CNN anchor admits Durham report is 'devastating' for FBI — but still finds a way to blame Trump: 'There was a lot of smoke'



CNN anchor Jake Tapper admitted Monday that John Durham's report investigating the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe is "devastating" for the FBI.

But he still managed to find a way to blame Donald Trump.

What did Tapper say?

At the opening of his show on Monday afternoon, Tapper made a sobering declaration about the report.

"It might have not produced everything of what some Republicans hoped for; it is, regardless, devastating to the FBI, and to a degree it does exonerate Donald Trump," Tapper admitted.

\u201cTAPPER: Durham report is "devastating to the FBI and to a degree, it does exonerate Donald Trump."\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1684182171

CNN reporter Evan Perez then expanded on the "devastating" details contained within Durham's report, the result of an investigation that lasted four years.

Perez explained that Durham found that confirmation bias led the FBI to investigate allegations of Trump-Russia collusion despite exculpatory evidence that would otherwise have led the bureau to drop the investigation. The FBI, according to Durham, did not follow investigative norms to vet evidence and ignored evidence that did not support the Trump-Russia collusion narrative.

But how did Tapper blame Trump?

Despite Durham's conclusions, Tapper later suggested Trump was to blame for the FBI aggressively pursuing a case Durham says was tainted by bias because "there was a lot of smoke."

"So, the conclusions ... Durham says the FBI should not have launched a full-scale investigation into Trump and Russia. He seems to suggest there was a lot of unprofessional behavior at DOJ and the FBI and people had a 'predisposition' — that's his word — to investigate Trump and to believe the worst and they had different standards," Tapper explained.

"It's also true that there was a lot of smoke, right?" he continued.

"I mean, there was that meeting between the Trump campaign, Kushner, Don Jr. and others, that whole thing about, 'if it's what you say it is, I love it, especially later in the summer.' There is, you know, [Paul] Manafort giving polling information to Konstantin Kilimnik. There is stuff, as the Senate Intelligence Committee communications director points out, that would raise alarms," he said.

CNN reporter Sara Murray agreed with Tapper, suggesting the FBI's sin was investigating suspicions in "sloppy fashion."

"Yeah. There's also how sort of publicly cozy Donald Trump was when he talked about [Vladimir] Putin, when he talked about Russia, that sort of raised red flags for people throughout the campaign," she said.

"I think what you saw here is there were some legitimate concerns among investigators, both at the Justice Department as well as Hill investigators, including Republicans on Capitol Hill, who wanted to look into this," Murray continued. "As you point out, this was done in some ways, you know, you can say it was a sloppy fashion."

Special counsel John Durham's report on Trump-Russia probe released www.youtube.com

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John Kirby uses Chinese spy balloon incident to take shot at Trump, boost Biden. But here's what a top general said.



A top Biden administration spokesperson used the Chinese spy balloon scandal on Monday to take a shot at former President Donald Trump.

John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, told reporters that when President Joe Biden came into office, he tasked the intelligence community with conducting "a broad assessment of Chinese intelligence capabilities" to ensure the U.S. is properly defending itself from those threats.

That's when Kirby appeared to take a shot at "the previous administration."

"We were able to determine that China has a high-altitude balloon program for intelligence collection that's connected to the People’s Liberation Army," Kirby said.

"It was operating during the previous administration, but they did not detect it," he added. "We detected it. We tracked it."

\u201cKIRBY: "[Chinese balloon program] was operating during the previous administration, but they did not detect it, we detected it. We tracked it."\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1676313258

It's true that multiple Chinese spy balloons transited parts of the U.S. under Trump's watch. These alarming incidents, however, were only discovered after Trump left office. Apparently, no one in the government detected these balloons when they operated.

That balloons had crossed parts of the U.S. under Trump became a significant talking point just as Biden was taking heat for not preemptively downing the Chinese spy balloon. Instead, Biden allowed it to cross over sensitive sites critical to national security.

However, when the Pentagon first revealed the ballon incidents under Trump, the "senior defense official" who disclosed the flights omitted that no one in the government knew about them when they happened, but had only recently learned about them. It remains unclear how the balloons went undetected or how the government subsequently learned about them.

Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, took credit for the security lapse and described the security failure as a "domain awareness gap."

"Every day as a NORAD commander, it's my responsibility to detect threats to North America. I will tell you that we did not detect those threats," VanHerck said. "And that's a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out."

Thus, while Kirby put his partisan spin onto the problem to boost Biden, what VanHerck made clear is the entire government, regardless of its partisan leaders, missed the balloons. Those same career national security and military officials who missed them, then, are probably the same ones who uncovered them now.

02/13/23: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre www.youtube.com

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'He was a fearless leader': Eric Swalwell defends Adam Schiff, says they were kicked off Intel Committee for holding Trump accountable



After newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected the nominations of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to the House Intelligence Committee, the pair made an appearance on MSNBC to explain why they felt they were rejected from receiving the often classified briefings.

Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid, Rep. Swalwell pointed to a steadfast "resolve" held by himself and Schiff as the main motivation of the House speaker for rejecting their nominations.

"Adam [Schiff] never flinched; he was a fearless leader throughout that impeachment, and that's why they're targeting him," Swalwell explained.

"It's the same with me and Ms. [Ilhan] Omar, it's the fact that we never flinched, and we were fearless in our resolve to hold Donald Trump accountable," Swalwell added.

The representative then stated that Speaker McCarthy acted out of "political vengeance":

"It's not about me... it's about who is now given access to top secret information and what it means to use political vengeance to exact revenge on your political opponents."

\u201cRep. Swalwell on his being blocked, along with Rep. Schiff, from a seat on the House Intel. Cmte.: "It's not about me...It's about who is now given access to top secret information and what it means to use political vengeance to exact revenge on your political opponents."\u201d
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) 1674693778

Rep. Schiff took to Twitter in recent days calling McCarthy's move "petty, political payback for investigating Donald Trump," but also the California representative created a TikTok account, posting a video to talk about "troubling news."

"Kevin McCarthy removed me from the House Intelligence Committee, all for doing my job, for holding Trump accountable and standing up to the extreme MAGA Republicans," Schiff said on the Chinese app.

"This is not the end of my fight for our democracy," he added before asking for donations from viewers.

\u201cWATCH: Rep. Adam Schiff creates TikTok account after being booted from House Intelligence Committee\n\nHe announces some \u201ctroubling news\u2026\u201d\n\n\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1674695605

Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota also made statements in a press conference about her removal from the committee, saying that historically, politicians have only been removed for "the most egregious wrongdoings."

Listing examples, Omar mentioned "bribery, sexual misconduct, [encouraging] violence, or other grave charges."

Omar also recited her personal experiences as evidence as to why she is grateful for being on different committees, saying "as a child I who survived war, lived in a refugee camp, I would have never imagined that I would one day have the opportunity to serve on a subcommittee on Africa global health and global human rights."

The representative from Minnesota then stated that her removal is a threat to the nation's security: "It's not only a political stunt," Omar said of McCarthy's decision, "but also a blow to the integrity of our democratic institution and threat to our national security."

\u201cIlhan Omar calls being kicked off committee assignments \u201ca blow to the integrity of our democratic institutions, and a threat to our national security.\u201d\n\n\u201d
— The Post Millennial (@The Post Millennial) 1674681707

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\u201cThis rejection is based on a claim that the Washington Post independent-fact checker gave 4 Pinocchios. Speaker Boehner and Ryan, both Gang of 8 members, appointed me to Intel with access to the same facts McCarthy is distorting. He can keep me off Intel, but I\u2019m not going away.\u201d
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@Rep. Eric Swalwell) 1674608432


\u201cKevin McCarthy just kicked me and @RepSwalwell off the Intelligence Committee.\n\nThis is petty, political payback for investigating Donald Trump.\n\nIf he thinks this will stop me, he will soon find out just how wrong he is. \n\nI will always defend our democracy.\u201d
— Adam Schiff (@Adam Schiff) 1674607752

Bugs to be used in bread, beer, and various other items 'intended for the general population,' courtesy of the EU



The next pizza or beer the American traveler to Europe consumes may be loaded with bug dust, thanks to the European Food Safety Authority.

