Military leaders’ embrace of woke diversity and transgender policies and ideology is corroding the effectiveness of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-military">U.S. military</a>, according to a new report by GOP lawmakers.
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, both Republicans, put out a report on the impact of DEI and LGBT initiatives on the U.S. military on Monday. The 18-page <a href="https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/ee1d7a86-6d0c-4f08-bd15-24e5b28e54b7/3756824FA9C21B819BB97AAB16221530.woke-warfighters-report-3.pdf">report</a> takes shots at some of the top leaders in the U.S. military, such as Gen. Mark Milley, and says that poor leadership is distorting the military’s purpose.
“The United States military is the greatest fighting force in the world. It is also one of the most humble and sacrificial the world has ever known,” the report begins. “Unfortunately, President Joe Biden and his administration are weakening America’s warfighters through a sustained assault fueled by woke virtue signaling.”
“Our military’s singular purpose is to ‘provide for the common defense’ of our nation. It cannot be turned into a left-wing social experiment. It cannot be used as a cudgel against America itself. And it cannot be paralyzed by fear of offending the sensibilities of Ivy League faculty lounges or progressive pundits,” the report’s summary says.
The Department of Defense (DOD) stood by its policies in answer to the report.
“Diversity, inclusion, and equality at its core is about leveraging the strengths of all our people, advancing opportunity, addressing potential barriers or discrepancies, and – fundamentally – ensuring people are treated with dignity and respect. We always talk about weapons systems, yet every one of us will agree that our greatest weapons system are our people.  So that’s why our policies to better leverage our people and increase unit cohesion are important here,” a spokesman with the DOD told The Daily Wire in a statement.
The report singles out several top military officials for criticism: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Milley, who is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The report also notes the partisan pasts of two top Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) staffers: Bishop Garrison, senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense on Human Capital and DEI issues, and Kelisa Wing, the DEI head of the Department of Defense Education Activity.
Weeks into President Joe Biden’s term, Austin issued a one-day stand-down order to all service members and civilian employees. The purpose of the stand-down order was to “discuss extremism in the ranks with their personnel.” A follow-up report by the Senate Armed Services committee assessed that, because of the dearth of extremism among U.S. service members, further investment on countering extremism in the military would be an “inappropriate use of taxpayer funds.”
Milley <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/highest-ranking-u-s-military-official-defends-teaching-crt">supports</a> “teaching [Critical Race Theory] at U.S. Service Academies” and testified in front of Congress that he is interested in understanding “white rage,” according to the report.
“The Biden Administration is choosing to focus on and fund the study of racial extremism even when … it is a virtual non-issue in the military,” the report says.
DEI has become a top priority for the Biden administration across departments, not just in the Pentagon. The Department of Homeland Security has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/white-supremacy-dhs-draft-assessment/index.html">identified</a> white supremacy as one of the preeminent threats to the United States. In September, the Department of Energy <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-releases-first-ever-plan-advance-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility">released</a> its first-ever “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan to underscore the Department’s commitment to creating a workplace that celebrates Americans of all backgrounds.”
The commitment to DEI has bled into the U.S. Special Forces. The United States Special Operations Command’s 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan states that “diversity and inclusion are operational imperatives.”
“The only goal of our Special Forces should be effectiveness. Every other consideration must be subordinate to and in service of that end,” the report says. “[F]orcing our military to engage in DEI trainings encourages supporting and advancing people on criteria other than competence and ability to carry out a mission.”
According to Rubio and Roy, the military has lowered its standards for health and fitness to allow transgender people and those diagnosed with gender dysphoria into the ranks of the military. The process began under former President Barack Obama, was reversed under former President Donald Trump, and reinstated under Biden.
“People cannot even enlist with Invisalign or braces until they are removed. And yet, today’s woke military is now proudly promoting and celebrating sex reassignment procedures, which can have months-long recovery periods, with complete recovery taking &#8216;up to one year&#8217; for some procedures,” the report says.
The highest levels of the U.S. military lack accountability for mistakes, the report says. One glaring example of this is the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, in which 13 U.S. service members were killed and hundreds of Afghans in a terror attack on Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport. A retaliatory strike against a target believed to be a terrorist accidently killed 10 civilians, including seven children.
“The only service member who received a reprimand from the Afghanistan debacle was a lieutenant colonel who criticized the way the withdrawal was executed. What this officer did was concerning. Despite a gag order, while in uniform he used government property to harshly criticize superiors while there were still boots on the ground in Kabul. This is certainly improper behavior,” the report states.
“Nevertheless, the hypocrisy is glaring. It is outrageous that the woke Biden Administration held him to account while leaders whose decisions resulted in the deaths of service members and billions of dollars’ worth of equipment falling into enemies’ hands went unpunished,” it concludes.

