A damning report from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> this week found that there is widespread fraud throughout Minnesota&#8217;s government and that Governor Tim Walz demands little to no accountability for what has transpired under his watch.
The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/04/politics/walz-audits-fraud-accountability-invs/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> highlighted numerous examples of fraud, ranging from pandemic funds intended to go to frontline workers that instead went to undeserving recipients to lax oversight of a government program that federal prosecutors said was the &#8220;nation&#8217;s largest&#8221; pandemic fraud scheme.
The report comes as Vice President Kamala Harris has faced significant criticism for her decision to pick Walz as her running mate after he has been found to be a serial liar on matters that span nearly every aspect of his life, both personal and career.
That criticism was again amplified after he was trounced in the vice presidential debate this week by Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) — Donald Trump&#8217;s vice presidential pick.
The state’s nonpartisan auditor, Judy Randall, told CNN that when Walz and his administration were confronted with dozens of examples of waste, fraud, and abuse, they minimized or dismissed the allegations.
The report said she was stunned that the state agencies under Walz&#8217;s control have become &#8220;defensive&#8221; and showed &#8220;signs of resentment&#8221; when confronted with the fraud, something that she has never seen over her nearly three decade career.
Randall said that she is not aware of a single person who has been removed from their job in the administration as a result of the fraud findings.
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“When he is not holding any commissioners responsible, then yes, Governor Walz is responsible for the fraud that has been ongoing in the state of Minnesota,” said Lisa Demuth, the state House GOP leader. “It falls squarely on his shoulders.”
Sen. Mark Koran, a Republican who serves as the vice chair of the state’s bipartisan legislative audit commission, said that the &#8220;hostility&#8221; that the state government has shown to investigators &#8220;is led by Governor Walz.&#8221;
“The governor’s appointees across the board at almost all agencies have been hostile and uncooperative when citizens are seeking transparency and oversight through the legislative auditor,” said Koran.
The chair of the committee, Democrat Rep. Rick Hansen, refused to respond to CNN&#8217;s request for comment.
The corruption under the Walz administration has attracted the attention of federal law enforcement officials who have conducted raids on various entities in connection with multiple criminal corruption investigations that are ongoing.
The report highlighted one of the examples of corruption that involved hundreds of millions of dollars of pandemic relief funds that were stolen through government programs in Minnesota.
Instead of helping those in need, &#8220;$250 million in federal tax dollars [were used] to purchase luxury cars, lavish overseas trips, gold jewelry and lakeside property.&#8221;

JD Vance And Tim Walz Face Off In Vice Presidential Debate In New York

CNN: Walz Lets Fraud Run Rampant In Minnesota Government With Little Accountability

Fraud

Kamala Harris

Media

Minnesota

Politics

Tim Walz

Regular CNN legal analyst Elie Honig took Special Prosecutor Jack Smith apart over the unprecedented manner in which he used his position to get his findings on former President Donald Trump before the general public prior to the presidential election on November 5.
In a Thursday op-ed for New York Magazine titled &#8220;<a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jack-smith-october-surprise-donald-trump.html?utm_campaign=nym&amp;utm_source=tw&amp;utm_medium=s1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jack Smith&#8217;s October Cheap Shot</a>,&#8221; Honig conceded that there was some new information in the lengthy brief Smith filed — which Judge Tonya Chutkan then made public — but that the value of that information was compromised by the fact that there was &#8220;no defending&#8221; the route Smith had been willing to take to ensure Trump was tried by the court of public opinion prior to Election Day.
Smith had initially wanted to try Trump before the election, Honig noted, but when that failed, he pulled out all the stops — and &#8220;bent ordinary procedure to get in one last shot, just weeks before voters go to the polls.&#8221;
After a brief paragraph explaining that the filing did, in fact, give some new insights into what then-President Trump was doing and who he was talking to during the riot on January 6, 2021, Honig pivoted to Smith&#8217;s legal tactics and alleged that Smith&#8217;s intent was all but certainly designed to impact the 2024 election.
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&#8220;The larger, if less obvious, headline is that Smith has essentially abandoned any pretense; he’ll bend any rule, switch up on any practice — so long as he gets to chip away at Trump’s electoral prospects,&#8221; Honig declared. &#8220;At this point, there’s simply no defending Smith’s conduct on any sort of principled or institutional basis.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8216;But we need to know this stuff before we vote!&#8217; is a nice bumper sticker, but it’s neither a response to nor an excuse for Smith’s unprincipled, norm-breaking practice,&#8221; Honig continued, adding that if the DOJ had moved more quickly at the outset, they might have been able to get through the trial before the election.
In addition to violating several procedural norms, Honig concluded by arguing that Smith had also violated a major DOJ policy – namely, he was not ever supposed to &#8220;select the timing of any action &#8230; for the purpose of affecting any election.&#8221;
&#8220;Smith’s conduct here violates core DOJ principle and policy. The Justice Manual — DOJ’s internal bible, essentially — contains a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-85000-protection-government-integrity#9-85.500">section</a> titled &#8216;Actions That May Have an Impact on the Election,'&#8221; Honig explained. &#8220;Now: Does Smith’s filing qualify? May it have an impact on the election? Of course. So what does the rule tell us? &#8216;Federal prosecutors … may never select the timing of any action, including investigative steps, criminal charges, or statements, for the purpose of affecting any election.'&#8221;

