<p style="font-weight: 400;">The House passed the Secure America Act on Tuesday in a razor-thin 214–212 vote that delivers a whopping $70 billion immigration enforcement package — including $38 billion for ICE and $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Not one Democrat voted yes.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Republicans wasted zero time going for the jugular.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;House Democrats&#8217; main constituency is illegal immigrants and criminals,&#8221; blasted RNC Chairman Joe Gruters. &#8220;Democrats have now voted dozens of times against funding ICE, Border Patrol, and DHS, repeatedly siding with open borders over law and order.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) was equally scorching. &#8220;For 76 days, Democrats held the Department of Homeland Security hostage,&#8221; he fumed. &#8220;They walked away from the appropriations process, shut down Homeland Security operations, and used the safety of the American people as political leverage. Even today, every single House Democrat voted to defund ICE and Border Patrol.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The GOP framed the Democratic no-votes as the latest chapter in what they called a relentless, systematic effort to kneecap President Donald Trump&#8217;s border security agenda. Republicans noted it marked the 37th time Senate and House Democrats have voted against border security measures — a stat they are clearly planning to weaponize heading into the midterms.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella didn&#8217;t exactly reach for diplomatic language either. &#8220;House Democrats just told every cop, every border agent, and every American family to drop dead,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Their soft-on-crime, open-border agenda has already devastated communities across the country, and they just proved they still haven&#8217;t learned a thing.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Democrats tried to spin their unanimous &#8220;no&#8221; votes as something other than opposing immigration enforcement. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued the bill handed ICE a &#8220;blank check&#8221; with no &#8220;guardrails, oversight, or accountability.&#8221; One independent member also voted against the bill.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Republicans weren&#8217;t buying it for a second.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Arrington framed the bill&#8217;s passage as a direct mandate from voters. &#8220;The American people fundamentally rejected the chaos of the last four years,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They elected Republicans for the promise of secure borders, safer communities, and restoring rule of law. The Secure America Act makes good on that promise.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The legislation now heads to President Trump&#8217;s desk, locking in ICE and Border Patrol funding through 2029 — a major win for a White House that has made border enforcement the centerpiece of its domestic agenda.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Democrats handed Republicans a gift-wrapped attack ad.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">And the GOP is already running with it.</p>


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<p>Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib lashed out multiple times during President Donald Trump&#8217;s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, including in a moment when she appeared to shout &#8220;KKK&#8221; while most of the chamber was chanting &#8220;USA.&#8221; The camera caught the Michigan congresswoman on screen during the exchange.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Is Rashida Tlaib chanting “KKK” while everyone else chants “USA”? Sure looks like it <a href="https://t.co/5nnp0or3Xn">pic.twitter.com/5nnp0or3Xn</a></p>
<p>— Matthew Foldi (@MatthewFoldi) <a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewFoldi/status/2026497799055872466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Republicans blasted Tlaib over the clip, with the National Republican Congressional Committee <a href="https://x.com/NRCC/status/2026505894771519709">stating</a>, &#8220;Everything you need to know about today&#8217;s Democrats. They cannot stand this country, they cannot stand its comeback, &amp; they cannot hide their contempt anymore.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Daily Wire reached out to Tlaib&#8217;s office for comment.</p>
<p>Tlaib, a Muslim whose district includes the highly-populated Muslim city of Dearborn, Michigan, wore a pin to the State of the Union that read &#8220;F*CK ICE.&#8221; She also wore a pair of watermelon earrings that apparently signify her solidarity with the &#8220;Palestinian cause&#8221; and another pin that read &#8220;Stand with survivors, release the Epstein Files.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Michigan congresswoman stood up alongside Minnesota leftist Rep. Ilhan Omar on other occasions during the speech to shout and wave fingers at Trump. Neither Omar nor Tlaib, however, stood when Trump asked members of Congress to get on their feet if they supported prioritizing Americans over illegal immigrants. They also did not stand when Trump highlighted the dozens of Israeli hostages who were rescued from Hamas captivity.</p>
<p>Tlaib mostly ignored the instructions from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who urged Democrats to remain quiet or skip the State of the Union altogether.</p>
<p>“The two options that are in front of us in our House [are] to either attend with silent defiance or to not attend and send a message to Donald Trump in that fashion, which will include participation in a variety of different alternate programming that is going to take place in and around the Capitol complex,” Jeffries <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5748563-democrats-state-of-the-union-protests/">said</a> last week.</p>
<p>Dozens of Democrats boycotted the State of the Union and attended the &#8220;alternate programming&#8221; events, which were similar to political rallies where Democrats largely focused on bashing Trump&#8217;s immigration policies and tariffs. Tlaib and Omar opted to attend Trump&#8217;s speech and make a scene.</p>
<p>Texas Democrat Al Green made a similar decision and was booted from the chamber after holding up a large sign that read, &#8220;Black people aren&#8217;t apes,&#8221; a reference to a video that was shared by President Trump on Truth Social that briefly depicted former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as gorillas. It was the second year in a row that Green was escorted out of the chamber during Trump&#8217;s speech to Congress.</p>
<p>During his address, Trump ripped Democrats multiple times, including calling them &#8220;crazy&#8221; for refusing to stand in support of protecting children from life-altering gender procedures.</p>
<p>“Who can believe that we&#8217;re even speaking about things like this?” Trump asked. “But surely we can all agree no state can be allowed to rip children from their parents&#8217; arms and transition them to a new gender against the parents, well, who would believe that were even talking about? We must ban it, and we must ban it immediately.”</p>


