White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to &#8220;The Twitter Files&#8221; during Monday&#8217;s press briefing by claiming that it was &#8220;old news&#8221; and was a &#8220;distraction.&#8221;
Musk released internal company documents through journalist Matt Taibbi on Friday about the company’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 presidential election that showed top officials at the company were in regular contact with Democrats and censored content that Democrats wanted removed from the platform.
Jean-Pierre responded to a question from Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich about the release of the files.
&#8220;Decisions were made to censor reporting leading up to the election,&#8221; Heinrich said. &#8220;My question was, is it the White House view that these decisions were made appropriately in light of what has come out?&#8221;
&#8220;Which decisions by whom?&#8221; Jean-Pierre asked.
&#8220;By Twitter,&#8221; Heinrich responded.
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&#8220;So look, we see this as a, an interesting or a coincidence, if I may, that, that he would so haphazardly, Twitter was so haphazardly pushed this distraction,&#8221; Jean-Pierre claimed. &#8220;That is a, that is full of old news, if you think about it.&#8221;
&#8220;And at the same time, Twitter is facing very real and very serious questions about the rising volume of anger, hate and anti-semitism on their platform,&#8221; she claimed, &#8220;and how they&#8217;re letting it happen and, you know, the President said last week, more leaders need to speak out and reject this.&#8221;
&#8220;And it&#8217;s very alarming and very dangerous,” Jean-Pierre claimed, later adding, “It&#8217;s not healthy, it won&#8217;t do anything to help a single American improve their lives.”
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A reporter asks about the information <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> released about Twitter censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Jean-Pierre: &quot;We see this as an interesting—or, a coincidence, if I may, that Twitter would so haphazardly push this distraction that is full of old news.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XeSND8qzPp">pic.twitter.com/XeSND8qzPp</a>
&mdash; Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreeBeacon/status/1599875875352084480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-will-not-sign-autographs-ever-again-as-he-warns-assassination-risk-is-quite-significant">told</a> groveling paparazzi over the weekend night that he will “never again” sign autographs as he warned that the risk that someone will try to assassinate him is actually “quite significant.”
Musk told the paparazzi that he would no longer sign autographs after he landed in at Dulles International Airport Saturday night, TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/04/elon-musk-tells-groveling-paparazzi-no-more-autographs/?adid=social-twa">reported</a>.
“I want to be clear, I’m not doing any more signings ever again,” Musk said as he was surrounded by security guards.
The news comes after Musk said during a chat on Twitter Spaces Saturday afternoon that the risk to his security has increased in recent months.
Musk told listeners that he would “definitely” not “be doing any open-air car parades, let me put it that way,” Musk <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/04/elon-musk-claims-risk-of-his-assassination-is-quite-significant/">said</a>. “Frankly the risk of something bad happening to me, or even literally being shot, is quite significant.”
“It’s not that hard to kill somebody if you wanted to, so hopefully they don’t, and fate smiles upon the situation with me and it does not happen,” he added. “There’s definitely some risk there.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-may-have-interfered-in-recent-major-foreign-election-elon-musk-says">Twitter May Have Interfered In Recent Major Foreign Election, Elon Musk Says</a>

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Holds Daily Briefing

Jean-Pierre On Revelations That Twitter Censored Content For Democrats: ‘Old News,’ A ‘Distraction’

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Turnover in Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>&#8216; office is claiming another top staffer.
Communications Director Jamal Simmons is expected to depart next month after roughly a year in the role, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/02/harris-comms-director-jamal-simmons-is-set-to-depart-from-office-00071939" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Politico.
“Working for Vice President Harris has been an honor and a privilege,” Simmons said in a statement to the news outlet. “I’m so thankful for the confidence she put in me and I will miss this fantastic team more than anything.”
Simmons, a veteran Democratic communications aide, intends to move to New York with his family, per the report. It was not immediately clear who will replace him as comms director.
Several others have left Harris&#8217; office since she became vice president less than two years ago. The &#8220;exodus,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/04/kamala-harris-staff-departures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post put it in 2021</a>, has raised questions about what kind of work environment Harris has fostered. When Symone Sanders, who was Harris&#8217; senior adviser and chief spokesperson, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/01/symone-sanders-senior-adviser-vice-president-harris-will-leave-post/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">departed at the end of last year</a>, the news outlet reported it came as the vice president contended with claims of dysfunction among staff and messaging issues coupled with criticism that the vice president faced on multiple fronts, including for her efforts to address challenges at the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-lead-migrant-crisis-response-joe-biden-3400f56255e000547d1ca3ce1aa6b8e9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">southern border</a>.
Others who have departed from Harris&#8217; employ include domestic policy adviser <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/15/rohini-kosoglu-leaving-kamala-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rohini Kosoglu</a>, speechwriter <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/16/kamala-harris-chief-speechwriter-quits-vp-office-f/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Groob</a>, Deputy Press Secretary <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/politics/sabrina-singh-leaving-harris-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sabrina Singh</a>, Communications Director <a href="https://www.prweek.com/article/1753303/powell-tate-hires-former-kamala-harris-comms-director-ashley-etienne" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ashley Etienne</a>, and more.
Lorraine Voles, Harris’ chief of staff, said in an email to staff on Friday that Simmons had originally agreed to stay for a year to help her &#8220;steady the ship.&#8221; During Simmons&#8217; tenure, he helped to build the vice president&#8217;s &#8220;digital presence and building relationships with national, regional and constituency media,&#8221; she added.
President Joe Biden has said he intends to seek reelection in 2024, and <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3637807-harris-says-she-would-proudly-run-with-biden-if-he-seeks-reelection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harris said in September</a> that she would &#8220;proudly&#8221; run with him if he does. Biden may be up for a rematch against former President Donald Trump, who declared his 2024 candidacy last month.

