Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted Democrats over details in a reconciliation bill that would add 87,000 more IRS workers.
Cruz shared the remarks during a Senate floor speech this weekend that noted Americans are not looking for more IRS agents as an answer to the nation&#8217;s problems.
&#8220;There are a lot of bad things in this bill, but few are worse than the proposal by Democrats in this bill to double the size of the IRS and create 87,000 new IRS agents,&#8221; Cruz said during his Senate floor speech.
&#8220;I guarantee you citizens in every one of our states, if you ask them, &#8216;What do they want?&#8217; they don&#8217;t want 87,000 new IRS agents. And they&#8217;re not being created to audit billionaires or giant corporations. They&#8217;re being created to audit you,&#8221; he added.
Cruz also expressed concern over the number of estimated new audits under the newly proposed legislation.
&#8220;The House Ways and Means Committee, the minority has put out an estimate that under this bill there will be 1.2 million new audits per year with over 700,000 of those new audits falling on taxpayers making $75,000 or less,&#8221; the senator revealed.
In a Twitter post shared by the senator that included the video of his speech, Cruz noted the enormous size the expanded IRS agents would have compared to other areas of the federal government.
&#8220;Democrats want to make the IRS larger than the Pentagon, the State Department, the FBI, and the Border Patrol combined,&#8221; Cruz wrote. &#8220;That&#8217;s a terrible idea. We should abolish the IRS!&#8221;
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Democrats want to make the IRS larger than the Pentagon, the State Department, the FBI, and the Border Patrol combined.
That&#39;s a terrible idea. We should abolish the IRS! <a href="https://t.co/DtI8SSIHmO">pic.twitter.com/DtI8SSIHmO</a>
&mdash; Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1556258629426331648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In another Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1556265381433675776" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Sunday, Cruz called the bill &#8220;big government run amok.&#8221;
&#8220;My amendment would have struck the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;But Democrats want to target the American people and their small businesses will more audits. These agents aren&#8217;t going to go after billionaires.&#8221;
In addition to concerns related to the expansion of the IRS, Cruz spoke out against a push by Democrats to punish unvaccinated school children in Washington, D.C., from attending school in person.
&#8220;Enough is enough. COVID-19 learning loss has been devastating,&#8221; Cruz tweeted. &#8220;But DC Democrats don’t care. They want to punish unvaccinated schoolkids, primarily minorities, from attending school in person.&#8221;
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Enough is enough. COVID-19 learning loss has been devastating.
But DC Democrats don’t care. They want to punish unvaccinated schoolkids, primarily minorities, from attending school in-person. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/votearama?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#votearama</a> <a href="https://t.co/pYXaSx4ZPq">pic.twitter.com/pYXaSx4ZPq</a>
&mdash; Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1556298763295145988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Cruz argued that if Democrats vote in favor of the legislation, it will punish thousands of public school students who would not be eligible to attend. He cited research that 85% of 12-15-year-old students in D.C. are vaccinated, but just 60% of African Americans students have received a COVID vaccination.
&#8220;We should not be denying children education because D.C. Democrats want to force them to get a COVID vaccine against their wishes or their parents&#8217; wishes,&#8221; he concluded.
The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-s-vaccine-mandate-might-disproportionately-affect-black-students-exacerbate-racial-inequity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the District of Columbia requires all children 12 years old and older to be vaccinated for COVID before they begin schooling this fall. The move could negatively affect black students already disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Though many school districts have rescinded COVID vaccine requirements, Washington, D.C. mandates that children 12 and older be “up-to-date on required vaccinations before returning this August.”

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz: Dems Want To Make The IRS ‘Larger Than The Pentagon, The State Dept, The FBI, And The Border Patrol Combined’

