumultuous-year-controversial-trump-town-hall">Chris Licht</a>, whose tenure at the network ended after The Atlantic published a 15,000-word profile titled “Inside the Meltdown at CNN,” a piece that reportedly enraged executives at Warner Bros. Discovery, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ceo-chris-licht-out-at-cnn-after-tumultuous-year-controversial-trump-town-hall">reported</a>.
Last June, Licht announced he was <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/07/cnn-ceo-chris-licht-out-after-trump-town-hall-atlantic-article.html">leaving</a> the media company — just 16 months after being picked for the position.
His tenure at CNN was rough from the start. Weeks after the former CEO took over the reins, the cable news giant’s attempt at launching a streaming service <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report">failed</a> after just a month in operation, attracting fewer than 10,000 daily users. The CNN executive also faced criticism from his employees and poor ratings performances in the news channel’s primetime slots.
Zach Jewell contributed to this piece.
This story has been updated with CNN&#8217;s spokesperson&#8217;s comments.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ceo-chris-licht-out-at-cnn-after-tumultuous-year-controversial-trump-town-hall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN Boss Out After Damning Atlantic Profile, Trump Town Hall Disaster</a>

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Veteran news anchor Katie Couric balked at comedian Bill Maher&#8217;s assessment of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s town hall on CNN — specifically the claim that Trump was &#8220;killing it&#8221; — complaining, &#8220;He&#8217;s not a stand-up comedian.&#8221;
Couric and Maher clashed over the Trump town hall — and Maher&#8217;s assessment of the media&#8217;s failures when it came to covering Trump and his supporters — during a recent episode of Maher&#8217;s &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast.
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Bill Maher telling Katie Couric why he is bored with the &#39;negative view&#39; on Trump, and why he wants to represent the Trump voter&#39;s viewpoint as well: &quot;Not to defend Trump, but to defend the people who still vote for him. Because what they see on the other side, to them is even… <a href="https://t.co/l24hPXicCo">pic.twitter.com/l24hPXicCo</a>
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Maher brought up the CNN town hall — which was supposed to have an audience made up of both Trump voters and independents — and noted that the audience had been very receptive.
&#8220;The audience loved it. The audience loved it,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;It was stacked with Trump supporters,&#8221; Couric complained.
Maher pointed out the fact that it was supposed to be an audience of Republicans and independents – and said that if CNN had failed to properly vet them, that was their issue to handle.
&#8220;Here’s what people saw in America. They saw Trump killing it. Killing it with the crowd! Then you cut to a panel of six people who all just do nothing but dump on him and call him a liar and America goes, &#8216;Oh, didn’t you just see that we like him?&#8217; And now —&#8221; Maher continued.
&#8220;He’s not a standup comedian!&#8221; Couric protested.
&#8220;What?&#8221; Maher asked.
&#8220;&#8216;He’s killing it.&#8217; He’s not a standup comedian,&#8221; Couric said.
&#8220;No, but popularity. Doesn’t matter. The people loved him and what he was saying,&#8221; Maher pushed back. &#8220;And then you cut to a panel of six know-it-alls in Washington who just do nothing but talk about the neg — and I&#8217;m all in on the negative, no one&#8217;s been harder on Trump than me, but I get it and I’m bored with it, and there’s a different way to do this, I think.&#8221;
&#8220;Not to defend Trump, but to defend the people who still vote for him. Because what they see on the other side, to them is even more dangerous. Because it&#8217;s very — closer to home: My kid is coming home from school and he thinks he&#8217;s a racist? He&#8217;s five, what have you been telling him? My son thinks maybe he&#8217;s not a boy and maybe that&#8217;s true, that happens. Those kind of things are what they say &#8216;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m voting for Trump&#8217;,&#8221; Maher explained.
&#8220;A backlash to the pendulum swinging so far to the Left,&#8221; Couric said.
Maher concluded by saying that there were some Trump voters who loved him and some who didn&#8217;t but still voted for him because they believed he was the only thing standing between them and &#8220;madness&#8221; — and he argued that their position should at least be presented in media coverage.

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Kate Couric Balks At Bill Maher’s Recap Of Trump ‘Killing It’ On CNN Town Hall: ‘The Audience Loved It’

Kate Couric Balks At Bill Maher's Recap Of Trump 'Killing It' On CNN Town Hall: 'The Audience Loved It'

