Michigan Senate Democratic candidate Mallory McMorrow said on Sunday that deleting thousands of tweets trashing rural America reflects her authenticity rather than an effort to hide her past.
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/kfile-mallory-mcmorrow-deleted-tweets">A CNN report</a> this week found that the Senate hopeful had deleted about 6,000 tweets — including posts mocking Middle America and bending the truth about where she was living, working, and voting. 
In a recent autobiography, McMorrow said she moved to Michigan in 2014, but on social media, she described herself as a California resident in 2016 and voted in California’s June 2016 primary, according to CNN. 
 Reporter Manu Raju pressed McMorrow on the contradictions. 
 “And I don’t need to tell you, but of course, you’re required to vote in the state where you’re a resident. So why were you voting in California two years after moving to Michigan?” Raju asked.
 &#8220;Like a lot of millennials, moving takes time,&#8221; McMorrow said, describing a &#8220;two-year process&#8221; before settling in Michigan from Southern California. &#8220;I registered to vote in Michigan in August of 2016 and voted in the general election in November that year.&#8221;
 McMorrow dodged when asked whether she should have voted in California while claiming to live in Michigan.
&#8220;We still had our place out in Southern California, and as I mentioned, we had multiple jobs. Moving is ugly. I wish we could have just up and moved in one fell swoop, but that&#8217;s not the case, just like it is for a lot of people,&#8221; she said. 
 Raju noted that in 2024, McMorrow criticized another Twitter user for voting in Michigan after moving to California.
 &#8220;You called it illegal then,&#8221; Raju told McMorrow. 
 &#8220;Yeah, absolutely, if you are doing that intentionally, after moving permanently to a place that is illegal,&#8221; she said.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">
CNN: “Why would you be voting in California 2 years after moving to Michigan?”
MCMORROW: “Moving takes time.”
CNN: &#8220;You had criticized a Twitter user in 2024 for voting in Michigan after moving to California, you called it illegal&#8230;&#8221;
MCMORROW: “Yeah, absolutely.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/kE4xYSuXdo">pic.twitter.com/kE4xYSuXdo</a>
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/2050927855152898198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-dem-candidate-scrubs-social-media-after-trashing-rural-americans?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Top+Dem+Candidate+Scrubs+Social+Media+After+Trashing+Rural+Americans">Two days after President Trump </a>rocked the political establishment and defeated Hillary Clinton, the Democrat urged her followers to read a thread posted by journalist Patrick Thornton, who wrote, “All of this talk about coastal elites needing to understand more of America has it backwards.”
“It is much of white working class America that needs to reach outside its comfort zone and meet people not like them,” Thornton wrote at the time. “Many rural Americans have isolated themselves from the rest of the country. They live in very unrepresentative areas.” McMorrow said the thread “rings 100%.”
McMorrow, who currently serves in the Michigan State Senate, framed her comments as evidence of her authenticity. 
 &#8220;Was it the most eloquent tweet I&#8217;ve ever tweeted? No, I&#8217;ve tweeted 1000s of times. There is a level of authenticity and just grappling in the wake of the 2016 election, of how somebody like Donald Trump could have been elected.&#8221; 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow defends her tweet calling middle Americans &#8220;backwards.&#8221;
CNN: “Do you stand by that sentiment that rural parts of America can learn from coastal elites?”
MCMORROW: &#8220;I stand by that.&#8221;
That’s the quiet part out loud. <a href="https://t.co/objg7VHcSy">pic.twitter.com/objg7VHcSy</a>
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/2050934343820833117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
In another tweet, McMorrow drew comparisons between Nazi Germany and the Trump Administration, a view she still holds today. 
“Do you personally see parallels between Nazi Germany and what’s happening under the Trump administration?” Manu Raju asked her.
&#8220;Yeah, I do. It is deeply concerning that we see an authoritarian slide,&#8221; McMorrow said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that a lot of people would argue that there are shades of authoritarianism here that we need to be deeply concerned about.&#8221; 
The winner of the divided Democratic primary, which also includes Abdul El-Sayed and Congresswoman Haley Stevens, will likely face Republican Mike Rogers in the general election.
&#8220;I tweeted normal things, like a normal person, and people are desperate for authenticity, so that is what we need in November,&#8221; McMorrow said.
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CNN: “Why would you be voting in California 2 years after moving to Michigan?”
MCMORROW: “Moving takes time.”
CNN: &#8220;You had criticized a Twitter user in 2024 for voting in Michigan after moving to California, you called it illegal&#8230;&#8221;
MCMORROW: “Yeah, absolutely.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/kE4xYSuXdo">pic.twitter.com/kE4xYSuXdo</a>
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/2050927855152898198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2026</a></blockquote>

Mallory McMorrow

Middle America-Hating Dem Calls For Authenticity. But What Happened To Her 6,000 Tweets?

