Georgia broke another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-georgias-record-voter-turnout-is-actually-voter-suppression" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voting record</a> Monday, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots 2022 senate runoff election between incumbent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senator Raphael Warnock</a> (D-GA) and GOP challenger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/herschel-walker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herschel Walker</a>.
Interim Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling announced that more than 239,160 Georgians voted on Monday, smashing the previous early voting record of more than 233,252 votes in 2018, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2022-georgia-senate-runoff-georgia-sets-one-day-early-voting-record/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News.
Georgia voters have been particularly animated in this election, despite Democratic warnings that a 2021 voter integrity law signed by incumbent Governor Brian Kemp would disenfranchise millions of voters. Democrats warned the legislation would usher in a new era of “Jim Crow 2.0.” President Joe Biden said it would make that previous era of American history look like “Jim Eagle.”
However, despite those predictions <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/early-voting-breaks-records-georgia-bitter-senate-race-tests-red-blue-rcna55810">more than two million people voted</a> via early voting and absentee ballots, smashing previous records in the process for the general election.
When asked about that fact and Biden&#8217;s previous comments prior to the general election, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre implied that the state&#8217;s voting law hampered the ability to vote.
“As you know, I have to be careful. I cannot get into politics from here,” Jean-Pierre said, “The president has been very clear that based on the ‘Big Lie’ there have been a host of anti-voter policies forced on states that challenge America’s fundamental right to vote, the access to voting. So this is against our most basic values, including respect for the law and the constitution.”
Jean-Pierre also claimed that record turnout doesn&#8217;t disprove voter suppression.
“Speaking generally of course, but more broadly, high turnout and voter suppression can take place at the same time,” she added. “One doesn’t have to happen on its own. They can be happening at the same time, but I will leave it there without being able to really dig into the politics of this.”
Warnock, the  <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-raphael-warnock-file">53-year-old reverend</a> from Atlanta, Georgia, was first elected to the Senate on January 5, 2021, after defeating GOP candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kelly-loeffler">Kelly Loeffler</a> in a run-off election. Loeffler had been appointed to serve until an election, having replaced the late Johnny Isakson.
As a newcomer into politics, Walker spent much of his campaign tying Warnock to unpopular President Joe Biden and painted the Democrat as a divisive, out-of-touch progressive.
“Senator Warnock believes America is a bad country full of racist people,” Walker said in one ad. “I believe we’re a great country full of generous people. Warnock wants to divide us. I want to bring us together.”
After neither candidate secured more than 50% of the vote on November 8, the race officially moved to a runoff election.
Democrats currently have a 50-49 seat advantage. Polls show that Warnock and Walker are in a <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2022/georgia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">virtual dead heat</a>.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence called on his ex-boss, former President Donald Trump, to apologize for dining with <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1196604409607794688">White Supremacist and Holocaust denier</a> Nick Fuentes last week.
Trump met with Fuentes, 24, after rapper Kanye West brought him to a dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Trump has since said that he agreed to the dinner because he wanted to give West, who he described as &#8220;a seriously troubled man,&#8221; some &#8220;much needed advice.&#8221; Trump has also repeatedly said that he did not know who Fuentes was when he met with him.
In an interview, Pence told NewsNation&#8217;s Leland Vittert that Trump should be careful with who he sits down with.
&#8220;President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and a Holocaust denier a seat at the table, and I think he should apologize for it and he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification,&#8221; Pence said.
Pence was careful to not cast the former president as a racist or an anti-Semite, and noted that he would not have served under him if he believed he was either of those things.
&#8220;People often forget that the president&#8217;s daughter converted to Judaism, his son-in-law is a devout Jew, his grandchildren are Jewish,&#8221; said Pence. &#8220;The broad brush of attack that the media leveled at him&#8230; I think the president demonstrated profoundly poor judgement in giving those individuals a seat at the table. He should apologize for it and denounce them without qualification.&#8221;
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A number of high-profile Republicans have spoken out against Fuentes in light of the dinner.
