Left-wing outlet tries to shame Tucker Carlson over Jan 6th coverage — it backfires SPECTACULARLY



As media channels across the board dutifully ran the same feed from the carefully-produced Jan. 6 committee presentation, Fox News chose not to join the "totalitarian regimes that, ya know, broadcast lies into the homes of the population that they can't turn off," according to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

It's worth noting that the network did cover the hearings on Fox Business hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, but Fox News opted to stick with its usual prime-time lineup. "The Recount" — a liberal media outlet dedicated to "reshaping the news," according to their website — thought they'd shame Fox News and Tucker Carlson for their non-compliance with the left-wing narrative.

\u201cOne of these channels is not like the others.\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668

Sadly for "The Recount," reactions on Twitter were probably not what they had in mind:

\u201c@therecount Fox viewers will never learn that the Proud Boys took a taco break during the InsurRecTioN. Was it revealed if it was beef, chicken or al pastor?\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
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— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
\u201c@MetalheadHarris @therecount\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
\u201c@JoelDTD @grandoldmemes @therecount That the overwhelming majority of people know that corporate news is sensationalized, narrative-driven garbage\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
\u201c@therecount Was this video shown ?\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
\u201c@deeplens @therecount They've (google) all but scrubbed this video. It was so hard to find.\n\nhttps://t.co/kNaRNRFkz1\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
\u201c@lou_long2 @deeplens @therecount What about this one?\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
\u201c@StuckCenter @deeplens @therecount I saw one side get violent but the other 3 sides remained peaceful. And\u2026\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
\u201c@therecount But did they see this\u201d
— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668
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— The Recount (@The Recount) 1654823668

On BlazeTV's "News and Why it Matters," host Sara Gonzales and guests discussed the sensationalized Jan. 6 hearings, the ever-worsening economy, and why you'll probably want to delete your Postmates app after seeing its latest shocking ad.

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Ted Cruz Hammers Stephen Colbert: Rich Libs Using Kyle Rittenhouse to Take Away YOUR Right to Self Defense



Kyle Rittenhouse said he wasn't on trial, but that Americans' right to self-defense was on trial. As Stephen Colbert and Ted Cruz are about to show us, he was right. Unlike other idiot celebrities talking out of their rectums, as if they have no idea how the law works, Colbert admits he doesn't understand laws. But he wants them changed anyway. So the next time a law-abiding citizen finds himself attacked by three violent rioters, he can be killed. Colbert would rather that happen instead of the law-abiding citizen being allowed to protect himself.

“If he didn't break the law, we should change the law."

— @StephenAtHome hits at Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal after killing 2 protesters and injuring 1 during Black Lives Matter demonstration. pic.twitter.com/gMPUQLmmI6
— The Recount (@therecount) November 23, 2021

"If he didn't break the law, we should change the law."

M'kay. If the law was changed, Kyle Rittenhouse would be dead right now. Angry rioters, including the Democratic Party's favorite pedophile, made that clear. This delivery guy would be dead, too. As would anyone else who is unable to protect their families or themselves. Instead of using Kyle Rittenhouse to push the left's bullsh!t "white supremacy" talking points, they're going to use him to strip gun rights from law-abiding citizens.

Ted Cruz is not amused.

Rich Democrats believe you have no right to defend yourself from an angry mob.

He was being violently attacked by three dangerous felons; a jury of his peers found that Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense.

What Colbert is arguing is to outlaw the ability to defend oneself. https://t.co/1xcV8byetc
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 23, 2021

"Rich Democrats believe you have no right to defend yourself from an angry mob. He was being violently attacked by three dangerous felons; a jury of his peers found that Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense. What Colbert is arguing is to outlaw the ability to defend oneself."

This is obviously where the left is going next. Their attorneys have all warned them against calling Kyle a "white supremacist" and any of the other lies they've been spreading. The only thing left is a gun control push. Get ready.

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Aaron Rodgers was secretly unvaccinated, will not play on Sunday because he has COVID-19: Report



Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will not play Sunday agains the Kansas City Chiefs after he reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.

Rodgers, according to sources, was never vaccinated against the highly contagious respiratory disease, despite insisting that he was "immunized" in August.

Rodgers' purported diagnosis and vaccination status also call into question his eligibility to play in the Packers' Nov. 14 game against the Seattle Seahawks.

What are the details?

