Fox News host Martha MacCallum blasted U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby during an interview this week for saying President Joe Biden is taking the border crisis seriously.
The Wednesday interview happened as millions of illegal aliens have unlawfully entered the U.S. southern border under Biden&#8217;s administration, which has resulted in states starting to act on their own.
MacCallum noted that the illegal immigration issue had been the top concern for voters in Iowa and New Hampshire.
When Kirby said that Biden has tried to act with a sense of urgency to fix the crisis, MacCallum shot back: &#8220;He’s been president for three years.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not just the same old immigration issue we’ve had going on for a decade as he said the other day,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;These are record numbers all the time. And people in Iowa and New Hampshire are the ones that are expressing concerns about it. This isn’t Arizona and Texas. This is Iowa and New Hampshire. I don’t think that people sense that there’s an urgency to address this.&#8221;
Kirby said that Biden was &#8220;limited&#8221; in what actions he could take, saying that Congress was moving forward with a plan to address the issue.
“They’re not really moving along well,” MacCallum fired back. “You say he’s been concerned about it for three years, but that’s failing, obviously. When you have record numbers of people coming in, that means the policy’s failing. So, why not change gears and try to do something that works?”
MacCallum continued to press Kirby: &#8220;John, do we have a border? Do we have a southern border? Do we have a southern border?&#8221;
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&#8220;Yes, ma’am,&#8221; he responded. &#8220;Of course we do.&#8221;
&#8220;Then how come people can flow across it every single day?&#8221; she pressed. &#8220;Hundreds of thousands of people? Three hundred thousand people in December.&#8221;
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Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) refused to name a single restriction on abortion that she supports when pressed multiple times on the matter during interviews on Sunday.
Abrams was asked on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; with co-host Martha MacCallum if she supported Georgia&#8217;s new pro-life law, which puts a ban on abortions after six weeks or after a heart beat is detected.
&#8220;So with regard to that law, I know that you said you were appalled by the outcome of the court&#8217;s decision,&#8221; MacCallum said. &#8220;But given the law that was voted in by the legislature in Georgia, do you support the fact that they will carry out the will of the people in Georgia and put that law at a six-week ban into effect?&#8221;
&#8220;I do not,&#8221; Abrams responded. &#8220;And I would reject the notion that this is the will of the people. This is a political decision made by the narrowest of margins and done to satisfy an even narrower constituency.&#8221;
&#8220;Do you support any limitation on abortion or do you think that women should have the right to have an abortion all the way up to nine months?&#8221; MacCallum asked.
&#8220;I believe an abortion is a medical decision,&#8221; Abrams responded. &#8220;I believe that should be a choice made between a doctor and a woman and in consultation with her family. But I think the challenge that we have is that we keep putting this in a political space.&#8221;
MacCallum later asked &#8220;at what point do you start to care about the life of that baby?&#8221;
&#8220;What I would say is that it is a medical decision,&#8221; Abrams responded. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know of a single woman who reaches the stage where this decision is easy.&#8221;
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Stacey Abrams supports NO LIMITS on abortion. 
Q: “Do you support any limitation on abortion? Or do you think that women should have the right to have an abortion all the way up to nine months?” 
ABRAMS: “That should be a choice made between a doctor and a woman.” <a href="https://t.co/7mxsHXzpoP">pic.twitter.com/7mxsHXzpoP</a>
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Abrams was again pressed on the matter during an interview with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper on the network&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;
&#8220;As you know, polling on abortion is very complicated, and, in more nuanced questions, most Americans support at least some restrictions on abortion overall,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;Do you think the government should play any role in restricting abortion? As governor, what restrictions would you be willing to support in Georgia, if any?&#8221;
&#8220;Those medical choices should not be governed by someone&#8217;s religious or ideological convictions,&#8221; Abrams responded. &#8220;And if we&#8217;re going to make medical decisions, they should be made with medical input, not at the whim of politicians.&#8221;
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Democrat Stacey Abrams refuses to name ANY restrictions she supports on abortion. <a href="https://t.co/1BqTSk821E">pic.twitter.com/1BqTSk821E</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1541050709491286020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove slammed White House Council of Economic Adviser Chairman Brian Deese for calling for more federal spending to combat inflation.
Appearing as a panelist on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; Rove blasted Deese, who had been interviewed earlier in the program, for failing to acknowledge that the root cause of inflation is reckless government spending. Rove described Deese as &#8220;one of the most fervent advocates for making it worse.&#8221;
During the interview, <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6306622584112?playlist_id=930909788001#sp=show-clips">Deese</a> said that the U.S. economy was &#8220;in a period of transition&#8221; from rapid recovery to &#8220;a period of more stable and resilient growth.&#8221; Guest host Martha MacCallum challenged Deese on the point, noting that soaring <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/experts-make-dire-warning-on-already-record-level-inflation">inflation</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nationwide-gas-prices-expected-could-hit-staggering-new-high-by-august-top-u-s-bank-analyst-says">gas prices</a>, combined with a declining <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/20/stocks-head-for-another-potentially-treacherous-week-after-sp-500-falls-into-bear-market-territory.html">stock market</a>, are forcing Americans to make difficult decisions.
&#8220;What do you recommend to them in terms of specifics and what they can do to try to weather this a little bit easier as we go through what you&#8217;re calling a transition?&#8221; MacCallum asked.
&#8220;What people should know is that we can do this,&#8221; Deese responded. &#8220;We know how to do this. First, we need to give the Federal Reserve the independence to do what it does. It has the tools to combat inflation. Second, we need to reduce costs and make things more affordable for families during this period&#8230; reduce the cost of the Internet bills that families pay, or the prescription drug prices that they pay&#8230; And, third, we need to bring down the federal deficit. Because of the president&#8217;s policies, we&#8217;ve made a lot of progress on that front, the deficit down $1.5 trillion already this year. But we need to make more progress on that as well. That will help produce price pressures in the economy.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to build a more resilient recovery,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We&#8217;re on the way. We&#8217;ve got to focus on tackling inflation right now, and that&#8217;s what this president&#8217;s doing.&#8221;
MacCallum then asked Rove during the panel segment to respond to Deese&#8217;s comments.
&#8220;Well, if you don&#8217;t know what the problem is, you can&#8217;t come up with a solution,&#8221; Rove <a href="https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/fox-news-sunday/">responded</a>. &#8220;And he, obviously, doesn&#8217;t know what the problem is. The problem was identified last year, when this administration proposed a $1.9 trillion unnecessary Covid stimulus bill. And Larry Summers, Bill Clinton&#8217;s Treasury Secretary, said you&#8217;re going to throw gasoline on the fire of inflation. And that&#8217;s exactly what happened. And since then, Brian Deese has been one of the most fervent advocates for making it worse. What you heard him say there, he sort of carefully camouflaged it, was, Build Back Better. Let&#8217;s pass a new bill that supposedly lowers costs by spending lots of government money on free child care, for universal pre-K, pharmaceuticals, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. [That would] only make it worse. The administration is in bad shape on this issue. [A] <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/05/Fox_April-28-May-1-2022_National_Topline_May-3-Release.pdf">36 percent approval</a> on the economy, 60 percent disapproval, and, inflation, 26 percent approve, 68 percent disapprove, and that&#8217;s why&#8211; policies like the ones that Mr. Deese was talking about.&#8221;