Former President Donald Trump Indicted In January 6 Investigation

‘October Cheap Shot’: Elie Honig Takes Jack Smith Apart Over 11th Hour Trump Brief

'October Cheap Shot': Elie Honig Takes Jack Smith Apart Over 11th Hour Trump Brief

2024 Election

Donald Trump

Jack Smith

Lawfare

Top United States media outlets are staying silent on an allegation of assault against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doug-emhoff-accused-of-hitting-ex-girlfriend-in-the-face-at-high-profile-event-report">Doug Emhoff</a>, the husband of Kamala Harris.
In an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doug-emhoff-accused-of-hitting-ex-girlfriend-in-the-face-at-high-profile-event-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explosive story</a> published Wednesday, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13898791/Kamala-Harris-husband-Doug-Emhoff-accused-ex-girlfriend-slap.html">reported that Emhoff</a> had drunkenly and &#8220;forcefully slapped&#8221; his ex-girlfriend in 2012 at the Cannes Film Festival in France because he thought she was flirting with another man. Three friends confirmed the story to the Daily Mail, which did not identify Emhoff&#8217;s ex-girlfriend and only revealed that she is a &#8220;successful New York attorney.&#8221;
The publication included a photo of the couple, with the woman&#8217;s face blurred out, as well as a travel itinerary and email showing details about their stay in Nice, France.
The Daily Wire reached out to both the White House and the Harris campaign without response. An unnamed spokesman for Emhoff <a href="https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/10/03/2024/family-feud?utm_source=nowshare&amp;utm_medium=principals&amp;utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered4">told Semafor</a> that the report is &#8220;untrue&#8221; and that &#8220;any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a woman is false.&#8221;
The Daily Mail&#8217;s story broke Wednesday morning, yet as of Thursday afternoon, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and other top media outlets had not covered the matter at all. These outlets did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and their silence has prompted criticism from commentators like Megyn Kelly and Chris Cuomo, who <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13920615/chris-cuomo-doug-emhoff-assault-claims-donald-trump.html">suggest this shows a double standard</a>.
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Some of The Washington Post&#8217;s most recent coverage of Emhoff includes the headlines: &#8220;Doug Emhoff is all over the campaign trail. Melania Trump is not&#8221; and &#8220;Emhoff shares how he first met Harris,&#8221; as well as the opinion pieces &#8220;Doug Emhoff, modern day sex symbol,&#8221; and &#8220;the ground-breaking normalcy of Doug Emhoff.&#8221;
The New York Times has recently published pieces on Emhoff that include &#8220;The Rise of the Husband,&#8221; &#8220;Doug Emhoff, Poking Fun at Himself, Talks Up Kamala Harris,&#8221; and &#8220;Ella Emhoff Had A Busy new York Fashion Week,&#8221; a piece about his daughter.
And CNN has similarly published flattering pieces on the second gentleman, such as &#8220;how Doug Emhoff is amplifying his wife&#8217;s historic presidential bid&#8221; and &#8220;Emhoff&#8217;s reaction to hostage murders underscores unique way he speaks for Harris.&#8221;
Emhoff and the ex-girlfriend, whom the Daily Mail identified as &#8220;Jane,&#8221; reportedly met on a dating website and had been dating about three months before the alleged assault took place.
Shortly before the trip, the Daily Mail reported, Emhoff allegedly revealed to &#8220;Jane&#8221; that he had an affair with his nanny while still married to his ex-wife (Emhoff <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-husband-admits-to-impregnating-babysitter-while-cheating-on-first-wife">admitted in August</a> to impregnating his former nanny while cheating on his first wife).
&#8220;Jane&#8221; viewed the tale as a &#8220;red flag,&#8221; a friend told the Daily Mail, but &#8220;the trip was booked.&#8221;
The allegations about Emhoff come amid media suggestions that Emhoff embodies a positive form of masculinity, in contrast to Republican men: MSNBC host Jen Psaki sparked a backlash by telling Emhoff that he is reshaping perceptions of masculinity.
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Jen Psaki to Second Gentleperson &#8220;Doug&#8221;: You have &#8220;reshaped the perception of masculinity.&#8221; 🤢 <a href="https://t.co/Hsd3EIWkZW">pic.twitter.com/Hsd3EIWkZW</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1840432441762136144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
And another MSNBC contributor discussed how &#8220;we’ve got two different views of masculinity… this kind of alpha, retro view of masculinity that we’re seeing from the Trump campaign and then Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff who are both professional men but in supportive roles of a woman…”
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MSNBC contributor: “We’ve got two different views of masculinity… this kind of alpha, retro view of masculinity that we’re seeing from the Trump campaign and then Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff who are both professional men but in supportive roles of a woman…”<a href="https://t.co/aenr3X7GqB">pic.twitter.com/aenr3X7GqB</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1839647452229509297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2024</a></blockquote>

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff Speaks At The Columbus Crew Championship Visit To The White House

