A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a>-identifying teenager who was taken into custody and charged for alleged plans to commit a mass shooting at a Maryland high school kept a &#8220;manifesto&#8221; in which she praised the Nashville mass shooter, fantasized about pedophilia, and voiced concerns about being misgendered after her crime, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Wire.
The thwarted shooter, an 18-year-old woman from Rockville who identifies as a man, was arrested on Wednesday by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD), the county said in a <a href="https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=45100" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>, adding that the FBI notified the MCPD about a 129-page &#8220;manifesto&#8221; in which the teenager wrote about committing a school shooting, contemplated targeting an elementary school, and more.
The <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/moco-docs.pdf">court documents</a> obtained by The Daily Wire show disturbing examples from the &#8220;manifesto,&#8221; which the teenager claimed was fictional, but an MCPD officer said had mirrored actual events and was &#8220;based on reality with a plan of threats of mass violence.&#8221;
&#8220;I really want to be famous. Even infamous,&#8221; she wrote on one page. A second entry confesses to pedophilic thoughts, but says she chose not to act on them — &#8220;I sometimes think I&#8217;m a pedophile. I get turned on by little kids,&#8221; she wrote. In a third, the teenager mused about potential news stories about a shooting at a Rockville school.
The court documents show that the teenager did web search on various mass shootings, including on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nashville-police-say-ongoing-investigation-prevents-release-of-covenant-shooters-manifesto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender-identifying shooter</a> who murdered six people at the Covenant School in Nashville in March of 2023.
The suspect appears to have been inspired by the Covenant School mass shooting. Media calling the now-dead Nashville shooter by birth name rather than preferred name made the arrested teenager want to change her name, the Maryland teenager wrote in the manifesto.
&#8220;Makes me want to change my name legally before I commit a shooting to make sure the news doesn&#8217;t misgender me,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;He was suicidal before the shooting. Just like me. He, too, wanted to kill little kids. A rush of adrenaline fills my body. He&#8217;s so relatable.&#8221;
As a result of the investigation, the MCPD&#8217;s Community Engagement Division coordinated with Montgomery County Public Schools to increase security at schools, particularly Wootton High School, police said.
The Maryland suspect was hospitalized in December 2022 after threatening to &#8220;shoot up a school,&#8221; and has not attended school in-person since then, the charging documents say. She spent time hospitalized for homicidal and suicidal ideations, but later returned home and attended school online, the documents show.
She was hospitalized again last month after she shared her manifesto with a fellow patient at a prior hospitalization, and that friend reported it to police. Hospital staff &#8220;felt they were required by law to break confidentiality to notify law enforcement and Wootton High School. The FBI was also notified,&#8221; the documents say, adding that she &#8220;has previously disclosed to psychiatric staff during his in-patient treatment that he had thoughts of a mass attack at his elementary school and high school.&#8221;
The police affidavit refers to the suspect with male pronouns.
A Wootton High School counselor told the FBI that she worked with the suspect from October 2022 through February 2023 and that the suspect &#8220;would express violent thoughts such as shooting up the school.&#8221; The suspect suggested it could occur at graduation.
Chat logs on Instagram, which police received as a result of a search warrant, showed messages that indicated a desire by the suspect to commit a shooting or bomb a school, the affidavit also shows.
The teenager is currently being held at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit where she awaits a bond hearing, the release from police noted, adding that a news conference is being planned for Friday. The Daily Wire is not naming the suspect due to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/standards-policies">our policy</a> against printing the names or photographs of mass shooters in our reports.
Police made clear that the suspected teen is a biological female who was going by male pronouns. The legal system is treating her as an Asian female, authorities said.
Online court records showed the suspect has an attorney. The Daily Wire reached out seeking comment. A bail/bond review is scheduled for Friday and a trial is slated for June 3.

Two police officers behind crime scene tape

Court Docs Show Trans Teen Arrested For Allegedly Planning Mass Shooting Fawned Over Covenant Shooter

