House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) brought his chamber to a halt on Wednesday, holding a moment of silence for conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk after he was shot in the neck at an event in Utah.
Johnson spoke to <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/10/congress/johnson-on-charlie-kirk-00556264">reporters</a> ahead of the planned moment of silence, telling them, &#8220;We ask everyone to pray for him and his family. Political violence has become all too common in American society, and this is not who we are.&#8221;
The House Speaker joined a number of other elected officials in condemning political violence in the aftermath of the shooting, adding, &#8220;It violates core principles of our country today, our Judeo-Christian heritage, our civil society, our American way of life. And it must stop.&#8221;
&#8220;We need every political figure, we need everyone who has a platform to say this loudly and clearly: we can settle disagreements and disputes in a civil manner, end political violence,&#8221; Johnson said.
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) voiced a similar sentiment when he first learned of the shooting, saying, &#8220;I condemn this in the strongest terms. There is ZERO place in our great country for these horrendous acts of political violence. We must find a better way forward. May Charlie Kirk have a full and quick recovery.&#8221;
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I condemn this in the strongest terms.
There is ZERO place in our great country for these horrendous acts of political violence.
We must find a better way forward.
May Charlie Kirk have a full and quick recovery. <a href="https://t.co/S2DlqVXNai">pic.twitter.com/S2DlqVXNai</a>
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1965856642358267925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Shortly after Johnson announced his plan to hold a moment of silence, Turning Point USA Chief Operating Officer Justin Streiff <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charlie-kirk-leading-conservative-activist-and-father-dead-at-31?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Tim+Rice&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Charlie+Kirk%2C+Leading+Conservative+Activist+And+Father%2C+Dead+At+31">confirmed</a> Kirk’s death in an email to TPUSA staff.
President Donald Trump and others also reported that Kirk had died.
&#8220;The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!&#8221; Trump said.
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&#8220;The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his… <a href="https://t.co/aM8Pz3TKml">pic.twitter.com/aM8Pz3TKml</a>
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Joe Biden didn’t just create a border crisis — he deliberately rigged the system in which millions of illegal aliens are now being counted among American citizens in the U.S. Census. 
America faces a constitutional crisis unlike any in modern times.
To understand the magnitude of the situation we are in, consider the enormity of what’s at stake. For over two centuries, America’s decennial census has served as the constitutional foundation for fair representation in Congress, the accurate distribution of federal resources, and the determination of our President through the Electoral College. The 2020 census shattered that tradition with brazen manipulation, inaccurate data, and a refusal to ensure illegal immigrants aren’t counted when determining each state’s number of Congressional seats. Meaning states that harbored illegal immigrants and ignored federal law shortchanged law-abiding states.
That’s why I am introducing the <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/d4254037a343b683d142111e0/files/aae8dae1-a65f-58d1-a37e-2293fd46880f/PFLUGE_104_xml.pdf">COUNT Act</a> to codify <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201900466/pdf/DCPD-201900466.pdf">Executive Order 13880</a> into law, which ensures the U.S. Census Bureau conducts accurate census counts based on citizenship and prohibits the bureau from manipulating data. The need for this legislation has never been greater.
When Biden took office, he immediately moved to ensure that future censuses would perpetuate these problems, dismantling Trump’s efforts to collect citizenship data. This was a blatant attempt to orchestrate the most sophisticated attack on future census integrity since Reconstruction. The same regime that demolished border security and flooded America with millions of illegal immigrants then systematically destroyed the tools needed to exclude them from congressional representation. They killed the citizenship data collection project and deployed “differential privacy,” a euphemism for data manipulation, to scramble future census numbers. 
This was a calculated preparation for electoral manipulation disguised as statistical innovation.
The Democrats figured out the perfect con: transform illegal immigration into political power while American citizens pay the price. Every illegal immigrant counted toward congressional representation dilutes the voice of our own American citizens. States that enforce immigration law lose representation to sanctuary states that harbor criminals. The message couldn’t be clearer: break America’s laws, gain political power; follow America’s laws, lose your voice.
Consider this: a district in California packed with illegal immigrants wields the same congressional power as a district of law-abiding citizens in Kansas. The result is that American citizens’ votes carry different weights depending on how many lawbreakers their state harbors.
This is taxation without representation in reverse — representation without citizenship.
The political ramifications are staggering and immediate. In 2022, the Census Bureau was finally forced to acknowledge the extent of this scandal: Republican states lost at least three congressional seats while Democratic strongholds gained seats they didn’t deserve. Florida should have gained two additional seats. Texas was shortchanged by at least one seat. Meanwhile, states like New York and California — which openly defy federal immigration laws — were rewarded with extra representation. This isn’t just about numbers; it’s about raw political power redistributed through census inaccuracies.
The Electoral College implications alone should terrify every American who believes in a legitimate election process. States that gained unearned congressional seats also gained unearned electoral votes, potentially swinging presidential elections for decades. The 2020 census problems didn’t just distort one count — they skewed the next decade of American politics. Every close congressional race, every tight Electoral College count, every razor-thin Senate battle now carries the taint of inaccurate representation built into the system.
Federal funding follows the same corrupted formula, meaning billions in taxpayer dollars flow to sanctuary states and cities based on their inflated illegal populations. Law-abiding states subsidize the very lawlessness that steals their political representation. It’s the perfect Democrat scheme: reward illegal immigration with congressional seats, electoral votes, and federal cash, while punishing states that enforce American law.