Ted Cruz Criticizes Dems Plan To Expand IRS 

Democrats

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>’s spending agenda climbed another hurdle and now appears to have enough votes to pass the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate">Senate</a> after Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kyrsten-sinema?utm_term=&amp;utm_campaign=dw_conversions_subscriptions_performancemax_na&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=6411461344&amp;hsa_cam=16590646933&amp;hsa_grp=&amp;hsa_ad=&amp;hsa_src=x&amp;hsa_tgt=&amp;hsa_kw=&amp;hsa_mt=&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw3K2XBhAzEiwAmmgrAtmLsmfPDfKght4SkcI_7mkWR8bXVRUUudq1RyuS8KjLC2gjHAQV1BoCEewQAvD_BwE">Kyrsten Sinema</a> (D-AZ) agreed to the package Thursday.
The bill, titled the “Inflation Reduction Act,” resurrected parts of Biden’s massive “Build Back Better” agenda after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-manchin-revives-bidens-agenda-agrees-to-democrat-package-of-tax-increases-and-climate-spending">agreed</a> with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the package last week. Sinema was the last Democrat to hold out on the bill due to its carried tax increase provision before an agreement was made Thursday to remove the provision.
“We have agreed to remove the carried interest tax provision, protect advanced manufacturing, and boost our clean energy economy in the Senate&#8217;s budget reconciliation legislation,” Sinema said, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sinema-agrees-move-forward-social-spending-tax-bill-after-dems-make-changes">according</a> to Fox News. “Subject to the Parliamentarian&#8217;s review, I&#8217;ll move forward.”
Schumer said he plans on moving forward with the reconciliation bill on Saturday. Democrats will use the budget reconciliation process to bypass the Senate filibuster and advance the bill along party lines, potentially giving the party a much-needed legislative victory before a midterm election where Democrats are expected to face a “red wave.”
The spending package includes tax increases on billion-dollar corporations and the largest legislative climate spending in U.S. history at $369 billion. Manchin’s surprising agreement to the bill came after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-throws-another-wrench-into-bidens-agenda-biden-is-not-pleased">shot down</a> Democrat attempts at pushing through Biden’s agenda, and reportedly told Democratic leaders he would “unequivocally” refuse to support legislation related to climate change and tax increases.
Manchin claims that reconciling with Democrats on this package will help the country fight inflation, but findings from the Penn Wharton Budget Model now bring that claim into question. If signed into law, the “Inflation Reduction Act” could result in the exact opposite of what its name suggests, as it is estimated to slightly increase inflation over the next two years, according to the Penn Wharton study.
“The Act would very slightly increase inflation until 2024 and decrease inflation thereafter. These point estimates are statistically indistinguishable from zero, thereby indicating low confidence that the legislation will have any impact on inflation,” the Penn Wharton Budget Model found.
The study went on to explain that inflation could rise by 0.05% over the next two years before a marginal drop of 0.25% “by the late 2020s,” rendering the spending package basically ineffective at accomplishing its purpose.
Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-legislative-deal-on-his-agenda-wont-raise-taxes-on-people-making-less-than-400k-report-says-otherwise">released</a> <a href="https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/jct_distributional_effects_inflation_reduction_act.pdf">data</a> last week from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) that showed that taxes will increase in calendar year 2023 for everyone under the plan except those making between $10,000 and $30,000 per year.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.

Kyrsten Sinema

Kyrsten Sinema Pushes Biden’s Agenda Forward, Agrees To Democrat Tax Increases And Climate Spending

Kyrsten Sinema Agrees To Democrat Tax Increases And Climate Spending

Chuck Schumer

Joe Biden

Joe Manchin

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/coal">Coal</a> industry leaders blasted Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) for his agreement with Democratic leadership on a climate and tax-focused reconciliation bill that they say would &#8220;severely threaten&#8221; the industry.
In a <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/wvmetro-uploads-prod/2022/08/Consolidated-Opposition-Manchin-Schumer-FINAL.pdf">statement</a> Wednesday, America&#8217;s State Coal Associations, a group of eight state trade organizations in the coal industry, blistered <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchin-stands-by-democrats-tax-and-spend-plan-nothing-inflammatory-in-that-piece-of-legislation">Manchin</a> for endorsing the so-called &#8220;Inflation Reduction Act.&#8221; The group said that Manchin&#8217;s support for the package, which has been lauded by the Biden administration and praised by climate activists like Biden&#8217;s climate czar John Kerry, leads the coal industry to question the &#8220;motivation and sincerity&#8221; of Manchin&#8217;s interest in protecting fossil fuels.
&#8220;The more you read and digest the provisions found in over 700+ pages of legislative digest, the more it becomes abundantly clear this legislation will serve to severely threaten American coal and the $261 Billion of annual revenues that it produces for the nation&#8217;s overall economy and attendant 381,000 American jobs,&#8221; the coal associations wrote.
&#8220;This legislation is so egregious, it leaves those of us that call Senator Manchin a friend, shocked and disheartened. Senator Manchin has seemingly fought against numerous climate measures advanced over the past year by the national democratic establishment insisting that America’s Coal assets be protected and allowed to continue to operate as carbon reduction strategies are developed and proven to be effective within reasonable cost and performance parameters. The current Schumer-Manchin draft agreement on climate and energy frankly leaves us questioning the motivation and sincerity of Manchin&#8217;s previous stance and his repeated chant: we must &#8216;Innovate not eliminate.’”
The group went on to blast the bill itself, pointing out that it was praised by President Joe Biden, who called it &#8220;the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis&#8221; in <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/07/28/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022/">remarks</a> last week. The statement also pointed out that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have &#8220;signed off&#8221; on the bill, &#8220;which alone speaks volumes to the extreme and deadly scenario it brings to our nation’s coal industry.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/8222-4">Pelosi</a> endorsed the bill in a letter to Senate leadership Tuesday; <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-calls-on-senate-to-improve-the-inflation-reduction-act-and-address-the-needs-of-the-american-people/">Sanders</a>, meanwhile, gave a floor speech outlining what he thought were the merits and shortcomings of the plan, and suggested amendments to be added when the Senate takes it up for consideration.
The group also points out several specific provisions that will hurt coal production.
&#8220;By turbocharging the lofty incentives that already extend to renewable energy, our nation’s &#8230; coal electric generation assets will continue to be devalued and thrust into rapid decline as will the thousands of miners, plant workers and the 371,000 American families who household incomes depend on these jobs,&#8221; the group said. &#8220;The Schumer-Manchin bill doubles the current tax on coal and subjects mining companies to the highest tax of any other American business effectively costing mining companies tens of millions of dollars in new taxes and adding to the complexities of keeping state fuel and household energy costs stable and competitive. More disturbing, the Schumer-Manchin proposal provides President Biden&#8217;s EPA with the clear and unbridled ability and expanded budget to regulate greenhouse gases and state coal assets however they deem appropriate or in the most punitive manner possible.&#8221;
&#8220;It is incomprehensible why any miner would support the Manchin-Schumer legislation which will not only put an immediate stop to the investment and financing behind our states coal and electric generating assets but forever foreclose on America&#8217;s coal industry!&#8221; the group concluded.

