As Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza approaches its third year following the October 7, 2023, massacre, the conflict has shaken the foundations of public opinion, shifting views not only toward Israel but toward Palestinians as well, according to a recent <a href="https://bit.ly/SEPT25NVT">Cygnal survey</a>.
For decades, Israel enjoyed strong bipartisan support in the United States, but that consensus has eroded, and younger Americans are at the forefront of that shift. Among American voters, Israel’s image is slightly underwater overall, with 41 percent viewing it favorably and nearly 44 percent unfavorably. But among voters aged 18 to 44, Israel’s standing is significantly worse — it is deeply underwater with a net favorability of -31. For voters over 55, it’s the opposite – Israel has a net favorability of +14.
This trend should come as no surprise amid two years of anti-Israel protests, often echoing Hamas messaging, on college campuses and throughout liberal cities. However, declining support for Israel has not translated to a pro-Palestinian shift.
Public opinion on Palestinians is even more negative, with 45 percent of Americans having an unfavorable view compared to just a 31 percent favorable one. But it is here that the generational and partisan divides cut in the opposite direction — 60 percent of voters over the age 55, and 64 percent of Republicans, hold the most unfavorable view of Palestinians.
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Americans are more broadly aligned in their views of Hamas, with three-quarters of likely voters having a negative opinion of the U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization. As is often the case with tracking public opinion, single digits tend to get a mere glance, especially in this case, when only 6 percent view Hamas favorably.
However, that 6 percent translates into roughly 20 million American voters holding a favorable view of Hamas.
That’s enough people to fill 186 Michigan football stadiums (each holding more than 107,000 people), and it not only reflects a dangerous moral confusion, but also a broader cultural shift that favors ideological extremes.
Most Republicans, and some Democrats, support Israel’s effort to destroy Hamas to prevent future massacres and secure the release of the remaining hostages. They are the type of voters who welcome groundbreaking talks between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, as we witnessed this week. But radical voices on the far Left often point to the devastation in Gaza and accuse Israel of genocide. A loud minority on the Right have also begun to believe Israel seeks to draw America into another conflict, or see Israel at the center of every conspiracy, from toppling the Assad regime to assassinating Charlie Kirk.
For American “normies,&#8221; all of this is, of course, absurd.
This moment in time is not a passing dip in support for Israel. Another Cygnal <a href="https://bit.ly/46GQqHz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> from just after the horrific attacks by Hamas on innocent civilians on October 7, 2023, revealed 47 percent of American voters were concerned about pro-Palestinian protests in America, but that 38 percent were indifferent, and 15 percent supported them. It’s not unreasonable to assume indifference and tacit support are the same here, meaning that in less than a week after the unprecedented attacks on Israel that sparked the current conflict, more were accepting of the pro-Palestinian protesters’ grievances and open calls for violence against Israel.
These alarming trends were specifically cited by Charlie Kirk, who warned that a war over information was being waged against Israel, especially on social media, and that it had permeated into conservative movements. This latest data affirms the incredibly high-stakes nature of this new era.
But how fitting is the promise of a leader like President Trump to set a new course, not just on the diplomatic stage but on the public one as well. His critical role to support Israel as a bastion of democracy and a strong American ally will only be as effective as Israel’s efforts to rebuild trust and reshape its image among younger Americans in particular.
Maintaining bipartisan, or even just intergenerational Republican support for Israel as a strategic ally is not merely in Israel’s interest – it is in America’s interest. In a democracy, public opinion is not a secondary concern, but the foundational pillar that sustains long-term foreign policy.
Ignoring these dangerous trends is something neither country can afford.
Alex Tarascio is a principal and pollster at Cygnal. Or Yissachar is the executive director of David Institute for Security Policy and member of the Israel Defense and Security Forum.

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WASHINGTON—As the government shutdown enters its second week, Republicans are finding new and exciting ways to pin the blame on Democrats.
At the Senate Republican member meeting on Tuesday, lawmakers watched a <a href="https://x.com/AmberJoCooper/status/1975623924944908678">video</a>, exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire, lampooning the &#8220;Schumer Shutdown.&#8221;
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The video features mariachi music, a recurring theme lately on social media, and a mash up of Senators labeling the ongoing standoff the “Schumer shutdown.”
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Set to mariachi music — now the preferred soundtrack to mocking standoffish Democrats, thanks to the White House — the video opens with a clip of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) struggling with technical difficulties during a CNN hit.
“I can’t hear,&#8221; Schumer says toward the end of the video, as the word &#8220;Sure&#8221; flashes on screen. The video is a mashup of Republicans deploying the phrase &#8220;Schumer Shutdown,&#8221; Republicans&#8217; go-to byword for the funding fight.
“While the tone of the video was lighthearted the message was not,&#8221; a source who attended the Senate GOP meeting told The Daily Wire. &#8220;The video summarized exactly where the fault for this shutdown lies, with Chuck Schumer. While pressure mounts on Senate Democrats, Republicans are feeling emboldened in our fight to reopen the government for the American people,&#8221; the source said.
Following the meeting, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke to reporters, reiterating Republicans&#8217; call for Senate Democrats to pass their continuing resolution and reopen the government.
On Monday night, the Senate held another vote on the House-passed funding bill. It failed by a vote of 52-42.
Thune said if a few more Senate Democrats vote with them, they can reopen the government.
“Every day that the Democrats keep the government shut down is creating more and worse consequences for the American people,” Thune said.
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&#8220;I think they&#8217;re under enormous pressure from their political left. I think they&#8217;re under enormous pressure from their leadership, but they&#8217;re going to have to be some brave souls who are courageous enough to come out and deliver the votes to open up the government,&#8221; Thune said. 
