Report: World Bank Suppressed Pedophile Scandal at Bill Gates-Financed School

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Report: World Bank Suppressed Pedophile Scandal at Bill Gates-Financed School

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) For the last decade, the World Bank has suppressed sexual abuse allegations at a Kenyan school financed by numerous globalist organizations and billionaires, including Bill Gates, according to a bombshell report by The Intercept.

Citing a leaked 82-page report from the World Bank’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, The Intercept reported Tuesday that the World Bank has been aware of sexual-abuse complaints at the Bridge International Academies in Africa since at least 2013. The report further found that Bridge itself was aware of at least 21 credible cases of child sex abuse, according to The Intercept.

The allegations included a teacher slashing a student’s scrotum and “a dozen or more cases of serial sexual assault.” Bridge also allegedly suppressed information about a child on school grounds that had been fatally electrocuted by a dangling live wire.

The complaints were reportedly suppressed for so long, in large part, because Bridge’s founders devised a scheme with the World Bank to keep the investigatory findings secret. According to The Intercept, the parties entered into a non-disclosure agreement that would allow the World Bank to investigate Bridge, but would not be able to publish its findings.

“This smacks of a child sexual abuse cover-up at the highest levels of the World Bank,” said Inclusive Development International executive director David Pred, who had inside knowledge about the matter.

“Why else would the [World Bank International Finance Corporation’s] General Counsel approve an NDA with a client under investigation that binds the ostensibly independent office that is carrying out the investigation?”

Bridge reportedly declined to engage with the allegations raised by The Intercept, which has previously covered sexual abuse allegations at that institution.

“Bridge has previously provided The Intercept with a comprehensive amount of material on safeguarding,” a Bridge spokesperson told the outlet. “These allegations are clearly false as is evidenced within the extensive and detailed responses — including the publically [sic] available 2020 Tunza report — shared with The Intercept in March 2023.”

The spokesperson reportedly declined to specify which allegations she was referring to.

Along with Gates, Bridge International Academies has reportedly received funding from eBay and Intercept founder Pierre Omidyar, as well as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg via his charity, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., have written a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank executive L. Felice Gorordo, demanding answers about the matter.

“We write to seek your assurance that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. officials at the World Bank Group will take the necessary steps to ensure that these allegations are expeditiously, independently, and thoroughly investigated, that any victims of abuse are provided access to justice, and that the IFC is adopting new, effective measures to prevent child sexual exploitation across its portfolio,” the senators said in an Oct. 10 letter.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Trump Says He’s Willing to Go to Jail to Save America

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Trump Says He’s Willing to Go to Jail to Save America

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) At a rally in Iowa on Monday, former President Donald Trump told a crowd that he would go to jail if he needed to in order to save America, One America News Network reported.

Trump, the current GOP frontrunner, has spent the past several months fending off a never-ending onslaught of legal assaults from the Left that promises to last throughout the 2024 election season.

“I am willing to go to jail if that’s what it takes for our country to win and become a democracy again,” he told the cheering crowd.

The remark followed news earlier in the day that radical Marxist judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal case against Trump in the D.C. District Court related to his efforts to challenge the 2020 election outcome, imposed an outrageous gag order that would prevent Trump from defending himself on the campaign trail against the spurious attacks of corrupt special counsel Jack Smith and his cabal of leaking prosecutors.

Were Chutkan to incarcerate Trump without basis, the public outcry would almost certainly create an even greater disruption and perversion of justice than anything he might say. However, many suspect that the Obama-appointed judge’s intention is precisely that.

“This is weaponry being done,” Trump said of the order, “because Joe Biden is losing the election and losing very, very badly to all of us in the polls.”

Trump also was subjected to another gag order recently in a New York civil trial after he exposed the fact that Allison Greenfield, the principal law clerk of judge Arthur Engoron, appeared to have a special relationship with Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

In his speech Monday, Trump noted that the current state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue, lest America fall apart altogether.

“Under Biden, it’s danger, death, and destruction all over the world,” he said.

Specifically, the former president drew the crowd’s attention to the border debacle that has spiraled out of control under Biden’s watch.

The recent terrorist attack in Israel has reignited fears that another 9/11 style plot may soon strike on American soil after the Biden administration over the past two years has allowed an estimated 7 million foreign nationals into the U.S. interior with little ability to track them.

Trump pledged to restore his successful immigration policies if re-elected.

“I will immediately reinstate and expand the wildly successful Trump travel ban on entry from terror-plagued countries, territories and places,” he said.

