Congressman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/jim-banks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Banks</a> (R-IN) wants to make federal buildings beautiful again. Well, what he really wants to do is cement a Trump-era executive order into law requiring &#8220;classical architecture&#8221; on all new buildings to make that happen.
On Wednesday, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-banks-introduces-legislation-to-bring-back-trump-order-classical-architecture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Banks introduced the &#8220;Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act.&#8221; If signed into law, it would mandate that &#8220;classical architecture; and the historic humanistic architecture, including Gothic, Romanesque, Pueblo Revival, Spanish Colonial, and other Mediterranean styles of architecture historically rooted in various regions of America&#8221; be preferred for new federal office designs.
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Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again!<a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickHauf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PatrickHauf</a> <a href="https://t.co/MDqK8RiLzX">https://t.co/MDqK8RiLzX</a>
&mdash; Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1661455419317932049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Banks told Fox News that the bill is ultimately about the culture and honoring America&#8217;s heritage.
&#8220;The intentional design of some of our greatest landmarks goes back to our Founding Fathers, who knew the importance architecture played in the establishment of American culture,&#8221; Banks said to the outlet.
Former President Trump originally signed an order mandating that all new buildings be constructed using a similar framework. Critics argued that his desire for aesthetically-pleasing structures was somehow linked to white supremacy. President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971312635/president-biden-revokes-trumps-controversial-classical-architecture-order#:~:text=Late%20Wednesday%2C%20President%20Biden%20revoked,of%20Trump's%20actions%20as%20president." target="_blank" rel="noopener">repealed</a> that order in February of 2021.
&#8220;Requiring all new construction be thoughtfully developed in that same spirit preserves American exceptionalism and ensures federal buildings serve as a beautiful testament to our nation’s greatest ideals for generations to come,&#8221; Banks added.
Per Fox News, the bill also slams &#8220;brutalist architecture&#8221; as a &#8220;massive and block-like appearance with a rigid geometric style and large-scale use of exposed poured concrete.&#8221;
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Here&#8217;s an example of what that looks like:
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US Department of Energy defensive siege building. Built before the department even existed. <a href="https://t.co/GAj0EVZYn3">pic.twitter.com/GAj0EVZYn3</a>
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Here&#8217;s an example of classical architecture:
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For <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalLibraryWeek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NationalLibraryWeek</a>, what word comes to your mind when you think of your favorite library? <a href="https://t.co/McEjSR0ZNB">pic.twitter.com/McEjSR0ZNB</a>
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It isn&#8217;t difficult to see which one inspires more wonder and awe in society.
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Jim Banks Wants To ‘Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again’

Jim Banks Wants To 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again'

