Target announced plans to shut down nine stores across four different U.S. states after ongoing reports of violence, theft, and organized retail crime have threatened the safety of shoppers and employees.
The company said effective October 21, three stores in the San Francisco-Oakland area, three more in Portland, two locations in Seattle, and one store in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City will permanently close.
“We cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests, and contributing to unsustainable business performance,” Target said in a <a href="https://corporate.target.com/press/releases/2023/09/Target-Closes-Select-Stores-to-Prioritize-Team-Mem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>.
Before making the decision, Target officials said the retailer corporation invested “heavily” in efforts to prevent and stop organized retail crime in its stores, including ramping up internal security team members and third-party guard services, but struggled to combat the uptick in retail theft from organized smash-and-grab robberies involving large groups of thieves.
Target’s CEO Brian Cornell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-veers-off-target-reaps-rewards-of-pride-collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last month the company has been battling an “unacceptable amount” of retail theft that has become increasingly violent and dangerous for workers.
Store theft that included “violence or threats of violence” surged 120% during the first five months of the year, Cornell said, adding that Target’s full-year profitability is expected to reduce by more than $500 million compared to the previous year.
Cornell reportedly said the company intended to keep locations open after releasing its rising shrink reported in the fiscal second-quarter earnings in mid-May.
“We do not want to close stores. We know how important our stores are. They create local jobs, they generate taxes, they’re very important for those local shoppers, and they play a critical role in communities across the country,” Cornell said. “We’ll continue to do everything in our power to keep our doors open,” he added. “At the same time, we’ll be closely monitoring the safety of our team and guests as well as the financial impact to our business as we determine the right path forward at Target.”
Organized retail theft has spiked in cities around the country, with videos from some incidents showing hooded figures in dark clothes darting in and out of stores with merchandise, often expensive luxury items.
Critics blame progressive prosecutors, who they say allow criminals to get off without serious consequences — if they face consequences at all.
Earlier this year, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/01/30/2023/grassley-cortez-masto-bill-bolsters-federal-response-to-organized-retail-theft#:~:text=The%20Combating%20Organized%20Retail%20Crime,trends%20in%20organized%20retail%20theft." target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> legislation to target the rise in flash mob robberies sweeping the nation, which they estimated costs retailers $720,000 for every $1 billion in sales — a 50% increase since 2015.
The bill, which Target officials advocated for in its announcement on Tuesday, would create a multi-agency federal task force at the state and local levels to promote inter-agency efforts and cooperation to crack down on theft and organized retail crime.
CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/26/target-says-it-will-close-nine-stores-citing-violence-and-theft-.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&amp;par=sharebar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that over the last two years, at least nine states have passed similar laws to impose harsher penalties for those involved in organized retail crime.
Target’s latest announcement comes after the company revealed a dismal quarterly report showing its sales sank 5.4% for the first time in six years after facing national backlash over its Pride Month collection.
Mairead Elordi contributed to this report.

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Is Dove soaps trying to be the wokest brand of them all?
From pushing radical gender ideology onto kids, to throwing their weight behind an emerging field known as “fat liberation,” Dove — which is owned by the British-company Unilever — is making waves for all the wrong reasons.
For example, on Thursday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dove-partners-with-blm-activist-in-fat-liberation-campaign-activist-wrecked-white-student-with-uncorroborated-accusations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Dove has now teamed up with BLM activist Zyahna Bryant to advance “size freedom.” 
Bryant, some readers might remember, became infamous for effectively ruining a white girl’s life based on something Bryant later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-black-woman-accused-a-white-woman-of-threatening-protesters-thats-not-what-happened-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> she didn’t actually hear and the woman never actually said. 
Nowadays, she’s apparently such a hot commodity that international brands are dying to work with her to support certain causes. As explained by Bryant, she believes, “that we should be centering the voices and experiences of the most marginalized people and communities at all times.” 
If you don’t do that, presumably, then you’re discriminating against people of size like Bryant — which hampers their success, or something. 
And you thought you were just being sold a bar of soap!  
If you don’t want to buy all the woke the Left has to offer, purchase bars of soap from Jeremy’s instead. <a href="https://www.jeremysrazors.com/collections/hair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BUY HERE</a>. 
Jeremy’s wants to sell you woke-free products, but certain corporations want to sell you a crash course into the victimhood mentality that has consumed the Left. 
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That ideology is so pervasive that even buying soap has to be politicized. In fact, if you buy from brands like Dove, your money goes to support woke causes and <a href="https://www.flareproject.org/fellowship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partner with organizations</a> that support different forms of legislation. Dove proudly acknowledges this. 
“So when I think about what fat liberation looks like, to me, it looks like centering the voices and the experiences of those who live and who maneuver through spaces and institutions in a fat body,” Bryant explained in one video, while explaining that makes Dove a perfect partner in that fight. 
 Here’s who we’re dealing with, so readers can get a good sense of the gravity of the situation:
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Zyahna Bryant ruined a white girl’s life over a non-existent remark
Dove just did a brand partnership with her to support “fat liberation” <a href="https://t.co/7mgaOuXQco">pic.twitter.com/7mgaOuXQco</a>
&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1702297504623022384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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What does any of that have to do with personal hygiene? Well, nothing. 
It has everything to do with Dove forcing its values onto you as a consumer.
Indeed, it’s not the first time that Dove has advocated far-Left ideas under the guise of “body positivity.” 
In June 2021, for example, Dove rolled out a new initiative called “<a href="https://assets.unileversolutions.com/v1/45523998.pdf?disposition=inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Proud To Be Me</a>,” a “new body positivity tool for LGBTQ+ youth, brought to you by the <a href="https://www.dove.com/us/en/dove-self-esteem-project/self-esteem-resources-for-youth-groups/proud-to-be-me.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dove Self-Esteem Project</a>.”
“Let’s help the young people in our lives feel confident and proud of who they are,” Dove’s website confidently states.
That “tool” was targeted at kids between the ages of 11 &#8211; 14 and focused on LGBTQ acceptance. It encouraged individuals to host group conversations with children about sex-changes and sexual orientation.
In the FAQ portion of that document, “leaders” of such conversations were provided an answer to the question, “How do I facilitate the discussion around gender dysphoria and body change vs. acceptance?” 
“Leaders should speak to the fact that the way we choose to express ourselves in the world is a personal decision and there are many options for how people choose to do this,” the document said.
What sort of “options”? Oh, you know, just the life-altering ones with long-lasting and often irreversible consequences:
(&#8230;if someone is considering/has questions about body change, highlight that there are many options including choosing clothing that makes you feel good/comfortable, wearing clothing items like binders, etc. Other people may take hormones and others may choose to get some form of surgery.) (Emphasis added.)
Of course, one has to wonder how Dove can advocate “accepting” your whole body, while also letting minors know that castration and foregoing puberty might make them “proud”  — but that matters not to the woke.
What matters most to woke corporations is perpetuating the notion that power in society is built upon the oppressed vs. the oppressor.
So, in this case, it seems the message from Dove is that, if you’re fat, you will never find contentment unless society changes for you. Losing weight is not an option. Everybody else must change.
If you’re a child who thinks you should be in a different body — make it happen. Only those opposed to your well-being would discourage it, Dove seems to want consumers to believe.
Again, this is a soap company we’re talking about — not the Gender Studies Program at Oberlin College. 
Thankfully, you don’t have to give your money to companies like Dove anymore. You can buy from Jeremy’s Razors. Shampoo and conditioner, body wash, and body soap — all of which are free from parabens, sulfates, Made in the USA, and woke-free products. <a href="https://www.jeremysrazors.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BUY HERE</a>. 
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 3: City of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson introduces Billie Eilish during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 3, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