Major Media Outlets Silent On Doug Emhoff Assault Allegations

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New York Times

Washington Post

CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings noted on Wednesday that Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) has been explaining away lies by basically claiming that he&#8217;s &#8220;too dumb to tell the truth&#8221; — and that legacy media appears to be buying that as a plausible explanation.
Jennings joined CNN anchor Abby Phillip and several other panelists on Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Newsnight,&#8221; and he argued that media should at least show a little more curiosity with regard to Walz&#8217;s apparent &#8220;dishonesty.&#8221;
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Tim Walz effectively says he’s just too dumb to tell the truth. Why is that good enough? It’s not. My latest on <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cnn</a>. <a href="https://t.co/gApQTT49jv">pic.twitter.com/gApQTT49jv</a>
&mdash; Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1841853550927708418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So everybody seems to be worried about JD Vance and dishonesty or Donald Trump and dishonesty,&#8221; Jennings began, and then quickly switched the shoe to the other foot. &#8220;I never hear the same concern about Harris and the lies that she tells about Trump, or in Walz himself, who gave the most disastrous response to a question about his own dishonesty about being in Tiananmen Square that I&#8217;ve ever heard in a debate.&#8221;
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&#8220;He also did the same thing with Dana Bash when questioned about dishonesty a couple of months ago, and effectively what he has said is, &#8216;Sorry, guys, I&#8217;m too dumb to tell the truth,'&#8221; Jennings continued. &#8220;I mean, he called himself a knucklehead. &#8216;I have bad grammar.&#8217; This is a guy who holds himself up to be a schoolteacher and a coach. Is that the life lesson that he&#8217;s giving the kids that are under his care? Hey, you can lie, and then you can just kind of slough it off as being, you know, too dumb to tell the truth.&#8221;
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s — we spend 99% of our time going down rabbit holes about Vance and Trump and honesty and campaigns, and we spend no time — no time at all — holding Walz and Harris to the same standard and I don&#8217;t understand it.&#8221;
Jennings has taken the same approach to Walz, noting that when CNN anchor Dana Bash had pressed him about assertions regarding his military experience that appeared to be fabricated, he had played dumb then as well.
&#8220;His only consequential press interaction with our Dana Bash, who asked him about the fabrications in his own resume, and his answer was essentially, &#8216;Me no understand words good.'&#8221;
WATCH:
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Tim Walz gets absolutely WRECKED by <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> 
&quot;Me no understand words good&quot; 🤣🤣🤣🤣 <a href="https://t.co/gA8jNrzoxF">pic.twitter.com/gA8jNrzoxF</a>
&mdash; MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1840388723826933893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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CNN Pundit: Walz Says He’s ‘Too Dumb To Tell The Truth,’ And Legacy Media Is Buying It

CNN Pundit: Walz Says He's 'Too Dumb To Tell The Truth,' And Legacy Media Is Buying It

Scott Jennings

Former Clinton White House aide Keith Boykin claimed on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> that the American people are better off now than they were four years ago, prompting an audible reaction from Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL).
Both Boykin and Donalds — along with Republican commentator Scott Jennings and anchor Abby Phillip — participated in a panel discussion, and the topic turned to Tuesday evening&#8217;s vice presidential debate and potential questions about the state of the U.S. economy.
Jennings shared video of the exchange, captioning the clip, &#8220;Come for my point-by-point takedown of why Trump is more trusted on the economy, &amp; stay for @ByronDonalds&#8217; reaction to assertion &#8216;we are better off than we were four years ago&#8217; on @CNN.&#8221;
WATCH:
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Come for my point-by-point takedown of why Trump is more trusted on the economy, &amp; stay for <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronDonalds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ByronDonalds</a> reaction to assertion “we are better off than we were four years ago” on <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> <a href="https://t.co/8zSX0F0T9l">pic.twitter.com/8zSX0F0T9l</a>
&mdash; Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1841147075926348264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I think if you look at it holistically, the two campaigns are having a debate about the economy,&#8221; Jennings began. &#8220;And Trump has things to say, Harris has things to say, and right now, according to all the polling, Trump is more trusted on the economy. Trump&#8217;s term in office, people look back on it more fondly than they look upon the Biden and Harris term, largely because of the economy and largely because of inflation.&#8221;
Jennings went on to say that one of the reasons Harris has been struggling on economic issues is that she has thus far failed to convince voters that if elected president, she would chart a different course than the one she navigated alongside President Joe Biden.
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&#8220;She may think that&#8217;s a good path, it&#8217;s just that the American people do not believe that, and it&#8217;s not even close,&#8221; he concluded.
Boykin jumped in then, claiming that Harris had laid out her economic plan in the debate — but Jennings stopped him, reminding him that Harris had not had an answer when she was asked directly in the very first question of the night whether she believed Americans were better off than they&#8217;d been four years earlier.
&#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what though, people are better off than they were four years ago,&#8221; Boykin asserted. He kept going, but the camera panned to Donalds, whose eyes widened as he simply said, &#8220;Wow. Wow.&#8221;

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CNN Guest Claims Americans Are Better Off Now Than 4 Years Ago, And Byron Donalds Can’t Hold Back

CNN Guest Claims Americans Are Better Off Now Than 4 Years Ago, And Byron Donalds Can't Hold Back