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<p>House Democrats released new emails on Wednesday morning that work to tie President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s sex crimes, with the White House immediately firing back labeling the emails &#8220;selectively leaked&#8221; and designed &#8220;to create a fake narrative to smear&#8221; Trump.</p>
<p>Convicted sex offender Epstein claimed in a 2019 email to author Michael Wolff that Trump &#8220;knew about the girls.&#8221; Other emails show him discussing Trump with his fixer, Ghislaine Maxwell, in which Epstein claimed that Trump &#8220;spent hours&#8221; at Epstein&#8217;s home with one of the sexual abusers&#8217; victims.</p>
<p>Epstein&#8217;s email to Wolff was sent on January 31, 2019, less than seven months before Epstein was found dead in what authorities say was a suicide in his New York jail cell.</p>
<p>&#8220;[T]rump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever,&#8221; the email to Wolff states. &#8220;[O]f course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine [sic] to stop.&#8221;</p>
<p>Epstein&#8217;s email appears to be addressing Trump&#8217;s move to force him out of his club at Mar-a-Lago. Trump, who was a friend of Epstein&#8217;s in the 1990s and early 2000s, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-facts-and-timeline-of-trump-and-epsteins-falling-out">reportedly</a> kicked Epstein out of his club in 2007, just months before the wealthy financier pled guilty in Florida to state charges of soliciting a prostitute under 18 years old.</p>
<p>In another email released by Democrats on Wednesday, Epstein claimed that Trump &#8220;spent hours&#8221; at Epstein&#8217;s home with one of the sexual abuser&#8217;s victims.</p>
<p>&#8220;[I] want you to realize that the dog that hasn&#8217;t barked is trump [sic]. [REDACTED] spent hours at my house with him, has never once been mentioned. [P]olice chief. etc. [I&#8217;m] 75% there.&#8221;</p>
<p>House Democrats said that the emails &#8220;raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes,&#8221; but the White House pushed back with context that appears to undermine the Democrats&#8217; release.</p>
<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the redacted victim mentioned in the email is Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year. Giuffre had previously said that she did not believe Trump took part in Epstein&#8217;s sexual abuse of minors.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. The ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and &#8216;couldn’t have been friendlier&#8217; to her in their limited interactions,&#8221; Leavitt <a href="https://x.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1988649781862838297">said</a> in a statement obtained by Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> on today&#8217;s Epstein news: “The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. The ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly said President Trump was not…</p>
<p>— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1988649781862838297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Giuffre,&#8221; Leavitt added. &#8220;These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments, and any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distraction from the government opening back up again.”</p>
<p>In a third email thread unveiled by Democrats, Wolff and Epstein appear to be strategizing on political tactics surrounding Trump.</p>
<p>&#8220;I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you&#8211;either on air or in scrum afterwards,&#8221; Wolff wrote to Epstein on December 15, 2015, the same day that CNN hosted a 2016 Republican presidential primary debate.</p>
<p>&#8220;If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?&#8221; Epstein replied.</p>
<p>“I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable P.R. and political currency,&#8221; Wolff wrote of what he thought Trump&#8217;s strategy should be. &#8220;You can hang him in a way that generates positive benefits for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt. Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he&#8217;ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.</p>
<p>Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES. <a href="https://t.co/A5XgOHj2Jq">pic.twitter.com/A5XgOHj2Jq</a></p>
<p>— Oversight Dems (@OversightDems) <a href="https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1988600468990484626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Trump was never asked about Epstein during that debate.</p>
<p>Critics have pointed out numerous holes in Wolff&#8217;s reporting throughout the years, including in his most popular book, &#8220;Fire and Fury,&#8221; which focused on the first Trump administration. Wolff wrote a piece for The Daily Beast earlier this year linking first lady Melania Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that she was &#8220;very involved&#8221; in the scandal. The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-this-story-has-been-removed/">removed</a> Wolff&#8217;s article from its site, writing in an editor&#8217;s note, “Upon reflection, we have determined that the article did not meet our standards and has therefore been removed from our platforms.”</p>
<p>Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein&#8217;s sexual abuse of young girls. The Trump administration, however, has faced criticism from both sides of the aisle for its handling of the Epstein investigation after the Department of Justice said in July that it reviewed the case and did not find evidence of an Epstein client list. The DOJ also concluded that the evidence shows that Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell.</p>


