President Donald Trump delivered a brutal parting shot to Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), one of his longest-running political enemies, after the New York Democrat announced he would not seek reelection in 2026.
“Jerry Nadler, one of the most disgusting Congressmen in USA history, is finally calling it quits,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115151165397446776">wrote</a> on Truth Social. “I’ve been beating this bum for 40 years &#8230; This psychopathic nut job, together with Crazy Nancy Pelosi, Impeached me twice, AND LOST, wasting millions of dollars in time and taxpayer money. It will be a great day for the U.S.A. when Nadler, a pathetic lightweight, is out of office and leaves our beautiful, and NOW VERY SAFE, Washington, D.C.”
Trump’s takedown wasn’t just personal — it was historic. The feud between Trump and Nadler stretches back to the 1980s, when Trump was <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ive-been-battling-nadler-for-years-feud-between-trump-democrat-rooted-in-decades-old-new-york-real-estate-project/2019/04/08/1c848f7e-57af-11e9-a047-748657a0a9d1_story.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com">building skyscrapers</a> in Manhattan and Nadler was a New York State Assemblyman fighting to kill development. Nadler made it his mission to obstruct Trump’s plans to transform Manhattan’s West Side with ambitious towers over the rail yards. Despite Nadler’s interference, Trump still got the deal done — but the bad blood never left.
Nadler viewed Trump as a reckless showman who relied on public money and shady financing. He tried — and failed — to derail Trump’s projects. And Trump never forgot it.
The political rivalry turned national when Trump won the presidency in 2016 and Nadler climbed the ranks of Democratic leadership. By 2019, Nadler—then chair of the House Judiciary Committee — had positioned himself at the center of Trump’s first impeachment. It was vintage Nadler: high drama, zero results.
During the Senate trial, Nadler <a href="https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-166/issue-14/senate-section/article/S487-7?utm_source=chatgpt.com">accused</a> Trump of conduct that “puts even President Nixon to shame,” claiming the president had abused his power and “cheated” in the 2020 election by pressuring Ukraine. But like much of Nadler’s anti-Trump crusade, it ended in failure. Trump was acquitted — twice.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), typically a swing vote, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/impeachment-backfire-key-gop-senator-offended-by-nadler-charge-as-trial-tests-patience-and-stamina?utm_source=chatgpt.com">said</a> she was “offended” by Nadler’s hyperbolic rhetoric, which included accusing GOP senators of enabling a “White House cover-up.”
Outside of impeachment, Nadler became infamous for pretending to know nothing about the nationwide surge in violence against ICE agents. In July 2025, when asked by a Fox News correspondent about attacks on ICE officers, Nadler <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5410275-homan-slams-buffoon-nadler-over-comments-on-ice-agent-attacks/">replied</a>: “What attacks on ICE agents?”
Former ICE Director Tom Homan fired back, saying, “This buffoon knows exactly what attacks—his party is the one encouraging them.” Homan cited an 830% increase in assaults and directly blamed Democrats for the dangerous anti-law enforcement rhetoric.
Nadler also sparked outrage in 2024 when he denied that biological males were competing in women’s sports. During a House hearing, Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) cited examples of women injured in competition, including swimmer Riley Gaines. Nadler objected, calling the claims “mistruths” and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jerry-nadler-blasted-for-claiming-men-dont-compete-in-womens-sports?utm_source=chatgpt.com">flatly stating</a>, “Men do not compete in women’s sports.” His denial of reality drew immediate backlash from conservatives and female athletes alike.
For years, Nadler was a darling of the far Left — championing radical abortion policies, pushing LGBTQ+ legislation, and smearing political opponents as threats to democracy. But at 78, following President Joe Biden’s 2024 collapse and with the Democrats in disarray, Nadler finally bowed out. He claimed the party needed “generational change” and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/democratic-congressman-jerry-nadler-retires?utm_source=chatgpt.com">warned ominously</a> about “incipient fascism” — a typical dog whistle aimed at Trump supporters.
But for Trump, the moment was sweet vindication. “I’ve been beating this bum for 40 years,” he stated, indicating that Nadler’s retirement wasn’t just the end of a career — it was the end of a losing streak that never stopped.

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President Donald Trump&#8217;s Border Czar Tom Homan made it clear that he was not impressed with Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), referring to him as a &#8220;buffoon&#8221; and suggesting that he was feigning ignorance of the massive uptick in violent assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Nadler was one of several lawmakers whose comments were featured on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime,&#8221; and he suggested to correspondent Johnny Belisario that he was unaware of any attacks against agents.
Belisario spoke to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) first, who attempted to turn the question on its head but suggesting that ICE agents were to blame because they were &#8220;terrorizing&#8221; people.
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Nadler pretends to have never heard of the violent attacks on ICE agents:
“What attacks on ICE agents?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/2TOLbHjaB0">pic.twitter.com/2TOLbHjaB0</a>
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Whan Belisario got to Nadler, the New York Congressman responded by asking, &#8220;What attacks on ICE agents?&#8221;
Homan fired back at Nadler, saying that there was no way he could not be aware of the attacks — and that Democrats were the ones &#8220;encouraging&#8221; them.
