CNN tries to pass off liberal prof from central casting as 'undecided voter'



Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris participated in a CNN town hall event on Wednesday evening in Pennsylvania, where she took questions from so-called undecided voters.

One of those individuals was Carol Nackenoff, a political science professor at Swarthmore College, whom Anderson Cooper introduced as “a registered Democrat, who says she’s leaning towards voting for you [Harris].”

Cooper noted that Nackenoff “has yet to make her final decision.”

'If you could accomplish only one mayor policy goal that required congressional action, what would it be and why?'

However, Federal Election Commission reports revealed that Nackenoff has donated more than 50 times since 2009 to Democratic political action committees, including ActBlue, the Hillary Victory Fund, Hillary for America, and Bernie 2020.

Of the more than $2,552 the professor has reportedly donated over that period of time, only $25 — one donation in 2023 — went to WinRed, a fundraising platform for the Republican Party.

Since June 2024, Nackenoff has made six donations totaling $215 to ActBlue, a PAC collecting funds for the Harris-Walz ticket and other Democratic candidates.

One of those donations was earmarked for Bob Casey for Senate, a Democrat seeking re-election in Pennsylvania. Casey spoke at Harris’ Wilkes-Barre campaign rally in mid-September.

Another ActBlue donation was allotted to Gen-Democracy, a group that pledges to “defeat Trump” and “win back Gen-Z voters,” according to its website.

The remainder of Nackenoff’s ActBlue donations from this year were earmarked for the Democratic National Committee or general contributions to ActBlue.

During the CNN town hall event, Nackenoff asked Harris, “If you could accomplish only one mayor policy goal that required congressional action, what would it be and why?”

Harris responded, “Well, there’s not just one. I have to be honest with you, Carol. There’s a lot of work that needs to happen.”

The vice president seemed to briefly stumble through her answer.

“But, let’s, let’s — I think that, maybe, part of this point, that I — how I think about it, is we’ve got to get past this era of politics and partisan politics, slowing down what we need to do in terms of progress in our country,” Harris continued. “And that means working across the aisle. I’ve done that before; we did it around — whether it be what we were able to accomplish with the bipartisan infrastructure deal or some of the work that we have done in terms of dealing with gun safety.”

Harris repeated her commitment to reaching across the political aisle to “deal with a number of issues.”

“Whether it be what we need to do in terms of housing and creating legislation that creates incentives for that. What we need to do to reinstate the freedom of the woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do,” Harris said. “Whether it be what we need to do to actually invest in a substantial way in the industries of the future, in American-based manufacturing in American-based industries where American workers and union workers have those jobs in a way that is good-paying jobs that gives people the dignity they deserve.”

She added, “All those areas I plan on working across the aisle and with Congress, including the issue of immigration, which we’ve got to fix.”

Jordan Gehrke, a political consultant, posted a photo on X from the town hall of Nackenoff asking Harris her question.

Gehrke wrote, “CNN would have you believe that the Poli-Sci Professor on the left wearing those glasses is undecided.”

Donald Trump Jr. responded to the post, “That person is more decided than me. Lol.”

Another individual noted that none of CNN’s so-called undecided voters stated they were leaning toward former President Donald Trump.

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Blaze News original: Biden-Harris immigration policy shell game — more 'lawful pathways' and less enforcement



One of the first orders of business for President Joe Biden (D) when he took office was to immediately undo former President Donald Trump's immigration policies, which included halting construction of the border wall. In fact, within his first year, Biden took nearly 300 immigration-related executive actions that have ultimately led to the nation's current unprecedented immigration crisis.

Perhaps even more damaging than leaving the nation's doors open to illegal immigration, Biden, along with his vice president and now the Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, spent the past three and a half years using the administration's executive powers to circumvent Congress and rapidly expand "lawful pathways," including parole programs, Temporary Protected Status, and the CBP One app.

The Biden-Harris administration has rolled out these executive actions under the guise of curbing illegal crossings by incentivizing foreign nationals to pursue so-called legal routes instead. However, while their measures may have slightly reduced southern border encounter numbers in recent months, they have ramped up questionably legal immigration nationwide.

As far as the current administration is concerned, these expanded immigration pathways have granted millions of foreign nationals legal status in the U.S.