NRSC chairman Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) said all Republicans should condemn white supremacy and antisemitism, and Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) said he hoped whoever advised Trump before the dinner had been fired. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) called Fuentes &#8220;evil,&#8221; but emphasized that he doesn&#8217;t believe Trump is an antisemite.
&#8220;From everything I know about the guy, he&#8217;s a racist clown,&#8221; Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said of Fuentes.

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There&#8217;s a straightforward solution that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> could enact in order to alleviate the nation&#8217;s ongoing energy crisis.
President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> needs to remove government barriers to oil production and signal to the industry that America is open for business.
It looks like Biden loves the idea — except not for American oil. Over the Thanksgiving break, the Treasury Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/put-america-last-biden-gives-chevron-greenlight-to-start-pumping-oil-in-venezuela-again" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it would allow Chevron to resume pumping oil in Venezuela.
Curiously, the Biden administration claims that it removed the sanctions on the socialist country for reasons other than bringing down the costs of fuel.
“This action is not being taken in response to energy prices, this is a limited license,&#8221; an anonymous official told Politico. &#8220;As we have said in the past, this is about the regime taking the steps needed to support the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.&#8221;
So interestingly enough, the Biden administration thinks that temporarily assisting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro&#8217;s regime takes precedence over the battle against climate change.
Democracy in Venezuela is more important than stopping carbon emissions. Yet fighting climate change remains more important than helping the average American by taking steps to ensure more domestic production of oil. So to keep track of Biden&#8217;s priorities it goes: 1) Venezuelan democracy, 2) climate change, and dead last is affordable energy for Americans.
Never mind putting the kibosh on American oil, the Biden administration has also taken steps in recent months to squander the country&#8217;s relationship with Guyana — an ally in South America.
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/bidens-dirty-oil-deal-with-venezuela-free-elections-guyana-environmental-reparations-strategic-value-pdvsa-11669579238" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to The Wall Street Journal, America recently blocked a $70 million loan from U.S.-based bank IBD Investments that would have allowed Guyana to upgrade necessary infrastructure in the country to allow exports of its oil.
WSJ columnist Mary Anastasia O’Grady said the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;reasoning was based on August 2021 Treasury &#8216;guidance on fossil fuel energy at the multilateral development banks,&#8217; which says that the U.S. will &#8216;promote ending international financing of carbon-intensive fossil fuel-based energy.'&#8221;
Who is stepping in to assist Guyana? The Chinese Communist Party.
As O&#8217;Grady put it, &#8220;The U.S. government thinks you’re a fool, dear reader.&#8221;
The Biden administration &#8220;expects you to believe that Venezuela is considering a return to free elections in exchange,&#8221; she wrote.  Venezuela&#8217;s partners with Iran and the Venezuelan people have suffered for decades thanks to the socialist principles and policies in play in the South American nation.
Meanwhile, the regime will undoubtedly become wealthier thanks to the Biden administration.
At the same time, the Chinese are working to increase their stature in the region by producing the necessary funding for Guyana&#8217;s oil industry to prosper.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it should be noted, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-devastating-blow-to-john-kerrys-green-energy-utopia-china-to-start-increasing-coal-production" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ignored</a> the Biden administration&#8217;s call to reduce Co2 emissions. It has, to put it bluntly, taken climate czar John Kerry to the woodshed on numerous occasions and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jetsetter-john-kerry-asks-worlds-poorest-to-cut-back-on-oil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">often don&#8217;t answer his emails</a>.
So if communist China and ultra-socialist Venezuela are benefiting from the Biden team&#8217;s ineptitude, then who is suffering? The American people.
Despite being on the brink of true energy independence upon coming into office, the Democrats in charge have done everything imaginable to reduce fossil fuel production, destroy Americans&#8217; jobs, and ratchet up the price of gas. In its place, they push costly electric vehicles and praise the &#8220;transition.&#8221;
In other words, Biden prefers communist oil, not American-produced. To paraphrase the Journal, it is a &#8220;dirty deal.&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The White House released a statement on Monday regarding China&#8217;s strict COVID lockdown policies, offering a tepid response following several days of protests across the communist nation.