&#8220;This buffoon knows exactly what attacks — his party is the one encouraging them. ICE agents are facing an 830% increase in assaults because of smears from the left. Their words have consequences. We won’t let them pretend they don’t.&#8221;
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This buffoon knows exactly what attacks — his party is the one encouraging them.
ICE agents are facing an 830% increase in assaults because of smears from the left. Their words have consequences. We won’t let them pretend they don’t. <a href="https://t.co/wxWbnxKhuu">https://t.co/wxWbnxKhuu</a>
— Thomas D. Homan (@RealTomHoman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealTomHoman/status/1946598439942492247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump&#8217;s Rapid Response Team shared a lengthy thread on X several days earlier, blaming the uptick in assaults and attacks — some violent — on the rhetoric often employed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reprehensible-assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-up-830-over-last-year">elected Democrats</a>.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin shared the staggering statistic along with a statement, saying, &#8220;Brave ICE law enforcement are risking their lives every day to keep our communities safe from the worst of the worst criminals. ICE law enforcement are succeeding to remove terrorists, murderers, pedophiles and the most depraved among us from America’s communities, even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them. It is reprehensible that our officers are facing this threat while simply doing their jobs and enforcing the law.&#8221;

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On Wednesday, Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-nadler" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jerry Nadler</a> (D-NY) bowed out of the race to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which has oversight of the Department of Justice, in the new Congress starting next year.
Nadler, who has held either the chairman or ranking member position in the panel for the past several years, revealed his decision in a <a href="https://x.com/FarnoushAmiri/status/1864402828405485670" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to colleagues while vouching for Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jamie-raskin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Raskin</a> (D-MD) to take his place during the first half of President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s second term.
&#8220;As our country faces the return of Donald Trump, and the renewed threats to our democracy and our way of life that he represents, I am very confident that Jamie would ably lead the Judiciary Committee as we confront this growing danger,&#8221; Nadler wrote.
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News: Rep. JERRY NADLER will be stepping down from race to be the top Democrat on House Judiciary Committee, making the difficult decision after speaking with staff and Rep. Jamie Raskin who announced his bid for the job. Here’s the letter he sent to colleagues, obtained by AP <a href="https://t.co/Tgswdt8Yzu">pic.twitter.com/Tgswdt8Yzu</a>
&mdash; Farnoush Amiri (@FarnoushAmiri) <a href="https://twitter.com/FarnoushAmiri/status/1864402828405485670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The announcement came amid <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-democrats-committee-leaders-ranking-members/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> of a push within the Democratic Party to pave the way for younger members to take on leadership roles after Republicans completed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-projected-to-win-house-complete-2024-sweep" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2024 election sweep</a> that included the GOP keeping control of the House while winning back the Senate and the White House. <a href="https://x.com/daveweigel/status/1864401834799997247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nadler is 77</a> while Raskin is 61.
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Raskin, who led the January 6-focused impeachment inquiry against Trump and was a member of the now-defunct January 6 Committee, declared his candidacy to become the top Democrat on the judiciary panel earlier this week. In his own letter, Raskin spoke about combating Trump&#8217;s &#8220;MAGA&#8221; movement.
&#8220;In the 119th Congress, the Judiciary Committee will be the headquarters of Congressional opposition to authoritarianism and MAGA’s campaign to dismantle our Constitutional system and the rule of law as we know it,&#8221; Raskin wrote to his colleagues, adding: &#8220;I hope to be at the center of this fight.&#8221;
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Raskin has held the role of ranking member on the House Oversight Committee for the past couple of years. With Raskin stepping away, Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) has expressed interest in taking his place, setting up a clash against <a href="https://x.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/1864047737517326415" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m having a lot of conversations with my colleagues,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://x.com/KevinFreyTV/status/1864449492247867708" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a>. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s incredibly important that we prepare ourselves fully for an incoming Trump administration as well as fighting for everyday working Americans.&#8221;

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Just two days after Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reportedly pushed for President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee has reversed course and is now supporting Biden&#8217;s re-election effort.
Nadler told reporters on Tuesday morning that Biden &#8220;is going to remain in&#8221; the race, adding, &#8220;He’s our candidate, and we’re all going to support him.”
Asked if he thinks Biden is the best candidate to run against former President Donald Trump, Nadler was quiet for a few moments before saying, &#8220;Yes, at this point, he&#8217;s the best candidate. He&#8217;s the only candidate.&#8221;
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Rep. Jerry Nadler &#8211; who previously vented in a private call Sunday he was against Biden &#8211; is now seemingly for him ahead of Democrats meeting this morning. <a href="https://t.co/QfHkrr8zvu">pic.twitter.com/QfHkrr8zvu</a>
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&#8220;As the president said, something like 90% of Democrats voted for him in the primaries, he won the nomination,&#8221; the congressman told another reporter.
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Democrat Jerry Nadler says he&#8217;s getting in line behind Biden despite his concerns over Biden&#8217;s obvious cognitive decline. Yikes! <a href="https://t.co/kkmjSvtPBb">pic.twitter.com/kkmjSvtPBb</a>
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During a private call on Sunday with other Democratic lawmakers, Nadler reportedly joined three colleagues in calling on Biden to step out of the race. According to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/07/jerry-nadler-adam-smith-congress-biden-00166733" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>, which cited two people familiar with the private call, Nadler, along with Reps. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.), and Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) said they wanted Biden to end his campaign, while other Democrats expressed concerns about Biden&#8217;s chances against Trump.