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Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) are introducing legislation that <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/republicans-introduce-bill-to-ban-tiktok/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would</a> prohibit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> in the United States.
In an opinion piece <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/10/marco-rubio-ban-tiktok-america-china-mike-gallagher/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> in The Washington Post on Thursday, Rubio and Gallagher outlined the threat that TikTok and other social media businesses that are effectively managed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) pose to the United States.
The lawmakers noted how the TikTok social media platform is owned by ByteDance, which is a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> company, although it is not owned by the Chinese government. However, they stated, “in China, no company is truly private” because China’s National Intelligence Law of 2017 holds that all people and companies must help with intelligence, including sharing information.
Several of ByteDance’s directors also used to work for outlets that spread CCP messaging and propaganda and at least 15 ByteDance workers are currently employed by them, the legislators wrote.
The security risks of TikTok usage have been raised as a concern by many people over the past several years, and the lawmakers are the most recent to do so in a substantive way that could result in shutting down the app in the United States.
They pointed out that the TikTok app can track where users are physically located and gather information about which websites they are visiting, even if they are on unconnected sites.
They also note the concern about TikTok’s algorithm, which can be changed by the manufacturers at any point without telling the people who use the app. The potential indoctrination of Americans is alarming, they said, and the app has already restricted speech about issues like human rights abuses against Uyghurs and the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.
The legislators also pointed to a Pew Research Center <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/10/21/more-americans-are-getting-news-on-tiktok-bucking-the-trend-on-other-social-media-sites/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> that revealed an increasing amount of American adults are getting their news information from TikTok. The share has gone from 3% of U.S. adults in 2020 to 10% in 2022.
“TikTok is a major threat to U.S. national security. Yet Biden is encouraging greater engagement with the platform by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/27/tiktok-democrats-influencers-biden/?itid=lk_inline_manual_26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directly courting</a> TikTok influencers,” they added.
They discussed a New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/technology/tiktok-national-security-china.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from September that found the Biden administration created a preliminary deal with TikTok to fix national security issues. The agreement would not force TikTok to find a new owner, but the app would need to alter its personnel and data storage, according to the Times.
“Anything short of a complete separation” of TikTok from owner ByteDance “will likely leave significant national security issues regarding operations, data and algorithms unresolved,” Rubio said in a statement at the time.
“Congress needs to act against the TikTok threat before it’s too late,” the lawmakers concluded.

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A campaign canvasser for Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marco-rubio">Marco Rubio</a> (R-FL) reportedly suffered serious injuries late Sunday night while knocking on doors, the senator&#8217;s campaign said in a statement Monday afternoon.
&#8220;Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a DeSantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood in Hialeah, Florida,&#8221; Rubio&#8217;s campaign posted on Twitter.
&#8220;He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw &amp; will need facial reconstructive surgery,&#8221; the campaign added.
The campaign included photographs of the young man who was attacked that showed his face was badly beaten, and his eyes appeared swollen shut.
The young man was pictured being taken away in an ambulance.
Hialeah Sgt. Jose Torres said the that victim, an unidentified 27-year-old, was struck “multiple times in the face and the head causing the injuries.” The incident, Torres said, allegedly started after the victim tried to hand out fliers in an area and told he was not allowed to. He was then allegedly attacked by 25-year-old Javier Lopez.
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Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hialeah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hialeah</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Florida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Florida</a> 
He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw &amp; will need facial reconstructive surgery <a href="https://t.co/36QpbySg58">pic.twitter.com/36QpbySg58</a>
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“I can tell you this: political violence should not be tolerated by anyone,&#8221; Rubio added. &#8220;Our side or their side, we don’t tolerate political violence. In this country, we decide who governs not by street mobs, we decide who governs at the ballot box.”
The alleged attack comes after a North Dakota man <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-allegedly-drove-over-republican-teen-i-dont-want-to-lose-my-job-life-house-because-of-bond">admitted</a> to fatally hitting a teenager with his car last month after a &#8220;political argument&#8221;. The man accused the teenager of being a &#8220;Republican extremist.&#8221;
Republican Gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti <a href="https://www.koat.com/article/gubernatorial-candidate-mark-ronchettis-home-shot-with-pellets/41434626#">said</a> last month that he got a call from his wife after someone came by their house and &#8220;shot out the windows on our garage&#8221; with pellets.
Two canvassers for Texas Governor Greg Abbott were <a href="https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/two-volunteers-of-texans-for-greg-abbott-attacked-while-knocking-on-doors-in-austin">attacked</a> last month while they were out knocking on doors. Law enforcement arrested the subject and charged him with criminal mischief.
The attacks come after President Joe Biden (D) demonized Republicans during a speech at the start of last month, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-demonizes-millions-of-americans-while-calling-for-unity">saying</a> that “MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
The incident garnered responses from top Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who responded: &#8220;Absolutely horrific. Violence has NO PLACE in politics. Heidi and I are praying for his swift recovery.&#8221;
Former Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) responded, &#8220;If you’re concerned about preserving our system of government, you need to be concerned about this type of hatred and violence.&#8221;
The Miami Herald reported that Hialeah Mayor Esteban &#8216;Steve&#8217; Bovo said during an interview that the city&#8217;s police chief told him that an arrest has been made in the case but that other details were still not known at this time.
This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.

