A watchdog group filed an ethics complaint on Monday against several members of Congress including Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) and Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY), accusing the Democratic lawmakers of abusing official resources for political benefit. 
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) filed the complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics against Reps. Cori Bush (D-MO), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Sean Casten (D-IL), Greg Casar (D-TX), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Ritchie Torres (D-NY). They are all accused of linking official government resources to their campaign accounts, a violation of federal law and House ethics rules regulating the social media activity of Congress.
The lawmakers “have all published numerous social media posts on their campaign accounts either using official government resources or re-posting official government content, including official photographs and video, work product, and official social media posts,” according to a copy of the <a href="https://65db7681-e755-4cff-abe7-1d9e373df4db.usrfiles.com/ugd/65db76_a61e7c9a334a4837835b7e47e084a9c3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> first shared with The Daily Wire. 
FACT said that the violations are serious because they allow politicians to give a sense of official legitimacy to campaign accounts. 
“Though to some it may seem like a simple thing on the surface, the Members choosing to break this law do it for a reason — it advantages them politically. The various codes governing elected officials’ behavior all purposefully — and wisely — prevent Members from blatantly leveraging their currently held office to either get reelected or to use their position to gain a future position,” the letter said. 
The complaint included about 91 pages of evidence documenting the violations of official House rules. One example included Pelosi posting House January 6 footage from her official campaign account. 
“This is not an isolated incident. These violations are rampant and obvious, and clearly the OCE’s failure to act has encouraged continued violations. This failure has also incentivized these Members to use House proceedings for political campaigning rather than doing what is in the best interest of the country,” FACT Executive Director Kendra Arnold told The Daily Wire.
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 “Likewise, it is also clear why these Members are doing this, it&#8217;s for a political advantage and one that is paid for by the taxpayers. The OCE has both the authority and a clear responsibility to ensure each ethics violation is dealt with swiftly. Not doing so both permits clear violations to continue and erodes the public’s trust in the OCE itself,” she added. 
FACT has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/government-watchdog-files-ethics-complaint-against-florida-democrat-congressman-over-alleged-abuse-of-official-resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed similar individual complaints</a> against other members of Congress this year, including Frost, Casten, and Rep. Reuben Gallego (R-AZ).

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Leaders of the House Democrats said they &#8220;expect&#8221; House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) to queue up a Ukraine aid vote following the passage of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-stopgap-spending-measure-with-no-additional-support-for-ukraine">short-term spending bill</a> that averted a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/government-shutdown">government shutdown</a>.
The joint statement, <a href="https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/joint-house-democratic-leadership-statement-passage-continuing-resolution">released</a> by the office of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Saturday, was quickly referred to as a &#8220;side deal&#8221; with Democrats by some Republicans who opposed the 45-day continuing resolution.
&#8220;When the House returns, we expect Speaker McCarthy to advance a bill to the House Floor for an up-or-down vote that supports Ukraine, consistent with his commitment to making sure that Vladimir Putin, Russia and authoritarianism are defeated,&#8221; the joint statement said. &#8220;We must stand with the Ukrainian people until victory is won.&#8221;
The statement was issued by Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA), and Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-CA).
The House passed a 45-day continuing resolution <a href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-ukraine-budget-security-assistance-799067491a1bba9671b4dfdf491d0a8e">without more aid for Ukraine</a> — which is more than a year and a half into a conflict to fend off Russian invaders — by a <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023513">335-91 vote.</a> The Democrat-led Senate approved it, and President Joe Biden signed the bill on Saturday night. The stop-gap legislation gives lawmakers time to come to an agreement on spending various parts of the federal government in the new fiscal year.
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The House Democrat leadership statement prompted a firestorm on social media, although it remains unclear what the House would do next when it reconvenes.
&#8220;Wow. [McCarthy] made a side Ukraine deal with Democrats and didn’t tell House Republicans until after his Continuing Resolution passed. More deceit,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1708269890627363163/quotes">said</a> Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in a post to X. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLuna/status/1708317462410690659">shared</a> a public letter that urged McCarthy to &#8220;call for peace talks before you request more funding for a country that is not our own.&#8221;
Gaetz, while appearing on Sunday morning talk shows, also said he would move for a no-confidence vote against McCarthy that could lead to his ouster as speaker in the coming week, citing multiple gripes with the leader, including the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-denies-zelensky-opportunity-to-address-joint-session-of-congress">Ukraine matter</a>.
As <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1708270528249647261">noted</a> by Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich, McCarthy &#8220;needs&#8221; support from Democrats to overcome any motion to vacate, and they are &#8220;making an ask now that McCarthy bring a Ukraine bill to the floor.&#8221;
Biden has asked Congress for roughly $24 billion in additional military and humanitarian assistance tied to the Ukraine conflict on top of the roughly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-denies-zelensky-opportunity-to-address-joint-session-of-congress">$113 billion previously allocated</a>.

