Trump-supporting sheriffs pledge to assist with mass deportations



In contrast to Democratic officials from around the country who have promised to protect illegal aliens, a couple sheriffs have come forward and offered to assist with mass deportations after President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.

For Richard Jones, the sheriff of Butler County, Ohio, such assistance is nothing new. In fact, Jones, a 71-year-old Republican who was just elected to a sixth term, had partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Trump.

He paused that partnership during the Biden administration but says, "Now, we're back."

'Sheriffs ..., unlike police chiefs, typically have no boss beside voters.'

"We're preparing cells and space as we speak," Jones told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "Day after the election, we started preparing."

Sheriff Chuck Jenkins (R) of Frederick County, Maryland, expressed similar sentiments to the Wall Street Journal. "I’m willing to support the president 100%," Jenkins, 68, said, referring to Trump. "I want to do more, within the law."

Jenkins said he's motivated to help Trump after the disastrous immigration-related policies implemented since Biden became president.

"You have people with felony assault charges they’re not putting in custody," he said.

"Listen, they’re here illegally," Jenkins continued. "They shouldn’t be here. You know, I look as an American citizen that we can’t sustain this. It’s not tenable for us to continue to allow people to come into this country by the hundreds of thousands or millions."

Jones said he has reserved between 250 and 300 beds — about one-third of the bed space at Butler County Jail — for illegal aliens. The rest of the facility, he said, will be for "local" offenders. "We take care of our local prisoners first," he told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

"I get asked, 'Well, people that are here [legally] in the United States, they drunk-drive, they kill people, they rape people. What are you gonna say about that?' And I say, I got enough to deal with my homegrown criminals. I don't need other criminals from other countries to deal with," Jones explained.

Should the bed space allotted for illegal aliens prove inadequate, Jones said he'll begin transferring the illegal alien inmates to other facilities.

Meanwhile, a soft stance on illegal immigration may have cost at least one Democratic sheriff her job. Sheriff Kristin Graziano — who, according to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), made Charleston County, South Carolina, a sanctuary county and who has allowed "criminal illegal immigrants to roam free" — lost her re-election bid last month to Republican Carl Ritchie.

For its part, the Wall Street Journal seemed to lament the resurgence of Trump-supporting sheriffs. The outlet called Trump's deportation plans "unclear" and likely not "practical."

Moreover, the outlet disparaged American citizens in an attempt to disprove Trump's assertions about illegal aliens. "[Trump] has claimed these newer arrivals commit crime at high levels, take jobs and drive up housing costs," the outlet reported. "Available data show immigrants commit crime at lower levels than U.S. citizens, and analysts say they fill low-paying jobs many Americans eschew."

The outlet also called voter fraud committed by noncitizens "exceedingly rare."

The Journal even seemed to have misgivings about the "political" nature of the sheriff office, handwringing that as elected officials, sheriffs answer only to the people in their community and not another government official. "Sheriffs ..., unlike police chiefs, typically have no boss beside voters," it said.

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Triumph of trans ideology: Nancy Mace reaps what she helped sow



Rep. Nancy Mace’s crusade to keep men out of women’s spaces reveals a tragic irony.

Prompted by the election of Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride to Congress, Mace (R-S.C.) introduced two resolutions last week aimed at preventing transgender women (that is, biological men) from entering single-sex spaces designated for biological women. In defending her stance, Mace repeatedly emphasized her commitment to protecting women and their spaces.

The triumph of transgenderism is the murky puddle at the bottom of the woke slippery slope.

Mace should be commended for fighting back against the encroachment of transgenderism.

At the same time, Mace is defending her support of gay marriage. "We support gay marriage, and voted for the Respect for Marriage Act twice," she boasted on social media last week. In another post, she bragged, "I voted for gay marriage twice in fact and would do it again."

There is loud dissonance between these two positions.

What Mace appears not to understand is that to support the destruction of traditional marriage — in which functional and biological differences between a man and a woman are its most important property — is a wholesale rejection of the framework that distinguishes a man from a woman. It's a signal that differences in biological sex do not matter in marriage, the family, and, therefore, society.