Jamal Simmons

Another Kamala Harris Staffer Leaving Post

Another Kamala Harris Staffer, Jamal Simmons, Leaving Post

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> users fact-checked a <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> post about the Biden administration’s purportedly hawkish fiscal behavior.
The White House <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1594873301012209664" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that the administration “lowered the deficit with the single largest one-year reduction in American history.” However, a user-generated fact check noted that stimulus packages approved in response to the lockdown-induced recession inflated budget deficits for two fiscal years, producing a significant decline in fiscal year 2022.
The fact check, which cited <a href="https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-deficit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Treasury Department, also noted that the most recent budget deficit is still the fourth largest in history and is 41% larger than the shortfall witnessed in fiscal year 2019. The federal deficit surged from nearly $1 trillion in 2019 to $3.1 trillion in 2020, according to <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Office of Management and Budget, while the current deficit of $1.4 trillion exceeds the last pre-recession deficit by roughly $400 billion.
President Joe Biden has nevertheless argued that the supposed tapering of the deficit justifies further spending. He said during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mega-maga-trickle-down-biden-makes-bold-claim-on-how-he-fixed-the-budget-after-republicans-blew-it-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> ahead of the midterm elections that “record deficit reduction includes the cost of my student loan plan and everything else we’re paying for.” One <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-09/58494-Student-Loans.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimate</a> from the Congressional Budget Office predicts that the overall cost of the student debt cancellation initiative could reach $400 billion.
“On my watch, things have been different. The deficit has come down both years that I’ve been in office,” Biden commented. “And I just signed legislation that’s going to reduce it even more in the decades to come. Now Republicans in Congress are doubling down on their commitment to explode the deficit again. Just this week, Republican leaders said if they get their way, they’re going to extend the Trump tax cuts, which are due to expire in a couple years.”
The White House’s legislative agenda will contribute more than $4.8 trillion in new deficit spending between 2021 and 2031, according to an <a href="https://www.crfb.org/blogs/biden-administration-has-approved-48-trillion-new-borrowing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Removing the effect of the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion package greenlit weeks after Biden’s inauguration, implies $2.5 trillion of new deficits.
Earlier this month, the White House also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-deletes-tweet-after-getting-humiliated-by-fact-check" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> on Twitter that senior citizens would receive “the biggest increase in their Social Security checks” in a decade thanks to the leadership of the Biden administration. Another user-generated fact check noted that the larger benefits occur because of the “annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate.” The White House, which has denied that the administration’s spending agenda exacerbated inflationary pressures, subsequently deleted the post.
Inflation rose 7.7% year-over-year as of October, according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-october-inflation-surges-but-less-than-expected-energy-prices-up-ahead-of-winter">data</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, even as prices for categories such as food, energy, and shelter continued to increase. “We are making progress on bringing inflation down, without giving up all of the progress we have made on economic growth and job creation,” Biden said in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/10/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-october-consumer-price-index-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “My economic plan is showing results, and the American people can see that we are facing global economic challenges from a position of strength.”
Rising price levels will impact households preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving, as the cost of an eight-pound turkey hen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crying-fowl-government-warns-of-turkey-shortage-ahead-of-thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> from $1.15 per pound last year to $1.47 per pound this year amid an outbreak of the avian flu affecting poultry flocks nationwide. Meanwhile, expected growth in holiday retail sales between 6% and 8% is expected to be completely eclipsed by rising price levels, according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rise-in-holiday-spending-to-be-outpaced-by-inflation-forecast-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the National Retail Federation.

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White House Gets Fact-Checked By Twitter Users After Claim About How Admin Reduced The Deficit

