President Donald Trump named Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio when asked who could become his successor.
Their names came up during an interview airing Sunday on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press.&#8221;
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🚨 BREAKING: When asked about President Trump&#8217;s successor&#8230; he first and foremost names VP JD VANCE for 2028.
&#8220;It&#8217;s far too early to say that, but I do have a vice president and typically would be &#8211; and JD&#8217;s doing a fantastic job.&#8221;
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Moderator Kristen Welker asked Trump who he sees as his successor after the first 100 days of his second term.
&#8220;Well, I — it&#8217;s far too early to say that. But you know, I do have a vice president, and typically — and JD&#8217;s doing a fantastic job,&#8221; Trump said.
&#8220;He would be at the top of the list?&#8221; Welker pressed.
&#8220;It could very well be,&#8221; Trump replied. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to get involved in that. I think he&#8217;s a fantastic, brilliant guy. Marco is great. There&#8217;s a lot of them that are great.&#8221;
He added: &#8220;I also see tremendous unity. But certainly you would say that somebody&#8217;s the VP, if that person is outstanding, I guess that person would have an advantage. But I think the other people would all stay in unbelievably high positions. But you know, it could be that he&#8217;d be challenged by somebody. We have a lot of good people in this party.&#8221;
Trump also indicated that he has no intention of seeking a third term in the White House.
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&#8220;I&#8217;m looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody — ideally a great Republican, a great Republican — to carry it forward,&#8221; says <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>.
&#8220;Four years is plenty of time to do something really spectacular.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/pK6t6X3AiA">pic.twitter.com/pK6t6X3AiA</a>
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&#8220;Are you seriously considering a third term, Mr. President, even though it&#8217;s prohibited by the Constitution? Or is this about staying politically viable?&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;I will say this. So many people want me to do it. I have never had requests so strong as that. But it&#8217;s something that, to the best of my knowledge, you&#8217;re not allowed to do. I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s constitutional that they&#8217;re not allowing you to do it or anything else,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump noted there are &#8220;many people selling&#8221; 2028 hats.
&#8220;But this is not something I&#8217;m looking to do,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, a great Republican to carry it forward. But I think we&#8217;re going to have four years, and I think four years is plenty of time to do something really spectacular.&#8221;
Welker again said the Constitution prohibits a third term.
&#8220;Have you – some of your allies are pretty serious about this, though, Mr. President. And I&#8217;ve spoken to them. They say they are coming up with potential ways, obviously the biggest one would be a constitutional amendment,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;That&#8217;s because they like the job I&#8217;m doing, and it&#8217;s a compliment. It&#8217;s really a great compliment,&#8221; Trump said.
&#8220;Has anyone in an official capacity presented you with, &#8216;Sir, here are some ideas by which you could actually get a constitutional amendment?'&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;Well, in a capacity of being a big supporter, many people have said different things, but, I&#8217;m not looking at that,&#8221; Trump said.