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Jim Banks

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A Republican lawmaker dared President Joe Biden to declassify an alleged report detailing the relationship between Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-swalwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Swalwell</a> (D-CA) and suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang.
Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-banks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Banks</a> (R-IN), who announced this month that he is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indiana-gop-rep-jim-banks-announces-2024-run-for-mike-brauns-senate-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">running for Senate</a>, issued the challenge in response to the White House&#8217;s defense of Swalwell after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-formally-kicks-schiff-and-swalwell-from-house-intel-integrity-matters-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener">removed Swalwell</a> from the House Intelligence Committee.
In a letter first <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/31/exclusive-banks-presses-biden-release-classified-swalwell-fang-fang-intelligence-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported by Breitbart</a> and obtained by The Daily Wire, Banks said for &#8220;unknown reasons&#8221; the White House disagrees with the assessment by McCarthy and other members of Congress that Swalwell&#8217;s past relationship with Fang poses a national security risk and disqualifies Swalwell from receiving access to highly classified information.
He cited <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/01/25/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-national-security-council-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a recent press conference</a> in which White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked for a response to Swalwell and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) being kicked from the intelligence panel. In her response, Jean-Pierre said Swalwell and Schiff, as well as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), &#8220;bring a lot to the table when it comes to foreign policy and national security.&#8221; The press secretary didn&#8217;t say much else beyond &#8220;it should be independent&#8221; before quickly dropping the topic.
To remedy any uncertainty, Banks proposed the disclosure of <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/26/exclusive-classified-report-biden-could-release-provides-intricate-detail-on-eric-swalwell-relationship-with-fang-fang/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an alleged report described by Breitbart in July 2021</a>. The news outlet said the U.S. intelligence community had a classified report that contained &#8220;intricate and intimate details&#8221; of Swalwell&#8217;s relationship with Fang, including &#8220;certain sexual acts they allegedly engaged in together.&#8221;
&#8220;If the White House’s position is correct and Rep. Swalwell’s past association with a Chinese spy does not preclude him from serving on the House Intelligence Committee, then the White House should immediately declassify its report on Rep. Swalwell,&#8221; Banks wrote. &#8220;If the report proves that, as the White House is suggesting, Rep. Swalwell’s relations with Fang Fang were innocuous and do not threaten our national security, then many House Republicans, including me, would support allowing Rep. Swalwell to serve on the House Intelligence Committee.&#8221;
The White House did not immediately return a request for comment on the letter, but such a disclosure is in all likelihood a longshot considering the level of secrecy surrounding the situation.
In 2020, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2020/12/08/china-spy-california-politicians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first broke the news</a> about Swalwell developing a connection between 2012 and 2015 with a Chinese national named Christine Fang or Fang Fang, who helped him with fundraising and placed at least one intern in his office. A U.S. intelligence official said the congressman stopped any contact with Fang upon being briefed by the FBI in 2015, and the report noted Fang left the country &#8220;unexpectedly&#8221; in the middle of an investigation in 2015. After that report came out, as <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/18/eric-swalwell-fbi-christine-fang-477020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO noted</a>, an FBI official went around telling news outlets that Swalwell was “completely cooperative” and “under no suspicion of wrongdoing.&#8221;
Still, the story spooked Washington and led to McCarthy and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) being briefed by the FBI. Immediately afterwards, McCarthy told reporters the briefing &#8220;only raised more questions. The one thing that was fundamentally answered: he should not be on Intel.&#8221; He made a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-mccarthy-shreds-reporter-over-question-about-adam-schiff-and-eric-swalwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similar argument</a> just last week upon booting Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee. For her part, Pelosi said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have any concern about Mr. Swalwell,&#8221; <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/12/18/948210355/fbi-briefs-reps-pelosi-mccarthy-on-rep-swalwells-ties-to-suspected-chinese-spy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NPR</a>. Such a view was echoed by Pelosi&#8217;s successor as leader of the House Democrats, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who this month insisted both Schiff and Swalwell were “eminently qualified” to continue serving on the intelligence panel.
When asked about the spy controversy, Swalwell often <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/absolutely-not-swalwell-claims-his-relationship-with-suspected-chinese-spy-didnt-compromise-u-s-security?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=conservnewsd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stresses his cooperation with the FBI</a>. During an interview with CNN over the weekend, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/absolutely-not-swalwell-claims-his-relationship-with-suspected-chinese-spy-didnt-compromise-u-s-security?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=conservnewsd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he accused McCarthy</a> of &#8220;weaponizing his ability to commit this political abuse.&#8221; Swalwell has also leaned heavily on the sensitive nature of the situation to refrain from divulging particular details about his ties to Fang. &#8220;Rep. Swalwell, long ago, provided information about this person — whom he met more than eight years ago, and whom he hasn’t seen in nearly six years — to the FBI. To protect information that might be classified, he will not participate in your story,&#8221; Swalwell&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.axios.com/2020/12/08/china-spy-california-politicians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Axios</a> for its 2020 scoop.

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Lawmaker Dares Biden To Declassify Alleged Swalwell-Fang Fang Report

U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) announced Tuesday that he is running for the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN).
Braun previously announced plans not to seek re-election in 2024 in order to run for governor of Indiana.
&#8220;We NEED conservatives in Washington who aren’t afraid to fight Biden’s radical agenda,&#8221; Banks tweeted alongside a video promoting his Senate run. &#8220;That’s why I am running to represent our great state of Indiana in the United States Senate.&#8221;
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We NEED conservatives in Washington who aren’t afraid to fight Biden’s radical agenda. 
That’s why I am running to represent our great state of Indiana in the United States Senate. Join my team: <a href="https://t.co/R8ntxo5pQt">https://t.co/R8ntxo5pQt</a> <a href="https://t.co/4BPPQC7OxY">pic.twitter.com/4BPPQC7OxY</a>
&mdash; Jim Banks (@Jim_Banks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Banks/status/1615302923658960896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Banks, the first candidate to enter the Senate race, is the former chair of the Republican Study Committee.
&#8220;Radical, socialist Democrats are trying to change America, but I won&#8217;t let them,&#8221; Banks said in the video. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been on the front lines fighting for America first policies in Congress.&#8221;
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) and former Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) are reportedly also considering a run for the seat, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/indiana-rep-jim-banks-launches-2024-senate-run-highlights-record-conservative-fighter">according</a> to Fox News.
Banks was first elected to the House in 2016 to represent Indiana&#8217;s 3rd District which includes Fort Wayne, one of the state&#8217;s largest cities. He also previously served in the Indiana state Senate and served in Afghanistan as a member of the Navy Reserve.
&#8220;I’m 100% pro-life, pro-family, pro-military, pro-veteran, focused on the issues that the voters care most about today, which is holding the Biden administration accountable and restoring America, fighting for our conservative values, putting America first, and that’s what I want to do in the Senate,&#8221; he told Fox News during a Tuesday interview.
Banks also said during the interview that the $1.7 trillion spending bill supported by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was a key factor in his decision to run.
&#8220;I think we need new conservative voices and leaders in the Senate. That’s why I’m running. There aren’t enough of them, and the omnibus bill is an example of that,&#8221; Banks said. &#8220;There’s lots of other examples where we’ve had Republican senators in the U.S. Senate go along with the Democrats and pass the radical Biden agenda. And I want to go there and fight back against it.&#8221;
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Indiana is a conservative state, and Indiana deserves a conservative fighter in the United States Senate. <a href="https://t.co/cSdWt5ecGS">pic.twitter.com/cSdWt5ecGS</a>
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Among the top issues Banks highlights on his <a href="https://banksforsenate.com/issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaign website</a> is border security. Banks says he &#8220;is a strong and vocal advocate for securing our border by implementing the successful policies of the Trump administration, including building a physical barrier along the southern border, and reinstating the &#8216;Remain in Mexico&#8217; program where migrants must wait in Mexico before their asylum claims can be heard in the United States.&#8221;