Multiple Democratic House members have publicly <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/biden-drop-out-democrats.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for Biden to end his 2024 campaign, including Smith, Angie Craig (D-MN), Lloyd Daggett (D-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), and Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ).
Nadler&#8217;s apparent shift back to supporting Biden comes after the president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-tells-congressional-dems-he-is-firmly-committed-to-staying-in-this-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> to Congressional Democrats on Monday saying he is &#8220;firmly committed to staying in this race.&#8221; In the letter, he also called on his fellow Democrats to unite behind his effort to win re-election.
&#8220;Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us,&#8221; Biden wrote. &#8220;It is time to come together, move forward as a unified party, and defeat Donald Trump.&#8221;

Jerry Nadler Changes Tune On Biden’s Re-Election Bid: ‘We’re All Going To Support Him’

Jerry Nadler Changes Tune On Biden's Re-Election Bid: 'We're All Going To Support Him'

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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) took a wave of backlash on Thursday after he claimed during a House hearing that &#8220;men do not compete in women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
Nadler&#8217;s comment was a response to Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), who had offered into evidence a list of instances in which men had usurped women&#8217;s sporting events to make them their own.
&#8220;I ask for unanimous consent to submit for the record instances of men hijacking women&#8217;s sports and the various examples that we have demonstrating not only injuries that have been suffered by women as men have participated in girls&#8217; sports, but also the women — the girls and women who have been affected by this, including Riley Gaines, when Will Thomas decided to join the female — the women&#8217;s swimming team in Pennsylvania,&#8221; Hageman said.
&#8220;I object to concluding these mistruths in the record,&#8221; was Nadler&#8217;s reply.
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Rep Hageman: &quot;I ask for unanimous consent to submit for the record instances of men hijacking women&#39;s sports&quot; 
Rep Nadler: &quot;I object to concluding these mistruths in the record&quot; 
This is an attempt to erase and rewrite history. Make no mistake, Nadler is a grade-A communist. <a href="https://t.co/lakg4WccbB">pic.twitter.com/lakg4WccbB</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1770862586235437168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Hageman responded to Nadler&#8217;s objection, saying it was telling that he did not want the information she was providing entered into the record.
Nadler doubled down, claiming, &#8220;Men do not compete in women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJerryNadler</a>: &quot;Men do not compete in women&#39;s sports.&quot; 
Who wants to tell him about Lia Thomas &#8212; a man, who has competed in women&#39;s sports.<a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>? <a href="https://t.co/LLjUTzD1jJ">pic.twitter.com/LLjUTzD1jJ</a>
&mdash; House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1770829020365512917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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But critics — former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines among them — pointed to trans-identifying swimmer Lia Thomas, who had competed against biological women in the 2022 NCAA championships.
&#8220;Ironic he says this on the EXACT 2 year anniversary of this photo being taken,&#8221; Gaines replied, sharing a photo of herself next to Thomas on the awards podium. &#8220;This 6&#8217;4&#8243; man isn&#8217;t fooling anyone with any amount of common sense. 2 years ago today I had a fire lit under me and communists like Nadler continue to fuel it.&#8221;
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Ironic he says this on the EXACT 2 year anniversary of this photo being taken. This 6&#39;4&quot; man isn&#39;t fooling anyone with any amount of common sense. 
2 years ago today I had a fire lit under me and communists like Nadler continue to fuel it. <a href="https://t.co/D0xnL1kfL9">https://t.co/D0xnL1kfL9</a> <a href="https://t.co/jqouIQWCxC">pic.twitter.com/jqouIQWCxC</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1770863899622903967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It’s even worse. Now he’s telling our committee that there are more than two sexes,&#8221; Hageman offered as a follow-up. &#8220;You’re either a male or a female, and you should compete against your own biological gender in sports.&#8221;
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It’s even worse. Now he’s telling our committee that there are more than two sexes. 
You’re either a male or a female, and you should compete against your own biological gender in sports. <a href="https://t.co/pRA9Xty8A1">https://t.co/pRA9Xty8A1</a>
&mdash; Rep. Harriet Hageman (@RepHageman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepHageman/status/1770849455593467921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The issue is so pervasive that it inspired The Daily Wire&#8217;s own original comedy film &#8220;Lady Ballers.&#8221;
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Jerry Nadler Blasted For Claiming ‘Men Don’t Compete In Women’s Sports’

Jerry Nadler Blasted For Claiming 'Men Don't Compete In Women's Sports'

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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) faced backlash this week after arguing during a congressional hearing that the U.S. needs &#8220;many <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a>,&#8221; which comes as the U.S. experiences a historic flood of illegal aliens into the country because of President Joe Biden&#8217;s policies.