White House Hit By Fact Check On Twitter

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Dr. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anthony-fauci" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Fauci</a> is all but finished &#8220;serving&#8221; the American people in the federal government, but before he departs to most likely make boatloads of money with books and movies, he had one final lecture for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States</a>.
The bureaucrat spoke from the White House on Tuesday and encouraged all citizens to get the latest COVID booster, wear a mask, social distance, get tested, and trust the experts. So, in essence, it was the typical rigmarole that has come to be expected from the man who became a household name in the spring of 2020.
&#8220;First of all, everybody should be vaccinated and boosted with flu and with COVID,&#8221; Fauci said confidently to reporters. &#8220;So when we&#8217;re gathering at a family gathering for Thanksgiving or for Christmas &#8230; it makes sense that you might want to get a test that day before you come into a place, in which you might be infected and spread it.&#8221;
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Fauci: &quot;When we&#39;re gathering at a family gathering for Thanksgiving, it makes sense that you might want to get a test before you come into a place where you could be infected and spread it.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/MSYZemxjWg">pic.twitter.com/MSYZemxjWg</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1595103340999892992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You can count masking, boosting, testing as part of the spectrum of protecting yourself,&#8221; he added.
The doctor also said there is no reason to feel shame for wearing a mask.
&#8220;I mean, it shouldn&#8217;t be. I know sometimes when you walk in, and you have a mask and nobody else has a mask, you kind of feel guilty. You shouldn&#8217;t feel guilty. You look terrific.&#8221;
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Fauci: &quot;I know sometimes when you walk in, and you have a mask and nobody else has a mask, you kind of feel guilty. You shouldn&#39;t feel guilty. You look terrific.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/yPTR8dU5cW">pic.twitter.com/yPTR8dU5cW</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1595103874616025088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So my message and my final message — maybe the final message I give you from this podium — is that please, for your own safety, for that of your family, get your updated COVID-19 shot as soon as you&#8217;re eligible to protect yourself, your family, and your community,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Please do it as soon as possible.&#8221;
And with that, Fauci left the room, but not before he avoided difficult questions from The Daily Caller.
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Our WH reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/DianaGlebova?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DianaGlebova</a> tried to ask Dr. Fauci about COVID origins&#8230;
KJP blocks her question and immediately moves on. <a href="https://t.co/oNJuNZjyrP">pic.twitter.com/oNJuNZjyrP</a>
&mdash; Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1595107914460860416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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What Fauci didn&#8217;t address is the evidence showing that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blue-vs-red-2022-test-scores-show-devastating-toll-of-school-shutdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">learning loss</a> is now plaguing American school children, the record amount of drug <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/record-number-of-americans-died-from-drug-overdoses-in-2021-cdc-data-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overdoses</a> during the pandemic, and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=developmental+delay+masking&amp;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj8hu7FxML7AhVOGlkFHWSXAdsQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=627&amp;dpr=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">other</a> developmental delays — all of which are in response to the lockdowns that occurred thanks to the advice of Fauci.
Here are just <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/8-times-dr-fauci-revised-the-coronavirus-narrative" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eight times</a> that he changed the narrative — and this article was made in the summer of 2020. There is much more to cover.
Despite that, the admittance of wrongdoing will never come from these folks.
How can we say that?
Well, White House officials are still claiming that their recommendations can prevent nearly all future deaths from COVID.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s what we know. If folks get their updated vaccines and they get treated if they have a breakthrough infection, we can prevent essentially every COVID death in America,&#8221; Dr. Ashish K. Jha said Tuesday.
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Dr. Jha: &quot;We can prevent every covid death in America&quot; if everyone gets their updated booster. <a href="https://t.co/5yRP2w8y4L">pic.twitter.com/5yRP2w8y4L</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1595101166417117185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Of course, President Joe Biden himself had also claimed in 2021 that if you were vaccinated, then you couldn&#8217;t spread the virus to anybody else.
That wound up being false.
Five shots later — or whatever it is — here we are.
Given the number of things that the medical establishment was incorrect about throughout the pandemic, one would think the government would shy away from making such statements as Jha did. Yet, as Jha’s comments and Fauci&#8217;s triumphant exit show, it looks like they haven&#8217;t done any self-reflection.
They&#8217;ll still make definitive statements, and then wonder why there is a loss of trust amongst the American people when those predictions wind up being incorrect.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/fauci-unmasked" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAUCI UNMASKED </a>

Fauci

No Surprise: Fauci’s ‘Final Message’ Is A Lecture On Masks, Getting The Latest Booster

No Surprise: Fauci's 'Final Message' Is A Lecture On Masks, Getting The Latest Booster

Anthony Fauci

COVID

<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> Press Secretary <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/karine-jean-pierre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> lost her cool against a conservative reporter after she pressed Dr. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anthony-fauci" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Fauci</a> on his approach to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a>.
The briefing room descended into chaos as the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jARPMsPphjg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">answered inquiries</a> from reporters. As Daily Caller White House Correspondent Diana Glebova began to ask about the origins of COVID, Jean-Pierre resumed the podium and said that she would not call on “people who yell,” adding that she had no interest in “getting into a back-and-forth&#8221; with Glebova after she noted that Jean-Pierre &#8220;calls on the same people all the time.&#8221;
Jean-Pierre, who had asked another journalist to pause his question while Glebova was reprimanded, provided no opportunity to let Glebova request comment from Fauci. Other journalists, including Steven Nelson of The New York Post and Simon Ateba of Today News Africa, were heard <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1595107064921133056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1595107064921133056%7Ctwgr%5Ea48b038d061c47904abac835718c998a022133ba%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2022%2F11%2F22%2Fwhite-house-briefing-karine-jean-pierre-diana-glebova%2F">asking</a> Jean-Pierre to allow Glebova to ask her “valid” question and &#8220;call on people across the room,&#8221; causing Jean-Pierre to become exasperated.
“It is not your turn,” a visibly annoyed Jean-Pierre said, resuming the podium for a second time. “I hear the question … but we’re not doing this the way you want it. This is disrespectful &#8230; I’m done with you, Simon.”
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Daily Caller&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/DianaGlebova?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DianaGlebova</a> tries to ask Dr. Fauci about what he did to investigate the origins of covid and Jean-Pierre shuts her down.
Another reporter yells at her for not letting Diana ask the question. <a href="https://t.co/RieiEBwl2p">pic.twitter.com/RieiEBwl2p</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1595107064921133056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Glebova <a href="https://twitter.com/DianaGlebova/status/1595125892690636800">thanked</a> her colleagues on social media for pushing back against Jean-Pierre and noted that &#8220;there&#8217;s finally some pushback to the administration&#8217;s narrative.&#8221; A <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/22/white-house-briefing-karine-jean-pierre-diana-glebova/">report</a> from The Daily Caller said that Glebova had tried to ask her question &#8220;several times.&#8221;
Fauci, a five-decade employee of the federal government who also serves as chief medical advisor for President Joe Biden, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-paul-demands-answers-from-fauci-on-gain-of-function-funding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced criticism</a> for his agency’s alleged use of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has repeatedly questioned Fauci for his handling of the disease in fiery exchanges before the Senate Health Committee. During one hearing, Fauci <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-paul-demands-answers-from-fauci-on-gain-of-function-funding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retorted</a> that the lawmaker’s alleged distortion of the facts “kindles the crazies out there,” producing threats to his life “because people are lying about me.”
The 81-year-old immunologist added <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unmasked-documents-reveal-faucis-staggering-pandemic-period-profits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly</a> $5 million to his household net worth between 2019 and 2021, according to financial <a href="https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/breaking-faucis-net-worth-soared" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disclosures</a> obtained by OpenTheBooks. As the federal government’s highest-paid employee, he earns $480,000 per year, although OpenTheBooks estimates that his true compensation is $694,998 after considering various perks and benefits.
Fauci announced over the summer that he would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-fauci-reveals-he-will-retire-this-year-pursue-next-chapter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retire</a> from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an agency he has led since the tenure of President Ronald Reagan. A <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/22/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-announcement-of-dr-anthony-faucis-departure-from-niaid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the White House praised Fauci as a “dedicated public servant, and a steady hand with wisdom and insight honed over decades at the forefront of some of our most dangerous and challenging public health crises.”
Fauci, however, had been an ardent supporter of government lockdowns as well as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-you-use-lockdowns-to-get-people-vaccinated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressure campaigns</a> to vaccinate members of the public. Among other costs from lockdown policies, nearly one-third of businesses in places such as New York and New Jersey closed their doors by the end of 2020, according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-a-third-of-small-businesses-in-new-york-and-new-jersey-have-shuttered" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> collected by Harvard University. The federal government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/with-6-trillion-in-covid-relief-the-government-could-have-given-every-taxpayer-41000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> nearly $6 trillion on stimulus packages as the economy crashed, leading to rapid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/national-debt-surpasses-31-trillion-for-the-first-time-republicans-and-democrats-both-to-blame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increases</a> in deficit spending and the national debt.
School lockdowns created the worst educational outcomes in decades. The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nations-report-card-indicates-worst-decline-in-math-and-reading-scores-in-decades" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> average reading scores for nine-year-olds plummeting by five points and average mathematics scores dropping seven points. The learning losses may cost the economy between $128 billion and $188 billion per year, according to an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-2020-school-shutdowns-to-cost-economy-up-to-188-billion-per-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimate</a> from consulting firm McKinsey &amp; Company.

