Gov. Kristi Noem Endorses Trump at Giant Rally in South Dakota

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Gov. Kristi Noem Endorses Trump at Giant Rally in South Dakota

(Headline USA) South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed former President Donald Trump at a party fundraiser in Rapid City Friday night that doubled as an opportunity for Noem to showcase herself as a potential vice presidential pick.

As his rivals held town halls and meet-and-greets in early voting states, Trump headlined the South Dakota Republican Party’s “Monumental Leaders Rally” in Rapid City, where Noem, once considered a potential 2024 candidate in her own right, instead threw her support behind the former president.

“I will do everything I can to help him win and save this country,” Noem said as she formally offered her endorsement before Trump took the stage. She said all the other Republican presidential candidates had been invited to the event. “All of them told us that they had better things to do. But when President Trump was invited to come be with you tonight, he said, ‘I will be there,’” she said.

Trump, for his part, praised Noem as “one of the most successful governors in the entire nation” and said her endorsement “means a lot.”

Trump’s decision to headline the event underscores his dominance in the early stages of the GOP presidential primary even as he faces four separate indictments and 91 felony counts. South Dakota holds a late primary and isn’t a competitive general election state. But with a huge lead, Trump is skipping much of the traditional primary campaign.

The visit was also something of an audition for Noem. She planned the event as a way to both offer her endorsement and maximize face time with Trump as he considers potential 2024 running mates and cabinet members, according to two senior Republicans familiar with her thinking who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement.

Noem will be term-limited in 2026 and, after declining to run for president this year, is eyeing her next move to maintain prominence in the GOP.

Allies had hoped her appearance alongside Trump would create an image that looked like a potential presidential ticket. And they seemed to get what they desired: Several people sitting behind Trump held “Trump-Noem 2024″ signs and, at one point, their names appeared together on a screen behind the stage at The Monument ice arena, captured in a photo by an NBC reporter.

Asked this week whether she would consider joining a potential Trump ticket if invited, Noem told Newsmax she “would in a heartbeat.”

“President Trump needs a strong partner if he’s going to take back the White House, and he’s going to need somebody who knows what it’s like to run a business, to be an employee, earn a paycheck, but also having a wife, mom and a grandma isn’t bad either,” she said.

Michael Card, a longtime observer of South Dakota politics, suggested Noem might make a future National Rifle Association president or conservative commentator, but said her best opportunity may lie with Trump.

“I think Donald Trump has a 50-50 shot of getting elected at this point, so why not hitch your wagon to him if you can?” he said.

The visit was Trump’s first to South Dakota since the summer of 2020, when he headlined a fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore on the eve of Independence Day. The then-president had been looking for a venue to turn the page after a summer of pandemic lockdowns and racial justice protests, and Noem’s event at Mount Rushmore was notably devoid of pandemic restrictions.

She also gifted him a miniature replica of Mount Rushmore with his likeness carved alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt.

A former member of Congress, Noem rose to national prominence with a mostly hands-off approach to the pandemic. Trump has often praised that approach, cheering her rejection of policies aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 and arguing that she did a better job than his leading rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who often touts his own efforts to reopen businesses and reject mandates.

Despite not running for president, Noem has continued to position herself nationally. She has been an outspoken champion for the NRA, even bragging at a spring convention for the gun-rights group that her 1-year-old granddaughter “already has” firearms. During the first GOP presidential debate, she appeared in an ad to encourage businesses and families to move to what she calls “the freest state in America.”

South Dakota GOP chair John Wiik said he had expected about 7,000 people to attend the sold-out fundraiser, which was first envisioned as a Lincoln Day-style dinner commonly held by local Republican groups.

“I did get a lot of questions at first,” Wiik said about Trump’s decision to travel to his state just as the primary season kicks into its traditional post-Labor Day overdrive.

“But the more you look at it, Trump is a media event wherever he lands,” Wiik said. “He could do a rally on the moon and he’d spread his word and get just as many people, so I’m just glad he chose South Dakota.”

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Texas Gov., Biden Admin Escalate Fight Over Illegal Aliens Surge

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Texas Gov., Biden Admin Escalate Fight Over Illegal Aliens Surge

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The battle between the state of Texas and the Biden administration over a surge in illegal immigration since 2021 escalated after a California newspaper reported the administration is considering “forcing migrant families to remain in Texas.”