Democrat

Michigan

Politics

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL.) resigned from Congress on Tuesday, just hours before the House Ethics Committee was set to issue a recommendation on whether she should be expelled.
The resignation, which takes effect immediately, follows the bipartisan ethics panel finding that Cherfilus-McCormick committed <a href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-ethics-cherfilusmccormick-516fe4e2159beda8c8576c736547b53d">25 ethics violations</a>, including breaking campaign finance laws. In November 2025, the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-florida-congresswoman-charged-stealing-5-million-fema-funds-and-making-illegal">Department of Justice</a> indicted the congresswoman for allegedly stealing $5 million in federal disaster relief funds to finance her campaign.
&#8220;This was not a fair process,&#8221; Cherfilus-McCormick <a href="https://x.com/CongresswomanSC/status/2046649247408288135?s=20">said in a statement.</a> &#8220;The Ethics committee refused my new attorney&#8217;s reasonable request for time to prepare my defense. By going forward with this process while a criminal indictment is pending, the Committee prevented me from defending myself.&#8221;
&#8220;I will not stand by and pretend this has been anything other than a witch hunt,&#8221; she added.
Last week, a federal judge in Miami postponed Cherfilus-McCormick&#8217;s criminal fraud trial until February 2027, citing a <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-world/florida-congresswoman-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-5-million-criminal-case-delayed-until-february-2027-wire-fraud-money-laundering-crime-congresswomans-brother-edwin-cherfilus">trove of evidence</a> still under review.
Cherfilus-McCormick is the third House member to resign since April 13. Former representatives Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX) resigned following sex and misconduct scandals.
Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), who was a local representative for 12 years, described a disconnect between Washington elites and everyday Americans.
&#8220;People know where you shop. They know where you eat. They know where your kids go to school. They know where you go to church. And I would just never think to do some of this stuff,&#8221; Duyne said in an interview with The Daily Wire on Tuesday. &#8220;The further away you get, I guess, from your constituents, the more you think you can get away with it.&#8221;
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<a href="https://t.co/u1lLBxfrI6">pic.twitter.com/u1lLBxfrI6</a>
— Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (@CongresswomanSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/CongresswomanSC/status/2046649247408288135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2026</a></blockquote>
This is a breaking news story. Stay with The Daily Wire as more details unfold.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Democrat Accused Of Stealing Millions In FEMA Funds Resigns From Congress

FEMA

Theft

Democratic California Congressman Eric Swalwell faces sexual misconduct accusations from three additional women after one of his former staffers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-swalwell-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-former-staffer?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Eric+Swalwell+Accused+Of+Sexual+Assault+By+Former+Staffer">came forward</a> on Friday and alleged that she was raped by the lawmaker while she was drunk.
After the first accuser went public with her allegations, three more women told CNN that Swalwell made unwanted advances on them or sent them unsolicited sexual messages. Ally Sammarco, a Democratic content creator, told CNN that she received nude messages from Swalwell after they connected over social media.
“I truly never thought he would respond – I had like 1,000 followers at the time,” Sammarco said. &#8220;And he actually responded.&#8221;
Another woman accused Swalwell of kissing her and touching her leg without her consent while they sat together at a bar.
Swalwell, who is leading a crowded Democratic primary for California governor in multiple polls, denied the allegations.
&#8220;These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the front-runner for governor,” Swalwell said. “For nearly 20 years, I have served the public – as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women. I will defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action. My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies.”
Earlier on Friday, one of Swalwell&#8217;s former staffers accused the Democrat of sexually assaulting her on two separate occasions, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The woman shared medical records with CNN that are reportedly related to her getting tested for an STD and pregnancy after the alleged sexual assault. She also told family members and friends of the alleged assault in 2024 shortly after she says that Swalwell raped her.
Swalwell has also denied those allegations, and his attorneys sent his former staffer a cease-and-desist letter.
Swalwell&#8217;s Democratic allies have expressed shock following the report and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/swalwells-dem-buddies-flee-like-rats-after-sexual-assault-allegation?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Swalwell%E2%80%99s+Dem+Buddies+Flee+Like+Rats+After+Sexual+Assault+Allegation">pulled their support</a> for his gubernatorial bid following the accusations.
“I have read the San Francisco Chronicle’s account and I am deeply distressed by its allegations. This woman was brave to come forward, and we should take her story seriously,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) posted to X on Friday.
“I am withdrawing my endorsement immediately, and believe that he should withdraw from the race,” he added.
The California Teachers Association, a powerful union in the Golden State, called on the congressman to end his gubernatorial bid.
“The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support. Our elected board will be meeting as soon as possible to follow our union’s democratic process to determine next steps,” the union wrote.
After the accusations, Swalwell&#8217;s odds to become the next California governor tanked to just 15% after hovering around 50%, <a href="https://x.com/kalshi/status/2042716803625853119?s=46&amp;t=5nB3R1hthzMlYMrXjZyN8Q">according</a> to Kalshi prediction markets.