Indiana GOP Rep. Jim Banks Announces 2024 Run For Mike Braun’s Senate Seat

Indiana GOP Rep. Jim Banks Announces 2024 Run For Braun’s Senate Seat

2024 Election

Indiana

Senate

House Republicans quietly put together a report to counter a release from the January 6 Committee that is expected to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/24/cheney-trump-jan6-report-pages" target="_blank" rel="noopener">focus heavily on</a> former President Donald Trump.
The group has been preparing a rebuttal that is likely to be more than 100 pages and focus on Capitol security, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/12/18/republican-shadow-committee-jan6-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios reported</a> on Sunday. Specifically, these investigators have been looking into law enforcement issues, including interviewing Capitol Police officers and intelligence gathering and dissemination by the FBI as they relate to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
This GOP report also argues the select committee has &#8220;never dealt with serious issues&#8221; as their fixation with Trump is &#8220;all about political payback,&#8221; Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), the leader of the effort, told the outlet.
The House January 6 Committee is scheduled to hold its final meeting on Monday, when members <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-select-committee-likely-final-meeting-monday-12-19-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will preview</a> their report&#8217;s executive summary and eight chapters, Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-select-committee-likely-final-meeting-monday-12-19-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters last week</a>. At this final meeting, the panel is expected to vote on whether to ask the Justice Department to pursue criminal charges against Trump over the Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Thompson said the final report, along with &#8220;attachments,&#8221; would be released on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/12/18/republican-shadow-committee-jan6-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Republican source told Axios</a> that the so-called GOP shadow group is &#8220;prepared&#8221; to release its findings when the committee unveils its own report, which is expected to be around 1,000 pages. <a href="https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2022/12/12/jan-6-select-committee-final-report-00073402" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As reported by Politico</a>, the January 6 Committee&#8217;s report will include legislative recommendations &#8220;to prevent another attack and other subversions of democracy&#8221; after 1,000 witness interviews, the collection of extensive amounts of records, and public hearings.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) picked five Republicans to be part of the counterinvestigation after he withdrew his five picks for the January 6 Committee in the summer of 2021 when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused to allow Banks and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to become members. Instead, Pelosi picked Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), two fierce critics of Trump, to be part of the committee.
Looking ahead, Banks said his group would &#8220;dive into legislative and policy changes that could be made by the next speaker.&#8221; McCarthy, who is poised to become speaker next session if he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-mccarthy-not-so-fast-some-republicans-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rallies sufficient support</a> as Republicans take control of the House, has already sent a letter to Thompson <a href="https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/11-30-2022/mccarthys-jan-6-panel-ask/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requesting the preservation of records</a> and vowed to hold hearings on &#8220;why the Capitol complex was not secure.&#8221;

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Republicans Prepare Rebuttal January 6 Report

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January 6 Committee

Republican <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana</a> Senator Mike Braun announced he is running for governor of Indiana in 2024.
Braun, who was elected to the Senate in 2018, filed campaign finance paperwork to run for the governorship on Tuesday, and made his candidacy public on Wednesday morning. Braun&#8217;s gubernatorial run leaves his Senate seat open, and names are already being floated for the seat, including Republican Congressman Jim Banks.
“Mike Braun has filed his paperwork to run for governor and will be making an official announcement of his candidacy very soon,&#8221; Braun&#8217;s senior political adviser and chief of staff told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/30/braun-to-run-for-indiana-governor-opening-senate-seat-in-2024-00071339" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> Wednesday. Braun himself also confirmed the news to the outlet. “That filing did occur yesterday,” he told Politico. “We’ll talk to you down the road.” Braun&#8217;s <a href="https://campaignfinance.in.gov/PublicSite/SearchPages/CommitteeDetail.aspx?OrgId=7771" target="_blank" rel="noopener">candidate committee filing</a> is publicly available on the Indiana Secretary of State&#8217;s website.
Braun is seeking to replace incumbent governor Eric Holcomb, who is prevented from running for a third term. There are no term limits per se under Indiana state law, but the <a href="https://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/const/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state constitution</a> prohibits him from holding office for more than eight years out of any 12-year period. Holcomb could run for another term, but he would have to wait at least four years.
Braun will likely face a hotly-contested primary. <a href="https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/eric-doden-kicks-off-campaign-to-be-indianas-next-governor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Doden</a>, a businessman who served as president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation under former Governor Mike Pence, announced he was running for the governor&#8217;s mansion in June of this year, and current Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch is expected to mount a run as well, Politico reported.
Braun was elected to the Senate in 2018; he fought in a tough primary against Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer, then upset incumbent Democrat Joe Donnelly in a race that helped Republicans hold the Senate. He previously served in the Indiana House of Representatives. Before that, he was CEO of an auto parts distribution business.
Names already being floated to replace Braun in the Senate in 2024, include Republican Reps. Jim Banks and Victoria Spartz. A spokesman for Banks told the <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/30/mike-braun-run-governor-senate-indiana-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Caller</a> Wednesday that he is mulling a run for Senate. “Rep. Banks’ conservative record and relationships put him in an excellent position to win a statewide race in Indiana,&#8221; the spokesman said. &#8220;Hoosiers deserve principled representatives like Senator Braun who will fight for their values in Washington.&#8221;
“Rep. Banks is strongly considering running if Senator Braun doesn’t seek a second term and over the upcoming holiday will talk to his family and friends around the state about how he can best serve Indiana,” he added.
Banks has served in Congress since 2017, and was just elected to a third term in Congress in the 2022 midterm elections. He currently serves as chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, and mounted an unsuccessful bid to become House GOP whip in the next Congress.
Spartz, meanwhile, was elected in 2020, and was also re-elected to Congress earlier this month. An immigrant from Ukraine who came to the U.S. in 2000, Spartz&#8217;s profile has been raised in recent months due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Indiana GOP Senator Mike Braun Announces He’s Running For Governor