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Mel Gibson is reportedly “flattered” by the news that he&#8217;s the leading Republican candidate to run for California Governor in a new straw poll, but will not be throwing his hat in the ring.
A source close to the 69-year-old actor told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/03/18/mel-gibson-flattered-california-governor-poll-favorability/">TMZ</a> that the “Braveheart” star is “flattered” by getting 12% in the poll amid a recall effort to remove Democrat CA Governor Gavin Newsom following the massive wildfires in southern California, rising crime, and more. But the source also made it clear that Gibson has no interest in the job.
In the Wednesday straw poll from The Lost Coast Outpost, Gibson leads Republicans, beating out Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco who received 11% of the vote, after becoming the only notable Republican candidate to enter the race. Former Vice President Kamala Harris and former congresswoman Katie Porter received 20% and 25% percent of the vote in the same poll that was taken among 2,640 respondents.
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&#8220;He&#8217;s sticking with his day job for now,&#8221; Gibson&#8217;s publicist, Alan Nierob, told the <a href="https://californiaglobe.com/fr/exclusive-mel-gibson-confirms-to-globe-he-isnt-running-for-governor/">California Globe</a> following weeks of speculation.
Gibson recently spoke out at a Newsom recall event and blasted the governor over his &#8220;gross mismanagement&#8221; of the state following the devastating wildfires.
During a <a href="https://x.com/TONYxTWO/status/1894948199934079110">press conference</a> in Los Angeles, Gibson told the crowd that both Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had let them down after the actor became one of the numerous people who lost their homes in the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire.
“Governor Newsom and Karen Bass let us all down,” Gibson said, pointing out how much California residents pay in taxes. “Now for that kind of money, we deserve much more and much better, and there is absolutely no adequate excuse the governor or mayor can make for this gross mismanagement and failure to preemptively deal with what they knew was coming.”
“Was it incompetence? Was it indifference, complacency, carelessness? Was it negligence? Absolutely,” he added, asking the crowd if the mayor or governor “give a damn about you,” to which the crowd replied, “no.” “Newsom … has brought us nothing but rampant crime, acute homelessness, horrendous inflation.”
“I mean, the industry I work in, the film industry, this used to be the Mecca of filmdom. It is no more. All of my fellow citizens who have lost their homes, they have no recourse, no insurance payouts because the carriers dropped them,” Gibson continued, per The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mel-gibson-slams-mayor-bass-governor-newsom-altadena-press-conference-1236148644/">Hollywood Reporter</a>. 
“Even the carriers realized that California was ill-prepared and had scant resources to deal with the inevitable fires. They knew that. So are we supposed to believe that our elected officials didn’t know that? Of course they knew that. Of course.”
The event, which was organized by <a href="https://savingcalifornia.vote/">Saving California</a>, is focused on recalling Newsom and fixing the state’s economy, per its website.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mel-gibson-blasts-newsom-at-recall-event-for-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mel Gibson Blasts Newsom At Recall Event For Governor</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> House Republicans unanimously called on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to reverse its controversial decision to allow trans-identifying males in women&#8217;s sports.
The new letter signed by all 75 House Republicans was sent on the first day of the NCAA&#8217;s annual convention, which takes place in Nashville.
&#8220;The hard work of female athletes is now in serious jeopardy. The NCAA’s 2010 rule change allowing men who decide to be women and displace real women in competitive sports has had devastating consequences,&#8221; read the letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker.
The NCAA oversees more than 500,000 college athletes at about 1,100 schools.
The letter outlines several concerns with trans-identifying males in women&#8217;s sports, including the physical safety of female athletes, lost victories, and lack of privacy in women&#8217;s locker rooms.
&#8220;Forcing women to compete against males in noncontact sports is unfair at best, but allowing them to compete in contact sports approaches abuse and creates opportunities for serious injury,&#8221; the Republicans wrote. &#8220;And when a man is given access to female locker rooms and bathrooms, it infringes on every woman’s reasonable expectation to the right of privacy and robs their dignity.&#8221;
The lawmakers called the idea &#8220;absurd&#8221; that men competing against women is &#8220;inclusive and safe.&#8221;
&#8220;The actions by the NCAA are humiliating and destructive to young women and the NCAA’s leaders should know and act better,&#8221; they said.
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The Republicans called on the collegiate sports governing body to &#8220;take bold action to protect women’s sports&#8221; during their convention this month.
The letter was spearheaded by House Majority Whip Johnny Garrett, who also on Tuesday filed a measure honoring Tennessee native and former college athlete Riley Gaines for her advocacy against men in women&#8217;s sports.
“Americans have spoken loud and clear on this issue, and they do not want men entering their daughters’ locker rooms or bathrooms, stealing their scholarship opportunities and robbing them of their records and hard-fought victories. We are hopeful the NCAA will do the right thing; Men have no place in women’s sports,” Garrett said in a statement.
Over the last few years, the country has seen fierce backlash to trans-identifying men competing with and against women.
Female athletes have spoken out about losing competitions to male competitors, their uncomfortable experiences being in a locker room with a male, and several have suffered devastating <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-student-athlete-seriously-injured-in-field-hockey-game-involving-male-player-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">injuries</a> due to a male player.
Tennessee has passed several laws aimed at keeping males out of women&#8217;s sports at both the <a href="https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/112/pub/pc0040.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">K-12</a> and <a href="https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/112/pub/pc1005.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">college</a> level.

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Republican Tim Burchett was targeted with a bomb threat at his Tennessee home, The Daily Wire has learned.
A source familiar with the matter said that the congressman&#8217;s Tennessee home was threatened on Monday, and that law enforcement visited the congressman. A spokesman for the Knox County Sheriff&#8217;s Office confirmed to The Daily Wire that the sheriff&#8217;s office received a threat to Burchett&#8217;s home but that the threat is considered &#8220;unfounded at this time.&#8221;
&#8220;However, there is an ongoing investigation,&#8221; she added, &#8220;therefore, I am not at liberty to discuss the nature of the threat.&#8221;
The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement to The Daily Wire: “Anytime a Member of Congress is the victim of a &#8216;swatting&#8217; incident, we work closely with our local and federal law enforcement partners. To protect ongoing investigations and to minimize the risk of copy-cats, we cannot provide more details at this time.&#8221;
News of the threat comes after several of Donald Trump&#8217;s cabinet nominees and administration appointees <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-picks-targeted-in-violent-unamerican-threats">were targeted with dangerous threats</a> in swatting incidents during Thanksgiving week, including Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, former Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York, Agriculture Department nominee Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Labor nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Scott Turner, and former Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz.
<div id="attachment_841117" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-congressman-tim-burchett-targeted-by-bomb-threat-at-tennessee-home/congressional-lawmakers-continue-work-on-capitol-hill-3" rel="attachment wp-att-841117"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-841117" class="wp-image-841117 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2162796012-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2162796012-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2162796012-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2162796012-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2162796012-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2162796012-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2162796012-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-2162796012-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) walks down the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building following a vote on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)</div>
“Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,&#8221; Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement in late November. &#8220;These attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting.’ In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted. President Trump and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action.&#8221;
The FBI similarly said at the time that it was aware of &#8221; numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees, and we are working with our law enforcement partners.&#8221;
“We take all potential threats seriously, and as always, encourage members of the public to immediately report anything they consider suspicious to law enforcement,&#8221; the FBI statement added.
And Trump&#8217;s son, Donald Trump Jr. <a href="https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1861815126413779427">said in a post on X at the time</a>: &#8220;The violent left has been calling in bomb threats and swatting incoming members of the Trump Administration. Enough is enough with this type of deranged crap!&#8221;