He also warned about the importation of dangerous populations, who might wish to harm Americans, such as those “from Gaza or Syria or Somalia or Yemen, or Libya, or anywhere else that threatens our security.”

As GOP Rallies Around Jim Jordan, Desperate Dems Suggest George W. Bush

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(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Silencing critics who claimed that House Republicans were in a state of disarray, they appeared poised to rally around Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, much the way Democrats united previously around former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after a spate of backroom bargains and coalition-building.

Some of Jordan’s most vocal and ardent detractors had offered their support, leaving only a handful of holdouts ahead of the Tuesday afternoon vote on whether to select Jordan as the next speaker.

However, Democrats could still pull out a last-minute fire-alarm tactic to derail the GOP’s sudden burst of unity. In what appeared to be just such an effort, Rep. Brad Sherman, hinted at a ploy to poach faithless neocon RINOs by nominating former President George W. Bush to serve as speaker, the Daily Caller reported.

“Obviously, I’m not a real fan of how the Iraq War went” Sherman said, “but I would think that any reasonable Republican would be somebody that Democrats could work with—if it was part of a system where you didn’t have five of the most extreme Republicans blocking important legislation and saying, ‘If you bring that to the floor for a vote, we’ll knock you out of your Speakership.’”

It is unlikely that Democrats—who chose not to support the previous compromise option, centrist speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., would throw their own support behind Bush, but instead would seek simply to create more gridlock among the majority.

The House has gone without a speaker for two weeks as looming domestic and international issues continue to grow.

McCarthy was ousted after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., filed a motion to vacate the speakership earlier this month. Now, both have publicly backed Jordan. McCarthy predicted on Twitter Monday that Jordan would win the speakership.

“Republicans must unite and elect [Jordan] as Speaker of the House!” Gaetz tweeted. “We can have better days going forward because he has the credibility, honesty, and determination to get the job done.”

Jordan, who has spoken repeatedly about the need to unite the party, talked to reporters late Monday ahead of the vote, which is expected to be the first of multiple votes as he is not likely to secure the majority necessary the first time around.

“We need to get a Speaker tomorrow,” Jordan told reporters late Monday after meeting with his fellow Republicans. “The American people deserve to have their Congress, their House of Representatives, working, and you can’t have that happen until you get a speaker, so we need to do that. Plus we need to help our dearest friend … and closest ally, Israel.

“I felt good walking into the conference,” he added. “I feel even better now.”

While Jordan reportedly did not yet have enough votes to win the position, he had picked up significant momentum in recent days. The public floor votes will also pressure holdout Republicans, and Jordan will try to whittle away at them as the votes go on.

Within the GOP caucus, there is no main challenger to Jordan. However, multiple Republicans are expected to be nominated as potential speakers, if only so they can be votes against Jordan. If Jordan withdraws, Republicans will be back to the drawing board in finding a new nominee.

Lawmakers face another partial government shutdown deadline in mid-November as well as ongoing calls for funding Ukraine and Israel in their respective wars.

Last week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., failed to secure the needed support and dropped out. Next in line was Jordan, but he was far from the support he needed, and many Republicans were outspoken in their hesitation or opposition.

Jordan has a reputation as a hardline conservative who has aggressively gone after Democratic administrations and questioned the 2020 presidential election results, concerning some moderate Republicans.

But Jordan worked hard through the weekend, calling and meeting with members and securing key endorsements of skeptics and Scalise allies. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., was a top Scalise ally who just last week told reporters that she would “absolutely not” vote for Jordan as Speaker.

But on Monday morning, she released a public endorsement.

“Jim Jordan and I spoke at length again this morning, and he has allayed my concerns about keeping the government open with conservative funding, the need for strong border security, our need for consistent international support in times of war and unrest, as well as the need for stronger protections against the scourge of human trafficking and child exploitation,” Wagner said in a statement.

As the Center Square previously reported, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., was reportedly considering working with Democrats to elect a Democratic speaker who would work with moderate Republicans. That news sparked backlash.

By Monday morning, Rogers publicly endorsed Jordan.

“[Jordan] and I have had two cordial, thoughtful, and productive conversations over the past two days,” Rogers tweeted. “We agreed on the need for Congress to pass a strong NDAA, appropriations to fund our government’s vital functions, and other important legislation like the Farm Bill.”

Some Democrats have begun openly campaigning against Jordan.

“If you don’t want Jim Jordan to be Speaker, make sure you contact your rep TODAY about it…” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted Tuesday morning.

Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

House Committee Drafting Legislation to Enter Israel-Hamas War

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House Committee Drafting Legislation to Enter Israel-Hamas War

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told CNN on Monday that his committee is drafting legislation that would authorize the use of U.S. military force in the Israel–Hamas conflict.

“I hope I never have to mark this bill up. But we have a situation in the Middle East that’s growing day by day with intensity and if Hezbollah gets involved, Iran has already threatened if Gaza is, you know, if Israel goes, you know, if IDF (Israel Defense Forces) goes into Gaza that they’re gonna come out,” McCaul reportedly said.

McCaul’s disclosure came on the heels of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordering his troops to “be ready to deploy” to the Middle East. The Wall Street Journal reported that around 2,000 troops were selected this weekend for potential deployment.

The U.S has also deployed two aircraft carrier strike groups into the region.

Despite the apparent synergy between the Pentagon and Congress in preparing for possible war, McCaul declined to say whether he’s working with the White House on the matter.

“I don’t want to confirm that. It’s just that there is concern that we—I’m currently, we’re currently drafting one in the event it’s necessary,” he said when asked whether the Biden administration is in communication with him.

Asked by CNN what a potential U.S. role in the war might entail, McCaul said: “I’d prefer not to put Iran as a nation state in there. It would be more Iran proxies, you know, like Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran-backed Shi’ia militias, but if Iran gets directly involved, then we would have to put them on the list.”

Politico reported last week that the U.S. decided not to send troops into Gaza to rescue hostages. But as antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp noted, the issue could be revised, and the idea of the U.S. military entering Gaza has not been excluded as an option.

Biden’s preparations have already been met with opposition.

“I fully support Israel’s right to defend themselves and they are very good at handling that, but I do not support sending them our own U.S. military troops,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said on Twitter. “Our military should be defending our own border security from the invasion happening here.”

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Ex-State Dept. Official Says He Ran a Pro-Jewish Psyop on MAGA Supporters

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Ex-State Dept. Official Says He Ran a Pro-Jewish Psyop on MAGA Supporters

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Trump-era State Department official Mike Benz was recently revealed to be a former member of the Proud Boys, who around 2016 spread racist and antisemitic views online under his pseudonym, Frame Game.

But according to Benz—who has since become one of the most prominent opponents to internet censorship—he was actually running a psychological operation on MAGA supporters.

“The account in question was a project by Jews to get people who hated Jews to stop hating Jews. It was a deradicalization project, and it produced deradicalization material,” Benz said earlier this month, responding to an NBC News hit piece about him.

“It made contact with groups in the early primordial soup of the MAGA movement in 2016 and sought to move people from a place of hate and division closer to a place of love and unity.”

Benz added that he would not repeat his deception again, though he said he’s proud of what he did.

“I would not participate today and do not endorse participating in something like this in a general sense,” he said.

“Having to move extreme elements from a fixation on identity to a focus on reforming institutions was a Bizarro World situation that called for a kind of Bizarro World logic of which I am proud, but would not repeat today.”

However, Benz’s disclosures have raised more questions about the true motives of a man who now serves as a source for Twitter Files journalists such as Michael Shellenberger, and who associates with high-profile personalities such as conservative broadcaster Tim Pool, FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin and others.

On Monday the Twitter account “Name Redacted” released more information on Benz, questioning whether he might be an agent provocateur. “Name Redacted” is an anonymous account, but has provided credible information in the past, and is often cited by the likes of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald.

The information released by Name Redacted shows that rather than deradicalizing potential antisemites in the MAGA movement, Benz’s rhetoric likely inflamed them. Numerous archived tweets and podcast appearances show Benz—acting anonymously as Frame Game—questioning the Holocaust and making statements such as, “Hitler actually had some decent points,” and, “The Holocaust did not start until 1967.”

Name Redacted further noted that Benz deleted his LinkedIn profile before joining Twitter under his real name in December 2022. His tenure at the State Department also raises questions about his background, according to Name Redacted.

“While he brags about being a ‘Cyber Expert’ & diplomat at State Department, records indicate he joined the State Department on November 24, 2020, & left 2-3 weeks, not even staying long enough for an official profile picture,” the anonymous Twitter account said.

“Benz held the title of ‘Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Policy’ at the State Department. Notably, this specific position neither existed before Benz’s appointment nor continued after his brief tenure,” the account said.

“This is a red flag.”