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New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham faced intense backlash, including from leftists, for banning law abiding people from being able to carry guns in Albuquerque and the surrounding county for at least the next 30 days.
Grisham <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-mexico-governor-suspends-peoples-right-to-carry-guns-in-albuquerque">signed</a> an executive order on Thursday declaring that gun violence was a public health emergency in the Democrat-controlled state.
On Friday, Grisham unilaterally suspended open and concealed carry laws in Albuquerque and the surrounding area. She said that she could further lengthen or renew her order — which was immediately slammed by many as being unconstitutional.
Grisham effectively admitted that her order might be unconstitutional when she conceded that she might not win legal challenges filed against the order.
Some of the criticism against Grisham came from an unlikely source: far-left anti-gun activist David Hogg.
&#8220;I support gun safety but there is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution,&#8221; Hogg wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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I support gun safety but there is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution. <a href="https://t.co/6GfbOZLc7g">https://t.co/6GfbOZLc7g</a>
&mdash; David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1700601787605266779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Another leftist, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), also pushed back on the executive order.
&#8220;I support gun safety laws. However, this order from the Governor of New Mexico violates the U.S. Constitution,&#8221; Lieu wrote on X. &#8220;No state in the union can suspend the federal Constitution. There is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution.&#8221;
In New Mexico, Republican state Reps. Stefani Lord and John Block <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-mexico-republican-legislators-call-dem-gov-grishams-impeachment-gun-order-rogue?intcmp=tw_fnc">said</a> on Saturday that they were pushing for Grisham to be impeached.
&#8220;I am calling on counsel to begin the impeachment process against Governor Grisham,&#8221; Lord said. &#8220;This is an abhorrent attempt at imposing a radical, progressive agenda on an unwilling populous. Rather than addressing crime at its core, Governor Grisham is restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners. Even Grisham believes this emergency order won’t prohibit criminals from carrying or using weapons; a basic admission that this will only put New Mexicans in danger as they won’t be able to defend themselves from violent crime.&#8221;
Block said that there was &#8220;no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution.&#8221;
X owner Elon Musk responded to Grisham&#8217;s order by writing: &#8220;At risk of stating what should be obvious, deliberately violating the Constitution is next-level illegal. How soon can this person be removed from office?&#8221;
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At risk of stating what should be obvious, deliberately violating the Constitution is next-level illegal.
How soon can this person be removed from office?
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1700341554161053830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) responded, &#8220;She’s nuts, but she’s taking what the tyrants did during COVID (forced jabs, travel bans, closed businesses, suppressed speech — with no laws passed) to the next level.&#8221;
Other notable responses included:
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“Emergencies” are vehicles that deliver tyranny. <a href="https://t.co/885ZGRSiFP">https://t.co/885ZGRSiFP</a>
&mdash; Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1700714360400961743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Take action?” Your big city hand-picked DA refused to do just that resulting in a crime wave. Your big city mayor gave tax $ to Planned Parenthood instead of increasing protection of businesses begging for help — and then demanded biz pay more for protection. You’re a FRAUD. <a href="https://t.co/FfHmV62oWu">https://t.co/FfHmV62oWu</a>
&mdash; Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1700961635991445583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Governor Lujan Grisham either doesn’t understand basic civics or doesn’t care one bit about constitutional governance. In either case, she should promptly resign from office or be impeached. <a href="https://t.co/GLG32wW6fX">https://t.co/GLG32wW6fX</a>
&mdash; Justin Amash (@justinamash) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1701021945419219122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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She does not have any governing authority to suspend any state laws, proven here by her very own usage of their definition. She should be removed. <a href="https://t.co/oRMfY0af4D">https://t.co/oRMfY0af4D</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1700998344406179883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Policymakers in the United States and beyond are proposing regulations for novel mass-market <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/artificial-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">artificial intelligence</a> systems.
The calls for government oversight come after ChatGPT, a language processing tool that knowledge workers are leveraging to complete tasks such as writing emails and debugging code in a matter of moments, garners worldwide popularity. Rep. <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/ted-lieu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Lieu</a> (D-CA) said in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/opinion/ted-lieu-ai-chatgpt-congress.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opinion piece</a> for The New York Times that he is “enthralled” by the advent of artificial intelligence but simultaneously “freaked out” when the technology is “left unchecked and unregulated.”
The lawmaker, who holds a computer science degree from Stanford University, specifically referenced falsified photos and videos known as deepfakes, discrimination against racial minorities, and the radicalization of “foreign terrorists and domestic white supremacists.” Lieu called for a “dedicated agency” to regulate artificial intelligence since technology experts would be equipped to introduce statutes more quickly than legislators. “Congress has been slow to react when it comes to technological issues,” he wrote. “But things are changing.”
