Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) secured Tennessee&#8217;s Republican gubernatorial nomination Thursday, prevailing over two conservative rivals even though President Donald Trump stayed out of the race.
With more than 90% of the vote in, Blackburn led four-term U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep. Monty Fritts with 43.5% of the vote. <a href="https://x.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/2085537742864138332?s=20">Decision Desk HQ</a> called the race at 9:24 p.m. ET.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Lynden Blake was at Blackburn&#8217;s victory party, where a cheering crowd greeted her.
&#8220;The real work begins right now,&#8221; Blackburn told supporters. &#8220;We have to unite. We have to defeat the Democrats in November. We&#8217;ve got to send a message loud and clear, we&#8217;re a solid red conservative state, and all of these socialist, communist policies end at the Tennessee state line.&#8221;
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In the Tennessee legislature, Blackburn helped lead the charge to eliminate the state&#8217;s income tax. Following her election to the U.S. Senate, she became a close ally of  Trump and has been a leading Republican voice on issues including immigration, China, election security, and restricting transgender athletes from competing in women&#8217;s sports.
The longtime Republican, who just won a second Senate term, is expected to coast to victory over Shelby County Public Defender Jerri Green (D-TN) this fall in an overwhelmingly red state that has backed Trump in all three of his presidential runs and has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2006. 
Leading up to Election Day, Rose campaigned on his rural farming roots while attacking a $30 million incentive package for a <a href="https://nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/17/john-rose-starbucks-ad-tennessee-dei/">Starbucks corporate expansion</a> in Nashville, arguing the funds should instead support local small businesses and core state services. Fritts, meanwhile, raised little money and centered his campaign on religious issues, vowing to find a First Amendment workaround to <a href="https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/07/28/tenn-governor-candidate-calls-ban-mosques-non-christian-religions/">ban mosques</a> and other non-Christian religious groups.
Strong early voting turnout reflected heightened interest on both sides, driven by the open race to replace Republican Gov. Bill Lee and the legislature&#8217;s elimination of Tennessee&#8217;s last Democratic congressional district. Polls leading up to the primary also suggested a <a href="https://nashvillebanner.com/2026/07/30/tennessee-republican-primary-poll-blackburn-rose/">tightening</a> race as Blackburn came under fire for <a href="https://nashvillebanner.com/2026/07/14/republican-gubernatorial-debate-dodged/">skipping debates</a>, limiting media access, and releasing a <a href="https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2074953981957194064?s=20">viral campaign ad</a> in which she crushed a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant.
“How hard am I gonna crack down on China? Well, here’s a clue,” Blackburn says as she smashes fortune cookies. “It doesn’t take a fortune cookie to figure it out: here in Tennessee, we’re going to stop Communist China and protect Tennessee land.”
Blackburn has voiced her views on China in Congress since <a href="https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/taking-on-china-since-day-one-senator-blackburn-s-record">2003,</a> when she recognized the threat of Chinese intellectual property theft. In the ad, Blackburn promises to work with the Trump administration to continue the fight.
“As I’ve said from the beginning, Tennessee should be America’s conservative leader, and one of the places that we can — and should — lead is in showing the rest of America how to stand up to and confront Communist China,” Blackburn had told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marsha-blackburn-crushes-chinese-fortune-cookies-in-first-ad-of-gov-campaign">The Daily Wire</a>. “As governor, I’ll work with the legislators to tighten up those loopholes and hunt down every adversary who tries to get a foothold in our state.” 
The MAGA firebrand has also pledged to partner with the Trump White House to deport illegal immigrants, combat violent crime, expand school choice, and govern in a way that keeps Tennessee a <a href="https://marshablackburn.com/issue/ensuring-tennessee-remains-a-safe-haven-for-conservatives/">&#8220;safe haven&#8221;</a> for conservatives.
If Blackburn wins the November general election, her Senate seat will become vacant, setting up a closely watched appointment and likely a competitive special election for one of Tennessee&#8217;s two U.S. Senate seats.
<a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/governor/race/479601">The Cook Political Report</a> rates the Tennessee governor&#8217;s race as Solid Republican.

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New York Republicans could be entering the 2026 midterms without their biggest financial backer after billionaire Ronald Lauder reportedly stopped donating to GOP candidates in the state.
Lauder, 82, an heir to the Estée Lauder fortune, has been one of New York Republicans&#8217; most prolific donors. He has contributed more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/nyregion/ronald-lauder-republicans-donor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.21A.CRjh.5BUFz8E9BDcF&amp;amp;smid=url-share">$40 million</a> to state and federal races over the past several decades and maintained a close relationship with President Donald Trump dating back to their time together at the University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s Wharton Business School.
According to The New York Times, Lauder has not made a single political donation to New York Republicans this year. His most recent political contributions included a $5 million donation to pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. and support for another super PAC that opposed Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s campaign for New York City mayor
Lauder has also been credited with helping persuade Trump to pursue the idea of purchasing Greenland.
Gerard Kassar, chairman of the Conservative Party of New York State, told the Times that Lauder’s family encouraged him to step back from politics as he has gotten older.
Kassar said that Lauder “got to a certain age that his family and him all decided he wasn’t going to be as active the way he has been.” 
Kassar added that no one can replace Lauder as a financial backer for Republicans in New York, describing the philanthropist as a one-stop shop for GOP fundraising in the state. 