Benz has not responded to Name Redacted’s disclosures.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Schumer Eats His Words after Pro-Hamas Protesters Gather Outside His N.Y. Home

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Schumer Eats His Words after Pro-Hamas Protesters Gather Outside His N.Y. Home

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) While Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., was preparing to lead a delegation to Israel over the weekend, thousands of protesters gathered outside his home in Brooklyn to convey their displeasure with America’s support its longstanding Middle Eastern ally, which has determined following an unprecedented terrorist attack that it can no longer peacefully coexist with Hamas.

The protesters reportedly included many far-left Jews who demanded that the U.S. help broker a cease-fire. Some purported to be rabbis and descendants of Holocaust survivors, according to one Twitter post.

They even carried a banner saying “Jews Say Stop the Genocide of Palestinians.” The rabble disrupted Schumer as he sat down for his Shabbat supper before departing for the trip, reported Fox News.

In total, 57 protesters were arrested outside the Schumers’ home—despite the fact that at least two members of the New York state assembly were among the participants.

It was unclear whether Schumer had any direct role in seeking the arrests, but critics saw in the entire situation another clear-cut example of the two-tiered justice system at work given Schumer’s previous insistence that it was entirely acceptable for mostly peaceful—and even occasionally disruptive—protest to occur outside the private residences of public servants, even if the law expressly forbade it, the Western Journal reported.

In May 2022, Schumer shrugged off the protests taking place outside the homes of U.S. Supreme Court justices following the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

“If protests are peaceful, yes,” he told The Hill.

“My house—there’s protests three, four times a week outside my house,” he claimed. “The American way to peacefully protest is OK.”

Schumer not only seemed unconcerned with the fact that far-left activists were attempting to influence the judiciary through intimidation—something that violated U.S. code—but he even appeared to encourage it.

In a March 2020 speech, he specifically called out conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh during a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, warning them, “You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”

Kavanaugh subsequently was doxxed by the domestic terrorism group Ruth Sent Us and became the target of an assassination attempt by 20-something transgender radical Nicholas Roske, who had traveled all the way from California after plotting to kill three judges.

Of course, after arriving in Israel, Schumer and his bipartisan delegation of senators were forced to confront the very real threat that the New York protesters were advocating on behalf of after they came under a Hamas rocket attack in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Schumer posted a photo via Twitter of himself and retiring RINO Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, in a bunker.

“It shows you what Israelis have to go through,” he wrote. “We must provide Israel with the support required to defend itself.”

Ben Sellers is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/realbensellers.

California Passes Law Granting In-State Tuition Perks to Mexican Citizens

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California Passes Law Granting In-State Tuition Perks to Mexican Citizens

(Headline USA) California passed legislation this week allowing certain Mexican citizens to pay in-state tuition at community colleges within the Golden State.

The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, allows low-income Mexican residents living within 45 miles of the California–Mexico border to apply for a pilot program that would grant them tuition benefits. Those eligible will be accepted for in-state tuition rates.

The current average California community college tuition per year is $1,246 for in-state students and $6,603 for those from out-of-state.

California Democrats said the purpose of the law is to help low-income Mexicans who want to attend college and prepare them for jobs. 

California State Assemblymember David Alvarez, who authored the bill, also claimed the benefits wouldn’t just go to Mexican nationals.

“There are students who might actually be U.S. citizens but happen to be living in the Baja region because of the cost of living,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “So there are some students who find themselves in that situation who don’t have a California residence because families can’t afford to live here.”

Chula Vista Councilwoman Andrea Cardenas said the bill will help integrate nearby Mexican citizens into the U.S., even if they are not allowed to live in the country legally.

“We want to make them feel that they really are a part of our community, and I am hoping that it will bring in so much untapped potential that we see across the border,” she said. “Because of the price of housing and inflation people are moving across the border but working over here.”

The bill was one of several California Democrats passed last week. Another bill signed by Newsom increases the mandatory minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 per hour, and $20 per hour for fast-food workers.

Border Agents Arrest Another Iranian Illegal at Southern Border

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Border Agents Arrest Another Iranian Illegal at Southern Border

(Headline USA) U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials revealed this week that they detained a fourth Iranian this month who was trying to cross the southern border illegally.

CBP said the man was taken into custody on Sunday morning in Eagle Pass, Texas, after crossing the border around 3 a.m. The illegal alien reportedly gave himself up to border agents voluntarily after crossing.

The man, along with the three other Iranian immigrants detained at the border, are considered “special interest aliens” because they come from countries that pose a national security threat to the U.S.

Several other “special interest aliens” from Middle Eastern countries have been detained this month as well. Just last week, CBP agents said they apprehended two Lebanese nationals in Eagle Pass. Lebanon harbors Hezbollah, a terrorist organization that has threatened to join Hamas’s recent attack on Israel.