Johnson said Schumer &#8220;wants to play political games,&#8221; noting the House previously passed a &#8220;clean&#8221; continuing resolution.
&#8220;They have created a distraction. They&#8217;re trying to pretend this is about an end-of-the-year policy decision on healthcare — it is not,&#8221; Johnson said.
Schumer posted multiple times throughout the day on Tuesday. <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1975601365071372654">One X post</a> said Senate Republicans &#8220;do not have the votes to pass their bill.&#8221;
&#8220;They need to come to the table and negotiate now to reopen the government and bring down healthcare costs. They’re the only ones who seem to think we can’t do both,&#8221; Schumer wrote.
He claimed Republicans are &#8220;OUTRIGHT LYING about giving undocumented immigrants health insurance through the ACA or Medicaid or Medicare.&#8221;
&#8220;NOT ONE FEDERAL DOLLAR can be spent for this. It&#8217;s already illegal. He just wants to distract from how Republicans shut the government down instead of fixing healthcare for the American people,&#8221; Schumer said.
The back and forth drags on. Another Senate vote is expected on the continuing resolution, but no schedule has been set.

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Nearly two-thirds of Americans want COVID-era federal programs to come to an end, as Democrats demand that any government funding bill include an extension of health care subsidies that were introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/929542118/Polling-on-ACA-Enhanced-Subsidies-Top-Line-docx?secret_password=sN1T3iUcGZSAHeyfI3eD">poll</a>.
Sixty-one percent of Americans said that the federal government should allow COVID-era subsidies to end, according to a poll conducted last week by the Republican-aligned firm OnMessage Public Strategies, Inc., that was shared with The Daily Wire.
Those surveyed were asked whether “the federal government should allow programs that were designed deliberately to address the problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic to sunset, and put those funds to more pressing issues facing Americans.&#8221; Thirty-nine percent of those surveyed strongly agreed with the statement, and 22% somewhat agreed, while only 15% strongly disagreed, and another 15% somewhat disagreed, also wanting to keep the COVID-19 Affordable Care Act subsidies alive.
The poll surveyed 1,000 Americans. Thirty-eight percent of those polled identified as Republicans, and 33% of the participants identified as Democrats. Another 26% of those surveyed identified as independent.
Affordable Care Act subsidies have been a major part of the ongoing government shutdown negotiations on Capitol Hill. Under former President Joe Biden&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act, those health care subsidies, that were meant to address issues during COVID, were extended through the end of this year. However, Democrats want the subsidies made permanent, arguing that insurance premiums would skyrocket and low-income Americans would be forced to drop their coverage. The Congressional Budget Office <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/10/02/breaking-down-the-aca-subsidy-fight-00590901">estimated</a> that by 2034, four million people who would have had insurance will be uninsured if the subsidies are not extended.
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The OnMessage poll found drastically different results than a similar poll conducted by the health policy organization KFF last week. A KFF survey published on October 3 found that 78% of Americans want Congress to extend the Obamacare subsidies, including 59% of Republicans. The KFF <a href="https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/despite-budget-concerns-three-quarters-of-public-say-congress-should-extend-the-enhanced-aca-tax-credits-set-to-expire-next-year-including-most-republicans-and-maga-supporters/">poll</a> also found that ending the subsidies could be problematic for Republicans in next year&#8217;s midterm elections.
Republican leaders, who have opposed Obamacare for years, argue that the subsidies debate should be held closer to the end of the year, after the government has been funded. Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, are also seeking additional ways to reduce government spending. An analysis from the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation released last month estimated that a permanent extension of the Obamacare COVID subsidies would increase the federal deficit by $349.8 billion over the next decade, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5540430-mike-johnson-shutdown-obamacare-subsidies/">reported</a>.
Both House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5538167-congress-aca-tax-credit-increase/">said</a> that discussions over Obamacare subsidies cannot happen while the government remains shut down, urging their Democratic colleagues to focus on agreeing to a temporary funding bill before larger funding debates can be held.
“We have effectively three months to negotiate. In the White House and in the halls of Congress, that’s like an eternity,” Johnson <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5540430-mike-johnson-shutdown-obamacare-subsidies/">said</a> on Monday.
Trump said on Monday that he&#8217;s open to negotiating with Democrats on the health care subsidies, but added that they must reopen the government before those negotiations take place.
&#8220;I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open. In fact, they should open our Government tonight!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115329671584864920">wrote</a> on Truth Social on Monday evening.
The Senate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/live-updates-countdown-to-government-shutdown?contentProgram=LIVE%20UPDATES%3A%20Another%20Failed%20Vote%3A%20Shutdown%20Continues&amp;contentType=Post&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;location=Home%20Tab&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel">failed</a> to pass a funding bill again on Monday night, with the vast majority of Democrats rejecting the Republicans&#8217; continuing resolution.

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Along with Tulsi Gabbard, who now serves as Director of National Intelligence, three Republican members of Congress were surveilled by the now-defunct TSA “Quiet Skies” program, independent journalist Matt Taibbi <a href="https://www.racket.news/p/not-only-tulsi-three-members-of-congress">reported</a> on Tuesday.
According to documents handed over to the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, two of the three Republican representatives were placed on a surveillance list before they were elected, but remained there after joining Congress. According to the Senate committee’s notes, “a cursory review would have revealed them to be a member of Congress, or a decorated U.S. veteran or service member,” Taibbi reported.
The names of the members of Congress and the states they represent were redacted in the government documents.