To borrow from the language of Carl Trueman in his book "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self," supporting the triumph of the LGB in the acronym LGBTQ+ naturally leads to the triumph of the T.

This is because, as Dr. Andrew Walker, a professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, explained, the LGB and T "share a rejection of human telos. The T rejects telos at the level of our individual embodiment, while LBG rejects telos at the level of our relational complementarity."

The triumph of transgenderism, then, is the murky puddle at the bottom of the woke slippery slope.

At the top of the slope is the rise of radical expressive individualism whereby one's identity is self-determined, subjective, and fluid. This philosophical framework, which now dominates our culture and politics, discards biological realities in favor of personal feelings and desires. It's the liberation of the self to be free from the constraints of external determinations and influences — even biological truths about sex differences.

In a society where one is free to throw away sex difference in marriage — at the behest of personal feelings and internal perceptions of identity — then one is eventually free to discard embodied sex differences altogether.

This is the glaring incoherency in Mace's stand against transgenderism.

By endorsing the LGB framework that it is good and right to prioritize personal feelings and identity over sex differences in a fundamental human institution like marriage — fundamental, of course, because a marriage between a man and woman results in children, and, therefore, families, communities, and a society — Mace is inadvertently supporting the very same philosophical principles that erase the realities of biological sex altogether.

If the functional differences between a man and a woman can be discarded at will in the realm of marriage, then they can also be discarded at will to liberate people from all embodied biological distinctions.

This is how we've found ourselves in a world in which the people who believe they were born into the "wrong body" use personal feelings and internal determinations about identity as navigational beacons to rectify, via technology, what they believe nature (i.e., God) got “wrong.”

Mace, then, is "trying to impose a limiting principle where none can exist," observed writer John Daniel Davidson. Or, as another person put it, "You can't sign up for the first 49 feet of a free fall [and] then try to exempt out of the 50th foot."

The road to transgenderism's triumph was paved by those willing to erase biological realities when it was convenient. The journey back to reality — and the battle for truth — cannot be undertaken with half measures.

‘Sarah’ McBride Isn’t Just A Congressman In A Dress But A Trojan Horse To Force Men Into Women’s Spaces Everywhere

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From feminism to ‘theminism’: Nancy Mace faces liberal fury in Congress



The opposition Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has received from her progressive female colleagues in Congress is a clear sign that “theminism” is a far stronger political force than feminism.

Mace recently submitted a resolution to ban men from women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol. She did so because Tim McBride, who “identifies” as a woman called Sarah, was elected to Congress in November and will become Mace’s colleague in January.

The fact that liberals have become libertines and conservatives don’t know what they want to conserve is a sign of our culture’s spiritual sickness.

Mace has spent several days posting videos about her desire to protect women in their private spaces, including bathrooms and locker rooms. Unsurprisingly, progressive women don’t have her back.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called her Republican colleague’s attempts to keep natal males out of the women’s bathroom “disgusting” and said she would put “girls of all kinds” in danger. Former “Today Show” host Katie Couric said she was “disappointed” that Mace was being “bigoted” toward McBride.

All of this comes at a time when Democrats, still reeling from their recent electoral drubbing, are doubling down on their support of radical gender ideology. Jen Psaki recently tried to minimize the issue of boys in girls’ sports on her show. John Oliver did the same on his show.

None of this should come as a surprise. Some of the most outspoken women in our culture on abortion rights, pay equity, climate change, and politics are now scared to speak about the very thing they have built their identity around: womanhood. They spent decades trying to smash the patriarchy only to submit to the men leading the “theytriarchy.”

The party that spent the last few months saying it would defend women is unwilling to define a “woman” publicly. The feminist movement has laid down its sword, raised the white flag of surrender, and bowed in submission to the handful of “impossible women” who are society’s latest oppressed group.

Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem are hailed as the matriarchs of the Second Wave feminist movement that sought to give women greater access to higher education and professional opportunities. But Shulamith Firestone, a radical feminist, was vocal about her desire to see sex itself abolished in her 1971 book “The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution”:

And just as the end goal of socialist revolution was not only the elimination of the economic class privilege but of the economic class distinction itself, so the end goal of feminist revolution must be, unlike that of the first feminist movement, not just the elimination of male privilege but of the sex distinction itself: genital differences between human beings would no longer matter culturally.

Firestone died alone in her apartment in 2012 after years of living with schizophrenia, but she saw where the feminist movement was headed more than a half-century ago. The trans movement is a feature of her feminist utopia, but it’s a bug to women like Mace, who tout their “girl power” credentials and brag about supporting gay marriage.

This is one of the reasons we are here today. A hallmark of progressivism is the desire to reshape reality by controlling the dictionary. Liberals — in both parties — transformed the government’s definition of marriage from a union between one man and one woman to a contract between any two consenting adults. For now. They are attempting to do the same with sex by pushing the notion it’s possible to be a male “woman” or female “man.”

Only time will tell whether Republicans will develop the spine to see this battle all the way through. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) tried to dodge a direct question about McBride’s sex at a press conference before affirming the sex binary in a follow-up statement. Getting Jimmy off of Jane’s field hockey team is one thing. But forcing girls to refer to hulking teenage boys as “she” and “her” is a sign the roots of this twisted ideology are still firmly in place. The only thing that can withstand the current wave — and all the ones to come — is a renewed cultural mindset firmly rooted in biblical truth.

No other ideology can assure victory because this is ultimately not a partisan problem. The fact that liberals have become libertines and conservatives don’t know what they want to conserve is a sign of our culture’s spiritual sickness. It’s impossible to rebuild American families if we live in a society where people are confused about which sex has the babies.

The fact people are attacking Nancy Mace for her campaign to “Make Women Female Again” is a sign we’re continuing on our downward slide into madness. Only God can save us now. In the end, the choice is clear: We are either going to have Christ or chaos.

Transgender Activist Says Trying To Stop Men From Using Women’s Restrooms Will Be ‘Last Mistake You Ever Make’

'This is a call to action'

Transgender bathroom debate enters the halls of Congress following Sarah McBride’s election, Nancy Mace says, ‘HELL NO!’



Just weeks before Delaware Representative-elect Sarah McBride enters the halls of Congress as the first transgender member, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced legislation that would bar McBride and other transgender individuals from using women’s bathrooms and locker rooms at the U.S. Capitol.

Pat Gray and the “Unleashed” panel discuss the issue.

"I know how vulnerable women and girls are in private spaces, so I'm absolutely 100% going to stand in the way of any man who wants to be in a women's restroom, in our locker rooms, in our changing rooms. I will be there fighting you every step of the way,” Mace told reporters, pointing to her past as a victim of rape.

When she was asked whether the legislation was a result of McBride’s election, Mace pulled no punches. "Yes, and absolutely and then some," she stated bluntly.

When one hostile reporter cornered Mace about the issue, she laid into him. “I’m not going to allow biological men into women’s private spaces. I will stand in the brink and stand in the way of anyone on the radical left who thinks that it’s okay for a penis to be in a woman’s locker room or a bathroom or a changing room. Hell no!”

When House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about whether or not McBride is a man or a woman, he refused to “engage in silly debates” and responded by accepting McBride as a “duly elected representative of the people” who will be treated with “dignity and respect” like every other member.

“We will accommodate the needs of every single person,” he added.

It would seem, however, that this response wasn’t strong enough for many Republicans.

Later that day, he amended his original statement and said, “A man is a man, and a woman is a woman. A man cannot become a woman, ... but I also believe we treat everybody with dignity. We can do and believe all those things at the same time.”

He also released the following statement: “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex.”

Pat Gray condones both Mace's and Johnson’s positions.

To hear more about the legislation and how Mace intends to see it through even without a vote, watch the episode above.