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Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey repeatedly supported efforts to allow men in women&#8217;s spaces and called Republicans &#8220;extreme&#8221; for focusing on transgender issues.
When the NCAA announced it was pulling its 2016-17 neutral-site games from North Carolina over <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bathroom-battles-erupt-over-transgender-issue-1458862031?mod=article_inline">legislation</a> banning trans-identifying males from women&#8217;s bathrooms and locker rooms, Casey invited them to Pennsylvania.
“Pennsylvania is proud of its diversity across the Commonwealth,” the Democrat wrote in a September 2016 letter to the president of the NCAA. “We strive to achieve equality for the people who both reside and visit the Commonwealth regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or sexual identification.”
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“I certainly wish it was a letter nobody had to write,” Casey <a href="https://epgn.com/2016/09/16/casey-urges-ncaa-to-move-championships-to-pennsylvania/">told Philadelphia Gay News at the time</a>. “If the state government in North Carolina had done the right thing, nobody would have to write a letter suggesting alternate locations.”
“On most days,&#8221; Casey told the LGBTQ publication, the state of Pennsylvania &#8220;is both more tolerant and more accepting than what the state government in North Carolina displayed.&#8221;
Several years later, in August 2020, Casey called Republicans &#8220;extreme&#8221; for focusing on males in women&#8217;s spaces.
&#8220;No one should fear for their safety because of the gender with which they identify,&#8221; he tweeted, referring to an article on the beating of a trans-identifying man. &#8220;Yet some extreme Republican politicians care more about what bathrooms transgender people use, or what sports team they play on, than they do about violence against transgender women of color.&#8221;
In 2021, Casey cosponsored the radical Equality Act, which would have <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/25/the-equality-act-lgbtq-transgender-democrats/">amended the 1964 Civil Rights Act</a> to prevent “discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation,” meaning that men who identify as women could not be denied access to female locker rooms, prisons, shelters, and more.
Democrats like Casey downplayed fears about men in women&#8217;s spaces, arguing that the Equality Act is about protecting people who identify as LGBTQ from discrimination. “I believe LGBTQ+ individuals, like all individuals, should be able to live and flourish in a safe and welcoming environment without fear of harassment or discrimination,” Casey said at the time.
In May, the Daily Caller News Foundation <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/23/bob-casey-males-female-sports/">exposed a June 2023 letter from Casey</a> in which he expressed support for &#8220;young adult&#8221; transgender transition attempts. He also said that the multiplying concerns about males in women&#8217;s sports were based on “overgeneralized” and “unfounded assumptions.&#8221;
“The decision to transition is a profoundly significant and challenging one that young adults make after careful consideration,&#8221; Casey wrote. &#8220;This is a conclusion that young adults reach after extensive consultation with their medical providers and loved ones, and with the knowledge of the tremendous social obstacles that unfortunately lie ahead.&#8221;
Casey, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire, is supported by the far-left <a href="https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-endorses-pennsylvania-sen-bob-casey-for-reelection">Human Rights Campaign</a> and <a href="https://glaad.org/election-2024-pa-senate-candidates-on-the-record/">GLAAD</a>, two major LGBTQ organizations that support transgender surgeries and procedures for children.
Though Casey&#8217;s Republican opponent, Dave McCormick, does not specifically mention transgender issues in his platform, he <a href="https://www.mcall.com/2024/05/29/moms-for-liberty-hosts-senate-candidate-dave-mccormick-former-ed-secretary-betsy-devos-for-nazareth-fireside-chat/">has pushed back</a> against males in women&#8217;s sports and criticized his opponent for voting in support of such efforts.
“Bob Casey actually voted for biological males to compete in women’s sports,&#8221; he <a href="https://glaad.org/pa-senate-debate-transphobia/">said in their debate</a> earlier this month.
&#8220;The very idea of allowing biological males to compete with biological females is fundamentally unfair,&#8221; McCormick <a href="https://www.davemccormickpa.com/2024/06/04/mccormick-defends-girls-sports-confronts-woke-education-at-moms-for-liberty-event/">said in a fireside chat</a> in June, where he also pushed back against ideological education in schools.
“Our schools are introducing transgender ideology to young children before they are old enough to form their own views as adults,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And so I think it’s deeply troubling. It’s something that I would be completely opposed to as a senator…We need to get commonsense back.”
A new poll <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mccormick-casey-lead-pennsylvania-polls-1972120">released this week</a> by Atlas Intel found that McCormick had taken the lead in the Pennsylvania senate race: 48.3% of respondents said they would vote for McCormick, while 47.1% said they would work for Casey.