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As Hurricane Ian decimated the Gulf Coast of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida">Florida</a> last week, a woman in Fort Myers swam to safety in 10-foot-deep waters with her three-month-old son swaddled in a blanket and secured in a car seat that she tucked inside a storage bin.
&#8220;Terrifying,&#8221; Callie Brown told <a href="https://www.ksbw.com/article/mainer-fl-tucks-baby-plastic-bin-survival-hurricane-ian/41506544">KSBW 8 Actions News</a>, which first reported her story. &#8220;The most terrifying thing I&#8217;ve ever gone through my entire life.&#8221;
Brown&#8217;s video footage shared with the local media outlet showed the vantage point from her attic, where she and her partner, Chad Duckwall, and their 3-month-old son Charlie took refuge as the Category 4 hurricane caused ocean waters and massive rainfall to batter Florida&#8217;s western coastline.
Brown said her &#8220;mom instincts&#8221; kicked in when she found a plastic storage tote filled with Christmas decorations that she immediately emptied before creating a safeguard for Charlie.
&#8220;He was such a little trooper.&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t even cry.&#8221;
While caring for her son, Duckwall found another storage bin he used for the family cat as they floated toward a neighbor&#8217;s house on higher ground for safety.
Brown said they were caught in the eye wall of the hurricane at the time of the escape, which produced up to 150-mile-per-hour winds causing debris to fly all around them.
Thankfully, she said, no one was hurt.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know if we were going to make it — to be totally honest,&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;I remember looking at Chad and just saying, &#8216;I don&#8217;t want to die. I don&#8217;t want to die.'&#8221;
The next day, they returned to their home to assess the damage caused by Florida&#8217;s fifth most powerful storm to hit the U.S. mainland, which brought 250-500mm (10-20 inches) of rainfall and storm surges of 12-15ft that drove 1.7 million people from their homes, according to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/03/hurricane-ian-cost-death-toll-florida">The Guardian</a>.
Brown and Duckwall hoped to salvage their belongings, but most of the stuff had been displaced or damaged, noting their couch landed on the kitchen counter, and the dining room table moved into the living room.
The family will stay with one of their relatives in a condo until they can rebuild and recover from the storm.
Brown told local media that they experienced Hurricane Irma in 2017, which she said they evacuated then for no reason and ultimately caused her to ignore the mandatory evacuation order.
Which she now regrets.
&#8220;I will never stay again,&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;I will absolutely evacuate — I don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s a category 1, I&#8217;m not staying ever again for a hurricane. I never want to experience that again.&#8221;
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, reports show the storm has left 32 people dead in Florida and South Carolina, approximately 10,000 people are still considered missing, and could cost Florida up to $40 billion of insured losses.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Hurricane Ian’s damage to Florida’s Gulf Coast communities was a “character-altering event.”
“There are entire communities — Fort Myers Beach no longer exists,” Rubio<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marco-rubio-hurricane-ian-damage-to-floridas-gulf-coast-a-character-altering-event"> said</a>. “I mean, it’ll have to be rebuilt. It’ll be something different. And even the structures that are standing — I was with the Coast Guard two days ago as we went overhead on it — even the structures that are standing have been damaged by water, probably uninhabitable and have to be razed.”