Nadler made the remarks during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on Thursday about the &#8220;Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services.&#8221;
&#8220;We need immigrants in this country,&#8221; Nadler said. &#8220;Forget the fact that our vegetables would rot in the ground if they weren&#8217;t being picked by many immigrants — many illegal immigrants.&#8221;
&#8220;The fact is the birth rate in this country is way below replacement level, which means our population is going to start shrinking,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And the ratio of people on Social Security and Medicare is going to increase relative to the number of people supporting them.&#8221;
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Imagine if a Republican said this and not Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler:
&quot;Our vegetables would rot in the ground if they weren&#39;t being picked by many immigrants — many illegal immigrants!&quot;
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Former Trump administration immigration adviser Stephen Miller responded to Nadler&#8217;s remarks on X: &#8220;Yes, all the millions of illegals from 150+ countries spanning the globe are going to Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, New York, etc. to work in the fields.&#8221;
&#8220;What a tired, vapid, exhausted and stupid cliche,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Just utter nonsense.&#8221;
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) also called out Nadler, writing: &#8220;Immigrants do more than pick vegetables, Jerry — they contribute to our economy, our culture, our community. They are doctors, nurses, home health aides, lawyers, professionals, and yes, ag workers.&#8221;
&#8220;No one is against immigration — but there must be a process,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;What is happening at the border is a catastrophe and cannot continue. Secure the border and fix our broken immigration system so that those who want to come here and contribute to our economy can do so, and do so legally.&#8221;

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Shortly after the 2018 midterms, Jerry Nadler — who was about to become the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee — boarded an Acela train from New York to Washington. When he got to his seat, he began loudly speaking on the phone with someone who remains unknown to this day. Unfortunately for Nadler, the editor-in-chief of the conservative website The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway, was seated nearby, jotting down notes about the whole conversation.
Hemingway <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/07/incoming-democrat-chairman-dems-will-go-all-in-on-russia-impeach-kavanaugh-for-perjury/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overheard</a> Nadler outline, in no uncertain terms, Democrats&#8217; plans for going, &#8220;all-in&#8221; on investigating and ultimately impeaching Donald Trump. It was much more important for Democrats to impeach Donald Trump than Brett Kavanaugh, Nadler said, because going after Kavanaugh might remind voters of Joe Biden&#8217;s disastrous handling of Anita Hill&#8217;s sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas. That could harm Joe Biden&#8217;s chances of becoming president. So, Nadler said, the safe play was to impeach Donald Trump for colluding with Russia, which is an accusation that Jerry Nadler has never had any evidence to support. If Democrats went with that strategy, Nadler said on the phone, it would clear the way for a Joe Biden presidency.
In one sense, what Mollie Hemingway overheard wasn&#8217;t surprising. More than a year earlier, just minutes after Donald Trump was inaugurated, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2017/live-updates/politics/live-coverage-of-trumps-inauguration/the-campaign-to-impeach-president-trump-has-begun/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>, &#8220;The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun.&#8221; But in retrospect, Jerry Nadler&#8217;s remarks on that train back in 2018 didn&#8217;t just foreshadow Donald Trump&#8217;s two impeachments, or the presidency of Joe Biden. They also established the blueprint for how Leftists would treat all political investigations moving forward. They have no interest in the evidence. They don&#8217;t care about the law. Their goal, instead, is to use the force of the legal system to punish their enemies.
This was a shift that was much bigger than Jerry Nadler. The same year that Nadler made those remarks on the Acela, Letitia James was campaigning to become New York&#8217;s attorney general. And she said pretty much the same thing. She <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2018/12/24/how-letitia-james-says-she-plans-to-investigate-president-donald-trump-once-new-york-attorney-general" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to find some way to take Donald Trump to court, however implausible. Aand she followed through.
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One of the many problems with this strategy is that it&#8217;s short-sighted. Democrats failed to ensure they&#8217;d hold onto political power forever. That&#8217;s certainly their goal. It&#8217;s the entire justification for their immigration policy. But they haven&#8217;t achieved it yet. So right now, Republicans are in control of the House of Representatives. And yesterday, they announced their own impeachment inquiry. They&#8217;re looking primarily at whether Joe Biden sold favors to overseas interests, particularly in Ukraine and China. 
In a moment, I&#8217;ll go into some of the evidence that justifies this inquiry. But really, we don&#8217;t have to go into all of it. Once Jerry Nadler adopted the Stalinist standard for impeachment — basically, &#8220;show me a man and I&#8217;ll show you the crime&#8221; — then evidence became moot. Impeachment is all about raw political power now. It&#8217;s not about evidence. And it&#8217;s certainly not about fairness, or the rule of law.
The White House and the Biden family know all of this. That&#8217;s why they&#8217;re not even pretending to defend themselves. Hunter Biden went in front of the cameras and announced he&#8217;s not going to comply with a congressional subpoena he was served. Watch:
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Hunter Biden refuses to comply with <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesComer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JamesComer</a>&#39;s subpoena to be deposed behind closed doors and demands a public hearing so he can tell sob stories on TV.
Reminder that Don Jr. testified behind closed doors for over 40 hours about the Russia hoax.
Hold him in contempt! <a href="https://t.co/1FoJB06zyX">pic.twitter.com/1FoJB06zyX</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1734951290575171650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Hunter Biden received a lawful subpoena for closed-door testimony. This is the same kind of subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and many other Trump aides were forced to comply with, for hours on end. But he just doesn&#8217;t want to do it, so he refuses.