Indiana GOP Senator Mike Braun Announces He's Running For Governor; Banks, Spartz Among Top Names To Replace Him

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One Indiana Republican congressman is calling on his party to regroup to block President Joe Biden&#8217;s agenda following disappointing midterm elections for the GOP.
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) made the remarks during an interview on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; regarding his expectation that Republicans would win a slim House majority and must work together to defeat the Left&#8217;s policies over the next two years.
&#8220;Republicans will win the majority,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It will be a very slim majority, but we have an opportunity over the next two years to be the last line of defense to block the Biden agenda, and if we do that effectively and pass legislation that addresses the issues that the American people care about, bringing down inflation and gas prices, the border, the drug crisis in America, and the national security issues that keep America safe, I believe we can grow this slim majority into a much more healthier majority in the 2024 election.&#8221;
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJimBanks</a> &quot;Republicans will win the majority&#8230; we have an opportunity over the next 2 years to be the last line of defense to block the Biden agenda&#8230; I believe we can grow this slim majority into a much healthier majority in the 2024 election.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FoxNewsSunday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FoxNewsSunday</a> <a href="https://t.co/DJKAWtxRG0">pic.twitter.com/DJKAWtxRG0</a>
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Banks noted the difficulty in passing legislation with the Senate under the Left&#8217;s control, emphasizing that the GOP has a duty to reduce costs for Americans.
&#8220;We have a responsibility to do that. Take inflation for example and energy production. Republicans said all along our top priority will be to make America energy independent again,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And I think we can do that in a way, putting bills on the floor with consensus among Republicans and a Republican plan to do that I would hope Democrats would come along and vote for too.&#8221;
The congressman&#8217;s words come as neither party has definitively won the House. Republicans are currently projected to win 211 of the 218 seats needed to form a majority.
The Senate has been projected to stay in the power of Democrats after Nevada&#8217;s Senate race was called in favor of incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto over GOP candidate Adama Laxalt. She holds 48.77% of the votes (487,829) over Laxalt with 48.11% (481,273) with over 95% of votes counted, <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Decision Desk HQ on Sunday.
The re-election of Cortez Masto leaves the Senate at 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans.
Georgia&#8217;s Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican hopeful Herschel Walker ended with neither candidate reaching 50% of the votes, as Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver received 2% support. Under state law, the top two contenders face a runoff if no candidate secures a majority of votes.
The runoff between Warnock and Walker is scheduled for December 6. Warnock <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> 49.42% of votes in the midterm election, with Walker receiving 48.52% at just 35,404 fewer votes.

‘Last Line Of Defense’: Jim Banks Calls House GOP To Regroup To Block Biden’s Agenda

