During the race to be the Democrats&#8217; nominee in 2020, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden engaged in several acrimonious exchanges before Harris&#8217; campaign went down in flames.
But she is a black woman of Asian descent, and Biden — being the craven politician he is — picked her as his running mate.
Still, he has regularly expressed his displeasure with the spotlight-seeking Harris, and a new book says he dismissively calls her a &#8220;work in progress.&#8221;
In &#8220;The Fight of His Life,&#8221; a new book by author Chris Whipple that comes out January 17, Whipple says Biden was miffed when he heard that Harris&#8217; husband, Douglas Emhoff, complained about some of the tasks assigned to the vice president, Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/12/20/the-juicy-new-biden-book-00074849">reports</a>.
“Biden was annoyed,” the book says. “He hadn’t asked Harris to do anything he hadn’t done as vice president — and she’d begged him for the voting rights assignment.”
Early in his presidency, Biden named Harris the &#8220;Border Czar&#8221; and charged her with taking care of the mess at the U.S.-Mexico border. She was also tasked with pushing election reform and voting rights through Congress, but she failed miserably.
Others in the White House were also annoyed. One senior Biden adviser allegedly vented that “[Harris’] inner circle didn’t serve her well in the presidential campaign — and they are ill-serving her now.”
The White House gave only the most perfunctory pushback on the book.
&#8220;There will be no shortage of books written about the administration containing a wide variety of claims,&#8221; White House spokeswoman Robyn Patterson told Politico. &#8220;We don’t plan to engage in confirmations or denials when it comes to the specifics of those claims. The author did not give us a chance to verify the materials that are attributed here.&#8221;
The book is coming out just as a buzz is sweeping the capital city. For the last few weeks, Democrats have been openly musing about Harris&#8217; future, with some liberal news sites and party leaders saying she <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/581248-kamala-harris-a-2024-problem-for-biden-and-the-democrats/">shouldn&#8217;t run</a> in 2024.
If President Joe Biden runs again, he should dump Harris, some <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html">stories</a> say. If he doesn&#8217;t run, the party should bail on her and pick someone else, others say.
The stories aren&#8217;t wrong, per se. They do contain facts, like this from a recent <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2022/09/28/democrats-believe-biden-should-run-2024-primary-harris/">survey</a> from Morning Consult: Just 28% of Democratic voters would vote for Harris in a Democratic presidential primary without Biden on the ballot, down from 33% in a poll last year.
Slate was the latest liberal site to come out against Harris.
&#8220;As Joe Biden weighs a run for re-election even as he becomes the first octogenarian U.S. president in history, he should think back on what it was like to watch the Harris campaign flame out,&#8221; Christina Cauterucci <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Harris, a proven dud of a presidential candidate who has done little to distinguish herself since is not a good choice for the Democrats’ top billing. For his second term, should he seek one (he shouldn’t!), Biden should tap someone else.”
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Biden Increasingly ‘Annoyed’ By Kamala Harris, Book Reveals

President Joe Biden Increasingly 'Annoyed' By Vice President Kamala Harris, Book Reveals

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Politics

Although the 2022 midterm elections were weeks ago, the makeup of the U.S. House is still not fully set. Republicans have won at least 220 seats &#8212; enough to gain control of the chamber &#8212; while Democrats have won 213. Two races have yet to be called, but some politicos think the final makeup will be 222-213.
Whatever it is in the end, the extremely small margin for the GOP will mean various coalitions and caucuses and cliques will have expanded power to make their voices heard &#8212; and to kill bills they don&#8217;t like. Already, there is much jockeying among the groups.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus has made numerous moves to be a central power broker among the GOP. The caucus, made up of 30-40 Republicans, earlier this week sent potential new members a 55-page &#8220;Road Map&#8221; for the party, with a slew of proposed rule changes, many of which sought to reduce the power of party leaders.
But Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who appears set to take over as Speaker of the House, is not a caucus member and apparently not much of a fan. Last week, the House Republican leadership shot down six of the eight rule changes that have been proposed.
&#8220;The amendments that failed included a requirement that spending bills must pass before the fiscal year officially begins on Oct. 1,&#8221; Just The News <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-gop-leadership-rejects-6-out-8-rules-changes-sought-conservatives-more-be?utm_source=daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter?utm_source=referral&amp;utm_medium=offthepress&amp;utm_campaign=home">reported</a>. &#8220;If not, other legislation would not be able to be considered on the floor. An amendment that would ensure all members of the Republican Conference are able to participate in conference meetings was rejected.&#8221;
Another rule that didn&#8217;t pass muster with House GOP leadership was an amendment that would have allowed committee members to elect their own chairmen rather than leadership appointing them.
Other cliques are also looking for their share of the pie. One, known as the Problem Solvers&#8217; Caucus, pledges to be a centrist band that can help the GOP win battles in the House but will look for bipartisan support from Democrats.
&#8220;Last week, the co-leaders of the Problem Solvers’ caucus, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), met for dinner to talk about changes that could unify and empower the 50 or so members of their group,&#8221; Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2022/11/21/moderates-plot-power-moves-00069686">reported</a>. &#8220;One option on the table: only endorsing bills that have both Republican and Democratic co-sponsors when introduced.&#8221;
“We just want to make the group more accountable &#8230; I mean, the whole point of our group is to stick together on the floor when we endorse bills,” Fitzpatrick told the liberal political site.
Already, the Problem Solvers are turning heads, with members of the Freedom Caucus and even Senate Democrats looking to make friends.
Then there&#8217;s the Main Street Caucus, which touts itself on Twitter as &#8220;the 2nd largest Caucus of Republicans in the House,&#8221; adding that its top priorities are &#8220;implementing pro-growth policies for small business owners, fostering economic and individual prosperity [and] delivering results for the American people.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s time we flex our muscles,&#8221; Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), co-leader of the Main Street Caucus, said, <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/republicans-factions-centrists/2022/11/21/id/1097412/">according</a> to Newsmax.
McCarthy will likely need support from the groups to be effective &#8212; and he knows it.
&#8220;Kevin’s not stupid,&#8221; said Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), who leads another centrist caucus, the Republican Governance Group. &#8220;He’s trying to add to his numbers, not destroy his base. And so I count on his political acumen to know what&#8217;s acceptable to the rank and file inside the conference.&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Kevin McCarthy