Chicago Mayor Stays Focused On Policing Speech, Not The Streets

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A private school in Ohio has been accused of alerting the FBI and local police on two mothers — whose kids were expelled from the academy — after they exposed Critical Race Theory curriculum teachings and financial mismanagement, according to a complaint.
Amy Gonzalez and Andrea Gross filed a <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6494e7535f942320f6ee239c/t/64950f9e1803603266cdc6a3/1687490467717/CA+Complaint+%7C+FILED.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> against Columbus Academy — just outside Columbus, Ohio — and the school&#8217;s headmaster Melissa Soderberg on June 12 for alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy, and violation of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act.
&#8220;This lawsuit is a result of two years of concerted work to protect our children against the conspiracy concocted by CA and some of their members,&#8221; Gonzalez said in a <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pro-ca-coalition-founders-amy-gonzalez-and-andrea-gross-file-lawsuit-against-columbus-academy-headmaster-melissa-soderberg-301858204.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>. &#8220;Expelling our innocent children is retaliatory in nature and in effort to indirectly squelch our efforts in uncovering these financial wrongdoings.&#8221;
According to the complaint, the exclusive academy expelled Gonzalez and Gross&#8217;s children — both in 6th grade at the time — without prior warning or discussion in 2021 and further launched a bullying campaign against the families by reporting them as &#8220;potential threats&#8221; and portraying them as &#8220;violent and racists&#8221; to local and federal authorities.
The academy, which teaches students grades K-12, is a private school that was founded 112 years ago and is one of the state&#8217;s most prestigious learning institutions.
During the pandemic, the mothers noticed irregularities in how the school allegedly handled its finances, including allegedly segregating money available to certain minority groups while certain establishment members wrongfully benefitted from their association with the school.
The complaint also alleges some students were intimidated and bullied based on their political beliefs, citing one teacher from the academy who allegedly told his students he would not communicate with anyone who supported former President Donald Trump.
&#8220;Politically charged issues were regularly taught and discussed in the classroom without opposing viewpoints presented,&#8221; the complaint said.
The mothers <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/ohio-moms-react-vicious-school-reported-them-fbi-exposing-left-wing-crt-curriculum-complaint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News their requests for transparency over the school&#8217;s curriculum and fiduciary compliance were met with an &#8220;overreaction&#8221; from the academy.
&#8220;And so when I say an overreaction, I mean an overreaction of calling the police on us, alerting almost 900 faculty members that they had alerted the FBI that we were dangerous,&#8221; Gross said. &#8220;Just things that were so far beyond the pale that it would lead one to ask why? Why is the reaction so extreme?&#8221;
Gonzalez told the outlet the school&#8217;s response was &#8220;predatory alienation.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe that whenever they weaponize a federal agency in order to intimidate us and to promulgate fear in the faculty, they never told the entire community as far as parents that they had alerted the FBI,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But they told the teachers that. So, you know, teachers walked out of that meeting, like, are we supposed to be afraid or what exactly does this mean?&#8221;
Gross added the academy&#8217;s campaign against her family caused the community to turn against them and forced her daughter to enroll in another school outside the state.
&#8220;Upon information and belief, the Academy&#8217;s vicious treatment of the Parent Plaintiffs, and by relation, their children, including improperly invoking governmental investigative agencies, disseminating false information, and engaging in a coordinated effort to destroy their reputations in the community, was retaliation to prevent any further inquiry financial wrongdoing of the Academy,&#8221; the complaint said.
The complaint stated, &#8220;the Academy&#8217;s head of Security … filed a false police report against the Parent Plaintiffs with the Gahanna Police Department.&#8221;
&#8220;During the meeting when faculty was told the FBI had been alerted, the environment was such that one of the Academy&#8217;s faculty members raised his/her hand and asked if the Child Plaintiffs should be treated differently. Another member of faculty stated, &#8216;it sounds like we have a mole,'&#8221; the complaint said.
&#8220;The actions of the Academy and those of its affiliates, as directed by the Academy, had an extreme impact on the wellbeing of Plaintiffs. The Academy falsely accused the Parent Plaintiffs of being dangerous to the health and wellbeing of the entire Academy community and destroyed their reputations with many of the people they had spent years working and learning with,&#8221; the complaint continued.
Columbus Academy categorically denied all allegations in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying, &#8220;These allegations are entirely without any legal merit or factual basis whatsoever.&#8221;
An earlier statement sent to the outlet said: &#8220;[A]ny parent who waged a public campaign of false and misleading statements and inflammatory attacks harmful to the employees, the reputation, or the financial stability of Columbus Academy would be in clear violation of the Enrollment Agreement and would be denied re-enrollment for the following school year.&#8221;