Eric Swalwell

Three More Women Level Sexual Misconduct Accusations Against Eric Swalwell

California

Elections

Sexual Assault

A leftist&#8217;s attempt to get on the ballot in Ohio as a Republican was shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday.
Samuel Ronan, who previously ran for chair of the Democratic National Committee, filed to run for Ohio&#8217;s 15th Congressional District and challenge Republican Rep. Mike Carey in the GOP primary. Ronan admitted his candidacy was part of a ploy to run Democrats in &#8220;deep red&#8221; districts, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-blocks-candidate-after-alleged-gop-infiltration-scheme-exposed?lid=h4ig0qgow6sl">reported</a>.
In one social media post, Ronan <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/supreme-court-keeps-former-dnc-candidate-off-ohio-gop-primary-ballot/">wrote</a>, “Leftists need to infiltrate Republican spaces and primary them.”
The leftist candidate was tossed from the GOP primary ballot by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who called Ronan&#8217;s attempt to run as a Republican &#8220;political transgenderism.&#8221; Chief U.S. District Judge Sarah D. Morrison upheld LaRose&#8217;s decision, saying that Ronan&#8217;s declaration to run as a Republican was fraudulent. The Supreme Court refused to intervene in the case on Thursday, with none of the justices dissenting from the decision to keep the lower court&#8217;s order in place.
&#8220;This is political transgenderism, and it’s a longstanding problem with Ohio’s primary process,&#8221; LaRose <a href="https://x.com/FrankLaRose/status/2042371793080529073">said</a>. &#8220;We had to go all the way to the nation’s highest court to fight a blatant attempt by a self-declared Democrat to hijack a Republican primary contest.&#8221;
When he declared to run as a Republican, Ronan also promised to abide by the Republican Party&#8217;s principles, and his candidacy was certified by the Franklin County Board of Elections in February. Ohio Republican voter Mark Schare, however, noticed that Ronan had publicly expressed his intention to run in the GOP primary while still pushing leftist views and filed a protest with the elections board.
LaRose stepped in to toss Ronan off the ballot after the Franklin County Board of Elections tied along party lines in a vote to decide whether Ronan could stay on the ballot.
“As required by Ohio law, Ronan declared that he was ‘a member of the Republican Party’ and if elected he would ‘support and abide by the principles enunciated by the Republican Party,’&#8221; LaRose wrote. &#8220;But even after signing this form, Ronan continued to push his vision that Democrats like himself should primary Republicans in deep-red districts to ‘get a foot in the door.’”
Ronan denied that his candidacy was &#8220;some kind of trick&#8221; and mentioned that Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump were also former Democrats. Ronan&#8217;s attorney claimed that Rep. Carey was allowed to &#8220;surreptitiously sabotage Ronan’s ballot access by secretly enlisting the Ohio Republican Party to protest Ronan.” The attorney also argued that one of the election board members should have recused herself since she is a top official in the Ohio Republican Party.
LaRose called for Ohio to adopt a closed primary system, which requires voters to register with a party before they cast a ballot. Ohio&#8217;s current primary system is partially open, meaning that voters are not required to register with a party before the election, but they must request either a Republican or Democratic ballot.
&#8220;This individual took advantage of an open primary process that’s far too vulnerable to trickery and fraud and used it to advance his dishonest campaign to &#8216;run Democrats as Republicans,'&#8221; LaRose added. &#8220;We stopped it this time, but it’s time to adopt a closed primary process and partisan voter registration before this happens again.&#8221;

Donkey posing as elephant

‘Political Transgenderism’ Enters The Chat After Secret Democrat Tried To Hoodwink Voters