Instead of offering support to back the freedoms of the Chinese people, the Biden administration focused on the difficulty of a &#8220;zero COVID&#8221; approach.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve said that zero COVID is not a policy we are pursuing here in the United States. And as we&#8217;ve said, we think it&#8217;s going to be very difficult for the People&#8217;s Republic of China to be able to contain this virus through their zero-COVID strategy,&#8221; a National Security Council spokesperson said in a statement.
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New White House statement on the protests in China: “We’ve long said everyone has the right to peacefully protest, here in the United States and around the world. This includes in the PRC,” a National Security Council spokesperson says. 
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The statement also focused on what the U.S. is doing rather than criticizing China&#8217;s government.
&#8220;For us, we are focused on what works and that means using public health tools like: continuing to enhance vaccination rates, including boosters and making testing and treatment easily accessible,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;We’ve long said everyone has the right to peacefully protest, here in the United States and around the world. This includes in the PRC.&#8221;
Protests emerged across China on Thursday after 10 people died in a fire at a residential building in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang autonomous region, that was under lockdown. The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protests-against-covid-lockdowns-erupt-across-china-some-turn-violent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that videos of the incident posted on social media spawned accusations that lockdowns contributed to the deaths.
Residents of the city have been locked down and prevented from leaving their homes for as long as 100 days at a time, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghai-hit-by-covid-protests-anger-spreads-across-china-2022-11-27/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The peaceful protests have led to increased security in Shanghai and Beijing, the outlet reported on Monday. Chinese President Xi Jinping has continued to push for strong lockdown efforts to eradicate the virus despite the calls for freedom.
The pushback by China&#8217;s citizens against lockdowns reaches back far earlier than last week&#8217;s deadly fire.
&#8220;Over the last two years, Mr. Xi backed himself into a corner by owning the zero-COVID policy. The most rational way for him to handle the situation if protests continue to grow is to pressure local authorities to crack down hard while distancing himself,&#8221; Ho-fung Hung, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/xi-jinping-step-down-china-deadly-fire-protests-zero-covid-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;But then there is a risk that local authorities might refuse to follow the directive closely as they are worn down by the zero-Covid rigidities.&#8221;
Despite the Biden administration&#8217;s response, a growing number of conservative voices are speaking out over China&#8217;s severe limitations against freedom.
&#8220;China has had enough of the COVID tyranny,&#8221; Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs tweeted on Monday. &#8220;These types of draconian lockdowns are ineffective and crumble societies.&#8221;
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China has had enough of the COVID tyranny. 
These types of draconian lockdowns are ineffective and crumble societies.
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Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn also blasted the ruling Chinese Communist Party over its harsh treatment of both citizens and media.
&#8220;Authoritarian regimes like the CCP arrest and harass journalists in an attempt to rewrite the truth,&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/MarshaBlackburn/status/1597081826572791808" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> on Sunday.

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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.

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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) admitted that President Joe Biden has &#8220;probably not&#8221; secured the needed 60 votes to pass <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gun control</a> in the lame-duck session of Congress.
Appearing on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/11/27/chris-murphy-assault-weapons-ban-sotu-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State of the Union</a>&#8221; Sunday, Murphy dashed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden</a>&#8216;s hopes to pass an assault weapons ban. However, Murphy did praise the sweeping gun bill passed earlier this year and claimed that banning assault weapons would lead to fewer mass shootings.