West Virginia’s coal country

Coal Industry Leaders Blast Manchin For Supporting A Bill That Threatens To Kill Industry

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spending

Two congressional Democrats have voiced opposition in recent weeks to President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> running for a second term amid polling showing that most Americans think Biden should not run again.
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Rep. Angie Craig&#8217;s (D-MN) public calls for a replacement of the president make them the most high profile federally-elected Democrats to voice opposition to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/many-americans-think-neither-trump-nor-biden-should-run-in-2024-polls-find">another Biden term</a>, Axios reported Tuesday evening.
&#8220;I think the country would be well served by a new generation of compelling, well-prepared, dynamic Democrats who step up,&#8221; Phillips said on a <a href="https://link.axios.com/click/28591372.133357/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS8yMDIyLzA3LzI5L3BvbGl0aWNzL2RlYW4tcGhpbGxpcHMtam9lLWJpZGVuLTIwMjQvaW5kZXguaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc3NuZWFrcGVlayZzdHJlYW09dG9w/622b96e069cfab30635fe873Bc657e501/email" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.axios.com/click/28591372.133357/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS8yMDIyLzA3LzI5L3BvbGl0aWNzL2RlYW4tcGhpbGxpcHMtam9lLWJpZGVuLTIwMjQvaW5kZXguaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc3NuZWFrcGVlayZzdHJlYW09dG9w/622b96e069cfab30635fe873Bc657e501/email&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659571918536000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0s2LbiDXDitYye7pcQ27sT">local radio show</a> last week.
Asked if he would support Biden in 2024, he responded, &#8220;No.&#8221;
&#8220;I think Dean Phillips and I are in lockstep and alignment with that, and I’m going to do everything in my power as a member of Congress to make sure that we have a new generation of leadership,&#8221; Craig <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2022/08/asked-about-biden-in-2024-craig-says-new-leaders-needed-in-d-c/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiossneakpeek&amp;stream=top">told MinnPost</a> on Tuesday.
<div id="attachment_418841" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-418841" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-418841 size-large" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1242260792-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242260792-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242260792-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242260792-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242260792-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242260792-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242260792-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242260792-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />WASHINGTON, DC August 1, 2022: US President Joe Biden on screen delivering remarks on the successful counterterrorism operation of the killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on the Blue Room Balcony of the White House on August 1, 2022. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)</div>
Politico/Morning Consult <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000181-f09a-d902-ada7-fbff8ec80000&amp;nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=5fc96f2d-ddbc-46bb-868e-e4fc602efba3&amp;nlid=630318">polling released July 12 found</a> that 61% of Americans think former President Donald Trump should not run in the 2024 election, while 64% of Americans think Biden should not run again.
Similarly, a New York Times/Siena College poll <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/us/politics/trump-approval-polling-2024.html?smid=tw-share">released</a> around the same time found that almost half of Republican voters are looking beyond Trump for a presidential candidate in 2024, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is the most favorable alternative.
And in June, a <a href="https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/2e7fbuwkn8/20220610_yahoo_tabs.pdf">Yahoo/YouGov poll</a> found that 64% of respondents do not think Biden should run for re-election, and 55% of respondents did not believe Trump should run again (when the November 2024 elections arrive, Biden will be almost 82 years old, while Trump will be 78).