The Los Angeles Times Thursday story cites anonymous sources who claim the administration is considering “forcing some migrants families who enter the country without authorization to remain near the border in Texas while awaiting asylum screening, effectively limiting their ability to travel within the United States.”

The anonymous sources acknowledge that foreign nationals are illegally entering the U.S. in Texas and the Biden administration is neither deporting them nor requiring them to remain in Mexico. The administration, after several years of litigation, was able to end the Remain in Mexico policy, which was implemented by the Trump administration to minimize illegal border crossings.

Unlike the previous administration, the Biden administration plan would reportedly require illegal border crossers to remain in Texas, not Mexico, as they await asylum hearings.

“The Biden plan would force certain migrant families to remain in Texas – or possibly other border states – by tracking their location through GPS monitoring devices, such as ankle bracelets, according to the three officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter,” the Times reports.

In response, Gov. Greg Abbott posted from his personal X account, stating, “[President Joe] Biden considers forcing migrant families to remain in Texas. This scam was tried years ago & was shot down by a judge. We will send Biden the same swift justice.

“And, we will add even more buses of migrants to Washington D.C.”

The Times report is referring to the Family Expedited Removal Management program. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has explained that “The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to imposing immigration consequences in a safe and humane manner to those who fail to use available lawful pathways and unlawfully enter the United States.”

The FERM process, DHS says, “places certain family unit heads of household on Alternatives to Detention, following apprehension at the Southwest Border and placement into expedited removal. The process provides supervision while the family awaits an interview to assess their credible fear of persecution or torture. FERM enrollment consists of GPS monitoring with a mandatory home curfew, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., daily.

“While FERM initially began in four locations, DHS is quickly expanding to cities across the country and is removing families who are determined to be ineligible for relief and are ordered removed through this non-detained enforcement process.”

Abbott has remained resolute in his strategy to bus illegal border crossers to self-described “sanctuary cities” across the U.S, which he began in April 2022 “to provide much needed relief to border communities.”

Since then, and as of Sept. 1, Texas has bused more than 34,740 illegal foreign nationals to six sanctuary cities, according to data from the governor’s office. The cities, all run by Democratic mayors, have declared states of emergencies, claiming they can’t handle the influx.

By comparison, between 3,000 and 5,000 people illegally enter Texas a day between ports of entry. In July alone this year, they totaled over 87,000.

The nation’s capital was the first destination city to receive busloads of people. Its mayor and city officials declared the District of Columbia was a sanctuary city for people who were in the country illegally. After a few hundred began arriving, its mayor declared a state of emergency and asked for help from the federal government, including multiple requests for National Guard troops, which were denied.

Since April 2022, Texas has bused 11,300 people to Washington, D.C.

By August 2022, Abbott added two destination cities – New York City and Chicago. Since then, more than 13,100 people have been bused to New York City and over 6,400 to Chicago.

By November 2022, he added Philadelphia as a destination city. Since then, more than 2,500 people have chosen to be bused there.

This year, Abbott added two additional destination cities: Denver and Los Angeles. Since May of this year, more than 1,000 people chose to be bused to Denver; since June, over 440 to Los Angeles.

All Texas transportation to self-described sanctuary cities is voluntary. All adults must sign waivers for themselves and minors under their care. Passengers voluntarily choose the destination city of their choice. Transportation is free to passengers and costs Texas taxpayers millions of dollars.

The Democratic mayors have described Abbott’s busing strategy as “cruel” and “inhumane.”

The White House does not appear to have issued a statement in response to the Times report.

National Archives Spends Millions for DEI, Federal Equity Trainings at Taxpayer Expense

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National Archives Spends Millions for DEI, Federal Equity Trainings at Taxpayer Expense

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) A closer look at the federal agency that sparked former President Donald Trump’s first federal indictment shows that it has embraced far-left diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

The little-known federal agency called the National Archives and Records Administration was thrust into the national spotlight after it tipped off the U.S. Department of Justice over Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents.

On its website, the agency calls itself a “nonpartisan, independent” group. A deep dive by The Center Square into its records show it has embraced ideology around gender and race and has reportedly been unwilling to hand over some records of President Joe Biden to investigators.

In its 2022 budget request, the federal agency asked Congress for more than $28 million and nearly 150 news staff to “advance racial equity and support underserved communities.”

“A program increase of $20,052 thousand and 144 FTE to advance racial equity and support underserved communities,” the budget said. “This request includes funding to address staffing needs across the agency and funds targeted recruitment activities to ensure a diverse pool of applicants to help increase the diversity of NARA’s workforce.”