Press Secretary Jean-Pierre Holds White House Media Briefing With Top Covid Advisors

Karine Jean-Pierre Loses Control Of Briefing Room (And Herself) As Journalists Balk At Her Skipping Conservative Reporter

Karine Jean-Pierre Loses Control Of Briefing Room As Reporters Press Fauci

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Remember former first lady <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michelle-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Obama</a>&#8216;s newfound pride in America as her husband was gaining popularity in the 2008 presidential election? Well, it didn&#8217;t really last long as she apparently thought Americans were still a bunch of bigots, despite Barack getting elected.
Throughout her time in office, it appears she was so worried that America was such a racist nation that even her hairdo choice could doom her husband&#8217;s legislative goals if she chose the wrong style.
“As black women, we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair,&#8221; Obama said during an event with Hollywood celebrity Ellen DeGeneres this week. &#8220;As first lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first &#8230; yeah, we had to ease up on the people. Cause I thought about it. I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a>: “As black women we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair? &#8230; As First Lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first – yeah, we had to ease up on the people &#8230; I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.” <a href="https://t.co/HwGluEo9a5">pic.twitter.com/HwGluEo9a5</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1593589337865670663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Despite her husband dominating the 2008 election and <a href="https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/tables2008.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">receiving</a> 69,498,516 votes, she was still concerned that braided hair would block his healthcare reform bill from passing.
&#8220;Let me keep my hair straight,&#8221; the Martha&#8217;s Vineyard summer resident <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3738022-michelle-obama-says-she-had-ease-nation-into-a-first-lady-with-black-hair-let-me-keep-my-hair-straight-lets-get-health-care-passed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recalled</a> thinking. &#8220;Let’s get health care passed.&#8221;
Of course, there have been historical instances of racial discrimination due to hairstyle choice, but the idea that America would be so racist the first lady&#8217;s hair would stop Obamacare from being forced down the American people&#8217;s throats is a bit laughable.
In the last 35 years of politics, there have been only two memorable hairstyle choices that critics have used to lambast their opponents.
The first is former President Donald J. Trump. For some reason, Leftists love saying he wears a toupee, but it seems to be his real hair. Admittedly, it is pretty mesmerizing and unique in American politics.
Then there is that mop-headed rapscallion and disgraced ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich (D-IL). He&#8217;s a pretty charming crook if we&#8217;re being objective.
Other than that, this author is hard-pressed to think of what anybody else&#8217;s hair looks like let alone Michelle Obama&#8217;s.
For example, Ketanji Brown-Jackson was recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-a-biologist-supreme-court-nominee-says-she-cant-define-the-word-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> to the Supreme Court of the United States as the first black female Supreme Court justice.
The only thing that stuck out from her approval process in the U.S. senate was the fact that she couldn&#8217;t define the word &#8220;woman.&#8221;
Readers likely didn&#8217;t notice that she was wearing braids. Why would they? Who really cares?
Obama&#8217;s ignorance and — shall we say — bull crap was eclipsed by her claim that the worst thing about her husband&#8217;s time in office was when he chose to wear a tan suit.
The first lady claimed that conservative criticism of the suit proved doing anything beyond straight hair would drive animosity.
&#8220;The great indignity, the scandal of the Obama administration,&#8221; she said of the incident.
Of course, the reaction at the time could have been a little overblown, perhaps on par with the leftist <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/trump-time-magazine-ice-cream" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meltdown</a> that former Trump would give himself two scoops of ice cream while his guests only received one.
The second thing is that the Obama administration was <a href="https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/opinions/editorials/article_574cf49e-d2b8-11e6-8960-ab7b13d83409.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">riddled</a> with scandals. The IRS targeting of conservatives, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, spying on the media, &#8220;If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,&#8221; and the beginning of the Russian collusion hoax.
Yet that&#8217;s par for the course for the Left. They often ignore the obvious if they can make themselves out to be a victim.
Plus, as pointed out by columnist Derek Hunter, braids aren&#8217;t even natural.
&#8220;Braids aren&#8217;t natural, plus the idea of braiding hair was common throughout Europe centuries ago, so it would have been cultural appropriation,&#8221; Hunter tweeted.
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Braids aren&#39;t natural, plus the idea of braiding hair was common throughout Europe centuries ago, so it would have been cultural appropriation. Also, Michelle is a garbage person. <a href="https://t.co/GhwmJcU23E">https://t.co/GhwmJcU23E</a>
&mdash; Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) <a href="https://twitter.com/derekahunter/status/1593590301242834948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Michelle Obama Thinks Americans Are Really Racist: Country ‘Wasn’t Ready’ For Black Lady With Braids