However, with election season in full swing and immigration a top concern for a vast number of voters, the Biden-Harris turned Harris-Walz campaign is attempting to appear more moderate on immigration issues and distancing itself from its self-inflicted crisis by, among other things, touting its lowered border encounter stats while glossing over how its expanded pathways have allowed millions of lightly vetted foreign nationals to enter the country.

Background on pathway expansion

Until May 2023, Title 42 allowed the federal government to quickly expel illegal immigrants who had recently been in a country where COVID-19 was present. With the expulsion program set to end, the administration anticipated a significant spike in border crossings. As a way to mitigate that increase and "discourage irregular migration," the Biden-Harris administration's Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice issued "a final rule to incentivize the use of lawful pathways."

The administration sold its expanded pathways firstly as a "lawful" process that encouraged "safe" and "orderly" immigration into the U.S.

With the number of illegal border crossings over the first three years of Biden's presidency exceeding nine million, the expanded pathway measures provided ways for the administration to continue allowing foreign nationals to enter the country in large numbers while potentially reducing eye-popping encounter stats at the southwest border.

'CHNV program, which allows inadmissible Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to fly in.'

In the summer of 2023, the Biden-Harris administration listed the ways it planned to increase so-called legal migration, including by "establishing country-specific and other available processes to seek parole for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit; expanding opportunities to enter for seasonal employment; putting in place a mechanism for migrants to schedule a time and place to arrive in a safe, orderly, and lawful manner at ports of entry via use of the CBP One mobile app; and expanding refugee processing in the Western Hemisphere."

Jessica Vaughan, the director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, told Blaze News, "The most consequential, and unlawful, 'lawful pathway' used by the Biden administration has been the use of parole to allow about 5 million inadmissible migrants into the country who would not otherwise qualify either for asylum or a legal visa."

She noted that the administration's pathways have "taken several forms," including "catch-and-release at the border, the CBP One app to enable unqualified people from anywhere in the world to make an appointment to cross the border, and the CHNV program, which allows inadmissible Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to fly in and settle where ever they like, and in the case of the Cubans and Haitians, immediately apply for welfare programs and enroll their kids in public schools at taxpayer expense."

CBP One mobile app

The Biden-Harris administration has significantly expanded Customs and Border Protection's CBP One application, which allows foreign nationals located in certain parts of Mexico to schedule an appointment at a port of entry to make an asylum claim. The catch-and-release policies under the current administration mean that applicants undergo a quick and abbreviated vetting process before they are released into the interior of the U.S. and provided with years-out court dates to later review the legitimacy of their asylum claims.

Under the Biden-Harris leadership, the mobile app has expanded eligibility territory, allowing foreign nationals to apply from Northern, Central, and some parts of Southern Mexico, thereby incentivizing individuals worldwide to travel to Mexico to schedule an appointment. CBP schedules 1,450 appointments per day.

A recent report from the DHS' Office of Inspector General revealed that the application lacks some capabilities to assist with vetting foreign nationals.

The application's limited vetting ability, coupled with overwhelmed federal immigration agents at the border forced to expedite the release of those requesting asylum, has allowed gang members and criminals to enter the country.

In just one recent example, two young men suspected to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were recently busted in Aurora, Colorado, for alleged ties to a shooting. According to reports, the men used the CBP One app to enter the U.S. in August.

The CHNV pathway

The administration's CHNV program allows 30,000 individuals per month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to immigrate to the U.S. and receive a two-year work permit. It is worth noting that CHNV beneficiaries are being flown into the U.S. not necessarily from their country of origin. In fact, the CIS discovered that individuals have been flown from 77 countries into 45 international U.S. airports.

In recent weeks, the program has stirred up a firestorm of controversy after a report by the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate uncovered fraud among sponsors' applications. Foreign national beneficiaries must have a U.S.-based sponsor, also called a supporter — individual or entity — to be eligible for the program.

'The president and his border czar play a massive shell game.'

Those currently in the country on Temporary Protected Status or asylum can serve as supporters to CHNV beneficiaries, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' website. In other words, beneficiaries do not require an American citizen sponsor to enter the country through this program, leaving it vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

The report found that some supporters had used the same Social Security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers hundreds of times. Additionally, approximately 3,000 sponsors had filed more than 100,000 forms. Some of those forms included phone numbers belonging to deceased individuals, addresses of storage units, and fake zip codes.