Caucuses Within GOP Scramble To Get Their Share Of Power In House Takeover

Caucuses Within Republican Party Scramble To Get Their Share Of Power In House Takeover

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Aw, you hate to see it. The Beltway&#8217;s favorite left-wing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/legacy-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">propaganda outlet</a> is dabbling in some &#8220;election denying&#8221; by wondering if certain voting machines can be trusted in Tuesday&#8217;s elections.
If you&#8217;re confused by this warning, having previously been admonished by the Democratic Party and their all-too-eager media allies that anybody who dares question the integrity of a U.S. election is a fascist and a threat to democracy, it&#8217;s understandable. But please, try to keep up.
&#8220;The 2020 presidential election was rife with allegations of voting machine hacks that were later debunked,&#8221; Politico tweeted Monday. But &#8220;there are real risks that hackers could tunnel into voting equipment and other election infrastructure to try to undermine Tuesday’s vote.&#8221;
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The 2020 presidential election was rife with allegations of voting machine hacks that were later debunked. 
Yet there are real risks that hackers could tunnel into voting equipment and other election infrastructure to try to undermine Tuesday’s vote.<a href="https://t.co/kDij1J08eU">https://t.co/kDij1J08eU</a>
&mdash; POLITICO (@politico) <a href="https://twitter.com/politico/status/1589568452699820032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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These vulnerabilities only seem to show themselves whenever Democrats lose, or are about to lose, an election. Reporter Eric Geller <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/07/6-election-security-threats-to-watch-for-on-election-day-00065277" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserts</a> in the story that these problems exist in 2022 and were concerning in previous elections, yet magically were not present in 2020.
Geller noted that attacks on the midterm elections could come from misinformation and hacks of social media accounts, voter registrations, and even campaign websites. He also added that the use of internet modems to transmit voter data could be targeted by nefarious actors who then manipulate vote tallies.
&#8220;At least seven states and Washington, D.C., use wireless modems to transmit unofficial election-night results to their central offices,&#8221; Geller wrote. &#8220;These modems use telecommunications networks that are vulnerable to hackers, and malicious actors could exploit them to tamper with unofficial vote data, corrupt voting machines or compromise the computers used to tally official results.&#8221;
Of course, these concerns have been around for quite some time.
Prior to the 2018 election, HBO even released a documentary titled &#8220;Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections,&#8221; purporting to show multiple ways a third party could access or change voting data.
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So in other words, it seems okay to raise concerns about any election except 2020.
As The Heritage Foundation&#8217;s John Cooper put it, the American political press is basically saying, &#8220;Fraud wasn’t a problem when our side won, but now that we’re about to get hammered, it totally is!&#8221;
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“Fraud wasn’t a problem when our side won, but now that we’re about to get hammered, it totally is!” — American political press <a href="https://t.co/XBdC5jfCPJ">https://t.co/XBdC5jfCPJ</a>
&mdash; John Cooper (@thejcoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/thejcoop/status/1589635505641381888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In reaction, Sean Davis of The Federalist also tweeted, &#8220;Weird how election hacking and security are only real issues when Democrats are about to lose.&#8221;
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Weird how election hacking and security are only real issues when Democrats are about to lose. <a href="https://t.co/BZYhEuwLRt">https://t.co/BZYhEuwLRt</a>
&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1589630015012233216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The brazenness of legacy media is laughable at this point, but they don&#8217;t seem to be in on the joke.
As evidenced by the quick reactions on Twitter and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=americansd+consider+media+to+be+threat+to+democracy&amp;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&amp;oq=americansd+consider+media+to+be+threat+to+democracy&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0i30i546.5034j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polls showing</a> that the majority of Americans believe &#8220;mainstream media&#8221; is a threat to democracy, it is obvious these outlets no longer have the sway they once did on the country.
That is a good thing.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Voting Machine

Uh-Oh: Looks Like Politico Is Dabbling In ‘Election Denying,’ Warning Voting Machines Could Be Hacked

Uh-Oh: Looks Like Politico Is Dabbling In 'Election Denying,' Warning Voting Machines Could Be Hacked