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Hurricane Ian&#8217;s damage to Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast communities was a &#8220;character-altering event.&#8221;
Appearing on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1576569792617652225?s=20&amp;t=79Xrswz0B2yjFRYSO_g7nQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Week</a>&#8221; Sunday, Rubio said that buildings in areas hit hardest were flattened, and still others would be rendered uninhabitable and need to be razed. He also said that the damage would change the economic character and nature of the places affected.
&#8220;There are entire communities &#8212; Fort Myers Beach no longer exists,&#8221; Rubio told co-anchor Jonathan Karl. &#8220;I mean, it’ll have to be rebuilt. It’ll be something different&#8230; And even the structures that are standing &#8212; I was with the Coast Guard two days ago as we went overhead on it &#8212; even the structures that are standing have been damaged by water, probably uninhabitable and have to be razed.&#8221;
&#8220;Obviously, the human toll is still being calculated, and that &#8212; that has no price,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It’s extraordinary and we fear that number will continue to rise.&#8221;
Rubio said further that Sanibel Island, a popular tourist spot, is inaccessible because of damage to the bridge connecting it to the mainland.
&#8220;It’s not just the parts that were washed away, that entire bridge is structurally compromised potentially,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, it will have to be rebuilt and that will take a while.&#8221;
In the meantime, getting people off the island is a priority for first responders conducting rescue operations.
&#8220;This is a character-altering event,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;It will change the character and the nature of these communities. They’ll be rebuilt, but you can’t rebuild something that is a slice of old Florida and bring it back. It will be something new, but it won&#8217;t be the same, and that’s the most heartbreaking part about it from an economic standpoint.&#8221;
Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday on the Gulf Coast of Florida at nearly the strength of a Category 5 storm. With winds exceeding 150 miles per hour, the system was tied for the fourth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the Sunshine State.
On Thursday afternoon, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno shared <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-were-incredibly-hard-hit-stunning-video-shows-submerged-houses-blown-out-bridges-following-hurricane-ian">footage</a> showing destroyed neighborhoods and infrastructure along the coastline. Homes and streets were flooded as some residences smoldered with fire, beachfront structures were reduced to scraps, and portions of bridges were washed away or submerged.
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This morning Sheriff Carmine Marceno took a tour of Lee County to begin assessing damage caused by Hurricane Ian. We are devastated. Our hearts go out to every resident who is impacted. The Lee County Sheriffs Office is mobile and will stop at nothing to help our residents. <a href="https://t.co/S4OsB8ajRv">pic.twitter.com/S4OsB8ajRv</a>
&mdash; Carmine Marceno &#8211; Florida’s Law and Order Sheriff (@SheriffLeeFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/SheriffLeeFL/status/1575529164899340289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lee County, where Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island are both located, is home to nearly 800,000 people, according to data from the Census Bureau. The region is a major tourism hub on the Gulf Coast.
According to data from PowerOutage.US, roughly 89% of Lee County homes and businesses were without power as of Thursday afternoon.
Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.