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Two Congressional Democrats Call For Biden Replacement

Minnesota Congressmen Become Most Prominent Dems Yet Say They Don't Want Another Biden Term

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2024 Election

Minnesota

The secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) told CNN on Sunday that the department is looking at ways to provide abortions in states that have banned it.
During an interview, host Jake Tapper asked about a letter from Senate Democrats and cited an analysis by the <a href="https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/economic-justice/reports/state-abortion-bans-harm-woc.html">National Partnership for Women &amp; Families,</a> showing that 389,600 women veterans live in states where abortion is banned. &#8220;Will the VA take this measure and allow abortion services at VA hospitals even in states where abortion is banned?&#8221; Tapper asked.
&#8220;There are 300,000 women veterans of childbearing age who rely on us for their reproductive health care, for all their health care,&#8221; VA Secretary Denis McDonough responded. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to make sure that they have access to the full slate of that care, because that&#8217;s what we owe them.&#8221;
&#8220;In those states?&#8221; Tapper asked.
&#8220;We&#8217;re looking expressly at these questions about how we guarantee the life and the health of our women veterans, those 300,000 who rely on us for their care,&#8221; McDonough responded. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have any announcements to make on that this morning, Jake. But we&#8217;re looking very closely at that to ensure that there&#8217;s no diminution and no reduction of services to them and no risk to their &#8212; to their lives as a result of these decisions.&#8221;
Tapper also asked if McDonough would prefer to have abortions take place in VA clinics within those states.
&#8220;My preference is that those 300,000 women veterans &#8212; and that&#8217;s the fastest growing cohort of veterans that we have in our care, women veterans &#8212; my preference is that they not face risks to their lives as a result of this decision from the court,&#8221; McDonough said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to make sure that we&#8217;re in a position to take care of that.&#8221;
McDonough&#8217;s comments came in response to a <a href="https://www.hirono.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07.28.2022_MKH_Letter%20to%20VA%20re_%20Abortion_Final.pdf">letter from 24 Democratic senators</a>, led by Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono, demanding that the VA amend or create regulations allowing VA to provide abortion and related services to veterans, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. &#8220;We contend that the VA has the statutory authority and discretion to provide abortions and abortion-related services and resources,&#8221; the senators wrote. &#8220;Importantly, the VA has used its authority under the Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996 to provide reproductive care such as pregnancy care and infertility services.&#8221;
&#8220;The VA must do everything in its power to provide critical reproductive care to veterans and their dependents across the country,&#8221; the senators added.
The secretary&#8217;s comments add to a series of attempts by Democrats and the Biden administration to end-run states that have banned abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization, which sent abortion laws back to the states.
Just a few days after the Dobbs decision, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said his department was looking at using <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-wants-to-pick-up-travel-tab-for-women-seeking-abortions-in-wake-of-scotus-roe-ruling">taxpayer funds</a> to provide transportation across state lines for women seeking abortions. Far-left members of Congress, like Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-wants-abortion-clinics-on-federal-lands-which-include-national-parks">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> and Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elizabeth-warren-wants-planned-parenthood-to-put-up-tents-inside-national-parks">Elizabeth Warren,</a> have called for abortion clinics to be set up on federal lands.

VA Secretary McDonough Testifies At Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Hearing

Biden’s VA Secretary: ‘Looking Very Closely’ At Options To Provide Abortions For Vets In Pro-Life States

Biden's VA Secretary: 'Looking Very Closely' At Options To Provide Abortions For Vets In Pro-Life States

