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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and conveyed that a "loan is the most likely path forward" for U.S. aid to Ukraine.
"During my meeting with President Zelensky, I informed him that given the crisis at the United States' southern border and our overwhelming debt, President Trump’s idea of turning aid from the United States into a no-interest, waivable loan is the most likely path forward. This is not only true for aid for Ukraine, but for other countries across the board. I reiterated that the House’s Ukraine aid legislation must include some American border security provisions," Graham noted in a statement.
The U.S. has already supplied significant assistance to Ukraine, but some politicians want America to provide more.
"I am also urging the Biden Administration to send longer-range artillery, accelerate F-16 training for the Ukrainians, and designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law," Graham noted.
"It is critical that our partners continue to provide military and technical assistance, such as air defense systems and missiles," Zelenskyy asserted in a social media post. "The continued support of Ukraine by international partners, particularly the United States, is now more important than ever in implementing plans to de-occupy our territories and protect our people."
In a post on Truth Social last month, Trump said when the U.S. provides aid to another country, it should be supplied as a loan.
"FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, ARE YOU LISTENING U.S. SENATE(?), NO MONEY IN THE FORM OF FOREIGN AID SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ANY COUNTRY UNLESS IT IS DONE AS A LOAN, NOT JUST A GIVEAWAY. IT CAN BE LOANED ON EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD TERMS, LIKE NO INTEREST AND AN UNLIMITED LIFE, BUT A LOAN NEVERTHELESS. THE DEAL SHOULD BE (CONTINGENT!) THAT THE U.S. IS HELPING YOU, AS A NATION, BUT IF THE COUNTRY WE ARE HELPING EVER TURNS AGAINST US, OR STRIKES IT RICH SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, THE LOAN WILL BE PAID OFF AND THE MONEY RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES. WE SHOULD NEVER GIVE MONEY ANYMORE WITHOUT THE HOPE OF A PAYBACK, OR WITHOUT “STRINGS” ATTACHED. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD BE “STUPID” NO LONGER!" Trump wrote.
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More than three dozen House Republicans signed onto a letter calling upon colleagues to leverage the power of the purse to fight for border security and against the "radical politicization" of the Pentagon.
"How many more millions of illegal aliens must be released into America? How many more American lives must be lost at the hands of an illegal alien – like 22-year-old student Laken Riley?" the letter asked. "Is there a point at which we will refuse to let this happen on our watch, or is there no threshold of harm to our nation for which we would refuse to fund the government perpetrating the invasion?"
"The House must put forth an appropriations measure that forces the inclusion of the core elements of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, ends funding of trafficking, and prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections, otherwise Republicans will be actively funding Biden’s 'open borders' policies," the letter states. "Even setting aside the border, the power of the purse should also be used to stop the radical politicization of the Department of Defense."
"Therefore, we ask you to join us in rejecting the appropriations package (or anything similar) slated to be before the House that will directly fund these disastrous policies, and choose instead to stand against this assault on the American people and use the power given to us by our founders," the letter notes.
House Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) and GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas led the group of lawmakers in the letter, according to a press release. In addition to those two congressmen, 41 other lawmakers joined the letter.
"#NoSecurityNoFunding - we should not fund open borders and mass releases of dangerous illegal aliens by DHS, a woke Pentagon, the UN, the WHO, massive foreign aid, and more… we should use the power of the purse to force change," Roy tweeted.
GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, retweeted Roy and wrote, "Republicans must not capitulate on border security. #NoSecurityNoFunding"
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The Guardian is inviting people to detail how the "climate crisis" has impacted their relationships.
"As the climate crisis increases the frequency and severity of extreme weather events like floods, heatwaves and storms in Europe, it is also having an emotional impact on people," the outlet claimed. "We would like to hear how climate change has affected your relationships – with romantic partners, family or friends."
"Perhaps the stress of fleeing extreme weather events like wildfires or floods has impacted your budget and put strains on your relationships. Or perhaps different ideas about carbon footprints and child-rearing have caused tension in your relationships," the outlet suggested.