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Republican lawmakers are demanding that Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra rescind guidance requiring agency employees to use preferred pronouns and names and allowing men to use women&#8217;s spaces, including locker rooms and lactation rooms.
&#8220;This Guidance denies science, compels speech, jeopardizes the ability of federal employees to practice their faith without fear of retaliation, endangers women, and further erodes the American people’s trust in public institutions,&#8221; the lawmakers said in a Thursday letter, first obtained by The Daily Wire. &#8220;We urge you to reverse course and rescind this Guidance.&#8221;
The letter is led by Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford and signed by Senators Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas, Marco Rubio of Florida, Steve Daines of Montana, and James Risch of Idaho.
The HHS guidance <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/hhs-gender-identity-non-discrimination-inclusion-policy.pdf">states</a> that failure to use preferred names and pronouns “contribute[s] to an unlawful hostile work environment,&#8221; the lawmakers point out in the letter to Becerra. It also states that HHS cannot “require a legal change of name or gender marker, medical certification, or other documentation,&#8221; allowing anyone to change their name or pronouns and compel their colleagues to use that name or pronoun — or face disciplinary action.
&#8220;There is no mention anywhere in the Guidance about accommodations for those with religious or conscience objections to the compelled use of incorrect pronouns,&#8221; the letter says. &#8220;In addition to violating extremely clear, long-standing Supreme Court precedents on compelled speech, reaffirmed as recently as 303 Creative v Elenis, this also violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.&#8221;
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&#8220;In forcing employees to choose between deeply held religious beliefs or losing their job, HHS is creating a hostile work environment for employees,&#8221; the Republicans said.
Additionally, the HHS guidance promises that the agency will “ensure there are no barriers to equally accessing restrooms, locker rooms, lactation rooms, or other personal care spaces,&#8221; stating: “HHS will not condition this access on an employee having undergone or providing proof of gender-affirming surgeries or other medical procedures.”
If any HHS female employees are uncomfortable with the idea of sharing a bathroom, locker room, or lactation room with a biological man who identifies as a woman, they would be told to use other facilities, since “employees will not be barred from using the restroom consistent with their gender identity.”
&#8220;Given the Guidance’s stipulation on not requiring any evidence of gender dysphoria or gender transition procedures, women could be forced to be exposed to fully male anatomy in the bathroom or in the locker room,&#8221; the lawmakers told Becerra. &#8220;This creates a hostile work environment for women who may have no other option than using the facilities at work.&#8221;
&#8220;A female employee who has used a women’s restroom for more than a decade will be told that she has to find a new option for a restroom if she is uncomfortable with a biological male in her restroom,&#8221; they added. &#8220;Women deserve better. Including lactation rooms in this same Guidance is blatantly offensive – males cannot breastfeed their children, and claiming to be female does not change that reality. The only reason for including this in the Guidance is to continue to push a radical agenda in every facet of the federal workplace.&#8221;
The lawmakers also note that HHS, in their promotion of such ideology, reveals a &#8220;denial of science&#8221; and &#8220;incorporation of that denial into the hiring, firing, and promotion process&#8221; that raises questions about the &#8220;work and research being done through HHS.&#8221;
&#8220;Gender is not, as the Guidance erroneously asserts, &#8216;a social construct of identities, norms, behaviors, and roles that vary between societies over time,'&#8221; they wrote. &#8220;There are only two sexes: male and female. Research by the HHS at taxpayer expense should not be done in contravention of that scientific and self-evident fact.&#8221;
Becerra and HHS did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Read the full letter <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/10/10.16.24-Letter-to-HHS-re-transgender-guidance.pdf">here</a>.