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Health Care

Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-IL) replied to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">gun control</a> critic on his official Twitter account Friday night in a profanity-laced tweet after he voted to pass a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gun-grab-houses-passes-bill-banning-certain-semi-automatic-guns">gun-grabbing bill</a> in the House.
Garcia, who supported the House’s legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic firearms, tweeted his celebration of the bill’s passage. ​​&#8221;I just voted to reinstate the assault weapons ban. Now it’s the Senate’s turn to pass it and send it to President Biden’s desk,” he said.
An anonymous Twitter account wasn’t happy with the congressman’s support of the gun control legislation and replied to Garcia’s tweet, writing “Never even heard of this guy and I won’t comply even if his silly law passes.”
Instead of letting the jab go like most politicians do on social media, Garcia’s official Twitter account responded to the tweet with obscene language.
“You are borderline retarded, ya f***ing dips***,” Garcia tweeted.
The response was taken down two hours later, according to Fox News’ Joseph Wulfsohn, but not before multiple people captured screenshots of the congressman&#8217;s profanity-laced insult.
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Rep. Chuy García (D-IL) tweeted profanities and a slur in response to a random Twitter account with 531 followers who trolled him. <a href="https://t.co/LUjqWnDoxd">pic.twitter.com/LUjqWnDoxd</a>
&mdash; Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/JosephWulfsohn/status/1553274816144228352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Garcia issued a statement Saturday, explaining that the tweet was not approved by him and was written by someone on his staff.
&#8220;Last night a member of Congressman García&#8217;s staff posted an unauthorized tweet from the Congressman&#8217;s account using profanities and offensive language to individuals living with disabilities,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;The language used was absolutely inappropriate and inconsistent with Congressman Garcia&#8217;s history, values, and character. The individual responsible will be held accountable and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.&#8221;
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Statement from Congressman García’s Spokesperson, Fabiola Rodríguez-Ciampoli: <a href="https://t.co/SyagCscHA0">pic.twitter.com/SyagCscHA0</a>
&mdash; Congressman Chuy García (@RepChuyGarcia) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChuyGarcia/status/1553373617509093377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The gun control legislation passed by the House in a 217-213 vote Friday night is not expected to survive in the Senate. The bill would reinstate the assault weapons ban that was in place from 1994 to 2004 and prohibit the sale or manufacture of certain rifles (including AR-15s), shotguns, and pistols based on the features that they have, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gun-grab-houses-passes-bill-banning-certain-semi-automatic-guns">reported</a>.
The gun-grabbing bill was also celebrated by President Joe Biden. “Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country, and reduce crime in our communities,” Biden said in a statement. “The majority of the American people agree with this common sense action.”
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

Chuy Garcia

Dem Rep. Calls Gun Control Critic ‘R*******’, A ‘F***ing Dips***’ On Official Twitter Account, Blames Staff Member For ‘Unauthorized’ Tweet

Rep. Chuy Garcia's Official Twitter Account Tweets Obscene Response To Gun Control Critic

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Guns

Illinois

U.S. House of Representatives

The Democrat-supported “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-manchin-revives-bidens-agenda-agrees-to-democrat-package-of-tax-increases-and-climate-spending">Inflation Reduction Act of 2022</a>” could lead to a slight increase in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation">inflation</a> over the next two years if it’s passed and signed into law, according to a Penn Wharton study released Friday.
Penn Wharton <a href="https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2022/7/29/inflation-reduction-act-preliminary-estimates">analyzed</a> the massive spending package that reached a shocking agreement between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday. The study came to a dismal conclusion for Democrats, and even found that the bill could do the exact opposite of what its name suggests through 2024.
“The Act would very slightly increase inflation until 2024 and decrease inflation thereafter. These point estimates are statistically indistinguishable from zero, thereby indicating low confidence that the legislation will have any impact on inflation,” the Penn Wharton Budget Model found.
According to the study, inflation could rise by 0.05% over the next two years before a marginal drop of 0.25% &#8220;by the late 2020s,&#8221; rendering the spending package basically ineffective at accomplishing its purpose.
The Penn Wharton findings were released the same day that new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-bad-inflation-news-as-u-s-enters-a-recession-biden-pushes-spending">showed</a> that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index, a key measure of inflation, increased 6.8% in June. That’s the highest yearly increase since January 1982, marking troubling news for Americans as the economy officially entered a recession on Thursday.
The Democrat spending package that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-manchin-revives-bidens-agenda-agrees-to-democrat-package-of-tax-increases-and-climate-spending">gained surprising support</a> from Manchin earlier this week would be the largest legislative climate investment the U.S. has ever made at $369 billion. The bill would also raise taxes on billion-dollar businesses and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.
In recent weeks, Manchin shot down Democrat attempts at pushing through President Joe Biden’s agenda, and reportedly told Democratic leaders he would “unequivocally” refuse to support legislation related to climate change and tax increases.
Manchin claims that reconciling with Democrats on this package will help the country fight inflation, but findings from the Penn Wharton Budget Model now bring that claim into question.
“We must be honest about the economic reality America now faces if we want to avoid fanning the flames of inflation,” Manchin said in a <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-supports-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022">statement</a> Wednesday. “At its core, the purpose of reconciliation is to get our economic and financial house in order. Contrary to foolish talk otherwise, America cannot spend its way out of debt or out of inflation.”
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey">Jersey City</a> councilwoman is facing calls for her resignation after being allegedly caught on a traffic camera crashing into a bicyclist and continuing on her way.
Ann DeGise, a first-term, at-large city council member and the daughter of powerful Democrat Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, had the green light and did not appear to be the cause of the July 19 incident, according to officials. But the fact that she allegedly did not stop to see if Andrew Black, 31, was okay has stoked outrage in the city and among her council colleagues.
&#8220;Past being elected its a living human being, it was really hard for me to witness that,” said Councilman Frank Gilmore. &#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of public trust, it&#8217;s a matter of respect, it&#8217;s a matter of human decency.&#8221;
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Another fellow councilmember, James Solomon, was among the first to sign a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/councilwoman-degise-must-resign-now?original_footer_petition_id=13007392&amp;algorithm=promoted&amp;source_location=petition_footer&amp;grid_position=1&amp;pt=AVBldGl0aW9uANJiBwIAAAAAYuFFlcXW5Z1iNWVmYTM2ZA%3D%3D">change.org petition</a> calling for DeGise to resign.
&#8220;The word I use is horrified, that’s how I felt watching the video,&#8221; Solomon told <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/video-shows-jersey-city-councilwoman-allegedly-hit-cyclist-with-suv-drive-off/3798300/">NBCNewYork.com</a>. &#8220;She&#8217;s an elected official and we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard and that’s why I think she should resign.&#8221;
The violent collision sent Black flying through the air, bouncing off the hood of the SUV and landing in a heap in the middle of busy Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. He could be seen rising to his feet and staggering to the safety of a corner, where passersby tended to him. His bike landed in a tangled heap near another corner. Black, an Uber Eats deliveryman, miraculously suffered no serious injuries.
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&#8220;Someone of prestige would fall to the point where they would ignore the law,&#8221; Black said <a href="https://hudpost.com/victim-of-councilwoman-degises-hit-and-run-speaks-out-for-the-first-time/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">in an interview with HudPost</a>.
DeGise has been charged with failure to report the accident and leaving the scene. She reported the accident six hours later, <a href="https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/07/degise-waited-six-hours-to-report-hit-and-run-police-video-shows.html">according to the Jersey Journal</a>, and said through a spokesperson she has no intention of resigning. In addition to being the daughter of the county executive, she is a former school board member and was previously chairwoman of the powerful Hudson County Democratic Organization.
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, a fellow Democrat who ran with DeGise on his ticket in November, called the incident a terrible mistake but stopped short of calling on DeGise to resign.