The climate alarmism-promoting outlet provided a form on which people can describe how their relationships have supposedly been impacted.
Over on X, one response to the Guardian read, "My wife of 35 years joins me in uproarious laughter when we envision these young mental lemmings experiencing an event like the Blizzard of 1978. We hug, kiss, and thank God we are rational adults who know giving more power and money to a government will not change the weather."
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"My wife and I agreed to buy a hybrid SUV last year. (Sorry I don't have anything more dramatic to report.)," another account wrote.
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The Biden administration and Democrats have been beating the climate alarmism drum. The president has referred to the supposed "climate crisis" as "the existential threat of our time."
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island has claimed in a tweet, "Republicans blame inflation on Joe Biden, but in fact it’s Republicans’ fossil-fuel-funded climate denial that is driving this key inflation measure. Insurance is skyrocketing because climate disasters are worse and more unpredictable."
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A member of a city council in California resigned his post after a video showed him and his boyfriend urinating on the door of a gay bar and getting into an altercation with a worker.
Jeremy Lucido, the manager of the Precinct bar on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, told KABC-TV that he didn't know the man he confronted was an elected official when he posted video on the bar's Instagram account to shame him.
Some of the commenters identified the man as Chris Kilpatrick of the Crescenta Valley Town Council.
"The comments just grew very fast with different stories, other parties and party hosts, and bar managers, like 'oh yeah, we know them'," Lucido added.
Lucido said that he confronted the two men after he noticed that they had brought their cocktails outside of the bar after it closed on March 9.
"I was walking to my car on the sidewalk, noticed two guys, drunk with their full cocktails," Lucido explained. "I recognized the glasses from our bar so I knew they (had been) inside. I told them, 'Whatsup! You can't have your drinks out here,' and I went to grab one of the cups and the tall dude pushed just me and I flew back."
Kilpatrick initially defended his actions through a statement by his attorney that claimed the worker didn't identify himself as an employee of the bar and that Kilpatrick had feared being the victim of anti-gay bashing. The attorney also pointed out that public urination was not a criminal offense in Los Angeles.
A statement from the city council made it clear that the accused behavior was not fitting for any member.
"The Crescenta Valley Town Council is aware of the social media posts concerning allegations about the conduct of a member and is actively gathering the facts surrounding the incidents," the statement read. "If the incidents are found to be true, such conduct is not fitting for a member of our Council."
Harry Leon, the president of the town council, said that he had scheduled a special session in order to address the issue but that Kilpatrick offered his resignation before they could meet. The rest of the council accepted the resignation.
"While we do not condone any of the behavior we observed on social media, we appreciate his 3 years of commitment and dedication to the community while serving on the council," said Leon.
KTLA-TV reported that the case is still under investigation.
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North Carolina police said that an 11-year-old shot a man who was attacking his pregnant mother after breaking into their hotel room.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said officers were called to the incident at 11 p.m. on Wednesday at the InTown Suites Extended Stay in west Charlotte off of the I-77.
The man allegedly broke into the room and attacked the 27-year-old mother, leaving her with scratches and bruises.
Police said that the boy saw his mother being attacked and he shot the man.
Both the man and the pregnant woman were hospitalized.
Police said that the woman knew the man and that the incident was a domestic violence situation. They filed numerous charges against the man, including assault by strangulation, assault on an unborn child, and false imprisonment.
Police have not pressed charges against the boy.
Charlotte is a large city of more than 874k people in northern North Carolina.
A similar story unfolded in February when a 14-year-old shot and killed a homeless man who was trying to break into his home in Texas, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Police said that the man was wearing gloves and a backpack, which indicated to them that he was intent on robbing the home.
The child was at home alone because his father was at work. Police said that he fired five or six times at the homeless man. A neighbor told KHOU-TV that she witnessed the man try to open the door and get shot by the child.
"I still haven't been able to stop shaking," said Araceli Herrera. "If my daughter was in that situation, honestly I would be happy that my daughter was safe. And the other guy, I don't know what his intentions were."
Police said they had received other calls about the same man kicking at doors and asking for money.