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2022 Midterms

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party">Democrats</a> are already prepping their talking points for November 9: The elections were stolen because Republicans suppressed voters of color.
It&#8217;s an old chestnut that liberals unshell every two years. Republicans aren&#8217;t just trying to clear voting rolls of those who have died or moved, no, they&#8217;re actively trying to disenfranchise as many Americans as they can.
The White House revealed its absurd talking points during a press briefing this week.
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday said &#8220;voter suppression&#8221; and &#8220;high turnout&#8221; can take place at the same time when asked about election participation in Georgia. President Joe Biden said the state&#8217;s voting laws amount to &#8220;Jim Crow 2.0&#8221; &#8212; but Georgia is seeing record early voting turnout.
&#8220;And speaking generally of course, more broadly, of course, high turnout and voter suppression can take place at the same time,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They don&#8217;t have to be, one doesn&#8217;t have to happen on its own. They could be happening at the same time.&#8221;
Huh. So when you suppress the vote, you can get more votes. Hey, it makes perfect sense in BidenWorld, where 2+2 equals, well, whatever you want it to equal. Biden joined a boy who&#8217;s now a girl this week in a virtual chat, saying, sure, that makes sense, so why not voter suppression leading to high turnout?
Jean-Pierre, who really is one of the worst press secretaries to ever hold the post, was asked if the White House is &#8220;observing instances of voter suppression in Georgia and other states that adopted some of these laws over the last two years.&#8221;
The answer was spectacular.
&#8220;Look, we have seen ourselves, I just laid out &#8212; we&#8217;ve seen ourselves, from what legislation, state legislation we have seen across the country that is suppressing the right to vote, and look, we believe that people should have the fundamental access to voting,&#8221; she said.
Got it? Yes, that was unintelligible, but again, that makes sense in BidenWorld.
Let&#8217;s get real. Voter turnout is sky-high across America because voters are incensed &#8212; furious about soaring inflation, gas and food prices, out-of-control crime, and the mess at the southern border. Biden has plunged the U.S. into the worst economy in decades, which is driving people to the polls in droves.
Case in point: Georgia’s Secretary of State Office released numbers this week showing more than 400,000 voters had voted as of October 19, up 63% compared to the 2018 midterm elections. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/karine-jean-pierre-says-voter-suppression-high-turnout-take-place-same-time">Fox News</a> Digital that Georgia is on track to &#8220;break records in terms of voter turnout in every category.&#8221;
&#8220;In 2018, 223,576 Georgians voted by mail for governor. So far this year, we’ve received 239,789 requests for absentee ballots, 238,356 have been mailed out,&#8221; Raffensperger said. &#8220;We’ll exceed 2018’s total for mailed-in ballots. So far we’ve been breaking the early vote record set in 2018, and we’re approaching the early vote numbers in 2020.&#8221;
Politico, a liberal website founded by two reporters from The Washington Post, got into the act, too. The site dropped a 2,200-word <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/25/democrats-black-voter-turnout-00063254">piece</a> saying blacks just aren&#8217;t coming out to vote and lamenting that the voting bloc that put Biden into office is souring on the doddering POTUS.
&#8220;After Black voters played a pivotal role in electing President Joe Biden two years ago, the strategists said that some Black voters believe that not enough has changed since, especially when it comes to the economy, gun violence, voting rights and criminal justice reform,&#8221; Politico wrote.
Well yeah, duh. Been to a city lately? It&#8217;s horrible. Homeless people everywhere. Crime out of control. Shocking that black voters are unhappy. Democrats assume blacks will always vote party line, but this year, maybe not.
So, black voters aren&#8217;t happy because the economy sucks, there&#8217;s too much gun violence, and criminals are walking free every day. Sound familiar? Yup, those are the issues &#8220;white&#8221; America cares about &#8212; step back a sec, we&#8217;re all Americans here and now battling the same things.
Democrats have run cities they control into the ground. Crime has soared as liberal mayors have embraced calls to &#8220;defund the police.&#8221; Black voters are all, nuh uh.
The &#8220;black vote&#8221; is going to be down this year, but not for the reasons Democrats say. They are starting to realize that the party they back does nothing for them &#8212; never has, never will.
And Republicans are about to pick up 50-some seats in the House. Even as they suppress the vote.
Go figure.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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After Election Day Pummeling, Democrats Will Play The Race Card — Hard

After Election Day Pummeling, Democrats Will Play The Race Card Hard

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The United States <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/air-force-one-temporarily-stuck-with-biden-on-it-waiting-for-snow-plows-to-clear-its-path/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Air Force</a> appeared to refute Politico&#8217;s claim that a public records request had ultimately given the outlet access to personnel records — including details of an alleged sexual assault — belonging to congressional Republican candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green.
Green, running for a House seat in Indiana, issued a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/indiana-republican-claims-opponent-illegally-obtained-her-military-records-and-politico-published-them/">public statement</a> after Politico published a profile on her and included information that could only have come from her personnel records. She blamed her opponent, Congressman Frank Mrvan (D-IN), for illegally obtaining the information.
&#8220;[Mrvan&#8217;s] team fished the details of my assault to different news outlets, asking them to share misinformation to portray me as a failed military officer who lacks integrity. This is false,&#8221; Green tweeted.
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I believe after sharing my assault against the advice of some in my command, my career was intentionally derailed. The paperwork Congressman Mrvan illegally obtained contains information that reflects me in a negative light. (5/11)
&mdash; Jennifer-Ruth Green (@JenRuthGreen) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenRuthGreen/status/1579194676422512641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I believe after sharing my assault against the advice of some in my command, my career was intentionally derailed. The paperwork Congressman Mrvan illegally obtained contains information that reflects me in a negative light,&#8221; she continued.
Politico maintained that the information had come from someone &#8220;outside&#8221; Mrvan&#8217;s campaign and had been obtained via a public records request — but Sen. <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/the-eye-of-the-storm-tom-cotton-honors-staffer-who-earned-bronze-star-during-afghan-evacuation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Cotton</a> (R-AR) raised the question to the Air Force directly, saying that it was illegal for such records to be released without the consent of the person.
&#8220;[Officer Performance Reports] could only be released if that member agreed, in writing, to release his or her documents,&#8221; Cotton wrote, adding, &#8220;Of additional concern is the appearance that [the] party responsible for releasing these Air Force documents may be exploiting private matters, including a sexual assault, for partisan purposes to interfere with the democratic process just weeks before an election. I am therefore formally requesting a full accounting of how and on what basis these documents were released or leaked, and who is responsible.&#8221;
The Air Force informed <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cotton-demands-info-air-force-jennifer-ruth-green-sexual-assault-leak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News Digital</a> in a statement that there was no record of Green&#8217;s documents being released pursuant to any public records request. The statement also noted that if such documents were ever released, certain details would be redacted in order to protect individual privacy and sensitive information.
&#8220;We cannot confirm any documents on this individual were released by the Department of the Air Force under the Freedom of Information Act. In general, any release of information that, if disclosed, would invade another individual&#8217;s personal privacy would be reviewed under Exemption FOIA 5U.S.C. §552 (b)(6) with redactions made to ensure compliance with the law. Each document would be reviewed on a case by case basis,&#8221; an Air Force spokesman explained.
Mrvan has denied any connection to the documents, tweeting, &#8220;Neither myself nor anyone affiliated with my campaign provided any military service record to Politico.&#8221;
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Neither myself nor anyone affiliated with my campaign provided any military service record to Politico. 1/2 <a href="https://t.co/WVInLgXLYZ">https://t.co/WVInLgXLYZ</a>
&mdash; Mrvan for Congress (@mrvan4congress) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrvan4congress/status/1579958774319943680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Green has made it clear that she still believes he is responsible, telling Fox News Digital, &#8220;I believe Congressman Frank Mrvan illegally obtained those documents and was floating them around to [the] press. That&#8217;s what our political team told us, that they were farming it out to several different press outlets to see who could write a very disgusting, ugly smear piece against me with the intent to paint me as a disgraced military officer.&#8221;

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U.S. Air Force Dumps On Politico Over Republican Candidate’s Leaked Military Sexual Assault Records