Republican Congressman Calls House GOP To Regroup To Block Biden’s Agenda

2022 Election

2022 Midterms

Fox News Sunday

House Republicans

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) is introducing legislation on Wednesday requiring elementary schools and secondary schools that receive federal funding to obtain a parent&#8217;s consent before they begin facilitating a child&#8217;s gender transition.
The Indiana Republican&#8217;s legislation, a Republican Study Committee initiative, mirrors a Senate version of the bill <a href="https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-prevent-schools-from-concealing-gender-transitions-from-parents">introduced</a> by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) in October — ensuring, as Banks said, that &#8220;federally funded schools are not laboratories for the Left’s radical agenda.”
“Our schools are a place for math and history education, not gender theory indoctrination,&#8221; Banks told The Daily Wire. &#8220;No parent should have to worry that their child’s school is enabling, promoting, or facilitating a child’s ‘gender transition’ behind their back.&#8221;
The Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act of 2022 warns that school districts across the nation are &#8220;violating parental and familial rights by encouraging or instructing staff to deceive or withhold information from parents if their child expresses confusion about their gender and is seeking to &#8216;transition.'&#8221;
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&#8220;Without parental knowledge or consent, schools are facilitating &#8216;social gender transitions&#8217; by changing the names and pronouns of children in school, or even allowing children to change which sex-segregated facilities they use, such as rest rooms, locker rooms, and dormitories or other housing for overnight field trips,&#8221; the legislation states.
But &#8220;socially transitioning&#8221; a child is not an evidence-based practice or a &#8220;neutral or uncontroversial decision,&#8221; the legislation says.
&#8220;This practice is an experimental social and psychological intervention that has immediate effects on a child’s psychology and a high likelihood of changing the life path of a child,&#8221; the bill continues, warning that policies that &#8220;circumvent parental authority&#8221; are a violation of parents&#8217; constitutional rights to care for their children.
In California, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-school-creates-transition-closet-allows-students-to-swap-out-of-clothes-parents-approve-of">previously reported in February</a>, a high school&#8217;s  “transition closet” sparked a backlash as parents protested that students would be allowed to come to school in clothes that their “parents approve of” before changing into clothes that match their stated gender identity.
In Wisconsin, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-teachers-told-to-hide-students-gender-identity-from-parents">reported in March</a>, teachers were reportedly instructed to hide students’ gender identity transitions from their parents.
Cotton told The Daily Wire in a Wednesday statement that &#8220;schools should never be allowed to impose radical, harmful gender ideology on children—especially without parents’ knowledge and consent.&#8221;
&#8220;My bill will protect students and ensure parents are in control of their children’s education,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Schools must remain institutions of education, not indoctrination camps where minors are manipulated and brainwashed.&#8221;
The Republican Study Committee had <a href="https://rsc-banks.house.gov/news/press-releases/rsc-unveils-framework-restore-american-family">announced</a> a framework of economic and social principles intended to “restore the American family” and to act as the “foundation of a pro-family conservative agenda when Republicans win back the House majority&#8221; in early June.
That <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/d4254037a343b683d142111e0/files/9959fb7c-6118-85a8-6f38-63f048fd3d77/Family_Principles_Doc_Final_PDF.pdf">initiative</a> specifically seeks to protect children from “far-left&#8221; ideologies.
&#8220;We support the protection of children from far-left ideologies like the transgender movement and racist ideology in their schools, the dangers of Big Tech and the internet, and other influences that cause trauma, endanger children’s health or otherwise blunt their development into functional adult citizens,&#8221; the framework reads.

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GOP Legislation Targets Schools Pushing Child Gender Transitions

Jim Banks Introduces Legislation Targeting Schools Affirming Child Gender Transitions