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Last week, California authorities <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/california-grid-operators-declare-energy-emergency-for-second-day-of-heat-wave">announced</a> an “Energy Emergency” as the world’s fifth-largest economy struggled under the strain of a heat wave. Partisans and pundits alike pointed to the situation as indisputable evidence that climate change is an existential threat to humanity. Upon digging a little deeper, though, it becomes clear that “climate change” is simply the Left’s catchall excuse for anything that goes wrong.
This is especially true in California. Just look at Democrats’ response to the state’s terrible wildfires, each of which has consumed roughly <a href="https://www.fire.ca.gov/stats-events/">250 acres</a> of land and property over the past five years. When the fires strike, opportunistic politicians and click-starved journalists predictably blame global warming. In 2020, Speaker Nancy Pelosi went so far as to <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1306976518590074885">claim</a> the fires are “Mother Nature’s statement” to “do something” about climate change.
In reality, the connection is a bit more complicated, which an honest journalist will sometimes acknowledge. For instance, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-01/climate-change-is-now-main-driver-of-wildfire-weather">reported</a> that “California researchers say that climate change is now the overwhelming cause of conditions driving extreme wildfire behavior in the western United States.”
This raises the question: If climate change causes the conditions driving wildfire behavior, what is causing these massive fires in the first place? The answer isn’t Mother Nature, but something all-too human: poor forest management practices.
Over the years, California’s policy of stopping wildfires as soon as they start has caused the state’s tree density to <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/stanislaus/home/?cid=stelprd3808225">explode</a>. In 1911, the Stanislaus National Forest in Northern California had only 19 trees per acre. A hundred years later, that number was 260. That surge has made major wildfires far more likely than they used to be. (States like California need to learn from states, such as Florida, that manage their forests well and use prescribed burns and timber harvesting to keep people and the environment safe.)
There’s a similar dynamic at work with California’s electricity woes. “Climate change overwhelming California power grid,” screamed the headline of one <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3631118-climate-change-overwhelming-california-power-grid/">clickbait article</a> this month. Though, the climate alone is not worthy of blame. High temperatures also exposed misplaced governing priorities and ill-advised public policy.
In a <a href="https://www.cnybj.com/california-energy-nightmare-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-ny-climate-policies/">blind push</a> for a clean grid, the California Energy Commission requires utility companies to rely on renewable energy sources, like solar and wind, for one-third of their sales. That requirement will double by 2030. Meanwhile, the California state legislature has decided to ban gas-powered vehicles by 2035 and aims to eliminate fossil fuels entirely by 2045.
It doesn’t take a genius to see that banning fossil fuels in a hot, arid state, where the average person drives roughly <a href="https://www7.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool/indicators/detail/ca/state/california#indicators">30,000 miles</a> per year, could lead to power shortages &#8211; especially when renewable technologies aren’t as efficient as traditional ones and people have to rely on the public grid to charge their cars.
That’s not to mention, as well, that regulation slips allowed one of California’s major utility companies, Pacific Gas and Electric, to <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/california-regulations-utility-mismanagement-fires-blackouts-here-to-stay">ignore aging infrastructure</a> for decades as they charged “abnormally high electricity rates” to their customers. The company is now in bankruptcy, and the millions of Californians it once served are now left without reliable energy.
Nevertheless, Democrats continue to blame the threat of power outages on climate change &#8211; and that’s not all they blame on it. When an algal bloom hit San Francisco Bay this summer, a University of California professor <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/us/fish-dead-algae-bloom-california.html">said</a> it was the result of global warming: “It’s exactly what you would expect with climate change. We’re going to see more blooms like this.”
We now know that the bloom was the result of a complete failure by local governments to upgrade and modernize sewage treatment plants. In the <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2022/09/07/sf-algae-bloom-caused-by-old-sewage-plants-dumping-poop-and-pee-into-bay/">words</a> of the San Francisco Chronicle, “Algae blooms need food to grow, and this one had plenty: nutrients originating in wastewater that the region’s 37 sewage plants pump into the bay.”
These examples show how the Left’s climate change alarmism is often just “whataboutism,” a way to avoid confronting real problems like California’s incompetent state and local governments. They also show that the best way to respond to climate change is not Green New Deal-style policies that weaken our infrastructure and economy.
Rather, the key is to invest in technological innovation and adaptation to environmental changes. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/19/rubio-on-climate-change-we-should-choose-adaptive-solutions-column/2019310001/">It&#8217;s what we are doing in Florida</a>. To make those investments, however, left-wing politicians would need to quit playing their lazy blame-games and put in the type of work that doesn’t generate clicks or online donations.
Senator Marco Rubio represents the state of Florida and sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Democrat Rep. Charlie Crist (FL) is the projected winner of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida&#8217;s</a> gubernatorial primary, topping the state&#8217;s Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.
And in the Senate, Democrat Rep. Val Demings (FL) has won her primary, and will face Republican Sen. Marco Rubio (FL) in November.
With roughly 92% of the votes counted, Crist has a 25 percentage-point lead over Fried, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/charlie-crist-defeats-nikki-fried-fla-dem-governors/story?id=88759789">reported</a> Tuesday evening. Crist has about 60% of the vote, compared to the commissioner&#8217;s 35%.
Crist will next square off against Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in November.
DeSantis, a standout in the GOP and an expected 2024 presidential candidate, has fared well in recently polling against both Crist and Fried.
A Florida Chamber of Commerce poll last week showed the Republican topping both Democrats in hypothetical head-to-head matchups, Florida Politics <a href="https://floridapolitics.com/archives/548748-chamber-poll-ron-desantis-faces-tougher-challenge-against-nikki-fried-but-still-favored-to-win/">reported</a>.
Against Fried, DeSantis took 50% of the votes, compared to her 43%. And against Crist, DeSantis again took a lead, 51% to 43% respectively.
Rubio, who’s been in the Senate since 2011, will face off against Demings in November.
Demings, a Democrat who represents Florida’s 10th Congressional District, handily won the Senate primary election on Tuesday.
The Democrat topped former Florida state Rep. Brian Rush, attorney William Sanchez, and entrepreneur Ricardo De La Fuente with 85.3% of the vote, USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/23/florida-new-york-primary-desantis-nadler-maloney/7867051001/">reported</a>.
About 75% of the votes have been counted thus far.
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Who Will Face DeSantis, Rubio In November? Results In For Top Florida Primaries

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marco-rubio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marco Rubio</a> (R-FL) accused leftists of showing a double standard with regard to threats of violence toward members of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a>.
The Florida Republican condemned <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/08/11/fbi-chief-threats-law-enforcement-trump-search" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threats of violence</a> against any members of the bureau, saying that those who threatened &#8220;violence over the Mar-A- Lago raid should be arrested.&#8221;
&#8220;But where was the outrage &amp; condemnation from the left &amp; many in the media when the threats were against Supreme Court justices over the abortion ruling?&#8221; Rubio asked.
The senator was referring to the repeated threats of violence against the Supreme Court justices, accompanied by protesting outside the justices’ homes and acts of vandalism against pro-life centers and churches.
These escalated into one man crossing the country and allegedly attempting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Anyone threatening violence over the Mar-A- Lago raid should be arrested 
But where was the outrage &amp; condemnation from the left &amp; many in the media when the threats were against Supreme Court justices over the abortion ruling?
&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1558183007072165889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Twenty-six-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-man-found-near-kavanaugh-home-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempted-murder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicholas Roske</a><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-man-found-near-kavanaugh-home-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempted-murder/">,</a> who has been charged with attempted murder, ultimately turned himself in to authorities, telling them that he was motivated to attempt to kill Kavanaugh by the leak of a draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
The incident dominated national news and prompted sharp calls to action from conservative lawmakers, but the close call apparently did not convince authorities to crack down on the protesting outside the justices’ homes.
On Monday, Rubio also criticized the FBI for the bureau&#8217;s handling of the attacks on churches and pro-life groups (at least <a href="https://catholicvote.org/tracker-church-attacks/">66</a> Catholic churches and <a href="https://catholicvote.org/pregnancy-center-attack-tracker/">63</a> pro-life groups and pregnancy centers, according to CatholicVote trackers).
&#8220;The FBI isn’t doing anything about the groups vandalizing Catholic Churches, firebombing Pro-Life groups or threatening Supreme Court justices,&#8221; he said in a tweet. &#8220;But they find time to raid Mar A Lago.&#8221;
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The FBI isn’t doing anything about the groups vandalizing Catholic Churches, firebombing Pro-Life groups or threatening Supreme Court justices 
But they find time to raid Mar A Lago
&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1556800977541423105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The FBI previously told The Daily Wire that while it would not comment on specific groups, the bureau is “investigating a series of attacks and threats targeting pregnancy resource centers and faith-based organizations across the country.”
On Wednesday, the bureau added, “The incidents are being investigated as potential acts of domestic violent extremism, FACE Act violations, or violent crime matters, depending on the facts of each case.”