 The Times cited three associates of Lauder who echoed Kassar&#8217;s account, saying Lauder&#8217;s children had urged him to reduce his spending on politics, philanthropy, and art collecting.
Lauder’s retreat comes despite his son-in-law, Kevin Warsh, taking one of Washington’s most consequential jobs. Warsh, who married Lauder’s daughter Jane in 2002, became chairman of the Federal Reserve after being nominated by President Trump earlier this year. 
Kassar said he was unaware whether Lauder&#8217;s personal finances played any role in his decision to reduce his political giving. 
Lauder has also downsized his personal political operation, recently eliminating staff from his personal office. Securities filings from The Estée Lauder Companiesshow that Lauder reimbursed the company nearly $22 million in 2025 for expenses associated with that office, suggesting it had become a sizable operation. 
Separately, Lauder made headlines in 2023 when he suspended donations to his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, over its handling of antisemitism on campus following pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve spent the last 40 years of my life fighting antisemitism all over the world,&#8221; Lauder <a href="https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/10/penn-lauder-reexamining-support">said</a>. &#8220;I never in my wildest imagination thought I would have to fight it at my own university, my alma mater, my family&#8217;s alma mater.&#8221;
He added that he and other donors &#8216;can no longer be silent,&#8217; and that newspapers, universities, and cable channels had to understand &#8216;there are consequences for their actions. The University has hosted numerous pro-Palestinian demonstrations and protests on its campus since the October 7 attacks.

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Former Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Texas and the first Republican woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, has died at the age of 83.
Granger represented Texas&#8217; 12th Congressional District for nearly three decades after first serving as mayor of Fort Worth, where she became the city&#8217;s first female mayor. During her 28 years in Congress, she rose to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, overseeing federal spending and becoming one of the most influential Republicans on Capitol Hill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) paid tribute to Granger on Sunday evening, calling her a &#8220;dear friend&#8221; and praising her lifetime of public service.
&#8220;Kay Granger devoted her life to serving her Fort Worth, Texas community — as a teacher and businesswoman, on the Fort Worth Zoning Commission and City Council, as Mayor, and in Congress for nearly three decades, where she also served as Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2084081192999981058">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Throughout her career, she broke barriers for women in public service. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Fort Worth, the first Republican woman elected to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first Republican woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee.&#8221;
&#8220;Kelly and I send our prayers to her family, loved ones, and the Fort Worth community as we remember her extraordinary life of service and lasting legacy,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;She was a dear friend who will be greatly missed.&#8221;
Born in Greenville, Texas, in 1943, Granger began her career as a teacher before entering public service after successfully organizing opposition to a proposed waste processing facility near her home. She went on to serve on the Fort Worth Zoning Commission, the Fort Worth City Council, and as mayor before winning election to Congress in 1996.
During her tenure in Washington, Granger became a leading voice on defense spending, veterans&#8217; issues, and federal appropriations. She chaired the House Appropriations Committee beginning in 2023 before stepping aside the following year while remaining chairwoman emeritus through the end of her final term. Granger announced in 2023 that she would not seek reelection. Her final months in office were marked by declining health and extended absences from Washington. Her family later confirmed she had experienced dementia before leaving office in January 2025.
Her death marks the passing of one of the most consequential Republican women in Texas political history, whose career included a series of historic firsts at both the state and national levels.

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk plans to re-enter the political arena by backing a major ground operation to boost Republicans ahead of the November midterm elections, according to a new report.
Musk plans to relaunch America PAC, the same political group that spent hundreds of millions helping elect President Trump in 2024, with a heavy focus on battleground states, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/29/musk-pac-midterm-election">reported</a>. The revived operation will prioritize door-knocking, digital advertising, and direct mail aimed at turning out conservative voters who typically skip midterm elections.
It is not yet clear how much Musk plans to spend or where the resources will be deployed.
&#8220;America PAC was an essential partner for our historic GOTV operation in 2024, and their return for 2026 is a huge boost for Republicans across the country,&#8221; James Blair, President Trump&#8217;s senior political adviser, told Axios. &#8220;We will again outsmart our opponents and ruthlessly execute our mission for the GOP between now and Election Day.” 
It&#8217;s a striking reversal for the X owner, who just <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-goes-after-trump-over-epstein-files-time-to-drop-the-really-big-bomb">last year accused Trump </a>of covering up convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s crimes and implied the president himself was implicated.
“Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” Musk said in June 2025, before adding a follow-up: “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”
“This is an unfortunate episode from Elon,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-responds-to-elon-musk-epstein-claims-an-unfortunate-episode-from-elon?utm_source=chatgpt.com">The Daily Wire</a> at the time, saying Musk was “unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill because it does not include the policies he wanted.”
Musk, who also threatened to financially back a third political party, later de-escalated the feud and deleted several of his most inflammatory posts — including his Epstein allegations — and publicly acknowledged that some of his attacks on Trump &#8220;went too far.&#8221; 
Following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Musk and Trump publicly reconciled at <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1969870768201777180?s=20">Kirk&#8217;s memorial service</a> in Arizona, where the two shook hands and spoke for the first time since their bitter falling out. The reunion fulfilled a promise made by the late conservative activist, who also helped elect Trump and transform an entire generation of young conservatives. 