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Top Republicans shared that they plan to combat the &#8220;partisan production&#8221; that is Thursday&#8217;s Democrat-led hearing showcasing the findings of the January 6 committee investigating the Capitol Riot.
During a press call with reporters on Tuesday evening, House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (NY) and Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio heavily criticized Democrats for focusing so much energy on the Capitol Riot while Americans look for solutions to &#8220;the problems that we face on a daily basis.”
&#8220;House Democrats have no agenda for Americans and no real solutions to the problems that we face on a daily basis,&#8221; Stefanik said. &#8220;Instead, Democrats are scrambling to change the headlines, hoping that the nation will focus on the partisan witch hunt that you will see this week instead of our pocketbooks.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s [a] partisan production,&#8221; Jordan said in a phone interview with The Daily Wire following the call. The Ohio Republican pointed to news that the committee had hired the former president of ABC News, James Goldston, to promote its findings as a “blockbuster investigative special,” according to <a href="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-047a583d-c615-4c68-8351-eb4cf5698698.html?chunk=0&amp;utm_term=twsocialshare#story0">Axios</a>.
&#8220;They went out and hired the former president of ABC News to choreograph a documentary,&#8221; Jordan said. &#8220;And then, of course, their very first witness is a documentarian.&#8221;
&#8220;It just highlights how partisan this thing is,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They told us what the goal is. It&#8217;s to end the Electoral College and stop President Trump from ever running for president again. And they&#8217;re so focused on that. And it&#8217;s a further weaponization of government against conservatives and against your political opponents.&#8221;
Republicans plan to counter such programming through media appearances centering on problems that Americans are actually focused on, leaders said during the press call on Tuesday. Fox News <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/business/media/fox-jan-6-hearings.html">has announced</a> that it will air Tucker Carlson&#8217;s and Sean Hannity&#8217;s primetime shows rather than the hearings, though it will air the hearings on its sister network, Fox Business.
&#8220;Such an amateur move on their parts to try to compete with Tucker Carlson,&#8221; Banks said on Tuesday. &#8220;His show is going to be the most watched show he&#8217;s probably ever had. And the rest of the networks are going to watch that and follow course. When they see Fox break records in viewership, they&#8217;re not going to keep carrying these ridiculous committee hearings on primetime.&#8221;
Banks said that Republicans are putting the finishing touches on their report and have interviewed dozens of people, including whistleblowers related to Capitol Security.
&#8220;We have some real findings,&#8221; he said.
Banks laid out a number of questions that he would have liked to ask those investigated by the January 6 committee, noting that the few Republicans on the Democrat-led committee — Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger — have not asked any of these questions.
&#8220;They don&#8217;t want to hear the answers because it uncovers a number of facts about what happened at the Capitol that day and what could have been done to prevent the riot at the Capitol,&#8221; Banks warned.
Jordan&#8217;s biggest concern is that Republicans do not have the ability to cross-examine witnesses.
&#8220;This is just completely one sided,&#8221; he said. Jordan called the impeachment process of former President Donald Trump &#8220;terrible and completely unfair,&#8221; noting that it was largely carried out in secret.
He added: &#8220;But at least the secret hearings and and depositions in the bunker in the basement of the Capitol, at least we were in the room. At least we got to depose a witness. And then in the public hearings, we got to cross-examine the witnesses that the Democrats called in.&#8221;
&#8220;In this situation, none of that can happen because Nancy Pelosi made the choice that she was not going to let the Republican leader put on the committee the individual he had selected,&#8221; Jordan said grimly. &#8220;First time in history. So Leader McCarthy was left with no option but to say, well, we just can&#8217;t have anyone on that committee.&#8221;
Asked how the focus on the January 6 hearings will play into the midterm elections, Jordan predicted that it is &#8220;ultimately the call of the American people.”
&#8220;I always think the American people have common sense and they&#8217;re smart and they&#8217;re figuring it out,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I do know that the Democrats have nothing else to talk about. So, they&#8217;re going to focus on this.&#8221;
&#8220;What are they going to talk about?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;The border that&#8217;s no longer a border? The secure border we had under President Trump and the chaos we have now? We used to have relatively safe streets and now we get record levels of crime. They&#8217;re going to talk about the 41 year high inflation? They&#8217;re going to talk about record gas prices and the disastrous energy policy of this administration? They&#8217;re going to talk about, you know, the attacks Democrats have done on the First Amendment, Second Amendment &#8230; are they going to have a foreign policy?&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing else that&#8217;s going well,&#8221; he exclaimed. &#8220;There&#8217;s a reason 75% of the country thinks America is on the wrong track &#8230; the country has figured it out. So the Democrats know that this is the only thing they can talk about.&#8221;
Jordan and his fellow Republicans all indicated that the committee has a track record of misleading the public. &#8220;Once you&#8217;ve seen it happen several times, it&#8217;s kind of tough to think that&#8217;s not going to happen again,&#8221; he added.

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Key Republicans Prepare To Launch Counter Attack To Jan. 6 Committee’s ‘Partisan Witch Hunt’

Top Republicans Decry Jan. 6 Hearings, Urge Democrats To Focus On Issues Americans Care About