While news of the discovered fraud did not break until early August, the DHS reportedly paused the CHNV program in mid-July while investigating the findings.

Roughly a month and a half later, the Biden-Harris administration announced that it was rebooting the program, with the DHS claiming that it would conduct "additional vetting" of sponsors moving forward.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) urged the federal government to end the "clearly flawed" and "unlawful" program.

"The CHNV program, along with the use of the CBP One app at the Southwest border, has helped the president and his border czar play a massive shell game, encouraging otherwise inadmissible aliens to simply cross at ports of entry instead of between them," he stated following the administration's announcement.

A group of senators led by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently penned a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also calling for the program's termination.

Cruz accused the DHS of continuing the program after implementing "stop-gap marginal improvements" that would not "solve the fundamental fraud, failure, and illegality of the CHNV program."

"This fundamentally flawed program must be permanently dismantled. The program has not only facilitated widespread fraud, but has also exposed serious vulnerabilities in our immigration system, leading to dire consequences for public safety. The tragic sexual assault and murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray by two Venezuelan illegal aliens indicates the dangers posed by the Biden-Harris administration's immigration policies," Cruz wrote in the letter.

The senators linked the CHNV program and the administration's expansion of TPS for Venezuelans to the "troubling rise in crime" and the increased presence of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang now operating in some areas of the U.S.

Furthermore, they accused the Biden-Harris administration of "creat[ing] a parallel immigration system without congressional approval."

'Keeping Families Together' program

In addition to implementing more pathways for foreign nationals to enter the U.S., the Biden-Harris administration has also promoted mass amnesty processes for those already in the country seeking permanent legal status.

The DHS announced the "Keeping Families Together" program in mid-August, calling it "a step toward ... Biden's commitment to promoting family unity in the immigration system."

If permitted to move forward, it would allow some illegal immigrants to "request parole in place under existing statutory authority." Those eligible for the program include spouses and stepchildren of American citizens. Spousal applicants must have lived in the U.S. since June 2014 and have been married to a citizen since June 2024. Stepchildren applicants must be under 21 years old and unmarried, have resided in the country since June 2024, and have an illegal alien parent married to a citizen.

'The Biden-Harris-Mayorkas schemes were deliberately created to circumvent the immigration laws.'

As part of the program, eligible individuals would be granted parole in place, allowing them to remain in the country while they request an adjustment of status.

USCIS' website states, "If granted parole, and if otherwise eligible, these noncitizens may apply for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident without being required to leave the United States and be processed by a U.S. consulate overseas."

"DHS estimates that 500,000 noncitizen spouses of U.S. citizens could be eligible to access Keeping Families Together; on average, these noncitizens have resided in the United States for 23 years," it continues. "In addition, approximately 50,000 noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens are estimated to be eligible to seek parole under Keeping Families Together."

Critics have called it a mass amnesty program.

Shortly after it was announced, 16 Republican-led states filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration to prevent the program from moving forward. The complaint claimed that the administration's estimate that it would extend legal status to up to 550,000 illegal aliens is "likely a significant underestimate," arguing that the number could be as high as 1.3 million.

The lawsuit, filed in partnership with America First Legal, read, "DHS has announced the creation of a program that effectively provides a new pathway to a green card and eventual citizenship ... to circumvent the process established by Congress to apply for permanent residency."

It stated, "This action incentivizes illegal immigration and will irreparably harm the Plaintiff States," which included Texas, Idaho, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

In response to the suit, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a stay order, preventing the federal government from implementing the program at least until September 23 while the case is pending.

USCIS noted that it is still accepting applications for its "Keeping Families Together" program, including scheduling biometric appointments for applicants, but it is not currently granting any parole-in-place requests due to the ongoing lawsuit.

Final thoughts

The most troubling aspect of the Biden-Harris administration's open-borders policies has been the limited vetting processes that have allowed criminals from all over the world to slip into the country.

"Besides the huge expense to taxpayers, there is a human cost as well, as some of these individuals are violent gang members, deviants, and human traffickers, and they have caused incalculable harm in a number of communities around the country, from New York City to Aurora, Colorado, to Springfield, Ohio, to Nashville, Tennessee," Vaughan told Blaze News.