Michelle Obama Thinks Americans Are Really Racist: Country 'Wasn't Ready' For Black Lady With Braids

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house">White House</a> Chief of Staff Ron Klain has a message for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> fans struggling to purchase tickets for her upcoming tour: the government does it better, apparently.
Klain took to Twitter bragging about the efficiency of the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/student-loan-cancellation">student debt</a> relief website, which was created for borrowers to take advantage of the president&#8217;s plan to cancel $10,000 or $20,000 worth of debt, depending on income level.
The White House staffer noted how well the application process worked.
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Over my years in the public and private sectors, I&#39;ve had people tell me: If only the government could work like business.
Well, the team at <a href="https://twitter.com/usedgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USEdgov</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/USDS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USDS</a> built a Student Loan Forgiveness portal that processed 8 MILLION applications in the first 30 hours without a crash. <a href="https://t.co/VaaoTMVycg">https://t.co/VaaoTMVycg</a>
&mdash; Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHCOS/status/1592567836475785217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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 &#8220;Over my years in the public and private sectors, I&#8217;ve had people tell me: If only the government could work like business,&#8221; Klain shared on Twitter. &#8220;Well, the team at @USEdgov and @USDS built a Student Loan Forgiveness portal that processed 8 MILLION applications in the first 30 hours without a crash.&#8221;
With that, Klain shared the link to an Axios article titled, “Ticketmaster crashes during Taylor Swift ticket presale.”
Swift fans have become increasingly frustrated as they experienced technical difficulties trying to obtain tickets. Ticketmaster&#8217;s pre-sale <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">tickets</a> for Swift’s &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; opened to fans with registered codes on Tuesday. 
The ticket sales and distribution company explained why the site crashed, blaming the overloaded system on the sheer number of people trying to get on simultaneously.
Ticketmaster <a href="https://twitter.com/Ticketmaster/status/1592579481449168898">shared</a> on Tuesday that “there has been historically unprecedented demand with millions showing up” to buy tickets. The company addressed fans waiting in the virtual queue, confirming that the line was moving and they needed to “hang tight.” They also defended themselves, saying “hundreds of thousands” of tickets had been successfully purchased. 
“The Eras Tour” tickets have been popping up on third-party resale sites for thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. 
But at least fans will likely get to see a Taylor Swift concert if they jump through the hoops required to secure tickets. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for applicants to the student debt relief website Klain is so proud of, as a federal judge in Texas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-doubles-down-on-student-loan-cancellation-despite-federal-ruling">ruled last week</a> that Biden’s student loan bailout is illegal. 
The Biden administration is appealing the decision, but there are no guarantees that they’ll prevail, and the legal process will likely drag on for months. Meanwhile, the Education Department is not accepting any new applications for debt relief as these issues go to court.

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White House Brags That Student Debt Relief Site Never Crashed As Taylor Swift Fans Struggle To Secure Concert Tickets

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WNBA star Brittney Griner has been <a href="https://apnews.com/article/brittney-griner-entertainment-sports-karine-jean-pierre-basketball-960c931def8f2db0e9c9fefcf20796a1">transferred</a> to a Russian penal colony after being sentenced to nine years in prison for allegedly possessing cannabis oil, according to the Associated Press.
Griner was moved from a detention center on November 4, according to her legal team, but they do not know where the penal colony she will be transferred to is located.
The White House released a statement on Monday morning condemning the latest development involving the professional basketball player.
&#8220;Every minute that Brittney Griner must endure wrongful detention in Russia is a minute too long. As the Administration continues to work tirelessly to secure her release, the President has directed the Administration to prevail on her Russian captors to improve her treatment and the conditions she may be forced to endure in a penal colony,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/09/statement-by-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-on-the-continued-wrongful-detention-of-american-brittney-griner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
The press secretary also noted that the Biden administration has previously made offers to negotiate Griner&#8217;s release.
&#8220;As we have said before, the U.S. Government made a significant offer to the Russians to resolve the current unacceptable and wrongful detentions of American citizens,&#8221; Jean-Pierre said. &#8220;In the subsequent weeks, despite a lack of good faith negotiation by the Russians, the U.S. Government has continued to follow up on that offer and propose alternative potential ways forward with the Russians through all available channels.&#8221;
The statement also argued that the nation is committed to the release of Griner as well as American citizen Paul Whelan, who is also still held in Russia.
&#8220;The U.S. Government is unwavering in its commitment to its work on behalf of Brittney and other Americans detained in Russia – including fellow wrongful detainee Paul Whelan,&#8221; Jean-Pierre concluded.
The latest update follows Griner&#8217;s failed appeal hearing in a Moscow regional court last month that upheld her lengthy sentence.
The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnbas-brittney-griners-9-year-prison-sentence-upheld-in-russian-appeal-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the Phoenix Mercury center and her legal team had hoped for an acquittal or reduction in the sentence that they believed was too severe and politically motivated.
“No judge, hand on heart, will honestly say that Griner’s nine-year sentence is in line with Russian criminal law,” Alexander Boykov, one of Griner’s lawyers, said <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-court-starts-hearing-appeal-jailed-us-basketball-star-brittney-griner-2022-10-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Reuters.
He added, “if the court wants to punish her, [it should] give her a new, ‘fair’ verdict and mitigate the punishment. The severity and cruelty of the sentence applied to Griner shocks people around the world.”
Griner&#8217;s arrest occurred four days before Russia invaded Ukraine. The 6-foot, 9-inch center was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment in August, just shy of the 10-year maximum sentence.
“I never meant to hurt anybody, I never meant to put in jeopardy the Russian population, I never meant to break any laws here,” Griner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-brittney-griner-sentenced-to-9-years-in-russian-prison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> ahead of her verdict. “I made an honest mistake and I hope that in your ruling that it doesn’t end my life here. I know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics, but I hope that that is far from this courtroom.”