“I know both these guys… I am hopeful, optimistic, and will do everything I possibly can to try and bring this back together,” Kirk <a href="https://www.wral.com/archive/22170145/">said</a> in June of last year.
Since then, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has been a social media advocate of the administration’s policies despite recently acknowledging he got “carried away” with his brief stint at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 
“I think I got a little too involved in politics,” Musk <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5988248-doge-initiative-shut-down/">told</a> The Economist. “I got carried away, frankly.”
Nonetheless, the Musk&#8217;s cash infusion will add to Republicans&#8217; already formidable financial advantage heading into the midterms. President Trump&#8217;s super PAC has amassed a roughly $400 million war chest, while the Republican National Committee has another $130 million on hand. In contrast, the Democratic National Committee is reportedly about $2 million in debt, as previously reported by The Daily Wire.
With control of both the House and Senate up for grabs, Republicans face significant headwinds heading into Election Day, including <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">elevated gas prices</a>, the lingering <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/live-updates-iranian-protests-intensify-as-citizens-demand-end-to-ayatollah-rule?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Daily+Wire&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=U.S.+Hammers+Iran+After+Tehran%E2%80%99s+Attempt+To+Take+Out+American+Troops">war with Iran</a>, and President Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5997864-trump-approval-rating-low/">low approval ratings</a>. The latest <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/state-of-the-union/generic-congressional-vote">RealClearPolitics </a>polling average gives Democrats a roughly five-point lead on the generic congressional ballot. Republicans&#8217; biggest asset may be the Democratic Party&#8217;s tarnished national brand, with one polling guru saying voters increasingly see the leftist party as &#8220;weak.&#8221;
&#8220;The Democratic Party in the minds of the American public are weak, weak, weak,” CNN’s Harry Enten <a href="https://x.com/ThomasMHern/status/2081723610549383250?s=20">said</a>, noting how voters still trust the GOP more on handling Iran. &#8220;The Democrats in Congress, simply put, are not well-liked.&#8221;
“Donald Trump and Republicans may not be liked, but Democrats in Congress are really hated,” he added.

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It’s past time the GOP took a look in the mirror.
Our ranks have become rife with provocative influencers offering an alternative to the Left-wing establishment. If you’re a young person fed up with the incessant wokeness, these voices seem awfully attractive. I have a message for young conservatives: It’s a trap.
In an era dominated by liberal institutions, it’s easy for an edgy contrarian to pose as a conservative. The suppression of Hunter Biden’s laptop by mainstream media was a coordinated effort and a betrayal of the American people. One may not even be wrong to call it a conspiracy.
But there is a fundamental difference between the methods of a conspiracy theorist and an honest conservative. A conservative values the truth independent of the public reaction. A conspiracy theorist values the reaction independent of the truth.
They walk among us, but they are not like us.
Take the infamous influencer Alex Jones, for example. Alex Jones has no patience for gender ideology. If he’s right about that, one could be forgiven for wondering what else he might be right about. The answer, it turns out, is not much. Just because a broken clock is right twice a day doesn’t mean we should go around breaking all the other clocks.
Once you have determined that someone else is at fault for your personal shortcomings, you begin to cross the line from a principled dissenter into a conspiracy theorist. If you ask Alex Jones, you’re lonely and unemployed because of the “globalists.” If you ask Candace Owens or Nick Fuentes, it’s because of the Jews. Everyone’s to blame … except yourself, of course.
The reality is harder to face. It is often easier for people to believe in a scheming class from which they have been excluded than it is to accept that life is hard.
There is a reason that figures like this have started to be known within the conservative movement as the “Woke Right.” It’s leftism in disguise. Class warfare. A culture of victimhood.
Though troubling, it is not surprising that conspiratorial attitudes would arise in a highly populist youth. The politics of the past decade have been dominated by the voting interests of a group that feels it has been ignored by the establishment.
I know — you don’t like the bloated, politicized federal government. Neither do I. The government didn’t kill John F. Kennedy. You find Michelle Obama to be a patronizing snob. Me too. She’s not secretly a man. When we allow these ridiculous claims into our camp, we delegitimize real concerns.
Moral shortcomings aside, there is another reason why we should not allow the Woke Right into the movement — they’re miserable allies. If you take a look at how these Woke Right influencers treat each other, they are far from coalition builders.
Nutjobs Nick Fuentes, Dan Bilzerian, and Richard Spencer — all of whom are functionally identical in their vile ideology — spend nearly as much time swiping at each other as they do espousing the ideology itself.
Working with these figures would not neutralize their extremism. Contrarians can only thrive on the fringe. It’s their way of staying relevant without having anything interesting to contribute. The more we legitimize their claims, the more absurd they will have to become in order to stay on the fringe.
The Left would like us to believe that conservatives break bread with racists, misogynists, and general lunatics. They’ve spent decades trying to create a false dichotomy between the Nick Fuenteses of the world and their radical agenda. We must not prove them right.
It’s a big tent, but it doesn’t have to be a circus.

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Nine years ago today, then-North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed a bill that repealed a law meant to keep gender-confused men out of women’s bathrooms, a policy he called “mean spirited” and “a stain” on the state’s reputation. 