Part of the record-keeping agency’s equity spending, which has been encouraged and in some cases mandated by Biden since he took office, include a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion action plan.

NARA’s latest 2022 DEI plan pledges to double down on equity training for employees “to strengthen and foster an inclusive workforce.”

“NARA will demonstrate leadership commitment through developing a DEIA recognition program that will reinforce a culture of equity and inclusion,” the plan says.

In NARA’s most recent strategic DEI plan, the agency essentially pledges to work to get more minority applicants and leadership and lower the percentage of leading white Americans in the agency. The group’s 2012 report defines minorities as “all categories of current and potential employees identified as non-white.”

“NARA will provide training and support to hiring managers to increase the diversity of the NARA workforce,” the agency said, also pledging to “mitigate biases” and create “safe spaces.”

The agency said these recommendations came from a report created by the NARA Task Force on Racism that delivered a document to the agency’s leadership in 2021 recommending more training on things like “white privilege.”

“Address offensive behavior by staff with specific training on white privilege and systemic racism,” the report said.

The task force also defines “reverse racism” as “a fallacy that refers to discrimination against White people…”

“Anti-racist activists in the U.S. have largely deemed reverse racism to be impossible, as the power structure of the United States has historically benefited White people and continues to do so today,” the report said. “Reverse racism is often confused with racial prejudice against White people, which does exist, but lacks the systemic relationship of power that would qualify such prejudice as racism.”

The report acknowledges not all employees agree with the equity agenda but says ”the work of the Task Force needs to be done despite varying opinions and hurt feelings.”

Notably, that same agency worked to get classified documents back from both President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence, neither of whom were charged, though NARA did reportedly inform the DOJ about both.

NARA leadership has rebuffed any claims of political bias or motivation, including in the agency’s role in Trump’s indictment.

“The National Archives has been the focus of intense scrutiny for months, this week especially, with many people ascribing political motivation to our actions,” Debra Steidel Wall, the acting archivist at the time, said in a memo to employees last year.

The agency has also come under scrutiny recently from the House Oversight Committee’s Republican leadership. The Committee’s chair, U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., has spearheaded the Congressional investigation into Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings and the president’s alleged role in them. Comer has also raised questions about political motivation at the agency.

IRS whistleblowers have testified that the Biden family and associates received roughly $20 million via about 20 overseas shell companies.

Comer has called for evidence from NARA, including details on whether Hunter Biden used Air Force 2 at taxpayer expense to help with the deals, but said NARA has pledged to potentially withhold some Biden records if it deems them to be “personal.”

“However, ‘personal records’ are defined as those records ‘which do not relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of’ the Vice President,” Comer said in a letter to Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan. “The Committee has made clear that its investigation involves potential abuse by then-Vice President Biden of his official duties; it cannot be NARA that determines whether certain records ‘do not relate to or have an effect upon’ those duties.”

This national spotlight on NARA has drawn scrutiny.

“A taxpayer-funded agency, such as NARA, should not be staffed with one political party’s affiliates, while the other party’s affiliates are threatened with termination – assuming they manage to get hired at all – for protesting DIE ideology,” Mason Goad of the National Association of Scholars, told The Center Square. “But you are extremely unlikely to hear DIE advocates, at NARA or any other agency, advocate on the behalf of conservatives for the sake of ‘diversity,’ ‘inclusion,’ or ‘equity.’”

NARA did not respond to a request for comment on its equity policies but told The Center Square it would respond to Comer’s requests for information.

“What the Archives is doing is making those who work there, and those who hope to be hired or promoted, sign a loyalty oath not just to one political party, but to the extremist wing of that party,” Mike Gonzalez, an expert at the Heritage Foundation, told The Center Square. “The way the words in DEI are now defined, each of them lead to unconstitutional measures, too, so not proper for government use. This is the case for the unconstitutional quotas of ‘diversity,’ the language codes of ‘Inclusion,’ or the unequal treatment of races of ‘equity.'”

Vivek Promises to Abolish Birthright Citizenship, Deport Children of Illegal Aliens

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Vivek Promises to Abolish Birthright Citizenship, Deport Children of Illegal Aliens

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy promised on Friday to abolish birthright citizenship and deport the children of illegal aliens if elected president.  

Ramaswamy made the bold statements during a packed town hall meeting in Iowa, potentially as a response to the current influx of illegal aliens that has ignited bipartisan outcry.