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Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has been visiting churches across Michigan during his Senate campaign, and has found that people of faith in the battleground state are worried about one issue above the rest: the economy.
Rogers has visited around a dozen places of worship, traveling from the urban centers of Detroit and Pontiac to the towns of Traverse City in northwest Michigan and Marquette in the Upper Peninsula. Rogers told The Daily Wire that the church visits allow him to worship with Michiganders of diverse faith backgrounds, and then hear their perspective after services.
During his conversations with Christians and church leaders, Rogers said that kitchen table issues are the concerns most often discussed.
&#8220;A big part of it is what you would hear everywhere else: the cost of groceries, the cost of energy bills, their ability to try to make their paycheck last until the end of the month,&#8221; Rogers told The Daily Wire. &#8220;So many people are literally living paycheck-to-paycheck. That is always front-and-center.&#8221;
Rogers said that moral issues — such as men competing in women&#8217;s sports — remain important topics for Christians in Michigan, but because &#8220;things have gotten so hard&#8221; financially over the past three-and-a-half years, people of faith are focusing on economic problems.
&#8220;People of faith are like every other person who&#8217;s worried about their cost of goods and services, and they&#8217;re also worried about the moral aspect of the environment their kids are growing up in,&#8221; Rogers continued.
Rogers is currently trailing Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin by five points, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/general/2024/michigan/rogers-vs-slotkin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average. The Michigan race, which was blown wide open after Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced last year that she would retire at the end of her term, is one of the numerous races Republicans are hoping to win to gain back control of the Senate. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Michigan since 1994.
The Senate candidate argued that Evangelicals and Catholics &#8220;feel very disconnected&#8221; from Slotkin, who Rogers slammed for voting &#8220;100% for the Biden-Harris agenda.&#8221; He added that the pastors and priests he&#8217;s talked to are trying to help address their congregants&#8217; financial needs while also &#8220;making sure they don&#8217;t step away from faith when times get really hard.&#8221;
Pastor Lorenzo Sewell of Detroit&#8217;s 180 Church, one of the places of worship Rogers recently visited, told The Daily Wire that his roughly 300 congregants are mainly concerned about the economy and immigration.
&#8220;People know that the rhetoric isn&#8217;t real as it pertains to the Harris and Walz ticket. They know the rhetoric isn&#8217;t real as it pertains to wages going up,&#8221; Sewell said. &#8220;Just because the median income goes up on paper, that doesn&#8217;t mean I have enough money to meet the end of the month.&#8221;
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Sewell, who addressed the Republican National Convention in July, added that the people in his majority-black community know the economy &#8220;bleeds over into the immigration issue.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re hearing people say that it would be better to take a three-day journey and leave the country and try to come back in because immigrants in our community are being treated better than those who are legally there,&#8221; he said. &#8220;These are real pain points for people in poverty today.&#8221;
Former President Donald Trump also visited 180 Church in Detroit for a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeP6Hbd74nI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roundtable discussion</a> in June. Sewell said that Trump and Rogers coming into the black community and visiting his church &#8220;set a new trajectory&#8221; for the Republican Party in Michigan. He argued that the Democratic Party has enjoyed most of the support from black voters while &#8220;pillaging&#8221; the black community for decades.
&#8220;You need a guy like Mike to fight for us,&#8221; Sewell said, adding. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have any personal problems with Elissa Slotkin, but her policies are not real as it pertains to people in poverty.&#8221;
Rogers&#8217;s focus on connecting with people of faith hasn&#8217;t been limited to Christians. The Senate candidate also said he has visited a Buddhist temple and has met with Muslim leaders.
&#8220;Set aside the Israel-Palestine issue for a minute, and Muslim voters line up with Republicans,&#8221; Rogers said. &#8220;They&#8217;re very conservative. They&#8217;re socially conservative. They&#8217;re fiscally conservative. They&#8217;re worried about the future of the country that they have come to live in and enjoy. And they&#8217;re worried about the state of education for their kids.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re small business owners,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They worry about the economic environment and what this heavy regulatory regime coming out of the Democrat Party is doing to them, not for them.&#8221;

Mike Rogers/Church

GOP Senate Hopeful Visits Michigan Churches, Finds Economy Is Congregants’ Main Concern

GOP Senate Hopeful Visits Michigan Churches, Finds Economy Is Congregants' Main Concern

2024 Election

Christianity

Michigan

Senate

Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher declared himself spokesman for &#8220;the normies&#8221; during a &#8220;CBS Sunday Morning&#8221; interview, claiming that his goal was to stay away from the extremes on either side of the political spectrum and speak to the overwhelming majority he believes are in the middle.
Maher told anchor Robert Costa that over time—and after reviewing a number of his old editorials for a book—he had come to the conclusion that he had not changed, and the country had.
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&#8220;I speak for the normies. I speak for that vast middle that is tired of the partisanship. I don’t want to hate half the country, and I don’t hate half the country,&#8221; Maher said.
When prompted, Maher said that he typically found the extreme Right to be more &#8220;alarming&#8221; while the extreme Left was more likely to be a source of frustration or irritation – but he went on to say that he felt compelled to address the issues with both extremes because the truth was somewhere in the middle.
&#8220;The truth isn’t one-sided like that,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;The Democrats constantly are running against Trump with the idea &#8216;You people out there couldn’t possibly vote for this guy.&#8217; And people are saying, &#8216;Watch me. Hold my beer. Watch me vote for him again.'&#8221;
While Maher has made no secret of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kate-couric-balks-at-bill-mahers-recap-of-trump-killing-it-on-cnn-town-hall-the-audience-loved-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disapproval</a> of former President Donald Trump — or the fact that he believes President Joe Biden, though <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hes-going-to-lose-bill-maher-has-bad-news-for-donna-brazile-about-bidens-future" target="_blank" rel="noopener">certainly flawed</a>, is preferable — he has often <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shut-the-f-up-bill-maher-slams-the-brakes-on-michael-moores-anti-republican-rant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skewered the far Left</a>, mainly to show them that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/keep-marching-for-hamas-kids-bill-maher-says-campus-protesters-just-dont-get-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">their antics</a> could result in another Trump victory.
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&#8220;The Afghanistan culture — part of it — is we found out when we invaded and stayed there for 20 years. There are rich men who have, like, 10-year-old boys. That’s just a thing — like — you can get when you’re a rich guy; so keep marching for Hamas, kids. You really got your liberal eyes on the right prize here,&#8221; Maher recently told UFC President Dana White, referencing the students protesting Israel on college campuses.
&#8220;Now they’re cheering for Iran because they just fired all the missiles at Israel. So Iran is the good guys? You mean, the Ayatollah, the f***ing black-hearted, black-eyed, bomb-planting dude that we — captured our people?&#8221; he added.