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport on Wednesday tweeted, "#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is unvaccinated, per me and @MikeGarafolo. That's why he is out for Sunday vs. the #Chiefs."

Following the tweet, a variety of outlets reported that Rodgers was never vaccinated.

#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is unvaccinated, per me and @MikeGarafolo. That\u2019s why he\u2019s out for Sunday vs. the #Chiefs.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) 1635951521

Rapoport added, "QB Aaron Rodgers received homeopathic treatment from his personal doctor to raise his antibody levels and asked the NFL to review his status. The NFL, NFLPA and joint docs ruled him as unvaccinated. Now, he has COVID-19."

#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers received homeopathic treatment from his personal doctor to raise his antibody levels and asked the NFL to review his status. The NFL, NFLPA and joint docs ruled him as unvaccinated. Now, he has COVID-19. \n\nMore here:https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-tests-positive-for-covid-19-will-not-play-in-week-9-ver\u00a0\u2026

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) 1635963957

'9-Time Pro Bowler has not, in fact, been vaccinated'

Around the NFL's Nick Shook also reported that 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love will start in Rodgers' place.

Rodgers reportedly must spend a mandatory 10 days away from team members, according to the NFL's COVID-19 protocol.

"Rodgers previously had sought and was denied an exemption from the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols based on his antibody levels this summer, which left his status as unvaccinated, NFL Media reported Wednesday," Shook reported. "Rodgers received homeopathic treatment from his personal doctor to raise his antibody levels and asked the NFL to review his status. The league pointed Rodgers to the NFL-NFLPA protocols, which do not account for such an exemption for players."

Packers coach Matt LaFleur was asked if Rodgers' August comment may have been misleading, to which he replied, "It's a great question for Aaron, I'm not going to comment on it."

When asked if he believed Rodgers was selfish for not getting the vaccine, LaFleur responded, "I think everybody has to make their own personal decision, and that's just is what it is."

USA Today corroborated the report on Wednesday afternoon.

"After Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the USA TODAY Network that the nine-time Pro Bowler has not, in fact, been vaccinated," USA Today's Tom Schad wrote. "The person was granted anonymity because they were not permitted to speak publicly about the matter."

'Immunized' against COVID-19

In August, Rodgers told reporters that he was "immunized" against COVID-19.

At the time, he said he believed the decision to vaccinate or not was a "personal decision."

"Yeah, I've been immunized," Rodgers told reporters. "There's guys on the team that haven't been vaccinated. I think it's a personal decision, I'm not gonna judge those guys."

Rodgers has yet to publicly speak about the reports that he is unvaccinated.

Here are his comments from August:https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1455921147242029058\u00a0\u2026

— The Recount (@therecount) 1635953760

What else?

NBC Sports' Mike Florio cited Rodgers' August remarks and wrote, "So, basically, he lied. He lied in order to hide the fact that he's not vaccinated."

"And it wasn't just his cagey use of the term 'immunized,' followed by his vow to not judge a group to which he secretly belonged," Florio continued. "A G.M. with another team tried to tell me weeks ago that Rodgers isn't vaccinated. I looked up photos of Rodgers from the preseason, standing on the sideline in street clothes. ... He wasn't wearing a mask. I told my source that this means that Rodgers was vaccinated. In actuality, it means that he was deliberately and flagrantly violating COVID policies to create the impression that he's vaccinated."

Florio added that he wasn't aware of any consequences Rodgers might have faced in connection with the report — and said that Rodgers creatively danced around reports that he wasn't vaccinated in order to avoid controversy.

"If he'd been open about his unvaccinated status, he would have heard about it from the media," he wrote. "And so the guy who is so sensitive that he's sensitive about being called sensitive chose to create the false impression that he's vaccinated, all because he didn't want anyone to call him out for not being vaccinated. That makes it much worse. He deliberately violated COVID protocols in order to keep secret his status — in order to avoid being criticized. And he surely will now use his various platforms to argue that people like me shouldn't have a platform to criticize him for not being vaccinated, and for endangering others in order to perpetrate his ruse. Which is exactly what he did."

Biden to remove testing option for federal workers, will require vaccinations for all



President Joe Biden will reportedly announce new vaccine and mask mandates Thursday afternoon when he delivers a speech introducing his six-point plan to battle the COVID-19 Delta variant.