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Former Treasury Secretary and Obama economic adviser <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/larry-summers">Larry Summers</a> defended Democrats’ new economic package in a discussion with Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) days before Manchin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-manchin-revives-bidens-agenda-agrees-to-democrat-package-of-tax-increases-and-climate-spending">reversed</a> course and agreed to the bill, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/07/27/manchin-says-he-has-reached-deal-with-democrats-economy-climate-bill/">according</a> to a report from The Washington Post.
If it passes, the new spending package would be the largest legislative climate investment the U.S. has ever made at $369 billion. The bill would also raise taxes on billion-dollar businesses and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Summers was reportedly beckoned by Democratic senators earlier this week to assure Manchin that the spending package would not result in more inflation.
“The two men spoke this week, and Manchin listened as Summers talked in detail about why Democrats’ proposed economic package — including its energy provisions — would not lead to higher prices,” the Post reported.
Summers, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-top-democrat-economist-larry-summers-is-not-worried-about-inflation-he-is">repeatedly warned</a> the Biden administration about inflation over the past year, <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/07/28/manchin-breathes-new-life-into-biden-agenda-00048415">told</a> Politico last week that he disagreed with Manchin’s concern about Democrats’ tax increases adding to inflation.
“I think the theory that all tax increases are inflationary is not a plausible or reasonable economic theory,” Summers said on Politico’s “Playbook Deep Dive” podcast. “To suggest that it is inflationary is, I think, just wrong in the same way that it was just wrong to suggest that in the short run, investing in infrastructure would somehow be deflationary.”
On Wednesday, Manchin appeared convinced that the bill, dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” would not add to the country’s rising prices. He claimed that reconciling with Democrats on the package would help the country fight inflation.
Manchin’s reversal comes after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-throws-another-wrench-into-bidens-agenda-biden-is-not-pleased">shot down</a> Democrat attempts at pushing through Biden’s agenda in recent weeks, and reportedly told Democratic leaders he would “unequivocally” refuse to support legislation related to climate change and tax increases.
“We must be honest about the economic reality America now faces if we want to avoid fanning the flames of inflation,” Manchin said in a statement Wednesday. “At its core, the purpose of reconciliation is to get our economic and financial house in order. Contrary to foolish talk otherwise, America cannot spend its way out of debt or out of inflation.”
Manchin’s agreement to the package he touts as an inflation-fighting bill came a day before the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-in-a-recession-after-second-straight-quarter-of-negative-growth">released</a> GDP numbers for the last quarter, showing that the country is in a recession.
Democrats will use the budget reconciliation process to bypass the Senate filibuster and advance the bill along party lines, potentially giving the party a much-needed legislative victory before a midterm election where Democrats are expected to face a “red wave.”
The bill still needs to leap at least one hurdle before it stands a chance at reaching President Joe Biden’s desk as Democrats need to convince Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who has voiced opposition to elements of Biden’s spending agenda. Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/sinema-manchin-deal-senate-democrats">reported</a> that hours after Manchin’s surprise reversal, a spokesperson for Sinema said the Arizona senator did not have a comment on the bill because “she will need to review the text.”