The TSA’s “Quiet Skies” program, which began in 2010, came under intense scrutiny last year after whistleblowers revealed that Gabbard — then a former Democratic congresswoman who was highly critical of the Democratic Party — was followed by Air Marshals and bomb-sniffing dogs under the TSA program. “Quiet Skies” was ended by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in June. Noem <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/05/secretary-noem-ends-politicized-tsa-watchlist-program-has-failed-prevent-single">said</a>, “It is clear that the Quiet Skies program was used as a political rolodex of the Biden Administration — weaponized against its political foes and exploited to benefit their well-heeled friends.”
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee also revealed that TSA approved a watchlist, or “enhanced screening,” for people “suspected of traveling to the National Capital Region” in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The watchlist was deemed appropriate for people “believed to pose an elevated risk” but for whom “there is a current lack of specific information relating to unlawful entry into the U.S. Capitol.”
Gabbard was surveilled on at least eight flights during the summer of 2024, according to documents handed over to the committee. The former Democratic lawmaker was listed as a “possible affiliate” of a member of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). According to The New York Times, Gabbard landed on the list after she attended an event “at the Vatican that was organized by a European businessman who appeared on an F.B.I. watch list.”
A text exchange between Marshals assigned to follow Gabbard from July 22, 2024, also pointed to the TSDB as the reason that Gabbard was placed on the list.
“So Gabbard is an affiliate with a TSDB, and since she’s no longer in Congress that’s probably why she hit for the rule,” one Marshal wrote.
“Yeah I talked with [redacted] about it and that’s the conclusion we came to as well,” a second Marshal replied.
“Cool cool.”
One former Marshal, however, told Taibbi that the decision to place Gabbard on the list wasn’t necessarily made by an automated database.
“Obviously, there is a way for human beings to influence the decision tree above our level,” the former Marshal said.
Taibbi testified before the Senate committee on Tuesday and ripped the federal government’s “Quiet Skies” surveillance program.
“Before Quiet Skies was discontinued by this administration, it was a symbol of the steep decline of federal enforcement since 9/11. The government spent $200 million a year following up to 50 people a day for a program that in its history never once led to an arrest, or thwarted a single criminal act,” Taibbi told the committee. “Despite its demonstrated inutility and grave civil liberties concerns it was re-funded year after year because this is what our government does now: it gathers information on its own citizens as an end in itself.”
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Actor and director Rob Reiner sparred with comedian and HBO host Bill Maher over communication between Republicans and Democrats, and Reiner suggested that if such dialogues were to happen, Republicans would first have to agree to a few ground rules.
Reiner, known for his role as Mike &#8220;Meathead&#8221; Stivic on the CBS sitcom &#8220;All in the Family,&#8221; told Maher that it would be impossible for him to talk to Republicans unless they first agreed on certain &#8220;facts.&#8221;
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&#8220;This would make some sense for the Democrats if they had any power. But the idea of &#8216;we don&#8217;t talk to you when we don&#8217;t even have the power&#8217;? Of course you have to talk to people!&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;I mean, there was an article —&#8221;
&#8220;But here&#8217;s the thing,&#8221; Reiner interrupted. &#8220;You&#8217;re right, but here&#8217;s the thing. Let&#8217;s say we&#8217;re gonna have that argument. You&#8217;re gonna talk to somebody and you have a point of view, the other person has a point of view. Before you have the exchange, you have to agree on certain facts!&#8221;
&#8220;No, you don&#8217;t. You can&#8217;t. Once you start down that road — these are — you just have to talk to people,&#8221; Maher said.
&#8220;No, no, you talk to people, but if somebody says 2+2 is 4 and the other guy says no it&#8217;s not, how do you begin the discussion?&#8221;
&#8220;Because it&#8217;s a — because, Rob, that&#8217;s a slippery slope! &#8230; If you start down that road of, &#8216;I can&#8217;t talk to you if you believe this crazy thing&#8217; — because maybe — you just can&#8217;t!&#8221; Maher said.

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CNN data guru Harry Enten broke down the major issues facing American voters as the 2026 midterm elections approach, and on nearly every issue, he had more bad news for Democrats.
Enten laid out the latest numbers on everything from crime to the economy to immigration — and had to pause to exclaim, &#8220;My goodness gracious!&#8221; — as he asked Democrats what they were doing to change the trajectory of their party.
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Enten spoke with anchor Kate Bolduan about the state of things, and he got more and more animated as he laid out the split between the parties on each additional issue.
&#8220;What are we seeing? You know, Donald Trump being underwater, Democrats are, &#8216;oh, this guarantees us, we&#8217;re gonna fly high in the midterms.&#8217; Let me tell you, this guarantees you nothing. Nothing. Because at this particular point, the Democrats are the New Orleans Saints of political parties,&#8221; Enten said, invoking the 0-and-3 record of the Louisiana NFL team.
&#8220;What are we talking about?&#8221; Enten went on to show which party Americans trusted more to handle major issues. &#8220;Trust the Dems or the GOP more on the economy? Who leads on the economy? Republicans by 7! Immigration? Republicans by 13! How about crime? A big issue for Donald Trump and the Republicans. Look at that: lead by 22 points!&#8221;
&#8220;So the bottom line is this,&#8221; he declared. &#8220;At this particular point, the ball may be on the ground, but the Democrats have not picked up the ball and run with it. If anything, at this particular point, it&#8217;s the Republicans who are running with the ball on the top issues: the economy, immigration, and crime.&#8221;
Bolduan asked Enten to make a comparison between the current polling and the polling ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, when Republicans gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
&#8220;This kind of gives away the game,&#8221; Enten observed as he noted that Republicans had been ahead on the same issues in 2022: they were up by 12 points on the economy, by 3 points on immigration, and by 13 points on crime.