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Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum was forced to step in and referee after a debate between guests Richard Goodstein and Pete Hegseth got heated.
MacCallum started the segment off with a question about President Joe Biden&#8217;s harsh criticism of the recently-leaked <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/shapiro-draft-supreme-court-majority-opinion-leaks-striking-down-roe-v-wade-heres-what-all-of-that-means/">early opinion draft</a> — calling for landmark abortion cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey to be overturned — and what he called the &#8220;ultra-MAGA agenda.&#8221;
Was it wise, MacCallum wondered, for Biden to risk <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/what-is-he-talking-about-peter-doocy-asks-why-biden-thinks-republicans-will-segregate-lgbtq-kids/">alienating half the country</a> in an effort to rally support going into the quickly-approaching midterm elections?
&#8220;Is it wise. Is it politically wise? You have a lot of people who live in the suburbs a lot of independent voters, like 70%, that have a disapproval for this president. Is it wise to do sort of the &#8216;basket of deplorables&#8217; plan here? Is that smart on the part of this president?&#8221; she asked.
Goodstein, who worked as an advisor to both former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, immediately attempted to change the subject.
&#8220;That’s not what he said at all. He said, you know, the police are the good guys. Donald Trump watched the police get their heads bashed in —&#8221; he began, but Hegseth interrupted.
&#8220;Back to January 6,&#8221; Hegseth said. &#8220;Go to the talking point. Go to the talking point. Did you say the same thing about the rioters and the BLM protesters?&#8221;
&#8220;They burned a Biden headquarters, too, so to lay them at the feet of Democrats is nonsense,&#8221; Goodstein said. &#8220;So the fact of the matter is, Martha, to answer your question —&#8221;
&#8220;Is it politically wise to alienate half the country with that comment? Is that wise?&#8221; MacCallum asked again.
Goodstein argued that independents did not like extremes and did not believe things like abortion should be &#8220;off the table.&#8221;
&#8220;That isn&#8217;t what the opinion says and I&#8217;m not going to let you get away with saying that,&#8221; MacCallum jumped back in then, noting that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/jen-psaki-wont-say-whether-biden-would-accept-roe-decision-as-legitimate/">if Roe were to be overturned</a>, the states would still have the ability to determine their own abortion laws and restrictions.
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Fox News&#39; Pete Hegseth: &quot;You&#39;re the party of defund the police!&quot;
Ex-Clinton advisor: &quot;And you’re the party of bashing police on the Capitol ground!&quot;
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&#8220;A bunch of people who work at the Supreme Court don&#8217;t get to decide, I get to decide for my own self and for my own state with my vote,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;Over a dozen states have already basically passed laws saying no exceptions. Health of the mother, nothing. No rape, no —&#8221; Goodstein objected.
&#8220;Those will have to be approved by the people of the state with their vote,&#8221; MacCallum pushed back.
Goodstein argued that some of the laws had already been passed — at which point Hegseth noted that the people in those states had voted for the representatives who passed those laws.
&#8220;You’re the party that runs around yelling &#8216;Democracy dies in darkness,’” Hegseth argued. &#8220;Democracy is the people voting — the closest voting to the people is the most effective —&#8221;
&#8220;And Martha’s question, is that a way to reach independents, the answer is they are freaked out at the notion that those laws could become law,&#8221; Goodstein said.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s what they&#8217;re freaked out about: You’re the party of defund the police, you&#8217;re the party of open borders, you&#8217;re the party of injecting race —&#8221; Hegseth interrupted.
&#8220;And you’re the party of bashing police on the Capitol grounds, okay?&#8221; Goodstein pushed back.
&#8220;No, no, no. You know what? That’s not fair,&#8221; MacCallum interrupted. &#8220;It&#8217;s not fair. Nobody wants to see — we’re like normal people, okay? We don’t want — nobody wants to see a policeman’s head bashed in. Whether it’s at the Capitol, I don’t want to see police officers in Minneapolis chased out of their own precinct and driven away from their own precinct, I don&#8217;t want to see that either.&#8221;
&#8220;We have a fair forum here,&#8221; MacCallum concluded. &#8220;I’m going to keep that because I want to see — when it comes time to vote, I want to see what independents actually do. That’s what is going to be so fascinating about watching this mid-term process, because how do they feel? What is more important to them? Inflation or what is happening at the Supreme Court. We’ll see. We’ll see what they decide.&#8221;