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) resurrected key pieces of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>’s “Build Back Better” agenda in a surprising agreement with Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charles-schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) on Wednesday.
The Democratic senators agreed to a spending package titled the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” The bill proposes to increase taxes on billion-dollar companies, spend $369 billion on climate and energy programs, and extend health care subsidies for Affordable Care Act users for three more years, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-manchin-reaches-deal-with-chuck-schumer-on-energy-healthcare-package-11658957299">according</a> to The Wall Street Journal.
In recent weeks, Manchin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-throws-another-wrench-into-bidens-agenda-biden-is-not-pleased">shot down</a> Democrat attempts at pushing through Biden’s agenda, and reportedly told Democratic leaders he would “unequivocally” refuse to support legislation related to climate change and tax increases.
Now, the West Virginia senator claims reconciling with Democrats on this package will help the country fight inflation.
“We must be honest about the economic reality America now faces if we want to avoid fanning the flames of inflation,” Manchin said in a <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-supports-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022">statement</a> Wednesday. “At its core, the purpose of reconciliation is to get our economic and financial house in order. Contrary to foolish talk otherwise, America cannot spend its way out of debt or out of inflation.”
The revival of Biden’s agenda comes as the president has faced <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/05/biden-democrats-newsom-pritzker/">mounting criticism</a> from his own party for failing to implement significant policy over his first year and a half in office. Democrats will use the budget reconciliation process to bypass the Senate filibuster and advance the bill along party lines, potentially giving the party a much-needed legislative victory before a midterm election where Democrats are expected to face a “red wave.”
To pass the package, Democrats still might need to convince Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who has voiced opposition to elements of Biden&#8217;s spending agenda. Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/sinema-manchin-deal-senate-democrats">reported</a> that hours after Manchin&#8217;s surprise reversal, a spokesperson for Sinema said the Arizona senator did not have a comment on the bill because &#8220;she will need to review the text.&#8221;
In Manchin&#8217;s statement, he criticized Democrats for previously attempting to spend trillions of dollars on Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda as the country grapples with inflation. While the new package is a large cut from Democrats’ initial proposals of over $3 trillion, the Manchin-Schumer deal includes elements that the senator had previously opposed. Manchin did not provide specific details on what changed his mind.
Manchin’s agreement to the package he touts as an inflation-fighting bill comes a day before GDP numbers will be released for the quarter. Experts <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/27/us-economy-probably-barely-grew-last-quarter-and-may-have-contracted.html">predict</a> the report will show a second consecutive negative GDP report, meaning the country will be in a recession.
A joint statement from Manchin and Schumer claimed the package would “fight inflation, invest in domestic energy production and manufacturing, and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030,” Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/27/manchin-schumer-senate-deal-energy-taxes-00048325">reported</a>.

Joe Manchin Revives Biden’s Agenda, Agrees To Democrat Package Of Tax Increases And Climate Spending

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sarcastically suggested Thursday that Democrats hold a session to teach Republicans about &#8220;the birds and the bees&#8221; in light of the current debate on contraception.
&#8220;Should we have a session on the birds and the bees?&#8221; asked the California Democrat.
&#8220;I wonder if some of my Republican colleagues understand the basics about birth control, family planning and what is happening in their own homes,&#8221; she added. &#8220;They want control — but we won’t give up our rights and we are not going back!&#8221;
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Should we have a session on the birds and the bees? I wonder if some of my Republican colleagues understand the basics about birth control, family planning and what is happening in their own homes. 
They want control — but we won’t give up our rights and we are not going back!
&mdash; Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamPelosi/status/1550141047002603520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In the aftermath of the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Pelosi has repeatedly warned Americans that their &#8220;freedom to use contraception&#8221; or to &#8220;marry the person&#8221; they love is on the line.
Democrats are pushing the <a href="https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Right%20to%20Contraception%20Act%20FINAL.pdf">Right To Contraception Act</a>, legislation that would &#8220;protect a person’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.&#8221;
“It is outrageous—we keep using that word—60 years after Griswold was decided, 60 years after Griswold, women must again fight for our basic right to birth control against an extremist Republican Party,” Pelosi said Wednesday, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/birth-control-access-bill-heads-to-house-vote-11658406600">according to the Wall Street Journal</a>. “Let us be clear: we are not going back. For our daughters, or granddaughters, we are not going back.”
The Right To Contraception Act would supersede the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
John McCormack with National Review notes: &#8220;The Democrats’ &#8216;<a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20220718/BILLS-117HR8373IH.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-testid="standard-link">Right to Contraception Act&#8217;</a> explicitly condemns (in one of its official findings) state conscience laws that protect health-care providers who refuse to offer contraception (a term that the bill says includes sterilization procedures).&#8221;
&#8220;By including <a href="https://twitter.com/McCormackJohn/status/1549160656984760326" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-testid="standard-link">the same poison-pill language</a> about RFRA in their “Right to Contraception Act,” Democrats appear to be taking a page from their 2012 playbook,&#8221; McCormack notes, &#8220;picking a fight over religious liberty in order to portray Republicans as opposing the legal right to contraception.&#8221;
The House of Representatives passed the bill Thursday, which comes after the House passed a bill Tuesday that would codify same-sex and interracial marriages: The Respect for Marriage Act.