According to the official journal of the EU, a company called Cricket One submitted an application in 2019 seeking authorization to place partially defatted house cricket powder on the market as novel food.

The company sought to clear it for use in the manufacture of various foods, such as "multigrain bread and rolls, crackers and breadsticks, cereal bars, dry pre-mixes for baked products, biscuits, dry stuffed and non-stuffed pasta-based products ... beer-like beverages, chocolate confectionary ... and meat preparations."

The EFSA concluded in early 2022 that cricket powder was "safe under the proposed conditions of use and use levels," despite admitting that there was "limited published evidence on food allergy related to insects in general, which equivocally linked the consumption of [house crickets] to a number of anaphylaxis events."

The EFSA also noted "evidence demonstrating that [the house cricket] contains a number of potentially allergenic proteins" and that such bug dust "may cause allergic reactions in persons that are allergic to crustaceans, molluscs and dust mites."

Prior the EFSA's bug dust approval, the New York Allergy and Sinus Centers reported that the protein in shellfish is also present in crickets, which means "that if you suffer from a shellfish allergy, there is a high chance that you will be allergic to crickets. The more you are exposed to crickets, the more likely you are to develop the allergy."

As of Jan. 24, 2023, Cricket One is permitted to peddle its pest feed in Europe.

Bloomberg indicated that yellow mealworms and grasshoppers have similarly been approved.

According to the Cricket One's website, "Cricket protein is nutritionally more efficient, high performing and complete. It is a reliable and sustainable source of alternative protein that does not harm the planet."

The company cites among its "sustainable goals" both "climate action" and "responsible consumption and production."

This push for people to consume bug dust reveals climate alarmists are not keen simply to discourage people from having children or to bereave Western nations of stable and ethical energy supply.

The Guardian ran an op-ed in 2018 claiming, "Reducing our meat intake is crucial to avoiding climate breakdown, since food production accounts for about a quarter of all human-related greenhouse gas emissions, and is predicted to rise. In western countries, this means eating 90% less beef and five times as many beans and pulses."

A 2017 review published in the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development suggested that rather than meat, humans could instead try eating weeds, micro-algae, and bugs.

The World Economic Forum ran an article in February 2022 touting bugs as "an excellent alternative source of protein" and a way to "significantly reduce our carbon footprint." The WEF author went so far as to suggest that insects are "part of a virtuous eco-cycle."

When speaking recently at the WEF, Siemens AG chairman Jim Hagemann similarly called on people to stop eating meat to curb the specter of anthropogenic climate change.

"If a billion people stop eating meat, I tell you, it has a big impact. Not only does it have a big impact on the current food system, but it will also inspire innovation of food systems," Hagemann told a crowd of technocrats in Davos, Switzerland.

The multimillionaire predicted that "we will have proteins not coming from meat in the future. They will probably taste even better. ... They will be zero carbon and much healthier than the kind of food that we eat today. That is a mission we need to get on."

\u201cSiemens AG Chairman Jim Hagemann at WEF: "If a billion people stop eating meat, I tell you, it has a big impact. Not only does it have a big impact on the current food system, but it will also inspire innovation of food systems..."\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1674155754

A 2018 research article in Frontiers in Nutrition discussing how best to foist insects on human beings suggested that Westerners averse to eating lizard food "have a stereotyped knowledge of insects and other species, and the association of some of those animals with decaying matter and feces could have led to psychological contamination of the entire category."

The article intimated that social engineering may be necessary to bring about a "large-scale behavioral change in favor of insect-based diets."

The promotion of bug consumption on the basis of its purported environmental benefits isn't working, the researchers conceded, suggesting instead that "interventions emphasizing the delicious and unique culinary experience [would] lead to a higher increase in insect consumption."

Forbes recently reduced the matter of gustatory delight to mere utility, suggesting that "growing livestock for meat is an astoundingly inefficient rate of return on investment." The Forbes author alleged that extra to the efficiency of bugs, their consumption may also be good for national security.

Ligaya Mishan, writing in the New York Times, went the extra mile to couch her justification of eating creepy crawlers in Scripture, noting that John the Baptist too survived on locusts.