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Whatever <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/juneteenth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juneteenth</a> once stood for as a state holiday is dead and gone. Today, leftists use the new federal holiday as merely the latest tool to advance &#8220;equity&#8221; — aka race-based discrimination — and further entrench Critical Race Theory into American society.
That Democrats are using something positive and noncontroversial — the celebration of emancipation and an end to slavery — to push its anti-American agenda is unsurprising. The Left always takes that which is proper and twists it for their own end. What is alarming is how many Republicans are oblivious to this tactic.
To start, consider that leftist success depends upon invoking fear, preying upon the goodwill of Americans, and conning gullible rubes in the GOP. To see a textbook example of that strategy, look no further than how &#8220;<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2021/06/17/bill-signed-s-475/#:~:text=On%20Thursday%2C%20June%2017%2C%202021,as%20a%20legal%20public%20holiday." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juneteenth National Independence Day</a>&#8221; came to be.
For background, on June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced slavery had ended via the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier. Since then, varying communities have celebrated &#8220;Juneteenth&#8221; most predominantly in Texas. Its regional significance and place in black culture should not be understated — even if not recognized by the majority of Americans.
In 2020, after George Floyd&#8217;s death, activists began pushing for its national holiday status. President Donald Trump, reportedly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-juneteenth-idUSKCN26G326" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advised</a> that supporting such a holiday would curry favor with the black vote in the 2020 election, voiced support for Juneteenth.
&#8220;This Juneteenth, we commit, as one Nation, to live true to our highest ideals and to build always toward a freer, stronger country that values the dignity and boundless potential of all Americans,&#8221; he <a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-message-juneteenth-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> on June 19, 2020.
Democrats accused him of racism despite his calls for unity. They then took the Juneteenth craze and ran with it.
A year later, President Joe Biden signed into law near-unanimous legislation making Juneteenth the 11th federal holiday. Biden used the occasion not to unite all Americans, but to foster division.
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Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/06/17/remarks-by-president-biden-at-signing-of-the-juneteenth-national-independence-day-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the nation that Juneteenth in part represents &#8220;the ongoing work to have to bring true equity and racial justice into American society.&#8221;
&#8220;In short, this day doesn’t just celebrate the past; it calls for action today,&#8221; he added.
Biden isn&#8217;t speaking of performative gestures. It is a whole-of-government approach. Since practically Day One of Biden&#8217;s term, his administration has been intent on unleashing a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-unleashes-total-transformation-of-government-with-equity-action-plans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">total transformation of government</a>&#8221; that turns the administrative state into a vehicle for race-based discrimination and redistribution of wealth.
What that really means is an abandonment of equality.
&#8220;The entire program is set to lower standards, dilute meritocracy, and have the first large-scale government-supported laws that discriminate against people based on their race since before Eisenhower was President,&#8221; 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky said of the Biden administration&#8217;s plan.
Democrats are quite honest and open about that. Folks like Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) are unafraid to say what Juneteenth is really all about now.
&#8220;It’s Juneteenth AND reparations. It’s Juneteenth AND end police violence + the War on Drugs. It’s Juneteenth AND end housing + education apartheid. It’s Juneteenth AND teach the truth about white supremacy in our country,&#8221; she tweeted. &#8220;Black liberation must be prioritized.&#8221;
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It’s Juneteenth AND reparations.
It’s Juneteenth AND end police violence + the War on Drugs.
It’s Juneteenth AND end housing + education apartheid.
It’s Juneteenth AND teach the truth about white supremacy in our country.
Black liberation must be prioritized.
&mdash; Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1670797693407354882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, agency heads in the Biden administration rushed to declare how their department is accomplishing Justice40 — the <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/commitment-climate-justice-celebrating-juneteenth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden plan</a> that &#8220;directs 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments to flow to underserved and overburdened communities.&#8221; That should be taken to mean mostly non-white areas.
The Energy Department said that &#8220;Juneteenth serves as a celebration and a reminder of why advancing climate justice is an integral part of our work at the Department of Energy today and every day.&#8221;
&#8220;Climate justice&#8221; looks a lot like &#8220;racial justice,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-climate-endgame-a-50-trillion-bridge-to-racial-equity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously observed</a>.
And Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona stated Monday, &#8220;We cannot celebrate #Juneteenth without committing to fight for equity &amp; opportunity for all.&#8221;
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We cannot celebrate <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Juneteenth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Juneteenth</a> without committing to fight for equity &amp; opportunity for all. 
Progress for America must ensure that Black and Brown children receive an excellent education and the resources they need to thrive. <a href="https://t.co/F1o9ckNld8">pic.twitter.com/F1o9ckNld8</a>
&mdash; Secretary Miguel Cardona (@SecCardona) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecCardona/status/1670778491103584265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Equity&#8221; in education is often <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dei-is-dead-glenn-youngkins-diversity-officer-nukes-woke-diktats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">code</a> for lowering standards and diluting the overall quality of education.
Excellence and potential success of federally-funded projects alone no longer determine where your tax dollars go — what really matters is whether it can put more money in the hands of minorities. Everything the Biden administration does domestically is animated by that mission — especially marking Juneteenth.
In 2021, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) warned that Juneteenth would be used by the Left to push for these sorts of plans. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) derided him as &#8220;kooky.&#8221;
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Kooky <a href="https://t.co/O3gPnJCyiR">https://t.co/O3gPnJCyiR</a>
&mdash; Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1405290573737578496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Cornyn is a potential replacement for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), it should be noted. The only thing that is &#8220;kooky&#8221; is that the Republicans have not learned the way the Left operates yet. Rather than offering any pushback, Republican leaders like Ronna McDaniel still think that this day is really about American Exceptionalism.
&#8220;Juneteenth reminds us all how valuable freedom is and what we can achieve when we appeal to our nation’s highest ideals and come together as Americans,&#8221; she said in a statement.
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&quot;Juneteenth reminds us all how valuable freedom is and what we can achieve when we appeal to our nation’s highest ideals and come together as Americans.”
&#8211;<a href="https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOPChairwoman</a> <a href="https://t.co/OUZDRZtXao">pic.twitter.com/OUZDRZtXao</a>
&mdash; GOP (@GOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1670769922597695488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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So, while Republicans use Juneteenth to offer vague platitudes, Democrats are using it to browbeat their opponents into supporting their agenda and score wins for their voters.
Democrats never do something out of the kindness of their own hearts. The Left has no desire to honor our nation&#8217;s heritage simply to celebrate American greatness. Democrats only advance certain holidays, policies, or rhetoric if it gives them a chance at maintaining and expanding power. They know that the GOP is either unwilling or too scared to call them out for it.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 17: People march during a Juneteenth reparations rally on Broad Street on June 17, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. The New Jersey Institute of Social Justice (NJISJ), elected officials, and activists marched and held a rally at City Hall celebrating the second year Juneteenth was recognized as a federal and state holiday in New Jersey. Legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday was introduced by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) in 2020.