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Every Sunday morning, legacy media outlets are taken over by elected officials, aspiring elected officials, administration insiders, and the usual collection of talking heads — all of whom are there to discuss specific policies, push talking points, or simply promote their own campaigns.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to unravel a full 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.
<h3>ABC News, &#8220;This Week&#8221;:</h3>
White House National Security spokesman John Kirby made several media stops on Sunday in the wake of Iran&#8217;s direct attack on Israel, among them a brief interview with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on &#8220;This Week.&#8221;
During his appearance on the show, Kirby urged the terrorist group Hamas — which started the current Israel-Hamas war with the unprovoked attack on civilians that took place on October 7 — to accept a deal that would force them to release Israeli hostages.
&#8220;Hamas needs to take that deal,&#8221; Kirby said noting that it would include a &#8220;six-week ceasefire to allow for an increase in humanitarian assistance.&#8221;
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“Hamas needs to take that deal.”
White House’s John Kirby tells <a href="https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GStephanopoulos</a> that Hamas needs to accept the current proposal to release Israeli hostages and grant a “six-week ceasefire to allow for an increase in humanitarian assistance.” <a href="https://t.co/h7VBBYZNMq">https://t.co/h7VBBYZNMq</a> <a href="https://t.co/zcgEczyHh2">pic.twitter.com/zcgEczyHh2</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1779511118941073579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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During a roundtable discussion later in the show, the conversation turned to abortion, the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, and the 1864 Arizona law that the state&#8217;s Supreme Court said could be enforced in the absence of Roe. Former interim DNC chairwoman Donna Brazile weighed in on the law, which would ban most abortions in the state.
&#8220;Will Democrats make sure that those victims, those women who are having these horrifying experiences get to tell their story? Absolutely,&#8221; Brazile said.&#8221;And who&#8217;s responsible? Donald Trump.&#8221;
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&quot;Will Democrats make sure that those victims, those women who are having these horrifying experiences get to tell their story? Absolutely,” <a href="https://twitter.com/donnabrazile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonnaBrazile</a> says after Arizona near-total abortion ban goes into effect.
&quot;And who&#39;s responsible? Donald Trump.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/SnNmoO3FYY">https://t.co/SnNmoO3FYY</a> <a href="https://t.co/J4USrUcL9s">pic.twitter.com/J4USrUcL9s</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1779565332589371521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>CBS News, &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221;:</h3>
Former CENTCOM Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie joined host Margaret Brennan on CBS&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; to discuss Iran&#8217;s direct attack on Israel, and he made it clear that he believed Iran had shown its hand — and that it wasn&#8217;t a good one.
The attack showered Israel with missiles and drones, most of which were repelled by the Iron Dome defense system — and according to McKenzie, the combination came as &#8220;close to a maximum effort as they could generate.&#8221;
&#8220;Iran could not replicate last night&#8217;s attack tonight if they had to,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Iran is relatively weaker than it was yesterday.&#8221;
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Iran&#39;s drone and missile attack on Israel &quot;was close to a maximum effort as they could generate,&quot; former CENTCOM Chief Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie says.
&quot;Iran could not replicate last night&#39;s attack tonight if they had to&#8230;Iran is relatively weaker than it was yesterday.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/VTjsJvRyvK">pic.twitter.com/VTjsJvRyvK</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1779537214080274489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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McKenzie went on to say that in the aftermath of Iran&#8217;s actions Israel would have more support behind a retaliatory strike, but that they should still exercise &#8220;restraint&#8221; and tailor any military response to have a &#8220;definable beginning and a definable end.&#8221;
&#8220;Israel can name its price right now,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;But it&#8217;s also a position that calls for exercise in strategic restraint.&#8221;
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Israel&#39;s response to Iran&#39;s attack should be &quot;narrow&quot; and have a &quot;definable beginning and a definable end,&quot; former CENTCOM Chief Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie says.
&quot;Israel can name its price right now&#8230;but it&#39;s also a position that calls for exercise in strategic restraint.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/HTtr1gQdIS">pic.twitter.com/HTtr1gQdIS</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1779537353515651582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>CNN, &#8220;State of the Union&#8221;:</h3>
Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fetterman-blasts-biden-for-not-standing-firmly-with-israel-i-dont-agree-with-the-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) joined CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; where he told anchor Jake Tapper that he was frustrated with President Joe Biden&#8217;s failure to stand as firmly with Israel as he had promised.
Fetterman went on to attack the far left within his own party, saying that he would never &#8220;capitulate to the fringe&#8221; and adding, &#8220;I will never pander to that as well. In fact, that helps, that empowers Hamas. And Hamas is actually convinced that they are winning the PR war, and they’re never going to negotiate at this point.&#8221;
&#8220;They think they’re going to hold on to the very end,&#8221; Fetterman continued. &#8220;And I know why they’re not willing to provide any kind of proof of life. And I don’t know why there’s not more of that conversation in the media. Like, what about the hostages? What’s happened to them? Where are they now? And let’s just bring them home.&#8221;
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Democratic Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnFetterman</a> tells CNN’s <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JakeTapper</a> that President Biden shouldn’t “capitulate to the fringe” in his party when it comes to Israel. <a href="https://t.co/pjDqi0sBPJ">pic.twitter.com/pjDqi0sBPJ</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1779567569252348359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-iran-wants-to-make-israel-an-unlivable-place-so-it-will-collapse-economically-and-socially" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marco Rubio</a> (R-FL) also spoke with Tapper on Sunday, saying that through direct attacks and through proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas, Iran was trying to &#8220;make Israel an unlivable place.&#8221;
&#8220;Iran’s goal has always been the same, and that is to make Israel an unlivable place,&#8221; Rubio explained. &#8220;Iran knows it cannot beat Israel militarily, but what it does aspire to do is make Israel an impossible place to live and a place no one wants to visit.&#8221;
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Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@marcorubio</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JakeTapper</a> that Iran&#39;s goal is to &quot;make Israel an unlivable place.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KPliGEE8x7">pic.twitter.com/KPliGEE8x7</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1779566831734280477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>NBC News, &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;:</h3>
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) attempted to thread a difficult political needle during her appearance on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; refusing to say whether or not she believed Israel&#8217;s actions in Gaza had reached the level of  &#8220;genocide.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to weigh in,&#8221; Whitmer insisted, despite the fact that Democrat opposition to support for Israel had driven thousands in her state to vote &#8220;uncommitted&#8221; rather than cast a primary vote for President Joe Biden. &#8220;A lot of these terms are used to inflame and divide us.&#8221;
Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tlaib-loses-her-mind-on-fox-reporter-wont-address-death-to-america-chants-in-her-district" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rashida Tlaib</a>, another Democrat who represents Michigan, refused to condemn rally attendees in her district who shouted chants of &#8220;Death to America&#8221; and &#8220;Death to Israel,&#8221; claiming that she only wouldn&#8217;t address the issue because the reporter asking about it was from Fox News.
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WATCH: Some Democrats — including those in Michigan — are calling Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide.
The state’s Democratic governor won’t characterize it that way.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovWhitmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovWhitmer</a>: “I’m not going to weigh in. … A lot of these terms are used to inflame and divide us.” <a href="https://t.co/7zhXhOC7iT">pic.twitter.com/7zhXhOC7iT</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1779589523631972439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>FOX, &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221;:</h3>
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) joined anchor Shannon Bream on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; to respond to the ongoing situation between Iran and Israel – and he said that while he did not want the United States to be the &#8220;world&#8217;s policeman,&#8221; he also didn&#8217;t want that role to be filled by people like Russia&#8217;s Vladimir Putin, China&#8217;s Xi Jinping, and the Iranian Ayatollah.
&#8220;With those guys, if you turn the other cheek, you just get it in the neck,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;More sheep is not going to solve the wolf problem.&#8221;
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnKennedy</a> gives his advice to President Biden after Iran attacks Israel. <a href="https://t.co/dPMJNkZ7jz">pic.twitter.com/dPMJNkZ7jz</a>
&mdash; Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1779521719272624594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>MSNBC, &#8220;Inside With Jen Psaki&#8221;:</h3>
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki invited Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) to her MSNBC show, where they did their best to breathe new life into the Trump-Russia narrative.
&#8220;It&#8217;s like Trump is the fourth branch of government and Putin is the fifth branch of government,&#8221; Raskin claimed. &#8220;The Republicans can&#8217;t do anything unless Trump approves it and Trump can&#8217;t do anything if his friend Vladimir Putin doesn&#8217;t want him to.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepRaskin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepRaskin</a>: &quot;It&#39;s like Trump is the fourth branch of government and Putin is the fifth branch of government. The Republicans can&#39;t do anything unless Trump approves it and Trump can&#39;t do anything if his friend Vladimir Putin doesn&#39;t want him to.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/wRe7MqJGpm">pic.twitter.com/wRe7MqJGpm</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1779569133299896720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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John Kirby also spoke with Psaki, telling her that Israel had sent a very clear message of strength in repelling Iran&#8217;s direct attack. &#8220;One of the messages that the president delivered to [Netanyahu] was be proud of what you were able to accomplish last night because that itself sent a very strong signal, not just to Iran, but to every other bad actor in the region.&#8221;
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NSC Spokesman John Kirby: &quot;One of the messages that the president delivered to the prime minister was be proud of what you were able to accomplish last night because that itself sent a very strong signal, not just to Iran, but to every other bad actor in the region.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kyUQy9bnqN">pic.twitter.com/kyUQy9bnqN</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1779580690264117734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Weekend Media Wrap: ‘What About The Hostages?’