The <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/d4254037a343b683d142111e0/files/aae8dae1-a65f-58d1-a37e-2293fd46880f/PFLUGE_104_xml.pdf">COUNT Act</a> (Citizen Only Updated National Tally Act) will create a block-level citizenship database, implementing a mandate that will require the Census Bureau to collect legitimate, verifiable citizenship data. This ensures, for the first time, that the bureau has the necessary information to ensure that only American citizens are counted in future censuses for the purpose of determining access to federal grant money and congressional apportionment. And while President Trump’s executive order in his first term was a critical step to ensure an accurate and legitimate decennial census, codification through my legislation is essential to prevent the census from being weaponized against Republicans in the future.
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The stakes extend far beyond statistics — this is about American citizens, and only American citizens, having the ability to decide who represents them in Washington. Federal funding formulas distribute hundreds of billions of dollars annually based on census data, creating a Democrat money-laundering operation that transforms illegal immigration into political slush funds. When sanctuary states inflate their counts through illegal residents, they don’t just steal congressional seats — they steal federal education dollars, healthcare funding, and infrastructure investments that should flow to states with actual American citizens.
The Republican Party faces an existential crisis: how do you win elections when Democrats can manufacture congressional districts through illegal immigration? Every new illegal immigrant isn’t just a border security problem — they’re a potential representation diluter, reducing Republican influence even when they can’t legally vote. Democrats have discovered the ultimate redistricting scheme: import your population, count them in the census, and let illegal immigration redraw congressional maps in your favor.
My bill eliminates this loophole once and for all.
We will not allow another census to be corrupted by political agendas and flawed processes. The Democrats turned our own census into a weapon against us. It’s time to disarm them permanently.
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August Pfluger represents Texas’s 11th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He is the Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest conservative caucus on Capitol Hill, and sits on the House Committee on Energy &amp; Commerce.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Heads We Lose, Tails They Win: America’s Rigged Census

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The following is a portion of an edited transcript from a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-250824-member-exclusive?elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+Show+Episodes+Carousel">Weekend Edition of Morning Wire</a> where Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley sat down with Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for Responsible Federal Budget.
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JOHN: Joining us now is Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for Responsible Federal Budget. Maya, thanks so much for coming on. First, tell us, what exactly is the <a href="https://www.crfb.org/">Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget</a>?
MAYA: Thanks for having me. Other than a mouthful of a name, it&#8217;s a bipartisan nonprofit watchdog group. Basically, we&#8217;re very concerned about fiscal policy, meaning how big our debt and deficits are and we don&#8217;t have a political agenda at all. I&#8217;m a political independent. Our board and our staff are from across the political spectrum. But we are deeply concerned that our political environment now focuses on borrowing when we shouldn&#8217;t be because of the political benefits of not actually dealing with trade-offs. And that concern has been growing over time.
JOHN: I wanted to ask you exactly about that. You&#8217;ve been warning about borrowing. Why is the growing debt so dangerous for the U.S. economy? What specific ways will it actually impact Americans?
MAYA: I think that&#8217;s one of the biggest challenges about this whole issue. It&#8217;s really not something that feels directly related to us as individuals, but it&#8217;s directly related to everything we care about. The fiscal health of the country is really the underpinning of both our economic and our national security strength. So, if your debt is too high — and ours without question is — every warning sign that there is is blinking bright, bright red right now. But if your debt is too high, it actually means that the government borrows so much money, it squeezes out the investment possibility and the private sector. It slows growth and slows productivity, it pushes up inflation, pushes up interest rates, all sorts of things that slow economic growth, which translates into lower wages, lower standard of living, and less job security. Nothing good on the economic front. That&#8217;s one. 
Two, it means that our budget has huge pressure because interest payments start to absorb more and more of our resources. Whether you want huge tax cuts or huge growth in spending, we can fight about those things, but interest payments get the first claim on the dollar in the budget. Right now it&#8217;s our second largest item in the budget and the single fastest growing item. It also means that when we have national emergencies where you should be borrowing, it&#8217;s more difficult to do so. And it means that, if you&#8217;re trying to fight a recession or a pandemic or a national emergency, you may have high pressure on upward interest rates when you&#8217;re trying to borrow. Whereas, if your debt&#8217;s lower, that doesn&#8217;t happen. 
But it&#8217;s also expanded now where it&#8217;s not just an economic issue, it is a national security issue. We are borrowing from countries with whom we are not aligned. We are not able to make our own national security decisions just from a strategic and security perspective, we have to think about budget resources and you don&#8217;t want to be in that position. So it weakens our ability to respond to emergencies, take advantage of opportunities. But bottom line, we can do fewer things and we become poor as a nation.
And finally, for those people who worry about the next generation, it&#8217;s really, really [hosing] a generation that&#8217;s already facing so many challenges. They are facing a much more difficult, fast-paced, changing world and we have tied up their budget with interest payments and promises to seniors. They don&#8217;t have the fiscal flexibility to respond and they owe a whole lot of debt because of the borrowing we took on.
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JOHN: Like you said, it&#8217;s insidious because you don&#8217;t feel a lot of the effects. There are a lot of things that we can&#8217;t do now, things that we could have done if we had more money available. And then, kicking the can down the road. We&#8217;re not feeling it now – but our kids will feel it, and their kids will feel it. Is there any progress on this in Washington? Anyone paying attention to this?