Don’t Fall For It, Republicans: Juneteenth Is Now Just Another Tool To Advance Equity (AKA Race-Based Discrimination)

Don't Fall For It, Republicans: Juneteenth Is Now Just Another Tool To Advance Equity (AKA Race-Based Discrimination)

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Ryan Webb, a local Indiana GOP councilman isn&#8217;t the hero America deserves, but he just might be the one we need to expose the utter lunacy of the Left. Recently, Webb announced to his constituents in Delaware County, Indiana, that he now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-identity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identifies</a> as a &#8220;woman of color&#8221; — making him the first lesbian councilwoman ever elected to the council.
It appears to all be a gigantic gag — much to the chagrin of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=progressivism+dailywire&amp;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&amp;oq=progressivism+dailywire&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.3441j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">progressives</a> everywhere.
&#8220;After much consideration I have decided to come out and finally feel comfortable announcing my true authentic self,&#8221; Webb <a href="https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/04/20/ryan-webb-muncie-county-council-member-now-identifies-as-woman-of-color/70134376007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> to his Facebook page. &#8220;It is with great relief that I announce to everyone that I identify as a woman and not just any woman but as a woman of color as well. I guess this would make me gay/lesbian as well, since I am attracted to women.&#8221;
Webb, the Muncie, Indiana native, noted that he would retain using he/him pronouns, and might wind up changing his mind someday.
&#8220;To avoid confusion, everyone can continue to address me as Ryan or as Councilman Webb,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I will also retain my preferred pronouns of He/Him, however, this will in no way diminish my true identity as a woman of color. I’m excited to be a vocal partner of the LGBTQIAPC+++ movement. Who knows just how far we can take things, but I’m just glad that this is now possible so ANYONE can be ANYTHING or ANYONE they want. God bless America!&#8221;
Here&#8217;s a local news report, which is hilarious in and of itself.
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Ryan Webb, a white councilman in Indiana, now identifies as a woman of color
The best part? The media being forced to take him seriously: <a href="https://t.co/pM5PZsy2OH">pic.twitter.com/pM5PZsy2OH</a>
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Progressives say that Webb is making a mockery of them and are demanding that he resign.
&#8220;If he were serious, I&#8217;d sing his praises,&#8221; said Charlize Jamieson, a transgender female <a href="https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/04/25/ryan-webb-gender-claim-creates-outcry-at-muncie-county-council-meeting/70150253007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the council recently. &#8220;But instead, I know better. We all do. I know better because of his history of making hateful anti-trans statements on social media and disrespecting one&#8217;s pronouns. He has, purposely, and intentionally, misgendered me, ridiculing my own gender identity. That is not something transgender people do to one another.&#8221;
The thing is, under Leftist rules, you are not allowed to question the sincerity — or sanity — of somebody who claims that they are a member of the opposite sex. Now, best-selling LGBTQ children&#8217;s author Matt Walsh is on the case to make sure that Webb is respected.
&#8220;Apparently Ms. Webb&#8217;s self-identity is not being respected in Delaware County,&#8221; Walsh tweeted. &#8220;A number of people at the last council meeting even called for her to resign. I&#8217;m wondering if I might need to show up to the next meeting to show my support. Can&#8217;t tolerate this bigotry in the year 2023.&#8221;
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Apparently Ms. Webb&#39;s self-identity is not being respected in Delaware County. A number of people at the last council meeting even called for her to resign. I&#39;m wondering if I might need to show up to the next meeting to show my support. Can&#39;t tolerate this bigotry in the year…
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1652709100835274753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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At a recent council meeting, Webb continued to put the radical gender ideology on blast, in a deadpan fashion.
&#8220;To clarify, I never claimed to be trans anything,&#8221; he said at the meeting. &#8220;I simply expressed my own gender identity &#8230; I&#8217;m being dead serious. This isn&#8217;t a joke. I said what I said. I don&#8217;t know what to tell you. You don&#8217;t get to question me. You do not get to require proof from me. You were part of the movement that helped establish these rules and set the bar, OK? You don&#8217;t get to come later when someone else joins the club that you don&#8217;t want in &#8230; You don&#8217;t get to question how I identify.&#8221;
If you can wake up one day and change your gender, as Dylan Mulvaney did, then you can change your race, too.  All Webb is doing is holding the Left to the standards that they set. Rules are rules, after all.