Vol. 39: What you missed if you weren't glued to the Sunday shows.

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Every Sunday morning, legacy media outlets are taken over by elected officials, aspiring elected officials, administration insiders, and the usual collection of talking heads — all of whom are there to discuss specific policies, push talking points, or simply promote their own campaigns.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to unravel a full 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.
<h3>ABC News, &#8220;This Week&#8221;:</h3>
White House spokesperson John Kirby continued the Biden Administration&#8217;s apparent trend toward criticizing Israel, suggesting that Israel would need to prove itself before the United States had &#8220;confidence&#8221; in their strategy in Gaza moving forward.
Kirby explained that President Biden wanted to see &#8220;sustained changes in the way they&#8217;re operating on the ground and the way they are allowing humanitarian assistance to get in&#8221; to Gaza, &#8220;so that confidence can be restored.&#8221;
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White House spokesperson John Kirby tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> that any reforms by Israel after its deadly strike on an aid convoy in Gaza have to be verified “so that confidence can be restored.” <a href="https://t.co/otQ6OqrCgJ">https://t.co/otQ6OqrCgJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/jmpiM4JUmJ">pic.twitter.com/jmpiM4JUmJ</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1777001917803012309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Kirby went on to explain that over time, the Biden administration had expressed a &#8220;growing degree of frustration that we&#8217;ve had with the way these operations these operations are being prosecuted and the way that the Israelis are acting on the ground in terms of civilian casualties.&#8221;
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White House&#39;s John Kirby tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> there’s been a “growing degree of frustration that we’ve had with the way these operations are being prosecuted and the way that the Israelis are acting on the ground in terms of civilian casualties.” <a href="https://t.co/NYXxJejloF">https://t.co/NYXxJejloF</a> <a href="https://t.co/DqKZos09bV">pic.twitter.com/DqKZos09bV</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1777011330576187692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>CBS News, &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221;:</h3>
Rachel Goldberg-Polin is still awaiting the return of her son, Hersh — who was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 — and she told CBS&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; that after six months, she viewed the situation as a &#8220;complete failure on everybody&#8217;s part.&#8221;
&#8220;I have not been able to save my son,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I feel that I have failed, and I feel our governments have failed.&#8221;
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son, Hersh, is being held hostage by Hamas, says six months without the release of all hostages is a &quot;complete failure on everybody&#39;s part.&quot;
&quot;I have not been able to save my son&#8230;I feel that I have failed, and I feel our governments have failed.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/JMoMUVCXfn">pic.twitter.com/JMoMUVCXfn</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1777012333518213547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby addressed reports of Israel Defense Forces executing a partial troop withdrawal from southern Gaza, and he explained that the move was designed to give IDF troops a chance to rest and regroup ahead of any additional planned action.
Kirby said that the IDF had planned the partial withdrawal in order to &#8220;rest and refit,&#8221; adding, &#8220;What they&#8217;ll do with those troops after a rest and refit, I can&#8217;t speak to.&#8221;
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After an IDF troop withdrawal in Southern Gaza, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says it is largely “rest and refit” for troops, but “what they’ll do with those troops after a rest and refit, I can’t speak to.&quot;
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&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1777008565804204433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>CNN, &#8220;State of the Union&#8221;:</h3>
CNN anchor Jake Tapper also spoke to family members of another hostage, Omer, who remains in Hamas captivity. &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;re sitting here six months later.&#8221;
Israel has offered several times to suspend fighting and implement at least a temporary ceasefire if Hamas would agree to release more of the hostages — proposing similar arrangements to the deal that was released last year, which resulted in some of the hostages being returned home. Hamas leadership has repeatedly rejected such propositions.
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Six months since the brutal October 7 attack in Israel, Israeli-American family speaks to <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> about their son and brother, Omer, who is still held hostage by Hamas: &#39;I can&#39;t believe we&#39;re sitting here six months later&#39; <a href="https://t.co/gs07mXAZvG">pic.twitter.com/gs07mXAZvG</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1776988221664104528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>NBC News, &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;:</h3>
NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; did not air on Sunday, April 7, as it was preempted by Premier League Soccer.
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Meet the Press is pre-empted this week for NBC&#39;s coverage of Premier League Soccer.
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<h3>FOX, &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221;:</h3>
Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) joined &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; guest host Martha MacCallum to discuss the ongoing crisis at the southern border — a crisis that former President Trump has dubbed &#8220;Biden&#8217;s Border Bloodbath&#8221; — and Abbott argued that the Biden administration has &#8220;abandoned&#8221; responsibility to handle the influx of illegal immigrants.
Abbott accused Biden of allowing open borders in an attempt to appease the far Left within his own party, and argued that because of his policies, the United States was being &#8220;invaded in ways that put our country at risk.&#8221;
The Texas Governor went on to accuse Mayor Eric Adams (D-NYC) of &#8220;aiding and abetting&#8221; the Biden administration by embracing &#8220;sanctuary city&#8221; policies.
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GregAbbott_TX</a> joins the show to discuss the latest news at the U.S. border, arguing that Biden has ‘abandoned’ his responsibility to handle the migrant crisis. <a href="https://t.co/g0ZNnMCBW2">pic.twitter.com/g0ZNnMCBW2</a>
&mdash; Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1776987918768259487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>MSNBC, &#8220;Inside With Jen Psaki&#8221;:</h3>
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki sat down on Sunday with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to discuss the continued fallout after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore — and Psaki&#8217;s chief complaint was former President Donald Trump had not joined other politicians in &#8220;acknowledging&#8221; the immigrant victims who were killed.
&#8220;I mean, Trump is running for president,&#8221; Psaki began. &#8220;He has yet to acknowledge the victims of the tragedy in Baltimore who were fixing the potholes on the bridge at the time of the collapse. All of them were immigrants — I have my own views, but why do you think he&#8217;s said absolutely nothing?&#8221;
&#8220;Just at a human level it would be helpful for the former president to weigh in here and show the solidarity that we&#8217;ve seen from most, if not all, elected officials on either side of the aisle,&#8221; Buttigieg replied.
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&quot;Just at a human level it would be helpful for the former president to weigh in here and show the solidarity that we&#39;ve seen from most, if not all, elected officials on either side of the aisle.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecretaryPete</a> on Trump failing to acknowledge victims of Baltimore bridge collapse <a href="https://t.co/YSRb71pxeN">pic.twitter.com/YSRb71pxeN</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1777021118995378682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre And NSC Coordinator John Kirby Hold Daily Press Briefing

Weekend Media Wrap, Vol. 38: What You Missed If You Weren’t Glued To The Sunday Shows