And his justification for refusing is completely absurd. There&#8217;s no legal basis for it, and Hunter Biden isn&#8217;t pretending there is one. Instead, he&#8217;s saying he wants to testify in front of the news media, instead of a closed-door session. It&#8217;s just his preference, and he seems to think that his preference is somehow binding on Congress.
It was just a couple of years ago that former Trump adviser Steve Bannon <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-bannon-subpoena-january-6-select-committee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defied</a> a congressional subpoena. Unlike Hunter Biden, he had a reason for doing so. He argued it was unlawful for Congress to compel him to testify about his work in the White House, citing executive privilege. 
Now, whatever you make of that defense, it&#8217;s clearly rooted in the law. It&#8217;s <a href="https://rollcall.com/2023/11/09/appeals-court-skeptical-of-bannon-push-to-overturn-contempt-of-congress-convictions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">working</a> its way through the federal appellate process as we speak. What happened to Steve Bannon because he asserted that defense? He was sentenced to four months in prison:
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Is that going to happen to Hunter Biden? As of now, congressional Republicans are threatening to hold him in contempt of Congress, which they obviously should. But then there&#8217;s the question of whether Joe Biden&#8217;s DOJ will pursue criminal charges. Will they throw Hunter Biden in prison for this? Will they demand he testify, under oath, about his father&#8217;s involvement in his business?
That&#8217;s an open question. Right now, the DOJ is pursuing charges against Hunter Biden about his fraudulent gun form, and his tax evasion. But those charges don&#8217;t directly relate to the main issue in this impeachment inquiry, which is where Hunter Biden got all of his money from — and more importantly, Joe Biden&#8217;s involvement in procuring that money.
Yesterday a reporter at Fox asked the White House press secretary about all of this. She proceeded to make it clear that Joe Biden knew that Hunter would defy the congressional subpoena. Beyond that, she just made light of the whole situation. Watch:
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KJP to Doocy on whether President Biden knew his son would defy a congresional subpoena: &quot;I don&#39;t have anything else to add. The President was familiar with what Hunter was going to say today &amp;, you know, look, he&#39;s proud of his son&#8230;how he&#39;s rebuilding his life back. He&#39;s going… <a href="https://t.co/envjQGxsEl">pic.twitter.com/envjQGxsEl</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1735033883521888432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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This kind of question should be extremely easy to answer. If you&#8217;re asked whether the president told his son to defy a congressional subpoena, you should be able to respond and explain yourself. Instead, the White House press secretary cracks a joke, and starts talking about how much Joe Biden loves his son.
What this means, almost certainly, is that Joe Biden did advise his son to defy the congressional subpoena, without any legal basis whatsoever. Under the standards Democrats established with Steve Bannon and several other Trump aides, that&#8217;s a crime. 
And there&#8217;s an obvious motive for why Joe Biden would want his son to commit this crime. Hunter Biden himself made that motive very clear during his remarks to reporters yesterday. Watch:
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Hunter Biden moves the goalposts again: &quot;My father was not financially involved in my business&quot; <a href="https://t.co/n9L3miu2h8">pic.twitter.com/n9L3miu2h8</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1734947767322132791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Did you catch the qualifier there? Hunter wants you to know that his father was not &#8220;financially involved&#8221; in his business dealings with corrupt oligarchs in Ukraine and China. So this is not a denial that Joe Biden was involved in Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings. Now it&#8217;s a denial that Joe Biden was &#8220;financially&#8221; involved.
This is a very different claim from the one Joe Biden has been making for years. Watch:
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This is one HELL of a new qualifier from Hunter Biden. 
Hunter now says, “My father was not financially involved in my business”
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The reason for this change is the Biden family knows they can&#8217;t deny a direct link between Joe Biden and Hunter Biden&#8217;s influence peddling operation. Devon Archer, one of Hunter Biden&#8217;s business associates, has already <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1734928534156595442?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> in front of the House of Representatives, saying that Joe Biden spoke with Hunter Biden&#8217;s business partners roughly 20 times. Those conversations, according to Archer, took place while Joe Biden was the sitting vice president of the United States.  
The Wall Street Journal also reported that Archer testified that, &#8220;Burisma would have gone out of business if it didn&#8217;t have the [Biden] brand attached to it.&#8221; As you will recall, Burisma is the Ukraine oil company that paid Hunter Biden tens of thousands of dollars a month for a no-show job, despite Hunter Biden having no oil expertise whatsoever. Burisma was being investigated by Ukraine&#8217;s attorney general, up until Joe Biden threatened to withhold money to Ukraine&#8217;s government until they fired him.
Then there&#8217;s the fact that Joe Biden used a fake name to email with Hunter&#8217;s business partners. There&#8217;s also the many public comments of Tony Bobulinski, the Hunter Biden business partner who has repeatedly said that Joe Biden personally profited from Hunter Biden&#8217;s influence peddling. Bobulinski — who had no reason to lie whatsoever — told Tucker Carlson that Joe Biden was the &#8220;big guy&#8221; referenced repeatedly in emails on Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop. The Big Guy, according to the emails, was slated to receive 10% of the profits from one business venture in China.