Trans-Identifying Teenager Arrested For Alleged School Mass Shooting Plan

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Maryland

Mass Shooting

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> has opened a criminal investigation into the ship crash that caused a deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore last month, according to multiple reports on Monday.
Sources <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/15/balitmore-key-bridge-criminal-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Washington Post</a> the federal inquiry is reviewing events leading up to the collision, including whether the crew left port knowing the transport had problems with its systems.
The vessel&#8217;s owner, operators, and attorneys did not immediately respond to the news outlet&#8217;s request for comment.
Federal agents appeared to be on the ship conducting a search on Monday morning. The bureau acknowledged in a statement that agents were on the Dali performing &#8220;court authorized law enforcement activity.&#8221;
Erek Barron, the U.S. attorney for Maryland, said the &#8220;public should know, whether it’s gun violence, civil rights abuse, financial fraud, or any other threat to public safety or property, we will seek accountability for anyone who may be responsible.&#8221;
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott separately <a href="https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/news/press-releases/2024-04-15-mayor-scott-announces-legal-steps-taken-city-baltimore-response-key" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> his city is &#8220;seeking recourse from those who may potentially be responsible, and with the ship’s owner filing a petition to limit its liability mere days after the incident, we need to act equally as quickly to protect the City’s interests.&#8221;
A Singapore-flagged container ship named Dali lost power and rammed into a support beam of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing a large section of the structure to break apart <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-timeline-911-call-dali-cargo-ship-mayday-maps-construction-worker-recovery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at around 1:30 a.m.</a> on March 26.
ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-opens-criminal-investigation-francis-scott-key-bridge/story?id=109235433" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that no one on the cargo ship was injured in the crash, but some containers fell into the channel.
Authorities have said <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/us/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-victims/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">six people</a>, identified as construction workers who were filling potholes, were presumed dead after the bridge crumbled into the Patapsco River. Three bodies have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/us/politics/body-victim-bridge-collapse-found.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been recovered</a>.
The National Transportation Safety Board, tasked with determining the probable causes of transportation accidents and issuing safety recommendations, is also investigating the collapse.
The agency&#8217;s chairwoman, Jennifer Homendy, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-investigators-interview-ship-personnel-maryland-bridge-collapse-2024-04-10/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a Senate hearing last week that investigators had interviewed personnel from the ship and were collecting data, per Reuters.
Cleanup crews have been <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRoS0zpuZK8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">working</a> to clear the wreckage.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <a href="https://www.army.mil/article/275139/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in early April that the Baltimore shipping channel was expected to partially reopen by the end of the month and fully reopen by the end of May.
President Joe Biden <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-visit-baltimore-bridge-collapse-politics-b4388845fc912f0a0b491d05b5ac5cf8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visited</a> Baltimore on April 5 to survey the bridge collapse site and pledged federal support for reconstructing the bridge, saying, &#8220;Your nation has your back.&#8221;

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FBI Opens Criminal Probe Into Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Reports

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Rep. David Trone (D-MD), who is running for a U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> seat in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maryland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maryland</a> and is facing fallout after uttering a racial slur, canceled events after his doctor referred him to the hospital due to illness, his campaign said on Sunday.
&#8220;Last night following an event, David felt dehydrated and began to register a fever. Out of an abundance of caution David&#8217;s doctor encouraged him to seek further testing at a local hospital,&#8221; Team Trone <a href="https://twitter.com/davidjtrone/status/1776990967465148658" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
&#8220;David is feeling well and expecting to return home this afternoon,&#8221; it added. &#8220;We apologize for the late cancellation of events David was expected to participate in today, and look forward to being back on the trail soon.&#8221;
Trone had been scheduled to participate in a debate against a rival Democrat, Prince George&#8217;s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, on Sunday. The event will go forward without him and focus on the recent Key Bridge collapse, said a local official, <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/04/07/david-trone-hospitalized-senate-debate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Baltimore Sun</a>.
Trone and Alsobrooks are running for the seat held by retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) in the primary scheduled for next month. They face a Republican challenger in former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maryland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maryland</a> GOP Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/larry-hogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Larry Hogan</a>, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/larry-hogan-leads-maryland-democrat-rivals-by-double-digits-in-senate-race-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">performed</a> well in polling since entering the contest. Both Alsobrooks and Hogan wished Trone well on Sunday.
&#8220;Sending our best wishes to Congressman Trone and hope he gets better soon. Looking forward to seeing him back on the trail,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/AlsobrooksForMD/status/1777015263411544177" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a post to X from Alsobrooks.
&#8220;Sending our best wishes to Congressman Trone. Hope he feels better and can get back out on the campaign trail soon,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/GovLarryHogan/status/1776998288647929982" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> one from Hogan&#8217;s account.
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Trone, who has spent more than $20 million on the race, faced blowback after saying a racial slur <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/us/politics/angela-alsobrooks-endorsements-david-trone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8212; &#8220;jigaboo&#8221; &#8212;</a>  while talking about tax rates during a congressional hearing a couple weeks ago. Since that time, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/24/maryland-senate-race-alsobrooks-endorsements-trone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> several black Democrats have since endorsed Alsobrooks, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/3-black-women-aim-historic-senate-wins-2024/story?id=107519764" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who is black</a>. And Trone <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/david-trone-backs-out-of-debate-with-african-american-primary-opponent-amid-backlash-over-use-of-racial-slur/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backed out</a> of another debate with her.
In an apology, Trone said he meant to say &#8220;bugaboo&#8221; and instead used an &#8220;offensive&#8221; phrase, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/congressman-apology-racial-slur-mistake-3cfe6c5299cbceff05d138e8479ef168" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the Associated Press</a>. &#8220;That word has a long dark terrible history. It should never be used any time, anywhere, in any conversation. I recognize that as a white man, I have privilege. And as an elected official, I have a responsibility for the words I use — especially in the heat of the moment. Regardless of what I meant to say, I shouldn’t have used that language.&#8221;