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Fox News host Martha MacCallum challenged National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan directly on American energy independence, and he appeared to struggle with an answer to her question.
Sullivan joined MacCallum for a morning interview on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; and she pressed him on the United States&#8217; dependence on foreign sources for energy despite being a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/you-would-have-a-trifecta-mike-pompeo-says-biden-could-do-three-things-right-now-to-turn-us-energy-policy-around/">net exporter of energy</a> prior to President Joe Biden taking office.
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&#8220;Why not reopen the Keystone Pipeline and reopen federal leases on U.S. land? Because we had energy independence and that was large leverage for the United States over Russia. Now we don’t have that anymore,&#8221; MacCallum began. &#8220;In fact we now buy more fuel from Russia than we have in the past, so how – why wouldn’t you want to revisit those in order to increase our leverage over Russia?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, first, Martha, the United States is still a substantial producer of energy,&#8221; Sullivan pushed back. &#8220;Second, we have worked with partners around the world to take steps to ensure that Russia’s attempts to use energy as a weapon get frustrated.&#8221;
Sullivan went on to say that the United States was prepared to &#8220;find cargoes of liquefied natural gas elsewhere in the world&#8221; and make sure that those got redirected to Europe in the event that Putin chose to &#8220;turn down&#8221; the amount of energy that Russia was supplying to Europe.&#8221;
&#8220;But you do concede we are no longer energy independent, Jake? And we were before,&#8221; MacCallum pressed again.
Sullivan appeared to be caught off guard by the question, pausing briefly before he skipped over it completely and pivoted instead to explain that the United States planned to be leader in <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/sound-familiar-dem-governor-running-president-james-barrett/">transitioning to clean energy</a>.
&#8220;What I would say is that the United States is investing massively in being a leader in energy transition in which, yes, for now, we continue to use fossil fuels but over the course of years and decades, we become a clean energy superpower, because that ultimately is not just where the jobs are. It’s where the strategic advantage will lie, because we can’t just look at next year or the year after,&#8221; Sullivan said. &#8220;That’s not what China is doing. We have to look out ten, 20, 30 years and over those years, President Biden’s investments and his visions for how to make the United States the world’s clean energy superpower, that’s what’s going to put us in the best strategic position alongside democratic like-minded allies and partners.&#8221;
MacCallum was quick to point out the fact that Russia and China might see that answer as a green light to go ahead with whatever they had planned, adding, &#8220;Some might say that Russia and China would look at that answer and feel that they are in a pretty good position. They came out and said you know we have a deep friendship, we have an unshakable alliance now, the two of us are in lockstep. What’s the White House reaction to that statement from them on Friday?&#8221;
Sullivan pushed back on MacCallum, arguing that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping had not actually used the word &#8220;alliance.&#8221;
&#8220;They used some other phrases, but did not actually go so far as to call themselves allies,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Let me just put this up on the screen for you,&#8221; MacCallum replied. &#8220;It says, &#8216;a friendship between these two states has no limits, there are no forbidden areas of cooperation&#8217; and they also suggested China would have Russia&#8217;s back on their decisions with regard to Ukraine and the same would be true for Russia of China’s decisions with regard to Taiwan. That sounds like an alliance.&#8221;

U.S. Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Visits “The Story With Martha MacCallum”

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that President Joe Biden could take three immediate steps that would turn the United States&#8217; energy policy around and also impact the markets &#8220;in a good way.&#8221;
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/mike-pompeo-there-is-one-primary-reason-that-putin-is-acting-aggressive-during-biden-admin/">Pompeo</a> joined Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The Story,&#8221; and he argued that Biden could put pressure on Russian President <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/blood-in-the-water-kayleigh-mcenany-flames-biden-for-letting-shark-putin-sense-weakness/">Vladimir Putin</a> — who, according to a New York Times op-ed, appears to be attempting to usurp American influence with European allies.
&#8220;I want to read for you a quote from a New York Times opinion piece by Fiona Hill. It says that &#8216;Putin wants to evict the United States from Europe,'&#8221; MacCallum said. &#8220;Good-bye America, don’t let the door hit you on the way out. What do you think, sir?&#8221;
&#8220;Martha, thanks for having me on. &#8230; It’s worth noting the U.S. stock market has taken a big hit in that time period as well. American leadership matters. That’s why President Trump and I had a model for deterrence to prevent precisely these kinds of moments. You don’t want to be putting your troops on alert and threatening once the adversary already has his front foot forward,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/pompeo-bidens-diplomatic-boycott-of-winter-olympics-does-not-go-far-enough/">Pompeo</a> replied.
He went on to say that if Biden had handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan differently — or had responded differently to the Russian ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline — America&#8217;s credibility might not have taken such a hit in the global arena.
&#8220;America’s credibility in the world matters, whether it was in the debacle in our departure from Afghanistan, or it was President Putin rolling President Biden at the summit after Russians had attacked the Colonial Pipeline and shut it down, when we did nothing. Weakness begets confrontation,&#8221; Pompeo continued. &#8220;And I&#8217;m afraid that’s what Vladimir Putin has seen, I think he thinks he&#8217;s still seeing it. I hope this administration will begin to do the things one does to make sure that your friends and allies know that you’ll be with them. There is no one asking for American troops in Ukraine. I haven&#8217;t heard anybody make that demand. What they’re asking for is for the United States to live up to its commitments. This matters to the people in Nevada, Kansas, Nebraska, all across America.&#8221;
&#8220;We’ll see instability in Europe drive inflation further upward,&#8221; Pompeo added. &#8220;One last thought: When you take your eye off the ball in foreign policy, when you put Secretary Kerry and climate change at the top of your foreign policy agenda, I think you see the hard power actors like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin say, &#8216;Well, that&#8217;s all fantastic. You all want to reduce carbon footprint as a matter of national security. We have a different vision for how to execute and deliver on our objectives and use our power.&#8221;
MacCallum pointed back to Biden&#8217;s claim that &#8220;America is back, the Trans-Atlantic alliance is back&#8221; — and asked Pompeo whether that was really true.
&#8220;It certainly exists, but for someone to suggest from the State Department podium that there are not cracks and different views, it&#8217;s not real, it&#8217;s fantasy,&#8221; Pompeo replied.
&#8220;The Germans have been incredibly feckless here. We need an ambassador there that is prepared to defend America’s interest and convince the German government to do the right thing not only for Ukraine and Europe but for Germany as well. They’ll suffer under this threat for decades to come. When you shut down your energy systems and say we’re going to rely on Russia, I’m sure that Vladimir Putin and his successor too, will see this risk. It’s outrageous for the Germans to not let equipment move across the country. The United States needs to demonstrate its leadership in the way that President Biden said he would.&#8221;
Pompeo noted that just such a situation was what former President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration had been preparing for when they called for more resources to be put into NATO.
MacCallum posed one last question, asking, &#8220;What difference would it make if the president said, you know what, we’re going to lease fracking lands because of this situation going with Russia. We’re going to open up the Keystone Pipeline for now because we need to do that. What would the impact be?&#8221;
&#8220;It would be enormous on global energy prices,&#8221; Pompeo&#8217;s response was immediate. &#8220;The world energy markets would respond in a good way. It would be a good thing, it would put pressure on the Germans as well. It would be a good. If he would add to that, Martha, a willingness to say we’re not going to let the Nord Stream 2 pipeline be built, you would have a trifecta with enormous import.&#8221;
&#8220;You’d see an overnight impact on the markets and geopolitically as well down the road,&#8221; MacCallum agreed.