Despite the federal government's claims that every foreign national granted asylum or other form of parole has been thoroughly vetted, law enforcement officials' ability to access an individual's criminal background is extremely limited.

Immigration officials tasked with performing background checks on foreign nationals making asylum claims at the border are limited to U.S.-based background checks and Interpol.

Vaughan explained, "There is no meaningful vetting process. The only vetting that the immigration officers can do is to check if the migrant has a record here in the United States, and most of them have never been here before. We have next to no information on their background."

Vaughan confirmed to Blaze News that potential lawsuits against the administration's expanded pathways could have legal standing.

"The Biden-Harris-Mayorkas schemes were deliberately created to circumvent the immigration laws as Congress wrote them, and especially the numerical limits," she said. "The law explicitly prohibits using parole to allow defined categories of migrants to enter without a visa or after crossing illegally; it is permissible only on a case-by-case individual basis and only if it can be justified as a significant public benefit."

The administration's expanded pathways and asylum programs refer to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5), which states that the attorney general may "parole" a foreign national into the country "temporarily" but "only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit." However, it notes, "Such parole of such alien shall not be regarded as an admission of the alien and when the purposes of such parole shall, in the opinion of the Attorney General, have been served the alien shall forthwith return or be returned to the custody from which he was paroled and thereafter his case shall continue to be dealt with in the same manner as that of any other applicant for admission to the United States."

Vaughan noted, "A lot of people are asking what possible public benefit has come from these policies, especially the families of people harmed by illegal migrants, or taxpayers seeing their hard-earned money spent on hotel rooms, Uber rides, pizza dinners, health care, schooling, and sometimes prosecution and incarceration of people who have no interest and no prospect of contributing to their community."

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Bret Baier shares how Kamala’s team tried to sabotage the interview — 'icing the kicker'



On October 16, Kamala Harris made a bold move when she sat down for her very first interview with Fox News. Anchor Bret Baier challenged the Democratic candidate with questions regarding the border, using tax dollars to pay for gender transition surgeries, and what “turning the page” in American history looks like, among other topics.

However, once the curtains closed, Baier went on the air to explain how Harris’ team tried to sabotage the interview before taping even began.

Dave Rubin plays the clip.

“We were given the time of 5 p.m. Eastern Time. … We said we were going to tape as live — in other words, roll the tape and then just turn that around unedited, uninterrupted — but we had to do it before 5:15; otherwise we couldn't turn the whole machine around before the top of the 6 p.m. show,” Baier explained.

“We were waiting at 4:55 and then 5 and then 5:05 and then 5:10. At 5:17, the vice president walked out, so it did feel a little bit like they were icing the kicker, or trying to,” he continued.

Dave isn’t surprised that Harris “showed up late knowing they had a quick turnaround.”

But that wasn’t all Baier had to say about how Kamala handled the interview. To hear more of his post-interview commentary, watch the clip above.

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Time magazine owner publicly chides Harris for repeatedly rejecting interviews amid her softball media blitz



Time magazine owner Marc Benioff publicly scolded Democratic presidential nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris for rejecting multiple interview requests from the publication.

Benioff, Salesforce co-founder and CEO, posted on X Sunday, stating, "Despite multiple requests, TIME has not been granted an interview with Kamala Harris—unlike every other Presidential candidate. We believe in transparency and publish each interview in full. Why isn't the Vice President engaging with the public on the same level?"

In the post, Benioff added a few hashtags, including "TrustMatter," "TransparencyMatters," and "Leadership." He also linked to previous interviews Time conducted with Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

Last week, Time released a new piece on the vice president titled, "What Kind of President Would Kamala Harris Be?" noting that she has spoken "infrequently to reporters."

"When she does do interviews, she mostly favors local media, culture podcasts, or friendly talk shows. Harris declined repeated requests for an interview for this story," it read. "In contrast, Trump talked about his policy vision with a TIME reporter for 90 minutes across two interviews. Biden spoke to TIME at similar length before dropping out of the race."

Harris' refusal to participate in an interview with the outlet has not stopped Time from publishing pieces that portray her favorably.

Time named Biden and Harris the 2020 "Person of Year" for "changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world."

