In what seems like a never-ending trend of communists winning their primaries this election cycle, Colorado democratic socialist Melat Kiros is likely headed to Congress.
And Kiros’ recent comments about the tragic events of September 11 have Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck alarmed.
Kiros was asked in an interview with Colorado’s Next 9News about comments she had made regarding the Hamas terror attack on October 7 while appearing on Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s show.
Kiros doubled down that it was “an inevitable consequence of apartheid, of occupation, decades of occupation.”
The reporter followed up that answer with a question about the most deadly attack on American soil.
“Do you believe that the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America were the inevitable consequence of American foreign policy?” the reporter asked.
“Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East. That forced people to believe that another act of violence was the only response. And again, just like I said before, our responsibility is to getting rid of those conditions that lead to violence,” Kiros replied.
“It’s the typical, you know, blame the rape victim that you get attacked from whatever we did,” Jason Buttrill tells Glenn.
“I don’t agree with blaming the victim or anything when it comes to anything like this,” he adds.
“Name the country that hasn’t made these kinds of mistakes,” Glenn agrees.
“We do nothing to deserve that kind of stuff ... the American people are those people that we think of as red, white, and blue and just want to do the right thing and help each other and help other countries,” he says.
“That’s what’s really in our heart. But that’s not what our government’s been doing,” he adds.
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One of the two teen suspects named in connection with the murder of a Penn State University senior in South Philadelphia less than a month ago was arrested by U.S. Marshals over 1,700 miles away from the crime scene — in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore announced Wednesday night that 16-year-old Azzubair Outen-Fleming was arrested, WPVI-TV reported.
'Surrender now.'
Police are still searching for a second suspect, 16-year-old Kaiseem Smith, the station said.
Authorities said the suspects stole 22-year-old Billy Schmidt's cell phone in the 1900 block of Durfor Street on June 6, WPVI reported, adding that as Schmidt chased after the suspects, one of them turned and shot Schmidt in the chest.
Schmidt was pronounced dead a short time later, the station said, adding that family members said Schmidt had been returning home from a nearby bar where he was watching an NBA Finals game with friends.
Both Outen-Fleming and Smith are facing murder charges, WPVI said.
Officials describe Smith as standing 4' 10'' and weighing roughly 110 pounds, WPVI reported, adding that Smith is a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, but is known to frequent the 27th and Reed area of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said investigators believe Smith was the gunman, the station said.
"Surrender now," Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark said, according to WPVI. "If you choose to remain fugitives, the Marshals Service will relentlessly pursue every lead, every associate, and every tip until you are located and taken into custody."
WPVI noted that U.S. Marshals have arrested Outen-Fleming's stepfather — 35-year-old Dante Abdul Malik — who faces charges, including hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence in connection with the case.
Schmidt had been studying digital journalism and media and was planning to graduate in December, WTXF-TV reported.
"I hope they find them. I want [them] in jail. That's what I want. They don't deserve to get to walk away from what they did," Matthew Segal of South Philadelphia told WPVI in a previous story.
Police released video of the wanted suspects earlier this month, WPVI said.
The Philadelphia Police Department was offering a $20,000 reward for an arrest and conviction in the case, the station said, adding that the U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday it was offering up to $10,000 in reward money: $5,000 for Smith's arrest of Smith, and another $5,000 for Outen-Fleming's arrest.
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Democrats just lost the opportunity to gain three seats in the battle to control Congress after a state supreme court blocked their effort to redistrict the election maps.
The effort by a group called Coloradans for a Level Playing Field involved three separate ballot proposals, one of which would have changed the Colorado redistricting map for the 2028 and 2030 election cycles, if approved by the voters.
'While Trump and his MAGA allies regularly sidestep the law and ignore voters, efforts to respond have once again been dealt a legal setback over a technicality.'
Redistricting would have given Democrats the chance to pick up three extra seats. The Colorado Supreme Court said the effort violated the "single subject requirement" for ballot measures.
"Changing the constitutionally mandated frequency of redistricting — however temporary the change — is not merely a mechanism to administer the new congressional district map," wrote Chief Justice Monica Márquez in one of the unanimous decisions issued Monday. "Instead, it represents a seismic shift to Colorado’s longstanding redistricting process enshrined in the state constitution."
Curtis Hubbard, the spokesperson for the group sponsoring the bills, called the ruling "disappointing" in a statement on the group's website.
"While Trump and his MAGA allies regularly sidestep the law and ignore voters, efforts to respond have once again been dealt a legal setback over a technicality," he added.
National Republican Redistricting Trust President Adam Kincaid praised the ruling.
"Complete and total victory in Colorado!" he said on the X platform. "In a win for voters and the Colorado Constitution, the Colorado Supreme Court resoundingly rejects Democrats' attempt to manipulate the initiative process."
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According to the Coloradans for a Level Playing Field's math, Republicans may be able to pick up as many as 11 seats in Congress now that the group's gerrymandering initiatives have been blocked.
The group will not have the opportunity to amend their initiatives and have them appear on the next election ballot, ending the effort in Colorado.
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Ethiopian-born socialist Melat Kiros unseated Democrat incumbent Diana DeGette in a race for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, her victory coming on the heels of a socialist sweep of a series of congressional primaries in New York. The string of socialist victories across the country shows that the ideas many thought were once confined […]
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