MAYA: Yes, it&#8217;s so discouraging, honestly, because the situation is getting worse. Our debt to GDP is getting worse. Our annual deficits are getting worse, and this is outside of emergencies. And, frankly, our political environment and willingness to talk about this is much, much worse. We&#8217;re so polarized. You have both parties basically fighting with each other by giving away more things. &#8220;I&#8217;ll give you tax cuts, no taxes on this.&#8221; &#8220;Well, I&#8217;ll give you bigger tax cuts, and I&#8217;ll increase the spending.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;ll also increase the spending.&#8221; It used to be that you thought of Republicans as wanting tax cuts and Democrats as wanting spending increases. It&#8217;s literally both now. So, they fight for these huge giveaways. 
So, no, the situation is frankly very troubling both from an economic, national security, but also a political perspective. And internally, because it&#8217;s frustrating to work on an issue where you know we&#8217;re not going to have the big debt deal that we really need to have this year, for instance, a lot of times the best we can do and sort of why we&#8217;re able to pat ourselves on the back for some work is when things would have been worse without the kind of fiscal pressure we put on. But it&#8217;s really frustrating to say, &#8220;Well, we borrowed a trillion dollars, but we might have borrowed a trillion and a half if it weren&#8217;t for our pushing against this issue.&#8221; We&#8217;ve got to do better than that. We&#8217;ve got to start actually turning the ship around and bringing the debt as a share of GDP trajectory down instead of continuing to grow it&#8230;
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‘Blinking Bright, Bright Red’: Maya MacGuineas On America’s Debt, Deficits, And Disaster

'Blinking Bright, Bright Red': Maya MacGuineas On America’s Debt, Deficits, And Disaster

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The Texas House approved a new congressional map on Wednesday that is expected to net Republicans five additional seats in the House of Representatives after the upcoming midterm elections.
The map, which passed with all 88 Republican House members voting in favor, caps a weeks-long saga in which dozens of Democratic lawmakers fled the state to prevent the state legislature from conducting business. The new map will head to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk for a final signature.
Rogue Democrats returned to Texas earlier this week, ending their protest after collectively racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for purposely breaking quorum and leaving the state legislature unable to conduct business.
During their boycott of the legislature, the Democratic lawmakers rallied support for their cause from Democrats in other states. Several Democratic governors have voiced support for gerrymandering their state maps in retribution.
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On Monday, Texas Republicans mandated that Democrats who fled must receive passes to leave the House chamber. Each lawmaker would also be assigned an officer from the Texas Department of Public Safety to ensure that they returned to the chamber on time for each session.
A handful of Democratic lawmakers stayed overnight in the House chamber in protest of the new rules. State Rep. Nicole Collier received a call and encouragement from former Vice President Kamala Harris for spending the night on the chamber floor. Texas Democrats later posted a <a href="https://x.com/TexasHDC/status/1957949548845756809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> of the call online.
“You really are inspiring so many people, and I just want you to know that you are among those who history will reveal to have been heroes of this moment,” Harris said. “So, you just stay strong and do what you are doing.”
Republican Rep. Brian Harrison criticized Democratic theatrics around the passage of the new map on Wednesday morning.
“These crocodile tears and bad, bad kabuki theater coming from the Democrats right now is just pathetic,” said Harrison in an <a href="https://x.com/FaulknerFocus/status/1958197591956500949" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on Fox News. “Quite frankly, my fourth grader&#8217;s production of ‘Shrek’ last year had better acting.”
“These Democrats are pretending they don&#8217;t like redrawing maps for partisan political purposes, but the reality is Democrat state after Democrat state has been doing this for decades,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The dirty little secret is they&#8217;re only objecting now because it&#8217;s Republican states that are finally doing it.&#8221;

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All That For Nothing: Rogue Texas Dems Brought To Heel As New Congressional Map Passes

Texas Passes New Congressional Map To Give GOP An Edge In Midterms

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) will begin handing over documents regarding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to Congress by the end of the week, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced on Monday.
Comer shared the development one day before the deadline listed in the <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025.08.05-Subpoena-and-Schedule-to-DOJ.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoena</a> he issued to the DOJ.
“Officials with the Department of Justice have informed us that the Department will begin to provide Epstein-related records to the Oversight Committee this week on Friday,&#8221; Comer said in a statement.
&#8220;There are many records in DOJ’s custody, and it will take the Department time to produce all the records and ensure the identification of victims and any child sexual abuse material are redacted,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I appreciate the Trump Administration’s commitment to transparency and efforts to provide the American people with information about this matter.&#8221;
A spokesperson for the DOJ declined to comment.
Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-subpoenas-clintons-doj-records-and-former-officials-in-sweeping-epstein-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> the DOJ on August 5, the same day he issued subpoenas demanding Epstein-related testimony from former President Bill Clinton, his wife and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and several ex-law enforcement leaders on dates ranging from mid-August to mid-October.
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The Oversight Committee also issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-subpoenas-epstein-associate-ghislaine-maxwell">subpoena</a> to Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse">a 20-year prison sentence</a> after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls, but has yet to finalize details for a deposition after she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-sends-congress-list-of-demands-for-deposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> immunity and other &#8220;conditions.&#8221;
All of the subpoenas were approved by members of the Oversight Committee before Comer sent them out.
Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019 — after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls. In addition to the Clintons, Epstein had connections to a variety of high-profile people, including President Donald Trump. The Clintons and Trump have sought to distance themselves from Epstein over the years.