In August, the publication released an article titled "The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris," which stated that Harris "pulled off the swiftest vibe shift in modern political history." It claimed she "packed stadiums and dominated TikTok, offering a fresh message focused on the future over the past."

While Harris has largely avoided reporters, over the past week, the Democratic nominee has been on a media blitz, sitting down for friendly, softball interviews on "The View," "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, and "The Howard Stern Show."

Harris also participated in a "60 Minutes" interview, which resulted in backlash after it was discovered that CBS News apparently deceptively edited one of her responses. The network is accused of removing one of Harris' word-salad responses and replacing it with a comment she provided at a different point in the interview. There have been calls, including from Trump, for CBS to release the full transcript.

According to Benioff, Time guarantees that its interviews are released in full. Benioff seemed to speculate that this may be the reason Harris has refused to participate.

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Howard Stern wants 'SNL' to drop Harris satire, claiming 'there's too much at stake' with potential Trump victory



Radio host Howard Stern stated Tuesday that "there's too much at stake" with the upcoming election for the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" to make fun of Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris.

As part of Harris' continued media blitz this week, she sat down with Stern, who was tripping over himself to express his fervent endorsement of her candidacy.

'You've got to win, you just have to.'

Stern admitted that he was "really nervous" because he wanted the election to "go well" for Harris.

"Even when I watch them on 'Saturday Night Live,' where they have Maya Rudolph playing you, I hate it," Stern told Harris.

"I don't want you being made fun of. There's too much at stake. I believe the entire future of this country right now — I mean, as America, land of the free, home of the brave — I think it's literally on the line," he added.

"I agree with you," Harris responded.

When asked how she felt about Rudolph's impression of her, Harris told Stern that she is "a huge fan" and thought "it was funny."

"I think she put a lot of time into doing the piece and the character," Harris said.

During an interview on "The View" this week, Harris was shown a clip of Rudolph's impression of her. She responded to the video by stating, "Maya Rudolph, she's so good, she had the whole thing, the suit, the jewelry, the mannerisms."

Harris told Stern that her opponent, Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump, has a "desire to be a dictator."

She continued, "He says he's going to be a dictator on day one. Understand what dictators do. They jail journalists. They put people who are protesting in the street in jail," both of which the Biden-Harris administration has done.

Stern told Harris, "With all this pressure on you right now, and you've got to win, you just have to."

"I really believe we're in for the darkest skies on the planet. Like, the sun's literally going to go out. God bless you for doing this," he added.

The friendly interview was ridiculed by New York Times columnist Michelle Cottle, who likened the talk to Harris spending an "hour in the warm embrace" of Stern. Cottle accused the radio host of being "a little too openly butt-smoochy."

"Who could resist the opportunity to outsource some Trump bashing to a professional trash-talker like Stern, who famously disdains the MAGA king?" Cottle questioned.

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After crowing about $750 for hurricane victims, Harris now claims Trump spreading 'disinformation' about FEMA money



Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris accused opponent and former President Donald Trump of spreading "disinformation" about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's lack of available resources for Americans impacted by Hurricane Helene.

Harris told reporters this week, "There's a lot of mis- and disinformation being pushed out there by the former president about what is available."

'Reckless, irresponsible, and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people.'

"It's extraordinarily irresponsible. It's about him; it's not about you," she continued. "And the reality is that FEMA has so many resources that are available to folks who desperately need them now and resources that are about helping people get back on their feet and rebuild and have places to go."

Deanne Criswell, the FEMA administrator, claimed that Trump's statements have scared individuals from applying for the aid that they need.

"People that have been impacted are afraid to apply for our assistance," she stated.

Harris previously announced that those impacted by Hurricane Helene are eligible to receive $750 from FEMA for emergency supplies.

BLAZE NEWS TONIGHT\n\n"Now the bureaucracy is getting in the way. So even when they are starting to show up, they're hindering the processes that have been established for days now." - @Julio_Rosas11 on FEMA's lackluster response in NC \n\nhttps://t.co/vi7Rl0tbis
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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden also accused Trump of spreading inaccurate information.

"Over the last few weeks there's been a reckless, irresponsible, and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people," Biden said. "Former President Trump has led the onslaught of lies."

"They're saying that the money needed for this crisis is being diverted to migrants. What a ridiculous thing to say; it's not true," he added.