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Shocking videos showed what happened to a murder victim whose body was found in the California desert after his murderer got his car stuck in the sand.
The body of 30-year-old Aaron Chavez was found in the desert near Baker on the 15 freeway by two tow truck drivers in August. 30-year-old Gino Julian was sleeping in the car only 10 feet away from the body.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department arrested Julian and charged him with murder.
Text messages in the case were obtained by KLAS-TV and showed the two men arguing.
“If I’m touched you will be sued," said Chavez to Julian.
“Dead men can’t sue," responded Julian.
Other texts showed Julian communicating to a man named Stefan Jakubov about Chavez, according to Las Vegas Metro police.
“Break his face,” and “Delete our convos,” texted Jakubov.
“Where should I put on the show?” Julian texted to Jakubov. “Is there bleach or chlorine?”
Videos from the home of Chavez showed Julian yelling at Chavez to pay back money he allegedly owed to another person.
Other videos then show Julian tossing gasoline on what appears to be a body wrapped in blankets in the desert.
“What does it feel like to be disrespected? It sucks, right?” he said to himself on a video. “I almost feel sorry for him. What else did you think was gonna happen, you know?”
A medical examiner's report found that Chavez died from blunt force trauma to the head. Police said they found a large pool of blood on the patio of the victim's home.
Grand Jury transcripts show that Julian reportedly told police that Chavez had scammed money from a lot of people. KLAS spoke to a California man who claimed to have been scammed by Chavez out of $25,000 along with his business partner.
Other clients who lost money with Chavez connected with each other on social media. He portrayed himself as a wealthy entrepreneur on Instagram, where he recruited victims for the Ponzi scheme he ran.
"He put himself out there as a pretty successful guy," said the man. He went on to say that Chavez took their money supposedly to invest in a protein cookie company.
“I was texting our group chat saying he’s gonna fake his death,” said the man.
Julia is in custody in the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas and is scheduled to be tried by a jury in May.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who launched a GOP presidential primary bid last year but then dropped out earlier this year on the heels of a dismal performance in the Iowa Republican presidential caucus, has declared that he will not endorse former President Donald Trump. Hutchinson earned less than 200 votes in the Iowa GOP presidential caucus.
Trump and President Joe Biden have each become the presumptive presidential nominee of their respective parties.
"With Donald Trump's domination of the GOP primaries and the elimination of all primary opponents, including myself, the party leadership and Republican elected officials are clicking their heels in obedience to the victor and presumptive nominee. I have not endorsed Donald Trump for president, and I will not do so," Hutchinson wrote in an opinion piece that bears the title "I ran for president as a Republican in 2024. I won't vote for Trump (or Biden)."
"This is a costly and difficult position to take because I was instrumental in building the GOP in Arkansas, having served as state party chair during the Clinton years, and I have been elected to Congress and as governor on the Republican ticket."
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"I am a Republican who won’t be supporting our presumptive nominee," he noted.
But Hutchinson also indicated that he will not vote for Biden.
"Another important point to make is that I also will not vote for President Joe Biden. Biden's weak border policies, his poor economic record and his slow growth energy policy do not justify reelection," he wrote.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who served alongside Trump from early 2017 until early 2021, has said the he will not endorse Trump in 2024 and that he will not vote for Biden.
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Houston police are investigating the death of a toddler who was accidentally run over by an Uber driver who had dropped off a family.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said that the Uber driver was dropping off the family at the Greenbriar on the Bayou Apartments at about 1 p.m. on Waverly Drive.
Surveillance video showed two adults and a child exiting the gray Volkswagen SUV before the toddler appeared in front of the car. The Uber driver apparently didn't see the girl and drove forward, hitting her. The child ended up trapped under the car.
The fatal moment is edited from video published by news outlets.
The family immediately rushed to attack the man and drag him out of the car. Witnesses rushed to help the child.
"I seen a baby on the ground bleeding with a bunch of people hollering. The first thing I said was just give me my keys because I don’t want to wait on no ambulance," said a man who didn't want to be identified.