Bill Maher

Bill Maher Declares Himself Spokesman For Moderates Everywhere: ‘I Speak For The Normies’

Bill Maher Declares Himself Spokesman For Moderates Everywhere: 'I Speak For The Normies'

comedian

Democrat

Media

A California bill working its way through the legislature would make the crime of buying child sex a serious felony, replacing current statute in the far-left state that treats soliciting a minor for sex as a misdemeanor.
A bipartisan <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1414" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would raise solicitation of a minor from a misdemeanor to a felony punishable by up to four years in prison, and a fine of up to $25,000. The bill would also require a person convicted of soliciting a minor to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
The <a href="https://sr12.senate.ca.gov/content/sen-grove-introduces-bi-partisan-measure-continue-fight-against-human-trafficking-0#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%20takes%20two%20criminals%20to,are%20purchasing%20sex%20from%20children.">measure</a>, introduced by Republican State Senator Shannon Grove in February and co-sponsored by two Democrats, is scheduled for a committee vote on Tuesday, but it faces an uphill battle for passage.
As of Thursday, the new bill did not have the votes to make it out of committee. Critics are concerned it could target minorities, she explained, but criticized that point of view.
&#8220;Red, yellow, black, or white, you should be in prison,&#8221; Grove said during a phone interview with The Daily Wire on Thursday, arguing that putting child sex buyers behind bars for two years will keep them off the streets and prevent them from soliciting more children, at least during that period.
She said she is working on negotiating with her colleagues without giving up the meat of the bill. Last year, Grove was able to convince a skeptical Democrat-controlled legislature to pass a similar bill that reclassified child sex trafficking from a misdemeanor to a major felony, establishing harsher criminal penalties for traffickers. That bill went into effect on January 1.
Democrats in the legislature were forced to reconsider and support the sex trafficking bill after scathing social media backlash criticizing their initial reluctance.
California&#8217;s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom voiced support for last year&#8217;s bill, saying he personally called Grove about it and was &#8220;surprised&#8221; when it initially failed to pass the committee vote.
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D) also said at the time that the issue was “something that we are addressing and it’s something we are going to get right.”
Neither Newsom nor Rivas responded to a request for comment on whether they would support Grove&#8217;s new bill targeting buyers.
Before Grove&#8217;s successful bill last year, lawmakers had <a href="https://calmatters.org/justice/2023/07/child-trafficking-bill-california-legislature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tried</a> at least nine times since 2007 to reclassify child sex trafficking as a more serious crime.
This year, her focus is the purchasers of child sex, Grove said.
&#8220;I want to make the solicitation, the person who&#8217;s going out there going, &#8216;hey little 13-year-old, fourteen-year-old, fifteen-year-old, I want to get that person. I want that person to face felony charges. That&#8217;s what the bill does,&#8221; Grove said during her interview with The Daily Wire.
Grove said she spoke to sex trafficking survivors last year who told her, &#8220;You&#8217;ve got to go after the buyers&#8221; in order to really crack down on the child sex trade.
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A group called Exodus Cry, a nonprofit that works to abolish illegal sex trafficking <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5jukB9sN-Y/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> a viral video to Instagram last week that featured people reacting with shock and disgust to hearing that buying child sex is only a misdemeanor in California.
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Helen Taylor, vice president of impact at Exodus Cry argued that eliminating sex trafficking requires going after the demand and implementing proper deterrents.
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&#8220;For this to currently be a misdemeanor, and frequently prosecuted as such, reveals an inadequate understanding of how serious of a crime sex trafficking is,&#8221; Taylor told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;We want every child in California to be better protected and receive the justice they deserve should they ever be trafficked and exploited at the hands of a sex buyer,&#8221; she said.
Taylor urged committee members to vote in favor of the bill on Tuesday.
&#8220;Our laws send a message about what behaviors we are willing to tolerate. Paying money to abuse a child is something we will not tolerate,&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;It is surely a &#8216;no brainer&#8217; to make buying a child for sex a felony in California and if not, we have a serious problem.&#8221;

Boy Behind Glass Door

Buying Child Sex Is Only A Misdemeanor In California. This Bill Would Change That.