— (@)

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also called claims that FEMA funding was being redirected to migrants "categorically false."

However, in a September 2022 press briefing, Jean-Pierre stated, "FEMA regional administrators have been meeting with city officials on site to coordinate available federal support from FEMA and other federal agencies. Funding is also available through FEMA's emergency food and shelter program to eligible local governments and not-for-profit organizations upon request to support humanitarian relief for migrants."

According to FEMA's website, its Shelter and Services Program, which is run in partnership with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, provides funds to nongovernmental organizations "to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants."

Further, its website notes that the SSP program has a budget of $650 million for fiscal year 2024 to provide such services.

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned that FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the hurricane season, Blaze News previously reported.

"We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds," he stated during a press briefing. "FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season and what is imminent."

Trump has repeatedly slammed the administration for using FEMA funds to provide services to illegal immigrants. He told his supporters during a rally in Saginaw, Michigan, "They stole the FEMA money, just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them this season."

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Harris finally takes full ownership of every disastrous Biden policy



Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris reaffirmed her alignment with President Joe Biden during an interview on Tuesday morning on "The View."

Harris was asked whether she would have "done something differently than President Biden during the past four years."

In her response, she ostensibly admitted that a Harris presidency would be no different from Biden's.

"There is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of — and I've been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact," she replied.

Wall Street Journal senior political correspondent Molly Ball reacted to Harris' response, stating, "I'm surprised, frankly, that she doesn't have more to say about this given that she and her campaign know that this is one of the main questions that voters have about her."

"In an electorate that doesn't like the way this administration has led and that doesn't like the track that the country is on, that may not be a very satisfactory answer," Ball added.

'She was a major player in everything we've done.'

Harris' comments echoed statements Biden made last week during a surprise press briefing — his first as president.

Biden was asked about Harris' role in the administration's response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.

The president, who fumbled through his reply, stated that he and Harris are in "constant contact" with one another and "singing from the same song sheet."

"She helped pass all the laws that are being employed now," Biden told reporters on Friday afternoon. "She was a major player in everything we've done, including passage of legislation, which we were told we could never pass. And so she's been — and her staff is interlocked with mine in terms of all the things we're doing."

During Harris' Tuesday softball interview with "The View," she did not attempt to distance herself from the current administration and its failures.

"Let's talk about something you would do different from Donald Trump," Ana Navarro said to Harris. "Trump is lying, claiming that the Biden administration is intentionally withholding aid from the areas where Republicans live and that FEMA funds are being redirected to migrants."

"What do you think the effect of these lies are, and why is he doing this?" Navarro asked Harris.

"It's profound, and it is the height of irresponsibility and, frankly, callousness," Harris replied.

Many volunteer groups on the ground providing aid to those impacted by the hurricane have expressed frustration about the administration's delayed and lackluster response.

During the interview, Harris was also asked about the immigration crisis under the Biden administration. She regurgitated tired and inaccurate claims that Trump worked to kill a so-called bipartisan Senate bill to address the issue.

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Watch Kamala Harris’ EPIC nosedive when teleprompter malfunctions: 'So 32 days. 32 days … all right, 32 days.'



When Kamala Harris was installed as Joe Biden’s replacement, the state-run media painted over her word salads and gibberish with a phony mural of eloquent rhetoric. But something as minor as a faulty teleprompter is all it took for the truth to start shining through the cracks.

Dave Rubin plays the clip of Kamala’s humiliating downward spiral at a recent rally when her teleprompter stopped working.

“Remember his number – 32? Today we got 32 days until the election,” she began, at which point the original thoughts stopped altogether.

“So 32 days. 32 days. Okay, we got some business to do; we got some business to do. All right, 32 days,” she repeated for the fifth time.

“And we know we will do it, and this is gonna be a very tight race until the very end. This is going to be a very tight race until the very end. We are the underdog, and we know we have some hard work ahead,” she said, clearly stalling in hopes that the teleprompter would begin feeding her words again.

“The woman has no ability to speak off the top of her head. That is a problem,” says Dave, who can’t help but laugh at such an embarrassing moment for someone who claims to be capable of serving as the president of the United States.

To see the footage of Kamala’s epic nosedive, watch the clip above.