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<p>The Republican-controlled North Carolina House approved a new congressional map on Wednesday, a day after the measure cleared the state Senate, likely securing another U.S. House seat for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.</p>
<p>The new map passed the state House along party lines in a vote of 66-48, as Democrats condemned the effort, the Raleigh News &amp; Observer <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article312584734.html">reported</a>. The current North Carolina House delegation is made up of 10 Republicans and four Democrats, and the new congressional map is projected to shift that to 11 Republicans and three Democrats.</p>
<p>State law does not allow North Carolina&#8217;s governor, Democrat Josh Stein, to veto the new map, meaning the process is finished, pending any legal challenges.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump has urged Republican-led states to draw new congressional maps that are more favorable to the GOP ahead of next year&#8217;s midterms. North Carolina House Republican Majority Leader Brenden Jones celebrated the map&#8217;s passage, saying, “It’s a fact that we will send one more Republican to Congress from this great state.”</p>
<p>Jones also responded to the criticism over the redistricting and had some advice for Democrats.</p>
<p>“You can be mad about redistricting all you want, but you need to look in the mirror and ask yourself, what got us here?” he said.</p>
<p>The new map will mostly affect Democratic Rep. Don Davis, whose district will shift from an area that voted for Trump by just three percentage points to one that voted for Trump by 11 points in the 2024 election.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The new North Carolina congressional map has PASSED the NC House and Senate.</p>
<p>The bill does not require the Governor&#8217;s signature and is now law</p>
<p>Change To Dem Rep Don Davis in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NC01?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NC01</a><br />
🔴 Trump +3 -&gt; 🔴 Trump +11 <a href="https://t.co/wM921mJrB7">pic.twitter.com/wM921mJrB7</a></p>
<p>— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAPolls2022/status/1981041109934453186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A spokesman for Davis <a href="https://x.com/ReubenJones1/status/1980345787109568915">told</a> Spectrum News that he will run again next year but is considering entering the race for the 3rd district, where Republicans would also be favored.</p>
<p>State House Democratic Leader Robert Reives said that the passage of the new map represented a grave omen for “our independence, our democracy.”</p>
<p>“I would ask that you mark this day, because one day they’re coming to you, they’re going to ask you to do something that you just can’t do,&#8221; Reives added. &#8220;And because we have set the precedent that only one man in this party matters, you’re going home.”</p>
<p>Republican state Senator Phil Berger <a href="https://x.com/SenatorBerger/status/1980641716311851245">said</a> that the new map &#8220;respects the will of the North Carolina voters who sent President Trump to the White House three times.&#8221;</p>
<p>So far, Texas, Missouri, and now North Carolina have <a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-congress-trump-0af8561b1670032fae3e1d2aec7905f0">passed</a> new congressional maps that will likely help Republicans in the midterm elections. Other red states, including Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, and Louisiana, are also redistricting.</p>
<p>Democrat-led states, such as California, New York, and Illinois, have either introduced or are considering new congressional maps likely to put more Democrats in Congress. After Texas approved a new congressional map expected to give Republicans five additional House seats, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom urged residents in his state to respond in kind by backing a statewide measure on the November ballot that would change the Golden State&#8217;s congressional map to favor Democrats.</p>


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<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is back in the news this week — but he probably wishes he wasn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>The New York Democrat on Sunday posted a photo of himself leaning against a park bench in Brooklyn, with the caption: “Home Sweet Home.&#8221;</p>
<p>The problem: the photo was obviously edited, as evidenced by the fact that the area around Jeffries&#8217;s legs was warped, as was the bench behind him.</p>
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<p>His followers quickly commented on how bad the photoshopping job was, speculating on whether he was trying to make himself look slimmer, or taller.</p>
<p>Soon, less friendly <a href="https://x.com/hollandcourtney/status/1942267253178917068" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X users</a> began wondering the same thing.</p>
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<p>Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Photoshopped himself so hard he bent the bench. <a href="https://t.co/WBifTUhp8y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/WBifTUhp8y</a></p>
<p>— Courtney Holland 🇺🇸 (@hollandcourtney) <a href="https://twitter.com/hollandcourtney/status/1942267253178917068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>— Erin Maguire (@ErinMMaguire) <a href="https://twitter.com/ErinMMaguire/status/1942258860493766753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1942256344414683624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Jeffries posted the picture upon his return home from his <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/03/congress/hakeem-jeffries-longest-house-speech-00438933" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record-breaking</a> 8-hour and 45-minute speech in the House on Thursday, in which he attempted to delay the vote on the Big Beautiful Bill. The House passed the bill shortly after Jeffries finished speaking, and President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on July 4th.</p>
<p>Jeffries’ social media team seems to be defective when it comes to photoshoots. On Thursday, he posted a photo of him in his office with the caption “Protecting your healthcare is as American as baseball, motherhood, and apple pie.” In the photo, Jeffries is unsmiling, and stiffly holding a baseball bat.</p>
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House Democratic Caucus Speaks To The Media