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) say that a portion of the Republican Party&#8217;s base has bought into Russian propaganda thanks to what they described as &#8220;conspiracy theory outlets&#8221; and &#8220;nighttime entertainment shows.&#8221;
In an interview last week with Puck News, McCaul said, &#8220;I think Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it’s infected a good chunk of my party’s base.&#8221;
&#8220;And I have to explain to them what’s at stake, why Ukraine is in our national security interest,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;By the way, you don’t like Communist China? Well, guess what? They’re aligned [with Russia], along with the Ayatollah. So when you explain it that way, they kind of start understanding it. And unlike 1939, we want to provide deterrence so that we don’t have to send anyone over, and we don’t want Article V invoked. Because the next thing the Russians will do is [attack] Moldova, Georgia, and then part of the Baltics. Or at least provoke a lot. So I just think it’s preventative.&#8221;
Later in the interview, when asked to expound upon his comments, McCaul said that the source of a lot of the propaganda has been &#8220;some more nighttime entertainment shows that seem to spin, like, I see the Russian propaganda in some of it — and it’s almost identical [to what they’re saying on Russian state television] — on our airwaves.&#8221;
&#8220;They have the same problem in Europe. I mean, Russia’s been very effective at that,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;These people that read various conspiracy theory outlets that are just not accurate, and they actually model Russian propaganda. And I have to explain to them, &#8216;You’re actually a victim of Russian propaganda, and what you’re saying, you’re spreading Russian [propaganda].&#8217; [And they respond,] &#8216;Oh, no I’m not.'&#8221;
Turner was asked about McCaul&#8217;s comments during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with Jake Tapper, specifically if he thought McCaul was correct and if it was a big problem.
&#8220;Oh, it is absolutely true,&#8221; Turner responded. &#8220;We see directly coming from Russia attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, there are members of Congress today who still incorrectly say that this conflict between Russia and Ukraine is over NATO, which, of course, it is not, Vladimir Putin having made it very clear, both publicly and to his own population, that his view is that this is a conflict of a much broader claim of Russia to Eastern Europe, including claiming all of Ukraine territory as Russia&#8217;s,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;To the extent that this propaganda takes hold, it makes it more difficult for us to really see this as an authoritarian-versus-democracy battle, which is what it is. President Xi of China, Vladimir Putin himself have identified it as such. We need to stand up for democracy. We need to make certain that we know that authoritarian regimes never stop when they start an aggression.&#8221;

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House Republican Committee Chair: ‘Russian Propaganda’ Has Infiltrated Chunk Of GOP Base

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Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer slammed former President Donald Trump after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-state-is-now-a-border-state-trump-visits-michigan-to-address-illegal-immigrants-alleged-murder-of-25-year-old-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visited</a> her state on Tuesday to address the murder of 25-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/once-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-25-year-old-michigan-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ruby Garcia</a>, who was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant.
Whitmer appeared on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-source-with-kaitlan-collins/episodes/7d9f7e52-f162-11ee-8d4d-b38a0f638880" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> with host Kaitlan Collins Tuesday night to discuss a range of issues, including Trump&#8217;s comments on illegal immigration. The former president spoke at a campaign event with law enforcement in Grand Rapids on Tuesday afternoon, where he warned that the ongoing border crisis under President Joe Biden has turned &#8220;every state&#8221; into &#8220;a border state.&#8221;
&#8220;The former president was in Grand Rapids today, and he was capitalizing on a horrible tragedy that happened here,&#8221; Whitmer said. &#8220;There is a family that is grieving the loss of Ruby Garcia, and she was a real person with a real story. And it&#8217;s a horrible story that happened.&#8221;
&#8220;All of that being said, [Trump] came in to perpetrate the continued storyline that he had done everything to keep us safe, which is boloney,&#8221; Whitmer continued. &#8220;We know that under the Trump administration, he actually called me, the governor of Michigan, to ask that we send the National Guard to help with surveillance on the southern border, and we helped him out because he couldn&#8217;t get it done.&#8221;
The Michigan governor also blamed Trump for Congress failing to pass legislation containing certain border and immigration reforms, which Biden had requested be signed into law before he took further action to address the border.
&#8220;He&#8217;s also the reason that the negotiation in Washington, D.C., didn&#8217;t come to fruition. He torpedoed a deal that would&#8217;ve had the strongest border security in decades in this country that President Biden put on the table. He told Republicans to walk away and they did,&#8221; Whitmer said.
Trump had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-brands-bipartisan-border-deal-the-stupid-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">branded</a> the border legislation the &#8220;Stupid Bill&#8221; and said Republicans shouldn&#8217;t vote for it &#8220;unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION of Millions &amp; Millions of people, many from parts unknown, into our once great, but soon to be great again, Country!” GOP leaders in the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-shoot-down-senate-border-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opposed</a> the bill, arguing that &#8220;it fails in every policy area needed to secure our border and would actually incentivize more illegal immigration.&#8221;
During his Tuesday speech in Michigan, Trump called Whitmer &#8220;a terrible governor,&#8221; who along with Biden, is &#8220;stealing your money to give free housing to illegals and then asking you to quarter these people.&#8221;
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Whitmer responded to Trump&#8217;s criticism, telling Collins that &#8220;those talking points don&#8217;t matter a whole lot to people every day.&#8221;
&#8220;Michiganders are hardworking people. They want leaders who see what they&#8217;re struggling with and work to solve those problems, and that&#8217;s exactly what I will continue to stay focused on, and I know that&#8217;s what President Biden will continue to stay focused on,&#8221; she added.
Republican leaders in Michigan have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-republicans-sound-alarm-on-state-program-potentially-giving-illegal-immigrants-up-to-500-per-month-in-rental-assistance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised concerns</a> about a new &#8220;Michigan Newcomer Rental Subsidy Program&#8221; established by the Whitmer administration that hands out up to $500 a month to refugees and migrants. The GOP lawmakers said the program could be helping people who entered the country illegally pay for housing in the state.
“Gretchen Whitmer’s rent subsidy program makes handouts available to illegals who were caught in the country and then frantically claimed asylum to avoid deportation,” Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall told The Daily Wire last week. “The Whitmer administration must come clean about this dubious program to the taxpayers who are paying for it. Michiganders shouldn’t have their dollars taken to reward those who broke our immigration laws.”