It&#8217;s important to recount all of this because even now, Democrats are claiming that there are no witnesses to support the idea that Joe Biden could possibly be corrupt. Here&#8217;s AOC for example:
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&quot;They have not called a single witness, a single first-hand witness to any of their allegations.&quot;
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&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1734973868886851912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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This is how the Left plans to respond to the congressional investigation into Joe Biden. They&#8217;ll deny reality. They&#8217;ll pretend that witnesses don&#8217;t exist, even when those witnesses have appeared before Congress and on primetime television. They&#8217;ll make fun of you, as Karine Jean-Pierre did yesterday.
All of this was foreseeable when Jerry Nadler, Leticia James, and other top Democrats decided to use the legal system and the impeachment process to punish their political opponents. It was inevitable that soon enough, they&#8217;d be forced to admit they can&#8217;t possibly live up to their own nonexistent standards. Just five years after Jerry Nadler&#8217;s conversation on that Acela, that moment is here now.
Conservatives can either take advantage of it, or they can do what they usually do. They can make a big show for the cameras and completely fail to follow through. It&#8217;s clear that Karine Jean-Pierre and Hunter Biden think that will happen. They don&#8217;t believe their political enemies are anywhere near as ruthless and cynical as they are. For once, it&#8217;s time for conservatives to prove them wrong.

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-nadler" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jerry Nadler</a> (D-NY) said on the House floor Wednesday that it would have been “child abuse” for 2-year-olds to not be masked during the COVID pandemic. 
Nadler’s comments came during debate on the House floor on the REINS Act after Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chip-roy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chip Roy</a> (R-TX) moved to add an amendment to the bill that would <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nadler-toddlers-shouldve-required-mask-during-covid-parents-didnt-committed-child-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">effectively give</a> Congress the power to vote on any vaccine mandate initiated via executive branch rule-making, such as President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/13/supreme-court-ruling-biden-covid-vaccine-mandates.html">now-defunct</a> COVID vaccine mandate. 
&#8220;Two-year-olds should have been required to wear masks. It would be child abuse for parents not to do that because there was no vaccination available for 2-year-olds,&#8221; Nadler said. &#8220;And the only way to protect them against COVID was to have them wear masks, and these mandates are meant to protect the public’s health and safety.&#8221;
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Nadler: &quot;When we have a pandemic like covid, two-year-olds should have been required to wear masks. It would be child abuse for parents not to do that.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/8dcF9MJhDC">pic.twitter.com/8dcF9MJhDC</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1669045672404762624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The comments from the New York Democrat came after Roy criticized Health and Human Services Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/xavier-becerra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xavier Becerra</a>’s appearance before Congress on Tuesday. 
“I want everybody in America to understand what they just heard from the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee in the United States House of Representatives,&#8221; Roy <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/watch-house-dem-says-2-year-olds-should-have-been-required-to-wear-masks/?utm_source=actengage&amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in response to Nadler. &#8220;Your 2-year-old should be forced to be masked. That is what the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee just said here on the floor of the House of Representatives. That the power of the government, the full power of the federal government, should be a part of ensuring and enforcing your children, your 2-year-old child to be masked.&#8221;
Becerra had been asked on Tuesday if &#8220;forcing 2-year-olds to wear masks save lives” by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA). 
“Making sure people were masked when it was appropriate was essential to make sure that we were able to get out of this pandemic,&#8221; Becerra responded. 
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Roy&#8217;s amendment passed along with the REINS Act, a bill <a href="https://mcmorris.house.gov/posts/mcmorris-rodgers-helps-pass-the-reins-act-to-check-bidens-reckless-spending" target="_blank" rel="noopener">designed</a> to give Congress more oversight over presidential executive actions.
Young children were at very low risk of developing a serious health outcome from catching COVID, and recent studies have <a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> that masks are seemingly not that effective at reducing the spread of COVID. 
Although Biden officially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officially-ends-covid-19-national-emergency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended the COVID national emergency declaration</a> in April, the White House came under fire again this month after an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-enforcing-mask-mandates-social-distancing-for-unvaccinated-visitors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email showed</a> that it would be enforcing a mask mandate and social distancing guidelines for visitors who are unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated.
Lawmakers invited to attend “College Athlete Day,” where athletes from championship collegiate teams get to visit the White House, were told to mask up for the event if they are not vaccinated
After backlash, the White House <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/masks-and-social-distancing-required-unvaccinated-college-athlete-day-white" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the email had been sent “inadvertently” and that it would be sending out updated guidelines to event attendees.

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Representative <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-nadler" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jerry Nadler</a> (D-NY) sure seems carefree about World War III potentially starting over Ukraine.
On Thursday, a reporter caught up with the septuagenarian, who promptly spilled the beans that he would not care whatsoever if Ukraine invaded Russia, let alone if they did so with U.S.-supplied weapons.
&#8220;Are you concerned that they will enter into Russian territory?&#8221; The Epoch Times’ Liam Cosgrove said of Ukraine.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not concerned. I wouldn&#8217;t care if they did,&#8221; Nadler said.
After the reporter explained that Russia could view this as a U.S.-backed invasion of Russia, the congressman was dismissive and even smirked about the intensification of the war.
Nadler also refused to say if he would condemn Ukraine if they used American-made F-16s to attack Russia.
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BREAKING: Rep. Jerry Nadler says he “wouldn’t care” if Ukraine used American F16s to strike Russian territory and “personally wouldn’t mind” if Ukraine invaded Russia. 