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Democrat voters are demanding that their representatives prepare for “violence” to “protect” democracy from President Donald Trump, saying that there “needs to be blood” to get the public&#8217;s attention, according to a new report. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Axios </span><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/democrats-trump-resistance-violence-congress"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Monday that Democrat lawmakers are being told by their supporters that they are not doing enough to combat Trump and that they should support violent forms of political agitation. House lawmakers told the outlet that they have heard calls to “storm” the White House and be prepared to get shot. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One House Democrat said some supporters have suggested that what they “really need to do is be willing to get shot&#8221; during visits to ICE detention centers. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Our own base is telling us that what we&#8217;re doing is not good enough &#8230; [that] there needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,” the lawmaker added. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One lawmaker suggested that the calls for them to be arrested or victims of violence were racially insensitive. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“What I have seen is a demand that we get ourselves arrested intentionally or allow ourselves to be victims of violence, and &#8230; a lot of times that&#8217;s coming from economically very secure white people,&#8221; the lawmaker said. “The expectations aren&#8217;t just unreal. They&#8217;re dangerous.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The calls come as some lawmakers have been arrested or detained while agitating against immigration enforcement. The incidents range from California Senator Alex Padilla being briefly detained after he interrupted a press conference hosted by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to the indictment against Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver for a scuffle outside a New Jersey ICE facility. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another lawmaker told Axios that &#8220;people online have sent me crazy s*** &#8230; told me to storm the White House and stuff like that,&#8221; while a different one  was told that &#8220;civility isn&#8217;t working&#8221; and that Democrats need to be ready for &#8220;violence &#8230; to fight to protect our democracy.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One lawmaker said that calls for action were getting out of control. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It&#8217;s like &#8230; the Roman coliseum. People just want more and more of this spectacle,” the lawmaker said. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Multiple lawmakers said that their supporters expressed frustration about them following traditional norms. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We&#8217;ve got people who are desperately wanting us to do something &#8230; no matter what we say, they want [more],&#8221; said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The article was published just hours before a gunman was killed in McAllen, Texas, after he opened fire on multiple Border Patrol agents. The Trump administration said the attack was an ambush targeted at federal agents.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In recent weeks, Homeland Security has <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-assaults-ice-now-up-nearly-700-over-same-time-last-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it has seen a 700% increase in assaults targeting ICE agents compared to this time last year while some <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/face-covering-masks-ice-officers/683392/">have called</a> for federal agents to stop wearing masks to shield their identity. </span></p>


Protests Erupt In L.A. County, Sparked By Federal Immigration Raids

Democrats Demand ‘Blood,’ Storming Of White House To Resist Trump

Axios

<p>A House Democrat is facing blowback from Republicans after saying this week there should be a &#8220;speedy path to citizenship&#8221; for all the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.</p>
<p>Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) called for mass amnesty during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9kPpgCwXdM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> to <a href="https://frost.house.gov/media/press-releases/maxwell-frost-introduces-legislation-to-expose-human-rights-abuses-in-immigration-detention-system_sudem-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduce</a> a bill that seeks the public disclosure of data from facilities operated by or are affiliated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).</p>
<p>&#8220;We are an immigrant-filled community,&#8221; Frost said. &#8220;We are a community filled with people. And yes, people are going to have different statuses, and to my Republican colleagues who say, &#8216;I don&#8217;t want any undocumented people in this country,&#8217; I actually agree with you. So, let&#8217;s document every single one of them with a speedy path to citizenship. That&#8217;s how we fix this problem.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨Democrat Rep. Maxwell Frost says he wants amnesty for every single illegal alien in America: “Let&#8217;s document EVERY single one of them with a speedy path to citizenship.” <a href="https://t.co/chgTnxhTuY">pic.twitter.com/chgTnxhTuY</a></p>
<p>— TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1935430082652152072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The comment was clipped and posted on social media, prompting criticism from the top Republican in Congress.</p>
<p>&#8220;You can’t make this stuff up!&#8221; said a <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1935462345624666330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). &#8220;At a Democrat rally today, Rep. Maxwell Frost proposed BLANKET AMNESTY for EVERY SINGLE ONE of the MILLIONS of ILLEGAL aliens Joe Biden let into the country. Republicans will never let this dangerous idea happen. We must defend common sense and the rule of law.&#8221;</p>
<p>Others also sounded off.</p>
<p>&#8220;Reckless and wrong!&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/NRCC/status/1935431144486375924" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclaimed</a> the National Republican Congressional Committee.</p>
<p>White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller <a href="https://x.com/StephenM/status/1935445811707408496" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a>: &#8220;If the Democrats were to obtain full political control of Washington they would swiftly complete the project of relocating the destitute and developing nations of the world in your communities and then giving them the full rights and privileges of US citizenship.&#8221;</p>
<p>Chuck Ross, an investigative reporter for the Washington Free Beacon, made an observation that underscored Frost&#8217;s growing influence in the Democratic Party.</p>
<p>&#8220;Notably, Maxwell Frost is vice-chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, which is tasked with &#8216;developing and supporting a strong Caucus-wide message that forcefully communicates where House Democrats stand,'&#8221; Ross <a href="https://x.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1935467886513963084" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;And that messages [sic] is supposed to &#8216;sharply contrasts that with the extreme policies of House Republicans.'&#8221;</p>


Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL)

Dem Rep Torched Over ‘Reckless’ Call For Mass Amnesty

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<p>A federal grand jury indicted Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) in connection to last month&#8217;s scuffle outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba announced on Tuesday.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://x.com/USAttyHabba/status/1932572573713514913" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X, Habba revealed that the three-count indictment charges McIver with &#8220;forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers.&#8221;</p>
<p>McIver said she will be entering a plea of not guilty.</p>
<p>&#8220;The facts of this case will prove I was simply doing my job and will expose these proceedings for what they are: a brazen attempt at political intimidation,&#8221; McIver said in a <a href="https://x.com/RepLaMonica/status/1932575526595489938" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;This indictment is not more justified than the original charges, and is an effort by Trump&#8217;s administration to dodge accountability for the chaos ICE caused and scare me out of doing the work I was elected to do. But it won&#8217;t work — I will not be intimidated.&#8221;</p>
<p>On May 9, McIver and other Democrats from New Jersey demanded they be allowed to conduct &#8220;oversight&#8221; of the ICE detention facility at Delaney Hall. A confrontation between them and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents ensued, as shown in ICE body-cam <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-claim-ice-agents-roughed-them-up-body-cam-footage-says-otherwise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage</a>.</p>
<p>According to a Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/congresswoman-charged-forcibly-impeding-and-interfering-federal-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>, the indictment says McIver forcibly impeded and interfered with federal officers amid their efforts to arrest the mayor of Newark, who had entered a secured area.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Someone in the crowd yelled &#8216;circle the mayor,'&#8221; the DOJ said. &#8220;McIver then faced the Mayor and placed her arms around him in an effort to prevent HSI from completing the arrest. During her continued attempts to thwart the arrest, McIver slammed her forearm into the body of one law enforcement officer and also reached out and tried to restrain that officer by forcibly grabbing him. McIver also used each of her forearms to forcibly strike a second officer.&#8221;</p>
<p>McIver, initially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-charge-new-jersey-democrat-over-clash-with-agents-at-ice-facility" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> a few weeks ago, faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted.</p>
<p>&#8220;As I have stated in the past, it is my Constitutional obligation as the Chief Federal Law Enforcement Officer for New Jersey to ensure that our federal partners are protected when executing their duties,&#8221; Habba declared in her post on X. &#8220;While people are free to express their views for or against particular policies, they must not do so in a manner that endangers law enforcement and the communities those officers serve.&#8221;</p>
<p>Habba added: &#8220;Today’s decision by the grand jury is the next step in a process that my Office will pursue to a just end.&#8221;</p>


Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)