U.S. Air Force Dumps On Politico Over Republican Candidate's Leaked Military Sexual Assault Records 

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Politico Europe credited Russian President <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/key-bridge-spanning-russia-crimea-blown-up-in-likely-suicide-bombing-on-putins-birthday/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vladimir Putin</a> for forcing the world to move toward green energy alternatives when he invaded Ukraine.
The outlet <a href="https://www.politico.eu/list/green-28-class-of-2023-the-ranking/vladimir-putin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published a list</a> referred to as the &#8220;Green 28,&#8221; naming the 28 most influential European figures in the ongoing push to address climate change by adopting renewable energy sources — and Putin topped the list, although it was clear that his influence was far less intentional than many of the others.
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It took a war criminal to speed up Europe’s green revolution.
Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has forced Europe to finally break its fossil fuel addiction.
For this reason, he has topped our inaugural <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/POLITICOGreen28?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#POLITICOGreen28</a> list.
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&mdash; POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) <a href="https://twitter.com/POLITICOEurope/status/1580221617463971841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It took a war criminal to speed up Europe’s green revolution. Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has forced Europe to finally break its fossil fuel addiction,&#8221; the outlet tweeted. &#8220;For this reason, he has topped our inaugural #POLITICOGreen28 list.&#8221;
&#8220;By invading Ukraine and manipulating energy supplies to undermine European support for Kyiv, Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved something generations of green campaigners could not — clean energy is now a fundamental matter of European security,&#8221; the article began.
It went on to detail how Russia&#8217;s late-February invasion of Ukraine had first driven gas prices upward and then driven the political conversation toward a dramatic pivot to green energy alternatives.
The issue — which former President Donald Trump had warned European leaders of while he was in office — was that the European energy sector was heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas. That dependency made them intensely vulnerable to price spikes in the near term — but also put lives at risk if Putin were to decide some winter month to cut off the supply.
Simone Tagliapietra, a research fellow at the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, agreed that Russia&#8217;s invasion had at least sparked the turning point, saying, &#8220;We will look back at this situation in 10 years time and see, OK, that was the moment where we really got serious about the green transition and we really had the big green acceleration.&#8221;
Putin&#8217;s overall influence on the change was rated 19/30 — 9/10 for power, 10/10 for reach, and 0/10 for vision — &#8220;Putin stands as a monument to the epic effect of unintended consequences,&#8221; the article concluded.
But not everyone agreed with Politico&#8217;s assessment.
David Harsanyi, senior editor at The Federalist, responded, &#8220;Germany just shut down its most effective &#8216;clean&#8217; energy source, nuclear, and ramped up its coal use. What are you even talking about?&#8221;
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Germany just shut down its most effective &quot;clean&quot; energy source, nuclear, and ramped up its coal use. What are you even talking about? <a href="https://t.co/oIkjdfJL6k">https://t.co/oIkjdfJL6k</a>
&mdash; David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/1580269618706276353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Writer Robert Bryce suggested a retraction — and an apology — was in order, saying, &#8220;Hey @POLITICOEurope: Putin on your &#8216;green&#8217; list is odious. Repulsive. Revolting. Deceitful. Disgusting. &#8216;It took a war criminal&#8217;? It’s also wrong: Europe isn’t quitting FFs. It’s burning as much coal as it can. See below from @IEA A retraction and an apology is in order.&#8221;
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/POLITICOEurope?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POLITICOEurope</a> : Putin on your &quot;green&quot; list is odious. Repulsive. Revolting. Deceitful. Disgusting. &quot;It took a war criminal&quot;? It’s also wrong: Europe isn’t quitting FFs. It’s burning as much coal as it can. See below from <a href="https://twitter.com/IEA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IEA</a> A retraction and an apology is in order. <a href="https://t.co/eEphelaCX4">https://t.co/eEphelaCX4</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jh1hWcaoX5">pic.twitter.com/Jh1hWcaoX5</a>
&mdash; Robert Bryce (@pwrhungry) <a href="https://twitter.com/pwrhungry/status/1580268090272555008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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As Hurricane Ian hurtled toward Florida, packing 155 mph winds, politicians and commentators were busy bloviating, blowing out their own hot air.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) went so far as to say electing Democrats in the November midterms will help stop hurricanes.
&#8220;If the Republicans take charge, a number of them have been talking about an abortion ban, you guys know that, you featured it on the show,&#8221; Klobuchar <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/09/27/senator-amy-klobuchar-hurricane-ian-democrat-climate-change-vote-midterm-elections-senate-majority/">said</a> on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe.&#8221;
&#8220;That’s why we got to win this midterm. We just did something about climate change for the first time in decades, that’s why we got to win this as that hurricane bears down on Florida. We got to win in the midterms,&#8221; she said.
Meanwhile, Politico, a liberal website founded by two former Washington Post reporters, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/27/desantis-faces-the-true-test-of-any-florida-governor-00058925">sought to hit</a> Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican &#8212; even before the hurricane hit.
And it only took two paragraphs for the site to get a fact completely wrong.
&#8220;Gov. Ron DeSantis spent his first term becoming one of the most influential Republicans in the country — a likely 2024 frontrunner who’s already shaping his party’s national agenda,&#8221; reporter Matt Dixon wrote.
&#8220;But DeSantis still hasn’t faced one of the toughest challenges a Florida leader can encounter: a major hurricane.&#8221;
The site later added this at the bottom of the story (while weirdly leaving graf 2 intact): &#8220;CLARIFICATION: This story has been updated to add that Hurricane Sally affected the western part of the Florida Panhandle in 2020.&#8221;
Down in Florida, a reporter asked DeSantis about remarks made by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Deanne Criswell on Tuesday.
“FEMA Administrator Criswell said today she acknowledged concerns about Florida’s … as it was said … lax response to the storm so far &#8212; &#8221; the reporter started before DeSantis cut him off.
&#8220;Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, give me a break. That is nonsense. Stop politicizing, OK? Stop it. We declared a state of emergency when this thing wasn’t even formed. We’ve had people in here. We’ve had counties that have done a lot of hard work.&#8221;
&#8220;And honestly, you’re trying to attack me, I get it, but you’re attacking these other people who’ve worked very hard. So that’s just totally false,&#8221; DeSantis said.
For the record, the question was wrong, anyway. What Criswell said during the White House press briefing was how the Gulf of Mexico region of Florida hadn&#8217;t taken a direct hit in several years and had nothing to do with the state&#8217;s preparation.
Last year, President Joe Biden got in on the act when he said preparing for a hurricane was just one more reason to &#8230; get vaccinated?
&#8220;Let me be clear: If you&#8217;re in a state where hurricanes often strike like Florida or the Gulf Coast or Texas, a vital part of preparing for hurricane season is to get vaccinated,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://twitter.com/JoePCunningham/status/1574884405541216267">said</a>. &#8220;Everything is more complicated if you&#8217;re not vaccinated and hurricane preventable disaster hits.&#8221;
Joe Concha, longtime political commentator from The Hill, knew this was all coming, that the media and politicians would make the hurricane partisan.
&#8220;This is a serious time for serious journalism. But you know that there are some folks in this industry that are licking their chops, just waiting to turn this particular hurricane into Ron DeSantis&#8217;s Katrina, as if he could have done something to better prepare the state or done X-Y-Z, then he could have saved lives or saved businesses or saved homes,&#8221; Concha said on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-concha-liberal-media-pundits-licking-chops-take-shots-ron-desantis-hurricane-ian">Fox News</a>.
&#8220;If we&#8217;re going to start blaming governors when hurricanes hit in these situations, when they appear to be doing everything they can to prepare their citizens, you know that it&#8217;s a midterm year. And quite frankly, you know that 2024 is ahead. And as we&#8217;ve seen time and again with Ron DeSantis, they see him as a true threat in terms of winning the presidency and will take any shot, even the cheap shots, even the shots that don&#8217;t exist, like hurricanes that actually hit states when they say it didn&#8217;t. And just to try to take him down,&#8221; he added.
Initial reports say Hurricane Ian will likely wreak havoc for several more days. Most people will send their thoughts and prayers &#8212; and money &#8212; to help the survivors, politicians and pundits will no doubt seek political gain from the misery.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Nowadays, Everything Is Political — Even The Weather!