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Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher (R) warned on Tuesday that the situation between Russia and Ukraine will get “much worse.”
Gallagher, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-TPQ5KrOYQ&amp;t=17s">joined</a> Fox News’ Martha MacCallum in an interview to discuss the ongoing threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gallagher also slammed President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken for failing Ukraine on foreign policy. 
“This administration has delayed in providing assistance to Ukraine, it has projected indecisiveness internationally, and now they&#8217;re reviving another bad Obama-era idea, which is this so-called &#8216;hashtag diplomacy&#8217;,” the congressman accused. “You have the Secretary of State tweeting, &#8216;I #stand with Ukraine&#8217; while at the same time, the President is effectively greenlighting a minor incursion into Ukraine from the Russians. So I fear all of this adds up to a very permissive environment for Vladimir Putin. And the situation is about to get much worse.&#8221;
Last week, Biden suggested that the U.S. would not respond to a “minor incursion” from Russia – remarks that White House staff had to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-has-to-issue-statement-cleaning-up-bidens-disastrous-remarks-on-russia-ukraine">clean up</a> for the president. “It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do and not do,” Biden told reporters on Wednesday. “But if they actually do what they’re capable of doing with the forces amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for Russia if they further invade Ukraine.”
On Monday, Biden put 8,500 U.S. troops on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-puts-8500-troops-on-heightened-alert-to-prepare-to-be-deployed-to-eastern-europe">heightened alert</a>” amid Russia’s potential invasion of Ukraine. That move came just a day after Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-admin-orders-families-of-all-u-s-personnel-at-embassy-in-ukraine-to-leave-report-says">ordered</a> families of U.S. personnel at the embassy in Kyiv to leave the country, The Daily Wire reported. 
“The security conditions, particularly along Ukraine’s borders, in Russia-occupied Crimea, and in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine, are unpredictable and can deteriorate with little notice. Demonstrations, which have turned violent at times, regularly occur throughout Ukraine, including in Kyiv,” the State Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-admin-orders-families-of-all-u-s-personnel-at-embassy-in-ukraine-to-leave-report-says">said</a>. “Do not travel to Ukraine due to the increased threats of Russian military action and COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Ukraine due to crime and civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk.”
Gallagher told MacCallum that America must pursue a strong stance against Russian aggression. “Peace through strength works,” he commented. “When America instead projects weakness and not strength, we open up a vacuum.” 
Gallagher didn’t end his criticisms for the Biden administration with its handling of Russian aggression. He went on to mention other foreign policy problems facing America. 
“It’s not just Ukraine we’re talking about,” he said. “We’re talking about a looming crisis over Taiwan. Of course General Secretary Xi Jinping is sitting there right now thinking, ‘You know what, given how weak America looks, I could probably get away with an invasion of Taiwan. If the worst I’m going to suffer is a mean hashtag from Jen Psaki, I’m going to go for it.’”

Mike Gallagher

Rep. Gallagher: Situation In Ukraine ‘About To Get Much Worse’

Joe Biden

Ukraine

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said Tuesday that he&#8217;d like to meet the 29% of Americans who believe, according to a recent poll, that the United States was heading in the right direction under President Joe Biden&#8217;s leadership.
Jordan joined Fox News host Martha MacCallum to discuss the <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6283442817001#sp=show-clips">state of the economy</a> and the dramatic inflation that is set to make upcoming <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/bidens-inflation-farm-bureau-says-thanksgiving-dinner-will-cost-14-more-this-year/">Thanksgiving gatherings</a> — and the entire holiday season — more expensive for all Americans.
MacCallum introduced Jordan just as she wrapped up an interview with a small-business owner who said that, in addition to paying the higher prices this year, he had been ordered his Thanksgiving turkeys in April to ensure that they would be available for his customers when they came in to buy their supplies.
&#8220;When you listen to this hard-working business owner, and you look at the increase in prices for Thanksgiving and all of this and what families are going through right now, what goes through your mind?&#8221; MacCallum asked Jordan.
&#8220;In Joe Biden’s America, everything costs more. You want a home, costs more. Rent an apartment, costs more. Gas in your car costs more. Thanksgiving Turkey, Christmas presents. Everything costs more,&#8221; Jordan replied, going on to say that inflation was at a 31-year high.
&#8220;The Democrats’ economic plan is the dumbest in history. Lockdown the economy. Spend like crazy. Pay people not to work. And then for everyone who is working, oh, they’re getting ready to raise your taxes,&#8221; he continued referencing an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/biden-s-job-rating-sinks-42-percent-nbc-news-poll-n1282781">NBC poll</a> published on October 31. &#8220;Americans get it. And that’s why 71% of the country — unfortunately it’s a tough situation — but 71% of the country understands that we’re on the wrong track. The truth is, I’d like to meet the 29% that think we’re on the right track &#8230; Everyone knows we’re not. It’s driven by the ridiculous policies of America’s left that now control the Democratic Party.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s no surprise that the president disagrees with you on that,&#8221; MacCallum commented, rolling tape of Biden&#8217;s comments on inflation and supply issues.
&#8220;So all of these concerns a few weeks ago, there wouldn’t be ample food for Thanksgiving, so many people talked about that, understandably. But families can rest easy. Grocery stores are well-stocked with everything else you need for Thanksgiving. The major retailers have confirmed that their shelves will be well-stocked in stores this holiday season,&#8221; Biden said.
&#8220;He says it’s going to be okay, Jim,&#8221; MacCallum prompted.
&#8220;Well, Martha, when you have the spectacle of the President of the United States going out and saying — trumpeting the fact that there’s merchandise to purchase in the stores, my whole life there’s always been stuff to buy in stores and retail outlets. That is crazy. So that’s how ridiculous it’s gotten when you have to brag about the fact there are things to actually buy. He’s not highlighting the fact that we have record inflation,&#8221; Jordan continued.
Jordan then pivoted to address Biden&#8217;s agenda, noting that the president had promised his <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/top-democrat-economist-warns-of-biden-inflation-hard-to-put-out-fire-without-doing-a-lot-of-damage/">Build Back Better</a> plan would help to ease inflation.
&#8220;There is not a rational, sane person on the planet who believes that statement. For the President of the United States to make that statement and turn around a few weeks later and brag that there’s actually things to buy? For goodness sake, drive by any car dealership in this country. I’ve never seen it where the car dealership doesn’t have cars on the lot.  This is Joe Biden’s America,&#8221; he added.
Jordan went on to address the skyrocketing gas prices, blaming the Biden administration for shutting down the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/keystone-pipeline-dead-killed-by-biden-thousands-of-jobs-lost/">Keystone XL pipeline</a> and hampering domestic production to the point that the United States is no longer a net exporter of oil and natural gas.
&#8220;This is ridiculous and the American people see through the crazy statements made by unfortunately the president of our country,&#8221; he said.