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‘Where Was The Outrage’: Rubio Slams Leftists For Double Standards On Threats Of Violence To FBI Versus Supreme Court

Sen. Marco Rubio Accuses Leftists Of Double Standards On Threats Of Violence

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Sen. Marco Rubio&#8217;s (R-FL) proposal to amend a Senate bill to limit federal pregnancy programs to biological females was opposed by all 50 Democrats on Sunday.
Rubio shared the discussion of his proposed amendment in a video released on Twitter.
&#8220;Mr. President, the only people who are capable of being pregnant are biological females, and therefore I think federal pregnancy programs should be limited to biological females. And that&#8217;s what this would do,&#8221; Rubio stated during his comments on the Senate floor.
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Since only biological females can become pregnant I offered an amendment to limit our federal pregnancy programs to biological females 
All 50 Senate democrats voted against it<a href="https://t.co/bUAIEpqujW">pic.twitter.com/bUAIEpqujW</a>
&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1556331172426403840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;A few minutes ago I looked back across 5,500 years of human history. So far, every single pregnancy has been a biological female. So, therefore, the only thing I am trying to do is make sure that federal law is clear that since every pregnancy that&#8217;s ever existed has been a biological female that our federal laws reflect that and our federal pregnancy programs are available to the only people who are capable of getting pregnant, biological females, very simple,&#8221; he added.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) offered a strong rebuttal following Rubio&#8217;s speech.
&#8220;When we are facing challenges in this country and helping our constituents to lower costs, it is outrageous that Republicans are trying to define pregnancy of all things on this floor on this day after hours of voting on amendments. I urge a no vote,&#8221; Murray said.
Rubio also spoke out against Democrats focusing on all-night voting focused on a climate change bill while Americans struggle with inflation, rising crime, and a growing border crisis.
&#8220;While working Americans are struggling with high prices, worried about the border and terrorized by crime the Senate is spending all night voting on a democrat climate change bill,&#8221; Rubio tweeted.
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While working Americans are struggling with high prices, worried about the border and terrorized by crime the Senate is spending all night voting on a democrat climate change bill <a href="https://t.co/YZYUzbbjr3">pic.twitter.com/YZYUzbbjr3</a>
&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1556130127188475904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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He argued that everyday Americans are &#8220;being ignored, disrespected, and completely, completely obliterated by a bill that does absolutely nothing for them.&#8221;
Rubio&#8217;s proposal follows strong comments last month by Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on the issue.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-men-cant-get-pregnant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, video footage from a July press conference in Putnam County, Florida, showed the governor addressing liberal activist claims that men can become pregnant.
&#8220;Can we actually agree that women get pregnant and not men?” he asked. “It’s just unbelievable some of the stuff that you’re hearing about that.”
DeSantis also spoke out on the issue when biological male swimmer Lia Thomas swam in the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship.
“You have a swimmer that swims on the men’s team for three years and then, all of a sudden, says they’re gonna identify as a woman swimmer and swim against the women,” DeSantis <a href="https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/05/18/desantis-spreads-misinformation-about-transgender-people-in-public-appearance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“And then they give that the national championship over these women who’ve been training for a long time,” he continued. “And the second place was actually from Florida, who had won a silver medal in the Olympics. So, she got robbed of a national championship because the NCAA is really trying to make us complicit in something that’s false.”