Amid worries about the possible dangers of mass-market artificial intelligence, many professionals find that ChatGPT increases their efficiency with mundane tasks. Some 27% of employees at prominent consulting, technology, and financial services companies have already used the system in various capacities, according to a <a href="https://www.fishbowlapp.com/insights/chatgpt-sees-strong-early-adoption-in-the-workplace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> from Fishbowl.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced Friday that the United States and the European Union signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/27/statement-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-new-u-s-eu-artificial-intelligence-collaboration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreement</a> to “drive responsible advancements” in artificial intelligence to address challenges such as extreme weather and climate, electric grid optimization, and emergency response. The White House previously <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> an “AI Bill of Rights” blueprint to combat privacy breaches and discrimination.
“Automated systems have brought about extraordinary benefits, from technology that helps farmers grow food more efficiently and computers that predict storm paths, to algorithms that can identify diseases in patients,” the framework said. “This important progress must not come at the price of civil rights or democratic values, foundational American principles that President Biden has affirmed as a cornerstone of his administration.”
OpenAI, the company which produced ChatGPT, recently <a href="https://openai.com/blog/openai-and-microsoft-extend-partnership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that Microsoft would pour billions more dollars into the solution in the wake of investments offered for the platform in 2019 and 2021. Researchers have begun examining the tool’s potential on exams considered difficult for even the brightest students: ChatGPT performed “at or near the passing threshold” for all three components of the United States Medical Licensing Exam without “any specialized training or reinforcement,” according to one research <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.19.22283643v2.full" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paper</a>. The system also earned passing scores on the multistate multiple choice section of the Bar Exam, according to another <a href="https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=907117081025009125100016011064116072026032046009065078108120103067127124070085006025032052096126039015001113026021093004096114042057064008052099083086014119008073003058041083070080066066021073084090121003079103031028085000100119065127022066095085074&amp;EXT=pdf&amp;INDEX=TRUE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a>.
The widespread popularity of ChatGPT in the workforce has led to a debate in the education sector over the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom. More than 89% of students have used ChatGPT to help with a homework question, while 48% have admitted to using the system during an at-home test or quiz, according to a <a href="https://study.com/resources/perceptions-of-chatgpt-in-schools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> from Study.com. Educators are broadly in favor of the system: while a majority are concerned about cheating, roughly 66% believe students should be able to access ChatGPT, while 21% have used the system themselves for applications such as drafting essay prompts or creating lesson plans.

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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) deleted a tweet Monday after getting called out by Twitter CEO Elon Musk for posting false information about the latest release of &#8220;The Twitter Files.&#8221;
The latest Twitter Files release showed that the Biden administration pressed the social media platform to suppress alleged COVID “disinformation” while promoting the White House’s preferred messaging.
&#8220;Dear @davidzweig: The tweet you cite is in fact misleading. People of all ages at high risk from COVID generally benefit from vaccines,&#8221; Lieu tweeted. &#8220;Prior natural immunity may last only a few months. COVID appears to be a leading cause of death for children.&#8221;
Musk responded to another tweet that stated: &#8220;@tedlieu The preprint you linked to has actually been re-written as a result of my critique because it is seriously flawed and inaccurate. You linked to the old version.&#8221;
Musk said, &#8220;Ted is linking to misleading data @CommunityNotes.&#8221;
Lieu&#8217;s tweet was subsequently deleted.
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Well done <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> <a href="https://t.co/6rYa3xCtiF">pic.twitter.com/6rYa3xCtiF</a>
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The newest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/latest-twitter-files-reveal-biden-admin-push-against-covid-19-disinformation">release</a> of The Twitter Files came in a Twitter thread from reporter David Zweig.
The federal government reportedly “rigged” the COVID debate, “By censoring info that was true but inconvenient to U.S. govt. policy,” as well as “discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed,” and “ordinary users,” according to Zweig.
The pressure to suppress certain COVID details while elevating a preferred narrative included officials in both the Trump and Biden administrations.
“Internal files at Twitter that I viewed while on assignment for @thefp showed that both the Trump and Biden administrations directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s pandemic content according to their wishes,” Zweig tweeted.
Zweig later offered evidence that the push toward select COVID information was not limited to Twitter.
“It wasn’t just Twitter. The meetings with the Trump White House were also attended by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others,” he tweeted alongside a screenshot of the companies involved.
The Twitter Files also cited examples of suppression by bots — automated intelligence that flagged certain content — while also outsourcing moderation to workers in faraway locations like the Philippines.
The contracted workers “in places like the Philippines, also moderated content. They were given decision trees to aid in the process, but tasking non experts to adjudicate tweets on complex topics like myocarditis and mask efficacy data was destined for a significant error rate,” Zweig documented.
In some cases, content was suppressed even when users cited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) own data. In the example cited by Zweig, a bot initially flagged the tweet, with the post receiving many “tattles,” referring to reports by other users.
Dillon Burroughs contributed to this report.

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Rep. Vicki Hartzler (R-MO) wept during a House floor speech as she pleaded with colleagues to stop the Respect for Marriage Act, with Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (CA) referring to her emotional outburst as &#8220;tears of hate.&#8221;
Lieu posted the searing response on Twitter following Hartzler’s speech on Thursday.