Election

Ohio

Republican

A House Democratic candidate for a Congressional district that lies on the southern border once appeared on stage with a popular singer tagged as a &#8220;front&#8221; man for a cartel trafficker.
Bobby Pulido, a Latin Grammy winner, is running to unseat incumbent Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas’ 15th Congressional District in November. The Tejano singer once performed on stage with a Mexican cartel operative.
He also <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BobbyPulidoOficial/videos/10154654143935828/?rdid=2J0puPakb1eJDzbJ#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> at his concerts on numerous <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DswT2i2kq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">occasions</a> before the Mexican singer was formally sanctioned by the United States government.
The Department of the Treasury <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-release/sm0144" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sanctioned</a> Julión Álvarez in August 2017 for acting &#8220;as a front&#8221; person for a drug trafficker and his cartel, while holding &#8220;assets on their behalf.&#8221;
Pulido performed on stage with Álvarez in October 2018, sharing the video on his Facebook page, where he called the sanctioned singer &#8220;mi amigo.&#8221;
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The two were seen embracing, patting each other on the back, and shaking hands as they sang together before a cheering crowd.
Álvarez previously denied the cartel ties, claiming that the only connection was through a real estate purchase, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/24/americas/mexico-julion-alvarez-visa-revoked-intl-hnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CNN.
The Biden administration removed Álvarez from the sanctions list in 2022, CNN reported. The Trump administration later revoked Álvarez&#8217;s visa to perform in the United States in 2025, the singer said.
In a statement, Pulido&#8217;s campaign manager Abel Prado claimed that “Álvarez was cleared,&#8221; adding that &#8220;Bobby and Álvarez are not friends, and this is just another case of Republicans not understanding our culture – &#8216;amigo&#8217; is a common expression.&#8221;
&#8220;Republicans think all these attacks on Bobby are going do something… but the fact of the matter is he is a beloved figure and they’re going to find that out in November when he flips this seat,&#8221; Prado said.
The latest revelation comes after the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/02/us-news/texas-dem-toured-for-years-with-bandmate-who-was-a-registered-sex-offender/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Pulido toured with a sex offender.
On more than a dozen occasions, Pulido performed with accordionist Frankie Caballero, who was sentenced to prison for indecent contact with an eight-year-old girl, according to the New York Post.
Pulido performed and recorded one of his hit songs with Caballero before his conviction, the outlet reported. He toured again with him decades later, after his four-year prison sentence.
“Bobby was never made aware of Caballero’s sex offender registration and would never knowingly associate with anyone with that kind of history. Bobby extends his deepest sympathies and support to all of the victims involved,” Pulido campaign manager Abel Prado told the New York Post.
Pulido himself also once played a pervert who masturbated in public and exposed himself to a woman in a 2010 music video for his song &#8220;Dias de Ayer,&#8221; according to the New York Post.
The Tejano singer played several characters in the video, including a gay admirer of the pervert. Pulido also has several previous posts on social media espousing homophobic views.
“Igualmente amigo, no homo,” he wrote in response to a fan in 2019.
“1. I don’t like those guys. 2. You can’t have children. 3. Stop being a jerk already,” Pulido said in response to a user&#8217;s post calling him a &#8220;hottie&#8221; in 2017.
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Editor&#8217;s Note: This piece has been updated to clarify the nature of the relationship between Álvarez and Pulido.

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EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-Winning Dem Candidate In Hot Seat For Sharing Spotlight With Cartel Operative

Congress

Texas

Another illegal immigrant has allegedly committed a murder in Virginia.
This time, the accused is suspected of killing his 3-month-old daughter.
Police arrested Guatemalan illegal immigrant Misael Lopez Gomez, 28, after finding the unresponsive infant at a home in Fairfax County Friday, <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/virginia-dad-charged-medical-examiner-blunt-force-trauma-babys-death/65-97c06d65-4c72-4a5e-b838-f58d095fe4ab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to WUSA9. First responders attempted to save the child by administering CPR.
The child later died at the hospital, and her death was determined to be caused by blunt-force trauma, the local news outlet reported.
Lopez Gomez admitted that he illegally crossed the southern border in July 2023 near Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
He now faces murder and felony child abuse charges.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has since lodged a detainer requesting that local authorities hand over the illegal immigrant for deportation. DHS is also calling &#8220;on Governor Spanberger to commit to not releasing this barbaric animal from jail into Virginia communities,&#8221; Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement Wednesday.
“This monster should have never been allowed in our country by the Biden administration. We need cooperation from sanctuary politicians to stop criminals from being released from jail to perpetrate more crimes and create more innocent victims,&#8221; Bis said.
Upon entering office, Spanberger ended a cooperation agreement between state and local law enforcement and ICE.
A day after one of the recent killings, the Democratic official characterized ICE as “unaccountable agents” who “terrorize our communities” in her party&#8217;s response to the State of the Union.
On Sunday, authorities arrested Guatemalan illegal immigrant Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, 38, after he allegedly repeatedly stabbed a man to death in Fairfax County, <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/baileys-crossroads-deadly-stabbing-murder-anibal-armando-chavarria-muy-charged-fairfax-county-virginia-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ABC7.
Just weeks before, 41-year-old mother Stephanie Minter&#8217;s lifeless body was found at a Fairfax County bus stop after she was fatally stabbed by an illegal immigrant with a lengthy rap sheet.
Sierra Leone national Abdul Jalloh, 32, who had 30 prior arrests for rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft, trespassing, larceny, firing a weapon, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and pickpocketing, according to DHS.
After ICE lodged a detainer for Jalloh&#8217;s arrest, Spanberger said the request wouldn&#8217;t be enough for local law enforcement to hand him over. The governor said they would only comply with a warrant signed by a judge, which isn&#8217;t a standard practice in such instances.
Fairfax County has notoriously operated as a sanctuary for illegal immigrant criminals and the local sheriff&#8217;s office has notoriously ignored ICE detainers.