Soliciting Children For Sex Is Only A Misdemeanor In California. This Bill Would Change That.

California

Child Abuse

Child Sex Abuse

Democrats

On Wednesday, Republicans will introduce a bill in the Senate and House of Representatives that would expedite the Department of Defense’s use of quantum information science.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) will introduce the &#8220;Defense Quantum Acceleration Act.&#8221;
The bill would have the Secretary of Defense “explore and identify QIS technologies that have demonstrated value in advancing the priorities and missions of the Department; and may be applied to address operational problems; develop plans to transition such QIS technologies from the research and development phase to operational use within the Department, including within each of the Armed Forces; and carry out such transition plans,” it <a href="https://admin.govexec.com/media/general/2024/4/stefny_085_xml%5B88%5D.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>.
“Information that’s encrypted on the <a href="https://quantumxc.com/blog/quantum-cryptography-explained/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quantum level</a> can’t be secretly intercepted because attempting to measure a quantum property changes it,” <a href="https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2024/04/new-bill-would-greatly-expand-defense-department-quantum-efforts/395604/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defense One</a> explains, adding, “China has outpaced the Defense Department in terms of investment in quantum technology, dedicating <a href="https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/analysis/china-invests-billions-in-quantum-computing-race-with-us-now-neck-and-neck/2024/02/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$15 billion over the next five years</a>—or $3 billion a year—as opposed to the <a href="https://iq.govwin.com/neo/marketAnalysis/view/FY-2023-Defense-Investment-in-Quantum-Information-Science/6864?researchTypeId=1&amp;researchMarket=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$700 million</a> yearly Defense Department investment.”
“According to NAS (National Academy of Sciences), ‘quantum computers are the only known model for computing that could offer exponential speedup over today’s computers,’” the Congressional Research Service <a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11836/7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. NAS also asserted that “the development, standardization, and deployment of post-quantum cryptography is critical for minimizing the chance of a potential security and privacy disaster.”
“Quantum’s impact on our national security will be considerable, and we must take immediate steps to ensure the United States is the first nation to reach quantum advantage. This bill will ensure the Department of Defense, led by the incredible work at [The U.S. Air Force Rome Laboratory in New York] is able to outpace our adversaries and rapidly develop and transition quantum technologies to our service members,” Stefanik <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/2024/4/stefanik-blackburn-introduce-the-defense-quantum-acceleration-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>.
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Chris Padilla, vice president of government and regulatory affairs at IBM, said the Defense Quantum Acceleration Act “helps ensure the Department of Defense embraces this revolutionary technology. For national defense and economic security reasons, the United States must maintain a leadership position in quantum computing, and this legislation supports that effort. IBM encourages Congress to pass it and the administration to begin deploying quantum-centric supercomputing.”

Chicago Bets On Quantum Tech As ‘Next Big Thing’ For Its Future

GOP Introduces Bill Pushing DOD To Expedite Using Quantum Info Science

Department of Defense

Quantum computing

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during an interview over the weekend that due to the work that he has done as governor the state has transitioned from being a one-time swing state to a GOP stronghold heading into the 2024 presidential election.
DeSantis made the remarks during a Sunday interview on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; while speaking the significant number of Americans from other states that have moved to Florida in recent years.
&#8220;When I became governor of Florida had never had more registered Republicans than Democrats in state history,&#8221; DeSantis told host Maria Bartiromo. &#8220;And we were close to 300,000 fewer Republicans and Democrats, this is 2018. Today, we have close to 900,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats. So you&#8217;re talking about a million plus voter registration shift.&#8221;
&#8220;And yes, part of that, I think is a response locally, where people are more likely to switch from Democrat to Republican in Florida, non party to Republican than vice versa and that&#8217;s been an important component of it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But I do think that migration has skewed amongst people who come to Florida, not because they want to change the policies to reflect in Illinois, or California or New York, but because they appreciate how Florida has done it different from where they&#8217;re coming to. And so I think that&#8217;s contributed to this really record thing.&#8221;
&#8220;Florida is off the board,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It is a Republican state, you&#8217;ve covered politics. We used to be a one point state, every election hung on how would Florida go, that is not true anymore. And and I think that&#8217;s a good thing for the party.&#8221;
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‘Florida Is Off The Board’: DeSantis Highlights State’s Transition From Swing State To GOP Stronghold