Byron Donalds

Economy

Joe Biden

CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings mocked Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) as a “buffoon” ahead of Tuesday evening&#8217;s scheduled vice presidential debate between Walz and Senator JD Vance (R-OH).
Jennings took part in a panel discussion during Sunday morning&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; and he pushed back on claims from former Kamala Harris spokesperson Ashley Etienne — who argued that Walz was uniquely able to help the vice president reach out to &#8220;disaffected Republicans.&#8221;
WATCH:
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On <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JakeTapper</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ErinMPerrine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ErinMPerrine</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/finneyk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FinneyK</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyEtienne09?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AshleyEtienne09</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> give their advice for the vice presidential nominees ahead of the debate <a href="https://t.co/VHvp9doWK0">pic.twitter.com/VHvp9doWK0</a>
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Anchor Jake Tapper <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spin-cycle-looming-debate-raises-the-veep-stakes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">started off the exchange</a> by saying that he couldn&#8217;t remember a time when the vice presidential candidates from the two major parties disliked each other as much as Vance and Walz appeared to, but he also wondered if the vice presidential picks had ever been as &#8220;consequential&#8221; as they seem to be in the 2024 election cycle.
Etienne piggy-backed on that by first claiming that Vance was a drag on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s ticket and then arguing that Walz — a decidedly liberal governor who has signed off on legislation that guaranteed males the right to change in women&#8217;s locker rooms and to play on their sports teams — could reach the moderate demographics that Harris herself has struggled to reach.
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&#8220;The reason why he was picked was to bridge that cultural divide, to reach out to constituencies that the Democratic Party has had problems, you know, reaching — moderate Republicans, disaffected Republicans, independent Republicans, you know, he’s signaling to a constituency that you can vote for this ticket,” she continued. “He’s incredibly consequential to the Harris ticket.&#8221;
Tapper noticed that Jennings, while Etienne was speaking, had some difficulty in keeping a straight face — so he turned the floor over to the Kentucky-based Republican next.
&#8220;Well, first of all, I don’t find him to be consequential. Second of all, Walz is a buffoon, I’m sorry, this guy. He’s the only school teacher in America who brags that none of his students can get into an Ivy League school,” Jennings began. “He’s had one consequential press interaction with our Dana Bash, who asked him about the fabrications in his own resume, and his answer was essentially, ‘Me no understand words good.’ I mean, he’s a buffoon. He’s on a free ride, for running under Harris, he gets very little press. They don’t let him talk to the press for a reason.”
“I want one thing out of this debate,” Jennings concluded. “I want JD Vance to go out there and get under his skin. He has a legendary hot, short temper. A lot of governors do, but &#8230; apparently he does. I want JD Vance to go out there and have him explain why he is denigrating JD Vance’s story, small town America, ends up making something better out of his life, which is something we should want for every kid.&#8221;

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CNN’s Scott Jennings Mocks ‘Buffoon’ Tim Walz: It’s No Wonder They ‘Don’t Let Him Talk To The Press’

CNN's Scott Jennings Mocks 'Buffoon' Tim Walz: It's No Wonder They 'Don't Let Him Talk To The Press'