Brittney Griner

WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sent To Russian Forced Labor Camp

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President Joe Biden called a lid for the day Tuesday morning.
Reporters from the White House press pool broke the news on Twitter. The lid was called at 11:20 am EST, meaning Biden will not make any public appearances for the rest of Election Day, though he can still issue statements and be active on social media. Biden spent the past week campaigning for Democrats in high-profile races around the country.
Biden has been active on his personal Twitter account and on the official Presidential Twitter account pushing get-out-the-vote messaging for Democrats. The White House Twitter account has also been actively tweeting get-out-the-vote messaging.
&#8220;Folks, today is the day,&#8221; Biden tweeted from his <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1589950918317182976?s=20&amp;t=T4kPZPirFW3CQLjdQnH4hQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">personal account</a>. &#8220;If you haven’t voted yet, head to http://IWillVote.com to confirm your polling location.&#8221;
On the Presidential account, Biden repeated his closing arguments ahead of the midterms. &#8220;I inherited skyrocketing deficits partially caused by an unpaid-for $2 trillion tax cut that benefitted the very wealthy,&#8221; he wrote from the <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1590004148723777538?s=20&amp;t=nc1ccfIQfaqabD-MW8E-4A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@POTUS</a> Twitter account. &#8220;This year alone, we&#8217;ve cut the deficit by $1.4 trillion. And we&#8217;ll cut another $250 billion over the next decade.&#8221;
The White House and Presidential accounts both shared a meme telling people to vote.
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Vote. <a href="https://t.co/jOyFWjhrwy">pic.twitter.com/jOyFWjhrwy</a>
&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1590026111542607873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Last night, Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/08/remarks-by-president-biden-after-marine-one-arrival-13/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke briefly</a> to the press outside the White House, saying he was optimistic about Democrats&#8217; chances to hold both chambers of Congress, while the prospect of a Republican-controlled Congress would make his Presidency &#8220;more difficult.&#8221; Biden spent much of the 2022 campaign season demonizing Republicans as &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-calling-for-americans-to-unite-demonizes-republicans-as-a-threat-to-democracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threats to democracy</a>&#8221; and warning his base that Republicans would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-warns-americans-student-debt-payments-resume-next-year-if-republican-officials-get-their-way-16-million-applications-already-approved" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erase</a> many of his policies if elected.
Biden&#8217;s lid comes as early voter data from several states showed a potentially dire situation for Democrats. Data from Nevada showed Democrats lagging far behind their Election Day 2020 turnout in <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnRSamuelsen/status/1590056259210084352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clark County, Nevada</a> on Tuesday. Republicans lead Democrats nearly 4:1 in Election Day turnout so far in <a href="https://twitter.com/Data_Orbital/status/1590045994842226688?s=20&amp;t=wlzrTXU-XRoN8j_MgOfbxw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maricopa County, Arizona</a>, and turnout in rural <a href="https://twitter.com/Data_Orbital/status/1590052229910003713?s=20&amp;t=wlzrTXU-XRoN8j_MgOfbxw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yavapai County</a> is at record levels, Data Orbital tweeted. And Cook Political Report&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1590042484041986050?s=20&amp;t=kMIcY0DsubES3KcvRPkPPw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Wasserman</a> tweeted that Democrats are suffering a turnout drought in Virginia and Florida.
Biden spent much of the last week attending rallies for Democrats in key races, in an attempt to drum up support from the Democratic base ahead of the midterms. He campaigned for Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and Senate candidate Val Demings in Miami Gardens on November 1.
On November 3, he traveled to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-to-stump-for-embattled-new-mexico-governor-as-poll-shows-her-trailing-republican-challenger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Mexico</a> to stump for embattled Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in her race against Republican Mark Ronchetti. Then on Saturday, Biden campaigned for Democratic Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro and Senate candidate John Fetterman.
Biden attended a rally Sunday for New York Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-to-make-last-minute-stump-for-hochul-as-democrats-panic-that-she-could-lose-to-republican-lee-zeldin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kathy Hochul</a>, who is locked in a tight race with Republican candidate Lee Zeldin. During the rally, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ahead-of-midterm-elections-biden-snaps-at-rally-no-more-drilling-there-is-no-more-drilling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erupted at a heckler</a> who criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s policy on oil and gas drilling. “No more drilling,&#8221; Biden told attendees. Biden then began to shout at a woman protesting in the crowd. &#8220;There is no more drilling,&#8221; Biden snapped. &#8220;I haven’t formed any new drilling.”
“There are at least five more years of offshore drilling,” the woman shouted back. “[I]n the Atlantic or the Pacific but in the Antarctic and off the gulf of New Mexico.”
“That was before I was president,” Biden responded. “We’re trying to work on that and get that done.”
At another event in Maryland on Monday, Biden appeared to <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/07/biden-tells-heckler-you-look-crazy-in-election-eve-visit-to-maryland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forget the name</a> of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore. “And, of course, you got that next governor. What’s his name? Wes … Wes …,&#8221; Biden stammered. “Wes Moore!” Biden shouted attendees held up Moore&#8217;s campaign signs. “The guy’s the real deal, man.”