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Another Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Murder In Virginia. The Victim Is His Three-Month-Old Baby.

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Virginia

Leftist Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is threatening to arrest federal immigration agents helping at airports during the partial government shutdown.
Krasner made the remarks during a Tuesday press conference at the Philadelphia International Airport, one of roughly a dozen airports where the Trump administration has deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to offset Transportation Security Administration staffing shortages.
&#8220;You commit crimes within the jurisdiction that is the city and county of Philadelphia, I prosecute you. That is how it works,&#8221; Krasner said. &#8220;No, I don&#8217;t take a phone call from the president saying &#8216;Let him go.&#8217; No, the president cannot pardon you. I&#8217;ll say it again, the president cannot pardon you. And yes, I will put you in handcuffs, and I will put you in a courtroom, and if necessary I will put you in a jail cell.&#8221;
Krasner also warned against excessive force, citing recent controversies involving federal agents in Minnesota.
&#8220;If you decide to make the terrazzo floor of this airport anything like what you did in the streets of Minneapolis, which involved the criminal homicide of unarmed innocent people, we are not having that here,&#8221; Krasner said. &#8220;To any agent who might think about doing it an illegal way, I&#8217;ll be seeing you in court, and you&#8217;re not gonna like it.&#8221;
The comments come as ICE agents have been deployed to assist with airport operations during the ongoing DHS shutdown, which has strained TSA staff.
During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday, TSA Acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill said the additional ICE personnel have provided relief at the airports experiencing long lines.
&#8220;The ICE agents that are there are doing non-specialized screening functions, it&#8217;s been incredibly helpful to alleviate the burden on our workforce and we&#8217;re getting positive feedback from passengers and our field leadership alike,&#8221; McNeill said.
With no end to the shutdown in sight, travelers are forced to wait hours in lines to reach a TSA screening point at some airports. More than 3,450 TSA officers, who account for roughly 11.76% of the workforce, called out on Sunday, <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/travel/precheck-clear-airport-wait-times/#:~:text=TSA%20staffing%20shortages%20hit%20major,an%20impasse%20over%20DHS%20funding." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NewsNation. Since the shutdown began in mid-February, more than 450 TSA officers have quit.
At Houston&#8217;s George Bush International Airport, where wait times hovered around four hours Tuesday, ICE officers distributed water, assisted travelers, and helped maintain order in long lines, The Daily Wire observed.
Some passengers took the time to thank the officers and shake their hands as they waited.

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‘I Will Put You In A Jail Cell’: Leftist Philly DA Threatens ICE Agents Helping TSA