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during an interview this week that he believes that President Joe Biden is a greater threat to democracy than former President Donald Trump.
Kennedy made the remarks during a Monday night interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;OutFront&#8221; with host Erin Burnett.
&#8220;I can make the argument that President Biden is a much worse threat to democracy,&#8221; Kennedy said. &#8220;And the reason for that is President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech, so to censor his opponent. I can say that because I just won a case in the federal Court of Appeals and now before the Supreme Court that shows that he started censoring not just me — 37 hours after he took the oath of office, he was censoring me.&#8221;
&#8220;No president in the country has ever done that,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The greatest threat to democracy is not somebody who questions election returns, but a president of the United States who uses the power of his office to force the social media companies, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to open a portal and give access to that portal to the FBI, to the CIA, to the IRS, to CISA, to NIH to censor his political critics.&#8221;
&#8220;President Biden, the first president in history, used his power over the Secret Service to deny Secret Service protection to one of his political opponents for political reasons. He&#8217;s weaponizing the federal agencies,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Those are really critical threats to democracy.&#8221;
A few moments later, Burnett asked Kennedy: &#8220;So, just to be clear, you&#8217;re saying you could make an argument that President Biden is a worse threat to democracy than Donald Trump?&#8221;
&#8220;Absolutely,&#8221; Kennedy responded. &#8220;Who else has ever tried to — who else has ever tried to — what president in history has ever tried to censor political opponents? What president has weaponized the federal agency?&#8221;
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CNN: “When people talk about the threat to democracy that Trump poses, do you really think that is equal to Biden?”
RFK JR: “Biden is much worse threat to democracy.. President Biden is the first president history that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech” <a href="https://t.co/zmtgNGn6Ke">pic.twitter.com/zmtgNGn6Ke</a>
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RFK Jr. at Union Station. Cesar Chavez Day.

RFK Jr.: Biden ‘Absolutely’ A ‘Much Worse Threat To Democracy’ Than Trump

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Every Sunday morning, legacy media outlets are taken over by elected officials, aspiring elected officials, administration insiders, and the usual collection of talking heads — all of whom are there to discuss specific policies, push talking points, or simply promote their own campaigns.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to unravel a full 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.
<h3>ABC News, &#8220;This Week&#8221;:</h3>
Former CENTCOM commander General Frank McKenzie joined ABC News&#8217; Martha Raddatz to discuss the fact that since President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration withdrew all American troops from Afghanistan — with disastrous results — the terror group ISIS has been allowed to grow virtually unchecked.
McKenzie explained that ISIS was able to grow in part by using the internet to encourage radicalization in countries all around the globe, saying that ability &#8220;may be one of the most dangerous methods that ISIS can use to generate attacks.&#8221;
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Former CENTCOM commander retired Gen. Frank McKenzie tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> that radicalizing people abroad over the internet “may be one of the most dangerous methods that ISIS can use to generate attacks.” <a href="https://t.co/kwihFiNewE">https://t.co/kwihFiNewE</a> <a href="https://t.co/ufSW24lpbz">pic.twitter.com/ufSW24lpbz</a>
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McKenzie went on to say that President Biden&#8217;s foreign policy — specifically his decision to abandon Afghanistan entirely when he pulled the last American troops out in 2021 — was creating an environment where ISIS could flourish.
&#8220;In Afghanistan, we have almost no ability to see into that country and almost no ability to strike into that country. And so, ISIS there is able to grow unabated,&#8221; he explained, warning that ISIS and other terror groups had already suggested they aspired to attack the United States. &#8220;There&#8217;s no pressure on them.&#8221;
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“In Afghanistan, we have almost no ability to see into that country and almost no ability to strike into that country. And so, ISIS there is able to grow unabated. There’s no pressure on them,” retired Gen. Frank McKenzie tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a>. <a href="https://t.co/Qkjn9Xklsl">https://t.co/Qkjn9Xklsl</a> <a href="https://t.co/wsTQyz2d1I">pic.twitter.com/wsTQyz2d1I</a>
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<h3>CBS News, &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221;:</h3>
Wilton Cardinal Gregory, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, took President Biden to task during an Easter Sunday interview about Biden&#8217;s decision to lean in to celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility – which is traditionally held on March 31 – despite the fact that one of Christianity&#8217;s holiest days also fell on the 31st this year.
&#8220;I would say that he&#8217;s very sincere about his faith,&#8221; Cardinal Gregory, the first African American to serve as a Cardinal, began. But like a number of Catholics, he picks and chooses dimensions of the faith to highlight while ignoring or even contradicting other parts. There is a phrase that we have used in the past, a &#8216;cafeteria Catholic&#8217; — you choose that which is attractive, and dismiss that which is challenging.&#8221;
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<h3>CNN, &#8220;State of the Union&#8221;:</h3>
Governor Wes Moore (D-MD) joined CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; to talk about the complications that have arisen since the disastrous collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier in the week.
&#8220;This is not a Baltimore catastrophe,&#8221; Moore said, noting that the amount of commerce that was coming to a halt for lack of access to the harbor was not insignificant. &#8220;This is a national economic catastrophe.&#8221;
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“This is not a Baltimore catastrophe… this is a national economic catastrophe.”<a href="https://twitter.com/GovWesMoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovWesMoore</a> joins <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> to discuss the fallout from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. <a href="https://t.co/OJjc36OrjV">pic.twitter.com/OJjc36OrjV</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1774432259107385816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>NBC News, &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;:</h3>
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) cautioned against giving additional aid to Israel in its war against the terrorist group Hamas, saying that when it came to making new arrangements for such aid, &#8220;leverage has to be used.&#8221;
Clyburn stopped short of calling for a halt to a shipment of bombs currently headed to Israel, however, arguing that shipment was part of a deal made in prior years and the United States should make good on promises already made.
&#8220;What were the agreements made last year and the year before?&#8221; he asked, adding, &#8220;We have to keep our word.&#8221;
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesClyburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJamesClyburn</a> (D-S.C.) says “leverage has to be used” against Israel.
But defends a new U.S. shipment of bombs: “What were the agreements made last year and the year before? … We have to keep our word.” <a href="https://t.co/QT5ahunIK9">pic.twitter.com/QT5ahunIK9</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1774531224494629117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>FOX, &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221;:</h3>
&#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; anchor Shannon Bream spoke with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) about the 2024 presidential election, which is looming even closer as it appears both parties have settled on their respective candidates: President Joe Biden (Democrat) and former President Donald Trump (Republican).
Bream led with a poll that showed Trump with &#8220;an 11-point edge&#8221; over President Biden when it came to his handling of foreign policy, and asked Khanna what he made of the president&#8217;s reelection chances.
Khanna suggested that people had only soured on Biden because the war was dragging on, and argued that once the war was over — and Israel was secure — Biden&#8217;s poll numbers were likely to improve.
Bream pivoted to discuss the economy then, noting that in recent polls, over half of Americans (52%) said that they were &#8220;worse off&#8221; under Biden than they had been before he took office in 2021. Another 26% said that they had seen no change, and only 22% said that they were better off in that same time frame.
Khanna pushed back, arguing that the country was still recovering from the COVID pandemic and claiming that Biden had &#8220;created&#8221; millions of new jobs — despite reports clarifying that most of the jobs Biden claims to have &#8220;created&#8221; were jobs lost under draconian COVID policies and lockdowns coming back after those restrictions were lifted.
Khanna went on to say that Biden advocated for raising wages, but did not address the economic impact — primarily through automation and job losses — of a rising minimum wage.
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&mdash; Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1774449815960617469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>MSNBC, &#8220;Inside With Jen Psaki&#8221;:</h3>
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki used her monologue on MSNBC to claim that former President Donald Trump — who was initially facing 91 charges and is still fighting 88 of them in multiple jurisdictions — was reaping the benefits of a &#8220;two-tiered system of justice&#8221; that she said favored him.
&#8220;Trump is not the victim of a two-tiered system of justice in this country. He has been a beneficiary. There is one system for the powerful, wealthy, and well connected like Donald Trump and there is another system for everyone else,&#8221; she said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jrpsaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jrpsaki</a>: “Trump is not the victim of a two-tiered system of justice in this country. He has been a beneficiary. There is one system for the powerful, wealthy, and well connected like Donald Trump and there is another system for everyone else.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/FFpmLXGNB7">pic.twitter.com/FFpmLXGNB7</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1772422843994677705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby Visits “Fox News Sunday”