In his <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025.08.05-Subpoena-Cover-Letters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover letters</a>, Comer explained how the Clinton family &#8220;appears to have had a close relationship&#8221; with Epstein and Maxwell. To the former law enforcement heads, the chairman noted the various ways the FBI and DOJ were involved in investigations, litigation, and other matters related to Epstein and Maxwell during their tenures.
The first deposition took place on Monday with former Attorney General William Barr, who was cooperative while answering questions from both Republican and Democratic staff and members, a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Wire.
Barr made clear that Trump never provided any views or instructions related to the criminal case against Epstein or his death, and that he never saw any evidence suggesting Trump committed a crime, according to the source, who added that Barr further stated that he believed the Biden DOJ would have released any incriminating evidence against Trump if such evidence existed.
The Daily Wire confirmed with a House Oversight Committee aide that the panel intends to withdraw its subpoena to former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who also served as special counsel of the Trump-Russia investigation from 2017 to 2019, because it learned that health issues preclude him from being able to testify. The Daily Caller was the first to <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/18/robert-mueller-house-oversight-committee-subpoena-james-comer-jeffrey-epstein-fbi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> the development.
Lawmakers have increasingly pushed for transparency after the DOJ claimed it had no evidence that Epstein had a client list, blackmailed powerful people, or was murdered — despite earlier <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-great-trump-backs-bondi-wants-top-officials-to-end-conflict-over-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hints</a> from Attorney General Pam Bondi that major bombshells would be revealed.
At the behest of Trump, who has argued that people are falling for a “hoax” spun by the Democrats, Bondi asked multiple judges to unseal grand jury testimony from the cases against Epstein and Maxwell. So far, those requests have been denied.
The DOJ held a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-department-meets-with-ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> with Maxwell in July.

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Representative Delia Ramirez, from Illinois, was in the news recently for standing in front of a group of Hispanics in Mexico City and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-america-last-left-cuts-loose">declaring</a> that she is a proud Guatemalan before she’s an American. Indeed, she’s so proud of Guatemala that her family fled the country, settled here illegally, and have refused to return. They would rather break the law in this country than live in Guatemala. That’s how proud of Guatemala they are.
That’s the inherent contradiction anytime an immigrant claims to be so deeply proud of the homeland that they desperately don’t want to live in. But the greater problem, of course, is that Congresswoman Ramirez has announced that she is more loyal to a foreign country than to her own. Granted, her loyalty to Guatemala seems rather uninspiring and conditional. She’s loyal from a distance. But her loyalty to the United States is clearly even weaker. She puts it second place to the country that her family have spent decades trying to avoid going back to.
It should be uncontroversial to say that any elected representative who declares a greater loyalty to a foreign country than to this country should be removed from office at an absolute minimum.
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In Ramirez’s case, it’s obvious that she, and her entire family, should be deported. If she loves Guatemala so much, she can live there. The fact that Delia Ramirez wasn’t on a boat back to Guatemala five minutes after she made those remarks is a disgrace. In fact, we didn’t even have to put her on a boat. She said all of that in Mexico City. All we had to do was lock the door and not let her back in. That’s what she deserves. This woman is a disloyal, backstabbing, ungrateful Judas who never should have been granted citizenship in the first place. There’s no time like the present to rectify that mistake. Especially after her most recent comments.
Yes, Ms. Ramirez is at it again. This time it was the NetRoots Nation conference in New Orleans. During a sit-down discussion on stage at the conference, Ramirez was asked a very simple question. It’s a question that everyone running for elected office should be asked. It’s a question that every immigrant should be asked before we even think about granting them citizenship. It is the question. The new “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman?row=0&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;rowType=Square+Show+Carousel">What is a Woman?</a>” And the question is: “What is an American?” And just as the Left never figured out how to define the word “woman,” they have just as much trouble — if not more — stringing together an even vaguely coherent definition for the word “American.” 
Here&#8217;s Ramirez giving it a shot:
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Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez is asked what it means to be an American: &#8220;For me, being an American recognizes the good and the bad of the formation of this country. To reckon with how we used colonialism and to think about what reparations look like. We haven&#8217;t always been great.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/NxP7KCudZG">pic.twitter.com/NxP7KCudZG</a>
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So Representative Ramirez says that being an American means that we can “dream and love,” and also that we recognize all the evils of colonialism and all the bad stuff America did in the past. That’s her answer.
Now, there are a lot of problems here.
First of all, Ramirez, what is this “we” stuff? You’re an anchor baby. You became an American thanks to a paperwork loophole. You have no ancestral ties to this country. You don’t love it. You don’t respect it. You have made no effort to assimilate into our culture. In fact you hate our culture and our people. Your family showed up here illegally. Their very first act as residents (illegal residents) of this country was to break our laws and violate our sovereignty.
You and your family are squatters. Using the word “we” is like if a junkie broke into your house while you were on vacation, refused to leave, and then started referring to it as “our home.” Now imagine if that was a home that your grandfather had built with his own hands. A home that you had lived in since birth. A home built and maintained by your family’s sweat and blood and sacrifice. And now some random vagrant, who broke in through a downstairs window five seconds ago, has announced that it’s just as much his home as yours. You wouldn’t take very kindly to that. And we don’t take very kindly to it either. There is no “we.” This is not your home.