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Last week, it was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-f16-biden-a281e3cd1474b2e6f453946075824565" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that Biden backed sending American F-16s to Russia. It is uncertain whether the U.S. will send its own F-16s or whether it will simply allow European countries to export American F-16s to Ukraine. This decision came after months of the Biden administration denying that the U.S. would ever do so. Biden was reportedly pressured into sending the jets by the Pentagon and European allies. He eventually relented.
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In response, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ukraines-army-will-see-long-term-significance-f-16s-ex-ambassador-1801972#:~:text=%22We%20see%20that%20the%20Western,involves%20enormous%20risks%20for%20themselves." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “We see that the Western countries are still adhering to the escalation scenario.&#8221;
Grushko intimated that the West could suffer even more consequences if that happened.
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_D6F4E560-7D38-F29E-28D9-3A1BCBEBF173@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;It involves enormous risks for themselves,&#8221; Grushko added. &#8220;In any case, this will be taken into account in all our plans, and we have all the necessary means to achieve the set goals.&#8221;
Grushko&#8217;s assessment isn&#8217;t simply Russian propaganda.
The Biden administration has long felt that providing the planes could prolong the war and increase its volatility.
Per <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-f16-biden-a281e3cd1474b2e6f453946075824565" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Associated Press</a>, &#8220;…with this decision, the Biden administration has made a sharp reversal, after refusing to approve any transfer of the aircraft or conduct training for more than a year due to worries that it could escalate tensions with Russia. U.S. officials also have argued against the F-16 by saying that learning to fly and logistically support such an advanced aircraft would be difficult and take months.&#8221;
What does escalation look like? Well, at the very least it means more dead Ukrainians and Russians. The death toll in the war is already in the hundreds-of-thousands. At worst, it means that NATO is dragged into the war — which means that the U.S. would be also.
You wouldn&#8217;t think that is a laughing matter for a member of Congress. Nadler is pretty nonchalant about it all — even absolving himself of any responsibility. It is a pretty serious issue that requires statesmanship, but we&#8217;re not led by serious men at this time. We are being sleepwalked by fools like Nadler into war with nuclear power.
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Congressman <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-nadler/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jerry Nadler</a> (D-NY) reportedly fought with fellow Democratic leaders  — including House Speaker <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) and Impeachment Manager <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/adam-schiff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adam Schiff</a> (D-CA) — over the first impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump.
According to a new book from Politico Playbook&#8217;s Rachael Bade and The Washington Post&#8217;s Karoun Demirjian — &#8220;Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump&#8221; — <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nadler-wins-vicious-battle-of-far-left-nyc-house-incumbents-prompted-by-botched-redistricting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nadler</a> worried that the proceedings were &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; and <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jerry-nadler-clashed-with-pelosi-dems-over-trump-impeachment-deemed-it-unconstitutional-per-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voiced concern</a> over not allowing Trump a vigorous defense.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nadler-feuded-schiff-pelosi-unconstitutional-impeachment-donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detailed excerpts</a> of the book, set to be released on October 18, noting that Nadler specifically took issue with Schiff&#8217;s plan to proceed with impeachment regarding Trump&#8217;s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — without ensuring the former president had due process.
&#8220;It’s unfair, and it’s unprecedented, and it’s unconstitutional,&#8221; Nadler reportedly said, complaining that his Judiciary Committee would not have the chance to cross-examine the witnesses as they had in the past.
&#8220;I don’t appreciate your tone. I worry you’re putting us in a box for our investigation,&#8221; was Schiff&#8217;s alleged response to Nadler&#8217;s objections.
Pelosi reportedly all-but sidelined Nadler then, choosing not to give the Judiciary Committee the same power it had enjoyed during previous impeachments.
&#8220;She didn’t want the Judiciary panel to interview witnesses at all. Pelosi simply didn’t trust the panel — which was stacked with liberal crusaders and hotheaded conservatives — to handle the rollout of the complex Ukraine narrative with the careful, compelling treatment it required,&#8221; the authors wrote. &#8220;She couldn’t afford another Nadler screwup. The Judiciary chairman could focus on the legal business of crafting the articles of impeachment and have academics testify, she allowed. But that was it.&#8221;
Nadler continued to push back, however, reportedly warning Schiff and Pelosi that they would be vulnerable to complaints about the process if they refused to allow Trump to face his accusers or mount a defense.
&#8220;If we’re going to impeach, we need to show the country that we gave the president ample opportunity to defend himself,&#8221; he said — but Pelosi and Schiff were reportedly concerned that Trump&#8217;s attorneys might say something that could damage President Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
The alleged response from Schiff&#8217;s team was unequivocal: &#8220;F*** Donald Trump.&#8221;
Nadler tried once more to sway the two, saying that he &#8220;resented&#8221; being told how to run his own committee and allegedly asking, &#8220;They’re going to argue we don’t have due process for Trump. Why make that argument real?&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t really care about your resentment. Neither the Speaker nor I agree,&#8221; Schiff reportedly shot back.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerrold-nadler" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Jerry Nadler</a> crushed fellow liberal House member Carolyn Maloney Tuesday in a bruising Democratic primary that forced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manhattan</a>’s chattering class to choose between two longtime allies in a redrawn congressional district.