&#8220;I&#8217;m glad that President Biden is going to be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban,&#8221; Murphy said. &#8220;The House has already passed it. It&#8217;s sitting in front of the Senate. Does it have 60 votes in the Senate right now? Probably not. But let&#8217;s see if we can try to get that number as close to 60 as possible. If we don&#8217;t have the votes, then we will talk to Senator Schumer and maybe come back next year with maybe an additional senator and see if we can do better.&#8221;
&#8220;President Biden is right,&#8221; Murphy continued. &#8220;If we passed an assault weapons ban, we would see less mass shootings in this country. Yes, there are already tens of thousands of assault weapons on the street. Nobody&#8217;s talking about taking those weapons away from individuals. We&#8217;re just talking about stopping new sales.&#8221;
&#8220;But if you look at some of the most high-profile mass shootings in the last couple of years, many of those mass shooters bought the weapon just days before carrying out the crime,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And so, if those weapons were no longer commercially available, only in possession of those who had bought them previously, I think a lot of mass shootings would have been prevented.&#8221;
Biden told reporters Thursday that he planned to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-says-he-wants-congress-to-pass-gun-control-in-lame-duck-session" target="_blank" rel="noopener">push for an assault weapons ban</a> after two recent mass shootings left 11 people dead.
“I’m sick and tired of these shootings,” Biden said. “We should have much stricter gun laws.”
Biden then said he intended to pass a gun control bill during the lame-duck session if he could get the votes.
“I’m going to try,” Biden replied. “I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons.”
“During the lame duck?” the reporter asked again.
“I’m going to do it whenever I — I got to make that assessment as I get in and start counting the votes.”

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Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said Sunday that it was &#8220;necessary&#8221; for him to &#8220;stay in power&#8221; because it was &#8220;Biblical&#8221; for him.
Clyburn, 82, made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CBS News&#8217; Margaret Brennan on &#8220;Face the Nation.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrats are holding leadership elections in the coming week, you&#8217;re already in leadership, I know you will be standing for election to a different position,&#8221; Brennan said.
&#8220;But if it is time for a new generation as Speaker Pelosi had said, Why do you think it&#8217;s necessary for you to stay in power?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;Do you think the next generation needs you to guide them?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I&#8217;ve always said there is a healthy respect, it&#8217;s Biblical with me,&#8221; Clyburn responded. &#8220;We need to have a healthy blend of strength and knowledge and look at our leadership.&#8221;
&#8220;The South is left out of it and what I&#8217;m doing is trying to make sure that we do not tilt too far to the east or too far to the west,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But maintain what we have here. There&#8217;s no other southerner among the leadership ranks and we need the south. We need these historically black colleges and universities. If it weren&#8217;t for Georgia, where would the Senate be today? And the last time I checked, Georgia is south of South Carolina.&#8221;
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&quot;If it is time for a new generation [in House Democrat leadership]&#8230;why do you think it’s necessary for you to stay in power?&quot;
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<blockquote>MARGARET BRENNAN: Democrats are holding leadership elections in the coming week, you&#8217;re already in leadership, I know you will be standing for election to a different position. But if it is time for a new generation as Speaker Pelosi had said, Why do you think it&#8217;s necessary for you to stay in power? Do you think the next generation needs you to guide them?
REP. CLYBURN: Well, I&#8217;ve always said there is a healthy respect, it&#8217;s Biblical with me. We need to have a healthy blend of strength and knowledge and look at our leadership. The South is left out of it and what I&#8217;m doing is trying to make sure that we do not tilt too far to the east or too far to the west. But maintain what we have here. There&#8217;s no other southerner among the leadership ranks and we need the south. We need these historically black colleges and universities. If it weren&#8217;t for Georgia, where would the Senate be today? And the last time I checked, Georgia is south of South Carolina.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-rep-james-clyburn-if-you-dont-vote-against-election-deniers-youre-a-nazi">Democrat Rep. James Clyburn: If You Don’t Vote Against ‘Election Deniers’ You’re A Nazi</a>

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Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn On Why It’s ‘Necessary’ For Him To ‘Stay In Power’: ‘It’s Biblical With Me’

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Rep. James Comer (R-KY) promised that the House Oversight Committee would target waste, fraud, and abuse in the new Congress.