Democrat Indicted Over ICE Facility Clash, Faces Up To 17 Years In Prison

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<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) warned on Sunday that people &#8220;will literally die&#8221; if President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; passes through Congress and is enacted into law.</p>
<p>The alarmist statement, which the White House quickly disputed, came during an &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; interview on CNN.</p>
<p>&#8220;This bill actually hurts everyday Americans in order to reward billionaires,&#8221; Jeffries said. &#8220;It would strip away health care from approximately 14 million Americans. Premiums, co-pays, and deductibles for tens of millions more will go up. Actually, if it ever were to be implemented into law, hospitals will close, nursing homes will shut down, and people will literally die.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hakeem Jeffries says &#8220;PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY DIE&#8221; if the One Big Beautiful Bill becomes law.</p>
<p>Of course, everything he says is a complete lie because the bill PROTECTS health care for American citizens. <a href="https://t.co/SEYYemCQbK">pic.twitter.com/SEYYemCQbK</a></p>
<p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1929176824321348033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The official &#8220;Rapid Response&#8221; account on X for the White House posted a clip of the comments and issued a pointed retort.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hakeem Jeffries says &#8216;PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY DIE&#8217; if the One Big Beautiful Bill becomes law,&#8221; the account <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1929176824321348033" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Of course, everything he says is a complete lie because the bill PROTECTS health care for American citizens.&#8221;</p>
<p>Much of the Democrats&#8217; criticism of the bill, which is now in the hands of the GOP-led Senate after passing through the Republican-controlled House, centers on its proposed reforms to Medicaid.</p>
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<p>In a separate <a href="https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1929238985441693763" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted there are &#8220;no Medicaid cuts&#8221; featured in the legislation, emphasizing that it seeks to remove illegal immigrations from the program and implement work requirements for able-bodied people.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Speaker Mike Johnson: &#8220;We&#8217;re not cutting Medicaid. What we&#8217;re doing is strengthening the program. We&#8217;re reducing fraud, waste, and abuse that is rampant in Medicaid to ensure &#8230; that it&#8217;s available for the most vulnerable.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/GnGnfggzEC">pic.twitter.com/GnGnfggzEC</a></p>
<p>— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1929238985441693763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not cutting Medicaid. What we&#8217;re doing is strengthening the program,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;We&#8217;re reducing fraud, waste, and abuse that is rampant in Medicaid&#8221; and &#8220;ensure[ing] that it&#8217;s available for the most vulnerable. It&#8217;s intended for young, you know, single, pregnant women and the disabled and the elderly.&#8221;</p>
<p>Also in his interview, Jeffries was <a href="https://x.com/CNNSOTU/status/1929196237690970384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confronted</a> with new CNN polling that found only 19% of Americans say the Democrats can get things done — a lower number than the 36% for Republicans — and only 16% say his party has strong leaders.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJeffries</a> responds to a CNN poll showing just 16% of Americans think the Democratic Party has strong leaders:</p>
<p>JEFFRIES: &#8220;There&#8217;s real frustration amongst the American people. They should be frustrated. Housing costs are too high. Child care costs –&#8221;</p>
<p>BASH: &#8220;But they&#8217;re… <a href="https://t.co/QjYQZMJcea">pic.twitter.com/QjYQZMJcea</a></p>
<p>— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1929196237690970384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Yeah, we don&#8217;t have the presidency right now, so that&#8217;s always going to be challenging a few months after a presidential election,&#8221; Jeffries said, adding later, &#8220;Understandably, there&#8217;s real frustration amongst the American people. They should be frustrated. Housing costs are too high. Child care costs&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>CNN anchor Dana Bush interjected, &#8220;But they&#8217;re frustrated with you as well, with Democrats as well,&#8221; to which Jeffries replied, &#8220;Of course. They&#8217;re frustrated with the system.”</p>


House Minority Leader Jeffries Holds Capitol Hill Press Conference

Hakeem’s Hysteria: Top Dem Claims ‘People Will Literally Die’ If ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Prevails

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<p>Trump border czar Tom Homan taunted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Tuesday over her threatening &#8220;consequences&#8221; if her Democrat colleagues were punished for a scuffle at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.</p>
<p>During a Fox News appearance on &#8220;The Ingraham Angle,&#8221; Homan referenced Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s warning, which happened before federal prosecutors charged Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) in connection with the incident.</p>
<p>&#8220;Remember, just a couple weeks ago, AOC went on social media saying if we put a finger on any of her co-workers — Congresspeople that were at our Newark facility, there would be consequences. Well, guess what? We did it. I&#8217;m waiting on the consequences,&#8221; Homan <a href="https://x.com/theblaze/status/1927518497086611616" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tom Homan: “Remember a couple weeks ago AOC said if we put a finger on Congress people from the Newark facility, there would be consequences? Well, guess what? We did it. I&#8217;m waiting on the consequences.”</p>
<p>🔥🔥🔥 <a href="https://t.co/IvGQWgay2y">pic.twitter.com/IvGQWgay2y</a></p>
<p>— TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1927518497086611616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In a live stream, Ocasio-Cortez defended her colleagues, including McIver, who clashed with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials during what they claim was lawful oversight of the ICE facility.</p>
<p>&#8220;If anyone is breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress, it’s the Department of Homeland Security. It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1922338757392396473" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;You lay a finger on someone — on &#8230; any of the representatives that were there. You lay a finger on them, we&#8217;re going to have a problem.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In the days that followed, federal prosecutors <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-jersey-rep-mciver-released-on-recognizance-after-court-appearance-for-immigrant-detention-skirmish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> McIver with two counts of assaulting, resisting, and impeding officers while allegedly trying to stop the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Each charge <a href="https://www.nj.com/essex/2025/05/nj-congresswoman-faces-16-years-in-prison-for-assault-charges-in-ice-detention-center-clash.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison. McIver claims the charges are &#8220;purely political&#8221; and &#8220;mischaracterize and distort&#8221; her actions.</p>
<p>Homan and Ocasio-Cortez have gone back and forth at each other for years. After Ocasio-Cortez dared Homan in a recent town hall to refer her to the Department of Justice for “using her free speech rights” to advise illegal immigrants on how to avoid law enforcement, the border czar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-dared-tom-homan-to-come-after-her-for-helping-illegals-heres-his-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quipped</a> on Fox News, &#8220;I take pleasure I can live in her mind rent-free every day.&#8221;</p>