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President Joe Biden said Monday that Republicans who voted against banning assault rifles are not on the side of police in America.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhWp1nE7PO0">Speaking virtually</a> to attendees at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives conference in Orlando, Florida, Biden said that Republicans who refused to ban so-called &#8220;weapons of war&#8221; are not telling the truth when they claim to support law enforcement. In particular, Biden called out Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott (R-FL) for refusing to support Democrats&#8217; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">gun control</a> efforts.
“Being a cop today is a hell of a lot harder than it’s ever been,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Biden</a> said during his speech. &#8220;We expect everything of you. We expect you to be drug counselors to people overdosing at a scene; therapists to couples during a violent confrontation; social workers to kids who have been abandoned. Maybe worst of all, we send you out to do your job on the streets flooded with weapons of war.&#8221;
“You hear a lot of politicians say about how much they love you, how much they care about you, they’ll do anything for you,&#8221; Biden continued. &#8220;In the state you’re in today, Governor [Ron] DeSantis, Sen. [Marco] Rubio, Sen. Rick Scott all opposed banning assault weapons, and Senators Scott and Rubio voted against the bipartisan gun safety law that I signed, the first meaningful gun legislation in nearly thirty years, that you supported. To me, it’s simple. If you can’t support banning weapons of war on American streets, you’re not on the side of police.”
Biden also credited NOBLE for backing his efforts to pass the 1994 assault weapons ban. &#8220;I&#8217;m determined to do it again,&#8221; Biden said of renewed efforts to ban assault weapons. “On the ballot this year will be whether or not this nation bans assault weapons.” Biden then repeated the line that, while he owns guns and &#8220;believe[s] in the Second Amendment,&#8221; the right to keep and bear arms &#8220;[is] not a right that is absolute.&#8221;
&#8220;When it comes to assault weapons, too many politicians are bowing down to the NRA. I believe that we should protect you, protect you.&#8221; Biden then repeated the claim that he supports more funding for police. &#8220;And I&#8217;ll keep saying it: when it comes to public safety, the answer isn&#8217;t to defund the police, the answer is to fund the police, fund the police.&#8221;
Biden closed his speech by invoking January 6, claiming that police officers were &#8220;speared, sprayed, stomped on, brutalized&#8221; and &#8220;dripping with blood, surrounded by carnage.&#8221; Biden attacked former President Donald Trump, saying that Trump could not claim to support law enforcement because of January 6, and insinuating that law enforcement officers shouldn&#8217;t support Trump. &#8220;You can&#8217;t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t be pro-insurrection and pro-democracy. You can&#8217;t be pro-insurrection and pro-America.&#8221;
Last month, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-most-expansive-gun-control-bill-in-decades-into-law-following-republican-support">signed</a> the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act&#8221; into law. The law was considered the most expansive gun control legislation passed in decades, as the Daily Wire reported. A White House statement said at the time that the law “enhances certain restrictions and penalties on firearms purchases; promotes evidence-based best practices for school safety; authorizes grants to expand access to mental health services; and appropriates emergency funding for mental health resources and school safety measures.”

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Biden: If You Don’t Support Banning Assault Weapons, ‘You’re Not On The Side Of Police’

Biden: 'You're Not On The Side Of Police' If You Don't Support Banning Assault Weapons

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A group of Republican senators introduced legislation Thursday to commemorate the overturn of Roe v. Wade by designating June as the &#8220;Month of Life.&#8221;
Led by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), the lawmakers proposed that the president issue a proclamation each year that reaffirms &#8220;the dignity of human life&#8221; and supports &#8220;life both inside the womb and outside the womb, as well as the life of the pregnant mother.&#8221;
The Daily Wire first obtained the proposal, which is unlikely to pass the Senate, calling for Americans to be committed to surrounding &#8220;mothers, fathers, and children with the resources and tools they need to survive and thrive&#8221; as well as &#8220;encouraging families and communities to stand ready to assist mothers, fathers, and children.’’
The move celebrates the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states">recent pro-life victory</a> in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization, through which the Supreme Court overturned the monumental Roe v. Wade case.
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“Protecting life and the most vulnerable among us is the most important charge of any society, and the recent landmark decision by the Supreme Court upholds that responsibility,&#8221; Ernst told The Daily Wire. &#8220;My effort to mark June as the ‘Month of Life’ celebrates this major victory for the pro-life movement, one that will pave a path for countless innocent lives to be saved.”
Ernst is joined by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Thune (R-SD), Rick Scott (R-FL), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Steve Daines (R-MT), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Josh Hawley (R-MS), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and James Lankford (R-OK).
&#8220;More than 63,000,000 lives have been lost over the past 50 years because of the unconstitutional decision in Roe v. Wade,&#8221; the legislation text reads, quoting the Declaration of Independence and emphasizing that &#8220;the right to life is one of the founding principles of our Nation.&#8221;
The 6-3 decision in Dobbs v.s. Jackson Women’s Health Organization followed the early May leak of a draft opinion indicating which way the justices would likely rule. That leak prompted protests across the nation, particularly in Washington, D.C., as well as dozens of attacks and vandalism of pro-life organizations, centers, and churches.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Roe and a subsequent case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld Roe, both must be overturned, and the right to allow, deny, or restrict the right to an abortion must reside with states.
<div class="dw-mm-player-container">“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division,” Alito wrote in his majority opinion (strikingly similar to the earlier leaked draft). “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”</div>
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The decision leaves it to states to impose restrictions on abortion. Several are expected to move closer to outright bans, while liberal states are expected to retain or even expand protections for abortion.
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GOP Senators Propose Commemorating End Of Roe By Designating June As ‘Month Of Life’