“The family unit will be deported,” Ramaswamy told NBC News when asked whether his administration would deport the U.S.-born children of immigrants. 

The Republican candidate doubled down on his promise when asked to clarify if it would include U.S. citizens of illegal immigrants’ parents.  

“That is correct,” he firmly responded, defending his stance. “Under the legal theory that the child of an illegal immigrant is not someone who enjoys birthright citizenship, then it would be perfectly legally permissible to remove the entire family unit.” 

According to NBC, Ramaswamy admitted potential legal challenges to such a move. “There are legally contested questions under the 14th Amendment of whether the child of an illegal immigrant is indeed a child who enjoys birthright citizenship,” he added. “They are contested.” 

Ramaswamy’s position aligns with several other prominent GOP candidates. Former President Donald Trump, the leading GOP presidential candidate, expressed support for ending birthright citizenship in a video on May 30, labeling it a “reward for breaking the law.”

Similarly, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has also joined this chorus, arguing that birthright citizenship conflicts with the original understanding of the 14th Amendment. 

The 14th Amendment has been the focal point of a contentious debate over its interpretation. It reads, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

Critics argue that the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” does not apply to illegal aliens, as they are violating federal law by entering the country through unlawful means, such as crossing the southern border or overstaying visas.

In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that a Chinese American individual was an American citizen by birthright. In 2018, President Trump pledged to abolish birthright citizenship through executive order but did not follow through.

Leftist Orgs Collaborate, Spend Over $500M to Bribe Local Media

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Leftist Orgs Collaborate, Spend Over $500M to Bribe Local Media

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A coalition of 22 leftist groups pledged more than $500 million to fund local media publications for five years to indoctrinate the population.

“Press Forward,” the new coalition, was comprised of many groups, all of which have a leftist bias that is based on their funding and initiatives, even though the coalition stated that it is “independent of ideology,” the Daily Caller reported.

The idea behind the creation of the coalition was to “reverse the dramatic decline in local news” and “close longstanding inequities in journalism coverage and practice,” the coalition said in its Thursday announcement.

The coalition said it also allocated $500 million to fund grants to support local newsrooms, provide resources to “diverse” publications and assist in developing collaborative tools such as legal support and membership programs.

The leading organization in the coalition is the MacArthur Foundation, which pledged $150 million in grants. As indicated in its grants database, the foundation frequently donated to left-wing organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Tides Foundation and Environmental Defense Fund in the past, InfluenceWatch reported.

Leftist titan Knight Foundation kicked in $150 million, and also gave $1.2 million to nine universities and nonprofits to “combat disinformation in communities of color” in 2022.

The remainder of the over $500 million was contributed by the other 20 groups, among which is Democracy Fund, an organization run by a leftist billionaire Pierre Omidyar.

Independent journalist Lee Fang uncovered in obtained tax records that Democracy Fund provided a $130,000 grant to the Center for Internet Security to fund a “portal” that was used to flag and censor social media content containing “misinformation” during the 2020 election.

Other organizations that belong to the coalition are the Ford Foundation, an organization that helped launch the Black Feminist Fund in 2021 with $15 million in seed funding, and the Archewell Foundation, which is run by leftist activists Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

“Press Forward seeks to reverse the dramatic decline in local news that has coincided with an increasingly divided America and weakening trust in institutions,” the coalition said.

Fulton County Grand Jury Wanted to Indict Lindsey Graham

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Fulton County Grand Jury Wanted to Indict Lindsey Graham

(Headline USA) Fulton County grand jury members wanted to indict Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., as one of the several defendants involved in their case against former President Donald Trump and his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to released documents.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ordered the partial release of the grand jury report, which resulted in the indictment of Trump and 18 other associates in a sweeping 41-count racketeering case.

The report shows the grand jury wanted to charge even more of Trump’s allies, including three U.S. senators: former Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, as well as Graham.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis ultimately did not pursue the cases against Perdue, Loeffler and Graham, and did not file all of the recommended charges against Trump.

“Essentially, they wanted to indict anybody who happened to be breathing at the time. It totally undermines the credibility of the findings, and badly hurts the Great State of Georgia, whose wonderful and patriotic people are not happy with this charade,” Trump said in response to the report.

For his part, Graham said on Friday that he was “totally surprised” to learn he was a part of the Fulton County investigation.