Weekend Media Wrap, Vol. 37: What You Missed If You Weren’t Glued To The Sunday Shows

During an interview on CNN, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/baltimore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Baltimore</a> Mayor Brandon Scott chided the cable news network and others for airing &#8220;traumatizing&#8221; footage of a partial <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/baltimore-bridge-collapses-resulting-in-mass-casualty-event-after-its-struck-by-cargo-ship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bridge collapse</a> in his city on Tuesday.
A container ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge early in the morning, causing part of the structure to crumble into the river below. At least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/8-people-were-on-baltimore-bridge-at-time-of-collapse-ship-issued-a-mayday-before-collision-authorities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eight people</a> were on the bridge at the time, and at least two have been accounted for as rescue teams search for survivors, according to authorities.
The mayor spoke with CNN anchor Sara Sidner over the phone in the hours after the crash. As they conversed, the network showed images showing the aftermath of the collapse as well as video of the very moment the ship took down a big chunk of the Francis Scott Key Bridge early in the morning.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to be the first to ask that CNN and everyone else stop showing the video,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;No one needs to see a possibility of their family member being severely injured or otherwise over and over and over again because it&#8217;s just traumatizing our community.&#8221;
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Baltimore Mayor pleads with CNN to stop airing the &quot;traumatizing&quot; bridge collapse footage <a href="https://t.co/qjLArUtMAT">pic.twitter.com/qjLArUtMAT</a>
&mdash; Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1772622591036899376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Scott told Sidner called the collapse an &#8220;unspeakable tragedy.&#8221; He said the &#8220;focus&#8221; of emergency crews was to conduct a search-and-rescue operation using sonar to find survivors. He noted that cars were in the water and that there were people working on the bridge at the time of the collision.
&#8220;We know that there&#8217;s going to be questions about the bridge and traffic and the port,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But right now, everyone in this world&#8217;s focus should be about these souls and those families who are wondering if these people are going to walk back in the door after they walked out to work last night.&#8221;
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Scott said the ship hitting the bridge was &#8220;something out of an action movie&#8221; when pressed about his first thoughts upon seeing pictures of the devastation at first light.
&#8220;It&#8217;s something you never think you would see,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And being here, right now, looking at it is even more surreal. And it just makes you think about, again, those families — those individuals that were on that bridge. Those folks even on that vessel even more because no one should have to endure.&#8221;