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Be Gone Act targets deportation of 15,000 illegal alien sex offenders following shocking ICE disclosure



Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced the Be Gone Act on Tuesday, which, if passed, would require federal immigration officials to prioritize the deportation of the more than 15,000 illegal alien sex offenders residing in the United States.

The bill's text, obtained by the New York Post, seeks to prioritize the removal of noncitizens convicted of sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence.

'These violent criminals never would have entered America in the first place if we had real border security.'

Ernst announced the bill in response to a bombshell disclosure from Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealing that there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on its national docket as of July.

Last week, ICE's deputy director and senior official performing the duties of director Patrick Lechleitner responded to a request from Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) in March for information regarding the number of noncitizens convicted or charged with crimes on the agency's docket.

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Of the over 600,000 with criminal histories, Lechleitner stated that 435,719 are convicted criminals and the other 226,847 have pending charges.

Lechleitner's response letter included a breakdown of those convictions, charges, and whether the individuals were in ICE custody.

The national docket data on convictions included more than 64,000 assaults, roughly 2,200 commercialized sexual offenses, nearly 16,000 fraudulent activities, approximately 13,000 homicides, and over 15,000 sexual assaults.

Lechleitner addressed the issue of sanctuary jurisdictions that prevent local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration officials.

"ICE recognizes that some jurisdictions are concerned that cooperating with federal immigration officials will erode trust with immigrants communities and make it harder for local law enforcement to serve those populations," he wrote. "However, 'sanctuary' policies can end up shielding dangerous criminals, who often victimize those same communities."

Lechleitner noted that from October 2020 through July 2024, ICE lifted 24,796 detainer requests, stating that 23,591 of those were declined by local law enforcement agencies. Over that same period, ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations issued 2,897 declined detainer requests.

Ernst stated that her proposed bill aims to protect the country where Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris has failed.

"Since Border Czar Kamala Harris won't protect this country, then I will," Ernst stated. "These violent criminals never would have entered America in the first place if we had real border security, but now that they're in our communities, we need to identify, stop, and deport them."

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Border Patrol union torches Harris for 'photo op' visit to southern border ahead of election: 'Problem she created'



The National Border Patrol Council torched Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris for her recent "photo op" visit to the southern border.

On Friday, Harris visited Douglas, Arizona, marking her first trip to the border since 2021. After her brief visit touring the wall, Harris gave a speech on border security, during which she took credit for increasing overtime pay for agents and vowed to curb illegal entries and drug trafficking. Harris also promised to bring back the rejected Senate bill that she claimed would have cracked down on the border crisis, but "Donald Trump tanked it."

'After years of not just ignoring the problem, but helping create it, Vice President Kamala Harris is finally headed down to the border.'

"He prefers to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem," she declared. "And the American people deserve a president who cares more about border security than playing political games and their personal political future."

As soon as Harris and President Joe Biden were sworn into office, the administration immediately killed the ongoing construction of former President Trump's border wall, which Harris has previously called a "complete waste of taxpayer money" and Trump's "vanity project."

Since then, her campaign has done a complete turnaround, claiming that a Harris administration would support placing barriers to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

After Harris' speech in Douglas, the Border Patrol union released several statements, slamming the vice president for her contributions to the immigration crisis.

On social media, NBPC wrote, "VP Harris asserted in Arizona that CBP needed more resources. We have apprehended over 8 million illegal immigrants over the last 4 years and now you realize we need more help 38 days before the election."

In a separate post, the union fact-checked Harris' claim that she helped increase officer overtime pay.

"Today, VP Harris claimed that she played a role in increasing Border Patrol Agent overtime pay. This couldn't be further from the truth. As with all things border related she was no where to be found when we needed her," NBPC explained.

"Vice president Harris has ignored the border problem she created for over three years. She goes down there for 20 minutes for a photo op and decides to repeat some of the things the NPBC has said before. But again, where has she been the last 3 1/2 years?" the union questioned.

Art Del Cueto, NBPC vice president, told Fox News' Bill Melugin, "After years of not just ignoring the problem, but helping create it, Vice President Kamala Harris is finally headed down to the border. This is nothing more than for her to check the box, but what it is in reality is a slap in the face towards the men and women that put their lives on the line every day, and also a slap in the face to the American public. Where has she been?"

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