While Cooper, currently running for U.S. Senate, now <a href="https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1949831222382715262?s=20">dodges</a> questions about his positions on transgender ideology, a new ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee wants to make sure voters don’t forget how passionately he fought to allow transgender-identifying men in women’s bathrooms back in 2017. The ad, first shared with The Daily Wire, compiles Cooper’s numerous comments attacking North Carolina House Bill 2, a GOP-backed measure that required people to use the bathroom corresponding with their birth certificate at government buildings and public schools.  
“It&#8217;s important that we remove this horrible requirement that transgender people had to go to the restroom of their birth certificate,” Cooper previously said, as highlighted in the ad. “It is a stain on our great state&#8217;s reputation, and it&#8217;s got to be wiped out.” 
Cooper also called the provision “one of the most discriminatory laws in the country, and it is wrong, period” and that it “created a misguided, unworkable, and unnecessary requirement that individuals use the bathroom that matched the gender on their birth certificate.”
The Senate hopeful campaigned on repealing the measure, saying that he could “not tolerate it” being the law of the land in North Carolina. 
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&#8220;For nearly 40 years, Roy Cooper has fought to transition North Carolina to Democrats&#8217; woke agenda,&#8221; NRSC Regional Press Secretary Nick Puglia told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Cooper promised the radical left he would ensure men could use women&#8217;s bathrooms, and he delivered for they/them.&#8221;  
The North Carolina bathroom bill, which was signed by GOP Governor Pat McCrory in 2016, ignited a firestorm after major corporations like Salesforce started <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/salesforces-marc-benioff-has-kicked-off-new-era-of-corporate-social-activism-1462201172">pressuring</a> the state over the law. Cooper’s gubernatorial deputy campaign manager told The Wall Street Journal that he “looked to Salesforce because he wanted them to know that this is not who North Carolina is, and that we are fighting against this discriminatory law.”
In response to the law, the NBA yanked the 2017 All-Star game out of Charlotte, because of “the climate created” by the legislation. 
After he was elected governor, Cooper signed a bill to repeal the bathroom bill, <a href="https://governor.nc.gov/documents/files/house-bill-2-repeal-fact-sheet/download">saying</a> that it “immediately removes mean-spirited restrictions on public facilities that mandate North Carolinians use the public facility matching the gender on their birth certificate.”
During his second term in office, Cooper would <a href="https://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org/press-releases/governor-cooper-vetoes-anti-transgender-legislation/">veto bills</a> to shield kids from transgender procedures on minors and keep boys of girls sports teams. 
Cooper is looking to succeed outgoing GOP Senator Thom Tillis. The GOP candidate is former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley. 
While he campaigned on the bathroom issue heavily while running for Congress, Cooper has rarely touched on transgender issues while on the Senate campaign trail. In August, he <a href="https://www.nrsc.org/uncategorized/wapo-he-became-governor-supporting-trans-rights-now-its-seen-as-a-liability-2025-08-18/">declined</a> an interview with the Washington Post on transgender issues.

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Most Americans say the Supreme Court of the United States was right to block much of President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs, a decision on an issue that has exposed sharp divisions among Republicans and prompted open celebration from Democrats.
A <a href="https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/54148-most-americans-approve-of-the-supreme-court-striking-down-trumps-tariffs">YouGov</a> survey released Friday found that 60 percent of U.S. adults “strongly” or “somewhat” approve of the Court’s ruling, compared to 23 percent who disapprove and 17 percent who are unsure. Democrats backed the decision overwhelmingly at 88 percent, while 63 percent of independents also approved. Republicans were more divided: 43 percent disapproved, while 30 percent said they approve.
The ruling came Friday morning in a 6–3 decision against Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners. Trump became the first president to rely on the nearly 50-year-old statute for such broad import taxes. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts concluded that IEEPA does not authorize the president’s tariff regime.
The Court declined to address whether previously collected tariffs must be refunded, leaving that question to lower courts. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointee who joined the majority, has previously warned that refunds could become “a mess,” a concern echoed in dissent by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.
The <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55693d60e4b06d83cf793431/t/6998a0b0febd02741b8399d0/1771610288746/Supreme+Court+Tariff+Ruling+IEEPA+Revenue+and+Potential+Refunds.pdf">Penn Wharton Budget Model</a> estimates the ruling could put as much as $175 billion in tariff revenue at risk, noting that importers typically have 180 days after goods are liquidated to file refund claims with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Reactions among Republican leaders ranged from constitutional praise to outright condemnation of the Court.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) applauded the ruling, writing on <a href="https://x.com/SenRandPaul/status/2024875042912285053">X</a> that the Court “defended the Constitution” by rejecting the use of emergency powers to impose taxes. “Tariffs are taxes and the power to declare them belongs to the Congress,” Paul added, warning that the precedent would have empowered future administrations to govern “by decree.”
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Vice President JD Vance, by contrast, <a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/2024928034667545067">blasted</a> the ruling as judicial overreach. “This is lawlessness from the Court, plain and simple,” Vance wrote, arguing the decision would make it harder for presidents to protect American industries and supply chains.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) struck a more cautious tone, emphasizing that tariffs remain a viable policy tool. Thune <a href="https://x.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/2024909322388423065">said</a> Senate Republicans would continue working with the administration and House lawmakers to strengthen rural America, adding that Trump “has a wide range of other tariff powers and he will use them to defend American workers.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) similarly defended the president’s strategy, <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/2024892242930884617">noting</a> that tariffs have “brought in billions of dollars and created immense leverage” for U.S. trade negotiations. “Congress and the Administration will determine the best path forward in the coming weeks,” Johnson said.