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WASHINGTON — Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks introduced legislation Wednesday banning the disposal of fetal remains in public waterways.
“Tossing unborn remains in to our water systems is barbaric, and if the American public knew about it they would be disgusted and horrified,&#8221; Banks said in a statement.
&#8220;This brutal reality is made possible by even more brutal abortion laws,&#8221; he added. &#8220;If Congressional Democrats get their way and legalize abortion till the moment of birth, nationwide, this far too common practice would become even more widespread.&#8221;
The Dignity for Fetal Remains Act of 2022 would ban abortion providers from placing fetal remains, embryos, or medical waste associated with abortions (like surgical equipment) into any kind of device that connects to a public waterway (such as a toilet, sink, or disposal).
The Daily Wire first obtained the legislation, which Banks called &#8220;commonsense,&#8221; saying it would &#8220;restore a small piece of dignity to the victims of abortion.”
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&#8220;For many years we have documented reports from across the country about the atrocious ways abortionists dispose of the bodies of unborn babies,&#8221; Cathie Humbarger, the founder of Reprotection, Inc., told The Daily Wire on Wednesday. &#8220;I am grateful to Congressman Banks for filing legislation today that will stop these practices.&#8221;
&#8220;We grieve the loss of these children and the emotional and physical trauma their mothers often experience after their abortion,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Until we can prevent these deaths, we must treat their bodies with respect just as we do the deceased bodies of every other human.&#8221;
In a press release announcing the Dignity for Fetal Remains Act, Banks’ office <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/garbage-disposal-incinerator-abortion-providers-debate-dispose-babies/">cited the pro-life organization Live Action&#8217;s</a> report that abortion providers were recorded admitting that &#8220;many&#8221; of the Detroit, Michigan, area abortion facilities frequently flushed baby body parts into garbage disposals or out into the sewer system.
<a href="https://s27589.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ARS_FetalDisposition_final.pdf">According to the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute</a>, violations of fetal disposition laws have been uncovered in a slew of states, including Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah.
These violations include failures to disinfect containers, sending baby body parts down sanitary sewers, disposing fetal remains in a solid waste landfill, or storing them in refrigerators.
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Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks sent a letter on Monday to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to prosecute abortion rights protesters who demonstrate at the homes of Supreme Court justices.
Banks&#8217; <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/574218605/Garland-SCOTUS-Letter#download&amp;from_embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> was first shared with Fox News after it had been sent to Garland.
&#8220;Your supine response to this unprecedented and ongoing attack on the Supreme Court, and the apparently coordinated threats to churches and to Americans who value life stands, in stark contrast to your aggressive action against parents protesting at school board meetings, and your disproportionately harsh treatment of the January 6 defendants for their alleged crimes of trespassing, obstruction, and parading or picketing,&#8221; Banks wrote.
The congressman also argued that a clear bias exists within the Biden administration regarding protesters.
&#8220;The evidence shows that under your leadership, the Department has one rule for the Biden Administration’s friends, and a different, much harsher rule, for its opponents. While you had a great deal to say about punishing parents for peacefully exercising their rights to protest the indoctrination to and harm of their children, and very publicly deployed the full weight of federal law enforcement against them, in the face of obvious crimes and violence by the Biden Administration’s ideological allies and financial supporters, you are effectively mute,&#8221; Banks wrote.
&#8220;This is a dangerous path,&#8221; he added.
Banks, a solid pro-life supporter in Congress, released a <a href="https://banks.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2029" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> in favor of Roe v. Wade being overturned following the Supreme Court leak earlier this month.
“I am praying that the disastrous Roe decision is overturned. The Supreme Court will finally have given a voice to the voiceless and to Hoosier voters and for the first time in 50 years, regular Americans will have a say in the most important moral and political issue of our time,&#8221; he shared in a statement.
&#8220;I am again calling on Indiana legislatures and Governor Holcomb to convene a special session to pass pro-life legislation if Roe is overturned,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This could be the most important victory for protecting the unborn in American history.”
The recent protests at the homes of conservative justices in Virginia led Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to request assistance from the Fairfax Police Department on Wednesday, calling for local law enforcement to “establish an expanded security perimeter” around the private residences of Supreme Court justices.
Youngkin <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/573691148/Office-of-the-Governor-May-11-2022-Glenn-Youngkin#download">sent a letter</a> to the Fairfax County Board confirming that the request was a response to the continued and credible threat posed by ongoing <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/psaki-says-there-is-no-official-u-s-government-position-on-activists-protesting-outside-scotus-justices-homes/">planned demonstrations</a> outside the homes of sitting justices, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/glenn-youngkin-calls-law-enforcement-to-create-security-perimeter-around-justices-homes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“I am writing to respectfully request that the Fairfax County Police Department establish an expanded security perimeter around the homes of the three current Supreme Court Justices who reside in Fairfax County,” Younkgin’s letter began.
“This request is based on credible and specific information received about upcoming activities planned at or involving the homes of the Justices in Fairfax County. We believe for the safety of the Justices and their families, their neighbors, and the law enforcement heroes dedicated to preserving peace and order in our communities, that an expanded security perimeter should be established,” Youngkin added.

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GOP Congressman Calls On Attorney General To Prosecute Abortion Rights Activists Demonstrating At Homes Of SCOTUS Justices

GOP Congressman Calls On Attorney General Merrick Garland To Prosecute Abortion Rights Activists Demonstrating At Homes Of SCOTUS Justices

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) released a statement Wednesday calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s (D-CA) January 6 Committee &#8220;illegitimate&#8221; and saying that he would not participate in its &#8220;abuse of power.&#8221;
&#8220;This committee is not conducting a legitimate investigation,&#8221; McCarthy said, according to Fox News congressional reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1481447182800769024">Chad Pergram</a>.
&#8220;And now it wants to interview me about public statements that have been shared with the world, and private conversations not remotely related to the violence that unfolded at the Capitol,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1481447184172257284">McCarthy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1481447185107537922">added</a>. &#8220;I have nothing else to add. As a representative and the leader of the minority party, it is with neither regret nor satisfaction that I have concluded to not participate with this select committee’s abuse of power that stains this institution today.&#8221;
In addition to the comments Pergram reported, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-im-kicking-3-democrats-off-their-committees-if-republicans-win-back-house-in-2022/">McCarthy</a> released a full statement on his decision not to cooperate with the committee&#8217;s requests.
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Pelosi’s select committee is illegitimate.
Read my statement here: <a href="https://t.co/UKVYoFmLMo">https://t.co/UKVYoFmLMo</a>
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&#8220;This committee is not conducting a legitimate investigation as Speaker Pelosi took the unprecedented action of rejecting the Republican members I named to serve on the committee. It is not serving any legislative purpose. The committee’s only objective is to attempt to damage its political opponents – acting like the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee one day and the DOJ the next,&#8221; <a href="https://republicanleader.house.gov/leader-mccarthys-statement-about-pelosis-illegitimate-select-committee/">McCarthy wrote</a>, referencing Pelosi&#8217;s unilateral decision to bar his selected representatives — Congressmen <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-rejects-january-6-committees-unprecedented-and-inappropriate-request-for-interview/">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) and Jim Banks (R-IN) — from serving on the committee.
&#8220;The committee has demanded testimony from staffers who applied for First Amendment permits. It has subpoenaed the call records of private citizens and their financial records from banks while demanding secrecy not supported by law. It has lied about the contents of documents it has received. It has held individuals in contempt of Congress for exercising their Constitutional right to avail themselves of judicial proceedings. And now it wants to interview me about public statements that have been shared with the world, and private conversations not remotely related to the violence that unfolded at the Capitol. I have nothing else to add,&#8221; McCarthy continued. &#8220;As a representative and the leader of the minority party, it is with neither regret nor satisfaction that I have concluded to not participate with this select committee’s abuse of power that stains this institution today and will harm it going forward.&#8221;
Jordan also drafted a letter to the January 6 Committee, saying that he had nothing to add.
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Jordan panned the committee&#8217;s claim that he was a &#8220;material witness&#8221; and rebuffed the request for his communications and testimony as &#8220;far outside the bounds of any legitimate inquiry,” that it “violates core Constitutional principles, and would serve to further erode legislative norms.&#8221;
&#8220;Even if I had information to share with the Select Committee, the actions and statements of Democrats in the House of Representatives show that you are not conducting a fair-minded and objective inquiry,&#8221; he added.