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Every Sunday morning, legacy media outlets are taken over by elected officials, aspiring elected officials, administration insiders, and the usual collection of talking heads — all of whom are there to discuss specific policies, push talking points, or simply promote their own campaigns.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to unravel a full 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.
<h3>ABC News, &#8220;This Week&#8221;:</h3>
Former interim Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile echoed former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in voicing concerns about the potential impact of third-party candidates on the 2024 presidential election — and, specifically, President Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection chances.
Brazile warned on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; that third-party candidates like independent presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or anyone the more moderate No Labels group could put forward might be able to draw votes away from an increasingly unpopular President Biden.
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Former DNC chair <a href="https://twitter.com/donnabrazile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonnaBrazile</a> warns Democrats to not ignore the threat of third-party candidates “because they could draw” votes from Pres. Biden. <a href="https://t.co/RSOXIuJbT3">https://t.co/RSOXIuJbT3</a> <a href="https://t.co/JRV7XZWYH2">pic.twitter.com/JRV7XZWYH2</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1771950630136938546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Vice President Kamala Harris also sat for an interview that aired on Sunday morning, and she was asked to weigh in on the ongoing war between Israel and the terror group Hamas, which is currently playing out in Gaza.
When asked whether the United States was prepared to move forward with &#8220;consequences&#8221; for Israel if a planned offensive in Rafah is carried out — on offensive that Prime Minister Netanyahu has warned would not be derailed even by pressure from the Biden administration — Harris was noncommittal: &#8220;I am ruling out nothing.&#8221;
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When pressed by <a href="https://twitter.com/rachelvscott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rachelvscott</a> on whether there will be “consequences from the United States” if Israel moves forward with a planned invasion of Rafah in pursuit of Hamas fighters despite opposition, Vice Pres. Harris says, “I am ruling out nothing.” <a href="https://t.co/5xzrRdwwdg">https://t.co/5xzrRdwwdg</a> <a href="https://t.co/QpwW8QtkJW">pic.twitter.com/QpwW8QtkJW</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1771952950262338020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>CBS News, &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221;:</h3>
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) joined host Margaret Brennan on CBS&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; where he addressed the continuing fallout from the Biden administration&#8217;s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
McCaul said that he had made it a priority to ensure that the most recent government funding bill included provisions for special visas for the Afghan nationals who had helped the U.S.: &#8220;We left them behind and that was the biggest sin of the Afghan evacuation.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepMcCaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMcCaul</a> says he worked closely with Speaker Johnson to make sure special visas for Afghan nationals who had worked with the U.S. were included in the latest government funding bill.
&quot;We left them behind and that was the biggest sin of the Afghan evacuation,&quot; McCaul says. <a href="https://t.co/SJkX8WqnVu">pic.twitter.com/SJkX8WqnVu</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1771925282485669901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Also featured on &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; was in an interview with Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens, who made it clear that the chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border is an ongoing &#8220;national security threat.&#8221;
Given the number of illegal immigrants who have entered the United States since President Biden took office — and immediately removed the majority of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s border security measures — Owens said, &#8220;What&#8217;s keeping me up at night is the 140,000 known&#8221; illegal immigrants who have made it into the United States in fiscal year 2024 alone.
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Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens calls the situation at the U.S. southern border a &quot;national security threat.&quot; He tells <a href="https://twitter.com/camiloreports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@camiloreports</a> &quot;what&#39;s keeping me up at night is the 140,000 known&quot; migrants that have entered the U.S. illegally and evaded apprehension in fiscal year 2024. <a href="https://t.co/cXVJtlf0jr">pic.twitter.com/cXVJtlf0jr</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1771927806672277714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>CNN, &#8220;State of the Union&#8221;:</h3>
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) joined CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; where she told anchor Jake Tapper that she believed the humanitarian crisis in Gaza — stemming from the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas — had reached the level of &#8220;genocide.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe we have crossed the threshold of intent,&#8221; the New York Congresswoman claimed, defending her floor speech calling on President Biden to cut off any additional military aid to Israel.
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“I believe we have crossed the threshold of intent.”
On <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNSOTU</a>, Democratic Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> defends her speech on the House floor saying the humanitarian crisis in Gaza constitutes a &quot;genocide&quot; for the first time. <a href="https://t.co/nQZlbPddEt">pic.twitter.com/nQZlbPddEt</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1771894013857030464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>NBC News, &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;:</h3>
On NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; anchor Kristen Welker sat down with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, where they discussed the 2022 decision that overturned the 1973 landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade. Breyer weighed in on the early decision draft, saying that he did have a theory about who might have leaked it: &#8220;I&#8217;d be amazed if it was a judge.&#8221;
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WATCH: Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he has his “theories” about the person who leaked the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
&quot;I’d be amazed if it was a judge,&quot; he tells <a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a>. <a href="https://t.co/1DKFbQgfpj">pic.twitter.com/1DKFbQgfpj</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1771926531461234853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Breyer also said that he had always thought there would be a way to find a compromise on the issue, adding, &#8220;I always think it&#8217;s possible usually up to the last minute.&#8221;
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WATCH: Former Justice Stephen Breyer reflects on how the Dobbs decision played out.<a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a>: “Did you think a compromise was possible” around the abortion decision?
Breyer: “I always think it’s possible, usually up until the last minute.” <a href="https://t.co/b8naGk2vBF">pic.twitter.com/b8naGk2vBF</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1771936870701678765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>FOX, &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221;:</h3>
&#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; anchor Shannon Bream highlighted President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign and its focus on the Affordable Care Act and new EPA emission standards. Biden — with former President Barack Obama&#8217;s help — has campaigned on preserving the ACA, and just last week announced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-set-to-complete-regulations-targeting-gas-powered-vehicles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new EPA standards</a>.
&#8220;For light-duty vehicles, EPA is proposing standards that would increase in stringency each year over a six-year period, from MYs 2027–2032,” the EPA stated. “The proposed standards are projected to result in an industry-wide average target for the light-duty fleet of 82 grams/mile (g/mile) of CO2 in MY 2032, representing a 56 percent reduction in projected fleet average GHG emissions target levels from the existing MY 2026 standards.&#8221;
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LucasFoxNews</a> reports on President Biden celebrating the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and rolling out new EPA emission standards. <a href="https://t.co/GUh2LEZrYZ">pic.twitter.com/GUh2LEZrYZ</a>
&mdash; Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1771912123968295046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>MSNBC, &#8220;Inside With Jen Psaki&#8221;:</h3>
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki spoke with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) about the dwindling Republican majority in the House — and a potential shake-up in Republican leadership — and the two appeared to conclude that it would not be long before House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was handed the gavel.
&#8220;Could you see a scenario where Democrats take the majority even before Election Day?&#8221; Psaki asked.
&#8220;Hakeem will be next and soon, now, that could happen,&#8221; Pelosi replied. &#8220;But the fact is, the disrespect for the institution with these motions to vacate, the disrespect for the Republicans in the Congress with the departure of these Republicans takes them to a precarious place. But I remind that I at the end only had a margin of two because of one thing and another when we had the majority, and we still got our work done. We passed a record — historic agenda under the leadership of President Biden, and working with the House and the Senate in a very, shall we say, respectful and collaborative way.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jrpsaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jrpsaki</a>: &quot;Could you see a scenario where Democrats take the majority even before Election Day?&quot;
.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a>: &quot;Hakeem will be next and soon&#8230; The disrespect for the Republicans in the Congress with the departure of these Republicans takes them to a precarious place.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/nf2nMw6C08">pic.twitter.com/nf2nMw6C08</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1771977485539754156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Weekend Media Wrap, Vol. 36: What You Missed If You Weren’t Glued To The Sunday Shows