White House officials speaking to various news outlets say the president will announce additional federal vaccine mandates, call on the private sector to implement mandates as well, and increase coronavirus testing in schools.

In July, Biden mandated that federal workers get vaccinated or submit to regular COVID-19 testing to keep their jobs. The Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service, and National Institutes of Health have each mandated vaccinations, affecting an estimated 2.5 million workers.

But according to NBC News, the president will announce today that the testing option will no longer be available: Federal workers and contractors with the government must get vaccinated or lose their jobs.

Previewing the president's address, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told MSNBC on Thursday that the president will encourage employers and local governments to adopt similar requirements.

"He's going to build on our mandates requirements, making it so that workers in the federal government or others have to get vaccinated, we've seen that work," Psaki said.

"We can't declare with a magic wand from the federal government that every person has to be vaccinated. School districts can do that, leaders and states can push their school districts to do that. That's important, companies can do that and make those requirements for their employees," she added. "That's something some larger companies have done, and that's a model. So those are all pieces the president will talk about today."

The president will also announce an increased effort to implement free COVID-19 testing in schools. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends regular testing as a "safe, effective way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help keep schools open for in-person learning."

Biden is also expected to comment on COVID-19 booster shots, but CNN reports he will not make any new announcements on when additional vaccine doses will be authorized for Americans.

The six points of Biden's plan include: vaccinating the unvaccinated; further protecting the vaccinated through booster shots; keeping schools open; increasing testing and requiring masks; protecting the economic recovery; and improving care for those with COVID-19.

President Biden will lay out a six-pronged plan for controlling the COVID delta variant later today. Broad stroke… https://t.co/I97O92ioe6

— The Recount (@therecount) 1631186430.0

At the beginning of summer, Biden told the American people that the advent of COVID-19 vaccines would allow "a summer of freedom" to begin on July 4, as pre-pandemic life was hoped to return as more Americans became vaccinated against COVID-19. But the increased contagiousness of the Delta variant, as well as the inefficacy of vaccines to prevent transmission of it, led to a summertime surge of coronavirus cases that caused public health officials to backpedal expectations, claiming that too few Americans were vaccinated for a return to the pre-pandemic normal.

The CDC re-issued guidance that even vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in areas with high levels of COVID-19 transmission. School reopening for in-person learning became highly controversial as public health officials wanted universal mask requirements and were met with resistance from parents and Republican governors who required that mask mandates include an opt-out for parents who don't want their kids to be forced to wear face coverings all day long.

The new six-point plan is an effort by the Biden administration to regroup after the initial push for vaccinations failed to "shut down the virus," as he promised on the campaign trail in 2020.

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace says 95% of Americans will agree with Biden's speech on Afghanistan debacle



MSNBC host Nicholle Wallace claimed that 95% of Americans would agree with President Joe Biden's speech on the debacle in Afghanistan and accused the media of unfairly criticizing him.

Biden addressed the nation from the White House about the disastrous military retreat from Afghanistan as more horrific reports and videos surfaced showing the Taliban overrunning the country and taking over.

Wallace said that the vast majority of Americans would agree with the president.

"95% of the American people will agree with everything he just said. 95% of the press covering this White House will disagree," Wallace claimed.

"And for an American president to finally be completely aligned with such an overwhelming majority of what the American people think about Afghanistan is probably a relief to the American people," she added.

Biden in his speech placed much of the blame for the disastrous retreat on the Afghan people themselves.

"Afghanistan's political leaders gave up and fled the country. The Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight," the president said.

"If anything, the developments of the past week reinforced that ending U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision," he continued. "American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves."

Wallace went on to praise Biden for his statement, but admitted her two points were difficult to say aloud.

"He also went a long way to really fleshing out a Biden doctrine. And there are questions about whether he can achieve what he set out. But there is no equivocation, there is no lack of confidence that this is the right decision," she continued.

"And what he has going for him is a vast majority of Americans in both political parties," Wallace concluded.

Fellow MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid appeared to agree with Wallace's assessment.

"I have my issues with President Biden. Especially on voting rights and this obsession with 'bipartisanship.' But he is an entire grown-up and that speech just now shows it," Reid tweeted.