Attorney General Garland Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee

‘Ridiculous Policies’: Jim Jordan Says He’d Like To Meet The 29% Of Americans Who Think Biden Is ‘On The Right Track’

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American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp predicted bad news for the Democratic Party going into the 2022 midterm elections.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cpac-unloads-on-hyatt-hotels-for-allegedly-lying-about-stage-debacle-you-recruited-us-helped-build-stage/">Schlapp</a> joined former Priorities USA political director Kristal Knight and guest host Martha MacCallum for Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The Faulkner Focus&#8221; on Fox News, and the three responded to reports the President Joe Biden has indicated he plans to run for reelection in 2024.
MacCallum began by noting that some appeared to be skeptical of a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-says-he-plans-to-run-for-re-election-in-2024/">second Biden run</a> — in part because of poll numbers that have continued to decline and in part because, as the oldest president on record, Biden would be 82 by the time his re-election campaign even began.
MacCallum then went to a tape of fellow Fox News host Dana Perino, who summed up the situation on an earlier broadcast.
&#8220;Why would they try to reassure people he would run again? Because if they did not say that, immediately he is a lame duck. Immediately. And we’re three years from a primary,&#8221; Perino explained. &#8220;I think they have to say he is running because the alternative to them right now is really, really bad. You don’t want to be a lame duck.&#8221;
&#8220;Is that the reason, Kristal?&#8221; MacCallum turned the question to Knight. &#8220;You are so early into this term you don’t want to be telling people he has already decided he is not going to run.&#8221;
&#8220;Absolutely. It is a little unusual that we are talking about 2024 and it is still 2021,&#8221; Knight replied. &#8220;We should expect every incumbent president to run for reelection. He has gotten the Build Back Better plan through Congress headed to the Senate and we don’t know what the 2022 mid-term elections look like. If the Democrats are strong we should expect the president to run stronger in 2024.&#8221;
Before turning to Schlapp, MacCallum noted that a number of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/time-to-pass-the-torch-senate-democrat-elected-during-vietnam-war-says-he-wont-seek-re-election/">Democrats</a> — some with plum positions on key committees — had either announced their <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/pelosi-on-her-heels-two-more-democrats-call-it-quits-ahead-of-2022-midterms/">retirement</a> or said that they were not planning to seek reelection in the 2022 midterm elections. That same trend, she pointed out, was seen among Republicans in the months leading up to Democrats winning back control of Congress.
&#8220;What do you read into that?&#8221; she asked Schlapp.
&#8220;Everyone in this town knows the Democrats won’t have the majority in the House of Representatives after next year’s elections. That’s a pretty foregone conclusion,&#8221; Schlapp replied, saying that even prior to 2022 the Democratic Party&#8217;s hold on the House was slim.
&#8220;Here is the thing that’s amazing. Joe Biden’s numbers are terrible. Most of these polls — they tend to grade on the curve for the Democrat — his numbers are historic lows,&#8221; Schlapp continued, adding that Democrats had already seen a wave of losses in places like <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-republican-glenn-youngkin-wins-governors-race-in-virginia-experts-project/">Virginia</a>, Seattle, Minneapolis. &#8220;It was defeat of CRT, defeat of defund the cops &#8230; All over from sea to sea the Democrats with this socialism and extremism were rejected. I have never seen a national political party self-destruct so quickly.&#8221;
&#8220;It will be interesting to see if they try to turn the ship a little bit towards a more moderate take in order to maintain and hang on to some of those seats in places where they are likely to lose them,&#8221; MacCallum agreed.