The child was transported to the HCA-Kingwood Medical Center, but she was later pronounced dead.
"I got blood all in my car, blood on the side of my car. I tried to save her, but I hate she gone man," the neighbor continued. "Nobody wanted that to happen, nobody want to hurt a kid."
The driver was transported to a hospital for treatment of his serious but not life-threatening injuries, according to Gonzalez.
Police identified the driver as Muhammad Khan and said he was cooperating with the investigation. Khan also did not exhibit any evidence of impairment.
Uber released a statement about the incident.
“The details of what’s been reported is heartbreaking, and our thoughts go out to the victim’s family," the statement read. "We have removed the driver’s access to the platform while this investigation is ongoing and are standing by to assist police however we can.”
No charges have yet been filed against either the family or Khan, but police said they are still investigating the incident.
“It’s just an unfortunate tragedy at this point,” said Lt. K. Benoit of the Harris County Sheriff's office.
Many critics on social media blamed the members of the family for leaving their toddler unaccompanied while they exited the car.
The toddler was two months away from celebrating her second birthday.
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Distressing police bodycam video shows the moment that a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a Florida man with a violent criminal history. The officer was hanging onto the runaway car as the suspect attempted to make a desperate getaway.
Around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Pasco County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Howell approached the vehicle of 40-year-old Paul Smith that was parked at a 7-Eleven in Hudson — roughly 40 miles north of Tampa, Florida. Smith, who has a violent criminal history, was reportedly linked to a battery-by-strangulation case.
Police bodycam footage shows Smith seemingly befuddled by being asked to step out of his vehicle by the sheriff's deputy.
Smith asked the officer, "What's going on? What's the problem?"
Smith then feverishly used his car keys to start his vehicle and make a quick getaway.
Deputy Howell commanded Smith to get out of the car numerous times, but the suspect continued to try to flee the scene. Howell attempted to wrestle Smith out of the vehicle, but wasn't able to.
Smith was able to start the vehicle and began to drive away with Howell dangling from the open door of the vehicle.
The officer used a stun gun to try to subdue the suspect several times in the back and the neck, but it did nothing to stop Smith.
In the bodycam video, the tires of the car can be heard screeching and the engine is loudly revving as Smith tries to make a frantic escape.
Howell warned the suspect, "You're going to get f***ing shot!"
Howell warned Smith five times that he will get shot if he did not stop the vehicle.
The suspect did not comply, and the officer shot Smith in the back.
Smith was seen in the video losing consciousness and then slumping over to the passenger seat.
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said Howell was able to take control of the vehicle. He allegedly performed first aid on the suspect, but Smith succumbed to his gunshot injury and died.
The Tampa Bay Times reported, "Pasco records show several criminal convictions against a Paul Smith in that county, including battery and drug charges. Smith was convicted in 2019 of fleeing law enforcement by car, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and hit-and-run, and served three years in state prison."
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting to determine whether it was justified or not.
Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Col. Jeff Harrington defended Howell’s actions as necessary.
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UPDATE, 8:29 p.m.: X on Monday noted that the visibility of Olbermann's post was limited due to the platform's rules against "violent speech."
UPDATE, 7:11 p.m.: Olbermann on Monday afternoon posted the following clarification — and dig at Fox News — regarding his controversial X comment:
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Far-left former cable news talking head Keith Olbermann over the weekend appeared to endorse the assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Olbermann — rarely shy about espousing leftist views, particularly when his aim is taking shots at Trump — noticed a Saturday afternoon post on X from the account of Biden-Harris HQ, which touts itself as a "project of Biden-Harris 2024" and boasts over 300,000 followers.
The Biden-Harris HQ post included a video of Trump on the campaign trail and remarked that "Trump says he has been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated."
Olbermann's response? "There's always the hope."
Image source: X
The collective reaction to Olbermann's words, as you might guess, wasn't terribly positive. Here's a sampling of some comments directed back to him:
Olbermann also was getting ratioed for his X post Monday evening, with nearly 3,000 comments coming in compared to just over 1,000 likes and counting.
