Two prominent Christian groups sent a letter to Politico on Wednesday demanding an apology for a reporter&#8217;s viral comments about Christians that the groups called &#8220;deeply disturbing.&#8221;
The Family Research Council and Catholic Vote criticized Politico reporter Heidi Przybyla for &#8220;trying to demonize the Christian community&#8221; with her comment that only extremist &#8220;Christian nationalists&#8221; believe human rights &#8220;come from God.&#8221;
The groups said Przybyla&#8217;s comments &#8220;demonstrated a disqualifying lack of knowledge of the United States of America’s founding documents and a profoundly prejudicial view toward American religious groups.&#8221;
Przybyla, Politico&#8217;s national investigative correspondent, made the controversial remarks during an appearance on MSNBC last week.
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Przybyla said that the &#8220;base of the Republican Party has shifted&#8221; after former President Donald Trump attracted a &#8220;more extremist element,&#8221; including &#8220;Christian nationalists.&#8221;
&#8220;The thing that unites them as Christian nationalists — not Christians, by the way, because Christian nationalist is very different — is that they believe that our rights as Americans, as all human beings, don&#8217;t come from any earthly authority. They don&#8217;t come from Congress, they don&#8217;t come from the Supreme Court. They come from God,&#8221; said Przybyla.
This is a problem, Przybyla said, because it means &#8220;men are determining what God is telling them.&#8221;
She went on to say that &#8220;natural law&#8221; is a pillar of Catholicism and has been used for good in social justice campaigns such as Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s civil rights movement.
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&#8220;But now you have an extremist element of conservative Christians who say that this applies specifically to issues including abortion, gay marriage, and it&#8217;s going much further than that,&#8221; Przybyla said.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Brian Burch of Catholic Vote wrote in their letter to Politico that it is &#8220;deeply disturbing&#8221; that Przybyla seems &#8220;unaware of the opening of the Declaration of Independence or to its references of &#8216;the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.'&#8221;
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&#8220;Her statements constituted an attempt to spread misinformation about Christians by creating the perception that they hold unique beliefs that pose a distinct and, in her words &#8216;extremist,&#8217; threat to our country,&#8221; the Christian groups wrote. &#8220;Setting aside the inaccuracy of her commentary, she was manifestly trying to demonize the Christian community and sow fear through propaganda.&#8221;
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The letter added that Przybyla&#8217;s public platform where she can reach millions of people makes the situation even more disturbing.
Additionally, the groups said Przybyla has a &#8220;pattern&#8221; of singling out Christian organizations, as evidence by her recent articles.
&#8220;Rhetoric like Ms. Przybyla’s, which demonizes religious groups, is profoundly dangerous. It can motivate disturbed individuals who may be predisposed to commit violence against faith communities,&#8221; the groups wrote.
The groups said they believe Przybyla’s comments reflect a &#8220;pervasive bias&#8221; that prevents her from covering religious issues.
&#8220;Ms. Przybyla owes people of faith an apology, as does her employer. Politico must confirm that such offensive comments have no place within its organization,&#8221; the groups wrote.
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Christian Groups Demand Apology For Politico Reporter’s ‘Christian Nationalists’ Comments

Christian Groups Demand Apology For Politico Reporter's 'Christian Nationalists' Comments

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There was a game I used to play with George W. Bush&#8217;s press secretary Dana Perino when I covered the White House. It was called &#8220;Imagine if a Republican had&#8230;&#8221; and you could fill in anything at the end.
So let&#8217;s play it once again. Imagine if an 89-year-old Republican senator disappeared from the Senate for three months over poor health, holding up crucial business in the nation&#8217;s top deliberative body amid a torrent of crises.
In that scenario, Democrats and their minions in the mainstream media would be demanding an immediate resignation.
But that&#8217;s not the case with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). At one point, she had missed 70% of the Senate&#8217;s votes with a case of shingles, and when she returned, she was in a wheelchair and declared she&#8217;d never been gone at all.
One Democrat, though, is taking a bold stance to call for the elderly senator to step aside &#8212; and it happens to be a California Democrat.
“I have a lot of respect for Senator Feinstein and I am wishing her the best in her return and recovery,” Rep. Ro Khanna <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/ro-khanna-echoes-call-for-feinstein-to-resign-18104553.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in an email to SFGATE. “That being said, I stand by my call for her to resign.”
After Feinstein returned last week, Khanna <a href="https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/05-11-2023/khanna-walks-back-on-feinstein/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> POLITICO, “I stand by what I said at the time, because three months is a long time to be absent without any clarity,” though added, “But given where we are, I’m hopeful. I’m giving the situation the benefit of the doubt and hopeful that she’ll be able to fulfill her duty, that’s what I care about.”
Khanna&#8217;s call comes after Feinstein, who has been in politics for 53 years, was asked by reporters about her lengthy absence and how her colleagues reacted upon her return.
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&#8220;No, I haven&#8217;t been gone,&#8221; she said, Slate <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/dianne-feinstein-health-return-to-senate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. &#8220;You should follow the — I haven&#8217;t been gone, I&#8217;ve been working.&#8221;
One reporter asked whether she had been working from home.
&#8220;No, I&#8217;ve been here. I&#8217;ve been voting,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Please, you either know or don&#8217;t know.&#8221;
Over the last couple of years, there have been more and more stories about how Feinstein is often confused. One member of Congress who met with Feinstein last year said the once feisty senator had clearly lost a step — or seven.
“I have worked with her for a long time and long enough to know what she was like just a few years ago: always in command, always in charge, on top of the details, basically couldn’t resist a conversation where she was driving some bill or some idea. All of that is gone,” the lawmaker <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the San Francisco Chronicle.
Feinstein won&#8217;t resign, of course, and the MSM won&#8217;t call for that, either. So just get used to feeble, addled-brained senators running the country.
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.