Godspeed, Mr. (or is it Mrs.?)Webb. Congratulations on making history as the first woman of color and lesbian on the Delaware County Council.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Local Hoosier Rep. Changes His Identity To ‘Woman Of Color,’ Liberal Outrage Ensues

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National Public Radio (NPR) employees accused the network&#8217;s CEO of racism during a virtual all-staff presentation last week detailing financial metrics and diversity level updates following the organization slashing approximately 10% of its workforce. 
NPR officials laid off 84 employees last week and halted production on four seasonal podcasts, including Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot, and Rough Translation. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-03-30/tensions-flare-inside-npr-after-staff-layoffs-and-town-halls">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported network officials would cut another 13 employees from the digital team.
Following the exodus from ex-staffers, Lansing and other executives reportedly tuned into a Zoom meeting to address the news department and the programming team, taking questions from employees that included how many employees of different races and identities were laid off compared to those who retained their job. 
&#8220;We&#8217;re here today to take your questions and see if we can move together through this,&#8221; Lansing said, according to a recording of the meeting that Bloomberg obtained, adding that the network would have run out of money in approximately three years if the company kept its entire staff. 
At one point during the meeting, The Wall Street Journal reported a laid-off black employee grilled Lansing about why some podcasts lacked marketing support, called out by name the executives for repeating statements they made in the past concerning more accountability, and questioned how the network would make diversity essential.
Lansing pointed to the network&#8217;s mission statement and told the group to &#8220;turn down the rhetoric&#8221; and refrain from naming the executives.
&#8220;I would never, ever, on your worst day, call you out by name in a meeting with 827 people,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Let&#8217;s please keep in mind nobody is happy about this. Nobody is more unhappy about it than those affected, but certainly, everybody in the company, beginning with me, this is the last thing we wanted to do.&#8221;
Despite Lansing&#8217;s remarks about making such decisions, a group of employees reportedly accused him of &#8220;tone-policing,&#8221; causing them to feel offended and uncomfortable with the conversation, which he said should have been more civil.
Employees began calling Lansing&#8217;s response &#8220;racist&#8221; during the Zoom meeting. 
One employee referenced a segment from NPR&#8217;s Code Switch titled &#8220;When Civility Is Used As A Cudgel Against People Of Color.&#8221; 
&#8220;Civility is a weapon wielded by the powerful,&#8221; one person wrote, according to screenshots of the chat viewed by Bloomberg.
&#8220;This meeting has made me more afraid for the future of public media than any conversation I have had in a very long time,&#8221; wrote another.
In an email, NPR Chief Communications Officer Isabel Lara told Bloomberg that the organization creates &#8220;forums for internal staff conversations and respects the hard questions that come from our staff.&#8221; 
&#8220;We value the feedback we receive and acknowledge that this is an incredibly difficult time for everyone in our organization,&#8221; Lara said. &#8220;Our staff has the right and duty to hold NPR leadership accountable,&#8221; adding the organization has committed to creating and maintaining an environment where &#8220;we treat our colleagues with the utmost compassion, respect and dignity, and we will continue to provide opportunities for everyone in the organization to provide feedback on this process and support continuing dialogue.&#8221;
In a February <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/npr-sees-sharp-decline-in-ad-revenue-announces-10-of-staff-face-layoffs">memo</a> distributed to NPR staff, CEO John Lansing broke the news that the network would have to cut most vacant positions and lay off around 10% of its current staff — approximately 100 employees — amid a &#8220;sharp decline&#8221; in advertisement revenues. 
Lansing broke the news nearly three months after pledging the nonprofit media organization would attempt to avoid layoffs as the network said it would lose approximately $10 million from the current fiscal year budget.
&#8220;Our financial outlook has darkened considerably over recent weeks,&#8221; Lansing wrote in the memo published by The Hollywood Reporter. &#8220;At a time when we are doing some of our most ambitious and essential work, the global economy remains uncertain. As a result, the ad industry has weakened and we are grappling with a sharp decline in our revenues from corporate sponsors.&#8221;
According to the outlet, the company employs over 700 individuals, with about 490 people filling the newsroom and 230 staff members in the programming division. Lansing told NPR staffers that officials had created a plan to address a $20 million sponsorship revenue fall-off for the current fiscal year, but new projections show at least a $30 million shortfall.