Key Speakers At Conservative Political Action Conference

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Defense Attorney Mark Richards said Monday that if he were to offer advice to his client, Illinois teenager Kyle Rittenhouse, it would be to &#8220;change his name and start his life over.&#8221;
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/wendy-rittenhouse-interview-family-reveals-new-legal-action-theyre-exploring-mom-talks-kyles-new-chapter/">Richards</a> spoke with Fox News host Martha MacCallum about the trial, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-kyle-rittenhouse-sobs-collapses-in-court-after-getting-acquitted-on-all-counts/">Rittenhouse&#8217;s acquittal</a> on all the charges against him, and the people who he believed were coming out of the woodwork to use the trial to advance personal or political causes.
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MacCallum asked Richards to address the fact that several <a href="https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/1461793075160928261">Republicans</a> in Congress had suggested the possibility that Rittenhouse would make a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1461146566635540482">good intern</a> — something that Richards had already <a href="https://www.insider.com/kyle-rittenhouses-attorney-disgusting-that-gop-is-trying-to-cash-in-2021-11">publicly condemned</a>.
&#8220;A lot of people want to use Kyle for their own means. I think the way that Rittenhouse name right now has trended on Twitter and that’s what we live in is a Twitter society, people want to use his name, get it out there so they can get some publicity. I think it’s cheap. That’s what I think,&#8221; Richards said.
MacCallum then asked what advice he would give Rittenhouse now that the trial was over and he could go back to his life.
&#8220;I heard you say, &#8216;Look, it’s up to Kyle,&#8217; and you and the other attorney who — he obviously had good relationships with both of you and you talked about the struggles of dealing with this case — but what is your advice to him about how he should live his life? He’s got a lot of big decisions to make about whether or not he goes to college and keeps his head down and gets on with his life or becomes a symbol for certain things that people would like him to be a symbol for.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, my advice would be to change his name and start his life over,&#8221; Richards replied. &#8220;He’s very recognizable right now. A lot of people that I don’t think have his best interests at heart. Probably want to make him a symbol of something I don’t think he wants to be necessarily associated with. Once you give up your name and likeness and you join those causes, I think a lot of people will use you for their own purposes and you won’t be able to control it. We’ve had that talk with Kyle. It’s a fine line where he decides to go. Ultimately I hope he makes the right choices. I would think his life would be easier being anonymous and going on with his life as opposed to try to keep his supporters happy.&#8221;
MacCallum then pivoted to address the case, saying that she felt like the jury wasn&#8217;t getting enough credit for listening to such a high-profile and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/msnbc-host-disgusted-by-kenosha-verdict-calls-rittenhouse-a-little-murderous-white-supremacist/">politically-charged</a> case and doing the best that they could to decide the issue without bias.
&#8220;There’s not a lot of respect and acknowledgment of that on both sides,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;Those jurors, you know, started with 20. Ended up with 18 and down to 12. They’re under a tremendous amount of pressure. Many of them if not all of them knew that going into it once they knew the case that they had been summoned for,&#8221; Richards replied, noting that the jurors had appeared to be acutely aware that no matter what decision they ultimately reached, half of the country was going to be angry with them for reaching it.
&#8220;I give them a huge amount of credit for being able to put that aside, not listen to the people who were outside screaming and yelling to hang Kyle and do what I think the evidence warranted,&#8221; Richards concluded.
&#8220;Well, they did that. I think it’s important to respect their decision and their finding and the hard work that they put into it. It’s not an easy task. They did a better job of putting the blinders on than perhaps a lot of us on the outside,&#8221; MacCallum agreed

Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Continues In Kenosha, WI

‘Change His Name And Start His Life Over’: Defense Attorney Offers Post-Trial Advice To Kyle Rittenhouse