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sided firmly with the Court, <a href="https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/2024909495734808714">calling</a> the use of IEEPA “illegal” and warning that tariffs raise costs for American consumers, a reality he said Kentuckians know “better than most.”
Democrats were far less divided. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/2024869850980421739">called</a> the ruling “a big victory for the American people” and “another crushing defeat for the wannabe King.” Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) <a href="https://x.com/timkaine/status/2024878481557844330">said</a> similarly of Trump’s plan, “tariffs were illegal, dumb, and harmful to families, farms, and small businesses. Americans don’t want tariffs, they want lower costs.”
Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House Friday afternoon, called the decision “disappointing” and criticized Barrett and Justice Neil Gorsuch, both of whom he appointed. “I don’t want to say whether I regret nominating them,” Trump said. “I think their decision was terrible.” He added that he was “proud” of Kavanaugh, saying the justice’s “stock has gone so up.”
Within hours of the ruling, Trump announced he had signed a new executive order imposing a 10 percent global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows temporary tariffs of up to 15 percent for 150 days to address large trade deficits.
The White House’s official X account responded more bluntly, posting: “Keep Calm and Tariff On.”

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For nearly a decade, pro-life voters have been the Republican Party’s most dependable force. We show up early, stay late, and keep the faith. We are not fair-weather voters, and we are not driven by trends. We are driven by a conviction that protecting babies in the womb is a moral minimum, and that the Republican Party understands this. We’ve held tight to the knowledge that the protection of unborn life is part of the GOP’s DNA.
But when <a href="https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/leading-pro-life-group-to-trump-gop-hyde-is-non-negotiable">our president tells GOP lawmakers</a> to be “flexible” on taxpayer funding of abortion to kowtow to Democrats, concern becomes unavoidable. And when a Trump-aligned consultant <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5657986-anti-abortion-trump-mifepristone-review/">dismisses pro-life</a> voters as “a cheap date,” it confirms what many of us have heard: that parts of the Republican establishment, especially its consultant class, believe its most loyal voter base is disposable. Why else would the GOP’s top leader push to scrap one of the most fundamental pro-life policies, the Hyde Amendment? An amendment that has had bipartisan support until recently since 1973.
Republicans are signaling that nothing is off the table. That’s not pragmatism. It is a betrayal and political malpractice.
The Hyde Amendment is not some obscure legislative relic. Over its 50-year existence, Hyde has saved an estimated 2.6 million lives by ensuring that Americans are not forced to pay for abortions with their tax dollars. It has long functioned as the bedrock pro-life standard in federal policy — the clear line separating a government that tolerates abortion from one that actively funds it.
For decades, Hyde has also been a minimum requirement for Republican credibility. You could debate strategy or messaging — but you did not cave on Hyde.
Democrats understood Hyde’s power, which is why they worked so hard to undermine it. When Obamacare was drafted in 2010, it was deliberately designed to sidestep Hyde through an accounting gimmick that still forces taxpayers to subsidize elective abortions. Voters noticed. Fifteen House Democrats who supported that scheme lost their seats, and Republicans made major gains in battleground states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The lesson was clear: voters do not like being tricked into funding abortion.
Now, astonishingly, some Republicans appear ready to repeat the Democrats’ mistake — this time against their own base.
Trump’s suggestion that Republicans be “flexible” on Hyde represents a sharp departure from his prior commitments. He repeatedly pledged to make Hyde permanent law, including in health care coverage. One of his first actions upon taking office last year was prioritizing the reversal of President Biden’s Hyde violations. And he stated unequivocally, “it is the policy of the United States, consistent with the Hyde Amendment, to end the forced use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion.”
That clarity mattered. It reassured pro-life voters that their support was not being taken for granted.
Republicans already struggle with turnout in midterms. Democrats show up. Republican voters often do not. And pro-life voters are value-driven, and when they feel demoralized or betrayed, they do not defect — they stay home. The GOP already has an intensity gap. Why slap your most loyal base in the face? If just 1–2 percent of pro-life voters had stayed home in 2024, Donald Trump would not be president. That is not a theory. That is math.
For the 2026 election cycle, we will contact 10.5 million voters across four key Senate battleground states and up to a dozen key House battlegrounds across the country, including 4.5 million visits to voters directly at their doorstep.
Abandoning Hyde now will shatter the trust of these voters. And the electoral consequences could be immediate.
Polling reinforces the danger. Data from PRRI shows that the voters who care most intensely about abortion are pro-life, not pro-choice. And the broader electorate is not clamoring for taxpayer-funded abortion. According to recent polling, six in ten Americans oppose forcing taxpayers to pay for it. The idea that defending Hyde alienates voters is a fiction sustained by consultants who confuse elite opinion with public reality. As a recent <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/conventional-wisdom-donald-trump-republican-rally-lawler-dannenfelser-johnson-11319523">Newsweek article reminded</a>, the Hyde Amendment “is polling better than anyone in Congressional leadership.”
You cannot expect enthusiasm while undermining the issue that animates your base. You cannot insult pro-lifers as a “cheap date” and expect them to mobilize on command. And you cannot abandon the single most important pro-life policy in federal law without paying a price.