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

Trump Border Czar Trolls AOC Over ICE Scuffle Charges: ‘I’m Waiting On The Consequences’

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<p>Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gt__jfSMXo">threatened</a> that if Democrats retake the majority in the House of Representatives in 2026, they will investigate President Donald Trump&#8217;s senior advisor, Elon Musk.</p>
<p>“We need to take three steps: One: make sure that Elon Musk doesn’t get to just pretend that he’s stepping back, we need to hold him accountable; Two: Everyone needs to know that it’s illegal for Elon Musk to stay a federal employee past May 30. That’s what federal law says, and Three: Democrats need to make clear we’re not gonna go easy on this guy if we retake the majority,” Casar declared. “We can use our subpoena and investigative power in a majority to look into Musk and any other billionaire that has broken any criminal laws, enriching themselves using the power of the White House.”</p>
<p>Casar then turned to pure speculation, intoning, “If it turns out that Trump has been using his tariffs to wield power against foreign governments until they give Elon Musk a contract, like many reports are now leaking out that that might be what’s going on; if it turns out that Musk is steering FAA contracts to himself while firing employees that keep our planes safe up in the air, there’s some real implications on that. And they’re acting like Trump is going to be president forever, and if we have anything to do about it that’s not how it’s going to be, and there can be consequences that are much greater than Musk just losing his billions of dollars in federal contracts.”</p>
<p>Casar is best known for being widely mocked by conservatives in July 2023 after he performed what was limned as a tremendous feat of human endurance by other Democrats. He went on a nine-hour food and water fast to demand that the federal government implement a heat standard for workers. His spokesperson said nurses would take his vitals throughout the day.</p>
<p>“9 hours without water or food, but I’m more energized than ever to get this done,” Casar boasted.</p>
<p>“So grateful for leaders like [Casar] who believe in fighting with all they&#8217;ve got for the rights of the people they represent,” former Texas Democrat gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis tweeted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yesterday was incredible. I was honored to be joined at my thirst strike by workers in Texas and across the nation—and by lots of colleagues pushing for federal heat safety protections.</p>
<p>9 hours without water or food, but I’m more energized than ever to get this done. <a href="https://t.co/92XIU0pYEA">pic.twitter.com/92XIU0pYEA</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Greg Casar (@GregCasar) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregCasar/status/1684294469279944704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">So grateful for leaders like <a href="https://twitter.com/GregCasar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GregCasar</a> who believe in fighting with all they&#39;ve got for the rights of the people they represent. <a href="https://t.co/phSEEf3l0f">https://t.co/phSEEf3l0f</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Wendy Davis (@wendydavis) <a href="https://twitter.com/wendydavis/status/1684314355951718400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>While Casar’s Democratic colleagues praised him for the brief fast, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/conservatives-rofl-after-democrat-lauded-for-fasting-for-9-hours">many on social media</a> mocked the self-described &#8220;progressive Democrat.&#8221;</p>
<p>“I did that last night from 10:45 till 7 this morning,” one social media user noted. “I hear tomorrow you&#8217;re going to go nearly 17 hours without sleep. Good luck!” another commented.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The human body is truly amazing when pushed to the limits <a href="https://t.co/3lQolfQeL3">https://t.co/3lQolfQeL3</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/1684221378478612480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hold on…did you say 9 hours? 😳You’ve never fasted in your church? Even teenagers do dry fast for at least 12 hours and the whole time joyful, praying, praising God and doing good.</p>
<p>&mdash; Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) <a href="https://twitter.com/obianuju/status/1684471492153679875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Ironically, Casar’s fast coincided with the beginning of the 25-hour fast without food and water conducted by religious Jews worldwide to commemorate Tisha B’Av, the annual day of mourning that marks the date of the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem as well as other tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people. Jews also conduct the same 25-hour fast on Yom Kippur.</p>
<p>Some prominent voices, including Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro, highlighted that fact in response to Casar&#8217;s brief fast.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whoa, dude, heroic stuff. Unprecedented.*</p>
<p>*All observant Jews are abstaining from both food and water for 25 hours today on Tisha B&#39;Av <a href="https://t.co/IN620K6jTJ">https://t.co/IN620K6jTJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1684517683197251586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tweeting this on the eve of Tisha b&#39;Av is hilarious. We Jews have already begun a fast&#8211;including water&#8211;that doesn&#39;t end until 9pm *tomorrow night*. <a href="https://t.co/RnemIJPnJE">https://t.co/RnemIJPnJE</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1684359761712521221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In December 2024, Casar led 19 other Democrats to <a href="https://casar.house.gov/media/press-releases/news-casar-leads-20-members-congress-calling-administration-withhold-offensive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demand</a> that the Biden administration withhold arms to Israel in the middle of Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas.</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The father of the terrorist who killed two Israeli embassy staffers on Wednesday was invited to attend President Donald Trump’s March joint address in Congress at the behest of a far-Left member of Congress.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL), </span><a href="https://x.com/RepChuyGarcia/status/1710746107683217744" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">who called for a ceasefire</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on October 7, 2023, as Hamas terrorists were still raping and slaughtering Israeli civilians, hosted Eric Rodriguez—the father of suspected murderer Elias Rodriguez— at Trump’s March 4 speech.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Eric Rodriguez was our guest during the President’s Joint Speech to Congress, but we don’t know his family,” a spokesperson for Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/us-news/dc-jewish-shooting-suspect-elias-rodriguez-father-eric-rodriquez-invited-to-trump-address-by-far-left-lawmaker-chuy-rodriguez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told the New York Post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Thursday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, was detained by police on suspicion of murdering Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah 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, </span><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"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the terrorist told</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">officers he “did it for Palestine.”</span></p>