Minority Leader McCarthy Speaks To Media In Weekly News Conference

‘I Have Nothing Else To Add’: Kevin McCarthy Won’t Participate In January 6 Committee’s ‘Abuse Of Power’

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Twitter locked the account of Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) after he called Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine, who identifies as transgender, a “man.”
Banks’ Twitter account was locked sometime after he referred to Levine as a “man” in an October 18 tweet.
“Twitter has censored @RepJimBanks for calling HHS&#8217; Rachel Levine a man. He will be locked out of his account until he deletes the tweet, ‘The title of first female four-star officer gets taken by a man,’” Daily Signal reporter Mary Margaret Olohan tweeted on Saturday.
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NEW: Twitter has censored <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJimBanks</a> for calling HHS&#39; Rachel Levine a man. He will be locked out of his account until he deletes the tweet, &quot;The title of first female four-star officer gets taken by a man.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/6wdDqJ36kH">pic.twitter.com/6wdDqJ36kH</a>
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The tweet in question appeared to have been removed from Banks’ account by Sunday afternoon. Another tweet bashing Levine, who was named the “first-ever female four-star admiral’ of the U.S. Public Health Services (USPHS) Commissioned Corps on Tuesday, and the Biden administration is still active.
“Calling someone that was born and lived as a man for 54 years the first ‘female’ four-star officer is an insult to every little girl who dreams of breaking glass ceilings one day,” Banks tweeted on October 19.
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Calling someone that was born and lived as a man for 54 years the first &quot;female&quot; four-star officer is an insult to every little girl who dreams of breaking glass ceilings one day. <a href="https://t.co/bHKmJbE6cA">https://t.co/bHKmJbE6cA</a>
&mdash; Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1450547562751135746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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President Joe Biden’s administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-dubs-transgender-individual-rachel-levine-first-ever-female-four-star-admiral">named</a> Levine, 63, the “first-ever female four-star admiral” of the USPHS Commissioned Corps last week in a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Levine, formerly known as Richard Levine, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pennsylvania-transgender/transgender-physician-breaks-barrier-in-pennsylvania-capital-idUSKBN0OP2HI20150609">completed</a> gender reassignment surgery in 2013.
“The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publicly announced today the nation’s first openly transgender four-star officer across any of the eight uniformed services of the United States,” HHS said in a Tuesday press release. “Admiral Rachel Levine, who serves as the HHS Assistant Secretary for Health and head of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps, was ceremonially sworn in as a four-star admiral.”
“Admiral Levine now serves as the highest ranking official in the USPHS Commissioned Corps and its first-ever female four-star admiral. Admiral Levine will lead 6,000 Public Health Service officers who are dedicated to serving our nation’s most underserved and vulnerable populations,” HHS continued. “Today’s historic announcement builds on the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ History Month and is a major step forward as we work to create a more inclusive society.”
Levine was sworn in as admiral of the USPHS Commissioned Corps on Tuesday.
“This is a momentous occasion,” Levine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-secretary-levine-dubs-self-agencys-first-female-four-star-officer-in-bizarre-video-highlighting-diversity">said</a> in remarks after the swearing in. “And I am honored to take this role, for the impact that I can make and for the historic nature of what it symbolizes.”
“I stand on the shoulders of those LGBTQ+ individuals who came before me, both those known and unknown,” Levine said. “May this appointment today be the first of many more to come, as we create a diverse and more inclusive future.”
“Diversity makes us stronger,” the secretary continued. “Each person has a different perspective and different strengths that they bring to make the whole community stronger. The time is now for our country to continue to move the bar forward for diversity. And I am proud to wear this uniform and answer that call.”

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GOP Lawmaker Locked Out Of Twitter After Calling Transgender Biden Official Rachel Levine ‘A Man’

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