Appearing on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-comer-interview-we-already-have-many-gun-laws-on-the-books-155379781692" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meet the Press</a>&#8221; Sunday, Comer told host Chuck Todd that the Republican-led committee would investigate the hundreds of billions of dollars in COVID-related funding while accusing Democrats of misusing it to focus on left-wing social issues.
&#8220;We&#8217;re gonna investigate between 40 and 50 different things,&#8221; Comer vowed. &#8220;We have the capacity, we&#8217;ll have 25 members on the committee, and we&#8217;re gonna have a staff close to 70&#8230; And let&#8217;s just face it, Chuck, over the past two years, the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee haven&#8217;t investigated anything in this administration. They&#8217;ve investigated the Washington Commanders football team, we&#8217;ve had several hearings on social issues that the Oversight Committee has absolutely nothing to do with, issues like abortion.&#8221;
&#8220;We believe that there have been hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars wasted over the past three years&#8211;that spans two administrations&#8211; in the name of COVID,&#8221; Comer continued.
&#8220;We want to have hearings on that. We want to try to determine what happened with the fraudulent unemployment insurance funds, the fraudulent [Paycheck Protection Program] loan funds, some of this money that&#8217;s being spent for state and local governments in the COVID stimulus monies&#8230; these are things that are going to be priorities for us as a committee,&#8221; he added.
In March, Bloomberg&#8217;s editorial board <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bloomberg-u-s-doled-out-billions-in-fraudulent-covid-aid-wheres-the-accountability" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the U.S. Secret Service estimated that $100 billion in COVID relief funds were disbursed due to fraud, corrupt deals, or to dead people. Another study from the Department of Labor found that more than $87 billion in COVID-related unemployment benefits were improperly paid. The Small Business Administration doled out more than $6 billion to recipients it later suspected of fraud. The IRS also reportedly issued more than 2 million stimulus checks, worth more than $3.5 billion, to dead people.
Earlier this week, Comer blamed high-profile Democrats for tarnishing the integrity of congressional probes and promised change once Republicans take over.
“I don’t believe congressional investigations have a whole lot of credibility right now,” Comer told Punchbowl News in an interview. “I blame Adam Schiff for that. But it’s also both parties to blame for investigations in the past. But I really want to change that.”

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk said Friday that he would support Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president in 2024 should DeSantis decide to run.
Musk made the remarks on his social media platform in response to a tweet about how the political Left erupted in anger at him letting former President Donald Trump back on the platform after he was banned in January 2021.
&#8220;I’m fine with Trump not tweeting,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1596275526259425280" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The important thing is that Twitter correct a grave mistake in banning his account, despite no violation of the law or terms of service. Deplatforming a sitting President undermined public trust in Twitter for half of America.&#8221;
&#8220;As a reminder, I was a significant supporter of the Obama-Biden presidency and (reluctantly) voted for Biden over Trump,&#8221; Musk continued. &#8220;But freedom of speech is the bedrock of a strong democracy and must take precedence. My preference for the 2024 presidency is someone sensible and centrist. I had hoped that would the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far.&#8221;
Musk then was asked, &#8220;Would you support Ron DeSantis in 2024, Elon?&#8221;
Musk responded, &#8220;Yes.&#8221;
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Musk tipped his hat to DeSantis back in June as the candidate that he wants to see become the next president but at the time stopped short of a full endorsement.
Musk made the revelation after tweeting that he had backed the Republican candidate who made history in south Texas on Tuesday night.
“I voted for Mayra Flores – first time I ever voted Republican,” Musk tweeted. “Massive red wave in 2022.”
When asked online who he was leaning toward supporting for the 2024 presidential election, Musk responded, “DeSantis.”
“I supported Yang last time, but DeSantis has a better chance of winning,” Musk later added.
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Amid rumors that he may try to run for the White House in 2024, Democratic California Gov. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> is trying to quiet those rumors by asserting his support for President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, Politico reported.