Fox News reported that neither Olbermann nor Trump's campaign responded to a request for comment.
This story has been updated.
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The banned book biz is booming.
According to the American Library Association, the number of books "targeted for censorship" rose by 65% last year, "reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA."
Hertz Global Holdings Inc. announced that its chief executive officer, Stephen Scherr, will step down from his position at the end of the month, according to a Friday press release.
Earlier this year, the rental car company moved to trim its electric vehicle inventory despite previously setting targets to transition 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of 2024. Citing costly repairs, Hertz stated that it would sell 20,000 vehicles, or roughly one-third of its global EV fleet, and reinvest the funds in gas-powered alternatives.
The company agreed to purchase 100,000 Teslas by the end of 2022 and 65,000 Polestar vehicles over the next several years. Hertz has since re-evaluated its EV investments.
In January, Hertz's used car website listed more than 700 EVs for sale, including Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, BMW's i3, and Chevrolet's Bolt. The firm aims to have all of the cars sold by 2025.
According to Hertz, the costs associated with collision and damage repairs for EVs were significantly higher than those of gas-powered vehicles.
"[C]ollision and damage repairs on an EV can often run about twice that associated with a comparable combustion engine vehicle," Scherr stated at the time of the announcement.
"Remember, in the likes of GM and other [automakers], there's decades of establishment of a broad national parts supply network," Scherr explained. "There's an aftermarket of parts that is there, that is less mature, obviously, in the context of Tesla."
"The MSRP declines in EVs over the course of 2023, driven primarily by Tesla, have driven the fair market value of our EVs lower as compared to last year, such that a salvage creates a larger loss and, therefore, greater burden," he added.
"Expenses related to collision and damage, primarily associated with EVs, remained high in the quarter," Hertz stated in a January regulatory filing. The company announced last month its largest quarterly loss since 2020 following its decision to pull back on its EV goals.
After two years with the company, Scherr will step down from his position as CEO and will no longer be on the company's board of directors.
Gil West, the former chief operating officer of Delta Airlines and General Motors' Cruise unit, will serve as Hertz's new CEO beginning April 1.
Tom Wagner, vice chair of the Hertz board of directors, stated that the company is "thrilled" to welcome West.
"Gil's experience as a successful leader in operationally intensive businesses will further strengthen the Company's world class team of over 27,000 global employees who work tirelessly to deliver outstanding service to customers daily. We are appreciative of Stephen's contribution over the last two years, including on a number of key strategic initiatives, which Gil will now lead in their continued execution," Wagner said.
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Davidson College — a private institution in North Carolina — required its athletes to watch a video that teaches that all white people are racist and that racial minorities can't be racist, the College Fix reported.
The Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse — an alumni-run free-speech organization — exposed and denounced the “I’m Not Racist … Am I?” video, the outlet said.
"In one clip of the film that we uncovered is the unequivocal repetition that all white people are racist, and people of color cannot be racist,” the group said, according to the College Fix.
Here's one clip:
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The discussion shown in the clip differentiates between racism and bigotry, noting that racial minorities can be guilty of bigotry against whites — expressing "personal meanness" and "hate" — but not racism against whites, which the discussion facilitators define as access to power through state-sanctioned systems that they say benefit white people.
"We're saying that, collectively, blacks, Latinos, and other groups do not have the power to collectively oppress white people through the use of our systems," another facilitator told the group.
The Davidsonians pushed back against the video's message, telling the College Fix that "the students with whom we have spoken about this film found it offensive, divisive, and personally insulting."
The group also told the outlet that it "does not object to discussions among teammates or anyone on any topic, including weaponized definitions of racism. Compelling them to do so, guided only by the extremist views of the film producer, is a hazardous way to go about it."
The Davidsonians wondered to the College Fix, “Will those teammates classified as ‘the oppressed’ and ‘the oppressor’ continue to trust and respect each other?” It added to the outlet a concern that the "endorsement of such a film by the Athletic Department could signal to the scholar-athletes what views the institution does, and does not require, and thus have a silencing effect on them."