In the Rio Grande Valley Sector, officials have apprehended 19 Iranians and 17 Syrians since Monday.

The reports come as officials raise concerns about a potential terrorist attack within the U.S.

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned law enforcement last week to be on guard against the ripple effects of Hamas’s attack after former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal encouraged supporters to participate in a “Day of Jihad” on Oct. 13.

“In this heightened environment, there’s no question we’re seeing an increase in reported threats, and we’ve got to be on the lookout, especially for lone actors who may take inspiration from recent events to commit violence of their own,” Wray said.

The Department of Homeland Security also warned that “terrorists and criminal actors may exploit the elevated flow and increasingly complex security environment to enter the United States” and admitted that agents have encountered a growing number of illegal aliens on the terrorist watch list.

“Individuals with terrorism connections are interested in using established travel routes and permissive environments to facilitate access to the United States,” the agency said.

‘Squad’ Reps. Called Out For Spreading Hamas Misinformation

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‘Squad’ Reps. Called Out For Spreading Hamas Misinformation

(Headline USA) “Squad” Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Alexandria Ocasio–Cortez, D-N.Y., were caught spreading misinformation about the Israel—Gaza conflict just days after complaining about pro-Israel “misinformation” on social media.

Omar, for example, shared a post on Twitter that said, “CHILD GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE” and “614 Palestinian children murdered by Israeli [IDF] forces.”

However, a community note revealed the picture was from a 2013 sarin gas attack in Ghouta, Syria, and not from Israel’s response to Hamas’s terrorist attack.

Omar has since unposted the photo.

Just days before, Omar had shared a post from Ocasio–Cortez urging people to check whether claims about Hamas’s violence in Israel was misinformation.

“The level of misinformation in all directions at this moment is incredibly high, especially on this platform,” Ocasio–Cortez claimed. “If you see a claim, photo, or video that triggers a strong emotional reaction, take a moment to pause and check for veracity/confirmation from multiple sources.”

Omar, Ocasio–Cortez, and the rest of the “Squad” have come under fire over the past week for their response to Hamas’s terrorist attack in Israel. Even the White House called out the leftists’ refusal to condemn Hamas directly.

“I’ve seen some of those statements this weekend, and we’re going to continue to be very clear. We believe they’re wrong, we believe they’re repugnant, and we believe they’re disgraceful,” White House press secretary Karine Jean–Pierre said last week, without naming names.

“Our condemnation belongs squarely with terrorists who have brutally murdered, raped, kidnapped hundreds, hundreds of Israelis,” she added. “There can be no equivocation about that. There are not two sides here. There are not two sides.”

The “Squad,” on the other hand, has demanded that the U.S. use its influence to “end the violence” in Gaza and Israel seeks to destroy Hamas.

Pa.’s Automatic Voter Registration Backfires on Democrat Fraudsters

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Pa.’s Automatic Voter Registration Backfires on Democrat Fraudsters

(Headline USA) An automatic voter registration system launched in Pennsylvania by Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro may end up helping Republicans more than its intended Democrat beneficiaries, the Washington Examiner reported.

Shapiro announced in September that the state would begin automatically registering eligible Pennsylvanians to vote when they obtain or renew identification cards and drivers license. 

State Republicans blasted the move, arguing Shapiro circumvented the state legislature to implement the new policy and pointing out the long list of irregularities and failures with the state’s election system that have raised concerns about past results.

“The problem here is not necessarily the end, but the means,” state House Republican leader Bryan Cutler said at the time. “This unilateral action on the eve of what is likely to be a hotly contested and close election will cause many Pennsylvania voters to continue to question the security and results of our system.”

However, new data collected from the initiative show Republicans have benefitted from it the most. Just 3,194 Democrats and 4,052 independents have been automatically registered, compared to 7,657 Republicans.

Democrats still hold a 480,000 voter advantage over Republicans, but even Democrats are beginning to worry that this might change. One particular concern is President Joe Biden’s unpopularity.

A Quinnipiac poll released last week shows Biden trailing former President Donald Trump Trump in a hypothetical matchup in Pennsylvania. The same poll found Biden’s favorability rating among Pennsylvanians sits at just 39%.

“It looks better and better for Donald Trump here, but there’s a lot of game to be played between now and then,” said Jim Schultz, former White House counsel for Trump.

“I think the polls are showing people are not happy,” he added. “Democrats, in fact, are not happy with the job that Joe Biden’s doing.”

According to Shapiro’s office, more than 10 million Pennsylvanians are eligible to vote.

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