Enten noted that while the Republican lead on the economy was slightly lower, the party&#8217;s lead on the two other major issues had grown by wider margins.
&#8220;How about immigration? It was Republicans by three back in 2022,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Look at this! The Republican lead&#8217;s actually gone up by ten points. What are you doing, Democrats?! My goodness gracious! And on crime, Republicans were up by 13, now they&#8217;re up by 22, their lead again expanding by nearly double digits!&#8221;
&#8220;So whatever Democrats are doing, it ain&#8217;t working, Kate!&#8221; Enten exclaimed.

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Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Wednesday they plan to release their own client list after the Justice Department in July announced it found no evidence of one.
At a rally on Capitol Hill, Epstein victim Lisa Phillips said she and other survivors of Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell plan to release a list of those involved in the abuse.
“Epstein was not just a serial predator; he was an international human trafficker,” Phillips said. “And many around him knew this, many participated, and many profited, and yet, he was protected. I know what it’s like to be trafficked to others, and I know the files contain the names of powerful men who have been shielded because of their fame or fortune.”
“And let me announce now, several of us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list of names,” she added to the cheers of the crowd. “We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. Now together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world, and it will be done by survivors and for survivors.”
After the rally, the Epstein victims and their supporters joined some Republican and Democratic lawmakers for a press conference just outside the Capitol Building. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke, calling on the federal government to release more information on the Epstein investigation.
“[The] Washington establishment is asking the American public to believe something that is not believable,” Massie said. “They’re asking you to believe that two individuals created hundreds of victims and they acted alone and that the DOJ has no idea of who else might have been involved that nobody else did anything that rose to a criminal enterprise. The American people know that’s not true.”
The DOJ said that it did not find evidence that Epstein had a client list or that powerful co-conspirators were involved in his child sex crimes. The DOJ also noted that the evidence showed that Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell in August 2019. President Donald Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-epstein-story-is-kept-alive-by-pretty-bad-people-including-fake-news">blasted</a> those focusing on the Epstein files, arguing that the issue is being pushed by the “Fake News” and “success-starved Dems.”
During the press conference, Epstein accuser Jena-Lisa Jones said, “I remembered crying the entire way home, thinking about how I couldn’t ever tell anyone about what actually happened in that house. This guy was so rich and had so many pictures with so many famous people and no one would have ever believed me if I told them.” Jones told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/us/jeffrey-epstein-survivors-interview">CNN</a> that she met Epstein when she was just 14, and that he was her first sexual experience.
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-led-oversight-committee-drops-massive-trove-of-over-33000-epstein-docs?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Republican-Led+Oversight+Committee+Drops+Massive+Trove+Of+Over+33%2C000+Epstein+Docs">released</a> more than 33,000 pages of Epstein documents, but critics blasted the heavily redacted document trove.
“What people are waking up and discovering right now is — the folks who stayed up all night to go through the 34,000 individual pages have found that they’re so redacted as to be useless,” Massie said.
Khanna said during the press conference that less than 1% of the Epstein files had been released.
“A nation that allows rich and powerful men to traffic and abuse young girls without consequence is a nation that has lost its moral and spiritual core,” he said.
Wednesday’s rally and press conference was the largest gathering of Epstein’s accusers since a 2019 court hearing following the sex abuser’s death, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/house-epstein-files-victims-news-conference/#link-QMGSRWQ7GJFM3F6G2WVO222RZE">reported</a>. House lawmakers met with Epstein victims on Tuesday to discuss releasing more documents.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who supports a limited release of Epstein documents, praised the Tuesday document dump, saying, “There’s 33,000 documents that were released because of this administration. When we met with victims yesterday, they said that they don’t want their personal information to be out there, and they actually asked us to not put it out there, so obviously that was information that was withheld from that document release.”
Massie also <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-massie-epstein-files-discharge-petition-house-vote/">filed</a> a discharge petition on Tuesday in an attempt to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files. The discharge petition must receive 218 votes, a majority of the House, to move a vote forward.
Khanna believes that all House Democrats would sign the petition, and is hopeful that at least six Republicans would also sign. Massie said he is two Republicans away from passing the discharge petition, along with Massie and Greene, Reps. Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Lauren Boebert of Colorado are the only Republicans to sign the petition.

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As California Governor Gavin Newsom gets floated as a top contender for the Democratic Party in 2028, he&#8217;s going all in on anti-Trump rhetoric, but with a new twist.
In recent weeks, the social media account for the governor&#8217;s office has been posting rants on X that copy the tone and style of President Donald Trump&#8217;s off-the-cuff statements on Truth Social. While imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery, Newsom is copying Trump in an attempt to give the president &#8220;a wake-up call.&#8221;
Earlier this month, the Governor Newsom Press Office X account raised eyebrows when it began posting warnings to Trump in all-caps and closed out with Trump&#8217;s signature line: &#8220;THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.&#8221; Newsom&#8217;s Trump impersonation began over the Republican effort to redraw Congressional maps in Texas, which would likely strip five seats from Democrats.
&#8220;DONALD TRUMP, IF YOU DO NOT STAND DOWN, WE WILL BE FORCED TO LEAD AN EFFORT TO REDRAW THE MAPS IN CA TO OFFSET THE RIGGING OF MAPS IN RED STATES. BUT IF THE OTHER STATES CALL OFF THEIR REDISTRICTING EFFORTS, WE WILL DO THE SAME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!&#8221; Newsom&#8217;s press office <a href="https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1954957300843917466">wrote</a> last Monday.
In the following days, the governor&#8217;s X posts only became more Trump-like.