MarketWatch reported that the global edible insects market, valued at $486.6 million in 2019, is expected to reach $1.2 billion by the end of 2026.

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Elizabeth Warren tries to bash Elon Musk, but accidentally nails the problem with Twitter before he bought it



Sen. Elizabeth Warren attempted to take a shot at Elon Musk on Wednesday over his acquisition of Twitter. Instead, the Massachusetts Democrat accidentally exposed the problem with Twitter that Musk is seeking to correct.

What did Warren say?

After Musk bought Twitter, the world's richest man became public enemy No. 1 for Democrats, who fear Musk's ownership of the social media platform will devolve Twitter to the internet's version of the wild wild west. Warren herself admitted last month she has a "real problem" with Musk.

On Wednesday, Fox Business reporter Hillary Vaughn asked Warren if Democrats are being overly harsh with Musk.

"Elon Musk is doing just fine," Warren snarked in response.

But it was Warren's response to Vaughn's follow-up question that told the true story of Democrats' outrage against Musk and the changes he is implementing at Twitter.

"Do you think that users have a right to freedom of speech, even if what they’re saying is wrong or offensive?" Vaughn asked.

"I think that one human being should not decide how millions of people communicate with each other," Warren responded. "One human being should not be able to go into a dark room by himself and decide: ‘Oh, that person gets heard from, that person doesn’t.’ That’s not how it should work."

\u201cWATCH: Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Elon Musk's changes to Twitter: "One human being should not be able to go into a dark room by himself and decide 'Oh, that person gets heard from, that person doesn\u2019t.' That's not how it should work."\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1669838472

But one of the reasons that Musk purchased Twitter was to reform it from the inside out.

Twitter is widely seen as the digital town square, but the powers that used to be moderated the content posted to Twitter in a way that often cohered with the progressive agenda. Far-right personalities were often banned, and conservatives at large complained of being shadow-banned. And who can forget how Twitter censored the now-vindicated Hunter Biden laptop story?

Thus, what Warren alleges Twitter will be under Musk's control is what Twitter already was under previous management. Musk, in fact, has promised to do the opposite of what Warren now expresses concern over.

Ironically, Warren and other Democrats outraged about Musk's Twitter takeover were not angry when, under previous management, Twitter decided who should and should not have a voice on its platform.

Election DENIER? Hillary Clinton is already claiming Republicans plan to ‘literally steal’ 2024 election



On "The News & Why It Matters," BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales and guests Jaco Booyens and Grant Stinchfield talk about a viral video of former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claiming that Republicans are already planning to "literally steal" the 2024 election.

\u201cHILLARY CLINTON: \u201cRight wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election.\u201d\n\n\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1666663214

After two years of hearing the message that questioning the results of an election undermines "our democracy," how is Hillary Clinton getting away with preemptively claiming that "right-wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election"?

"This is really gross stuff coming from the party who [thinks] saying the words 'election denier' is like the worst thing that you could be called, according to the left," Sara said.

"Yet, in history, we've got Stacey Abrams who still thinks that she's the governor of Georgia. I'm not sure that she's gotten the memo yet that she did not actually win that election. You've got ... Hillary Clinton parading around talking about how she really would have won [in 2016] and she was the rightful winner if it weren't for Russia's interference," she added. "Democrats have a very long history of denying elections, and now all of a sudden 'right-wing extremists' already have a plan to steal the 2024 election?"

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NYC migrant facility offers big-screen TVs, video game systems, Wi-Fi, popcorn machines, foosball, laundry service, 24-hour snacks, 'culturally appropriate' cuisine: 'A place people can come, rest, relax, and kick their feet up'



New York City officials unveiled the welcoming living conditions at the new migrant facility designated for single adult males. The amenities at the illegal immigrant camp include big-screen TVs, Xbox gaming systems, laundry service, 24-hour snacks, and "culturally appropriate" cuisine.

To deal with the busing of migrants, New York City has opened a migrant tent city on Randall's Island. The tent city can accommodate 500 migrants, but can be expanded to have 1,000 beds.