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Nancy Pelosi Proposes Teaching Republicans About ‘The Birds And The Bees’ Amid Democrat Posturing On Contraception

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Police arrested at least 17 House Democrats on Tuesday for blocking traffic outside the United States Supreme Court during a planned &#8220;civil disobedience&#8221; abortion protest.
Democrat Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Cori Bush of Missouri, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Nydia Velazquez of New York, Barbara Lee of California, Jackie Speier of California,  Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Sara Jacobs of California, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Andy Levin of Michigan, Alma Adams of North Carolina, Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, Veronica Escobar of Texas, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois were arrested, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/07/19/aoc-democrats-arrested-roe-abortion?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social">Axios reported</a>.
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UPDATE: We made a total of 34 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code § 22–1307). 
That arrest number includes 16 Members of Congress.
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Video footage captured by The Daily Signal&#8217;s Doug Blair and Bernadette Hassan shows police escorting a smiling Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez away from the court as lively band music can be heard in the background.
The New York Democrat holds her hands behind her back as if she is handcuffed, then lifts one fist in the air, shakes it, and then again places it behind her back. Her office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.
The move prompted quick amusement from her critics online.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> has just been escorted by police away from the Supreme Court. <a href="https://t.co/F9DOoLq8yJ">pic.twitter.com/F9DOoLq8yJ</a>
&mdash; Douglas Blair (@DouglasKBlair) <a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasKBlair/status/1549445391585878022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Multiple members of Congress, including <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>, being arrested by Capitol Police for blocking traffic outside the Supreme Court in abortion rights demonstration: <a href="https://t.co/fysQN1oBAw">pic.twitter.com/fysQN1oBAw</a>
&mdash; Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1549445768683061249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoriBush</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IlhanMN</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AyannaPressley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AyannaPressley</a> &amp; other Members of Congress arrested for civil disobedience in front of Supreme Court. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BansOffOurBodies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BansOffOurBodies</a> <a href="https://t.co/GxtxS4aMYb">pic.twitter.com/GxtxS4aMYb</a>
&mdash; Lynese Wallace (@lynesewallace) <a href="https://twitter.com/lynesewallace/status/1549448114179870720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Republican communicator Matt Whitlock <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1549453617417027591">tweeted</a>: &#8220;Have to wonder if any of the protesters alongside her ever thought &#8216;wait .. aren&#8217;t you an elected member of Congress with the power to pass legislation on this issue? Why are you over here protesting? Pass a bill!'&#8221;
&#8220;She pretends to be handcuffed, raises her fist in a salute, and then goes back to pretending to be handcuffed,&#8221; tweeted strategist Greg Price.
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She pretends to be handcuffed, raises her fist in a salute, and then goes back to pretending to be handcuffed 😂😂 <a href="https://t.co/BLFT0D3k1V">https://t.co/BLFT0D3k1V</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1549451171873579009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Omar&#8217;s office <a href="https://twitter.com/toreyvanoot/status/1549437120300822528?s=20&amp;t=qG_F-Cm2aeMdbXRvwrzq5Q">had alerted media</a> of the planned &#8220;civil disobedience&#8221; shortly before it took place.
Omar, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, can be seen in a video captured by Hassan sitting on the ground outside the court.
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Earlier here is <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IlhanMN</a> smiling as she waits to be arrested outside the Supreme Court as part of a pro abortion protest. <a href="https://t.co/ge0ovx0VXX">pic.twitter.com/ge0ovx0VXX</a>
&mdash; Bernadette Hassan (@bernadetteh1776) <a href="https://twitter.com/bernadetteh1776/status/1549458409761787904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Woman outside SCOTUS lists off members of Congress who participated in today’s civil disobedience and are currently detained by the police. <a href="https://t.co/IwEEkDerGi">pic.twitter.com/IwEEkDerGi</a>
&mdash; Bernadette Hassan (@bernadetteh1776) <a href="https://twitter.com/bernadetteh1776/status/1549458141888364544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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