Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, who made his name on Fox News before he was fired three years ago, said he is leaving the Republican Party as he diverges further from the GOP establishment. “I’m out,” he said on the Can’t Be Censored podcast. “And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people […]
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'I'm out. And if I'M out, then I think a lot of other people are out'
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson dropped a bombshell announcement last week that has sent shockwaves across the political world, with potential implications for the MAGA movement and the GOP as a whole. The post “It’s Immoral…I’m Out” – Tucker Carlson Ditches Republican Party After 35 Years of Support (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
President Trump on Monday said that a 10-year prison sentence for the destruction of the newly renovated reflecting pool and grass on the National Mall will be "fully enforced," threatening the left-wing vandals defacing the national monuments in DC. President Trump undertook the project to restore the filthy green water basin, built in the 1920s, which has been marred by issues, including sinking and leaking into the swamp beneath. The post NEW: Trump says Vandals Who Left “300 Foot Long Gash” and Dumped Chemicals in Reflecting Pool will Face 10 YEARS in Prison appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans in an attempt to press their support for his floundering legislative agenda. According to Punchbowl News, the meeting comes as Trump is at “his weakest point yet,” dragged down by controversy surrounding the war with Iran, his failed policy endeavors, his historically low polling, and infighting within his own party. As Punchbowl explains, it’s not surprising that the temperamental president is angry at Senate Republicans as “they’re openly dismissing Trump’s legislative demands, expressing rare public anger over the Iran MOU, bucking his repeated calls to get rid of the filibuster and furious about his abrupt halting of the confirmation process for Jay Clayton, the nominee to be director of national intelligence.” Many also “see Trump’s fixation on the SAVE America Act as a strategic misstep that could cost them their majority by turning the MAGA base against GOP candidates and incumbents.”At the same time, says Punchbowl, “Trump’s Senate allies... riled up the MAGA base online, prompting an onslaught against Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in particular. Trump is slated to attend Wednesday’s Senate GOP Steering lunch, which is run by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), a staunch Trump ally and one of the chief proponents of the SAVE America Act. Scott inviting Trump during this row with Thune is seen within the GOP Conference as a slight toward the South Dakota Republican.” All of this is an effort to cajole support for SAVE, but Trump is likely to face his own slights from “free agent” GOP Senators who have been beaten by primary candidates endorsed by the president, placing them in a “nothing to lose” scenario where they can vote as they please without consequences. This stalemate threatens not only Trump’s voter ID law, but the FISA Section 702 extension it has become linked to. For Democrats, attaching passage of the SAVE Act makes a FISA extension “a non-starter,” and Senate Republicans know it. According to Punchbowl, “Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, lamented that Trump was ‘tying all of these together and then also saying, “You’ve got to pass the SAVE America Act,” which we know we don’t have the votes for.’ As a result, the ongoing lapse in 702 authority could last well into July.”For many Senate Republicans, hesitancy to push for the SAVE Act comes down to simple numbers. They know they have the votes to pass a FISA extension if it's tied to SAVE, and they consider the former to be absolutely vital to national security. They therefore don’t want to imperil FISA by attaching it to legislation that will doom it automatically. But according to Punchbowl, “other Republicans worry Trump will use Republicans’ failure to pass the SAVE America Act to deflect blame if the GOP suffers big losses in the midterms or use it as a pretext to call the elections ‘rigged.’”
Peeling paint and algae growth have been visible in the pool since soon after Trump declared the renovation project complete.
In a recent conversation with Brandon Tatum and Gary Chambers, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith promoted a “black first identity” — which frames black identity through the lens of historical oppression rather than individual agency and achievement.“What the hell is wrong with looking at yourself as black first before you’re anything else? Black before you’re American. Black before, you know, you’re anything else. What’s wrong with that?” Smith asked Tatum and Chambers. “Because all black people ain't the same,” Tatum responded. “Like, for instance, we all different. So when I say ‘I’m black,’ what does that mean? The color of my skin.”“Black people from New York is different than black people from the South. Black people from Africa that came over here as immigrants are very different than African-Americans. We’re diverse like anybody else,” he continued. “When white people say ‘I’m white first,’ what does that mean?” Smith argued in response that black people should identify with their enslaved ancestors, as they are identifying with the "remnants of that even in today’s society.” “I’m saying if you identify yourself as black before you identify yourself as American, what you’re doing is saying coming out of the womb, I know I’m going to be at a disadvantage because I’m in America and I’m going to have to scratch and claw and have an uphill climb,” he continued. While he says that should not be met with a “defeatist attitude,” he goes on to say that it means “you are at least acknowledging that there are historical insidious acts that are associated with this particular nation.” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is not amused. “Stephen A. Smith is a cancer to the American media. That you could sit there and be paid $20 million a year by ESPN … and be as unqualified as Stephen A. Smith and then make the argument that there’s all these historical disadvantages, uphill climb,” he comments, annoyed. “Don’t tell me about 150 years ago in slavery, something you did not experience. Don’t tell me about 100, 80 years ago, and segregation, and things you did not experience,” he says. “When did you run uphill? When you flunked fourth grade? That was a racist plot? That was American racism making you repeat fourth grade?” he continues, pointing out that Smith’s obsession with a “black first identity” isn’t actually a “black first” identity at all. “That’s a victim first identity. That’s what you just unpacked,” he explains. “He’s promoting a victim first identity while claiming to be a Christian, while claiming to belong to some church, while claiming to have some sort of biblical worldview. Show me anywhere in the Bible where Christians are supposed to take on a victim first mentality,” he continues.“Stephen A. Smith and myself grew up at the exact same time,” he says. “We’ve never been victims.” Want more from Jason Whitlock? To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.
Pundit Tucker Carlson says he’s done with the Republican Party. “The poll numbers now tell a pretty clear story about it. I would not support the Republican Party, there’s no chance,” Carlson said during a recent appearance on the “Can’t Be Censored” podcast. “Not because I support the Democratic Party. I don’t know what I’m…