The facility is intended to house migrants temporarily – between 24 to 96 hours. However, there is no limit as to how long the men can stay at the center.

“Our focus is to get you where you want to go and not put a numerical limit in terms of number of hours to restrict anything,” said Dr. Ted Long, a senior vice president at NYC Health + Hospitals.

\u201cWATCH: After declaring a state of emergency, NYC unveils shelter for 'single adult men' illegal migrants with couches, TVs, Xboxes & 24/7 food & drink\n\n"The meals are all culturally appropriate\u2014it is South American fare," Emergency Mgmt Commissioner Zach Iscol said. \n\n\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f: @fox5ny\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1666240757

The migrant city boasts a long list of amenities for the tenants.

There are couches and coffee tables situated in front of big-screen TVs with cable and the latest Xbox video game console. The New York Post reported that there is a recreation room with two popcorn machines, ping-pong tables, foosball tables, and board games.

Illegal immigrants also have access to free Wi-Fi, a bank of 12 phones that can be used to make international calls, and laundry service.

There are coffee and tea stations available around the clock, as well as 24-hour snacks.

The facility provides 60 dining tables. Meals will be cooked on-site in the fully equipped commercial kitchen.

"Those meals are all culturally appropriate. It is South American fare," said New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol during a press conference. "The menu rotates on a regular basis."

Iscol added, "This is a place people can come, rest, relax, and kick their feet up after the journey they have been on."

The migrant facility will have 24/7 security and a 10 p.m. curfew for tenants.

Originally, the migrant facility was to be built in the Orchard Beach parking lot in the Bronx. Despite construction of the tent city in the Bronx being nearly completed, New York City officials decided to scrap the idea after heavy rains flooded the area. The migrant facility was relocated to the parking lot of Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island.

Iscol admitted that the relocation was a pricey mistake.

"It cost about $325,000 to demobilize from Orchard Beach and another $325,000 to set up this facility," Iscol said on Tuesday.

However, Iscol did not reveal the total cost of the illegal immigrant facility for single men.

"The rest of the costs we’re still analyzing — we don’t know how many people we will be caring for and a lot of the costs are variable, so many of those ongoing costs we’re now figuring out," he said.

The New York Post reported last month that the Bronx tent city would cost the city $15 million per month to operate.

In addition to the tent city, the New York City government is housing 200 families at the Row Hotel – a 4-star hotel in midtown Manhattan.

According to online travel booking websites, nightly rates at Manhattan's Row Hotel start at $116 and go all the way up to $539 per night.

Since the spring, more than 18,000 migrants have been bused into New York City from southern border states. Earlier this month, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency because of the influx of illegal immigrants.

New York Erects Tent City To House Migrants www.youtube.com

'Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed,' says VP Kamala Harris, who sent nearly 2,000 people to jail for weed



On the heels of President Joe Biden offering a blanket pardon for all federal inmates who are serving time for simple possession of marijuana offenses, Vice President Kamala Harris now claims that "nobody" should serve "jail" time for that same offense.

On Saturday, Harris spoke at a fundraiser in Austin, Texas, addressing various issues, including the marijuana pardons.

"And speaking of the system of justice," Harris began, adopting what Bradley Cortright of Independent Journal Review described as a "bizarre mixture of a Long Island and southern accent."

"We are also changing — y’all might have heard that this week — the federal government’s approach to marijuana," Harris continued and then paused for effect.

"Because the bottom line there is nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed," she added, smiling as the audience cheered.

\u201cVP HARRIS: "Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed."\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1665347171

However, Harris did not mention the fact that she personally sent nearly 2,000 Californians to jail for marijuana-based offenses between 2004 and 2011 while she was district attorney of San Francisco. In fact, many credit Tulsi Gabbard's primary debate criticism of Harris' record as D.A. as the moment that sunk Harris' bid for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.

"Now, Senator Harris says she’s proud of her record as a prosecutor and she’ll be a prosecutor president, but I’m deeply concerned about this record," Gabbard stated at the time. "There are too many examples to cite. She put over 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana."