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The lawmakers, who have spent a combined 60 years in the House of Representatives, clashed bitterly during the primary battle for New York’s 12th Congressional district, with Maloney’s camp floating a claim the 75-year-old Nadler was senile. After her loss, Maloney, 76, blamed “sexist systems and misogyny.”
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“I’m really sad that we no longer have a woman representing Manhattan in Congress,” Maloney told dejected supporters Tuesday night.
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As Nadler &quot;addressed boosters on Upper West Side Tuesday night, the mood at Maloney party in Chelsea turned mutinous, as her supporters booed and jeered the House Judiciary Committee chair’s televised speech, with some yelling &#39;Traitor!&#39;&quot;<a href="https://t.co/mC2SKeKHrX">https://t.co/mC2SKeKHrX</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/nypmetro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nypmetro</a>
&mdash; Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1562270767764717568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Nadler won just over 55% of the vote to Maloney’s 24.4%. Attorney Suraj Patel, who was challenging Maloney for a third consecutive cycle, had 19.1%
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“I think the voters made their voices heard tonight,” Nadler said at his victory party on Manhattan’s tony Upper West Side.
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The battle came about when lawmakers in New York’s Democrat-led state legislature screwed up attempts to gerrymander House districts and mashed key parts of Nadler’s old district with Maloney’s. It became an all-out war between Nadler, the portly chariman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Maloney, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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“I think Carolyn and I have worked on a lot of things together but I think I have a more principled, progressive record,” Nadler told reporters Tuesday.
“She voted for war in Iraq, I voted against it,” he said. “She voted for the Patriot Act, I voted against it. She voted against the Iran deal, I voted for the Iran deal.”
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The race became especially bitter after Nadler boasted in a magazine interview about bringing mass transit pork back to Manhattan and Maloney called him a liar.
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“He was not at the groundbreaking, he was not at the ribbon-cutting, he was not at any of the meetings I had with the MTA,” she said of Nadler’s role in a key subway project. “We had hearings on it in the city, and he never came to any of them. He’s lying.”
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Just last weekend, Maloney quoted a <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/some-catty-notes-on-nys-dem-house-primaries/">New York Post editorial </a>that described Nadler as “this close to senile” after he mixed up presidents Trump and Bush in a debate while bragging about getting Trump impeached twice.
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“They call him ‘senile,’” said Maloney. “They cite his performance at the debate where he couldn’t even remember who he impeached. He said he impeached Bush!”
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Perhaps the two most powerful liberal voices in New York, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and The New York Times, both endorsed Nadler in the race.
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Nadler Wins Vicious Battle Of Far-Left NYC House Incumbents Prompted By Botched Redistricting

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Jerrold Nadler

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As Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) scramble for the one seat left on New York&#8217;s new district map, the attacks are getting personal.
Seventy-six-year-old Maloney <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/they-call-him-senile-trainwreck-democratic-primary-between-two-house-lifers-gets-intense-as-maloney-questions-nadlers-mental-state/?utm_source=mostpopular">suggested</a> during a Saturday meeting with reporters in Manhattan that Nadler is senile by referencing a recent editorial that pointed out Nadler&#8217;s debate gaffes.
“They call him senile,” Maloney told reporters. “They cite his performance at the debate where he couldn’t even remember who he impeached. He said he impeached Bush.”
The New York Post editorial that Maloney referred to described 75-year-old Nadler as &#8220;<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/some-catty-notes-on-nys-dem-house-primaries/">this close to senile</a> in that epic NY1 debate,&#8221; when he said he voted to impeach former President George W. Bush instead of former President Donald Trump.
Nadler told a reporter on Tuesday that he would not dignify Maloney&#8217;s remarks with a response.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JerryNadler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JerryNadler</a> tells me he won’t dignify Maloney’s insinuation that he’s senile with a response. <a href="https://t.co/TFwX2LGC3U">pic.twitter.com/TFwX2LGC3U</a>
&mdash; Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) <a href="https://twitter.com/danielmarans/status/1562077677326147585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Maloney is not free from gaffes herself.
During an on the record conversation with the New York Times editorial board, Maloney said of President Joe Biden, &#8220;off the record, he&#8217;s not running again.&#8221; The publication had never agreed to her terms and thus printed the remark.
And during a CNN hit in early August, Maloney praised Biden while suggesting he wouldn&#8217;t run again in 2024.
“Mr. President, I apologize,” Maloney said during the hit. “I want you to run. I happen to think you won’t be running, but when you run or if you run, I will be there 100%. You have deserved it. You are a great president, and thank you for everything you’ve done for my state and all the states and all the cities in America. Thank you, Mr. President.&#8221;
Neither Nadler nor Maloney immediately responded to requests for comment from The Daily Wire. Their rivalry has developed, after three decades of the lawmakers serving peaceably side by side, after the re-drawing of Manhattan&#8217;s East and West Sides into one district.
While Nadler <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/us/politics/new-york-primary.html">seeks to portray himself</a> as a staunch progressive and one of the last Jewish congressmen who represents one of the most Jewish cities in the world, Maloney has accused him of playing identity politics (though she has focused her campaign on the importance of re-electing a powerful woman post Roe v. Wade).

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