We know it isn’t because if it was your home, you’d be able to speak at length, and with real depth and feeling, when someone asks you what this home means to you. But instead when you were asked what it means to be an American, you started with third-rate, Hallmark pablum about how being an American means that you can “dream and love.” In fact it’s worse than Hallmark. I wouldn’t accept that answer if it was written on a July 4th greeting card. I wouldn’t accept it on a second grader’s book report. You’re a grown adult and an elected representative and the best you can do — in fact the only positive thing you can say about America — is that Americans can “dream and love.”
Does that mean that people in other countries can’t dream and love? Is dreaming and loving unique to Americans? Do your fellow Guatemalans never experience love, or have dreams, until they sneak across the border into our country? I’m pretty certain you wouldn’t make that claim. Which means your definition of an American is generic and meaningless. “Being an American means that you can dream and love and laugh and look at pretty colors and have tickle fights.” If my five year old daughter said something like that I’d be embarrassed. You’re an adult. You should be deported just for saying that, and for about a dozen other reasons.
But somehow it gets worse. We learn that Americans are people who dream and love, whatever that means, and also — and this is the only other qualification you provide — they are people who feel the requisite amount of scorn and resentment for the alleged evils committed by Americans in the past. Never mind that the United States only had slavery for about 90 years while many countries in the world had it for millennia. Never mind that white people — Americans and Europeans — were among the last to adopt slavery and the first to abolish it. Never mind that if we’re supposed to feel bad about slavery, then literally every other nation, race, and ethnicity on Earth should feel even worse. There were countries in Africa practicing legal slavery as recently as the 1970s. Never mind all that. Also never mind the fact that the “colonialism” you decry is the reason why you currently live in a civilized society where you don’t have to worry about being kidnapped by a raiding part in the middle of the night and having your beating heart cut out of your chest to appease the sun god. If not for “colonialism” in the western hemisphere, there would still be slavery here. The entire hemisphere would still be locked in perpetual wars of conquest. And you, as a woman, would be property to be bought, traded, stolen, used, and discarded. Because that’s how it worked among the “indigenous tribes” whose conquest and subjugation you lament, because you&#8217;re a stupid, ungrateful, historically illiterate, spoiled little child.
But as I said, never mind all of that. Even if we pretend that America has all of these unique and terrible sins — which it doesn’t — still, couldn’t anyone, anywhere in the world, recognize those sins? Couldn&#8217;t anyone, anywhere in the world, dream and love, and also hate America as you do? If that’s the qualification to be an American, then by your definition, anyone, anywhere, at any time, at any given moment, can be an American. Considering there are a lot of people in the world who hate America — mostly out of envy, like you — and considering that most of those people are presumably capable of dreaming and maybe even loving, that would mean that there are billions of Americans currently living in the world today. And most of these “Americans&#8221; have never even been to this country. The Middle East is full of Americans. The entire country of China is American. North Koreans are all Americans. Everyone is American. Which means, of course, that no one is American. It means that being an American actually means nothing.
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That’s your real answer, isn’t it, Ramirez? You just don’t want to say it out loud. Being an American means nothing to you. America means nothing. America is nothing. It’s not a country. It’s not a place. It’s not even an idea. It’s nothing. It is, at most, a vague feeling. A fleeting sense of something or other. There is nothing solid that defines it. Now if I were to ask you what it means to be Guatemalan, you would have a lot more to say, wouldn’t you? You would talk about the culture, the people, the pride you feel for Guatemala, the fidelity you have to it. Guatemala is a distinct country to you. In fact every country on the globe that isn’t predominately populated by white people is a distinct country. It’s only white western nations — America principle among them — that is not allowed to have an actual national identity. That’s what you really think. You just won’t say it. Though you’ll come very close.
So let me answer the question, since you can’t, or won’t. America is not a feeling of love, it’s not a dream, and it’s certainly not a set of Marxist claims about the evils of white colonialism or whatever. America is a country. It is a country with borders, and laws, and a language. It is a people. It is a culture, a history, and a tradition. It is also — in addition to those things, not on its own but in addition — a set of values. Values rooted in Christian thought. This land was conquered and this country was established by Christian men who did it for the glory of God and for the sake of spreading the Gospel from sea to shining sea. That’s America. It is a nation. It is a home. My home, not yours. It’s the place where I was born and will die. It’s where my children will have children, and where their children will have children, and all of them will love this country just as I do, and celebrate its history, and fight to preserve its culture and its traditions. Because I’m an American, and I put no country before this one.
You cannot say the same. Because you are not an American. You can’t even convincingly pretend to be one.
So what is an American? Well, to begin with, certainly not you.

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President Donald Trump&#8217;s takeover of police in Washington, D.C., to fight crime in the nation&#8217;s capital may extend beyond a month if Congress passes a measure unveiled this week by a House Republican.
The &#8220;Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025,&#8221; which Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) revealed on Wednesday, would do away with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-congress-holds-the-key-to-extending-trumps-d-c-police-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">30-day limit</a> that is written in Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
&#8220;President Trump has rightly declared a national emergency in Washington, D.C. — a city its own government has surrendered to chaos. Under current law, the President can only federalize D.C. for thirty days,&#8221; Ogles <a href="https://x.com/RepOgles/status/1955780086478655966" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X. &#8220;I’m introducing a resolution to amend the D.C. Home Rule Act so the President can extend this emergency as long as it takes, until our Capitol is taken back and its streets are safe. Congress must defend the President, and our Country.&#8221;
On Monday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/were-gonna-take-our-capital-back-heres-everything-trump-is-going-to-do-to-clean-up-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invoked</a> Section 740, which allowed him to direct the D.C. mayor to provide him the services of the Metropolitan Police Department. The president then notified Congress of his intention to keep the emergency he invoked until it is no longer needed or reaches the &#8220;maximum period&#8221; allowed. As it stands, Section 740 says anything beyond 30 days would require Congress to pass a joint resolution that authorizes the extension.