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Students at a woman-only private liberal arts college in Massachusetts supported a non-binding referendum on Tuesday that would allow women who identify as men and &#8220;non-binary&#8221; individuals to apply to the institution.
Student body officials at Wellesley College, which includes alumnae Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright, voted unanimously last month to advance the Gender Inclusivity Ballot, which would allow students to &#8220;express their views&#8221; on the 150-year-old institution&#8217;s admissions policy while making its language more inclusive to such students. However, school officials said the student vote wouldn’t have any impact on the school’s policies or practices.
The college already accepts transgender-identifying students who were born male, but the controversial referendum expands the application process for women who identify as men.
&#8220;We&#8217;re just asking the administration to put on paper what&#8217;s already true of the student body,&#8221; Alexandra Brooks, the student body president, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/wellesley-college-trans-nonbinary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. &#8220;Trans men go to Wellesley, nonbinary people go to Wellesley, and they kind of always have.&#8221;
Elizabeth Um, a senior and president of the campus&#8217; pro-life group, Wellesley For Life, told the Times that she enrolled at the liberal arts college due to its close proximity to home and its identity as a women&#8217;s college.
&#8220;If you don&#8217;t think you can fit in here, then you have your pick of thousands of other coed colleges in the country or the world,&#8221; Um said. &#8220;We&#8217;re a women&#8217;s college. That&#8217;s the core identity of the school, and we can&#8217;t start watering that down.&#8221;
Um did not disclose to the outlet whether she opposed the referendum, noting that it would pass and speaking out against the ballot on campus would be &#8220;social suicide.&#8221;
Wellesley already admits &#8220;cis, trans, and nonbinary students—all who consistently identify as women,&#8221; the college&#8217;s president, Paula Johnson, wrote in a <a href="https://blogs.wellesley.edu/announcements/2023/03/06/affirming-our-mission-and-embracing-our-community/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> last week on the college website.
Johnson opposed the referendum and warned students that the results would not impact its admissions policy.
&#8220;We are not a &#8216;historically women&#8217;s college,&#8217; a term that only applies to women&#8217;s colleges that have made the decision to enroll men,&#8221; Johnson wrote. &#8220;We have chosen a different path, one that aligns with peer institutions, including Barnard, Smith, and Bryn Mawr colleges.&#8221;
&#8220;In accordance with our admission policy, Wellesley admits applicants who identify and live consistently as women, regardless of the gender they were assigned at birth,&#8221; she added.
Roughly 2,500 students attend Wellesley college, which is located in the suburbs of Boston. It is not known how many of those students claim to be the opposite sex or &#8220;non-binary.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s important that all members of this community feel seen. Some transgender male and nonbinary students whose identities have evolved during their time here say they feel excluded by the College&#8217;s use of the words ‘women’ and ‘alumnae’ — and feel that their individual identities are not embraced,&#8221; Johnson wrote. &#8220;At the same time, many students who are committed to Wellesley&#8217;s mission as a women&#8217;s college and who identify as women have been publicly criticized for their view and have felt pressured to describe Wellesley as a historically women&#8217;s college.&#8221;
The Wellesley News editorial board disapproved of Johnson&#8217;s letter, calling it &#8220;the College&#8217;s transphobic rhetoric.&#8221;
&#8220;Transgender and nonbinary students have always belonged and will continue to belong at Wellesley, a historically women&#8217;s college,&#8221; they wrote in the <a href="https://thewellesleynews.com/2023/03/08/the-wellesley-news-editorial-boards-statement-on-president-paula-johnsons-recent-rmail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">editorial</a>.