GOP Bill Proposes Designating June As 'Month Of Life'

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Roe v. Wade's Long And Brutal Legacy

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On Tuesday, the first lady of the United States apologized for comparing Hispanic Americans to tacos, convenience stores, and flowers.
On Monday, Jill Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-first-lady-compares-hispanic-people-to-tacos-at-latinx-incluxion-luncheon">told</a> the audience at the “Latinx IncluXion Luncheon&#8221; that the diversity of the Hispanic community was “as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio.”
After much backlash — including an official denouncement from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), which pointedly told Biden, &#8220;We are not tacos&#8221; — the first lady issued an apology via Twitter.
&#8220;The First Lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community,&#8221; Michael LaRosa, press secretary to the first lady and special assistant to the president, tweeted.
During her remarks on Monday, the first lady appeared to misspeak, mispronouncing the word “bodegas.” Bodegas are popular corner stores found throughout New York City that provide a range of food and household products.
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At a &quot;Latinx IncluXion&quot; conference, Jill Biden says the Hispanic community is as &quot;unique&quot; as tacos.<a href="https://t.co/Vb5wJyYGWB">pic.twitter.com/Vb5wJyYGWB</a>
&mdash; RNC Latinos (@RNCLatinos) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCLatinos/status/1546586774092251136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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NAHJ blasted Biden for her comments, saying, &#8220;NAHJ encourages Dr. Biden and her speech writing team to take the time in the future to better understand the complexities of our people and our communities.&#8221; 
&#8220;Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by various diasporas, cultures &amp; food traditions. Do not reduce us to stereotypes,&#8221; the group added.
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NAHJ encourages <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FLOTUS</a> &amp; her communications team to take time to better understand the complexities of our people &amp; communities.
We are not tacos.
Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by various diasporas, cultures &amp; food traditions. 
Do not reduce us to stereotypes. <a href="https://t.co/KQIq5gwsht">pic.twitter.com/KQIq5gwsht</a>
&mdash; NAHJ (@NAHJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NAHJ/status/1546646559529508865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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This is not the first time Ms. Biden, who earned a doctor of education degree, has butchered the Spanish language.
In 2021 while speaking to a handful of Californian farmers, Biden enthusiastically told the crowd, “Si, se pwodway!” while attempting to say, “Si, se puede!” or “Yes, we can!”
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a. Why is the doctor screaming at a crowd of 8 people on a lawn?
b. What does “si, se pwodway” mean?<a href="https://t.co/HDOAHTEe4v">pic.twitter.com/HDOAHTEe4v</a>
&mdash; Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href="https://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1377717766065684481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In reaction to Biden’s latest comments, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)’s senior communications advisor Steve Guest tweeted, “This isn’t Veep. Which White House speechwriter just won a bet for getting the First Lady to say something like this?” while referring to the political comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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Jill Biden just said Hispanics are as “unique” as tacos. 
This isn’t Veep. Which White House speechwriter just won a bet for getting the First Lady to say something like this?<a href="https://t.co/DXfJgYz0g5">pic.twitter.com/DXfJgYz0g5</a>
&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1546582862450802688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Texas senator also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/personally-im-a-chorizo-egg-cheese-republicans-drag-jill-biden-for-comparing-hispanics-to-tacos">mocked</a> Biden for her comments, tweeting, &#8220;Personally, I’m a chorizo, egg &amp; cheese.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) also embraced the comparison and changed his Twitter avatar to a photo of an actual taco.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewProfilePic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NewProfilePic</a> <a href="https://t.co/QsYqCaNOoP">pic.twitter.com/QsYqCaNOoP</a>
&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1546679005730017281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Texas GOP Congressional candidate Irene Armendariz-Jackson also blasted the first lady for her remarks.
“Jill Biden came to Texas to tell the Hispanic community that we’re as ‘unique as breakfast tacos,'&#8221; Armendariz-Jackson tweeted. &#8220;The fact that someone actually approved her to say that line in her speech and that NO ONE saw an issue with it is wild. They’re going to be at a 5% Hispanic approval rating soon.”
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Jill Biden came to Texas to tell the Hispanic community that we’re as “unique as breakfast tacos”.
The fact that someone actually approved her to say that line in her speech and that NO ONE saw an issue with it is wild.
They’re going to be at a 5% Hispanic approval rating soon.
&mdash; Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress (@ArmendarizDis16) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArmendarizDis16/status/1546685427901505536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Jill Biden Issues Apology To ‘Latino Community’ After ‘Latinx’ Luncheon Comments

Jill Biden Issues Rare Apology After Insulting Hispanics With Taco Comparison 

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