&#8220;Want to see tears of hate?&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;Watch the speech below. This MAGA Republican is so hateful of other human beings experiencing the joys of marriage and love that she shed tears of hate.&#8221;
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Want to see tears of hate? 
Watch the speech below. This MAGA Republican is so hateful of other human beings experiencing the joys of marriage and love that she shed tears of hate. <a href="https://t.co/XYubxawOFE">https://t.co/XYubxawOFE</a>
&mdash; Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1600933120919818240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Hartzler&#8217;s words provided strong support for traditional marriage, urging House members to oppose the legislation to codify same-sex marriage.
&#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you my priority. Protect religious liberty, protect people of faith, and protect Americans who believe in the true meaning of marriage. I hope and pray that my colleagues will find the courage to join me in opposing this misguided and this dangerous bill,&#8221; she said.
The short video quickly turned viral, with more than 1.4 million views less than an hour after its posting.
The House of Representatives <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-controlled-house-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-39-republicans-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the legislation on Thursday, 258-169, sending the bill to the president&#8217;s desk where it is expected to be signed into law.
The measure was supported primarily by Democrats, but 39 House Republicans joined in the measure. The bill repeals the Defense of Marriage Act that legally defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman and permitted individual states not to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
In addition to Lieu&#8217;s demeaning response to Hartzler, he posted his disdain for the majority of Republicans who opposed the Respect for Marriage Act.
&#8220;The majority of House Republicans are on the wrong side of history,&#8221; he tweeted.
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The majority of House Republicans are on the wrong side of history. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/thursdaymorning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#thursdaymorning</a> truth <a href="https://t.co/Q6QegSW1UC">https://t.co/Q6QegSW1UC</a>
&mdash; Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1600890561505808391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Senate previously passed the legislation — which also codifies federal protections for interracial marriages. The 61-36 vote last week included 12 Republican Senators supporting the measure, offering the supermajority needed to pass the 60-vote filibuster threshold.
The Senate Republicans who backed the bill were Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Mitt Romney of Utah, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Joni Ernst of Iowa, and Todd Young of Indiana.
Prior to the Senate vote, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) unsuccessfully attempted to urge fellow Republicans to include protections for anyone with a religious belief or moral conviction that marriage belongs to one man and one woman.
“Instead of subjecting churches, religious nonprofits, and persons of conscience to undue scrutiny or punishment by the federal government because of their views on marriage, we should make explicitly clear that this legislation does not constitute a national policy endorsing a particular view of marriage that threatens the tax-exempt status of faith-based nonprofits,” he wrote. “As we move forward, let us be sure to keep churches, religious charities, and religious universities out of litigation in the first instance,” he said in a <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/7BBDBA04-B17A-4DC1-9BEC-75E733F37A5F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> concerning his proposed <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/CB39DE23-EF22-4CDC-B645-BF756A5F94D1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lee Amendment</a>.

Ted Lieu Mocks GOP Congresswoman For Passionate Defense Of Traditional Marriage: ‘Tears Of Hate’

GOP Rep Passionately Defends Traditional Marriage, Mocked By Ted Lieu

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Congresswoman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tells-pro-abortion-crowd-she-was-raped-a-decade-ago-i-was-completely-alone/">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) teamed up with Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) to issue a letter calling on the Senate to declare Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh liars.
In the letter — which they addressed to Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/chuck-schumer-promised-kavanaugh-would-pay-the-price-after-the-arrest-of-kavanaughs-would-be-assassin-hes-silent/">Chuck Schumer</a> — the pair claimed that both Gorsuch and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/chasten-buttigieg-mocks-kavanaugh-for-fleeing-restaurant-amid-protests-but-the-joke-blows-up-in-his-face/">Kavanaugh</a> had lied to the Senate when they said during their respective confirmation hearings that Roe v. Wade was settled precedent.
&#8220;Our Constitutional Republic cannot tolerate Supreme Court Justices who lied in order to get confirmed. The legitimacy of the Court is at stake,&#8221; Lieu tweeted, sharing a screenshot of the letter. &#8220;Letter from @AOC and me requesting the Senate to make a finding on whether Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch lied to the American people.&#8221;
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Our Constitutional Republic cannot tolerate Supreme Court Justices who lied in order to get confirmed. The legitimacy of the Court is at stake.
Letter from <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> and me requesting the Senate to make a finding on whether Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch lied to the American people. <a href="https://t.co/snQQf2cVKm">pic.twitter.com/snQQf2cVKm</a>
&mdash; Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1546568769748606976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez shared Lieu&#8217;s comment and added her own, saying, &#8220;We cannot allow Supreme Court nominees lying and/or misleading the Senate under oath to go unanswered. Both GOP &amp; Dem Senators stated SCOTUS justices misled them. This cannot be accepted as precedent. Doing so erodes rule of law, delegitimizes the court, and imperils democracy.&#8221;
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We cannot allow Supreme Court nominees lying and/or misleading the Senate under oath to go unanswered.