<p><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"><b>TWO ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFFERS MURDERED BY KEFFIYEH-WEARING MAN SHOUTING ‘FREE PALESTINE’ IN DC</b></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">García </span><a href="https://chuygarcia.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-garcia-to-spotlight-attacks-on-veterans-and-workers-rights-at-presidential-joint-address"><span style="font-weight: 400;">announced</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rodriguez&#8217;s invitation the day before the speech, claiming that “his presence at the Joint Address is a powerful statement: we will not sit back while veterans and workers are treated as political pawns.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rodriguez is a disabled Army veteran and an employee at Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital in Illinois, according to the statement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We’ve seen this playbook before—divide and weaken workers, then hand over public services to private interests,&#8221; García wrote. &#8220;But this time, we’re ready. With leaders like Eric and the power of our unions, we’re fighting back stronger than ever.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a video for the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1153962276435857" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Service Employees International Union</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the same day, Rodriguez said he was in Washington, D.C., because he is “concerned about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE are doing to the VA system.”</span></p>
<p><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"><b>FRIENDS, FAMILY REACT TO MURDER OF ISRAELI EMBASSY STAFFERS BY KEFFIYEH-WEARING TERRORIST</b></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">García has been a critic of Israel since it launched its defense war against Hamas, </span><a href="https://chuygarcia.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-garcia-s-statement-on-today-s-votes" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">including opposing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> military aid to Israel; last April, he claimed that he rejects “U.S. complicity in the devastation of Palestinian life in Gaza.” García said he opposed sending offensive weapons because “it would signal support for an expanded invasion of Rafah,” the city where six hostages were murdered shortly before being found by the IDF and where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was later killed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The US cannot continue to be complicit in the destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza,” </span><a href="https://x.com/RepChuyGarcia/status/1782395207213826332" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">he posted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In September, García </span><a href="https://x.com/RepChuyGarcia/status/1836891353415819500" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">opposed cutting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> funding to UNRWA, despite its </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-n-fires-multiple-unrwa-employees-after-discovering-evidence-of-alleged-involvement-in-october-7-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">workers&#8217; participation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the October 7 massacre and the testimony of hostages saying they </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj91ygv803xo"><span style="font-weight: 400;">were held</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in UNRWA facilities. UNRWA has also been criticized for promoting antisemitism in its schools and promoting Palestinian dependency on the global community by granting refugee status to the descendants of refugees, which no other group is granted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Friday, a group of over 50 House Republicans </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-condemn-evil-murder-of-israeli-embassy-staffers-antisemitic-terrorism?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=House+Republicans+Condemn+%E2%80%98Evil%E2%80%99+Murder+Of+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers%3A+%E2%80%98Antisemitic+Terrorism%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">introduced a resolution</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> condemning the murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.</span></p>
<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" /><p id="caption-attachment-924077" class="wp-caption-text">Sarah Milgrim, an American citizen and Israeli embassy staffer, was murdered on Wednesday night when attending an event with her boyfriend. The attacker has a history of anti-Israel and radical leftist rhetoric. (Photo: X)</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elias 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, </span><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"><span style="font-weight: 400;">according to a report</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah Milgrim’s father, who is an American Jew from the Kansas City suburbs, </span><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"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said his daughter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was dedicated to peace-building. She was a full-time employee at the embassy’s Department of Public Diplomacy. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At a Wednesday night press conference, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter said Lischinsky and Milgrim were about to get engaged.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p>


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