David Trone

Embattled Dem Senate Candidate Says He Suddenly Fell Ill, Backs Out Of Another Debate

2024 Election

Elections

Larry Hogan

Politics

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Hecklers disrupted a prominent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrat</a>&#8216;s university lecture on democracy last week, after which the president of the school ended the event due to what he called a show of &#8220;free speech.&#8221;
Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jamie-raskin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Raskin</a> (D-MD), the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, spoke at the University of Maryland (UMD) on Thursday until a commotion about the Israel-Hamas war led him to get sidetracked and open the room to questions.
Although UMD President Darryll Pines reportedly cut short the lecture and wished the disruptors had been more civil, he <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2024/03/29/raskin-speech-at-umd-disrupted-by-protesters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Capitol News Service</a> that the result was a positive one.
&#8220;[Raskin] came here to speak about where our democracy is going in our country,” Pines reportedly said. “What you saw play out actually was democracy and free speech and academic freedom.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;From our perspective as a university, there are the difficult conversations that we should be having.&#8221;
Raskin told the news outlet the &#8220;sentiments&#8221; of the protesters were &#8220;perfectly consistent&#8221; with his planned lecture, which was titled &#8220;Democracy, Autocracy and the Threat to Reason in the 21st Century.&#8221;
The congressman said he is &#8220;not really opposed to heckling&#8221; but noted that &#8220;it seems like heckling today is all about drowning out the speaker, and that’s totally antithetical to the spirit of free expression.&#8221;
As word of what transpired at the event and what Pines had to say about it spread on social media, people chimed in about their views on protesters effectively shutting down speakers.
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Congressman Jamie Raskin tried to give a speech at <a href="https://twitter.com/UofMaryland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UofMaryland</a> on democracy and &quot;the threat to reason in the 21st Century.” 
It was relentlessly heckled and drowned out by people protesting Israel&#39;s invasion of Gaza. 
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&#8220;President Pines is wrong,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/NicoPerrino/status/1774482820678693194" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Nico Perrino, executive vice president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
&#8220;What you saw play out was mob censorship,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It was a bastardization of free speech and the antithesis of democracy. These shout-downs happen far too often on college campuses — and with the approval of college administrators.&#8221;
NBC News reporter Jonathan Allen, a UMD alumnus, suggested that Pines&#8217; comments should be called the &#8220;loudest-voice doctrine,&#8221; according to a <a href="https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1774788172091642176">post</a> on X.
&#8220;It’s debatable the degree to which federally funded schools have a duty to ensure free speech,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1774817009168978403" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;What’s not debatable is that the [First Amendment] also protects the right of assembly — to allow political discourse. Nor is it debatable that intimidation can fall outside protected speech.&#8221;
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UMD professor Howard Milchberg, who <a href="https://umdphysics.umd.edu/about-us/news/department-news/1934-milchberg-lect-24.html#:~:text=University%20of%20Maryland%20Professor%20of,parents%2C%20Renee%20and%20Irving%20Milchberg." target="_blank" rel="noopener">started the lecture</a> with his family in recognition of his late parents who survived the Holocaust, posited that the disruption of Raskin&#8217;s remarks was a good thing.
&#8220;It didn’t go as planned, but it maybe turned out better than normal,&#8221; Milchberg <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2024/03/29/raskin-speech-at-umd-disrupted-by-protesters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Capitol News Service</a>. &#8220;It was an actual exercise of democracy rather than a story about democracy.&#8221;

Rep. Jamie Raskin

House Dem’s Lecture Derailed By Hecklers; University President Claims ‘Free Speech’ Prevailed

House Dem's Lecture Derailed By Hecklers; University President Claims 'Free Speech' Prevailed