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Bathroom battles expose GOP’s identity crisis on sex and gender



American statesmen have a long and storied history, but it’s crucial never to take politicians too seriously. Democratic proceedings often carry a carnival-like aspect. Still, it’s hard not to imagine America’s founders looking down in dismay at the daily shame visited upon the republic they established. The recent election of a man identifying as a woman to the U.S. House of Representatives marks just the latest embarrassment. U.S. Rep. Tim McBride (D-Del.), who now calls himself Sarah, has become a lightning rod for controversy. Yet, the Republicans’ clumsy and timid response to the situation has been even more disappointing.

McBride’s election raised concerns among several female members about sharing restrooms with a biological man. These concerns echo back to 2016, when Target announced a policy allowing men who identified as transgender to use women’s restrooms.

A decisive electoral win cannot be followed by a retreat into the lazy, reactionary habit of merely responding to the left’s narrative.

Shortly after, the Obama administration issued a directive to schools, requiring them to permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their gender identity. Gyms, pools, and other public facilities soon followed suit, forcing women and girls to endure men exposing themselves in spaces that had traditionally been female-only.

Wokeness had not yet become a mainstream term, but the events of 2016 marked the opening salvo in a prolonged cultural battle. What was once known as social justice or political correctness had morphed into a far more extreme movement. In a rational world, the absurdity of this ideology would have rendered it dead on arrival. Yet, eight years later, the nation is still grappling with the bizarre question of whether a man can become a woman.

In response to this ongoing debate, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution requiring House members to use the bathroom corresponding to their biological sex, not the clothing they chose to wear that day. This resolution was entirely reasonable and should have been easy for Republicans to defend. Unfortunately, the GOP’s handling of the situation turned into a clown show.

Johnson chokes

The first misstep occurred when Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refused to answer a straightforward question about whether McBride was a man or a woman. During a press conference addressing the issue of bathrooms and locker rooms, Johnson dodged the question multiple times, instead stating that every member deserved dignity and respect. While this sentiment is true, it was obvious that Johnson used it to evade directly addressing McBride’s sex.

Given the topics covered in the press conference, Johnson should have anticipated the question and prepared a clear response. McBride is a man — full stop. As the leader of the Republican-controlled House charged with advancing Donald Trump’s agenda, Johnson’s hesitation was baffling.

The uproar over Johnson’s evasive response forced him to hold a second press conference, where he finally stated his belief that a man cannot become a woman. Johnson claimed the question was so absurd that he initially chose not to dignify it with an answer. Given his earlier hesitation, however, this explanation rang hollow. Notably, Johnson still avoided explicitly stating that McBride is a man or committing to specific actions to protect female members of the House.

If Johnson’s handling of this controversy reflects how he plans to approach implementing the MAGA agenda, it raises serious concerns about his leadership. His timidity in addressing fundamental issues does not inspire confidence.

Mace reaps what she sowed

The second misstep came from Mace herself. While her efforts to protect female colleagues reflected the right instinct, her execution left much to be desired. After describing herself as a feminist, Mace posted on X (formerly Twitter):

This is so strange to me. 25 years ago, I was celebrated as the first woman to graduate from a formerly all-male military college. Today I’m being attacked as a 'bigot' for fighting for women’s rights. The radical Left has lost its mind.

Using the left’s framing and language is always a misstep. Attempting to validate opponents’ positions to expose perceived hypocrisy often results in rhetorical failure for conservatives. More troubling, however, is the cognitive dissonance revealed in Mace’s statement.

On one hand, Mace seeks to defend female-only spaces, operating under the conservative belief that men and women are inherently different and that women deserve spaces apart from men. On the other hand, she wants to be celebrated as a feminist for breaking gender barriers at the Citadel, a formerly all-male military college. Mace wants to be honored for helping to deconstruct male-only spaces but, like so many before her, she is horrified when the cultural revolution she championed arrives at her own bathroom door.