Airports

Anti-ICE

Philadelphia

WASHINGTON — Over a month into the Democrat-led Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the largest independent pilots union in the United States is calling for Congress to end the shutdown and pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers.
“Congress must act immediately to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and ensure TSA officers are paid,&#8221; Allied Pilots Association President First Officer Nick Silva said in a statement first obtained by The Daily Wire. &#8220;These dedicated professionals show up every day to protect the traveling public and maintain the safety of our National Airspace System.&#8221;
&#8220;Forcing them to work without pay is unsustainable and puts both efficiency and security at risk,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Supporting TSA is essential to keeping our aviation system safe, reliable, and moving.”
That statement comes after Airlines for America President and CEO Chris Sununu similarly called for an end to the shutdown on March 9, saying: &#8220;More than 2.7 million people cleared through TSA yesterday, but too many had to wait in extraordinarily long—and painfully slow—lines at checkpoints. It’s unacceptable to have wait times of 2 or 3 hours. And it’s unacceptable that TSA officers will have $0 in their paychecks this week.&#8221;
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“It’s day 24 of this shutdown, and it is past time for Congress to get to the table and reach an agreement that reopens DHS,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Congress, do your job!”
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Since the shutdown began, over thirty days ago, more than 300 TSA officers have quit their jobs, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-absences-double-shutdown-300-quit-airport-security-lines/">CBS News reports</a>. TSA officers have begun calling out at increasing rates, causing long security lines across the nation. Half the officers at Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, have called out, according to CBS.
<div id="attachment_1063359" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pilots-dont-mince-words-as-they-issue-stark-warning-on-homeland-safety/hobby-airport-tsa-line-2" rel="attachment wp-att-1063359"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1063359" class="wp-image-1063359 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Airline passengers wait in long lines to get through the TSA security screening at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Sunday, March 8, 2026.  (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)</div>
TSA statistics covered by the publication show that the nationwide callout rate rose to an average of 6% during this DHS shutdown, though that rate climbed to 9% on February 23 and 8% on March 6. That compares to the 2% callout rate before the shutdown began.
As the shutdown continues, officers are reporting that they are struggling to cover basic expenses, including rent and childcare, according to the Department of Homeland Security. One TSA officer faces eviction after missing his first full paycheck, and another, who is a cancer patient, is unable to keep up with insurance copays.
Some TSA officers are even sleeping in their cars at the airport, The Daily Wire has learned, in order to save on gas money and other costs while they continue to work without pay.
The surge in unscheduled absences is due in part to TSA officers taking second jobs to make ends meet, DHS shared. Many workers had not yet recovered from the last two shutdowns, since this is the third shutdown they have faced during the past 15 months.
According to the White House, over 100,000 DHS workers missed their full paychecks last week due to the shutdown, amounting to about $1 billion in unpaid wages each month. The White House says the shutdown has caused at least $2.5 billion in losses thus far.
At the same time, The Daily Wire reported on Monday, DHS staff who investigate terrorism are not being paid due to the ongoing, partial government shutdown – 80% of the Office of Intelligence &amp; Analysis is working without pay while they defend the United States on the home front, a Homeland Security spokesman told The Daily Wire.
That department is the primary office tracking terrorism and threats, and specializes in sharing intelligence and analysis to “identify and mitigate threats to the homeland.” A DHS spokesman told The Daily Wire that “Democrats are shamelessly playing politics with national security.&#8221;
“DHS shares timely and actionable intelligence from the intelligence community to state and local governments to ensure they are aware of any emerging threats to keep their communities safe,” the spokesman explained. “With major events such as America 250 and the World Cup coming up, along with the numerous threats our nation must be prepared for, DHS needs to be fully funded as soon as possible to ensure the safety and security of the homeland.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee in Texas, claimed Thursday that the &#8220;undocumented students&#8221; he previously taught were the &#8220;most patriotic.&#8221;
Talarico, who previously taught sixth-grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio, made the remarks during a live taping of The Bulwark podcast in Dallas with host Tim Miller, where he also criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a &#8220;secret police&#8221; force.
&#8220;I taught a lot of undocumented students, and those students tended to be my most patriotic students,&#8221; Talarico said.
&#8220;They understood something about this country that a lot of us who are native born forget. That this is supposed to be the land of opportunity, that this is supposed to be the place where dreams come true, and they believed that in their bones. And they believed in this country even when this country didn&#8217;t believe in them,&#8221; he added.
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James Talarico claims his illegal immigrant students were more patriotic than American-born ones:
“I taught a lot of undocumented students. Those students tended to be my most patriotic students.”
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Talarico has made similar comments glorifying illegal immigration in the past. In a resurfaced clip from a January Democratic primary debate, he said the U.S. southern border should function like a &#8220;front porch.&#8221;
“Our southern border should be like our front porch; there should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door,” Talarico said.
Talarico&#8217;s campaign website also states: “Most of us agree on what should happen. Our border should be like a front porch — it should have a welcome mat out front and a lock on the door.”
It adds: “We can both welcome the stranger — refugees, asylum seekers, and folks who want to contribute to our economy and pursue the American dream — and we can keep people out who mean to do us harm.”
In another past clip, Talarico said individuals who commit violent crimes &#8220;should be deported immediately,&#8221; while arguing that law enforcement resources should not be focused on &#8220;hard-working members of our community.”