Congress

House Democrats

Jamie Raskin

Protesters

University of Maryland

Maryland Governor Wes Moore said over the weekend that the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last week was not a regional crisis but a national crisis that has the potential to hurt the U.S. economy.
Moore made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; while discussing last week&#8217;s incident, which happened when a 1,000-foot cargo ship, the Dali, hit the bridge, causing it to instantly collapse.
&#8220;More than 1.1 million containers of cargo passed through the Port of Baltimore last year, including more cars and light trucks than any other port in the U.S.,&#8221; host Dana Bash said. &#8220;What effect is this going to have beyond Maryland on the national economy and the supply chain? Could Americans see delays and higher prices as a result?&#8221;
&#8220;Absolutely,&#8221; Moore responded. &#8220;And people have to remember, this is not a — this is not a Baltimore catastrophe, not a Maryland catastrophe. This is a national economic catastrophe as well. We — as you mentioned, I mean, this port is one of the busiest, most active ports inside of the country.&#8221;
&#8220;And so this is not just having an impact on Maryland. This is going to impact the farmer in Kentucky. This is going to impact the auto dealer in Ohio. This is going to impact the restaurant owner in Tennessee,&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;Whether you&#8217;re talking about all those various industries, the Port of Baltimore is the largest port in the country for all of those things,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;And so the reason that we need people to move in a bipartisan basis and move in a fast basis is not because we need you to do Maryland a favor. Maryland needs no favors. We need to make sure that we&#8217;re actually moving quickly to get the American economy going again, because the Port of Baltimore is instrumental in our larger economic growth.&#8221;
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Gov. Wes Moore And Biden Administration Officials Makes Jobs Announcement In Baltimore

Maryland Governor Moore: Bridge Collapse Is A ‘National Economic Catastrophe’

Media

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said during an interview over the weekend that everyone who was killed last week on the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a migrant.
Van Hollen made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; while talking about the incident in which a 1,000-foot cargo ship, the Dali, hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse instantly.
&#8220;We’re working to help the families of the six individuals,&#8221; Van Hollen said. &#8220;All of them, all immigrants. It’s a clear example about the contributions and the sacrifices that immigrants make.&#8221;
Host Martha Raddatz said that the migrants came from Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala.
&#8220;And the other priority right now is to open the channel because this is a thriving port of Baltimore. We have over 15,000 people working directly for the port,&#8221; Van Hollen said. &#8220;Thousands of others — their livelihood depends on the port. So, opening that channel is the priority.&#8221;
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&#8220;And I want to thank President Biden because he has followed through on his commitment,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The Army Corps of Engineers will cover all the cost of clearing the channel. We have submitted our requests for rebuilding the bridge to the emergency relief program. We’ve been invited in that program. The federal government will pay 90 percent of the costs and Senator [Ben] Cardin and I are planning to introduce legislation to cover the other 10.&#8221;
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“The federal government will pay 90% of the cost and Senator Cardin and I plan to introduce legislation to cover the other 10.” <a href="https://t.co/tbdPPdCc6Y">https://t.co/tbdPPdCc6Y</a> <a href="https://t.co/rJZZHW5lJV">pic.twitter.com/rJZZHW5lJV</a>
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Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen: All Those Killed In Bridge Collapse Were Migrants

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Transportation Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pete-buttigieg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete Buttigieg</a> said on Sunday the federal government would provide more financial assistance to assist with the recovery after the deadly bridge collapse in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/baltimore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Baltimore</a> last week.
The Cabinet official made the comments on CBS News after the Transportation Department announced $60 million in <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-announces-60-million-emergency-work-wake-collapse-francis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Emergency Relief&#8221; funds</a> to help Maryland rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was hit by a cargo ship.
&#8220;We&#8217;re using an authority called the Emergency Relief. This is through our Federal Highway Administration. That&#8217;s how we got those first 60 million out and there will be more where that came from,&#8221; Buttigieg said during an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-buttigieg-transportation-secretary-face-the-nation-transcript-03-31-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on &#8220;Face the Nation.&#8221;</a>
&#8220;Now it is possible we may need to turn to Congress to supplement that fund. That has happened in the past, if you remember the 2007 bridge collapse in Minnesota, ultimately about $260 million put together, including funds that were put through Congress on a bipartisan basis,&#8221; Buttigieg said.
He added, &#8220;I hope and expect this too will be a bipartisan priority. It&#8217;s not just the right thing to do for the people of Baltimore. But really important, again, for our whole supply system to make sure that that port and that bridge are operating just the way they were supposed to.&#8221;
Although GOP hardliners have pushed for reining in federal spending, they <a href="https://www.politico.com/video/2024/03/28/hard-right-house-gop-open-to-funding-baltimore-bridge-repairs-1277920" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared to be open</a> to federal aid under the right conditions. But <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4561463-republican-biden-baltimore-bridge-collapse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not everyone</a> seemed happy after President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-says-wants-federal-government-pay-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-ca-rcna145138" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he wanted the federal government to cover the &#8220;entire&#8221; cost of the reconstruction project.
CBS News correspondent Ed O&#8217;Keefe asked Buttigieg what he would say to any &#8220;skeptical&#8221; lawmaker who might say they oppose providing federal taxpayer dollars to help repair the bridge.
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&#8220;The pitch is your district could be next,&#8221; Buttigieg said. &#8220;And also this has historically been bipartisan, and I&#8217;m not just reaching back to bygone eras. Remember, the infrastructure package itself — President Biden&#8217;s infrastructure plan went through on a bipartisan basis. A lot of people didn&#8217;t think that was possible when we got here in 2021.&#8221;
&#8220;But the president never gave up on the idea,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And sure enough, a lot of Republicans were willing to cross the aisle, work with President Biden, work with Democrats to get this done. If there&#8217;s anything left in this country that is more bipartisan than infrastructure, it should be emergency response. This is both and I hope that Congress will be willing if and when we turn to them.&#8221;