A military college and a bathroom are not the same, obviously. Allowing men into female bathrooms and sports raises immediate safety concerns, and efforts to protect women in these spaces are entirely justified. However, discussions with combat veterans about the effects on unit safety and cohesion after introducing women to front-line roles reveal parallels that are more striking than they first seem.

A time for clarity

Mike Johnson needs to grow a spine, but much more importantly, the conservative movement needs to decide what it really believes about men and women. Are men and women inherently different, or does that belief only apply when it benefits women? Does biological reality influence societal roles and structures beyond bathrooms and soccer fields? Do men matter, or are “women’s rights” only a conservative talking point because they allow the movement to engage within the left's framework?

The fact that, in 2024, Republicans have yet to answer these basic questions is both embarrassing and troubling. To lead and capitalize on the future possibilities created by President Trump’s historic re-election victory, conservatives must understand their identity and core beliefs. A decisive electoral win cannot be followed by a retreat into the lazy, reactionary habit of merely responding to the left’s narrative.

Ridiculous failures, like the one we just witnessed, are inevitable when a movement lacks a clear sense of purpose and conviction. Republicans must address these issues swiftly, as the American people delivered a decisive mandate and expect strong leadership — not a political comedy sketch.

Incoming Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride Caves To Republicans’ Wishes To Not Use Women’s Bathroom

'I will follow the rules'

House Speaker Bars Biological Men From Women’s Bathrooms In US Capitol

'Hardest time'

Reporter makes big mistake when he ambushes Nancy Mace with woke questions for protecting women: 'You're crazy'



Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) put on a master class Tuesday in handling the legacy media.

Mace ruffled woke feathers this week after she proposed a bill to mandate that House members, officers, and employees use restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms inside the Capitol and House office buildings that correspond with their biological sex.

'I'm not gonna allow a man in any female private spaces. Period. End of story.'

The bill became necessary, according to Mace, with the election of Sarah McBride (D-Del.) to Congress. McBride is a biological man who identifies as a woman.

On Tuesday, an ABC News reporter confronted Mace over her proposed legislation, using dishonest and combative framing.

First, the reporter asked Mace if legislation generally should be "targeted at one specific person," and Mace quickly corrected the record.

"It doesn't mention anyone in the legislation," she fact-checked.

When the reporter doubled down, arguing that Mace is specifically targeting Rep.-elect McBride, Mace explained why she refuses to bend the knee to woke outrage.

"I have said it's a result of this. I'm not going to allow biological men into women's private spaces. I will stand in the brink and in the way of anyone on the radical left who thinks it's OK for a penis to be in a woman's locker room or a bathroom or a changing room," she said.

"Hell no! I'm not gonna stand for it," she added. "This is not OK. I'm a survivor of rape, I'm a survivor of sexual abuse, and I'm not gonna allow a man in any female private spaces. Period. End of story."

Unfortunately, the reporter did not back down, following up with a question that suggested Mace is not treating McBride with respect.

"Speaker Johnson has said he wants to treat every new member with the words 'dignity and respect.' Forcing this congressperson to go into a male restroom, is that dignity and respect?" the reporter asked.

"Forcing women to share private spaces with men is not dignity and not respect," Mace fired back.

"I'm absolutely gonna stand in the way of anyone who thinks it's OK for a man to be in our locker room, and our changing rooms, our dressing rooms, and women's bathrooms," she continued. "And, in fact, if you agree with that, you're crazy."

On Wednesday, Mace proposed a new bill that would protect women on all federal property. The bill is called the Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act.

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"The radical left would rather call me an extremist than admit they are wrong. The radical left says I’m a ‘threat.’ You better believe it. And I will shamelessly call you out for putting women and girls in harm’s way. Women fought for these spaces, and I will not let them be erased to score political points with a small but loud activist class," Mace said in a statement.

"Women and girls shouldn’t have to give up their safety or privacy just because the left wants to win points with their activist base," she continued. "This isn’t controversial — it’s common sense. I’m going to continue defending women and girls from these harmful, out-of-touch, and straight-up weird policies."

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