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DONALD “TACO” TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, “MISSED” THE DEADLINE!!! CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE “BEAUTIFUL MAPS,” THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!). BIG PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK WITH POWERFUL DEMS AND GAVIN NEWSOM — YOUR…
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1955411757540970603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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WHEN SPEAKER “LITTLE MAN” JOHNSON IS STANDING IN “THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE,” HE CAN THANK DONALD “TACO” J. TRUMP. TRUMP MISSED A SIMPLE DEADLINE — SOMETHING HE HAS OFTEN DONE WITH HIS MANY FAILED BUSINESSES — NOW CALIFORNIA WILL “FIRE” HIM WITH NEW, “MORE BEAUTIFUL MAPS.” HIGHLY…
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1955654178556223673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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DONALD IS FINISHED — HE IS NO LONGER “HOT.” FIRST THE HANDS (SO TINY) AND NOW ME — GAVIN C. NEWSOM — HAVE TAKEN AWAY HIS “STEP.” MANY ARE SAYING HE CAN’T EVEN DO THE “BIG STAIRS” ON AIR FORCE ONE ANYMORE — USES THE LITTLE BABY STAIRS NOW. SAD! TOMORROW HE’S GOT HIS “MEETING” WITH…
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1956179690449985876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
Newsom was asked last week whether the social media posts were part of a specific strategy from his team.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know. I hope it&#8217;s a wake-up call to the president of the United States for following his example,&#8221; Newsom replied. &#8220;If you&#8217;ve got issues with what I&#8217;m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns about what he&#8217;s putting out as president. So, to the extent it&#8217;s gotten some attention, I&#8217;m pleased, but I think the deeper question is how have we allowed the normalization of his tweets — Truth Social posts — over the course of the last many years to go without similar scrutiny and notice.&#8221;
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is asked what&#8217;s behind recent tweets on the <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovPressOffice</a> account where he appears to be mocking President Trump.
&#8220;I&#8217;m just following his example&#8230;.the deeper question is, how have we allowed the normalization of his tweets and Truth Social posts over the… <a href="https://t.co/aQe4Rw167G">pic.twitter.com/aQe4Rw167G</a>
— Daniela Pardo (@danielapardotv) <a href="https://twitter.com/danielapardotv/status/1956087527871537577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
Despite what Newsom says, Trump&#8217;s social media presence has been in the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/us/politics/donald-trump-twitter-use-campaign-2016.html">spotlight</a> since he jumped into politics in 2015, and it has been the <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/queens/politics/2017/07/28/trump-s-use-of-social-media-to-announce-major-policy-changes-unprecedented--political-consultants-say">subject</a> of endless legacy media <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/07/donald-trump-facebook-social-media-capitol-attack">scrutiny</a>. The Left&#8217;s backlash to Trump&#8217;s social media snipes only added to the momentum that pushed Trump across the finish line in 2016 and again in 2024.
The White House blasted Newsom over the social media tactic, calling it inauthentic.
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“Nothing about Newscum is authentic — from his rehearsed answers to his flip-flopping policy positions – he goes whatever way the wind blows… so it makes sense that he would try to mimic the President’s wildly successful communication strategy. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Gavin’s behavior is just getting weird at this point,&#8221; White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told The Daily Wire.
For Newsom&#8217;s X presence, the Trump parodies appear to be working — at least in terms of raw engagement. Before the press office X account began posting like the president, it would usually see between 200 and a few thousand likes, and some posts would hit 2,000 reposts if they were lucky. But when the governor&#8217;s office posts parodies of Trump, that&#8217;s a different story. Some of Newsom&#8217;s Trumpian posts reached over 100,000 likes and racked up around 15,000 reposts.
An official in the governor&#8217;s office told The Daily Wire that the press office X account has seen an increase of over 250,000 followers, while its engagement rate has gone up by more than 50% since August 1. Much of that engagement is negative, with many X users blasting Newsom&#8217;s social media tactic. Conservative commentators have also ripped the Democratic governor for copying Trump.
Fox News host Dana Perino, White House Press Secretary under former President George W. Bush, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dana-perino-warns-gavin-newsom-to-avoid-cringey-x-presence-and-he-doubles-down-instead?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Dana+Perino+Warns+Gavin+Newsom+To+Avoid+Cringey+X+Presence%2C+And+He+Doubles+Down+Instead">said</a> on Monday that Newsom was &#8220;making a fool&#8221; of himself.
“You have to stop it with the Twitter thing. I don’t know where his wife is,&#8221; she added. &#8220;If I were his wife, I would say you are making a fool of yourself, stop it. Do not let your staff tweet, and if you’re doing it yourself, put the phone away and start over.”
Radio host Mark Simone <a href="https://x.com/MarkSimoneNY/status/1955713499750961437">added</a>, &#8220;Gavin Newsom is now paying massive tribute to Donald Trump by imitating him, copying him, trying to be him &#8211; look at his latest tweets. He is becoming Trump and the crazy left loves it (also a great tribute to President Trump).&#8221;
Newsom&#8217;s idea to channel Trump is connecting with those on the Left.
Jon Favreau, a &#8220;Pod Save America&#8221; co-host and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, replied to Perino, saying, &#8220;Humor and mockery can be quite effective!&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, it&#8217;s pretty clearly a parody of Trump&#8217;s absolutely insane all caps, often non-sensical posts,&#8221; Favreau added. &#8220;Probably why all the people in my life who aren&#8217;t political junkies keep reaching out to say they don&#8217;t know much about Newsom but think the tweets are hilarious.&#8221;
Newsom&#8217;s Trump imitation isn&#8217;t the only social media tactic the Democratic governor has attempted this year. In February, Newsom <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/gavin-newsom-launches-another-podcast/63942809">launched</a> a new podcast, the first episodes of which focused on discussions with “leaders and architects of the MAGA movement.” The first three guests on Newsom&#8217;s show were Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, conservative commentator Michael Savage, and former Trump Chief Strategist Steve Bannon.