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“Harry Potter” creator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a> will be telling her side of the story as part of a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/podcast">podcast</a> called “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling.”
The 57-year-old British author has become an extremely controversial figure in mainstream media and with some fans and critics over recent years. Though Rowling considers herself a liberal feminist, she disagrees with radical left-wing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender">gender theory</a>, which in turn made her an enemy of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">transgender activists</a>. Now, the best-selling author will explain the story from her perspective.
A sneak preview of the podcast was just released. “What has interested me in recent years, particularly on social media [is when fans say], ‘You’ve ruined your legacy. Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this,’” Rowling says during the trailer. “And I think: ‘You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.’”
“I never set out to upset anyone,” she says. “However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal.”
“The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling” will premiere February 21. It’s hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper, who was raised in a family that attended the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. Phelps-Roper has since denounced the church and <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/the-witch-trials-of-jk-rowling">explained</a> that Rowling had agreed to speak to her after reading her memoir, &#8220;Unfollow.&#8221;
The podcast description <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DZOjpO1EPfwcrB6Ol2nhU?si=ddd433a87df44969&amp;nd=1">page</a> calls the project “an audio documentary that examines some of the most contentious conflicts of our time through the life and career of the world’s most successful author,” featuring Rowling speaking with “unprecedented candor and depth about the controversies surrounding her—from book bans to debates on gender and sex.” 
The controversy exploded in 2020 when Rowling mocked an article headline which referred to women as “people who menstruate.”
“‘People who menstruate,’” Rowling <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1269382518362509313">responded</a> on Twitter. “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction,” she went on. “If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.”
Though Rowling received an intense backlash for the statement, she never backed down beyond saying she doesn’t hate anyone.
“I have no irrational fear of or hatred towards trans people in the slightest – as, God knows, I’ve said so many times,” the “Harry Potter” author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/j-k-rowling-on-why-she-chose-to-stand-up-to-trans-activists-a-phenomenally-privileged-position">said</a> during an interview in December 2022. “But if you’re going to say it’s ‘hate’ not to believe in a gendered soul, then we cannot have a discussion. We can’t. There’s nowhere to go. The tactic has been no debate, but it is changing.”

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J.K. Rowling Discusses Her Portrayal As Anti-Trans Villain In New Podcast, Says She’s ‘Profoundly Misunderstood’

J.K. Rowling Discusses Her Portrayal As Anti-Trans Villain In New Podcast, Says She's 'Profoundly Misunderstood'

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Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell criticized North Miami, Florida, restaurant owners Sunday after the food establishment asked the conservative commentator to leave the eatery due to his political views.
Paradis Books and Bread owners kicked Caldwell out of the restaurant Saturday morning, claiming the &#8220;behavior&#8221; and &#8220;words&#8221; of the group he dined with made the employees and other patrons in the space &#8220;very uncomfortable.&#8221;
Caldwell <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/gianno-caldwell-blasts-restaurant-kicking-him-political-views-target-back">explained</a> the situation to &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends Weekend&#8221; host Rachel Campos-Duffy, noting that the group had discussed several topics, including working at the legacy media outlet, values, violent crime, and progressive district attorneys.
Restaurant owners then approached Caldwell and his companions, saying they were &#8220;not welcomed there because we aren&#8217;t politically aligned.&#8221;
&#8220;This situation reminds me of something that MLK said in 1963, a very simple truth,&#8221; he said, &#8220;Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere — and what I experienced yesterday, me and some of my neighbors, who I&#8217;m just getting to know, was an injustice.&#8221;
&#8220;It was a grave injustice,&#8221; he added.
Caldwell further compared the situation to the Jim Crow South era — a group of laws that legalized racial segregation.
&#8220;If this was not the Jim Crow South, I can&#8217;t tell much of a difference,&#8221; he said, &#8220;There&#8217;s a target on the backs of people who happen to be Black — who happen to be conservative — and it needs to come to an end.&#8221;
After the interaction, Caldwell called Paradis&#8217; handling of the situation &#8220;outrageous&#8221; on social media, garnering approximately two million views.
&#8220;They said, &#8216;Are you a conservative?&#8217; I said, &#8216;yes,'&#8221; Caldwell said. &#8220;In fact, I have a book called &#8216;Taken for Granted: How Conservatism Can Win Back the Americans That Liberalism Failed.&#8217; You should get the book.'&#8221;
Caldwell told the owner about his brother, who was shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois, last summer.
Recently, Caldwell spoke with congress members on Capitol Hill about seeking justice for his brother and other violent crime in America, which he claims to have further explained to the restaurant owners.
Paradis responded on Instagram, saying that Caldwell&#8217;s group had been &#8220;talking about women in degrading ways, as well as using eugenic arguments around their thoughts on Roe v. Wade.&#8221;
&#8220;Once it was clear that they were finished with their meal, we told them that our views don&#8217;t align, and that the language they were using was unwelcome in our space,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;One person in the group said, &#8216;That is your business model, and I respect that.'&#8221;
&#8220;As a space co-owned by black folks and women, we firmly stand by our zero tolerance policy,&#8221; the statement added.
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Miami-Based Restaurant Asks Fox News Analyst To Leave Over Conservative Political Views, Interaction Resembles ‘Jim Crow South:’ Commentator Says