Though others put the total number of persons whom Harris incarcerated for marijuana at about 1974, Gabbard was right that Harris did laugh about smoking weed during a conversation with Charlamagne tha God in 2019. "I did inhale," she admitted with one of her signature laughs.

Now in 2022, many on social media have ripped Harris for such a hypocritical about-face on the issue.

"Clearly, Kamala has forgotten her legacy in California," said Mark Meuser, a Republican who is running for U.S. Senate for the state of California.

"She knows she's Kamala Harris right?" joked conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller.

"The hypocrisy is staggering," noted actor Matthew Marsden.

Fox News Digital claimed that Harris' office had not responded to a request for comment.

Biden just promised never to let an election be stolen 'AGAIN' — so which election was stolen?



For nearly two years now, we've been told that people who question our election integrity are a "threat to our democracy" and anyone who says otherwise is just leading the American people "down this path of lies." It was strange then, that President Joe Biden told a group of rallygoers in Maryland on Thursday that Democrats have plans to "make sure no one, no one, ever has the opportunity to steal an election again." [Emphasis added.]

"If we elect two more senators, we keep the House and Democrats, we’re going to get a lot of unfinished business we’re going to get done. Folks, look, we’ll codify Roe v. Wade. We’ll ban, we’ll ban assault weapons. We’ll protect Social Security and Medicare. We’ll pass universal pre-K. We’ll restore the Childcare Tax Credit. We’ll protect voting rights. We’ll pass election reform and make sure no one, no one, ever has the opportunity to steal an election again!" Biden declared.

After Breaking911 posted a clip highlighting Biden's promise to ban "assault weapons," a few people on Twitter noticed something strange about the last word of that last sentence.

\u201cBiden just said..."make sure no one, no one, ever has the opportunity to steal an election again". \n\nHaven't we been told for the past 2 years that elections were secure, safe, and beyond corruption?\u201d
— Oreo Speedwagon (@Oreo Speedwagon) 1661520901
\u201c@Breaking911 "make sure no one has the opportunity to be able to steal an election again" ... again?\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1661475726
\u201c@Breaking911 \u201cWe\u2019ll make sure that NOBODY has the opportunity to steal an election again!\u201d\n\nWait a minute..isn\u2019t that an admission?\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1661475726
\u201c@Breaking911 What election was stolen?\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1661475726
\u201c@Breaking911 I have questions.\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1661475726
\u201c@Breaking911 He also said \u201cno one will ever Be able to STEAL an election again\u201d \ud83e\udd14 Things that makes you go Huh \ud83e\udd14 Who stole the election??? You did, oh that\u2019s right \ud83e\udd2b\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1661475726

Then there was this video, which may or may not be the actual Biden "rally" in Maryland, we can't say for sure, but it's good for a laugh.

\u201cBiden can\u2019t fill a high school gym \ud83d\ude02 @Swamp_Dinosaur\u201d
— Mostly Peaceful Memes (@Mostly Peaceful Memes) 1661480315

Biden adviser says Americans paying high gas prices is needed for a 'liberal world order,' conservatives warn: 'Wake up!'



President Joe Biden's director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, said Americans paying high gas prices is needed for the "future of the liberal world order." Reactions to the statement erupted on Twitter.

The Biden administration has repeatedly blamed high gas prices on Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. On Thursday, President Biden said Americans should expect to pay high fuel prices for "as long as it takes, so Russia cannot in fact defeat Ukraine and move beyond Ukraine."

CNN anchor Victor Blackwell interviewed Deese on Thursday and cited that Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Wednesday the war between Russia and Ukraine could be a "grinding struggle" for years.

Blackwell said, "I think everybody understands why this is happening, but is it sustainable? What do you say to those families who say, listen, we can't afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years? This is not sustainable."

Deese – who was formerly the global head of sustainable investing at BlackRock – replied, "What we heard from the president today was about the stakes. This is about the future of the liberal world order, and we have to stand firm."

"But at the same time what I'd say to that family, to Americans across the country, is you have a present administration that is going to do everything in its power to blunt those price increases and bring those prices down," Deese added.