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.
What will likely be the only vice presidential debate — between Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) — is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, with CBS News anchors Margaret Brennan and Norah O&#8217;Donnell moderating the conversation.
CBS News previewed the debate coverage on Sunday morning&#8217;s &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221;:
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The first and only vice presidential debate between Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio will be hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSNews</a> on October 1 in New York City.
The debate will be moderated by <a href="https://twitter.com/NorahODonnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NorahODonnell</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a>. <a href="https://t.co/scI2e282Aq">pic.twitter.com/scI2e282Aq</a>
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The debate was also a hot topic across the other Sunday morning shows, and ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; was no exception. During a panel discussion, The New Yorker&#8217;s Susan Glasser suggested that Vance should have to answer for his 2016 statement referring to former President Donald Trump — who is now his running mate — as &#8220;America&#8217;s Hitler.&#8221;
Glasser did not mention the fact that Vance has already addressed that statement, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity, &#8220;I don&#8217;t hide from that. I was certainly skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016, but President Trump was a great president and he changed my mind. I think he changed the minds of a lot of Americans.&#8221;
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The New Yorker’s <a href="https://twitter.com/sbg1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sbg1</a> says Sen. JD Vance will have to defend his authenticity in the VP debate following his private text in 2016 that Trump was “America’s Hitler.” <a href="https://t.co/kj1u5gKlN1">https://t.co/kj1u5gKlN1</a> <a href="https://t.co/XmyHahRvsI">pic.twitter.com/XmyHahRvsI</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1840389783949844903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Politico&#8217;s Jonathan Martin wondered whether Trump might watch Vance and Walz debate and decide he&#8217;d like to have the last word after all — and potentially agree to another debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Politico Sr. Political Columnist <a href="https://twitter.com/jmart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jmart</a> says he doesn’t believe the VP debate will be the “main event” for voters: “I do wonder&#8230;if this debate makes Trump say I don’t want Tim Walz and JD Vance to have the last word I want to get one more debate in.” <a href="https://t.co/kj1u5gKlN1">https://t.co/kj1u5gKlN1</a> <a href="https://t.co/KMn3pemRpA">pic.twitter.com/KMn3pemRpA</a>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s gonna get ugly, it&#8217;s gonna get ugly fast and there&#8217;s going to be zingers flying left and right,&#8221; Politico&#8217;s Rachel Bade added.
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Politico Sr. Washington Correspondent <a href="https://twitter.com/rachaelmbade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rachaelmbade</a> on Tuesday’s VP debate: “It’s gonna get ugly, it’s gonna get ugly fast and there’s going to be zingers flying left and right.” <a href="https://t.co/kj1u5gKlN1">https://t.co/kj1u5gKlN1</a> <a href="https://t.co/zRM3TAcZZO">pic.twitter.com/zRM3TAcZZO</a>
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Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki — who parlayed that experience into a gig on MSNBC — laid down some early cover fire for Walz as she used her monologue on &#8220;Inside with Jen Psaki&#8221; to warn viewers not to be fooled by Vance&#8217;s ability to answer questions coherently.
&#8220;If the past is any guide, he&#8217;s not actually a bad debater,&#8221; Psaki said of Vance. &#8220;Vance is a bit more disciplined, a bit more on his message &#8230; so here&#8217;s the thing: if you&#8217;re expecting a repeat of Harris&#8217; last debate where Trump basically fell on his face, I have news for you. While Trump rambles and lashes out and veers from one topic to another, Vance has the ability to actually stay focused and discuss policy. He has a deep and comprehensive understanding of how government works.&#8221;
&#8220;JD Vance may be less bombastic on stage than Donald Trump, he may sound more thoughtful. He may be a little drier, a little more policy focused, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that he is any less dangerous and less extreme than his boss,&#8221; Psaki cautioned.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jrpsaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jrpsaki</a> on the upcoming VP debate: &quot;JD Vance may be less bombastic on stage than Donald Trump, he may sound more thoughtful. He may be a little drier, a little more policy focused, but that doesn&#39;t mean that he is any less dangerous and less extreme than his boss.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/9bNfkqCVIy">pic.twitter.com/9bNfkqCVIy</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1840435859511799975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; Jake Tapper opened up a panel discussion on the debate by saying that he didn&#8217;t recall a time in which two vice presidential candidates disliked each other as much as he believed Vance and Walz did.
Former Harris staffer Ashley Etienne argued that Vance did nothing for Trump&#8217;s ticket, claiming in the same breath that Walz — one of the most left-leaning governors in the country — gave the vice president a broader base by reaching out to moderate Republicans and independents.
&#8220;The reason why he was picked was to bridge that cultural divide, to reach out to constituencies that the Democratic Party has had problems, you know, reaching — moderate Republicans, disaffected Republicans, independent Republicans, you know, he&#8217;s signaling to a constituency that you can vote for this ticket,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;He&#8217;s incredibly consequential to the Harris ticket.&#8221;
GOP strategist Scott Jennings had difficulty keeping a straight face while Etienne was talking, prompting Tapper to bring him into the conversation next.
&#8220;Well, first of all, I don’t find him to be consequential. Second of all, Walz is a buffoon, I’m sorry, this guy. He’s the only school teacher in America who brags that none of his students can get into an Ivy League school,&#8221; Jennings began. &#8220;He’s had one consequential press interaction with our Dana Bash, who asked him about the fabrications in his own resume, and his answer was essentially, &#8216;Me no understand words good.&#8217; I mean, he’s a buffoon. He’s on a free ride, for running under Harris, he gets very little press. They don’t let him talk to the press for a reason.&#8221;
&#8220;I want one thing out of this debate,&#8221; Jennings concluded. &#8220;I want JD Vance to go out there and get under his skin. He has a legendary hot, short temper. A lot of governors do, but he apparently he does. I want JD Vance to go out there and have him explain why he is denigrating JD Vance’s story, small town America, ends up making something better out of his life, which is something we should want for every kid.&#8221;
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On <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JakeTapper</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ErinMPerrine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ErinMPerrine</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/finneyk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FinneyK</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyEtienne09?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AshleyEtienne09</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> give their advice for the vice presidential nominees ahead of the debate <a href="https://t.co/VHvp9doWK0">pic.twitter.com/VHvp9doWK0</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1840407004738736426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-debate-rules-vp-debate-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to CBS News</a>, the debate will last 90 minutes — and during that time, the candidates will only be permitted a water bottle, a pen, and paper. There will be one break, during which the candidates will not be allowed to speak with campaign staff. Additionally, while CBS News has &#8220;reserved the right&#8221; to mute the candidates&#8217; microphones if they feel it is necessary, the plan is to leave both Vance&#8217;s and Walz&#8217;s microphones live throughout the debate. The network also indicated that any fact-checking during the debate would have to be done by the candidates themselves.

Republican Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance Speaks In Traverse City, Michigan