Nowadays, Everything Is Political -- Even The Weather

Amy Klobuchar

Hurricane Ian

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As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-2-million-florida-residents-under-evacuation-orders-as-hurricane-ian-becomes-category-3-storm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Ian</a> barreled toward Florida, some Democrats and members of the media appeared almost giddy at the prospect of Governor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R-FL) failing a high-profile test.
Florida emergency management teams were busy Tuesday warning residents to batten down the hatches and, if necessary, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/more-than-2-million-florida-residents-under-evacuation-orders-as-hurricane-ian-becomes-category-3-storm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">evacuate</a> coastal areas ahead of the storm&#8217;s arrival. Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/politico/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> appeared to frame the hurricane as a test that would ultimately determine whether or not DeSantis deserved the level notoriety he has already achieved.
&#8220;Gov. Ron DeSantis spent his first term becoming one of the most influential Republicans in the country,&#8221; the outlet wrote. &#8220;But he still hasn&#8217;t faced one of the toughest challenges a Florida leader can encounter: a hurricane.&#8221;
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Gov. Ron DeSantis spent his first term becoming one of the most influential Republicans in the country.
But he still hasn’t faced one of the toughest challenges a Florida leader can encounter: a hurricane.<a href="https://t.co/Ad4eIBbsSI">https://t.co/Ad4eIBbsSI</a>
&mdash; POLITICO (@politico) <a href="https://twitter.com/politico/status/1574728104043597833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The report cited former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Craig Fugate, who put the handling of a potentially lethal event in stark political terms.
&#8220;Fail a response: hard to get reelected, and your agenda stalls,&#8221; Fugate said. Do it well, though, and it &#8220;adds capital to your agenda, and it sets you up for higher office.&#8221;
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“Fail a response: hard to get reelected, and your agenda stalls,” former <a href="https://twitter.com/fema?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fema</a> administrator Craig Fugate, who served as Bush’s emergency management director, said. Do well, though,and it “adds capital to your agenda, and sets you up for higher office.”<a href="https://t.co/Fc9FDVNmE4">https://t.co/Fc9FDVNmE4</a>
&mdash; Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mdixon55/status/1574734674617827332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Reporters in the White House briefing room even framed questions as though they were expecting &#8220;challenges&#8221; with regard to cooperation between the the Biden administration and state officials in Florida.
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Notice the media are laying the groundwork to attack DeSantis over <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a>. Here&#39;s a question to the head of FEMA from a McClatchy reporter: &quot;Can you describe&#8230;the level of the communications w/state officials &amp; has there been anything unusual or any challenges w/that?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/j8UV1LsTqR">pic.twitter.com/j8UV1LsTqR</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1574804465470902272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Senator and former presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) appeared to suggest that electing Democrats in the approaching midterms would somehow help to curb future hurricanes.
&#8220;We just did something about climate change for the first time in decades,&#8221; Klobuchar said, apparently referencing the Inflation Reduction Act. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve gotta win this as that hurricane bears down on Florida.&#8221;
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Did Amy Klobuchar just suggest voting for Democrats will stop hurricanes?
&quot;We just did something about climate change for the first time in decades. That&#39;s why [Democrats] have to win this as that hurricane bears down on Florida.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/F9cDc7QAr9">pic.twitter.com/F9cDc7QAr9</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1574762944847663104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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But DeSantis Rapid Response Director Christina Pushaw was quick to fire back at the suggestions, noting that DeSantis had been on top of the state&#8217;s preparation and response to the threatening hurricane from the very beginning.
&#8220;Florida has some of the world&#8217;s best emergency management leadership and personnel,&#8221; Pushaw tweeted. &#8220;Governor DeSantis and his team are doing everything possible to ensure our state is prepared. Sorry to disappoint the liberal media activists who are constantly cheering for the destruction of Florida.&#8221;
&#8220;Setting aside the disgusting framing and premise of the article&#8230; This is false, @Mdixon55,&#8221; Pushaw continued, addressing Dixon directly. &#8220;Governor DeSantis did a briefing in Pinellas yesterday. He is getting ready for a briefing in Sarasota right now.&#8221;
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Setting aside the disgusting framing and premise of the article&#8230; This is false, <a href="https://twitter.com/Mdixon55?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Mdixon55</a>. Governor DeSantis did a briefing in Pinellas yesterday. He is getting ready for a briefing in Sarasota right now. <a href="https://t.co/l2flMfVJGJ">https://t.co/l2flMfVJGJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/cXlvvbOfUg">pic.twitter.com/cXlvvbOfUg</a>
&mdash; Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1574784533081296896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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To Klobuchar, she added, &#8220;Florida has experienced hurricanes throughout recorded history, before Democrats and Republicans existed. But the Party of Science will never miss an opportunity to play politics with a natural disaster. Gross and shameless.&#8221;
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Florida has experienced hurricanes throughout recorded history, before Democrats and Republicans existed. But the Party of Science will never miss an opportunity to play politics with a natural disaster. Gross and shameless. <a href="https://t.co/TW5YFQBap9">https://t.co/TW5YFQBap9</a>
&mdash; Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1574763737604653056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Rachel Vindman, wife of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s impeachment witness Alexander Vindman, used the hurricane to attack DeSantis apparently for his vocal opposition to the grooming of elementary school students and the passage of Florida&#8217;s Parental Rights in Education law — which opponents falsely labeled the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8221; law.
&#8220;We should use they/them pronouns for Hurricane Ian to annoy DeSantis,&#8221; she tweeted.
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I appreciate the danger of this storm which only serves to underscore the point that electing leaders who only divert their attention away from destroying systems [in order to score political points] to emergencies, isn’t helpful when there is a true crisis.
&mdash; Rachel Vindman 🌻 (@natsechobbyist) <a href="https://twitter.com/natsechobbyist/status/1574745713002840066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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After an hour of backlash for her tweet, Vindman attempted damage control: &#8220;I appreciated the danger of the storm which only serves to underscore the point that electing leaders who only divert their attention away from destroying systems [in order to score political points] to emergencies, isn&#8217;t helpful when there is a true crisis.&#8221;