The measure from Ogles would get rid of the time restraint provision and give the president room to hold onto control of D.C. police for additional periods of up to 30 days — if relevant committees are informed and provided a reason for why the emergency situation persists at each interval. Language that says lawmakers could vote for a joint resolution that ends the authority remains intact.
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Federal officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-crime-crackdown-update-authorities-arrest-dozens-more-including-suspected-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> dozens of arrests have been made since Trump&#8217;s D.C. police takeover began. Top Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-congress-holds-the-key-to-extending-trumps-d-c-police-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> approval of the operation. Meanwhile, Democrats assailed the move and plan to <a href="https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-van-hollen-will-reintroduce-bills-grant-dc-full-control-over-its" target="_blank" rel="noopener">push legislation</a> that would give nation’s capital “full control” of its police force, as well as the D.C. National Guard, which the president deployed along with agents from various federal law enforcement organizations to help with the crackdown on crime. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-congress-holds-the-key-to-extending-trumps-d-c-police-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Thursday criticizing the resolution from Ogles that could prolong the takeover.
“D.C. pays more federal taxes per capita than any state and more federal taxes overall than 19 states, while being denied the same voting representation in Congress or full local self-government accorded to residents of the 50 states,&#8221; Norton <a href="https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-statement-after-rep-ogles-announces-bill-allow-president-extend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;I will do everything in my power to block this bill’s progress and passage and prevent D.C. from suffering additional indignities at the hands of the federal government.&#8221;
Earlier this year, Ogles <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1089/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill called the “Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident Act” or the “BOWSER Act,&#8221; a nod to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. If passed, the legislation would repeal the Home Rule Act, which beyond Section 740 allows the district a limited amount of self-governance. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the same measure in the upper chamber.
&#8220;The radically progressive regime of D.C. Mayor Bowser has left our nation’s Capital in crime-ridden shambles. Washington is now known for its homicides, rapes, drug overdoses, violence, theft, and homelessness. Bowser and her corrupt Washington City Council are incapable of managing the city,&#8221; Ogles <a href="https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-sen-lee-introduce-bowser-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a February statement.
He continued, &#8220;As such, it seems appropriate for Congress to reclaim its Constitutional authority and restore the nation’s Capital. The epicenter of not only the United States Federal Government but also the world geopolitics cannot continue to be a cesspool of Democrats’ failed policies. That’s why I’ve introduced the Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident (BOWSER) Act, which would repeal the D.C. Home Rule Act. I am grateful to Senator Lee for his willingness to lead this critical legislation in the Senate.&#8221;

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The Democrats gave Republicans in command of Congress a trump card should former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, fight their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-subpoenas-clintons-doj-records-and-former-officials-in-sweeping-epstein-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenas</a> for testimony related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY).
During an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376766065112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on Fox News</a>, Comer explained to &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; anchor Maria Bartiromo that a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-panel-votes-to-subpoena-epstein-files-clintons-ex-law-enforcement-leaders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bipartisan vote</a> underlying the subpoenas demanding an October 9 deposition with Hillary Clinton and October 14 deposition with Bill Clinton could be a valuable asset in a potential court battle. Comer also subpoenaed the Department of Justice (DOJ) for documents related to Epstein as well as several ex-law enforcement leaders for testimony.
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&#8220;What makes these subpoenas special and historical is that they came as a result of a bipartisan vote,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;The Democrats made a motion, like we knew they would, to subpoena the Epstein documents, which Republicans support. Scott Perry from Pennsylvania amended that motion to include subpoenas for both Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as six former attorneys generals — and the Democrats voted for it.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;Now they&#8217;re scared and trying to say they didn&#8217;t vote for it, but they did. It&#8217;s on record. And that helps us in court. If the Clintons try to fight this subpoena, which we presume they will, this &#8230; subpoena came as a result of a bipartisan vote, which has never happened before in the House Oversight Committee.&#8221;
The Clintons have sought to distance themselves from Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019 — after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls. Bill Clinton&#8217;s spokesperson released a statement in 2019 that acknowledged some trips on Epstein&#8217;s plane and meetings with him, but <a href="https://x.com/angelurena/status/1148357927625023490" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> the former president had knowledge of Epstein&#8217;s crimes or made trips to his private island.
In his subpoena <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025.08.05-Subpoena-Cover-Letters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover letters</a>, Comer said there were &#8220;conflicting reports&#8221; about whether Bill Clinton did visit Epstein&#8217;s island. The chairman noted Bill Clinton was &#8220;allegedly close&#8221; to Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and &#8220;attended an intimate dinner with her in 2014, three years after public reports about her involvement in Mr. Epstein’s abuse of minors.&#8221; Maxwell, who is serving <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse">a 20-year prison sentence</a> after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls, is another person Comer has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-sends-congress-list-of-demands-for-deposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a>. Comer further pointed out that Maxwell’s nephew worked for Hillary Clinton&#8217;s 2008 presidential campaign and was hired by the State Department shortly after she became secretary of state.&#8221;
&#8220;So we&#8217;re looking forward to hearing from the Clintons,&#8221; Comer told Bartiromo. &#8220;The American people want to know what went on on Epstein island. We know Clinton went there many times. We just want to ask Bill Clinton what he saw when he was there and who all was involved.&#8221;

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Texas Governor Orders Arrest Of Democrats Who Left State To Block Redistricting Vote

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Rep. Al Green (D-TX), who faces the prospect of losing his seat in a GOP-led redistricting effort, is vowing that President Donald Trump will be impeached again.