Newsom said his podcast would seek to better understand conservatives while also asking how the Democratic Party could learn from Republicans&#8217; recent electoral successes.
“We already know what our disagreements are with the MAGA movement. I want to understand what the motivations are, the legitimacy of those motivations, and just really understand where people are coming from,” Newsom said. “They are influential — they are. They explain more things in more ways on more days about what’s going on and if we’re not trying to understand their motivations, we will be victims of their motivations.”
“At the same time, I want Democrats to come on and sort of challenge where we are on a lot of these issues,” he added. “And so I’m asking the same questions you’re asking of me: Where the hell is the Democratic Party?&#8221;
Newsom&#8217;s podcast launch was <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-04-01/gavin-newsom-podcast-charlie-kirk-maga-2028-election-essential-california">viewed</a> by some as an effort to position himself as more of a moderate who&#8217;s willing to reach a hand across to Trump supporters, as he&#8217;s considered a potential frontrunner in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.
Six months later, Newsom is back to focusing all of his attention on attacking the president as Democrats push back on most of Trump&#8217;s actions — from immigration crackdowns across the country to the deployment of the National Guard and federal agents in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

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The Democratic Party is in a &#8220;deep political hole&#8221; with voter registration, according to an analysis <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/democratic-party-voter-registration-crisis.html">published</a> by The New York Times on Wednesday.
Between 2020 and 2024, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in all 30 states that track party affiliation when Americans register to vote, and the Times acknowledged the losses were &#8220;often by a lot.&#8221; In those 30 states, plus the District of Columbia, Democrats shed 2.1 million voters between 2020 and 2024. Republicans, meanwhile, gained 2.4 million voters.
&#8220;That four-year swing toward the Republicans adds up to 4.5 million voters, a deep political hole that could take years for Democrats to climb out from,&#8221; the Times wrote.
The major shift toward the GOP included vital swing states, such as Arizona and Pennsylvania, but Democrats also lost ground in the deep blue states of California, New York, and Massachusetts. In states where Republican voter registration was already blowing past that of the Democrats — such as Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Oklahoma — GOP gains continued to grow.
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New York Times: &#8220;The Democratic Party is hemorrhaging voters long before they even go to the polls.
Of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one between the 2020 and 2024 elections — and often by a… <a href="https://t.co/gx94qL9EVP">pic.twitter.com/gx94qL9EVP</a>
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomBevanRCP/status/1958153504842801375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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While Democrats still outnumber Republicans by party registration nationwide, more newly registered voters across the country chose the Republican Party over the Democratic Party for the first time since 2018. The Times also noted that the Democrats&#8217; voter registration numbers are helped by massive blue states like California and New York allowing people to register by party, while the largest Republican state, Texas, and many of the deep-red southern states do not.
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Decision Desk HQ&#8217;s director of data science, Michael Pruser, told the Times that there &#8220;seems to be no end&#8221; to the voter registration crisis for Democrats.
&#8220;There is no silver lining or cavalry coming across the hill. This is month after month, year after year,&#8221; he said.
In recent years, Democrats &#8220;fell asleep at the switch,&#8221; according to longtime Democratic strategist Maria Cardona. Even Tom Bonier, one of the party&#8217;s top voter registration experts, admitted to the Times that he &#8220;was wrong&#8221; after downplaying the Democrats&#8217; registration issues last year.
“Clearly, in retrospect, we can say the Democratic Party had dug itself in too deep a hole in the preceding four years for the Harris campaign to dig itself out in the last few months,” Bonier said.
Republicans, meanwhile, adjusted their strategy following President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2020 election defeat and <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/republicans-ballot-harvesting-fraud-claims-rcna151952">hit the gas</a> on voter registration and ballot harvesting strategies in 2024.
“We don’t like drop boxes, to be clear,” a Republican National Committee official said in May of 2024. “We’re still going to use drop boxes if we have to, if they’re available. Same thing with harvesting: Where it’s a practice that Democrats are partaking in, we’re going to partake in it, too.”
Republicans also benefited from the efforts of activist Scott Presler, who dedicated himself from 2021 to 2024 to registering Republicans in the all-important swing state of Pennsylvania. In the summer of 2024, voter registration in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — a competitive suburb of Philadelphia — shifted to a GOP advantage for the first time since 2007, according to the Times. Trump went on to win Bucks County in the 2024 election, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to do so in the 21st century.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats held an advantage of more than 517,000 registered voters in 2020, but that lead has now <a href="https://x.com/ScottPresler/status/1954912806911844834">fallen to fewer</a> than 54,000. Much of that shift comes from Democrats switching their party affiliation to Republicans. From 2020 to 2025, around 314,000 registered Democrats flipped to registered Republicans, while just over 160,000 registered Republicans became registered Democrats.
Democrats are also losing support among young voters, who are shifting to the GOP. Last year, Republicans registered nearly twice as many voters under 35 as Democrats did in key states such as Nevada, the Times reported.

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would ask Congress to extend the 30-day limit on his takeover of D.C. police as federal agents ramp up arrests in the nation&#8217;s capital.
Speaking to reporters during a press conference at the Kennedy Center, Trump was asked if he would seek to keep National Guard troops and federal agents in D.C. past the initial 30-day limit under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. To extend his federalization of the D.C. police, Congress would need to issue a joint resolution approving of that move.