“It’s over for me,” Graham said. “I never suggested anybody set aside the election. I never said, ‘Go find votes.’ I never said anything other than trying to find how the mail-in balloting system worked. The next election, if I have questions, I’ll do the same thing.” 

Graham argued his concerns were “consistent with my job as being a U.S. senator” and “chair of the Judiciary Committee.”

“I think the system in this country is getting off the rails, and we have to be careful not to use the legal system as a political tool,” he added.

Newsom Rules Out 2024 Bid, Says Kamala Is Next In Line

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Newsom Rules Out 2024 Bid, Says Kamala Is Next In Line

(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom ruled out a 2024 presidential bid this week, arguing that Vice President Kamala Harris is the next in line.

NBC’s Chuck Todd pressed Newsom in an interview set to air Sunday about whether he will launch a bid before the filing deadlines this fall. “[If] President Biden doesn’t run, why shouldn’t we consider you a likely candidate?” Todd asked.

Newsom responded: “Well, I think the vice president is naturally the one lined up, and the filing deadlines are quickly coming to pass and I think we need to move past this notion that he’s not going to run. President Biden is going to run, and we’re looking forward to getting him reelected.”

Pressed on whether he’s been asked privately by Democrat leaders to consider running, Newsom said, “Time to move on. Let’s go.”

“It’s the Biden-Harris administration. Maybe I’m a little old-fashioned … about presidents and vice presidents,” he added.

Newsom has fueled speculation about a potential presidential bid since the beginning of the year, mounting frequent attacks on other Republican presidential contenders such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and spending millions on an ad blitz in GOP states such as Florida.

Despite her record-low approval ratings, Harris’s allies have been trying to portray her as the heir-apparent as concerns about President Joe Biden’s age grow. Harris herself said this week that she is “ready” to be president “if necessary.”

“Joe Biden is going to be fine, so that is not going to come to fruition,” Harris said. “But let us also understand that every vice president — every vice president — understands that when they take the oath they must be very clear about the responsibility they may have to take over the job of being president. I’m no different.”

Georgia Hospital System Cuts Christmas Eve as Paid Holiday, Adds Juneteenth

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Georgia Hospital System Cuts Christmas Eve as Paid Holiday, Adds Juneteenth

(Headline USA) Georgia’s largest hospital system announced this week it is scrapping Christmas Eve from its paid holiday calendar and replacing it with Juneteenth in order to promote “equitable outcomes for all.”

Emory Healthcare, which is comprised of 11 hospitals and over 250 provider locations with more than 24,000 employees total, made the announcement to the company on Thursday.

“In response to requests from our care team members over the past few years, we are pleased to add Juneteenth to the holidays we recognize … Christmas has been, and will remain, a recognized holiday. However, beginning in 2024, we will remove Christmas Eve as a recognized holiday and replace it with Juneteenth,” the company said.

In a memo, CEO Dr. Joon Lee explained that Emory Healthcare currently observes nine paid holidays each year, “while other Atlanta health systems average six paid holidays.” He wrote that leadership did not want to add another day, but wanted to make sure the system was creating “more opportunities for celebration, reflection, and education.”

“For each observed holiday, our clinics and business offices close, which means our patients are unable to make clinic appointments for those days,” he said. “To minimize the impact on patient care, we will not be adding another paid holiday to our calendar.”

Employees expressed frustration with the change, according to Atlanta News First.

“I think, in general, everyone at Emory is pretty frustrated right now,” said one Emory health care provider. “You can’t replace one for the other. It’s completely inappropriate. It’s essentially pitting a Christian holiday against something that’s to be celebratory for everyone – but specifically for our black colleagues.”

Another employee predicted the change will accomplish the opposite of what Emory intends.

“Something that should be an extremely joyful and collective celebration has become another reminder of how our black colleagues can’t have anything without sacrifice,” the employee said.

Pelosi Seeking Another Term in Privileged Nursing Home Wing of House

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Pelosi Seeking Another Term in Privileged Nursing Home Wing of House

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Casting aside growing doubts and concerns over her age and fitness to hold public office, octogenarian Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced she is seeking yet another term to push radical leftist agendas, after feeding at the taxpayers’ trough since Moses was a child. 

While serving as Grand Inquisitor for the Democrats’ J6 Tribunal that manufactured evidence and distorted reality in its obsessive quest to pervert democracy, Pelosi has increasingly been embroiled in scandals from stock trading and boozing tied to her husband, Paul.