President Biden Returns To Washington, DC From Delaware

Biden Calls A Lid Before Noon As Early Voting Points To A Bad Night For POTUS’s Party

Biden Calls A Lid Before Noon, Won't Speak To Press At All As Early Voting Points To A Bad Night For POTUS's Party

2022 Midterms

Remember that classic movie &#8220;Groundhog Day&#8221; with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-murray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Murray</a>? Murray&#8217;s character, Phil Connors, is stuck in a time loop and hears the same stories and quotes from his acquaintances day in and day out, ad nauseam.
That&#8217;s a bit of what <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s presidency is like for all Americans. The man just can&#8217;t help but repeat the same tired lines, day in and day out.
Wednesday night, Biden again <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-calling-for-americans-to-unite-demonizes-republicans-as-a-threat-to-democracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that &#8220;MAGA Republicans&#8221; are threatening democracy. It was a standard rehash of his<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-soul-of-joe-bidens-america-is-dark-as-hell" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> September 1 speech</a> of the same nature: You&#8217;re either with me or you&#8217;re against democracy. 
On Tuesday, Biden again <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-blasted-blaming-high-inflation-war-iraq-confusion-son-died-sad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that his son, Beau, died in Iraq. He didn&#8217;t. Beau passed away six years after he left Iraq. Yet the president has made that claim so often that <a href="https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/joe-biden/beau-biden-died-brain-cancer-after-iraq-military-service-fact-check/536-710272fb-97ce-4f4d-8c64-e8162d881d48" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even fact-checkers</a> have labeled it as not true.
Due to his policies that discourage fossil fuel investment, gas prices have skyrocketed and the price of a gas per gallon is currently $1.38 higher than the day Biden took office. His unnecessary spending has also contributed to inflation overall.
Rather than admit his failure, Biden has blamed <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-days-midterms-accuses-oil-companies-war-profiteering/story?id=92445650" target="_blank" rel="noopener">everybody from Big Oil companies</a> to <a href="https://www.politico.com/video/2022/05/10/biden-shifts-blame-on-inflation-and-gas-prices-to-maga-republicans-573001" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> to OPEC for expensive fuel and other commodities. The trouble, Biden seems to think, is that Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s war in Ukraine has put pressure on the industry, thus driving high prices.
The only problem with Biden&#8217;s sorry Ukraine excuse is that in the fall of 2021, gas prices were already high.
How could a war that had yet to start be the cause of that economic misery?
Then, of course, there is the litany of bogus tall tales Biden loves to say to gin up empathy and pretend to be in touch with the common man.
If you ask Biden, he went to a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwLGh5FkmgY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">historically black college</a>, played <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fact-check-bidens-too-tall-football-tale-flna1c6504609" target="_blank" rel="noopener">varsity college football</a>, taught classes at the <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/19/biden-says-he-was-professor-touting-1m-gig-with-few-visits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Pennsylvania</a>, was arrested for protesting civil rights, and used to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-tells-the-story-of-big-mama-and-repeats-false-claim-he-used-to-drive-a-truck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drive a truck</a>.
None of that is true, but Biden retells those anecdotes every so often.
To really display the lunacy behind Biden&#8217;s fables, the popular Twitter account Maze created a must-see video of the president recounting a classic tale of how a former Amtrak employee named Angelo Negri pinched Biden&#8217;s cheek and told him he had ridden anywhere between 1 million and 2.5 million miles on the train service.
The only problem is that Negri died in 2014 and retired in 1993. There is no evidence the incident ever occurred, much less evidence to back up Biden&#8217;s mileage.
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Most votes ever. <a href="https://t.co/TToLJqqwtj">pic.twitter.com/TToLJqqwtj</a>
&mdash; Maze (@mazemoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/mazemoore/status/1587802626648858625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The thing is that Biden started these fibs well before there were any other signs of mental decline. So, to some extent, senility is out of the question.
Yet, Biden seems completely unaware that he has told the stories before and that he has repeatedly been called out for his lies.
Even The New York Times has become critical of the president.
In this scenario, Biden is not the main character of &#8220;Groundhog Day,&#8221; but one of the side characters completely oblivious to the fact that he has said and done these things before.
The rest of America is Murray, waking up to realize that the country is frozen in time, living the same day over and over again with Biden as president. The only thing different is that we don&#8217;t get to reawake each day on Biden&#8217;s inauguration day January 21, 2021, <a href="https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/radio/transcript/gasoline_price_01212021_short.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">when gas was $2.40</a> and everything was much cheaper.
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On September 1, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a> gave a prime-time address warning the United States that &#8220;MAGA forces&#8221; around the country were posing imminent threats to democracy.
The speech was widely decried as authoritarian and despotic. The U.S. had never seen anything like it. Pundits were convinced that the White House would never try something so out of touch again.
We were wrong.
On Wednesday, the White House announced that Biden would be giving a speech for the Democratic National Committee focusing on Trump supporters and the threats posed by Republicans should they win midterm elections next week. The event will take place at the historic Union Station in D.C.
&#8220;He has been clear democracy is under assault and we cannot pretend otherwise,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said of the president on Wednesday. &#8220;The president will continue to call attention to the threat to democratic integrity and to public safety posed by those who deny the documented truth about election results and those who seek to undermine public faith in our system of government.&#8221;