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg Pledges ‘More’ Federal Assistance For Maryland Bridge Collapse After $60 Million Start

Buttigieg Pledges 'More' Federal Assistance For Maryland Bridge Collapse After $60 Million Start

Biden Administration

Disasters

Pete Buttigieg

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) put a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consultant on the Maryland Port Commission just months before a container ship crashed into Baltimore&#8217;s Francis Scott Key Bridge. The supply chain on the East Coast and beyond now hangs in the balance as authorities will have to swiftly undertake complex feats of engineering to reopen the port and, eventually, the bridge.
Moore named Karenthia Barber to the Commission last August. The headline of the <a href="https://fox2now.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/648711993/karenthia-a-barber-appointed-first-black-woman-to-serve-as-maryland-port-commissioner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> announcing the hire hailed her as the “first black woman to serve as Maryland Port Commissioner.” Her <a href="https://mpa.maryland.gov/Pages/KarenthiaBarber.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ports Commission bio</a> says she is “the Founder and CEO of Professional Development Associates, LLC. [sic] a consulting practice that provides leadership and workforce training, coaching, and diversity, equity and inclusion audits and consulting,” and a volunteer for the Maryland Democratic Party.
According to an <a href="https://www.pobdirectory.com/article/helping-the-port-thrive.html">interview with Barber</a> posted to the port website this January, part of her job was to bring her DEI expertise to the commission.
&#8220;In the words of our Governor, I want to make sure the MPA is leaving no one behind — that we are broadening our impact, our revenue, but also expanding the net of inclusion,&#8221; Barber said.
Barber did not return a request for comment from The Daily Wire on her qualifications. The <a href="https://mpa.maryland.gov/pages/port-commission.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Port Commission website</a> says it “establishes policies directed toward improving the competitive position of the Port of Baltimore within the international maritime industry. Commission meetings are held once a month and include a session open to the public. Members of the MPC are appointed by the governor.” Its <a href="https://mpa.maryland.gov/Documents/port-commission/March72024OpenSessionAgenda.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 7 meeting</a> included a “Safety Program Annual Report.”
The three current commissioners who were appointed by past Republican governors have expertise in managing major transportation hubs or maritime ventures. They are Edward McDonald, who served as chief of staff for the Maryland Department of Transportation; David Richardson, the former chief of staff at the Maryland Aviation Administration; and Brenda Dandy, who co-founded a marine business.
Moore — the state’s first black governor — appointed Barber and two other commissioners: <a href="https://mpa.maryland.gov/Pages/SandyRoberts.aspx">Sandy Roberts</a>, an attorney who has practiced civil rights and international transactions law and operates an airport concessionaire business; and <a href="https://mpa.maryland.gov/Pages/MScottWebb.aspx">Scott Webb</a>, a member of the International Longshoremen&#8217;s Association labor union who worked on the water.
<div id="attachment_716057" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-716057" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-716057" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/03/GettyImages-2117511347-864x576.jpg" alt="BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MARCH 27: Workers continue to investigate and search for victims after the cargo ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse yesterday, on March 27, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Two survivors were pulled from the Patapsco River and six missing people are presumed dead after the Coast Guard called off rescue efforts. A work crew was fixing potholes on the bridge, which is used by roughly 30,000 people each day, when the ship struck at around 1:30am on Tuesday morning. The accident has temporarily closed the Port of Baltimore, one of the largest and busiest on the East Coast of the U.S. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/03/GettyImages-2117511347-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/03/GettyImages-2117511347-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/03/GettyImages-2117511347-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/03/GettyImages-2117511347.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Scott Olson/Getty Images</div>
After a cargo ship collided with a pier on the Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, leading to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ntsb-reports-timeline-of-baltimore-bridge-disaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massive bridge&#8217;s collapse</a>, supply chains across America hang in the balance as authorities manage a cleanup of the Baltimore port that includes removing the wreckage of the bridge so that cruise ships and cargo freighters can pass through, determining how the catastrophe might have been prevented, and constructing a new bridge.
Barber&#8217;s website <a href="https://www.KBMotivator.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KBMotivator.com</a> positions her as a professional motivational speaker, and pictures her hobnobbing with various Democrat politicians. It says Barber is “recognized as an engaging, inspiring and educational world class speaker&#8221; and hails her as a public speaker.
&#8220;Ms. Barber provides keynotes on a range of topics including: Leadership; Diversity, Inclusion and Equity; Generations At Work, and Communications,” it says.
Her bio said she served as chair of the Board of Trustees of Maryland Automobile Insurance, and the website said she had done “workshops and training sessions” for clients that included the U.S. Navy.
Her father was also a member of the longshoreman’s union. But there was little evidence of substantive maritime experience by Barber; the website said the goal of consulting at various agencies she worked was to “drive invention, inspiration, and innovation.”
Her biography brags that “the Baltimore native is a life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the Baltimore (MD) chapter The Links, Inc., a national service organization of prominent Black women.” It also states that Barber is a recipient of “the Living Legend Award from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women&#8217;s Clubs.&#8221;