The blowback would be far worse than what Democrats experienced in 2010. Then, voters punished a party that tried to evade Hyde. Now, they would punish a party that promised to defend it and then walk away.
Republicans still have a choice. President Trump and congressional leaders can reaffirm Hyde as non-negotiable and follow through on the commitments they made. Or they can learn the hard way that even the most loyal voters will not turn out for a party that no longer turns out for them.
Pro-lifers are not a “cheap date.” We are the backbone of the Republican coalition. We are the beating heart of this party. Ignore that reality, and the GOP will surely lose the midterms — not because we moved Left but because we stayed home.
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Kelsey Pritchard is Communications Director at Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) is leading an effort to prevent the deportation of an untold number of illegal aliens, offering them a legal pathway to remain in the United States with a bill that critics have called an amnesty proposal.
Called the Dignity Act, the legislation was introduced by Salazar and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX). It would allow illegal aliens who have been in the country since 2021 to apply for a renewable seven-year legal status. Those deemed eligible would have to pass a background check and pay $7,000 in restitution over a seven-year period.
The bill would also offer legal status and a pathway to permanent residency — and eventually <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/1849eea4801/e999781e-b1f3-477f-8f15-20c0d107f5c6.pdf">to citizenship</a> — for recipients of the Obama-era DACA program.
“We are the noblest nation on the face of the Earth. It is time for our immigration system to measure up,” Salazar wrote in Spanish <a href="https://x.com/RepMariaSalazar/status/1944799386107576444">on X</a>.
Salazar repeatedly claimed that the legislation is not an amnesty bill, arguing that it “allows certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal status, without amnesty or a path to citizenship.”
The legislation has been derided by critics as an amnesty measure, however. Former Representative Matt Gaetz <a href="https://x.com/mattgaetz/status/1873399406206267535">warned</a> that &#8220;the &#8216;Dignity Act&#8217; includes amnesty for illegal immigrants,&#8221; while conservative lawyer Will Chamberlain charged that the legislation “is an amnesty bill for illegal aliens and would absolutely blow the door open on legal migration.”
Conservative organizations similarly warned that the legislation includes amnesty for illegal aliens. &#8220;There is no mistake about it, this is first and foremost an amnesty bill,&#8221; the Federation for American Immigration Reform <a href="https://www.fairus.org/legislation/congress/handful-house-republicans-unveil-new-amnesty-bill">wrote</a> when the legislation was introduced in a previous legislative session in 2022.
The Center for Immigration Studies similarly <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/GOP-Outreach-Midwestern-Hispanics">blasted</a> the bill when Salazar introduced it in 2022, calling it “an amnesty for aliens illegally present in the United States” warning that “all amnesties simply encourage more illegal immigration, and Salazar’s proposal would be no different.”
Salazar touted the legislation in media appearances this week, claiming that some illegal aliens “deserve to stay in the United States.”
“There is another mass of people, most of them Hispanics, who have been here for more than five years contributing to the economy, who do not have a criminal record, and those people deserve some type of dignity and deserve to stay,” Salazar said in an appearance on Fox News.
Daily Wire host Matt Walsh shot back at Salazar on X, blasting her argument that some illegal aliens “deserve” to remain in America despite illegally entering the country.
“Deserve? If foreigners ‘deserve’ to disregard our laws, what laws do I as an American citizen deserve to disregard? Do I deserve to not pay my taxes? Ignore speed limits? Shoplift? Or is this an entitlement reserved only for foreign nationals? Please explain, Maria,” Walsh <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1945470966055788710">charged</a>.
In addition to offering legal status to illegal aliens, the bill would also <a href="https://immigrationforum.org/article/the-dignity-act-of-2025-bill-summary/">expand</a> the number of migrants who could enter the country on various visas, mandate that employers use E-Verify to check the work authorization status of new hires, increase pay for Border Patrol agents, and grant new funding to upgrade ports of entry along the border.
Salazar is not the only Republican in support of the effort to offer legal status to illegal aliens, however. The act has also received the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-immigration-maria-salazar-republicans-house-2099411">support</a> of Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), David Valadao (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Young Kim (R-CA).
Salazar did not respond to a request for comment.

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Former FBI Director James Comey called the Republican Party “white supremacist adjacent” on MSNBC.
Comey was interviewed over the weekend by MSNBC host and former Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
“One of the things that is happening now is that the Trump administration, of course, is testing the system in ways it hasn’t been tested before,” Psaki claimed. “In the law enforcement sense, do you think there are laws that should be put in place that would help better manage this, that aren’t in place now? I mean, are we equipped? Is the law enforcement system and the legal system equipped to deal with what we are seeing now?”
“Probably there could be changes at the margins, but in the main we have the tools; there are cultural impediments to doing this work,” Comey answered. “Let’s say you work in the FBI; you know that one of the two political parties is — let me put it nicely— white supremacist adjacent, at a minimum. And so why would you wanna throw your career on that side of the line and be summoned to Capitol Hill to be asked why you’re pursuing these innocent groups. And so we have a cultural impediment to working it effectively that should get more attention than it does.”