Biden has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-says-he-plans-to-run-for-re-election-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repeatedly</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-09/biden-says-he-plans-to-run-in-2024-may-decide-early-next-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> he&#8217;s at least planning to run in 2024, but some Democrats have <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3588299-these-democrats-are-dodging-questions-about-biden-2024-run/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signaled</a> skepticism about whether the 80-year-old should make another run. Newsom&#8217;s name has reportedly floated around as a 2024 contender, especially given his targeting of Gov. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R-FL), who&#8217;s looked at as a leading contender for the GOP in the coming presidential election.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve told everyone in the White House, from the chief of staff to the first lady,” Newsom <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/26/gavin-newsom-wont-challenge-joe-biden-00070829" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Politico on election night, referring to his claim that he won&#8217;t challenge Biden.
The governor reportedly told White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain and First Lady Jill Biden over the summer that he&#8217;s a strong supporter of Biden’s reelection, according to the outlet. “I’m all in, count me in,” he allegedly told the duo.
“I’m all in; put me in coach,” Newsom reportedly told Biden during an Election Day phone call. “We have your back.”
The Politico report said Democrats&#8217; first priority is stopping President Donald Trump from making another run at the White House.
“He not only beat Trump once, I think he can beat him again,” Newsom said of Biden. “I hope he runs, I’ll enthusiastically support him.”
“It’s frustrating because I have so much reverence and respect for not only the president but the vice president is an old friend, for all of those interesting things you guys all love to write about, we’ve known each other for 25 years,” Newsom said of the speculation that he might run in the next presidential election.
Even if Biden were to bow out of 2024, Newsom claimed, &#8220;the answer is no&#8221; to a run.
Democrats seem to have renewed faith in a Biden 2024 run following the midterm elections, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-suddenly-have-renewed-faith-biden-can-win-in-24-survey-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> has highlighted.
Almost three in four Democrats (71%) say Biden could win if he runs for another White House term in 2024 — an 11-point jump from August, <a href="https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/democrats-more-positive-about-biden-post-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a USA Today-Ipsos poll. Additionally, half of the Democratic voters surveyed in the latest poll believe Biden “should be the nominee and deserves reelection,&#8221; which is a six-point jump from the August results.
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Republican <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona</a> gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kari-lake" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kari Lake</a> filed a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kari-lake-maricopa-county-lawsuit-arizona-governors-race-no-concession/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> Wednesday against Maricopa County officials, alleging election law violations and demanding records related to Election Day printer issues.
Maricopa County, the most populous county in the state, had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-two-counties-delay-election-certification-as-ag-issues-letter-concerning-statutory-violations-in-maricopa-county" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notable problems</a> during the November 8 election, including printer and tabulation machine-related issues in at least 70 of the county’s 223 polling locations.
&#8220;The filing today was basically just a way for the courts to pressure Maricopa County into giving us public records we have been asking for,&#8221; Lake <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1595580731392110592" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Wednesday.
The Republican blasted county officials over the treatment of &#8220;Election Day voters,&#8221; which included those printer issues and &#8220;three-hour lines.&#8221;
&#8220;We cannot allow an election like this to stand,&#8221; Lake asserted.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) and Arizona attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh a day earlier filed a lawsuit in State Superior Court in Maricopa County against election officials, alleging “a host of errors and inaccuracies” during the 2022 election process, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-you-in-court-rnc-ag-candidate-sue-election-officials-in-arizona-over-alleged-errors-and-inaccuracies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
“Pervasive errors by our election officials resulted in the disenfranchisement of countless Arizonans who had their voices silenced,” Hamadeh said in a statement. “Arizonans deserve to have an election system that is transparent and fair and right now we have neither. Today’s challenge is the only way to provide accountability and restore confidence in our broken election system.”
In a press release issued Tuesday night, Hamadeh said the 25-page complaint “details a host of errors surrounding the administration of the November 2022 General Election concerning alleged election board misconduct, the tallying of unlawful ballots, and the erroneous counting of votes.” 
Arizona’s outgoing attorney general, Mark Brnovich, ordered Maricopa County officials on November 19 to submit a report on its handling of the election.