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A staffer for Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) allegedly pretended to be a lawyer in order to enter an ICE detention center and hand cell phones to detainees, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday.
Benito Torres &#8220;repeatedly falsely claimed to be an attorney representing detainees — even signing federal paperwork attesting that he was legal counsel for specific individuals&#8221; at the Camp East Montana facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, DHS claimed. Torres &#8220;misrepresented himself at least 11 times,&#8221; according to DHS, citing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) records.
The detention facility&#8217;s administrator then &#8220;discovered that Torres was passing a phone to multiple detainees and spoke to him,&#8221; DHS said, adding that &#8220;at that time, Torres admitted he was not an attorney and was visiting as a private citizen.&#8221;
DHS shared an image of a visitor log that showed Torres identifying himself as a &#8220;lawyer&#8221; entering the facility to meet with a &#8220;client.&#8221; He last visited the facility on Jan. 30, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-reps-staffer-repeatedly-posed-lawyer-detainees-smuggled-phone-texas-facility-ice-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;After the fraudulent visit, officials reviewed past visitor logs and discovered Torres had repeatedly represented himself as a lawyer or said he was visiting for legal reasons,&#8221; DHS said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepEscobar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepEscobar</a>’s staffer, Benito Torres, repeatedly falsely claimed to be an attorney representing detainees — even signing federal paperwork attesting that he was legal counsel for specific individuals.
The facility administrator discovered that Torres was passing a phone to… <a href="https://t.co/MlA0C6jXBq">https://t.co/MlA0C6jXBq</a> <a href="https://t.co/73F0eisici">pic.twitter.com/73F0eisici</a>
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Escobar responded to the accusations against her one of her caseworkers, who she described as &#8220;a dedicated public servant, Army veteran, and experienced member of my team.&#8221;
&#8220;I have every reason to believe these allegations are unfounded,&#8221; she wrote in an X post Thursday.
&#8220;It is worth noting that ICE has refused to respond to multiple letters I’ve sent about Camp East Montana regarding deaths, including a homicide; outbreaks of diseases including COVID-19, measles, and tuberculosis; waste, fraud, and abuse; a lack of legal representation or medical care; and so much more.This administration has a history of engaging in intimidation tactics against Members of Congress as well as continuously attempting to obstruct our ability to provide oversight,&#8221; Escobar wrote.
The Democratic lawmaker said she stands &#8220;proudly by the members of my team who have demonstrated nothing but dedication and integrity to serving our nation and our community.&#8221;
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons sent a letter to Escobar Thursday asking her what she knew about her staffer&#8217;s alleged lies, according to Fox News.
&#8220;The available evidence demonstrates your staffer, a senior caseworker named Benito Torres, misrepresented himself as counsel for detainees in ICE custody, violated clear detention standards and security protocols prohibiting the use of cellphones inside ICE facilities, improperly met with multiple detainees, and falsely claimed to ICE personnel such use had been approved by the agency,&#8221; Lyons wrote.
&#8220;As a result of bringing a cell phone into the Camp East Montana facility, contrary to facility visitation policy, Mr. Torres’ misrepresentation that he is a licensed attorney to gain access to detainees, his improper meetings with groups of detainees, and his assertions to ICE personnel about the origins of his visit, Mr. Torres is herby [sic] prohibited from accessing any ICE facility,&#8221; he added.
Escobar has repeatedly called for the ICE facility&#8217;s closure following several detainee deaths and disease outbreaks.
&#8220;Camp East Montana &#8211; the $1.24 billion migrant detention facility in El Paso &#8211; has been disastrous and inhumane. DHS’s plan to warehouse human beings here is even worse,&#8221; Escobar wrote on X Monday.
&#8220;I’m proud of our local coordinated effort to prevent it. We won’t stop until this horrific idea is rejected,&#8221; she wrote.