Kenosha

Kyle Rittenhouse

In a heated exchange with Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers, Fox News’ Martha MacCallum blasted the teachers’ unions for their reluctance to let children back into school over the past year, asserting, “The Trump administration was very aggressive. They wanted to get kids back into classroom.”
MacCallum also targeted Weingarten for her comment that parents fighting against the teaching of Critical Race Theory and the teachings of The 1619 Project, which noted historians have strongly criticized, were trying to ban a “factual version of oppression.” MacCallum snapped of The 1619 Project’s version of history, “That is not factual. That is not true.”
MacCallum pointed out that two Texas school board candidates who opposed the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools won by 40 points, adding, “If you raise children in this country believing that it&#8217;s a bad country that was founded in wanting to preserve slavery, which is simply not true, then we&#8217;ve got a problem in our school system. And apparently people noticed it in that district in Texas, and they voted in people that they think are going to make sure that that is clear to all the parents.”
Weingarten repeatedly dodged the question when MacCallum pressed her whether she thought the perspective of The 1619 Project was a “factual” version of American history, first answering, “I believe we should teach history. And from everything I can see and understand from the data I see, 1619 was the year that the first slave boat came from Africa to the United States,” then replying, “I have not arrived at the same conclusion from her work as you have.”
“I would hope that Fox would be just as focused on, let&#8217;s get rid of the misinformation about what happened in this election,” Weingarten said. “I favor us teaching about 1776, which I have often done, I favor us teaching about 1619. I also favor us teaching about the Holocaust.”
MacCallum concluded the interview by saying, “I come from a long line of very proud teachers, and I&#8217;m very proud of the teachers in my family. I think some of them would be a little disturbed by some of what they see happening.”
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<blockquote>MacCallum: One-third of American public school kids are still not fully back at school. The teachers’ unions have been accused at times of dragging their feet and more recently of having too much influence over the White House and the CDC on this political hot potato. So when the New York Post reported that the American Federation of Teachers Union known, known as AFT, was able to coax their language directly into CDC policy that got a lot of attention, take a look. And AFT official wrote this about guidance that the CDC was proposing: “We would like to share some thoughts regarding the paragraph below&#8230; at any level of community transmission, all schools can provide in person instruction, (either full or hybrid), through strict adherence to mitigation strategies.”
In other words, everybody can go back in one way or another, as long as you stick to the mitigation practices, but the AFT wanted this exception at it into that policy: “In the event high community transmission results from a new variant of SARS-COV-2, a new update of these guidelines may be necessary.” And as you can see on the other side of your screen, they got that almost word for word. So joining us now exclusively AFT, President Randi Weingarten. Randi, good to have you back. Thank you very much for being here. So you can see why that would lead people to think that you all have a lot of muscle over at the White House when it comes to reopening our schools?
Weingarten: So the bottom line is this, Martha, that&#8217;s the kind of issue, the variants that were going on at that moment, that kept the Great Britain schools closed. And so we were concerned about it. But let&#8217;s actually look at the bottom line here. Right now. 97% of schools are open. And the bottom line, and you and I have had this conversation a lot of times, and you know that we put this plan together April 2020&#8211;
MacCallum: I went back through your plan again today, but 90, that&#8217;s a very high number. It&#8217;s 67% that are back in full time, right?
Weingarten: There&#8217;s 67% back in full time, there&#8217;s 30 some odd percent back in in a hybrid basis. We believe that the conditions have changed now so that everybody can be back in full time. But the bottom line is this. I begged the Trump administration, I can show you I have many, many, many letters right now, I went to my office to find them. I begged the Trump administration to do exactly what the Biden administration did, which is real safety guidance that Trump, that the former President, didn&#8217;t mock every other day. I thought Redfield was really trying to do a good job, and resources. And what Biden did was they did the safety guidance, some of which&#8211;
MacCallum: But the point is, but here&#8217;s the point. A lot of these schools went back already. Right. So you&#8217;re saying yes, the Trump administration was very aggressive. They wanted to get kids back into classroom. And one of the reasons they wanted that was because the study was already showing last fall that transmission among children was very low. You had countries in Europe, you had people all over the place in China, sending their kids back to school, when our children were not going back to school. And that&#8217;s why there was so much frustration&#8211;unless you&#8217;re in a Catholic school or a private school&#8211;those kids have been back 100% since September, Randi.
Weingarten: Actually, a lot of the charter schools Martha have not been back.
MacCallum: Most of them are.
Weingarten: But the bottom line is this, we, if we, if we had actually listened to Dr. Redfield and the CDC last May, and that the President, the former president, hadn&#8217;t kept on changing his mind and changing these things, we would have gotten more schools back in session.
MacCallum: Really? Because what you told me was that there wasn&#8217;t money, that some of these schools had problems like mold, I mean, all these things started getting into the mix that were not part of the equation at all, when parents were just wanting to get their kids to go back. So obviously, you didn&#8217;t have the pull with the prior administration. But in this administration, there have been $20 million has gone from, to Democrats from teachers’ unions and teachers’ organizations. So I guess that that money seems to be working.
Weingarten: Actually, what&#8217;s working is, that in September and October, we were getting a lot of kids back to school with the layered-mitigation, with the testing. The real game changer, unfortunately, became huge increase in COVID in November and December, that put the brakes on a bunch of it&#8211;
MacCallum: That&#8217;s true.
Weingarten: And then the second game changer became the Biden administration, where they, look, the Trump administration helped Pfizer and Moderna get that vaccine done, but the Biden administration got it out to people. And that became the real game changer.
MacCallum: Well, that&#8217;s what started in January, that&#8217;s when they were available. So you know, I mean, that that&#8217;s the way it happened. But the fact of the matter is that transmission was very low, even in the fall. There were plenty of colleges and independent schools that were back all fall that were in the classroom.
Weingarten: The bottom line became they were back in the fall. And then they went by in and out, we had this conversation about the 3% in, in New York City. My bottom line, Martha is, it&#8217;s time for our kids to be back in school. And I am grateful that the Biden administration is listening to parents and to teachers and administrators and to even Fox to try to figure out how we get people vaccinated, how we get our kids back to school, and how we get on them asking about vaccinations.
MacCallum: Absolutely. Everyone agrees on that score. I mean, we can we can discuss why it didn&#8217;t happen a long time ago. But God forbid, you know, I mean, now it&#8217;s spring, right, school&#8217;s almost over. And a lot of these kids are not back yet. What will it take? You said, it&#8217;s time to go back? So are teachers going to require that all the students are vaccinated? And when is that going to be? Are you going to have everyone back in September 100% in class five days a week?
Weingarten: I hope so. I hope so.
MacCallum: And will you require that every student who comes into the school is vaccinated?
Weingarten: No.
MacCallum: No, absolutely not.
Weingarten: But that&#8217;s why you have to still have some mitigation because it&#8217;s only emergency use vaccination right now. But I would hope that Fox would do what everybody else in public health is doing, which is we have to get our kids vaccinated once the vaccination is okay. I would hope Fox says to all these people that don&#8217;t want the vaccines, that think there&#8217;s a problem, why don&#8217;t you and I do things together to get our kids back to school? This is what we need to do. We have to stop the misinformation. We have to stop the disinformation efforts.
MacCallum: As you know, many of those students were back without being vaccinated. And the CDC said it wasn&#8217;t required for teachers or students to be vaccinated to go back to school. So children are a separate issue; every family across America is going to make that decision about their children, we know that these are going to be widely available for them, which is great, so people have that option, and we certainly hope that they take advantage of that option.</blockquote>
The segment later continued:
<blockquote>MacCallum: So as you know, folks at home there are several states that have now taken action to ban what&#8217;s called critical race theory from being taught in their schools. Randi Weingarten says that opponents are trying to ban a “factual version of oppression.”
She asked, “You have said that we quoted you on the way to the break that you know that there&#8217;s that this is a factual finding the 1619 report that was put together in The New York Times that now has been converted to learning materials that are in classrooms, and are parts of curriculums. Do you believe that 1619 is a factual program?”
Weingarten: So, Martha, I believe that I&#8217;m a history teacher, and I&#8217;m a social studies teacher. And I believe we should teach history. And from everything I can see and understand from the data I see 1619 was the year that the first slave boat came from Africa to the United States. So that&#8217;s a point in history that I think we should be teaching.
MacCallum: But that&#8217;s I mean, that&#8217;s very simplistic, you know, take on it. I mean, the 1619 9 project teaches that that&#8217;s the true beginning and the founding of our nation, not 1776. And that the reason for the revolution, and the colonization was because people wanted to preserve, colonists wanted to preserve slavery, that the country was founded on the basis of wanting to preserve slavery. But that is not factual. That is not true. In fact, scholars in this area, say there&#8217;s no evidence that colonists were motivated by that in coming to the United States. So it would be wrong as a historian to want to teach them something that is not true, because that&#8217;s the basis that sets up all these other tenets that lead to teaching kids that we live in a systemically racist country.
Weingarten: So I would actually say that I&#8217;ve had several conversations with Nicole Hannah Jones. And I have not arrived at the same conclusion from her work as you have. But let&#8217;s put it this way.
MacCallum: Well, that&#8217;s not my conclusion. That&#8217;s directly from their work. But go ahead.
Weingarten: I would hope that Fox would be just as focused on, let&#8217;s get rid of the misinformation about what happened in this election. This election was free —
MacCallum: Randy, come on, that this is not the topic that we&#8217;re here to talk about. I&#8217;m not going to talk about that. We&#8217;ve talked about that before, but that’s a dodge, okay? Because children in this country, we rank 36th in math. Okay. That&#8217;s about midway of all the developed nations in this country. So I am asking you, as you say you’re a social studies teacher, do you favor teaching students that 1619 is more important than 1776? Do you favor that?
Weingarten: I favor us teaching about 1776, which I have often done, I favorr us teaching about 1619. I also favor us teaching about the Holocaust, and the genocide in terms of —
MacCallum: Absolutely. I I learned about all those all those things in school that you just mentioned, but probably didn&#8217;t. Do you think that it&#8217;s wrong to suggest to children that if they&#8217;re white, they belong to an oppressor class? If they&#8217;re black, they belong to a victim class. Do you have any problem with that?
Weingarten: I think we should be lifting up all ethnicities, I don&#8217;t think we should say that one is an oppressor class, and one is a non-oppressor class. I am a big believer in celebrating diversity in actually looking at and helping look at people&#8217;s lived experience. But if you&#8217;re really talking about misinformation now, Martha, and I hope you are, I really would hope that Fox would really look at what happened in this election and how we can because every social studies teacher is wrestling with this, discern fact from fiction, we have to do that as social studies teachers.
MacCallum: We have a president, President Biden, was elected in 2020. I think that all of that is quite clear. So I&#8217;m not sure why you are so concerned with with that part, with that particular moment in history, every election is significant. Nobody is hiding anything under any rocks here. The fact is that you have two people who who just made it onto the school board in Texas, right? They won by 40 points, because they said, “You know what, this stuff, parents, you better become aware of it. Because if you think that it&#8217;s just ‘Oh, the first ship came with slaves on it and 1619,’ you better dig in a little bit deeper, because there&#8217;s more to it than that.”
And then you watch Tim Scott, who stood up in front of the country and said America is not a racist nation. There are racism incidents, there is racism, we all recognize that. But if you raise children in this country believing that it&#8217;s a bad country that was founded in wanting to preserve slavery, which is simply not true, then we&#8217;ve got a problem in our school system. And apparently people noticed it in that district in Texas, and they voted in people that they think are going to make sure that that is clear to all the parents
Weingarten: Martha, I know you love having me on to tell me all these things.
MacCallum: I like discussing it with you. I mean, I respect you. And I like discussing this.
Weingarten: I love America, my grandparents came from the Ukraine, my grandfather was persecuted, almost killed on his way to the United States. I love America. And I am so grateful that I live in a nation that can actually see how to make itself better. And that&#8217;s what we try to do in education all the time. And so, look, I think we should be teaching about 1776, I think we should be teaching about all the civil rights laws, I think we should actually be doing more with civics and science in school. And I do think that we should actually be talking about when the slave trade started in a place we now call America, all of those.
MacCallum: I don&#8217;t think anybody has any problem with all the things that you just listed. Those things are absolutely not, not the issue that that we&#8217;re discussing. And I agree with you on all of those. And I want to thank you, because I do I think it&#8217;s a good debate. It&#8217;s a good discussion. And as I as you know, I come from a long line of very proud teachers, and I&#8217;m very proud of the teachers in my family. I think some of them would be a little disturbed by some of what they see happening.</blockquote>