During her tenure as representative from California’s leftist San Franciso, the city has devolved into a cess pit of homelessness, crime, prostitution and open-air drug markets, even as the same horrors have run rampant nationwide under her leadership.

“Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our recovery,” Pelosi, 83, tweeted in her announcement Friday. “Our country needs America to show the world that our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for ALL. That is why I am running for reelection — and respectfully ask for your vote.”

Pelosi joins a growing old-age home of elder pols who are clinging to their spots in what GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley recently called “the most privileged nursing home in the country,” speaking of the U.S. Senate in particular and D.C.’s establishment swamp in general.

The Trump witch-hunter’s announcement follows yet another medical malfunction from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 81, whose recurring public brain freezes have raised alarms, as has Biden’s declining physical and mental abilities.

A new CNN poll showed only 26% of Americans think Biden has the cognitive capacity to serve effectively as president. A whopping 76% are “seriously concerned” that Biden, who at 80 is three years younger than Pelosi, likely wouldn’t be able to serve another full term.

Mark Pellin is an editor at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/sabrepaw70.

Dems Turn On Addled ‘Grandpa’ Biden After Brutal CNN Poll

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Dems Turn On Addled ‘Grandpa’ Biden After Brutal CNN Poll

(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) On Thursday morning, CNN analyst Van Jones sounded like he could be on Team Newsom.

Reacting to CNN’s own poll that anchor Phil Mattingly characterized as “looking rough” for 80-year-old and often confused Joe Biden, the influential far-left activist implied it may be time to put the incumbent POTUS and purported beloved grandpa out to pasture.

“But right now, today, I think a lot of Democrats look at these numbers and say the whispers are finally showing up in this data. People are talking behind their hand,” Jones said on the network broadcast.

Jones, who was a White House advisor to Obama, added the following in making it seem like the Democrat “family” has Joe’s own good at heart:

“They worry about Joe Biden. Joe Biden’s like that grandpa that you love, that you believe in, you owe a lot. But you start to wonder, you know, would you give this grandpa a high-stress job for six more years or would you want something else for him?”

The subtext could be that Jones may be operating as a messenger for a faction of the Democrat establishment that wants Joe to step aside in favor of the woke California governor or possibly someone else other than Biden that they perceive as more electable.

Jones went on to say during the colloquy about the so-called whispers that “that’s what’s being talked about. And people are scared to come out and to say anything about it. But I think it’s important for us to have this conversation now.”

Softening the commentary somewhat, Jones insinuated that Biden’s handlers could turn things around, claiming “I think this is maybe the bottom for Joe Biden. He may go up as the economy improves, but right now, the economy is getting better, and fears about the economy are getting worse…”

Earlier in the interview, Jones conceded that “a lot of people are terrified that Joe Biden is in real trouble and that you can’t talk about it.”

Among other bad tidings for the current Democrat regime, the poll revealed that nearly 60% of the respondents have concluded that Biden polices have made the economy worse and close to 70% of Democrats prefer a different candidate to be their presidential standard-bearer.

According to the data, Biden’s overall approval rating with Americans has plummeted to 39%.

CNN also noted that “Roughly three-quarters of Americans say they’re seriously concerned that Biden’s age might negatively affect his current level of physical and mental competence (73%), and his ability to serve out another full term if reelected (76%).”

The CNN poll, which is derived from random online or telephone sample of about 1,500 registered voters (which is generally considered a less-reliable metric than likely voters) also indicated that Biden is locked into a close contest with the announced GOP candidates.

Almost all of the Republicans are effectively deadlocked with or lead Biden by one or two points, with the exception of globalist establishment favorite Nikki Haley, who supposedly has a six-point margin over Biden.

If Democrat insiders and their corporate media allies successfully push out Biden, they presumably will have to figure out a creative technique to deny the also-unpopular VP Kamala Harris the presidential nomination in a way that avoids antagonizing a portion of the party’s base.

Unless they have determined that they are stuck with Harris.

Even though he is a lifelong liberal, it seems inconceivable that the party would consider Biden 2024 rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as an option because of his populist approach on some key issues including free speech and health autonomy, along with his anti-war views.

In the end, regardless of what polls from CNN or other organizations suggest now or later, and the methodology of same is usually an issue, the progressive placeholder that Democrats officially designate may be inconsequential.

That’s because of ballot harvesting and the collection of sketchy mail-in ballots, where Democrats have a clear advantage.

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