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Media, Democrats Race To Make Hurricane Ian All About DeSantis

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Ever since Kamala Harris joined the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket, top members of the party have been trying to figure out what to do with her in 2024 (or 2028 at the latest).
Very early on in the Biden-Harris administration, her approval rating cratered &#8212; and it has never rebounded. She elicits so little fear in other Democrats &#8212; even though she&#8217;s the vice president &#8212; California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) brazenly announced this week that he&#8217;s reportedly 100% in for the nomination should Biden not run again.
But Democrats are all about identity politics &#8212; and Harris is both female and part black. So how can anyone challenge her without seeming like a racist misogynist?
Harris is already playing the race and sex card &#8212; and, really, has been from the beginning of her lengthy career in politics.
“I have a problem, guys, with that phrase, ‘identity politics,’” Harris <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/03/kamala-harris-netroots-identity-politics-762254">told</a> the progressive gathering Netroots Nation before the 2018 mid-term elections. “Because let’s be clear, when people say that, it’s a pejorative. That phrase is used to divide, and it is used to distract. Its purpose is to minimize and marginalize issues that impact all of us. It is used to try and shut us up.”
After Biden&#8217;s train wreck interview on &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; this week, it&#8217;s clear he won&#8217;t be able to handle the job come 2024. Sure, Democrats want to hold power so badly they&#8217;d prop him up in the Oval Office ala &#8220;Weekend at Bernie&#8217;s&#8221; if they could, but the economy will likely still be a mess even by then, so he&#8217;d be smart to ride off into the sunset at age 82.
That means a lot of Democrats are already jockeying for &#8217;24. And like Newsom, other Democrats aren&#8217;t the least bit worried about bashing Harris.
Former Democratic California state Sen. Gloria Romero said in an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-california-dem-leader-rips-kamala-harris-using-biden-meal-ticket-presidency">interview</a> on Fox News last week that Harris is using President Joe Biden to run for president in 2024.
“Let’s face it, Joe Biden is Kamala Harris’ meal ticket to potentially the presidency,” said Romero, the former Senate majority leader from 2005 to 2008.
“She needs to go ahead and to keep putting out there for the public and especially potential other opponents that Joe Biden is running, because the longer that people can believe that myth, the greater the opportunity is that no other contender like Newsom or [Pete] Buttigieg or even Hillary Clinton might step into the fray,” Romero added.
Well, that didn&#8217;t work. Since then, Newsom jumped in.
Liberal outlets are also playing up the identity politics, effectively warning off any, say, white male, from trying to swoop in to run against a black woman who happens to be the incumbent vice president.
&#8220;There’s a quiet frustration among some of Harris’s allies about the consistently negative tone of her coverage,&#8221; NYMag <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/biden-2024-democrats-search-for-alternative.html">wrote</a> this past May in a piece headlined, &#8220;There Has to Be a Backup Plan. There’s a Backup Plan, Right?&#8221;
&#8220;They point out that women leaders, especially women of color, are too often criticized as hostile and unlikable. A few have encouraged Harris and her new staff to fight back more aggressively against the barely coded racist and sexist attacks she receives regularly from right-wingers; some wish Biden’s aides would back her up more,&#8221; the mag said.
But Harris &#8212; who implied that Biden was racist during a 2020 Democratic primary debate &#8212; isn&#8217;t really that close to the president. When she got COVID back in late April, the White House was forced to admit that Biden wasn&#8217;t in any danger because the two weren&#8217;t “close contacts.”
According to several reports &#8212; all from liberal news outlets &#8212; there&#8217;s not much love between Biden and Harris.
Last year, a pair of CNN reporters wrote an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/14/politics/kamala-harris-frustrating-start-vice-president/index.html">article</a> headlined, “Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris’ frustrating start as vice president,” which cited dozens of alleged staffers in Harris’ office and the White House saying the veep is in deep trouble — and actually has been for a long time.
“With many sources speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the situation more frankly, they all tell roughly the same story: Harris’ staff has repeatedly failed her and left her exposed, and family members have often had an informal say within her office. Even some who have been asked for advice lament Harris’ overly cautious tendencies and staff problems, which have been a feature of every office she’s held, from San Francisco district attorney to U.S. Senate,” the reporters wrote.
The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10202201/Tensions-frustrations-rise-Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden.html">chimed</a> in with this: “Joe Biden’s relationship with Kamala Harris is in crisis, with her staff furious that she is being ‘sidelined,’ while the president’s team are increasingly frustrated by how she is playing with the American public.”
Early on, Harris plunged to a 28% approval rating in one poll, the lowest in modern history. So perhaps it’s no surprise that Harris is, as CNN said, citing alleged White House sources, being “sidelined.”
“Interviews with nearly three dozen former and current Harris aides, administration officials, Democratic operatives, donors and outside advisers — who spoke extensively to CNN — reveal a complex reality inside the White House. Many in the vice president’s circle fume that she’s not being adequately prepared or positioned and instead is being sidelined.”
“The vice president herself has told several confidants she feels constrained in what she’s able to do politically. And those around her remain wary of even hinting at future political ambitions, with Biden’s team highly attuned to signs of disloyalty, particularly from the vice president,” CNN said.
After the report came out, the White House immediately circled the wagons, with Press Secretary Jen Psaki taking to Twitter to put the administration’s spin on the saga.
“For anyone who needs to hear it. @VP is not only a vital partner to @POTUS but a bold leader who has taken on key, important challenges facing the country — from voting rights to addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband,” Psaki tweeted. Pshaw. How’s she doing on the whole border crisis Biden assigned her to handle?
But a passage in the CNN story said this: “Defenders and people who care for Harris are getting frantic. When they’re annoyed, some pass around a recent Onion story mocking her lack of more substantive work, one with the headline, ‘White House Urges Kamala Harris To Sit At Computer All Day In Case Emails Come Through.’ When they’re depressed, they bat down the Aaron Sorkin-style rumor that Biden might try to replace her by nominating her to a Supreme Court vacancy. That chatter has already reached top levels of the Biden orbit, according to one person who’s heard it.”
Then there&#8217;s the steady exodus of high-level departures from the vice president’s staff. At least a dozen key officials have departed since Inauguration Day amid reports that the veep is a bully and runs a highly dysfunctional office.
“With Kamala, you have to put up with a constant amount of soul-destroying criticism and also her own lack of confidence. So you’re constantly sort of propping up a bully and it’s not really clear why,&#8221; an unnamed staffer told The Washington Post last year.
Normally, the vice president can clear the field &#8212; she, in this case, has got the White House office, the ear of the president, and access to his enormous fundraiser operation. And usually, the veep can &#8220;clear the field&#8221; just by saying they plan to run.
But not so for Harris.
“She’s definitely not going to clear the f***ing field,” one veteran New Hampshire operative told <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/03/16/kamalas-comms-reset-00017787">Politico</a> last November.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Democrats’ Dilemma: How To Dump Kamala Harris And Not Seem Racist, Sexist