Both GOP &amp; Dem Senators stated SCOTUS justices misled them. This cannot be accepted as precedent.
Doing so erodes rule of law, delegitimizes the court, and imperils democracy. <a href="https://t.co/yZW6BKnqFG">https://t.co/yZW6BKnqFG</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1546573260531400708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We request that the Senate make its position clear on whether Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch lied under oath during their confirmation hearings,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez and Lieu wrote in the letter, adding, &#8220;We must call out their actions for what they were before the moment passes so that we can prevent such a mendacious denigration of our fundamental rights and the rule of law from ever happening again.&#8221;
Both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh stated during their confirmation hearings that they considered Roe — along with its successor, Planned Parenthood v. Casey — to be settled precedent in the eyes of the court. Many took those statements to mean that they would never vote to overturn the two landmark abortion cases — which they did in late June. But stating that those cases were &#8220;precedent&#8221; did not mean that either justice was lying — nor did it necessarily constitute a promise to never overturn said precedent.
The fact that both Roe and Casey were &#8220;precedent&#8221; did not mean that they were necessarily constitutional or that they were not simply bad law, however. <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/163us537">Plessy v. Ferguson</a> — which allowed for segregation under the banner of &#8220;separate but equal&#8221; — was also precedent once, until <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka">Brown v. Board of Education</a> reversed that. <a href="https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-korematsu-v-us">Korematsu v. United States</a> — which allowed for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II — was also considered precedent until it wasn&#8217;t.

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Critics blanketed Twitter with complaints and insults upon learning that Fox News had opted not to replace its prime time schedule with a live broadcast of the January 6th Committee hearings.
Instead, Fox announced plans to provide full coverage of the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/trump-endorses-mccarthy-ahead-of-january-6-hearings/">hearings</a> on Fox Business Network and on its streaming platforms, but that did not stop a whole range of vocal critics — from sitting Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — from bashing the network.
CNN host Brian Stelter fired off a series of tweets announcing the decision and claiming that a failure to air the hearings in their entirety on the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/brian-stelter-the-reason-americans-think-biden-is-failing-is-because-fox-news-told-them-so/">flagship network</a> revealed &#8220;priorities.&#8221;
&#8220;Fox News makes it official: It will NOT show Thursday&#8217;s 1/6 hearing like all the other major networks. Tucker Carlson&#8217;s show will air as usual. Carlson promotes conspiracy theories about the riot, calls the committee &#8216;illegitimate,&#8217; and ridicules the committee members,&#8221; Stelter claimed, adding, &#8220;Fox&#8217;s top news anchors will be moved over to the Fox Business Network, and they will cover the hearing there. At 8pm ET on an ordinary night, Fox News has more than 3 million viewers, while Fox Business has under 100,000. That pretty much says it all about Fox&#8217;s priorities.&#8221;
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Fox&#39;s top news anchors will be moved over to the Fox Business Network, and they will cover the hearing there. At 8pm ET on an ordinary night, Fox News has more than 3 million viewers, while Fox Business has under 100,000. That pretty much says it all about Fox&#39;s priorities.
&mdash; Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1533961315030650886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Stelter concluded by <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1533963068278972417">conceding</a> that Fox had issued an official statement saying that the main network&#8217;s prime time lineup would, in fact, cover the hearings &#8220;as news warrants&#8221; and preempt &#8220;Gutfeld!&#8221; in favor of a two-hour block of coverage provided by Shannon Bream, Martha MacCallum, and Bret Baier.
But still, the critics lambasted the network:
&#8220;If you work for @FoxNews and want to maintain your credibility as a journalist, now is a good time to speak out, or quit. Enough is enough,&#8221; Kinzinger <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1533984060976025607">tweeted</a>.
&#8220;Fox &#8216;News&#8217; has released a statement confirming it will not be airing the Jan 6th hearings on its network,&#8221; host of the progressive podcast &#8220;America Rises Up&#8221; Andrew Wortman tweeted, claiming without evidence that Fox News anchors had assisted in inciting the riot on Capitol Hill and calling for the network to be stripped of its ability to broadcast. &#8220;Fox anchors not only helped incite the attack, but were in contact with Trump’s Chief of Staff during it. It’s time for this propaganda channel to be taken off the air.&#8221;
Hillary Clinton <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1534164781262848000">added</a>, &#8220;Fox News won&#8217;t air the January 6 hearings because they prefer their sedition made fresh on-site.&#8221;
The Lincoln Project suggested that some at Fox News were &#8220;scared&#8221; of what viewers might see if they allowed the hearings to air. &#8220;CBS ABC NBC CNN are all covering the Jan 6 hearings LIVE. @FoxNews is the only major channel that isn&#8217;t. Why won&#8217;t @SeanHannity @TuckerCarlson @IngrahamAngle join the rest? No opinion, no editing, just real time coverage. Because they’re scared of what their viewers will see.&#8221;
Lieu also suggested that fear was what was driving the network, adding, &#8220;Why is prime time @FoxNews scared to show the bipartisan January 6 Committee hearings?&#8221;
But a few people defended the network&#8217;s decision, with some saying that it aligned more with what viewers actually wanted and others arguing that the entire committee was a sham.