Donald Trump&#8217;s best friends are in the legacy media.
I don&#8217;t mean that Donald Trump is friends with people in the legacy media, I mean they are helping him.
Members of the legacy media have been playing this incredibly stupid game since 2015, and the reason they play this game with Trump is because they play it all the time with other Republican politicians.
The game goes like this: Donald Trump says something that uses a bit of inflammatory language in a completely non-inflammatory context, the media then proceed to cut out the inflammatory language from the non-inflammatory context and then blow it up.
They&#8217;ve been doing this with Republicans for as long as I&#8217;ve been alive.
The weird thing about doing it with Trump is that Trump frequently says wild things. They don&#8217;t even have to do it with Trump. What they end up doing, however, is essentially showing the American public they are willing to say anything about Trump.
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1927-bloodbath-the-fake-news-strikes-again-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show</a></h4>
The latest example comes courtesy of the entire legacy media who decided to jump on a clip of Donald Trump at a political rally over the weekend — while the media is in a sheer state of panic about the 2024 race. They should be.
According to the Real Clear Politics <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls/election">polling average</a>, Donald Trump is currently almost two points up in the national average. He&#8217;s currently leading in every single battleground state. Joe Biden is in deep trouble and so the media are looking for some sort of headline that is going to gin up the Democratic base.
Thus, they have to find something that says Donald Trump is a severe danger and he is going to overthrow the Republic; that there will be blood in the streets, the case that Joe Biden has been making since 2020. They say that Donald Trump isn&#8217;t just a problem — he’s a threat to the very nature of the Republic.
Joe Biden gave the worst speech I can remember, standing in front of a blood-red Independence Hall and suggesting his political opponents were going to overthrow our democracy.
That is the line the entire media have been told to repeat over and over and over for the duration of this election cycle.
And so they decided over the weekend they found the golden ticket. They found the clip of Donald Trump promising violence in the streets.
Here’s what actually Trump said:
<blockquote>Mexico has taken over a period of 30 years 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in our country. Think of it, went to Mexico. China now is building a couple of massive plants where they are going to build the cars in Mexico and think, they think, that they&#8217;re going to sell those cars into the United States with no tax at the border? 
Let me tell you something to China. If you&#8217;re listening, President Xi — you and I are friends, but he understands the way I deal — those big monster car manufacturing plants that you&#8217;re building in Mexico right now, and you think you&#8217;re going to get that you&#8217;re going to not hire Americans and you&#8217;re going to sell the cars to us now, we&#8217;re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you&#8217;re not going to be able to sell those. 
If I get elected now, if I don&#8217;t get elected, it&#8217;s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — That&#8217;s going to be the least of it. It&#8217;s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That&#8217;ll be the least of it. But they&#8217;re not going to sell those cars.</blockquote>
He&#8217;s literally talking about his plan to place a tariff on Chinese imports. That&#8217;s his plan, right? Tariffing Chinese cars imported via Mexico into the United States. And he says that if he gets elected, it&#8217;ll be good for the economy; and if he doesn’t, then there will be an economic bloodbath.
Now, that&#8217;s the sort of language that occurs constantly in American politics. Democrats often use the word “bloodbath” in a variety of contexts, talking about political bloodbaths and economic bloodbaths.
No one assumes what they mean is that there will be actual murder in the streets with the blood flowing freely into the gutters.
The word “bloodbath” happens a lot in American politics because it means a slaughter. We use violent language a lot because it&#8217;s evocative, but it doesn&#8217;t mean that somebody&#8217;s about to get killed or there&#8217;s going to be a civil war.
Obviously Trump was talking about an economic bloodbath, but — what did the media do? When Donald Trump said, “If I&#8217;m not elected, there will be a bloodbath,” they took that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/medias-wall-to-wall-coverage-of-trump-bloodbath-comment-delivers-zero-context" target="_blank" rel="noopener">out of context</a> and then proceeded to claim that what Trump was saying is that if he was not elected, that there would be a full-scale insurrectionist civil war in the United States with bodies in the streets.
Nancy Pelosi <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/03/17/sotu-pelosi-on-trump.cnn">said</a>, 
<blockquote>We just have to win this election because he&#8217;s even predicting a bloodbath. What does that mean? He&#8217;s going to exact a bloodbath. There&#8217;s something wrong here. How respectful I am of the American people and their goodness. But how much more do they have to see from him to understand that this isn&#8217;t what our country is about?</blockquote>
Jen Psaki, former press secretary for Joe Biden, <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/03/17/psaki_the_full_context_of_trumps_bloodbath_comment_is_that_he_supports_insurrection.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>:
<blockquote>The full context is that this is much bigger than one single speech. This embrace of political violence, this dehumanizing language. This is what Donald Trump has been preaching for years. In January, he warned that there will be, “Bedlam in this country if his criminal prosecution derailed his campaign.” In 2020 he reportedly asked his defense secretary about shooting people who were protesting the death of George Floyd, saying, “Can&#8217;t you just shoot them, just shoot them in the legs or something.” And of course, his very words inspired violence on January 6, 2021, when he told a crowd of his supporters to walk down the Capitol and fight like hell because, “You&#8217;ll never take back our country with weakness.”
Trust me, I could go on and on and on. We all know by now that Trump&#8217;s allusions to political violence are not merely rhetorical. His supporters take them literally. That&#8217;s part of the big problem here. And he knows that, too. So, no, we did not miss the full context. This was not some meandering yesterday comment. This is his message.</blockquote>
This is always the game with Trump: Take a comment and then spin it up to its greatest possible allusion while ignoring all possible context.
But you know why it helps Donald Trump?
Because everyone starts ignoring the media: they’re the boy who cried wolf. 
And if Trump does say something that really is egregious, there&#8217;s no place to go because the media already turned the dial up to 11.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-rowe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Rowe</a> easily handled CNN during an interview about the possibility that he could join Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s independent presidential ticket.
The &#8220;Dirty Jobs&#8221; host recently sat down with <a href="https://x.com/B7grWinning/status/1768541177941238052?s=20">CNN</a> anchor Erin Burnett, where he confirmed that he was on RFK Jr.&#8217;s list of potential vice presidential candidates, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/us-news/dirty-jobs-host-mike-rowe-confirms-rfk-jr-called-him-about-vp-role/">New York Post</a> reported.
&#8220;Actually, I ran into him about six months ago in Dallas, totally serendipitously, and we exchanged information and he reached out about a month ago,&#8221; Rowe said.
&#8220;At some point, he asked me if I would ever consider running for public office, and I spit my coffee back into my cup and I said, &#8216;Seriously?'&#8221; he added, noting the &#8220;serious conversation&#8221; the two had.
But when the interview turned to others RFK Jr. had picked for VP like New York Jets QB <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-defends-possible-vp-choice-aaron-rodgers-hes-been-hammered-by-the-press" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers</a> — whose past comments have caused headlines — Rowe showed his media skills.
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I have to say that Mike Rowe is a real class act. <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> tried desperately to drag him into childish divisive discourse, and he stayed above it. He handled this interview like a real adult, and that&#8217;s not something you see very much these days in US politics.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kennedy24?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kennedy24</a> <a href="https://t.co/RMXtRIOGc2">pic.twitter.com/RMXtRIOGc2</a>
— Gregory Latham Jr (@B7grWinning) <a href="https://twitter.com/B7grWinning/status/1768541177941238052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I think he [Rodgers] has a right to articulate whatever he wants,&#8221; Rowe told CNN. &#8220;And we have a right to respond however we want. I have no idea what the man actually said … I don&#8217;t know what qualifies or disqualifies a person running for anything.&#8221;
&#8220;You know somebody said to me the other day … how the hell are you qualified to do this [be his VP] and I started to explain how she was right and how I wasn&#8217;t,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And you know Bobby said something to me, he said, &#8216;there&#8217;s so many skeletons in my closet if you really open it up and give it a look and if they could all vote I&#8217;d be king of the world.'&#8221;
&#8220;You could probably find stupid stuff that anybody said, but what really qualifies a man or a woman to run for president or vice president? I think you got to be 35. I think you have to be born in this country.&#8221; Rowe continued. &#8220;After that I don&#8217;t know about qualifications …Personally I stopped watching football after the Colts left Baltimore and so I don’t know how much use I can be on that.&#8221;
It was clear that Burnett hadn&#8217;t anticipated his response, and the way he handled the interview was <a href="https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/03/15/mike-rowe-cnn-interview-n2394035">something</a> he was praised for by many.
&#8220;I have to say that Mike Rowe is a real class act. [CNN] tried desperately to drag him into childish divisive discourse, and he stayed above it,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;He handled this interview like a real adult, and that&#8217;s not something you see very much these days in US politics.&#8221;
Another <a href="https://twitter.com/f1fan6735/status/1768786993272533230">added</a>, &#8220;Mike was talking for about 10 seconds and she stopped listening, reloading for the next question. He could have talked about the 7 dwarfs being rapists and she wouldn&#8217;t have bothered following up.&#8221;
While a third <a href="https://twitter.com/syd_viciously/status/1768755970602344571">wrote</a> sarcastically, &#8220;Please, CNN, please start a fight with the guy who literally had a show focused on blue collar workers. It&#8217;s a winning strategy.&#8221;

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