Spin Cycle: Looming Debate Raises The [VEEP] Stakes

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Yesterday, 60 days into her campaign, Kamala Harris did her first nationally televised one-on-one interview. She chose official boot-licker Stephanie Ruhle of MSNBC to do it. 
In her previous interview with Dana Bash of CNN, Harris brought her emotional support, Renfield Tim Walz, to save her if she got in trouble and make her feel better by looking over at him every so often and petting her emotional support Corgi.
Last week, Ruhle excused Harris, <a href="https://x.com/RealSaavedra/status/1839092608145949074" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> she didn&#8217;t have to answer any tough questions: “One could watch and say she didn&#8217;t give a clear and direct answer. And that&#8217;s okay, because we&#8217;re not talking about clear and direct issues.&#8221; So, of course, the Harris campaign decided Harris would be interviewed by Ruhle.
And Harris made a fool of herself. She achieved the signal distinction of completely falling flat on her face in an interview with a person who was busily attempting to massage her with baby oil.
Kamala Harris has found a new way to fail: She flubs interviews with people who carry drool cups for her. 
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Harris began the interview, <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/25/kamala_harris_gone_is_the_day_of_everyone_thinking_they_could_actually_live_the_american_dream.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “Gone is the day of everyone thinking they could actually live the American Dream.” At no point did it occur to her that she&#8217;s the current vice president of the United States.
“Part of my vision for the economy is, let&#8217;s deal with some of the everyday challenges that people face and address them with commonsense solutions such as affordable housing,” she said.
Affordable housing is her latest solution. Do you feel quieted now? Do you feel calmer?
She explained that it&#8217;s very important to have plans, and plans are really, really important. She was asked at one point if she&#8217;s so against the Trump tariff plan, why did she keep half those tariffs in place? And <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/25/kamala_harris_trump_is_just_not_very_serious_about_how_he_thinks_about_issues_one_must_be_serious_and_have_a_plan.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she said</a>:
<blockquote>You don&#8217;t just throw around the idea of just tariffs across the board, and that&#8217;s part of the problem with Donald Trump. And frankly — I&#8217;m going to — and I say this in all sincerity. He&#8217;s just not very serious about how he thinks about some of these issues. And one must be serious and have a plan.</blockquote>
Yes, the unnamed plan.
“One must be serious.” Yes, quite right. She&#8217;s a serious person.
You want more babbling? Here we go. She started babbling about paying your “fair share.”
Ruhle asked Harris about wanting to raise taxes in certain areas, wanting certain tax credits, and so on, asking if she has a Republican Congress and can&#8217;t do any of that? What will she do then? 
Kamala had no answer. This is such a perfectly obvious question, and she had no answer whatsoever. She just started babbling about her “fair share.”
She was mentally flipping through — at very slow speed because she is not smart —  all of the various three by five note cards she stores in her head until she found one labeled “fair share.” The roulette ball fell into the roulette wheel and suddenly she was stumbling around and found <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/09/kamala-harris-msnbc-stephanie-ruhle-interview-1236099865/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“fair share”</a>:
<blockquote>We&#8217;re going to have to raise corporate taxes, and we&#8217;re going to have to make sure that the biggest corporations and billionaires pay their fair share. That&#8217;s just it. It&#8217;s about paying their fair share.</blockquote>
She had no idea what to say so she basically went with: “We have to do the thing.”
That’s not an answer. That is similar to being asked, “How are you going to drive to work this morning? The transmission fell out of your car. How can you get to work?” And giving the answer, “We have to get to work.”
She was asked a question. She actually started smiling when she got to the phrase “fair share” because she found what she thought was the right note card.
There is nothing going on up there, folks. She&#8217;s empty between the ears. 
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Don&#8217;t believe me? I have a “holistic” answer in which she explains how she approaches problems “holistically.” She gave <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/us/politics/kamala-harris-interviews-campaign.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an answer</a> so “holistically” that I have no words to describe the stupidity.
<blockquote>Some of the work is going to be through what we do in terms of giving benefits and assistance to state and local governments around transit dollars, and looking holistically at the connection between that and housing, and looking holistically at the incentives we in the federal government can create for local and state governments to actually engage in planning in a holistic manner that includes prioritizing affordable housing for working people.</blockquote>
That was three uses of the word “holistic” inside 10 seconds.
She is a stupid person.
Anyone listening to her and thinking, “Wow, higher intelligence at work,” is likely the sucker in the room.

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Harris Collapses On National Television — Again

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CNN hit Kamala Harris senior campaign spokesman Ian Sams with some tough poll numbers during a Monday interview, and Sams&#8217; response was essentially to reject the presented poll out of hand and substitute one that he liked better.
The CNN anchor presenting the poll — recently released by The New York Times and Siena College — conceded that not everyone believed what they saw in the polls but argued that this particular source was one that could be trusted.
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CNN: This credible New York Times/Sienna poll — 45% of voters say Trump&#39;s policies would help people like them versus just 37% for Kamala. What do you say to that?
HARRIS SPOX <a href="https://twitter.com/IanSams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IanSams</a>: *copes and seethes* <a href="https://t.co/uBqxE5rrv6">pic.twitter.com/uBqxE5rrv6</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1838252131985350710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When you look at this latest poll — and again, I know people have their views of the polls, but this is a credible New York Times/Siena College poll,&#8221; the anchor explained. &#8220;They actually asked voters about policies from both Trump and Harris that they think could impact them in the future.&#8221;
&#8220;And 45% of voters say Trump&#8217;s policies would help people like them versus just 37% for Harris. That&#8217;s looking at the future, not just the past here. What do you say to that, Ian?&#8221; she pressed Sams to respond.
The Harris campaign spokesman, rather than take the question head on, ignored the New York Times/Siena poll entirely. Instead, he brought up unspecified &#8220;Quinnipiac polls just over the last few days,&#8221; claiming that they were more favorable to Harris on specific issues.
&#8220;Well, again, there&#8217;s been some Quinnipiac polls just over the last few days that suggest a different picture of the country, of people thinking that her economic or immigration or reproductive freedom plans would help them more,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know, the polls are going to kind of shift around a little bit.&#8221;
Of the three issues Sams listed specifically, however, the most recent <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quinnipiac poll</a> gave Trump the edge on two. The poll, released on September 18, showed Harris beating Trump in the swing states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan on the abortion issue — but Trump had a clear lead in all three states when it came to both the economy and immigration.