The letter said there is evidence, including first-hand witness accounts, of “statutory violations” in the contest, which Katie Hobbs oversees as secretary of state. Hobbs, a Democrat, is the projected winner of the Arizona gubernatorial contest against Lake.
Additionally, at least two counties in the state — Cochise County and Mohave County — have confirmed that their certification of the 2022 election will be delayed until the November 28 deadline.
The two Republican supervisors in Cochise County voted November 18 for the delay after some argued the county’s vote-counting machines were not properly certified. State Elections Director Kori Lorick <a href="https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/elections/decision/republican-controlled-mohave-county-arizona-delays-certifying-election-for-now/75-ea0ddb7c-bc5e-4372-8435-980038a315d3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened</a> the board that the state would sue if it did not certify on time.
In a split vote, Mohave County <a href="https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/elections/decision/republican-controlled-mohave-county-arizona-delays-certifying-election-for-now/75-ea0ddb7c-bc5e-4372-8435-980038a315d3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> voted to delay as a protest against voting issues in Maricopa County.
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GOP Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/liz-cheney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liz Cheney</a> has drawn the ire of House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6 Committee</a> staffers over her influence on the final committee report expected out next month.
At least fifteen current and former members of the committee believe Cheney is manipulating the final report to place too much focus on former President Donald Trump while leaving other important information out, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/23/liz-cheney-jan-6-committee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>. Cheney’s office says that the staffers are wrong and that the information the Wyoming congresswoman is cutting out was rife with “liberal bias.”
One former committee staffer said that Cheney’s changes to the report were done chiefly for political reasons. Cheney’s focus on Trump is potentially coming at the cost of other committee research on law enforcement, militia groups, and financing, staffers complained.
“We all came from prestigious jobs, dropping what we were doing because we were told this would be an important fact-finding investigation that would inform the public,” the former staffer told WaPo. “But when [the committee] became a Cheney 2024 campaign, many of us became discouraged.”
Cheney spokesman Jeremy Adler said that the congresswoman is trying to protect the integrity of the committee’s work by cutting out “liberal bias” and narrative that has infected the committee’s investigative work and draft report.
“Donald Trump is the first president in American history to attempt to overturn an election and prevent the peaceful transfer of power,” Adler told WaPo in a statement. “So, damn right Liz is ‘prioritizing’ understanding what he did and how he did it and ensuring it never happens again.”
“Some staff have submitted subpar material for the report that reflects long-held liberal biases about federal law enforcement, Republicans, and sociological issues outside the scope of the Select Committee’s work,” Adler continued. “She won’t sign onto any ‘narrative’ that suggests Republicans are inherently racist or smears men and women in law enforcement, or suggests every American who believes God has blessed America is a white supremacist.”
January 6 Committee spokesman Tim Mulvey sided with Cheney in a statement, saying the committee’s “historic, bipartisan fact-finding effort speaks for itself, and that won’t be changed by a handful of disgruntled staff who are uninformed about many parts of the committee’s ongoing work.”
Cheney lost her primary for reelection to the Trump-backed Harriet Hageman earlier this year. Hageman went on to win the election to Cheney’s Wyoming congressional seat with nearly 70% of the vote. Cheney is reportedly <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/20/cheney-2024-election-trump-legacy-00057599" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eyeing</a> a return to political office with a 2024 presidential run.
The final report on the January 6 Committee’s investigation into the riot at the U.S. Capitol is reportedly to span about 1,000 pages, according to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/24/cheney-trump-jan6-report-pages" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a>. The committee’s publicized hearings, in which Trump was a major focus, took place over the course of the summer as the Republican and Democratic parties battled for control of Congress next year. Trump has <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/oct/14/trump-trashes-house-jan-6-committee-witch-hunt-14-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> the committee’s investigation into him as a politically-driven “witch hunt of the highest level.”

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‘Liberal Bias’ Or ‘Cheney 2024’? J6 Staffers, Liz Cheney Trade Blows Over Final Committee Report

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