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) and Karenthia A. Barber (Maryland Port Commission)

Less Than A Year Before Bridge Fiasco, Maryland’s Dem Gov Put A DEI Consultant On State’s Port Commission

Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

The Washington Post wasted no time after the collapse of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/baltimore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Baltimore’s</a> Francis Scott Key Bridge in reminding readers that the man it was named after was a problematic figure.
Early Tuesday morning, a massive container ship crashed into the bridge, knocking it down, and leaving at least six construction workers presumed dead.
In a Wednesday <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/03/27/francis-scott-key-history-profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> titled &#8220;Who was Francis Scott Key, controversial poet the bridge is named after?&#8221; the paper reminded readers about Key&#8217;s &#8220;racist views.&#8221;
Francis Scott Key is best known for writing the poem that became America&#8217;s national anthem, &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner.&#8221; He wrote the lyrics the morning after an 1814 British attack on Fort McHenry, which is right by the collapsed bridge.
&#8220;As The Washington Post previously reported, &#8216;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8217; did not become the national anthem until more than a century after it was written because of controversy, partly over Key’s racist views,&#8221; the Post wrote.
&#8220;One section of the poem’s third verse, in particular, has come under scrutiny from those who say it was intended to mock or threaten African Americans who escaped slavery to join the British forces, after being promised land in exchange for their service,&#8221; the paper continued.
The verse in question reads, &#8220;No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And The Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.&#8221;
The Post also reminded readers that Key was a slave owner who opposed abolition and made racist remarks about black people.
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However, the paper also acknowledged that critics have pointed out that as a lawyer, Key defended several slaves, and he freed several of his own slaves.
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Because of his mixed record on racial issues, monuments to Key have been defaced, and critics have called for institutions named after him to be renamed.
In 2017, vandals <a href="https://baltimoreheritage.org/francis-scott-key-monument-splashed-red-paint-spray-painted-words-racist-anthem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defaced</a> the Francis Scott Key Monument in Baltimore with red paint and spray-painted “Racist Anthem” and “blood on his hands.”
Investigators are still searching for the remains of the six people who fell in the water at the time of the Key bridge&#8217;s collapse.
The search, as well as the cleanup process, is expected to finish before any rebuilding of the bridge begins.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/27/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-news-updates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toured</a> the area of the destroyed bridge in the rain with the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday afternoon.
President Biden also addressed the disaster on Tuesday, <a href="https://wtop.com/baltimore/2024/03/biden-federal-government-should-pay-to-rebuild-baltimores-key-bridge-after-collapse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> he wants the federal government to pay for the bridge&#8217;s rebuilding.
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WaPo Wastes No Time Slamming Francis Scott Key Again After Namesake Baltimore Bridge Destroyed