&#8220;I promise you, this president is going to — he&#8217;s gonna be brought down,&#8221; Green <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRxJvYddf1c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> on Monday. &#8220;He&#8217;s going to be brought down. He has to be brought down and I don&#8217;t mean physically. I&#8217;m talking about politically. We will bring him down. He will be impeached again.&#8221;
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Green made the comments during a press conference in Illinois, where Democratic Texas state lawmakers fled over the weekend to deny the quorum needed to advance a Republican redistricting proposal.
As The Daily Wire previously <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">reported</a>, the proposed map would shift Green&#8217;s Ninth Congressional District eastward into territory Trump carried by 15 points. Meanwhile, the 9th District&#8217;s current constituency would be packed into the vacant Democratic-held 18th District, according to Politico.
Trump has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-gop-can-get-five-more-house-seats-redistricting-just-one-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing</a> Texas and other states to draw their congressional maps with the expectation that Republicans would gain seats. In retaliation, Democrats have rallied for mid-decade redistricting in blue states. Shifting lines could give either party an edge in the 2026 midterm elections.
During his first term, Trump was impeached twice when the Democrats controlled the House. One inquiry dealt with Ukraine, and the other with January 6. Both efforts ended in acquittal by a GOP-led Senate.
The Democrats are currently powerless to secure a new impeachment inquiry because Republicans control both chambers of Congress. But that has not stopped Green, who has accused Trump of &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-democrat-moves-to-impeach-trump-over-dastardly-deeds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dastardly deeds</a>&#8221; and sought to get Trump impeached again multiple times.
Most recently, in June, he put forward an impeachment resolution over Trump ordering strikes on Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities without the consent of Congress. It was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-responds-to-texas-dems-failed-resolution-to-impeach-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a>, with the help of Democrats, in a 344-79 vote. That followed the House censuring Green in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/10-dems-join-gop-to-censure-rep-al-green-for-heckling-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bipartisan fashion</a> for his outburst during Trump&#8217;s address to a joint session of Congress in March.
The Wall Street Journal just <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-abandon-democrats-support-hits-lowest-level-in-more-than-three-decades-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a poll that found the popularity of the Democratic Party has plunged to its lowest level in at least 35 years. However, if they manage to win back control of the lower chamber, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congressional-black-caucus-leader-impeachable-trump-los-angeles-deployment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> last month that impeachment could make a comeback.
&#8220;There will be plenty of time, when [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman] Suzan DelBene guides us to the majority, for us to exercise oversight where we can ask some very difficult questions [about] the policies that the administration is going currently, but right now that isn&#8217;t our focus,&#8221; Aguilar said.

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Congress is ratcheting up its investigation into matters related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, subpoenaing the Department of Justice (DOJ) for documents as well as former President Bill Clinton, his wife, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and several ex-law enforcement leaders for testimony.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) made the <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1952729381983408550" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-subpoenas-epstein-associate-ghislaine-maxwell">subpoenaed</a> Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell to participate in a deposition.
The DOJ has been compelled to provide records by August 19. A copy of the subpoena, <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025.08.05-Subpoena-and-Schedule-to-DOJ.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to the House Oversight Committee&#8217;s website, shows the breadth of documents being sought by lawmakers.
Former Attorney General William Barr is scheduled for a deposition on August 18, followed by former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on August 26, and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions on August 28.  Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is set to be deposed on September 2, with former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to follow on September 9.
Afterwards, former Attorney General Eric Holder is set for a deposition on September 30, and former Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled for October 2. Former FBI Director James Comey is poised to face a deposition on October 7, while Hillary Clinton is slated for October 9, and Bill Clinton on October 14.
In his <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025.08.05-Subpoena-Cover-Letters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover letters</a>, Comer explained how the Clinton family &#8220;appears to have had a close relationship&#8221; with Epstein and Maxwell. To the former law enforcement heads, the chairman noted the various ways the FBI and DOJ were involved in investigations, litigation, and other matters related to Epstein and Maxwell during their tenures.
Comer issued the new wave of subpoenas following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-panel-votes-to-subpoena-epstein-files-clintons-ex-law-enforcement-leaders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">votes</a> on July 23 by Oversight&#8217;s Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee.
Members approved by voice vote a motion from Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) to issue the subpoenas to the Clintons and former law enforcement leaders. The panel also passed, by an 8-2 vote, an amended motion from Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) to subpoena the DOJ for Epstein case records. Amendments by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), to include Biden administration communications with the DOJ regarding Epstein, and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), to redact victims’ names and any child sexual abuse material, were both adopted by voice vote.
Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019 — after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls. In addition to the Clintons, Epstein had connections to a variety of high-profile people, including President Donald Trump. The Clintons and Trump have sought to distance themselves from Epstein over the years. Maxwell is serving <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse">a 20-year prison sentence</a> after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls.