Democrats' Dilemma: How To Dump Kamala Harris And Not Seem Racist, Sexist 

Gavin Newsom

President Joe Biden held an off-the-record conversation with journalists in which he mainly complained about their coverage, according to a new report.
On a recent Air Force One trip, Biden dropped back into the media seating area to &#8220;criticize the quality and tenor of press coverage of his administration,&#8221; Politico&#8217;s West Wing Playbook <a class="Link" href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/06/08/biden-to-media-be-better-00038244">reported</a> Wednesday.
&#8220;Joe Biden doesn’t do many off-the-record chats with reporters. So the traveling White House press corps was surprised and intrigued when the president dropped by Air Force One’s press section for one such session with them during a recent trip to the West Coast,&#8221; the left-leaning website reported. &#8220;But Biden wasn’t just there to field questions. He had his own message to deliver. According to multiple people familiar with the off-the-record session, he used much of his time with reporters to criticize the quality and tenor of press coverage of his administration.&#8221;
The sessions present a conundrum for reporters. On Air Force One flights, there is only a single reporter from print media whose job is to report back to other reporters not on the president&#8217;s plane exactly what went on. But an off-the-record session is never shared with those other reporters with the dual thought that, first, they may one day be fortunate enough to be in such a session and, second, because the president cannot speak candidly off-the-record if what he says is widely reported.
But still, along with the print reporter, there are upwards of a dozen media members in such sessions, including TV, radio, and wire service reporters, as well as half a dozen photographers. It&#8217;s not unusual for what the president said aboard Air Force One to leak out and make its way into the press. In fact, reporters who attend the off-the-record sessions will often relay the conversations to those who didn&#8217;t, with the caveat that the president&#8217;s comments remain off the record. That doesn&#8217;t always happen.
Biden hasn&#8217;t done a sit down with a media outlet in 119 days. Instead, the president did a softball interview with late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday.
Politico reported Biden &#8220;hasn’t done a sit-down interview with The New York Times’ or Washington Post’s non-opinion sections since taking office, a departure from his former boss Barack Obama, who regularly gave one-on-ones to the Times during his first year. Biden has similarly shut out major wire services like The Associated Press and Reuters. Though he’s given a handful of interviews to the major networks, he still hasn’t conducted a one-on-one with CNN (though he’s done several town hall appearances).&#8221;
“I can’t think of a parallel situation – it’s the fifth president I’ve covered and the first one I haven’t interviewed,” Peter Baker, The Times’ chief White House correspondent, told the outlet. “They feel neither the obligation nor the opportunity.”
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Report: Leak Says Biden Whines About Bad Coverage To Reporters In Off-The-Record Conversation

Leak: Biden Whines About Bad Coverage To Reporters In Off-The-Record Conversation Aboard Air Force One, Politico Reports