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Lawmakers in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maryland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maryland</a> are preparing an &#8220;emergency bill&#8221; to provide income replacement for workers affected by the partial <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/baltimore-bridge-collapses-resulting-in-mass-casualty-event-after-its-struck-by-cargo-ship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bridge collapse</a> in Baltimore early Tuesday morning.
On X, Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said he is working with state Del. Luke Clippinger, a fellow Democrat hailing from Baltimore County, and others from the area to draft the legislation.
&#8220;Over 15,000 in the Balt region rely on daily operations at Port of Baltimore to put food on the table,&#8221; Ferguson <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBillFerg/status/1772949242610327563" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Today, with [Clippinger] and colleagues representing Port, we are drafting an emergency bill to provide for income replacement for workers impacted by this travesty.&#8221;
The incident involved a container ship named Dali ramming into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the bridge to break apart. Six people, identified as construction workers who were filling potholes on the bridge, are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/6-people-presumed-dead-after-cargo-ship-crash-levels-baltimore-bridge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presumed dead</a>,
With the bridge in shambles, the Port of Baltimore has been closed &#8220;until further notice,&#8221; leading experts to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-port-closure-could-cost-15-million-per-day-2024-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tell Business Insider</a> the closure may obstruct $15 million in daily economic activity.
&#8220;The human cost of lives lost yesterday is overwhelming and tragic. The economic and stability loss to the thousands impacted in the days ahead cannot be understated,&#8221; Ferguson said.
&#8220;Yesterday I spent hours talking to labor leaders, dock workers, small business owners, and large port industry leaders who all had the exact same message: &#8216;We must unlock the channel to the Port of Baltimore.&#8217; They&#8217;re right. And until we do, there is enormous cost to families,&#8221; he added.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-transportation-secretary-gives-rundown-on-how-investigation-into-baltimore-bridge-collapse-should-proceed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Transportation Safety Board</a>, which is tasked with determining the probable causes of transportation accidents and issuing safety recommendations, is <a href="https://twitter.com/NTSB_Newsroom/status/1772615395846848689" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> the collapse.
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President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he wants the federal government to cover costs to rebuild the bridge that stretched over the Patapsco River and was used by roughly 30,000 vehicles a day.
&#8220;It is my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I expect Congress to support my effort,&#8221; Biden said.
&#8220;This is going to take some time, and the people of Baltimore can count on us though to stick with them at every step of the way until the port is reopened and the bridge is rebuilt,&#8221; he added.
Biden also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he has &#8220;directed [his] team to move heaven and earth to open the port and rebuild the bridge as soon as humanly possible.&#8221;
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a Democrat, said on Wednesday the state flag has been lowered to half staff in recognition of the bridge incident.
&#8220;The hearts of every Marylander are with the families of those affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/GovWesMoore/status/1772999036158509536" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;We have spoken to the families, prayed with them, and assured them that our state will mobilize every resource to bring them closure.&#8221;

Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses After Being Struck By Cargo Ship

Maryland Lawmakers Drafting ‘Emergency Bill’ In Response To Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Maryland Lawmakers Drafting 'Emergency Bill' In Response To Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Former Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley, who served in the Reagan administration, discussed how the investigation &#8220;should proceed&#8221; in the coming months after the partial <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/baltimore-bridge-collapses-resulting-in-mass-casualty-event-after-its-struck-by-cargo-ship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bridge collapse</a> in Baltimore early Tuesday morning.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham spoke with Burnley after a container ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to break apart. At least half a dozen people are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/6-people-presumed-dead-after-cargo-ship-crash-levels-baltimore-bridge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presumed dead</a>.
&#8220;You were the transportation secretary in like a golden age of that department in my view, and I&#8217;m not saying it in a biased fashion,&#8221; said Ingraham, who was a speechwriter in the Reagan administration.
&#8220;You were an expert on so many things but tell us what happens next, or what should happen next in this mess of a situation involving a critical port?&#8221; she asked.
&#8220;First let me mention the six apparent fatalities, apparently all highway maintenance workers. That’s one of the most dangerous and under-appreciated jobs in America,&#8221; Burnley said. &#8220;Usually, it’s motorists that threaten them and in this case, a bridge comes down.&#8221;
In the segment, which was <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/26/jim-burnley-predicts-next-steps-baltimore-bridge-collapse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted by the Daily Caller</a>, Burnley went on to talk about the National Transportation Safety Board, an independent federal agency <a href="https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/home.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tasked</a> with determining the probable causes of transportation accidents and issuing safety recommendations.
&#8220;The way this should proceed, and I expect it will proceed, is the investigation will be led by what I believe is the most credible agency in the United States government – that’s the National Transportation Safety Board,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;It is bipartisan. In fact its most recent appointee was chief of staff at DOT [Department of Transportation] during the Trump administration,&#8221; Burnley said. &#8220;It has a highly esteemed group of subject matter experts, it will call on the various federal agencies at DOT, at DHS [Department of Homeland Security] – the Army Corps of Engineers, in this case, will be involved.&#8221;
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Burnley surmised that it will &#8220;probably take quite a few months&#8221; before investigators reach their &#8220;bottom line conclusions&#8221; in looking into the Francis Scott Key Bridge incident.
&#8220;But that’s where we should all be focused, is on that agency and what it concludes,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It will make recommendations that I hope both the Executive Branch and Congress will take very seriously, whatever they are.&#8221;