Florida

According to a Pew Research Center <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/02/29/americans-top-policy-priority-for-2024-strengthening-the-economy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> taken just last month, 57% of Americans say that the top priority this year is dealing with illegal immigration. And when it comes to immigration, Joe Biden is 20 points underwater.
This is leading Democrats down a real rabbit hole. They have two choices: Be the moderates on immigration or pretend voters are out of their minds.
And they&#8217;re going to do just what you would think they&#8217;re going to do. They&#8217;re going to pretend voters are crazy and out of their minds.
On Tuesday night, after exit polling revealed how strongly Republicans care about immigration, Democrats like Jen Psaki, the former press secretary for Biden, were mocking Republicans on MSNBC for caring about immigration.
“I mean, if you look at some of these exit polls — I mean, I live in Virginia. Immigration was the number one issue, of course, I mean, again, these could change,” Psaki stated.
“Well,” MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow laughed, adding, “Virginia does have a border with West Virginia.” As Psaki laughed along, Maddow added, “A very contested area.”
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Jen Psaki, Joy Reid, and Rachel Maddow are laughing on MSNBC at the fact that voters in Virginia care about immigration:
Maddow: “Well, Virginia does have a border with West Virginia.” <a href="https://t.co/MDyjJuUkzn">pic.twitter.com/MDyjJuUkzn</a>
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Perhaps people are worried illegal immigrants are going to show up where they live and might commit crimes. Or perhaps they are worried about the vast cultural changes that could be wrought by importing millions of people who have no familiarity with American concepts of ideas such as free speech and property rights. Or perhaps they are simply worried about generating an entire economic underclass of people, many of whom will be dependent on welfare benefits and many of whom are going to be lowering the wage base and the like.
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There are a multitude of reasons why people in Virginia might be worried about illegal immigration.
But Democrats are disconnected from this issue. According to the polling data from <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/02/29/americans-top-policy-priority-for-2024-strengthening-the-economy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pew</a>, 39% of Democrats believe that immigration is a real concern, compared to 57% of independents and 76% of Republicans. That is a high number of independents who are deeply worried about immigration, and that number is up from 53% in 2023 and 49% in 2022. Democrats, meanwhile, are still stuck down in the mid-thirties when it comes to policy goals.
This is a problem for the Democrats and the White House because they are stuck in this legacy media echo chamber in which the idea for them is to double down on the base. They&#8217;re ignoring all of it.
On Tuesday, the White House was asked about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senseless-and-avoidable-tragedy-laken-rileys-mom-speaks-out-cites-christian-faith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Laken Riley&#8217;s murder</a>. She was the young woman who was allegedly killed near the University of Georgia by an illegal immigrant. And the White House tried to blame Donald Trump.
That dog is not going to hunt. The president of the United States is Joe Biden. He needs to close the border and everybody knows it.
This relates to the reality of today&#8217;s modern politics. Everyone in the media is convinced that the Right-wing has gone crazy, they&#8217;ve gone too far Right, and they&#8217;re picking crazy candidates — and there is some truth to that. If you look at the last round of senatorial races, Republicans picked some terrible candidates in winnable races, and then they lost those races.
But Democrats are now doing the same. We have a game of chicken in which both sides have decided to put the radical brick on the accelerator and then aim the cars at each other.
The question is, who is going to pull away first before the cars crash? Whoever pulls away first in this case actually wins. It is not as though if you just continue along that path and the other guy pulls away, you win. It&#8217;s the opposite.
In fact, this game of chicken has both cars aimed at the cliff. Which side is going to stop before the cliff at all? Forget about getting close to the edge. Who&#8217;s going to stop at all?
The Democrats threw out Kyrsten Sinema — who left the party and became an independent even though she would still caucus with them — in favor of hard-Left Ruben Gallego. Arizona used to be a largely red state. Then the Arizona Republican Party decided they were going to shoot themselves directly in the chest by embracing every form of election questioning they possibly could, alienating every moderate in the entire state and electing two Democratic senators and a Democratic governor.
The problem is that the underlying political character of the state of Arizona remains purple. There&#8217;s a reason why, until very recently, both senators were purple to red senators. It was John McCain until he passed away and then Jeff Flake, and both were replaced by Democrats who have attempted to act as a sort of bluish purple. Sinema was so purple that she eventually just went purple and decided to declare herself an independent. But then she decided not to run for reelection because the Democratic Party had basically cast her out, and they decided to primary her.
If only Republicans had nominated someone who had not run for governor, lost, and then claimed that she won for the last year and a half. That would have helped. But they didn&#8217;t do that. They ran Kari Lake. So it&#8217;s Kari Lake versus Ruben Gallego, Clash of the Titans.
Whoever seizes the middle ground is going to win these elections. But in some cases, both parties seem to be running away from middle ground.
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And in the presidential race, it&#8217;s Biden who&#8217;s running away from the middle ground while Trump is reaching over and grabbing it.
The secret about Trump is that he is politically moderate and rhetorically extreme. But many of the people who have been running are rhetorically extreme and politically extreme, which is not what Americans prefer.
Rhetorically extreme only works for Donald Trump. It really does not work for anyone else.
Trump is one of one in the same way that Barack Obama for Democrats was one of one.
You cannot be Trump. There is no one who can out-Trump Trump. There&#8217;s nobody who can even be in that same category. Trump is a stand-up comedian who became president of the United States because he&#8217;s extraordinarily entertaining. He is camera-magnetic. He is always funny. He&#8217;s an entertainer who became a politician, not a politician trying to be an entertainer.
All of those things are things no other politician can hold a candle to because he&#8217;s in a completely different category.

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