Special Assistant To The President And Spokesperson For The White House Counsel’s Office Ian Sams Speaks To The Press

WATCH: Kamala Spox Tailspins When CNN Hits Him With Damning NYT Poll

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Vice President Kamala Harris struggled mightily with — and ultimately failed to answer — the first question put to her at the ABC News presidential debate that took place on September 10: Do you believe that the American people are better off now than they were four years ago?
Nearly two weeks later, during a Monday morning appearance on CNN, the Harris campaign&#8217;s senior spokesman Ian Sams made it clear that they were no closer to finding the answer to that particular question.
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CNN: Kamala was asked at the debate if Americans are better off now than 4 years ago, and she refused to answer. So, are they?
HARRIS INTERN <a href="https://twitter.com/IanSams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IanSams</a>: *incoherent word salad*
CNN: You didn&#39;t answer the question.
SAMS: She has a plan to bring costs down.
CNN: But they went up… <a href="https://t.co/msNaQuA9pd">pic.twitter.com/msNaQuA9pd</a>
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&#8220;The bottom line, here, when you look at a metric like grocery prices, they&#8217;re up still 20% compared to four years ago,&#8221; the CNN anchor pointed out. &#8220;And Harris was asked recently on the debate stage whether she thinks Americans are better off now than four years ago, and she didn&#8217;t directly answer that question. So I&#8217;ll ask you: Does she think Americans are better off now, or not?&#8221;
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Sams did not directly answer the question either, instead delivering the typical talking points — namely that Harris had an as-yet undisclosed &#8220;plan&#8221; to bring prices down — adding no details and giving no explanation as to why, despite being in office herself for the last three and a half years, no plan had yet been implemented to tackle that issue.
The anchor pushed back, noting that prices had, in fact, gone up under the Biden-Harris administration, and pressed Sams to answer the direct question.
Sams ignored the question entirely, saying that people who were running for president should be looking forward and telling the people what they planned to do rather than looking backward at the way things used to be and why that might be the case.
He concluded by suggesting that questions like that shouldn&#8217;t matter anyway, since the alternative to Harris was former President Donald Trump — whose time in office, it should be noted, was marked by record-low <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-economy-roared-in-february-lowest-unemployment-in-over-50-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unemployment numbers</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/family-income-rose-drastically-under-trump-meaning-his-economy-was-better-than-obamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wage growth</a>, and manageable <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/my-goodness-graphs-show-how-trump-dominates-biden-when-household-wealth-gets-hit-by-inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflation rates</a>.

White House Counsel To President Biden Ian Sams Speaks On Robert Hur’s Testimony Today On Capitol Hill

2 Weeks Later, Kamala’s Spox Still Can’t Answer The Debate Question That Stumped His Boss

Two Weeks Later, Kamala's Spox Still Can't Answer The Debate Question That Stumped His Boss