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Appearing with Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Monday, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul called for the public to boycott Major League Baseball (MLB) after MLB decided to relocate its All-Star Game out of Georgia because of a voting bill passed by the state.
Asked by MacCallum about boycotting MLB in response, Paul answered, “They started it. Major League Baseball wants to boycott the whole state of Georgia, including Atlanta. They’ve already gotten rid of the All-Star Game and the draft, and they’re doing it because they don’t like a Republican law — a law that actually expands voting; it doesn’t contract voting. Georgia now has more early voting than New York has. It’s kind of ridiculous; even the facts don’t meet what they’re trying to do.”
“But my point is, yeah, they want to boycott us, why don’t we boycott them,” Paul continued, segueing to companies with headquarters in Atlanta and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/04/01/983450176/based-on-a-lie-georgia-voting-law-faces-wave-of-corporate-backlash">slammed the voting bill</a>.  &#8220;This is the only thing that will teach them a lesson. If Coca-Cola wants to only operate in Democrat states and wants only Democrats to drink Coca-Cola, God love ’em. We’ll see how well they do when half of the country is drinking Coca-Cola, when half of the country quits using Delta. So the thing is, they’re all woke but they’re really doing something against the financial interest of every business. Publicly-traded businesses usually don’t get involved with politics because it hurts their bottom line to make half the country unhappy.”
MacCallum quoted NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley accusing politicians from both parties of using racial politics to “divide and conquer” the American populace so they could retain power. Paul responded, “It really isn’t the Right or Republicans using race; it’s the Left using race and saying everything is about racism. So any kind of grievance they have — they say the filibuster is racist now, even though most minorities and people in the minority always supported the filibuster because it defended, specifically, minority rights.”
Turning back to MLB, Paul continued, “But the whole thing about this, I can’t imagine, they’re boycotting the Georgia state law and yet they do business with China. China’s never seen a free election. China’s now putting people in jail for over a year at a time, for speech violations. And yet they do business with China, but Georgia expanded their voting, they added early voting, more early voting than Delaware or New York, and yet they’re punishing Georgia because they think it’s somehow some sort of Jim Crow. These people holding up Jim Crow signs need to remember it was the Democrats who instituted Jim Crow across the South; it’s the legacy of the Democrat Party, and what Republicans have done in Georgia is expand voting access, if you read the bill.”
MacCallum opined that the Democrats hope that people do not read the Georgia bill, that they’re hoping that what people latch on to is that the Democrats have called the bill “Jim Crow 2.0” and that President Biden has criticized it, despite the fact that Biden’s home state of Delaware has more restrictive voting laws than Georgia.
“I think facts do matter,” Paul answered. “And I think this is why there needs to be a broad range of news outlets, so they’re not just one set of news outlets that are shaping the news to one opinion. And I think we still do have a broad range … people are going to be able to figure this out. There’s no way they sweep this under the rug.”
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