Senator Dianne Feinstein Returns To The Senate Judiciary Committee

California Democrat Doubles Down On Call For Feinstein To Resign

California Democrat Doubles Down On Call For California Sen. Dianne Feinstein To Resign

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A top <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republican</a> called for the federal government to temporarily insure all bank deposits at all banks around the country.
Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) said Tuesday that the government should back up all deposits in banks for the time being in order to shore up confidence in the financial system and avoid bank runs. His comments come amidst controversy over the government&#8217;s decision to fully insure the deposits of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/silicon-valley-bank" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silicon Valley Bank</a> after it collapsed last week.
“If you don’t do this, there’s going to be a run on your smaller banks,” Luetkemeyer told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/14/bank-deposits-house-republican-00086974" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>. “Everyone’s going to take their money out and run to the JPMorgan’s and these too-big-to-fail banks, and they’re going to get bigger and everybody else is going to get smaller and weaker, and it’s going really be bad for our system.”
Luetkemeyer, a former banker and a member of the House Financial Services Committee, is one of a few House Republicans taking the Biden administration’s line on insuring deposits at SVB. Other Republicans in Congress, including Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Lance Gooden (R-TX), and Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), J.D. Vance (R-OH), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Roger Marshall (R-KS), among others, have blasted the Biden administration&#8217;s policy, calling it a bailout for large banks.
Luetkemeyer seemed to disagree. “The thought process here is that this is a contagion that could be spread across the entire banking system if it’s not contained and if people don’t stop and be calm about their assessment of the situation,” he said. “This is a Chicken Little situation. You know, the sky is falling. Everybody runs around like that, the whole thing’s going to implode.”
“So what you could do right now is that very same thing and say, hey, look, for another 12 months here or six months, we’re going to guarantee you every single deposit in this country and every bank until we get this interest rate situation resolved and these banks get back on solid footing,” he said. He noted that after the financial crisis in 2008, a temporary policy was established by the FDIC that increased deposit insurance above the $250,000 limit.
The Republican later backed down somewhat, saying in a statement that the policy should only last between 30 to 60 days.
The FDIC <a href="https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23019.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Monday that it would insure all depositors at Silicon Valley Bank after it collapsed late last week. &#8220;Depositors will have full access to their money beginning this morning, when Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A., the bridge bank, opens and resumes normal banking hours and activities, including online banking,&#8221; the FDIC said in a statement. &#8220;Depositors and borrowers will automatically become customers of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. and will have customer service and access to their funds by ATM, debit cards, and writing checks in the same manner as before. Silicon Valley Bank’s official checks will continue to clear. Loan customers should continue making loan payments as usual.”
&#8220;The transfer of all the deposits was completed under the systemic risk exception approved [Sunday],&#8221; the FDIC added. &#8220;All depositors of the institution will be made whole. No losses associated with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank will be borne by taxpayers. Shareholders and certain unsecured debt holders will not be protected. Senior management has also been removed. Any losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund to support uninsured depositors will be recovered by a special assessment on banks, as required by law.&#8221;

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Senior House Republican Says Biden Administration Should Temporarily Guarantee All Bank Deposits Nationwide