Here's the video of Wallace's comments:

MSNBC host @NicolleDWallace: "95% of the American people will agree with everything [President Biden] just said. 95… https://t.co/1zYdtlUM0G

— The Recount (@therecount) 1629145991.0

Utah GOP​ governor says he won't mask to protect unvaccinated: 'I’m not real excited to sacrifice to protect someone who doesn’t seem to care'



Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) recently rebuffed new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance that advised vaccinated individuals to wear masks to combat the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant.

What did he say?

Speaking with reporters Tuesday, the governor indicated he would not implement statewide rules based on the new guidance, but not because he isn't concerned with the spread of the virus. Rather, Cox said that he was "tired" of sacrificing to protect unvaccinated individuals.

"The CDC is asking all of you who are vaccinated to take one for the team once again to protect people who are not vaccinated but had the opportunity to do so," Cox said during a news conference.

"I'm guessing that the Venn Diagram of people who are unvaccinated and willing to wear a mask is very very slim, if at all," he continued. "So I'm grateful that there are people who are willing to sacrifice and wear a mask again to protect the unvaccinated.

"I got to be honest with you, I don't know if I'm one of those people. I'm really tired, I'm really done with it and I'm not real excited to sacrifice to protect someone who doesn't seem to care," the governor said. "But I'm glad there are some people out there who are."

Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) on wearing masks to protect the unvaccinated:“I’ve got to be honest with you, I don’t kno… https://t.co/eJYJi9dkln

— The Recount (@therecount) 1628077459.0

The governor's words could be interpreted as a smear against vaccine refusers, but it's doubtful that his charge will have any effect on them since most unvaccinated individuals presumably do not expect vaccinated people to wear face coverings to prevent them from catching the virus.

What else?

The governor has been outspoken in recent weeks about the need for Utahns to receive the vaccination, claiming that widespread inoculation is the key to defeating the pandemic and should be acceptable regardless of religious or political beliefs.

Cox — who has called the coronavirus a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" — told constituents recently to listen to their religious leaders, including the pope and Russell Nelson, the current president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, both of whom have touted the vaccine.

And "if politics is your religion," he added, "then believe Donald Trump, who was so instrumental in getting this vaccine to us, who got the vaccine himself and has encouraged others to get the vaccine." He also pointed out that President Joe Biden has received the vaccine.

Progressives attack 'Democrats on vacation' for failed eviction moratorium vote; activists stage protest at Nancy Pelosi's house to serve 'eviction notice'



A nationwide eviction moratorium expired on Saturday after Congress failed to pass new legislation before the House of Representatives adjourned for its seven-week summer vacation on Friday. Progressive activists and lawmakers lashed out at Democratic leadership, including the Biden administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, for not extending the moratorium and protecting the millions of Americans at risk of eviction.

Progressive Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Cori Bush (D-Mo.) allegedly spent the night on the steps of the Capitol Friday as a form of protest against the eviction moratorium not being extended by Congress.

"We could have extended it yesterday, but some Democrats went on vacation instead," Bush tweeted on Saturday. "We slept at the Capitol last night to ask them to come back and do their jobs."

Good morning. The eviction moratorium expires tonight at midnight. We could have extended it yesterday, but some… https://t.co/4U8d1P1wNr

— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) 1627728915.0

Fellow lawmakers did not return, and instead left town for a seven-week recess without holding a vote or extending the federal eviction moratorium.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) blamed Democratic leadership for allowing the nation's eviction moratorium to expire. Ocasio-Cortez bashed President Joe Biden's administration for not being "forthright" about engaging Congress to act until it was already too late.

Ocasio-Cortez noted that the blame should be laid at the feet of Democrats, who control the House.

"There was frankly a handful of conservative Democrats in the House that threatened to get on planes rather than hold this vote," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union."

"We have to really just call a spade a spade," Ocasio-Cortez told CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday. "We cannot in good faith blame House Republicans when Democrats have the majority."

Ocasio-Cortez also slammed the Biden administration for dragging their feet on encouraging Congress to extend the moratorium. The Biden administration finally called on Congress to extend the moratorium "without delay" last Thursday, which was a full month after the Supreme Court ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could not continue the policy beyond July 31 without congressional action.

"We asked the Biden administration for their stance and they were not being really forthright about that advocacy and that request until the day before the House adjourned," Ocasio-Cortez said. "The House was put into a needlessly difficult situation."