Radio host Joe &#8220;Pags&#8221; Pagliarulo cheered the move, <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTalkShow/status/1534219120711016451">saying</a>, &#8220;Fox News will not air the Jan 6th made-for-tv drama. Good. It&#8217;s not a legitimate committee. The committee was given Rs to fill the seats. They rejected them. Then appointed to Trump-hating alleged Rs. Not okay. It&#8217;s a sham committee and Fox makes the right choice here.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8216;Fox News this, Fox News that.&#8217; Fox isn’t hiding Jan 6. They just know we don’t care. Dems have no platform for midterms so they have to keep pushing fear porn to their fragile voters. We care that we can’t feed our babies. We care that gas and groceries are unaffordable,&#8221; @BossyLeah <a href="https://twitter.com/Bossy_Leah/status/1534171086153187328">tweeted</a>.
&#8220;The View&#8221; guest host Lindsey Granger made a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/all-right-i-heard-you-whoopi-shouts-down-conservative-guest-for-daring-to-say-americans-are-worried-about-inflation-not-jan-6/">similar point</a> on Tuesday&#8217;s show — namely that many Americans had more to worry about than the January 6th hearings — only to get shouted down by Whoopi Goldberg.
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&quot;All right, I heard you!&quot; Whoopi shuts down guest host Lindsey Granger for daring to suggest that the average American *just might* be more concerned about food and gas prices than another play-by-play of January 6. <a href="https://t.co/2YnPQF6vss">pic.twitter.com/2YnPQF6vss</a>
&mdash; Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href="https://twitter.com/VAKruta/status/1534200574119448577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘They Prefer Their Sedition Made Fresh On-Site’: Critics Rage Over Fox News Plan To Air January 6th Committee On Fox Business

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California hard-left Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu’s campaign account has been used to contribute more than $15,000 to his wife’s school board campaign committee since the end of 2018.
As Jennifer Van Laar of RedState <a href="https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/08/18/ted-lieu-spent-15k-in-campaign-contributions-to-get-his-wife-elected-to-the-school-board-n427970">delineated</a> in a series of screenshots, Lieu’s campaign donated $888 on November 26, 2018, $5,000 on January 4, 2019, $2,000 on January 15, 2019, $5,500 on July 3, 2019, and $2,000 on March 31, 2021.
“Three of the contributions are listed as going to Betty Lieu for School Board 2018 and two are listed as going to Betty Lieu for School Board 2019, but the accounts are one and the same. Ted’s treasurer should know this since he’s also Betty’s treasurer,” Van Laar reported.
Lieu’s campaign also sent out emails in 2020 looking for donations for his wife’s school board campaign. They stated:
<blockquote>My wife Betty is the love of my life. I rely on her for advice and support, and she is the rock that anchors our family. Betty also happens to have the hardest job in elective politics right now as an elected school board member, trying to open schools safely in the middle of a pandemic. And tomorrow is her birthday.
Can you help me give Betty an awesome birthday present by donating to her school board campaign? Betty is the Vice President of the Torrance Unified School Board, which governs one of the largest school districts in America. She helps oversee a diverse district with over 2,000 teachers and school employees, 34 schools, and 23,500 students. Betty still has some campaign debt from her first race. If you can help her clear that it would be a big boost for her reelection campaign.</blockquote>
The <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/2008_House_Ethics_Manual.pdf">House Ethics Manual</a> notes:
<blockquote>FECA generally allows Members to donate campaign funds to any entity of the kinds described in § 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code – including a charitable or educational organization, or a governmental entity – provided that there is no conversion to personal use through the donation. … FECA also allows the transfer of campaign funds ― without limitation to any national, State, or local committee of any political party. Thus if otherwise lawful, campaign funds may be transferred to another candidate, or invested for use in a future political campaign, provided, again, that there is no conversion of funds to personal use.</blockquote>
Lieu <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-democrat-ted-lieu-admits-he-wants-censor-ryan-saavedra">admitted</a> in December 2018 that he wanted to censor free speech, but couldn’t because the First Amendment prevented him from doing so. He stated on CNN, “I would love to be able to regulate the content of speech. The First Amendment prevents me from doing so. And that’s simply a function of the First Amendment. But I think over the long run, it’s better that government does not regulate the content of speech.”
Lieu also has had trouble with American history. In October 2017, he claimed that the 25th Amendment was written by America&#8217;s founders, tweeting, “The Framers designed the 25th Amendment for that hypothetical situation of an unstable, impulsive, unraveling @POTUS. Just sayin’.”