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Five non-profit groups published a <a href="https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Climate-Fact-Check-2022_v793.pdf">report</a> Wednesday debunking mainstream media claims about the disastrous impacts of the so-called climate change crisis this year, which also included receiving millions of dollars to fund climate coverage.
The &#8220;Climate Fact Check 2022&#8221; report created by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the Heartland Institute, Energy &amp; Environment Legal Institute, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), and the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) highlighted ten fact checks of climate disaster claims made by several media outlets like The Associated Press, which took $8 million in donations from left-wing philanthropy groups to cover climate change.
&#8220;Climate alarmists and their media allies once again made a slew of claims about natural disasters being caused by manmade emissions in 2022,&#8221; the report reads. &#8220;And once again, these claims clashed with reality and science.&#8221;
According to the report, The Associated Press received donations from large foundations pushing climate alarmism for decades. Such groups included the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Quadrivium, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation.
One example the report included came from an article written by AP reporter Seth Borenstein, called &#8220;New abnormal: Climate disaster damage &#8216;down&#8217; to $268 billion,&#8221; which said some worldwide natural disasters like the Pakistan floods, Hurricane Ian, and droughts stretching from Europe to China were &#8220;turbocharged by human-caused climate change.&#8221;
According to the Climate Fact Check report, the Pakistan floods and the 2022 monsoon season were within the range of natural variability and the wettest since 1961.
&#8220;If emissions are to blame, why was it so rainy then?&#8221; the report reads. &#8220;Also, average peak monsoonal rainfall actually has declined somewhat since the 1950s,&#8221; adding that ongoing deforestation has also worsened seasonal monsoon flooding.
Mainstream media outlets blamed Hurricane Ian, the category four disaster that was the deadliest hurricane to strike Florida since 1935, on climate change for the storm&#8217;s rapid intensification. Still, the report references the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which points out that the Atlantic basin hurricane activity is within natural variability after a historically quiet first few months of hurricane season.
BBC News reported that Europe experienced its most severe drought in 500 years. However, the report asks if emissions produced by coal-fired power plants, SUVs, and cheeseburgers caused the lack of rainfall, then what happened in the European mega-drought in 1540?
&#8220;Is this money funding actual journalism or just rank political activism?&#8221; the report asks.
The Associated Press admitted in a report published earlier this year that the news organization received $8 million over three years from various groups, leading to the media group employing more than 24 journalists across the globe to cover &#8220;climate issues.&#8221;
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/liberal-media-dubious-claims-climate-change-year-end-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> AP News Vice President Brian Carovillano claimed to only accept money &#8220;without strings attached,&#8221; adding the news media does not cover stories influenced by donors.
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&#8220;Instead of moving on to something else, they&#8217;re doubling down on this, and they&#8217;re making themselves look worse at the same time,&#8221; he added.
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A new national poll suggests that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hispanics">Hispanics</a> in the U.S. favor Christopher Columbus more than President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Conducted by WPA Intelligence, a conservative polling firm that collaborated with Visto Media on behalf of Latino advocacy group Bienvenido, the national poll surveyed 1,086 respondents about which high-profile personalities Hispanic communities approved or disapproved of in an era where liberal politicians and activists propagate ongoing efforts to cancel the 15th-century Italian navigator who set out on a historic voyage in 1492.
&#8220;When you juxtapose Christopher Columbus&#8217; popularity among Hispanics with the misguided efforts to &#8216;cancel&#8217; him by progressive activists and politicians, it shows how out of touch the far left is with our community,&#8221; Abraham Enriquez, Bienvenido president, said.
Progressives have been pushing for the cancellation of Christopher Columbus in recent decades, deeming his journey to sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on behalf of Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II to explore Western civilization as an act of genocide of the Indigenous people.
&#8220;The reality is that most Hispanics, especially those who are immigrants, view Columbus quite favorably,&#8221; Enriquez added.
While educational institutes, liberal politicians, and anti-American extremists push the narrative that the Italian explorer embarked on an expedition to merely rape, pillage, and enslave the West, Hispanic communities refuse to buy the message.
According to the poll the partnering groups ran earlier this month, 53% of Hispanics view Columbus favorably, while 24% view him unfavorably, yielding a net favorability of 29 points. Meanwhile, 49% percent of Hispanics have a positive opinion of Biden, while 42% have a negative view of him, resulting in a net favorability of seven points.
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🚨NEW POLL🚨
We partnered with <a href="https://twitter.com/WPAIntel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WPAIntel</a> to conduct a national poll of Hispanics and asked them their views of Christopher Columbus and others.
Hispanics like Columbus much more than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Fav/Unfav Columbus: 53/24, +29 Biden: 49/42, +7 Harris: 45/41, +4 <a href="https://t.co/Nexkl8v6vg">pic.twitter.com/Nexkl8v6vg</a>
&mdash; Bienvenido (@bienvenido_us) <a href="https://twitter.com/bienvenido_us/status/1579528470136508419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On the other hand, Harris was viewed by Hispanics as the least popular between Biden and Columbus, with a net favorability rating of four points, as 45% of Hispanics say they have a favorable view of her and 41% view her unfavorably.
The poll also suggested that Hispanics&#8217; views on Columbus varied by age and whether they were born on U.S. soil or in another country. The survey says the older generations born outside the nation are more likely to view the explorer favorably than those born in the United States.
Among 18-39 years-old Latinos, 45% have a favorable view of Columbus, while 30% view him unfavorably. Among 40-59 year-olds, 54% have a favorable opinion of him and 29% unfavorable. However, among Hispanics 60 and older, 71% view him favorably and just 17% unfavorably, the poll indicates.
&#8220;It is not surprising that the same people who think Hispanics like being called &#8216;Latinx&#8217; have also assumed Hispanics are offended by Christopher Columbus — and got it completely wrong, again,&#8221; Conor Maguire, Principal and Managing Director of WPA Intelligence, said. &#8220;In the future, maybe progressives should just ask Hispanics how they feel about issues?&#8221;

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