CNN's @jaketapper: "Who's to blame" for the failure to extend the eviction moratorium? Rep. @AOC gives a very hon… https://t.co/poDrHBf9pZ

— The Recount (@therecount) 1627825473.0

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) attempted to explain why the vote fizzled, "We only learned of this yesterday — not enough time to socialize it within our caucus as well as to build the consensus, especially in a time of COVID."

NBC News reports of a rift between Pelosi and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) regarding the vote to continue the eviction ban, "House Speaker Nancy Nancy Pelosi and the sponsor of a measure to extend the ban, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., were at odds Friday over whether to hold a vote and force members to make their positions publicly known. Waters wanted a vote, which would have allowed progressive activists to blame specific Democratic lawmakers for its failure, while Pelosi didn't want to expose some of her caucus members to the wrath of the base, according to the second aide."

Progressive activists were furious that Pelosi was not able to extend the moratorium before the long recess and held a protest at the House speaker's home in San Francisco.

Approximately 40 protesters showed up at Pelosi's home on Saturday to serve an "eviction notice" to the speaker.

"The reason that we're at her house is that she has a beautiful mansion in Pacific Heights in San Francisco, and it shows how out of touch she is with the people that are facing a situation [of eviction]," Christin Evans, one of the activists outside of Pelosi's home, told Fox News. "We wanted to essentially send her a message that we want her to reconvene Congress to take a vote [to extend] the eviction moratorium."

Progressive activists taped a fake eviction notice on Pelosi's front door.

Delivering an “eviction notice” to @SpeakerPelosi at her San Francisco mansion to ask she reconvene Congress to ext… https://t.co/2Px5uYpfvL

— Jackie Fielder (@JackieFielder_) 1627760071.0

The notice reportedly read:

Dear Speaker Pelosi, you are hereby given immediate notice that millions of Americans will face eviction tonight when the eviction moratorium expires. We call upon you to immediately call Congress to session to vote to extend the eviction moratorium and keep people in their homes. We're in the midst of the second-worst COVID surge to date and this is not the time to allow evictions to begin. Housing is a human right #evictionmorotorium #eviction crisis.

In solidarity with all people behind on rent and @CoriBush, we’re out at @SpeakerPelosi ‘s mansion delivering an “e… https://t.co/hsHkvUz5HT

— Jackie Fielder (@JackieFielder_) 1627759827.0

On Friday, Pelosi said, "We're not going away from this issue, whether it's now or shortly thereafter."

A new study published on Wednesday by the Aspen Institute claims that more than 15 million people living in the U.S. are behind on their rental payments and could face eviction when the moratorium lapses.

AOC's solution to violent crime: Stop building prisons



Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presented a solution for the surging rates of violent crime: Stop building prisons.

Violent crimes are up dramatically across the country. In Chicago, shootings are up 36% over last year and homicides are up 19%. In South Carolina, murders were up nearly 25% in 2020 versus 2019; the 571 murders are the highest total since the state started recording those numbers back in 1960. As of May 7, homicides in Atlanta are up approximately 60% compared to the same time period last year. A study of 34 U.S. cities discovered that homicides have spiked by 24% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same time last year and are up by 49% compared to the first quarter of 2019. In fact, 63 of the 66 largest cities in the United States experienced increases in at least one category of violent crimes in 2020.

In New York City, the murder rate skyrocketed by 47% last year, and this year it is up 17%. Last summer, when violent crime rates were soaring, AOC hypothesized that the crime rate was spiking because people were shoplifting bread.

"Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren't paying their rent and are scared to pay their rent," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And so they go out and they need to feed their child and they don't have money so you... maybe have to... they're put in a position... they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry that night."

Violent crimes are still at alarming levels in New York City, where shootings are up a whopping 73% from the same time last year, robberies are up 46%, and there has been a 35% increase in grand larceny and a 20% rise in felony assault. On Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez presented a solution to the daunting explosion of violent crime.

"If we want to reduce the number of people in our jails, the answer is to stop building more of them. … It's to support communities, not throw them away," AOC said at a press conference.

The democratic socialist continued, "Our complete gutting of support in our mental health system both in this city and across the country is absolutely correlated with both homelessness and incidents of violent crime."

"It is not acceptable for us to use jails as garbage bins for human beings," Ocasio-Cortez added. "We need to treat people and see them as human."

"The answer is to make sure we actually build more hospitals, we pay organizers, we get people mental health care," she said. "It's to support communities, not throw them away."