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Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a>: The Framers designed the 25th Amendment for that hypothetical situation of an unstable, impulsive, unraveling <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>. Just sayin&#39;. <a href="https://t.co/Feni4gViHe">https://t.co/Feni4gViHe</a>
&mdash; Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/918234869204910080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The 25th Amendment was proposed on July 6, 1965, and was ratified on February 10, 1967.

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California Republican gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner on Saturday engaged in a Twitter spat with Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), who issued a tweet implying that Jenner is ignorant of how the government works.
&#8220;Dear @Caitlyn_Jenner: District Attorneys are elected by voters, not appointed by Gov @GavinNewsom,&#8221; Lieu tweeted in response to a tweet in which Jenner criticized &#8220;Gavin&#8217;s District Attorneys across California&#8221; for &#8220;releasing dangerous criminals back on to our street.&#8221;
&#8220;Also, do you know how a bill becomes a law? Here is a cool Schoolhouse Rock video for you to educate yourself,&#8221; Lieu added. &#8220;Do you know what &#8216;veto&#8217; means? Or &#8216;budget&#8217;?&#8221;
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Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/Caitlyn_Jenner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Caitlyn_Jenner</a>: District Attorneys are elected by voters, not appointed by Gov <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a>.
Also, do you know how a bill becomes a law? Here is a cool Schoolhouse Rock video for you to educate yourself. <a href="https://t.co/E0hiH96QDw">https://t.co/E0hiH96QDw</a>
Do you know what “veto” means? Or “budget”? <a href="https://t.co/wwfvQ5XM6I">https://t.co/wwfvQ5XM6I</a>
&mdash; Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1386111867769085953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Ted, that kind of condescending tone is whats [sic] wrong w/ politics,&#8221; Jenner responded. &#8220;Of course I know DAs are elected, but as the CEO of the state, the buck stops with Newsom. If you want to defend the status quo then fine, but if you want to talk solutions to the crime in our streets, call anytime.&#8221;
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Ted, that kind of condescending tone is whats wrong w/ politics. Of course I know DAs are elected, but as the CEO of the state, the buck stops with Newsom. If you want to defend the status quo then fine, but if you want to talk solutions to the crime in our streets, call anytime. <a href="https://t.co/uWWuEu4Syj">https://t.co/uWWuEu4Syj</a>
&mdash; Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) <a href="https://twitter.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/1386143332661923843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Jenner, who is a Republican, has been met with <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9506971/Caitlyn-Jenner-faces-backlash-LGBTQ-community-bid-Californias-governor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">backlash</a> since announcing a gubernatorial run Friday. Detractors are accusing Jenner of running a &#8220;vanity campaign,&#8221; and some members of the LGBT community have claimed Jenner does not speak for them.
&#8220;Black people wouldn’t vote for Candace Owen for office,&#8221; tweeted &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; actor George Takei, who is gay. &#8220;The disabled community wouldn’t vote for Madison Cawthorn. I’m LGBTQ but I won’t be voting for Caitlyn Jenner. Just so we’re clear.&#8221;
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Black people wouldn’t vote for Candace Owen for office. The disabled community wouldn’t vote for Madison Cawthorn.
I’m LGBTQ but I won’t be voting for Caitlyn Jenner. Just so we’re clear.
&mdash; George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1385736477540225027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Even the Kardashians are unlikely to support Jenner&#8217;s run for political office, according to a source close to the family who spoke to <a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/caitlyn-jenners-announce-run-california-governor-criticism-223514295.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlLXN1bi5jb20vbmV3cy8yNzY0MDQ1L2NhaXRseW4tamVubmVyLWNhbGlmb3JuaWEtZ292ZXJub3Ita2FyZGFzaGlhbnMv&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC9g1vhv_WCx6UPDCuf8DI0cOzzRcS5UDmh-CJxnuKBTmHFT85EBhue7fyEqp8S6y_TdOQq4MbeOe9WSqzENr1dVWvCz27IwNYqmxRujzEEQIU7e77BiNsDqnN5QyVIzHPmx-12tsnjoxsRcymSM286bRy0ealmxt--U9Q5oRCG3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yahoo Entertainment</a>.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-in-caitlyn-jenner-announces-republican-run-for-ca-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> regarding Jenner&#8217;s announcement:
<blockquote>“California has been my home for nearly 50 years,” Jenner said in a statement. “I came here because I knew that anyone, regardless of their background or station in life, could turn their dreams into a reality. But for the past decade, we have seen the glimmer of the Golden State reduced by one-party rule that places politics over progress and special interests over people. Sacramento needs an honest leader with a clear vision.”
Jenner went on to list bona fides ranging from winning the gold medal at the Olympics to advancing equality for transgender people, adding, “I am a proven winner and the only outsider who can put an end to Gavin Newsom’s disastrous time as governor.”