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A federal judge on Monday blocked the questioning of witnesses on the bulk of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> messages disclosed unintentionally in the trial of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/proud-boys" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Proud Boys</a> leaders over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6</a>  Capitol riot.
The messages caused a stir last week after defense attorneys began questioning a witness about several FBI messages that prosecutors say contain classified information, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/12/proud-boys-misconduct-discovery-internal-fbi-messages-00086695" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>. Defense attorneys allege that prosecutors may be attempting to hide information damaging to their case behind classification barriers.
The government’s seditious conspiracy case against five Proud Boys leaders – Joe Biggs, Ethan Nordean, Dominic Pezzola, Zachary Rehl, and Enrique Tarrio – is one of the most important trials surrounding the January 6 riot, prosecutors say. The trial, which has already undergone numerous delays, was put on hold again last week after prosecutors handed over thousands of messages sent and received by FBI Special Agent Nicole Miller, one of the lead investigators into the Proud Boys&#8217; possible involvement in the January 6 breach.
The unintentional disclosure happened when prosecutors shared a file of messages retrieved from the FBI’s secure messaging system regarding prosecutors’ questioning of Miller. Prosecutors received the messages first from Miller, who obtained the messages through a filter on the FBI system; however, the filter also picked up some messages that prosecutors say are not pertinent to the case and should not have been released. Those messages were accidentally left in “hidden” rows of an Excel spreadsheet turned over to defense attorneys.
The disclosure came to light Thursday after Nordean’s defense attorney, Nicholas Smith, began <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/09/classified-info-proud-boys-trial-00086357" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cross-examining</a> Miller about the messages. Prosecutors objected, and U.S. District Court Judge Tim Kelly dismissed the jury until prosecutors and the defense could work out the disagreement.
The messages, defense attorneys say, suggest serious misconduct by the FBI related to the case against the Proud Boys defendants. Defense attorneys pointed to a conversation Miller and another agent had about one defendant’s decision to fight the government’s charges. Miller had learned about the defendant’s decision from messages the defendant, Rehl, had sent to his attorney, which defense attorneys say suggests a breach of attorney-client privilege.
Other messages that defense attorneys said looked suspicious included a message from one FBI agent asking his name be omitted from a report about a meeting with a confidential human source, an FBI agent’s opinion about the strength of the prosecution’s case against the Proud Boys, and discussion of an order to destroy 338 pieces of evidence.
Prosecutors responded to questions about the messages in a Sunday filing. On Monday, Judge Kelly <a href="https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1635286105854734338" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked</a> the defense from questioning Miller on most of the messages, calling the kerfuffle over the mistakenly revealed communications “much ado about nothing” if prosecutors’ explanations are correct.
Kelly allowed questioning on the FBI agent who requested his name be omitted from a report on a meeting with an FBI source. The judge blocked questioning on the other concerns unless defense attorneys could supply persuasive arguments rebutting the Justice Department’s claims about the hidden messages.
Prosecutors said Sunday in an 18-page <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.229063/gov.uscourts.dcd.229063.687.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filing</a> that the defense team’s chief concerns are without merit and each “poses a substantial risk of confusing the jury and unfairly prejudicing the government.”
On the alleged breach of attorney-client privilege, the Justice Department said that Rehl waved his Sixth Amendment rights because the conversation “took place over a monitored jail email system that was subject to routine monitoring, which was made known both to the inmate (who had to sign an acknowledgment upon registration and click an acknowledgment each time he used the system) and to the attorney.”
The prosecutors dismissed the FBI agent’s assessment of the case against the defendants under prior court rulings. “As the Court has already explained, it is improper for counsel on either side to elicit testimony about an agent’s opinion on the strength of the evidence,” the filing says.
On the destruction of evidence, the Justice Department said the conversation was related to a 20-year-old, multi-co-defendant trial and not part of a malicious attempt to destroy evidence related to any January 6 prosecution.
The requested editing of the FBI source report, prosecutors said, resulted from a misunderstanding by the FBI agent who made the request.
Smith, Nordean’s attorney, filed a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.228299/gov.uscourts.dcd.228299.688.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motion</a> on Sunday raising questions about thousands of additional lines of messages that the Department of Justice removed from the Excel spreadsheet.

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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.

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Biden Increasingly ‘Annoyed’ By Kamala Harris, Book Reveals

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

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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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<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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Karine Jean-Pierre

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.
Read more here: <a href="https://t.co/JRDcxqQTG7">https://t.co/JRDcxqQTG7</a> <a href="https://t.co/3AuZDs8RVn">pic.twitter.com/3AuZDs8RVn</a>
&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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Russian President Putin Delivers Speech At Russian Energy Week 2022

Politico Europe Credits Vladimir Putin For Ushering In The Green Revolution

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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

Morning Joe

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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