Jim Burnley and other former transportation secretaries

Former Transportation Secretary Gives Rundown On How Investigation Into Baltimore Bridge Collapse ‘Should Proceed’

Former Transportation Secretary Gives Rundown On How Investigation Into Baltimore Bridge Collapse 'Should Proceed'

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Laura Ingraham

National transportation Safety Board

President Joe Biden promised on Tuesday that the federal government would pay the entire cost to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after the structure collapsed early Tuesday morning when a container ship struck one of its support beams.
Biden spoke during a press conference at the White House following the collapse of the 1.6-mile-long bridge and said he would push for Congress to approve the funding to rebuild the bridge, but warned that it will &#8220;take some time&#8221; before traffic once again flows as normal. The bridge is part of Interstate 695, also known as the Baltimore Beltway, and is a major crossing of the Patapsco River used by roughly 30,000 vehicles each day.
&#8220;It is my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I expect Congress to support my effort,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;This is going to take some time, and the people of Baltimore can count on us though to stick with them at every step of the way until the port is reopened and the bridge is rebuilt.&#8221;
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Pres. Biden vows the &quot;federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing&quot; Baltimore&#39;s Francis Scott Key bridge after its collapse.
Asked whether the shipping company should be held responsible, Biden says: &quot;That could be, but we&#39;re not going to wait for that.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/7Z4QgrOKsY">pic.twitter.com/7Z4QgrOKsY</a>
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The president added that he&#8217;s &#8220;directed [his] team to move heaven and earth to open the port and rebuild the bridge as soon as humanly possible.&#8221;
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President Biden says he has directed his team to &quot;move heaven and earth&quot; to reopen the port and rebuild Baltimore&#39;s Francis Scott Key bridge &quot;as soon as humanly possible,&quot; as 850,000 vehicles go through port annually and more than 30,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily. <a href="https://t.co/HYwf52rZk2">pic.twitter.com/HYwf52rZk2</a>
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Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld said Tuesday morning that eight people were on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore when it collapsed. He added that two of the eight people have been accounted for as emergency responders, including dive teams, continue their search and rescue operation for at least six others. State and federal authorities have maintained that all evidence in the bridge collapse “points to an accident.”
As emergency responders and crews continue to work around the bridge wreckage, all vessel traffic arriving in or leaving the Port of Baltimore has been <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/26/port-of-baltimore-suspends-vessel-traffic-after-key-bridge-collapses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a>.
Construction on the Francis Scott Key Bridge began in 1972 and was completed five years later. The bridge was built at an estimated cost of $141 million, which is around $743 million in today&#8217;s dollars, CNS Maryland <a href="https://cnsmaryland.org/2024/03/26/the-history-of-baltimores-key-bridge/#:~:text=Bridge%20construction,%24743%20million%20in%20today's%20dollars." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The port is one of America&#8217;s most heavily <a href="https://governor.maryland.gov/news/press/pages/governor-moore-announces-new-port-of-baltimore-cargo-records.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trafficked</a> and set a record last year with 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo and 11.7 million tons of general cargo coming into the port. No other port in the U.S. handles as many car and light truck shipments as Baltimore.
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The bridge collapse marks yet another transportation disaster the Biden administration must respond to. Last year, a Norfolk Southern train <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/controlled-burn-of-toxic-chemicals-that-unleashed-mushroom-cloud-over-east-palestine-wasnt-necessary-federal-official-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">derailed</a> in East Palestine, Ohio, resulting in a controlled burn of toxic chemicals that were released into the air and affected local residents.
Biden was slammed for waiting a year before he visited East Palestine and was met with disappointed East Palestine residents when he made the trip to the small town last month. When asked if he would visit Baltimore following the bridge collapse, Biden said he plans to &#8220;as quickly I can.&#8221;

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Biden Pushes For Federal Gov To ‘Pay For Entire Cost’ Of Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge, But Says It Will ‘Take Some Time’

Biden Pushes For Federal Gov To 'Pay For Entire Cost' Of Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge, But Says It Will 'Take Some Time'

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