Jenner highlighted high taxes and the consequences of the state’s “over-restrictive lockdown” as examples of Newsom’s failed leadership.
“This isn’t the California we know. This is Gavin Newsom’s California, where he orders us to stay home but goes out to dinner with his lobbyist friends,” said Jenner, referencing Newsom getting caught dining with friends indoors without masks at The French Laundry, an opulent Napa Valley restaurant that charges <a href="https://www.financialsamurai.com/how-rich-to-dine-at-french-laundry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$1,200 per person</a> for a white truffle and caviar dinner.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-caitlyn-jenner-very-serious-about-challenging-gavin-newsom-in-california-recall-working-with-former-trump-campaign-manager" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Report: Caitlyn Jenner ‘Very Serious’ About Challenging Gavin Newsom In California Recall, Working With Former Trump Campaign Manager</a>

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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) espoused an age-old anti-Semitic canard on Thursday after he accused the U.S. Ambassador to Israel on Thursday of having dual loyalty to America and the Jewish state.
&#8220;Dear [U.S. Ambassador]: You are an American. Your allegiance should be to America, not to a foreign power,&#8221; Lieu tweeted. &#8220;You should be defending the right of Americans to travel to other countries. If you don&#8217;t understand that, then you need to resign.&#8221;
Lieu&#8217;s remarks were in response to a statement Ambassador David Friedman issued in support of Israel&#8217;s decision to block two anti-Israel Congresswomen from visiting the country.
The Israeli government revealed a day earlier that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50657/israel-blocks-tlaib-and-omar-visiting-trump-agrees-molly-prince">it would deny entry</a> to progressive Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MN) over their advocacy of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to punish Israel by politically and economically starving the country.
The Israeli Knesset passed an anti-BDS law in 2017 that enables the government to block foreign activists from gaining entry to the country.
Friedman acknowledged that the BDS movement is &#8220;economic warfare designed to delegitimize and ultimately destroy the Jewish State&#8221; and therefore respects the country&#8217;s decision to deny the progressive duo entry into the country.
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<blockquote>Please read my attached statement with regard to the decision of the Government of Israel to deny entry to BDS activists, Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, in accordance with its national laws. <a href="https://t.co/q9M2N1uRkr">pic.twitter.com/q9M2N1uRkr</a>
— David M. Friedman (@USAmbIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAmbIsrael/status/1162038851680051200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Like the United States, Israel is a nation of laws,&#8221; Friedman wrote. &#8220;We support Israel&#8217;s application of its laws in this case.&#8221;
The California congressman echoed his accusation while appearing on &#8220;The Situation Room,&#8221; where he called on Friedman to step down from his position.
&#8220;It is outrageous that the U.S. government is working against having an American go visit a relative in Israel,&#8221; Lieu told CNN&#8217;s Wolf Blitzer. &#8220;Ambassador Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, I think he should resign because he doesn’t understand that his allegiance is to America, not to a foreign power.&#8221;
After facing widespread blowback for accusing the ambassador of dual loyalty, Lieu deleted his original post.
&#8220;It has been brought to my attention that my prior tweet to [the U.S. Ambassador] raises dual loyalty allegations that have historically caused harm to the Jewish community,&#8221; Lieu said in response. &#8220;That is a legitimate concern. I am therefore deleting the tweet.&#8221;
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<blockquote>It has been brought to my attention that my prior tweet to <a href="https://twitter.com/USAmbIsrael?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USAmbIsrael</a> raises dual loyalty allegations that have historically caused harm to the Jewish community. That is a legitimate concern. I am therefore deleting the tweet.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1162160159977639936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Lieu, however, refrained from deleting a host of other tweets that he sent to various non-Jewish Republicans where he made similar accusations.
&#8220;Hey Rep. Mo Brooks: A reminder that you are an American Member of Congress. Your allegiance should be to America,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1162129674295603200?s=20">Lieu wrote</a> to the Alabama congressman. &#8220;We are Americans first. You should be defending the right of Americans to travel to other countries. Get it?&#8221;
&#8220;Hey [Rep.] Steve Scalise: You are an American Member of Congress. Your allegiance should be to America, not to a foreign government,&#8221; he wrote in a<a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1162140344185528320?s=20"> separate tweet</a>. &#8220;You should be defending the right of Americans to travel to other countries. If you don&#8217;t understand that, you should find another line of work.&#8221;
Lieu also thanked Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) for calling on Israel to &#8220;stand up to President Trump&#8221; and allow both Omar and Tlaib to visit the country.
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<blockquote>Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/justinamash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@justinamash</a> for understanding that, as an American Member of Congress, your loyalty is to America, not to a foreign government. Thank you for defending the right of Americans, even though they disagree with you politically, to travel to other countries. <a href="https://t.co/xEnG2vgFhs">https://t.co/xEnG2vgFhs</a>
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1162148250486333440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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While the California congressman deleted his tweet to the Ambassador, he has yet to apologize for the accusation.

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