&#8220;We expect to be before Congress very quickly,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;And again, we think the Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously.&#8221;
The president added that Congress will need to pass a crime bill that will &#8220;pertain initially to D.C.,&#8221; adding that he would ask for &#8220;long-term extensions&#8221; of his federalization of the police force. He argued that while the federal government would work quickly to address violent crime in D.C., 30 days wasn&#8217;t long enough.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to do this very quickly, but we&#8217;re going to want extensions,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to call a national emergency. If I have to, I will.&#8221;
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REPORTER: Your federalization of the police has a 30 day limit unless Congress acts to extend it&#8230;<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;We expect to be before Congress very quickly&#8230; We&#8217;re going to need a crime bill&#8230; We&#8217;re going to be asking for extensions on that—long-term extensions.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/SRuIWBGTHq">pic.twitter.com/SRuIWBGTHq</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1955663185119445155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Republicans would likely approve Trump&#8217;s request to extend the 30-day limit. Both Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) have voiced support for Trump&#8217;s D.C. takeover, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-congress-holds-the-key-to-extending-trumps-d-c-police-takeover?author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Why+Congress+Holds+The+Key+To+Extending+Trump%E2%80%99s+D.C.+Police+Takeover">reported</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m grateful for [Trump&#8217;s] leadership and for this administration&#8217;s commitment to protecting communities large and small across America. Washington, D.C., should be a place where people can safely live, visit, work, and raise a family, and today&#8217;s announcement is a positive step in that direction,&#8221; said Thune.
Johnson added, &#8220;Every American should be able to visit and enjoy Washington, D.C. without fear. House Republicans support this effort to CLEAN UP Washington, END the crime wave, and RESTORE the beauty of the greatest capital in the world.&#8221;
Democrats are united in their opposition to Trump&#8217;s federalization of D.C. law enforcement, with Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) calling the president&#8217;s move an &#8220;unjustified power grab&#8221; and claiming that it will put people &#8220;in danger.&#8221;
&#8220;President Trump&#8217;s plan to federalize Washington, D.C.&#8217;s local police department and unleash the National Guard on the city&#8217;s youth and homeless population has no basis in law and will put the safety of the people of our Nation&#8217;s capital in danger,&#8221; Jeffries <a href="https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/leader-jeffries-statement-donald-trumps-takeover-dc-police">said</a> in a press release.
Since last week, federal agents in D.C. have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-will-be-safe-again-feds-kick-off-trumps-violent-crime-crackdown-with-over-100-arrests?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=D.C.+%E2%80%98WILL+Be+Safe+Again%E2%80%99%3A%C2%A0Feds+Kick+Off+Trump%E2%80%99s+Violent+Crime+Crackdown+With+Over+100+Arrests">arrested</a> over 100 people, including arrests on homicide, firearms, and drug charges, according to Fox News.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Everybody needs to be reading more history.” 
While not a typical applause line, it was a favorite of the crowd of twenty and thirty-somethings listening to Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti speak at the National Young Republican Convention. Skrmetti, fresh off a landmark victory at the Supreme Court, implored the crowd to take seriously their duty to know how America works and leave it better off for future generations. 
“You’re the ones who are coming into this, and you’ve got the future ahead of you, we run the country, and we need to do it wisely,” Skrmetti told the crowd of sharply-dressed attendees in the ballroom of the Sheraton Music City Hotel last weekend. “That means everybody needs to be reading more history. You’ve got to have the perspective of knowing how things have worked in the past.”
Skrmetti, who loves American history and has four young children, praised the Founding Fathers for their sacrifices to build the United States. 
“America is not just a short-term thing where we get what we can get and then run for the hills,” he said. “It is literally created to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity, and we have to have the multi-generational perspective and be looking not just to get short-term wins, but to strengthen our country.”
This year’s convention was attended by more than 1,000 Republicans between the ages of 18 and 40 from all 50 states. It was the largest convention in decades, and the second largest ever, according to organizers. 
Speakers and participants included a variety of Tennessee political staples, such as Governor Bill Lee and Reps. John Rose and Tim Burchett, in addition to sports commentator Clay Travis and conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings. 
From Thursday to Sunday, attendees milled about the convention space, which featured booths from diverse organizations such as Trump Mobile, PETA, and WinRed. Multiple attendees told The Daily Wire they were there to meet like-minded people. 
Kellie Lynch, a Republican from New York, said that she thought the most significant issues facing young people were the economy, the cost of living, and the rise of artificial intelligence. While much has been made of the gender divide in voting patterns, Lynch said that the GOP did a “great job” reaching out to women. She thought media bias played a major role in some women’s perception of Republicans. 
<div id="attachment_957525" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-957525" class="size-full wp-image-957525" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/IMG_6866-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="2560" height="1920" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/IMG_6866-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/IMG_6866-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/IMG_6866-768x576.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/IMG_6866-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/IMG_6866-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes=" (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" />Booths at the Young Republican convention/ Photo: Catherine Maxwell.</div>
Another attendee, Kyle Mason, an investment property specialist from Texas, said he believed President Donald Trump’s embrace of masculinity was key to the reason many younger men were starting to vote Republican. In his spare time, Mason volunteers with Republican political efforts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. 
After his panel appearance, Skrmetti told The Daily Wire that he had a lot of older mentors who helped him be involved in civic action, and he now wants to play that role for others. Asked about some young people who see politics as hopelessly corrupt, Skrmetti pointed out that America was founded by men who were skeptical of the government. 
“Cynical people are a critical part of America, and we need them, but we need them not to sit on the sidelines and gripe. We need them to take their cynicism and put it to work on behalf of all the American people,” he said. 