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In April 2019, Comey <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/opinion/james-comey-trump-racism.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> President Trump of “stirring” racism for his own political benefit, writing in the New York Times, “America has long had a radioactive racist soup in the center of our national life. Donald Trump thinks he is stirring it for political benefit. He’s actually doing something more dangerous.” He addressed Trump directly, saying, “You must stop trying to unleash and exploit the radioactive energy of racism.”
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James Comey says the Republican Party are White supremacists.
He also called to ass*ssinate Trump.
He’s demonizing an entire group and calling for violence.
He knows exactly what he’s doing.<a href="https://t.co/Fv5HUosbpn">pic.twitter.com/Fv5HUosbpn</a>
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Comey also attacked the GOP by accusing the party of ignoring principles, although he followed by suggesting — without any irony at all and ignoring the actions of the Biden presidency, that a Democratic president might implement investigations of the GOP. He stated, “I know Republicans these days aren’t big in thinking about principle or precedent; they’re gonna be deeply sorry that disappears because someday there’ll be a Democratic president and there will be investigations of Republican office holders. If I’m them (sic), I sure would want these career people in place making sure that it’s done in the right way.”

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A group of over 50 House Republicans on Friday introduced a resolution condemning the murder of Israeli embassy staffers Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.
“This wasn’t just a tragedy, it was a targeted act of antisemitic terrorism carried out by a radical leftist,” Rep. Addison McDowell, who introduced the resolution, told The Daily Wire.
“Yaron and Sarah were murdered for being Jewish and for believing in peace. When a movement sympathizes with terrorists, we shouldn’t be surprised when that same movement produces actual terrorists.”
Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, was detained by police on suspicion of murdering Lischinsky, 30, and Milgrim, 26, on Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. The couple was shot at close range, and Milgrim was shot multiple times while crawling away, according to court documents. According to police, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charges-revealed-in-d-c-terror-attack-shooter-did-it-for-palestine-fbi-says?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Charges+Revealed+In+D.C.+Terror+Attack%3B+Shooter+%E2%80%98Did+It+For+Palestine%2C%E2%80%99+FBI+Says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the terrorist told </a>officers he “did it for Palestine.”
No Democrats signed on to the resolution.
Cosponsors of the bill include heavy hitters like Reps. Lisa McClain (R-MI), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), and Max Miller (R-OH), who is Jewish.
McDowell said he introduced the resolution to condemn growing antisemitism and to honor the lives of the slain couple.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-embassy-staff-murdered-by-unidentified-shooter-outside-capitol-jewish-museum?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Two+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers+Murdered+By+Keffiyeh-Wearing+Man+Shouting+%E2%80%98Free+Palestine%E2%80%99+In+DC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TWO ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFFERS MURDERED BY KEFFIYEH-WEARING MAN SHOUTING ‘FREE PALESTINE’ IN DC</a>
“I want Congress to be on the record that it’s not just that antisemitism is evil, but also that the killer was part of an evil movement that seems to be growing in our country,” he said. “We can’t paper over that. We need to address it head on.”
The resolution, titled “Condemning Antisemitism and Remembering Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim,” identifies antisemitism as a “centuries-old form of hatred and discrimination that has led to immeasurable suffering, persecution, and loss of life, culminating most horrifically in the Holocaust, and continues to manifest in violence, vandalism, and policies targeting Jewish communities around the world.”
It cites the rise of antisemitic incidents in the United States, including attacks on synagogues, Jewish schools, museums, cultural centers, and individuals perceived as Jewish.
<div id="attachment_924077" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-924077" class="size-large wp-image-924077" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/2-864x576.jpg" alt="Sarah Milgrim" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/2-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/2.jpg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Sarah Milgrim, an American citizen and Israeli embassy staffer, was murdered on Wednesday night while attending an event with her boyfriend. The attacker has a history of anti-Israel and radical leftist rhetoric. (Photo: X)</div>
Rodriguez was once affiliated with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a leftist group linked to Chinese Communist Party funding networks that have been repeatedly contacted by sanctioned Iranian state media, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terrorist-who-killed-israeli-embassy-staffers-was-influenced-by-a-foreign-linked-leftist-org?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Terrorist+Who+Killed+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers+Was+Influenced+By+A+Foreign-Linked+Leftist+Org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to a report</a>.
Milgrim and Lischinsky&#8217;s bodies are expected to arrive in Israel for burial on Friday. The families have requested privacy and that no media be present.
Sarah Milgrim&#8217;s father, who is an American Jew, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/father-of-murdered-israeli-embassy-staffer-says-daughter-was-dedicated-to-peace-building?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Father+Of+Murdered+Israeli+Embassy+Staffer+Says+Daughter+Was+Dedicated+To+Peace-Building" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said his daughter</a> was dedicated to peace-building.
Robert Milgrim, 73, told the New York Post that his daughter was attending an event about getting more humanitarian aid to Gazans.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/friends-family-react-to-murder-of-israeli-embassy-staffers-by-keffiyeh-wearing-terrorist?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Friends%2C+Family+React+To+Murder+Of+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers+By+Keffiyeh-Wearing+Terrorist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FRIENDS, FAMILY REACT TO MURDER OF ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFFERS BY KEFFIYEH-WEARING TERRORIST</a>
“Last night, she was attending an affair to figure out how to get more aid into Gaza,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/22/us-news/gunned-down-israeli-embassy-staffer-sarah-milgrim-worked-on-peace-building-between-palestinians-and-israelis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milgrim said</a>. “The night she was killed, she was trying to help the situation — that’s the irony.”