More from the outlet:
The group pointed to a survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression that indicated 66 percent of Davidson students “regularly avoid informed dissent in the classroom.”
In response to the video and other concerns, the organization started a petition late last month to advocate for student’s rights and oppose future instances of ideological oppression.
The petition also points to “numerous” class syllabi containing “controversial ‘anti-oppression’ behaviors unrelated to the course subject” as another cause for concern. These included Spanish 101, multivariable calculus, and cell biology classes, according to the organization.
“Some of these anti-oppression statements make sweeping demands that students ‘actively identify and confront oppressive behaviors,’” the College Fix said, citing the petition.
The outlet said the Davidsonians also found syllabi statements such as, “We can only identify how power and privilege play out when we are conscious and committed to understanding how white supremacy, patriarchy, classism, heterosexism, cisgenderism, ableism, and all other systems of oppression affect each of us."
The College Fix said Davidson College — which had just under 2,000 undergraduates in the fall of 2022 — defended the video and syllabi in an email earlier this month.
“Students encounter many ideas, perspectives, and beliefs about the world at college, and even though a reading or event is assigned, that does not mean that anyone at the college expects students to agree with every idea they encounter,” the statement said, according to the outlet. “Learning – and teamwork – is about exploring different ideas, countering with better ones, and expanding knowledge.”
But the Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse noted to the College Fix that the college’s “anti-oppression directives obviously run counter” to its stated commitment to freedom of expression.
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The mainstream media is no stranger to taking statements out of context — and former President Donald Trump is one of its favorite targets.
At a recent rally in Dayton, Ohio, Trump used the word “bloodbath” while discussing the economy and what would happen to the auto industry specifically if he weren’t elected, and the cherry-picking media is having a field day.
“China now is building a couple of massive plants where they're going to build the cars in Mexico and think they're going to sell those cars into the United States with no tax at the border. ... We're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those if I get elected. Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for this country," Trump said.
Take a wild guess which of those lines the media jumped on.
Shortly after Trump's speech, the Biden campaign issued a statement claiming that Trump was pushing political violence and wants another January 6. Unsurprisingly, the mainstream media, including MSNBC, Politico, the Guardian, Vanity Fair, CNN, the New York Times, and "The View," among others, quickly followed suit, making claim after claim that Trump was calling for a "bloodbath" — a January 6 2.0 — if he isn't elected.
“So, China’s building cars, and then he says he’s going to put a tariff on if he’s elected," and suddenly "if he's not elected, then somehow or another there will be political violence everywhere, and his people will do a January 6 on the whole country," says Glenn, pointing out the obvious yellow journalism.
"What does the political violence have to do with China and the sales of cars?” he asks.
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, a three-time Super Bowl champion, is speaking out about the importance of fatherhood and strong homes.
During an interview with EWTN, Butker spoke about the shooting at the parade celebrating the Chiefs' victory in Super Bowl LVIII. That shooting, which occurred last month on Ash Wednesday, left dozens of people injured and killed one woman, Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a fan of Butker. Police said a dispute between several people resulted in the shooting.
Predictably, gun-control advocates used the incident to push for gun control. But Butker told EWTN that such people have misidentified the problem.
"I know gun violence was a big discussion, but at the end of the day, this is degenerate violence, and it should not be occurring," he said.
"I think we need strong fathers in the home. I think we need men that are leading, that are setting good examples, that are teaching the young men in our society that violence is not the way to handle our disputes," he explained. "It's very unfortunate what happened. Unfortunately, many, many children were injured; a beautiful young lady was killed over someone getting offended and turning to violence to handle that dispute. It's so sad."
"I don't think guns are the issue. I think we need fathers in the home that are being great examples for our youth," Butker emphasized.
Butker is the second NFL star this month to speak about the importance of strong fathers.
During his retirement press conference, former Philadelphia Eagles lineman Jason Kelce attributed his professional successes to his family upbringing, emphasizing the importance of his father.
"I think one of the best things a person can be in this world is a father — a father who is present, loving, devoted just may be the greatest gift a child could ask for in our society," Kelce said.
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