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A Lutheran minister looking for a promotion to Congress once claimed that challenges to the traditional definitions of men and women are “very threatening” to white men and downplayed concerns about the dangers of transgender ideology for women. 
Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat candidate for Iowa&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District, claimed that Evangelical Christians oppose “GLBTQ” ideology not because of theology, but racial angst, according to an October 2023 speech uncovered by The Daily Wire. Trone Garriott, a former state senator and minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, hopes to unseat incumbent Republican Rep. Zach Nunn.
During her <a href="https://www.iaumc.org/newsdetail/sen-rev-sarah-throne-garrett-encourages-laity-to-confront-christian-nationalism-18119210">speech</a> on &#8220;Christian Nationalism&#8221; at Ames First United Methodist Church, Trone Garriott argued that Evangelical Christians needed “threats” to react against to maintain their identity. 
“A new threat that we see today is the GLBTQ movement,” she said. “It&#8217;s a challenging of that status quo, of the way that things have been, of who&#8217;s a man and who&#8217;s woman and how relationships are. It&#8217;s very threatening to the idea of the white male, powerful figure, because it muddies the waters and makes things ambiguous and confusing.”
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“We see all kinds of responses happening in legislation and in community conflicts … a lot more emphasis on, you know, really funding and supporting the separation, the private schools, the parents&#8217; rights,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And within that, the parents&#8217; rights piece is used to enact book bans, sports bans about who can play and who can compete,” she said. 
Trone Garriott then suggested that laws to keep males out of female sports or protect kids from sexually explicit books were motivated by a misguided belief that “white men” are “responsible” for protecting women. 
“It&#8217;s really couched in the language of there&#8217;s a threat against women and white men are responsible to protect women from threats. So a lot of the legislation is about we&#8217;re going to protect these feminine, fragile, weak women and girls from a threat to their bodies, their persons, their identity in this way.”
During her time in the State Senate, Trone Garriott <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/SJNL/20220302_SJNL.pdf#page=4">voted against</a> a bill to keep boys out of girls’ sports and <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/SJNL/20230307_SJNL.pdf#page=26">opposed</a> a bill shielding children from transgender procedures. 
Republican spokesman Zach Kraft told The Daily Wire that Trone Garriott’s positions were out of step with Iowans. 
&#8220;Sarah Trone Garriott is a preacher of the woke gospel,” he said. “It is sickening to see her twist Christianity as a justification to force sex changes on young children. That may have been popular with her friends at Harvard, but Iowa voters will reject this radical lunatic.&#8221; 
Trone Garriott spent much of her speech attacking “white Christian men” and “white evangelical leaders,” an aggressive strategy in a state where white evangelicals compose a major voting bloc. She even attacked famed evangelist Billy Graham for having an “attractive, strong, macho guy persona.” 
She also challenged traditional Evangelical Christian understandings of Jesus Christ and the Bible. Her denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is much more liberal than its counterpart, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. 
 “There&#8217;s a lot of different ways to think about what Christ did on the cross,” she said during the speech. “There&#8217;s not just one way. It makes us wonder, well, who is this Christ?”
Trone Garriott said the Evangelical understanding of the Gospel was tainted by the “white patriarchy.” 
“What we see more and more is that the good news that a specific variety of Christianity is professing in the world is white patriarchy,” she said. “So white masculine power, violence, dominance, over and against.”
She also downplayed biblical writings of the Apostle Paul, calling  him a “great guy and all” but “a product of his time.”

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CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten is not impressed with the Democratic bench going into the 2028 presidential election cycle — and he&#8217;s not holding back his overall assessment of the likely candidates: &#8220;a total clown car.&#8221;
Enten joined CNN anchor John Berman on Tuesday to discuss the likely candidates just as a new memoir from Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) — considered a heavy favorite to jump in the race — hit shelves, and his take was that Newsom was &#8220;flailing.&#8221;
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CNN&#8217;s Harry Enten just ROASTED Gavin Newsom&#8217;s 2028 ambitions &#8220;He&#8217;s definitely flailing&#8221;:
&#8220;This is just a downright clown car at this point on the Democratic side.&#8221;
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Enten&#8217;s concern, as he broke down the numbers for Berman, was that there was no clear leader in the Democratic Party — and no one seemed poise for the kind of surge that would be necessary to push them to the front of the pack going into the 2028 primaries.
&#8220;Yeah, they’re all running and this is just a downright clown car at this point on the Democratic side,&#8221; Enten said, noting that the early polls showed Newsom (at 19%) just barely in the lead over former Vice President Kamala Harris (at 18%) and that his advantage was slim enough to be within the margin of error.
&#8220;Quite a weak number for [Harris], given that, of course, she was the nominee last time around,&#8221; Enten noted.
He went on to say that other likely contenders — such as former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who polled at 13% and 12%, respectively — were not doing any better.
&#8220;This is just a total clown car. It is a total mess. There is no clear frontrunner at this particular point on the Democratic side. Who the heck knows who the nominee is going to be in two years?&#8221; Enten added. &#8220;It was been a long time, this is very unusual for the Democratic side to not have a clear frontrunner at this point. You have to go all the way back, all the way back from when I wasn’t even in elementary school yet, not even in pre-K yet, to 1992, that was the last cycle in which there was no clear frontrunner at this point. Very unusual.&#8221;
The analyst then singled out Newsom, saying that in particular, he appeared to be losing ground — and popularity — even as he moves to market his memoir.
&#8220;It seems to me that Gavin Newsom is flailing a little bit, at least compared to where he was prior,” he said, explaining that betting markets were cooling off as far as Newsom was concerned. &#8220;Three months ago, according to the prediction market, look at that, it was a 37% chance, now it’s just at 28%. Down he goes. He’s definitely flailing a little bit.&#8221;

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