Milgrim, who grew up in the Kansas City suburbs, was a full-time employee at the embassy’s Department of Public Diplomacy. She received her Master of Arts at American University and was also a graduate of the University for Peace.
The “About” section on her LinkedIn profile says her “passion lies at the intersection of peacebuilding, religious engagement, and environmental work.”
Robert said his daughter spent multiple summers in Israel working with “peace-building groups” to mend the divide between Israelis and Arabs. He added that his daughter was supposed to travel to Israel on Sunday to meet Lischinsky&#8217;s family.
<div id="attachment_923893" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-923893" class="size-large wp-image-923893" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/Templates-864x576.png" alt="The two Israeli Embassy staffers killed" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/Templates-864x576.png 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/Templates-300x200.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/Templates-768x512.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/Templates.png 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Yaron Lichinsky and Sarah Milgrim were murdered in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. (Photo: Yaron Lichinsky/X)</div>
“She was happier now than she ever was in her life,” Robert said. “She was truly in love with Yaron and vice versa.”
At a Wednesday night press conference, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter said Lischinsky and Milgrim were about to get engaged.
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“The couple that was gunned down tonight in the name of free Palestine is a couple that was about to be engaged,” he said. “The young man purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem. They were a beautiful couple who came to enjoy an evening in Washington’s cultural center.”
Lischinsky, 30, was a German-Israeli dual citizen and a devout evangelical Christian who immigrated to Israel at the age of 16 and served in the Israel Defense Forces. He studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and was fluent in German, Hebrew, English, and Japanese.
He moved to work as a political analyst at the Israeli embassy in 2022.

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On Monday, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) announced it would cover travel costs for House Democrats to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid his wrongful deportation lawsuit — on one condition.
&#8220;The NRCC is offering to pick up the tab for any House Democrat eager to hang out with their new poster child in El Salvador, a confirmed illegal immigrant, MS-13 gang member, and alleged domestic abuser,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;We just have one condition: Livestream the whole thing. Snap plenty of selfies with your MS-13 buddies — the same violent criminals you’re trying to reimport into American neighborhoods to rape, kill, and terrorize law-abiding citizens.&#8221;
NRCC&#8217;s statement linked to a <a href="https://x.com/KatiePavlich/status/1912616487744950580" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X about Abrego Garcia, whom the Trump administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/facilitate-not-effectuate-wh-responds-to-scotus-ruling-on-mistakenly-deported-salvadoran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accuses</a> of being a member of MS-13. Abrego Garcia&#8217;s attorneys <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/1/abrego-garcia-v-noem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deny</a> the claim, but the government has released <a href="https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1396906/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents</a> to substantiate the affiliation. A 2021 restraining order <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deported-illegal-immigrant-who-dems-have-championed-accused-of-beating-wife-court-docs?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News+and+Commentary&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Deported+Illegal+Immigrant+Who+Dems+Have+Championed+Accused+Of+Beating+Wife%3A++Court+Docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a> Abrego Garcia was accused of beating his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, who now says they worked through the incident.
“If out of touch House Democrats are so desperate to cozy up to violent gang members, the least they can do is let Americans watch the show. We’ll pay for the plane tickets, they just can’t forget to smile for the camera while they sell out their constituents,&#8221; said NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella.
The NRCC released its statement on the same day that four House Democrats <a href="https://x.com/AnthonyAdragna/status/1914298706561552550" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrived</a> in El Salvador to &#8220;pressure&#8221; the Trump administration to abide by a Supreme Court order to &#8220;facilitate&#8221; Abrego Garcia&#8217;s return to the United States. C-SPAN&#8217;s Craig Caplan <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1914337664402079985" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> the Democrats&#8217; offices said their trip &#8220;is not being financed by taxpayer dollars&#8221; after House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-leaders-deny-taxpayer-money-for-dems-to-make-el-salvador-prison-trip" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> a <a href="https://robertgarcia.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-robert-garcia-and-congressman-maxwell-frost-demand-oversight-codel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">request</a> for a Congressional Member Delegation (CODEL) to El Salvador.
&#8220;We have arrived in El Salvador. [President Donald] Trump is illegally arresting, jailing, &amp; deporting people with no due process. We must hold the Administration accountable for these illegal acts and demand Kilmar’s release. Today it’s him, tomorrow it could be anyone else,&#8221; Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) <a href="https://x.com/MaxwellFrostFL/status/1914321852920479774" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a swipe at Frost and his Democrat colleagues who made the journey to El Salvador.
&#8220;Today, House Democrats travel to El Salvador as part of their obsession to bring a violent illegal alien and member of MS-13 BACK INTO the United States,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1914390276266975378" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;Could the contrast be more clear? House Republicans remain committed to doing everything we can to protect American families and keep dangerous gang members OUT of our country.&#8221;
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) travelled to El Salvador last week to check on Abrego Garcia, whom he claims is a Maryland &#8220;constituent.&#8221; A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sipping-margaritas-dem-senator-finally-meets-deported-illegal-immigrant-in-el-salvador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> took place on Thursday evening. Van Hollen later <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1913954303418474622" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conceded</a> during an interview on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; that his trip to El Salvador was funded by taxpayer dollars.

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