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President Joe Biden often passes on Oval Office gatherings with press, with his aides opting instead to hold such events in the fake White House set next door at the Old Executive Office Building.
According to a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/05/biden-trump-rematch-00030250">report from Politico</a>, the reason for that is simple: the Oval Office is not set up for the installation of a permanent teleprompter.
The report, published Thursday, outlined some of the issues that might arise if the 2024 presidential election became a rematch between President Biden and former President Donald Trump — and one such issue was the concern that Biden might not be able to handle the stress of another campaign.
One concern was the president&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-says-he-broke-foot-after-exiting-shower-jokingly-running-after-dog-to-grab-his-tail/">physical condition</a>: as the report noted, &#8220;a bone he broke in his foot while playing with his dog in late November 2020 still occasionally bothers Biden, resulting in a slower and shorter gait.&#8221;
But the complications that come with Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/whos-inside-the-bunny-suit-the-big-reveal-explains-why-the-easter-bunny-wouldnt-let-biden-go-off-script/">propensity to go off-script</a> when he doesn&#8217;t have a teleprompter in front of him may also prove to be problematic, especially in a campaign that is likely to include more public events as people return to pre-pandemic activities.
As the report noted, Biden&#8217;s aides have already shifted some events — particularly when reporters are present — to avoid unscripted moments.
&#8220;The White House has largely abandoned using the Oval Office for press events in part because it can’t be permanently equipped with a teleprompter; Biden aides prefer the fake White House stage built in the Old Executive Office Building next door for events, sacrificing some of the power of the historic backdrop in favor of an otherwise sterile room that was outfitted with an easily read teleprompter screen,&#8221; the report reads.
The fake White House set has often been a target for ridicule from a number of Biden&#8217;s critics:
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Why did the White House build a literal game show set complete with fake windows for Joe Biden??? So weird. <a href="https://t.co/9Ud42AbEqQ">pic.twitter.com/9Ud42AbEqQ</a>
&mdash; Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) <a href="https://twitter.com/abigailmarone/status/1445800223868010496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Has there been an explanation for why they built a fake White House set for Biden across the street from the real White House?
The other day there were shipping containers outside the window. Today it’s a winter wonderland. 
Just bizarre and phony. <a href="https://t.co/LbLIvrlc3Z">pic.twitter.com/LbLIvrlc3Z</a>
&mdash; Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimMurtaugh/status/1478100034117906438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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If Biden does run again in 2024 despite those obstacles, the report concludes that Trump is likely to run as well.
&#8220;Biden running helps shape his decision. I think it’s an opportunity to avenge a loss and right a wrong, whereas if there was a younger candidate, I don’t know how motivated he’d be,&#8221; a former Trump advisor told Politico.
But former Trump campaign official and GOP strategist Bryan Lanza said that the calculus was a bit more complicated — and that the former president was unlikely to mount another presidential campaign unless he was reasonably certain that he could win. And Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-hits-lowest-approval-ratings-of-his-presidency-in-two-more-polls/">poll numbers,</a> which have been solidly in the low 40s for weeks, may encourage Trump to throw his hat back into the ring.
&#8220;I always said that he would run if Biden is under 44 or 43 [percent] but if Biden is at 46, 47, he will pass,&#8221; Lanza said. &#8220;Right now he is at 41 so I have to say yes right now — there has to be a dramatic turning out in Biden numbers for him to pass.&#8221;

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Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) responded Friday to a report that showed him wearing lingerie by explaining the alleged context surrounding the photos.
&#8220;The revelation of the two photos is the latest in a series of unflattering headlines for the freshman member of Congress in the run-up to the primary in his first re-election bid,&#8221; Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/madison-cawthorn-photos-00027286">reported</a>. &#8220;Cawthorn has seven Republican opponents who see him as vulnerable.&#8221;
The photos were provided to Politico by &#8220;a person formerly close to Cawthorn and his campaign&#8221; and were confirmed by a second source who was also formerly close to the first-term congressman.
Cawthorn responded to the report by claiming that the photos were taken during a vacation cruise.
&#8220;I guess the left thinks goofy vacation photos during a game on a cruise (taken waaay before I ran for Congress) is going to somehow hurt me?&#8221; Cawthorn wrote on Twitter. &#8220;They&#8217;re running out of things to throw at me.”
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Madison Cawthorn explains: “I guess the left thinks goofy vacation photos during a game on a cruise (taken waaay before I ran for Congress) is going to somehow hurt me?”
He posted a link to the the cruise ship party. <a href="https://t.co/EE6MOidnQt">https://t.co/EE6MOidnQt</a> <a href="https://t.co/XDSmlMiojT">pic.twitter.com/XDSmlMiojT</a>
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Cawthorn posted a link to a blog post that appears to show the event, an adults-only scavenger hunt, on a Royal Caribbean cruise where Cawthorn wore the lingerie.
&#8220;What Royal Caribbean event has you sharing your underwear, putting lipstick on strangers and screaming at the top of your lungs? It&#8217;s the Quest game show, the adults-only scavenger hunt that ranks as a cruise can&#8217;t-miss,&#8221; the post <a href="https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=2299">stated</a>. &#8220;Quest is uproariously fun, supremely competitive, and it&#8217;s definitely for adults only, which is why it&#8217;s often scheduled after 11 p.m.&#8221;
Cawthorn caused uproar last month after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madison-cawthorn-admits-his-claims-of-lawmaker-orgies-and-drug-use-were-exaggerated-gop-leader">claimed</a> that members of Congress had invited him to orgies and had consumed cocaine in front of him.
“Then all of a sudden you get invited. ‘We’re going to have a sexual get-together at one of our homes, you should come.’ ‘What did you just ask me to come to?’ And then you realize they’re asking you to come to an orgy,” Cawthorn claimed without evidence during a podcast. “You watch them do a bump of cocaine right in front of you. And it’s like, this is wild.”
Cawthorn’s unsubstantiated claims set off a firestorm among House Republicans, which resulted in House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) having a meeting with Cawthorn.
Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/cawthorn-mccarthy-orgy-cocaine-exaggerated-e801218d-aa88-4f15-8925-204348711ba0.html">reported</a> on the meeting:
<blockquote>McCarthy said Cawthorn conceded some of his remarks were untrue and “exaggerated.”</blockquote>
“I just told him he’s lost my trust, he’s gonna have to earn it back, and I laid out everything I find is unbecoming. And, you can’t just say, ‘You can’t do this again.’ I mean, he’s got a lot of members very upset,” McCarthy said. “In the interview, he claims he watched people do cocaine. Then when he comes in, he tells me, he says he thinks he saw maybe a staffer in a parking garage from 100 yards away.”
“It’s just frustrating. There’s no evidence behind his statements,” McCarthy continued. “And when I sit down with him … I told him you can’t make statements like that, as a member of Congress, that affects everybody else and the country as a whole.”

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