He added that one way to expose corruption and push for change was on the internet, which he said really opened up the national conversation for input from anyone. 
Skrmetti’s sentiment was present in other speeches, including by Governor Lee, who noted that he would probably float into “political obscurity” once his term in office was over.
“You’re the future of America, you have an obligation and a responsibility to wake up every day and ask yourself those questions so you’ll be engaging in the things that matter and that change the lives of the people around you,” Lee said. 
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The National Young Republicans now have chapters in almost every state, with a Delaware chapter being chartered over the weekend, Chair Hayden Padgett told The Daily Wire. The last state needing a chapter is Wyoming. 
Padgett said that the purpose of the Young Republicans was twofold: to build community and to aid in political campaigns.
During the 2024 election cycle, which he described as “wild” in the “best way,” Padgett said a contingent of Young Republicans knocked on the doors of 3% of Montana voters in support of Tim Sheehy, who successfully defeated incumbent Democrat Senator Jon Tester. 
His pitch to young people was that Republican policies would help them achieve the American dream of starting a family, owning a business, and buying a home. Padgett was re-elected as chair of the Young Republicans after a contentious challenge from New York State Young Republicans Chair Peter Giunta.
“If you want to have a better life, if you want to have a family, if you want to have the ability to actually achieve the American dream, we are putting in the policies, and have been for 150 years, whatever it is, that actually make that possible,” Padgett said. “So come join that.”

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Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott said that he is open to using &#8220;every tool&#8221; to go after the 50+ Democratic state representatives who fled the state to block a vote on a new GOP-backed congressional map.
In an interview with <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/texas-gov-greg-abbott-moves-amp-pressure-democrats-fled-redistricting-rcna223581?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Click%20here&amp;utm_campaign=Gov%20Abbott%20push%208.8.25">NBC News</a> that aired on Friday morning, Abbott said that state officials are preparing to arrest the Democrats who ran off to Illinois earlier this week. The governor would not say if the FBI should get involved, but added, &#8220;All I can say is we&#8217;re going to use every tool that we can to make sure that these runaway Democrats are going to be held accountable.&#8221;
Abbott told NBC News that it doesn&#8217;t matter how long Texas Democrats shirk their responsibilities in the legislature, saying that he will push the congressional map through, even if it takes years. The new map would likely <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-republicans-drop-new-congressional-map-that-would-flip-5-democrat-seats-red?author=Nathan+Gay&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Texas+Republicans+Drop+New+Congressional+Map+That+Would+Flip+5+Democrat+Seats+Red">boost</a> the GOP&#8217;s hold on the Texas delegation by five seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
&#8220;Democrats act like they&#8217;re not going to come back as long as this is an issue. That means they&#8217;re not going to come back until like 2027 or 2028, because I&#8217;m going to call special session after special session after special session with the same agenda items on there,&#8221; he said.
Abbott defended the push for the new congressional map in his state, saying that &#8220;both the law and facts have changed since we drew the lines back in 2021.&#8221;
&#8220;A lot of people who voted Republican, who voted for Donald Trump, were trapped into Democrat districts,&#8221; the governor said. &#8220;And so when you look at the facts, when you look at the law, there is every reason to go ahead and draw the lines so that we can assure that every voter is going to have the opportunity to vote for their candidate of choice.&#8221;
The new map would give Republicans nearly 80% of the state&#8217;s congressional districts. The move from Texas Republicans has resulted in some Democratic leaders threatening to take seats away from Republicans through redistricting in other states. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom said earlier this week that his state would &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-threatens-retaliation-says-texas-redistricting-will-trigger-new-california-election-maps?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Newsom+Threatens+Retaliation%2C+Says+Texas+Redistricting+Will+%E2%80%98Trigger%E2%80%99+New+California+Election+Maps">punch back</a>&#8221; if Texas approves its new congressional map.
Texas can&#8217;t approve the Republican-favored map, however, until enough Democrats show up to reach a quorum.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said on Thursday that the FBI agreed to assist Texas in tracking down the AWOL Democrats after he sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-assisting-texas-in-hunt-for-runaway-democrats-gop-senator-says">reported</a>. An FBI spokesperson declined to comment when The Daily Wire reached out to the bureau.
President Donald Trump said earlier this week that the FBI &#8220;may have to&#8221; get involved in finding the Texas Democrats. Republicans pushing for the FBI to get involved sparked outrage among Democratic leaders in Washington.
&#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t the FBI be tracking down terrorists, drug traffickers and child predators? The Trump administration continues to weaponize law enforcement to target political adversaries,&#8221; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/hakeemjeffries/status/1953468425273024976">said</a>.
&#8220;This is authoritarianism. Plain and simple,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1953571261956698298">added</a> Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). &#8220;Texas Democrats are standing up for Democracy, and Republicans want to send in the federal government to round them up? That is not American.&#8221;
Texas Republicans are also going after a group <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beto-orourkes-pac-bankrolls-texas-democrats-escape-from-redistricting-standoff?author=Sam+Korkus&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Beto+O%E2%80%99Rourke%E2%80%99s+PAC+Bankrolls+Texas+Democrats%E2%80%99+Escape+from+Redistricting+Standoff">bankrolling</a> Texas Democrats as they block the vote. On Wednesday, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beto-orourke-led-group-under-investigation-over-potential-bribes-to-help-runaway-texas-dems">launched</a> an investigation into Powered by People, a Left-wing political organization led by Texas Democrat Beto O&#8217;Rourke. Paxton said the group might have violated laws on bribery, campaign finance, and abuse of office.

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Abbott Vows To Use 'Every Tool' To Round Up And Arrest Runaway Texas Dems

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