Rep. @AOC: "If we want to reduce the number of people in our jails, the answer is to stop building more of them ...… https://t.co/c4W2sTAiZw

— The Recount (@therecount) 1622737195.0

AOC's simple fix for the overwhelming violent crime spike was lampooned by many.

Freelance journalist Zaid Jilani reacted by saying, "This is actually really wrong, many prisoners are overcrowded and antiquated, simply blocking the construction of new ones is inhumane. And you can talk all you want about just having fewer prisoners but you aren't going to get any significant drop overnight, everyone knows that."

National Review senior writer David Harsanyi ridiculed AOC's proposal, "I am going to stop buying scales. It's the only real way to lose weight."

Daily Caller editor Cabot Phillips flipped AOC's elementary resolution and used her own argument against her, "If we want to reduce the number of people in our hospitals, stop building more of them."

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was also at the press conference and looked on as AOC proposed the idea to halt the construction of prisons.

In January, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not rule out a primary challenge against Schumer.

"I'm not playing coy or anything like that. I'm still very much in a place where I'm trying to decide what is the most effective thing I can do to help our Congress, our [political] process, and our country actually address the issues of climate change, health care, wage inequality, etc.," AOC said.

AOC has also called for defunding the police and previously attacked New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's (D) proposal to cut nearly $1 billion from the New York City Police Department by saying it doesn't go far enough, and "defunding police means defunding police."

"These proposed 'cuts' to NYPD's budget are a disingenuous illusion," AOC said last June. "This is not a victory. The fight to defund policing continues."

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Gov. Ron DeSantis says systemic racism is 'horse manure,' slams critical race theory as a 'race-based' Marxism



Gov. Ron DeSantis left no doubt on his position on the hot button issues of systemic racism and critical race theory. The Republican governor of Florida dismissed systemic racism, while also ripping critical race theory.

DeSantis made the remarks during a Fox News town hall that aired Thursday night and was moderated by Laura Ingraham. The "Red State Trailblazers" town hall featured Republican governors who opened up their states, including DeSantis, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Mississippi Gov.Tate Reeves, and Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts.

Ingraham asked DeSantis if he believed that the United States is a systemically racist country, to which he unabashedly replied, "Well, it's a bunch of horse manure. I mean, give me a break."

"This country has had more opportunity for more people than any country in the history of the world and it doesn't matter where you trace your ancestry from," DeSantis said during the town hall. "We've had people that have been able to succeed."

DeSantis then lampooned critical race theory.

"And here's the problem with things like critical race theory that they're peddling," DeSantis said. "They're basically saying all our institutions are bankrupt, and they're, they're illegitimate. How do you have a society if everything in your society is illegitimate?"

Last month, DeSantis pledged to purge critical race theory from Florida public schools because the CRT ideology isn't worth "one red cent of taxpayer money."

"Let me be clear, there's no room in our classrooms for things like critical race theory," DeSantis said. "Teaching kids to hate their country and to hate each other is not worth one red cent of taxpayer money. So we will invest in actual, solid, true curriculum and we will be a leader in the development and implementation of a world class civics education."

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) calls the idea of systemic racism "a bunch of horse manure.”“Give me a break … It’s a ve… https://t.co/E9nTZQVkhK

— The Recount (@therecount) 1619783933.0

Also during the town hall, DeSantis was asked about protecting biological females by banning transgender athletes in sports.

"I have a 4-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old daughter, and they're very athletic," he said. "And we want to have opportunities for our girls. They deserve an even playing field. And that's what we're doing."

DeSantis vowed to sign the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which would prohibit males from competing on women's school sports teams.

The Florida governor was proud of banning vaccine passports in his state.

"I'm proud to be the first I think, elected official in the country, certainly statewide or governor to say, we're not having vaccine passports in the State of Florida," DeSantis said. "And not just saying government can't make you, private businesses can't make you. Because here's the thing, you have a right to participate in society, without them asking you to divulge this type of health information, but just to go to a movie, just to go to a ballgame."

Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump expressed interest in running again in 2024, and he would "certainly" consider DeSantis as his running mate.

"He is a friend of mine. Certainly, Ron would be considered," Trump replied. "I endorsed Ron, and after I endorsed him, he took off like a rocket ship. He's done a great job as governor. They like that. I'm just saying what I read and you read. They love that ticket."