KJP also threw in a new twist — &#8220;Ultra MAGA Republicans&#8221; no longer exist. That supposedly fascistic wing of the GOP is now called &#8220;Mega MAGA Republican.&#8221;
&#8220;Unfortunately, we have seen mega MAGA Republican officials who don’t believe in the rule of law,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;They refuse to accept the results of free and fair elections and they fan the flames of political violence through what they praise and what they refuse to condemn. It remains important for the president to state strongly and unequivocally that violence has no place in our democracy.&#8221;
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KJP: “Mega MAGA Republicans do not believe in the rule of law. They refuse to accept the results of elections and they fan the flames of political violence.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/W4Pw4gUhI4">pic.twitter.com/W4Pw4gUhI4</a>
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What KJP does not say is that she herself is an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-threat-to-democracy-bidens-new-election-denying-press-secretary-meets-the-lefts-definition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">election denier</a>, having cast doubt on both the 2016 presidential election as well as the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election.
The press secretary also claims that the GOP has encouraged violence — yet appears unaware that less than three weeks after Biden asked all Americans to help defend against so-called Republican &#8220;extremism,&#8221; an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-man-killed-a-teenager-for-being-a-republican-extremist-police-say-is-the-president-still-responsible-for-political-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">18-year-old named Cayler Ellingson</a> was killed by a nutcase in North Dakota who told police he murdered the teenager because he was a &#8220;Republican extremist,&#8221; according to authorities.
It is probable that Biden will attempt to connect the suspected Pelosi attacker — a drugged-out nudist, hippie, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-suspect-who-attacked-paul-pelosi-is-an-illegal-immigrant-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal alien</a>, who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-neighbor-veers-from-media-narrative-when-asked-about-politics-of-pelosis-alleged-attacker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lived in a California commune</a>, and who has supposedly posted QAnon-related messaging and other conspiracy theories in recent months — to Republicans who deny the election.
But there is zero evidence to suggest that that weirdo was inspired by Republican talking points. In fact, it seems that he is just a nutcase attracted to the fringe of both parties.
This brings us to the real reason for the speech.
Biden knows that his party is going to get shellacked in the midterms. Polls indicate that Republicans will surely win back the House by a healthy margin and could even secure the Senate by <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/senate/elections-map-rcp-projection.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a tally of GOP 54 to Democrats 46</a>.
The American people are fed up with wokeism, Democratic policies, and the D.C. establishment. Biden and his gang have been unable to convince voters that the economy isn&#8217;t so bad, that crime isn&#8217;t really a problem, or that abortion should be the main concern at the ballot box.
So, instead, Biden will again try to denigrate half the country as threats to democracy. Fearmongering is the Left&#8217;s only option. In the words of Yogi Berra, it&#8217;s deja vu all over again.
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> deleted a tweet on Wednesday after it was fact-checked because it was missing key context.
&#8220;Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden&#8217;s leadership,&#8221; the administration claimed.
Twitter&#8217;s Birdwatch program, which has existed for a while, attached a note to the tweet noting that the reason seniors have gotten an increase is because of the inflation rates that have exploded under Biden.
&#8220;Seniors will receive a large Social Security benefit increase due to the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate,&#8221; the note said, which included a link to the U.S. Social Security Administration. &#8220;President Nixon in 1972 signed into law automatic benefit adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index.&#8221;
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Why did the <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> delete this tweet? <a href="https://t.co/sVQYCGMtXt">pic.twitter.com/sVQYCGMtXt</a>
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that the reason the administration deleted the tweet was because it was “not complete.”
“Look, the tweet was not complete. Usually when we put out a tweet we post it with context, and it did not have that context,” Jean-Pierre said. “So in the past, we’ve pointed out that for the first time in over a decade, seniors’ Medicare premiums will decrease even as their Social Security checks increase. That’s a little bit of context that was not included.”
The administration was mocked online after they deleted the tweet.
&#8220;Incredible,&#8221; political strategist Matt Whitlock tweeted. &#8220;The White House’s dumb tweet celebrating the increase in social security checks gets a Twitter fact-check — because they left out the fact that the increase was caused by inflation.&#8221;
Commentary magazine editor Noah Rothman tweeted: &#8220;The Biden White House has officially deleted the tweet where they take credit for 8% annualized inflation. But screenshots are forever.&#8221;
&#8220;Why did the White House delete this tweet?&#8221; RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tweeted. &#8220;If Biden wants &#8216;credit&#8217; for inflation, he has it!&#8221;
Failed Libertarian vice presidential candidate Spike Cohen tweeted: &#8220;White House: seniors are getting the biggest SS increase in 10 years. Context-checkers: That&#8217;s because inflation is the highest it&#8217;s been in decades. White House: *deletes tweet*&#8221;
Cohen then falsely suggested that the fact-check was added to the tweet because of new Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Twitter <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/introducing-birdwatch-a-community-based-approach-to-misinformation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">started</a> their &#8220;Birdwatch&#8221; program in January 2021, more than 20 months before Musk bought the company.
The Birdwatch notes are “written by people who use Twitter, and appears when rated helpful by others.”
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