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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.
With just over six weeks to go until the November election, Democrats and their media surrogates have been looking for anything that might stick when it comes to finding a narrative that doesn&#8217;t favor former President Donald Trump.
Complicating matters considerably was the fact that just after the Sunday morning political shows wrapped last weekend, the former President was targeted by a second assassination attempt — just eight weeks and one day after he was shot during his Butler, Pennsylvania, rally — while golfing at his home course in Palm Beach, Florida. And while some time was certainly dedicated on several networks to the ongoing investigation into the reported failings of the United States Secret Service — both in PA and in FL — most of the shows also spent a fair amount of time on whatever they could find that did not favor Trump.
In that respect, the big news was the opposition research dump on Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R-NC) — and almost every major network show either brought in a Democrat who could use Robinson to attack Trump or brought in a Republicans they could put on the spot, forcing them to choose a side.
Former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) got tapped to address the issue during a panel discussion on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; and he argued that Robinson&#8217;s predicament had been wholly &#8220;predictable.&#8221;
&#8220;Mark Robinson&#8217;s tenure,&#8221; Christie said, &#8220;Has shown erratic, sometime highly offensive statements over and over again.&#8221;
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Reports of NC GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson allegedly making inflammatory posts was “predictable,” <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisChristie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisChristie</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GStephanopoulos</a>.
“Mark Robinson’s tenure&#8230;has shown erratic, sometimes highly offensive statements over and over again.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/rLdy7smjZw">https://t.co/rLdy7smjZw</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZknIaOmZVY">pic.twitter.com/ZknIaOmZVY</a>
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; anchor Jake Tapper brought in Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) to respond.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen these allegations, Jake, and they&#8217;re concerning allegations &#8230; He owes the people of North Carolina more answers about it,&#8221; Cotton said, before pivoting to push Tapper back toward a conversation about the presidential race &#8220;that matters to everyone.&#8221;
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“He owes the people of North Carolina more answers about it.”<a href="https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTomCotton</a> responds to CNN’s report uncovering disturbing comments made by Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina. <a href="https://t.co/hI7zbC93Lr">pic.twitter.com/hI7zbC93Lr</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1837872332238430348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Tapper then brought in Robinson&#8217;s Democratic opponent to continue the conversation, and Josh Stein immediately declared Robinson &#8220;unfit to be the governor of North Carolina.&#8221;
Tapper noted that Robinson has thus far denied responsibility for the comments made on a pornography message board, but Stein said that he did not believe Robinson was telling the truth.
&#8220;If you look at what he said on the post, it is in keeping with what he has said publicly on Facebook that are still on his Facebook page,&#8221; Stein argued. &#8220;Mark Robinson is absolutely unfit to be the governor of North Carolina, and that was true before your story broke last Thursday. The story has only served to underline and put an exclamation point on that fact.&#8221;
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“Mark Robinson is absolutely unfit to be the governor of North Carolina.”<a href="https://twitter.com/JoshStein_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoshStein_</a> responds to a new CNN report on Mark Robinson’s vulgar and disturbing comments on a porn website in an interview with <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a>. <a href="https://t.co/2kmfPhO2fN">pic.twitter.com/2kmfPhO2fN</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1837863778458779708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) weighed in on the topic, and he said that the news had put Democrats in a much better position in North Carolina.
&#8220;It&#8217;s great news for Democrats,&#8221; Fetterman said, calling Robinson &#8220;the new dream candidate to run against&#8221; and arguing that the controversy now threatening to engulf him had put Democrats in the &#8220;best possible situation to win&#8221; the key swing state.
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WATCH: Sen. John Fetterman says Democrats are in the “best possible situation to win” North Carolina after a bombshell report about GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenFettermanPA</a>: “It’s great news for the Democrats. … He’s the new dream candidate to run against.” <a href="https://t.co/vSjASjIVAD">pic.twitter.com/vSjASjIVAD</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1837843552803418164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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But it was Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) who took things a few steps further on MSNBC,  where he joined former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on her Sunday morning broadcast of &#8220;Inside with Jen Psaki.&#8221;
&#8220;He is white supremacy in blackface as he talks about his desire to bring slavery back,&#8221; Warnock said of Robinson. &#8220;This talk is way beyond the pale, calling himself a black Nazi, these are his words. And I think that the people of North Carolina need to take note of the fact that this is Donald Trump&#8217;s candidate, this is who he keeps pushing and encouraging. This is who he thinks should represent them.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ReverendWarnock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ReverendWarnock</a> on Mark Robinson: “He is white supremacy in Blackface.”
Watch the full interview at 12pm ET on <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a> <a href="https://t.co/kqszf9mRHI">pic.twitter.com/kqszf9mRHI</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1837861527614804438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump has not addressed the allegations against Robinson, but the embattled Lieutenant Governor will reportedly not attend an upcoming rally for the former President in North Carolina.
Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance was also asked to weigh in on the topic, but chose instead to redirect.
The Kamala HQ account on X — Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; campaign rapid response team which just last week got hit with an eight-part fact-check from CNN&#8217;s Daniel Dale — shared a video of Vance ignoring a question shouted after him.
&#8220;Q: Senator Vance, do you have any reaction to the Mark Robinson news? Vance: *rushes into other room,*&#8221; the caption read.
&#8220;&#8216;Rushes into other room&#8217; I was *walking* to the doctor (because one of my kids gave me the plague) My comment on Mark Robinson is that Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote on the Inflation Explosion Act and because of that a lot of Americans can&#8217;t afford groceries,&#8221; Vance posted in response.
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&quot;Rushes into other room&quot;
I was *walking* to the doctor (because one of my kids gave me the plague)
My comment on Mark Robinson is that Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote on the Inflation Explosion Act and because of that a lot of Americans can&#39;t afford groceries <a href="https://t.co/jYyHAhIGEa">https://t.co/jYyHAhIGEa</a>
&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1837139306663518459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Spin Cycle: All Eyes On North Carolina

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said during an interview over the weekend that the Biden-Harris administration, by not backing Israel more following the October 7 terrorist attack, have caused the war against Hamas in Gaza to last longer and more people, including hostages, to die.
Cotton made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with Jake Tapper while discussing Israel&#8217;s recent strikes against the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon last week.
The Biden-Harris administration is &#8220;not giving them the political and diplomatic support that they needed from the very beginning,&#8221; Cotton said. &#8220;Rather than trying to put constant pressure on Israel, more pressure than we put on Iran and its terrorist networks, if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would simply adopt a policy to let Israel win and back them to the hilt, the war on Hamas probably would have ended a long time ago.&#8221;
&#8220;Earlier this year, there was a de facto partial arms embargo on Israel, not just the 2,000-pound bombs, which they do need to hit Hamas in its deep and buried tunnels, but mortar rounds and artillery shells and small-arms ammunition. Now they even have a tractor embargo in Israel,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So Israeli soldiers are going to be exposed to minefields that can&#8217;t be cleared because the Biden and Harris administration wants to allow them to get access to the tractors and the bulldozers they need to clear those minefields.&#8221;
He said that the administration&#8217;s policies have not only &#8220;had the effect of prolonging the fighting,&#8221; but they&#8217;ve also likely resulted in more hostages being murdered by Hamas.
&#8220;If the Biden-Harris administration had backed Israel from the beginning, not only would this war likely have already ended with fewer civilian casualties, but we would have gotten more hostages out earlier and alive,&#8221; he said. &#8220;What Hamas is doing, though, is continually moving the goalposts on any kind of hostage exchange for duly convicted terrorists that Hamas wants back. And the Biden-Harris administration keeps allowing them to move the goalposts.&#8221;
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