A growing number of lawmakers have been pushing ever since the Trump administration&#8217;s DOJ claimed it had no evidence that Epstein had a client list, blackmailed powerful people, or was murdered after Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-great-trump-backs-bondi-wants-top-officials-to-end-conflict-over-epstein">hinted</a> that major bombshells were about to be revealed. At the behest of Trump, who has argued that people are falling for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-explains-trumps-epstein-hoax-claim">&#8220;hoax&#8221;</a> spun by the Democrats, Bondi later asked judges to unseal grand jury testimony from the cases against Epstein and Maxwell. One federal judge in Florida <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hands-are-tied-federal-judge-denies-dojs-request-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> the DOJ request. Judges in New York, where other cases took place, did not make decisions right away.
&#8220;While the Department undertakes efforts to uncover and publicly disclose additional information related to Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell’s cases, it is imperative that Congress conduct oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell,&#8221; Comer wrote in his cover letter to Bondi.
&#8220;The Committee may use the results of this investigation to inform legislative solutions to improve federal efforts to combat sex trafficking and reform the use of non-prosecution agreements and/or plea agreements in sex-crime investigations,&#8221; the chairman added. &#8220;Documents related to the Department’s investigation and prosecution of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell are relevant to the Committee’s investigation.&#8221;
Maxwell reportedly was <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-moved-from-florida-prison-to-lower-security-facility" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-moved-from-florida-prison-to-lower-security-facility" data-sk="tooltip_parent">moved</a> from a prison in Florida to a lower-security facility in Texas after meeting with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served as Trump’s personal lawyer. Her attorney wrote to Comer, in response to his subpoena demanding a deposition on August 11, warning that his client would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-sends-congress-list-of-demands-for-deposition">refuse cooperation</a> with Congress if she is not granted immunity or given other concessions. The House Oversight Committee has rejected the idea of granting congressional immunity in exchange for Maxwell&#8217;s testimony.

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President Donald Trump ripped Democrats on Tuesday for allowing far-Left lawmakers to gain influence and alter the direction of the party.
In a lengthy phone interview with CNBC, Trump singled out Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), a freshman congresswoman who has gained notoriety for her brash tirades against Republican politicians, including the president. At a rally in Phoenix on Sunday, Crockett <a href="https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1952205978021044501">called</a> Trump &#8220;a piece of s***.&#8221;
&#8220;The Democrat Party is self-destructing,&#8221; Trump told CNBC&#8217;s Joe Kernan. &#8220;When you have low-IQ people like Crockett — I wonder if she&#8217;s any relationship to the Late, Great Davy Crockett, who was a great gentleman &#8230; But you have this woman, Crockett, she&#8217;s a very low-IQ person. Somebody said the other day that she&#8217;s one of the leaders of the party. I said, &#8216;You gotta be kidding.'&#8221;
&#8220;The Democrats are lost,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They have Trump Derangement Syndrome so bad that they can&#8217;t walk, they can&#8217;t talk, they don&#8217;t know where they&#8217;re going. [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schmer is finished. I watched him the other day, he&#8217;s lost all of his confidence.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;The Democrat Party is self-destructing. I mean, when you have Low IQ people like Crockett — I wonder if she&#8217;s any relationship to the Late, Great Davy Crockett?&#8221; 😂🤣 <a href="https://t.co/MllKVG0ZRQ">pic.twitter.com/MllKVG0ZRQ</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1952712648589545677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In Crockett&#8217;s latest diatribe against Trump, she claimed that the Supreme Court and Congressional Republicans are letting him get away with unconstitutional actions. She <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/rep-jasmine-crockett-calls-trump-piece-s-during-liberal-rally">added</a> that Democrats need to start &#8220;getting aggressive&#8221; ahead of the 2028 election and pushed for more &#8220;guardrails&#8221; to be put in place on the &#8220;corrupt&#8221; Supreme Court.
In posts on social media, Crockett has called Trump a &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/JasmineForUS/status/1911979649262907738">buffoon</a>&#8221; and a &#8220;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jasmineforus/reel/DLLz6glOot2/?hl=en">mofo</a>&#8221; — the abbreviation for the word &#8220;mother****er.&#8221; The Texas Democrat has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-democrat-slams-trump-supporters-as-mentally-ill-then-demands-they-be-more-bipartisan?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Texas+Democrat+Slams+Trump+Supporters+As+%E2%80%98Mentally+Ill%2C%E2%80%99+Then+Demands+They+Be+More+Bipartisan">derided</a> Trump&#8217;s supporters as &#8220;sick.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a mental health crisis in this country because everyone — no matter how you affiliate yourself — should be against Trump. Period,&#8221; she said in June. &#8220;This is not partisan for me. Like, I would give anything to have — sad to say — George Bush. Like, give me any regular Republican nowadays, and I would be happy.&#8221;
The White House has previously mocked the idea of Crockett becoming a rising star in the Democratic Party. In response to Crockett suggesting Trump supporters are mentally ill, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karoline-leavitt-roasts-jasmine-crockett-in-press-room-i-hope-she-continues-to-be-a-rising-star?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Karoline+Leavitt+Roasts+Jasmine+Crockett+In+Press+Room%3A+%E2%80%98I+Hope+She+Continues+To+Be+A+Rising+Star%E2%80%99">blasted</a> the congresswoman, adding that watching the Democrats prop her up is &#8220;quite something to behold.&#8221;
&#8220;I hope that she continues to be a rising star, for the Republican Party at least,&#8221; Leavitt said.

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