Biden's director of the National Economic Council added, "Good news, over the past two weeks, we've seen the price at the pump come down 20 cents, but it is still unacceptably high. That's why the president earlier this week was working to bring the G7 allies together around, exploring something around a price cap. To cap the price that can be paid for Russian oil. Which will actually target the pain more directly on Vladimir Putin and not on the rest of the world."

\u201cCNN: "What do you say to those families that say, 'listen, we can't afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years?\u2019"\n\nBIDEN ADVISOR BRIAN DEESE: "This is about the future of the Liberal World Order and we have to stand firm."\u201d
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1656639728

In reactions on Twitter, conservatives blasted the Biden administration for prioritizing the "liberal world order" ahead of Americans.

TheBlaze contributor Carol Roth: "A liberal world order is a place where feelings replace facts and hopes replace realities. It may sound nice in theory, but it is actually an epic disaster."

Conservative commentator Tom Bevan: "Another great election slogan for the Dems & Biden: 'Hey, America, suck it up for the Liberal World Order.'"

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.): "The White House openly stated that you’re just going to have to pay more in gas so that they can hold the 'liberal world order' together and it barely registers as breaking news. They’re telling you EVERYTHING they plan to do and most don’t even care. WAKE UP!"

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.): "Inflation is causing money to be tight for many people, especially senior citizens barely able to buy food. Sustained high gas prices are causing people to drives less because they can’t afford it. We will not be paying for Biden’s liberal world order. People are angry."

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas): "$5 gas? No problem - do it for the 'the liberal world order…'"

Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance: "Ohio families shouldn’t be expected to pay a dime for the 'liberal world order.'"

Republican congressional candidate for Washington's 3rd District Joe Kent: "The ruling class’s obsession w/ the liberal world order got us to this point - putting our sovereignty & prosperity after the security of every other nation. Time to cast off the failed old ways."

Republican congressional candidate for Ohio's 9th District J.R. Majewski: "When White House advisors go on TV & say that we’re just going to have to keep paying high gas prices to keep the 'liberal world order' intact, that’s when every American needs to wake up and start paying attention. This is not your standard Democrat. This is a globalist coup."

Republican congressional candidate for New York's 14th District Desi Cuellar: "Anyone else notice how they don’t care about saying stuff like 'liberal world order' right out on television for everyone to hear anymore? They truly act like they don’t need our approval or out vote. Scary stuff."

Conservative commentator Steve Cortes: "The 'liberal world order.' He’s trolling us, right?! How about 'American nationalism' instead?"

Former Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller: "Biden’s 'Liberal World Order' is a war on the working and middle class: — Domestic drilling bans to explode energy costs — Run printing presses to inflate dollar — Open borders to drain erode family income, resources, stability — Open jails to let loose predators upon the community — Destroy nuclear family, discourage childbirth, promote abortion as 'family planning' — Replace religion with regime ideology — Put gov’t between parents & children — Use schools & corps to instill woke propaganda, sow gender confusion, teach hatred of self/family/faith/nation — Erase distinctions of biological sex & force doctors to elevate ideology over science — Police speech, punish dissent, jail dissenters — Racial discrimination & stereotyping to divide/demean populace —Transfer wealth from workers to Wall Street via outsourcing — Globalist wars."

In 2017, President Biden also used the term "liberal world order" while attacking former President Donald Trump.

“Violating the norms of personal conduct generates more anxiety and fear than any policy prescription that this president has enunciated,” Biden said during an event held at the University of Delaware. “This breaking down of international and national norms is the glue that holds the liberal world order together, and holds together our system. That is what is being attacked and that’s what’s most dangerous.”

\u201c2017. Biden said that Trump was breaking down the norms that hold the liberal world order together.\u201d
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In March 2022, Biden raised eyebrows when he used the terms "liberal world order" and "new world order" while speaking to corporate leaders.

"We’re at an inflection point, I believe, in the world economy, not just the world economy, the world, that occurs every three or four generations," the president declared. "[A general told me] that 60 million people died between 1900 and 1946, and since then we’ve established a liberal world order, and it hasn’t happened in a long while.”

"And now is a time when things are shifting," Biden added. "We're going to — there’s going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it. And we’ve got to unite the rest of the free world in doing it."

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