McCormick sues over 'illegal ballots' — RNC chair calls out Dems for attempt to overturn PA election



Multiple local and national publications called the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania last week for Republican challenger and combat veteran Dave McCormick. Although the writing is on the wall, Sen. Bob Casey, the Democratic incumbent, has refused to admit defeat. Casey's allies are now engaging in the very conduct and echoing the same kind of language that Democrats have spent years condemning.

Days after the Wall Street Journal's editorial board claimed that Marc Elias, elections attorney for the Democratic Party, was "back and trying to steal a Senate seat for Bob Casey," Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley warned that Democratic officials and lawyers "are trying to sow doubt in the democratic process."

That doubt is sure to grow, now that the state is holding a recount and Democrats are pushing to count illegal ballots.

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt announced Wednesday that the unofficial results, with Philadelphia's legal and uncontested ballots accounted for, automatically triggered a statewide recount under Pennsylvania law. McCormick reportedly leads Casey by 29,338 votes, 48.93% to 48.50%. To avoid a recount, the Republican senator-elect would need to lead his opponent by 0.5%.

Schmidt indicated that after completing their initial counts, counties must begin the recount by no later than Nov. 20, then report the results to the state secretary by Nov. 27. The cost to the taxpayer of confirming Casey's loss will be in excess of $1 million.

McCormick's communications director Elizabeth noted, "Senator-Elect McCormick's lead is insurmountable, which the AP made clear. A recount will be a waste of time & taxpayer money, but it is Casey's prerogative. McCormick knows what it's like to lose an election & is sure Senator Casey will eventually reach the right conclusion."

Mark Harris, McCormick campaign consultant who has repeatedly emphasized there is no path to victory remaining for Casey, tweeted, "Since 2000, no US Senate race up by more than 500 votes has switched leads. Again I am the broken record but there's no path for Casey except wasting $1M+ of taxpayer [money.]"

'STOP the counting of illegal ballots.'

"Recounts are shifting a very small number of votes," Deb Otis, director of research and policy at FairVote told the Associated Press last month. "We're going to see recounts in 2024 that are not going to change the outcome."

The Wall Street Journal editorial board indicated Sunday that a recount would afford Marc Elias "a chance to try his legal shenanigans, which are likely to run the gamut from challenging votes for Mr. McCormick to searching for heretofore undiscovered ballots for Mr. Casey."

"Mr. Elias helped to steal a Senate seat in Minnesota for Al Franken in 2008 by finding a judge to count previously rejected ballots and overturn the lead of Republican Norm Coleman," continued the Journal. "The Elias method is to look for friendly judges who will rule in his favor. Pennsylvania has a Republican secretary of state who supervises elections but an especially partisan elected Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court. So far Gov. Josh Shapiro and other officials aren’t commenting on Mr. Elias."

Whatley vowed to ensure the RNC and Pennsylvania GOP "will have attorneys and observers in every county in the state to ensure only lawful ballots are counted. Again."

According to Whatley, the RNC filed two new lawsuits Wednesday evening in Bucks County and with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to "STOP the counting of illegal ballots."

Whatley clarified that Bucks County "is once again violating Pennsylvania law, this time by choosing to count undated and incorrectly dated ballots in a race that Dave McCormick has already won."

The lawsuit filed by Senator-elect McCormick and the RNC against Bucks County states that the board's decision "is legally erroneous because undated or misdated mail ballots are invalid as a matter of law and cannot be counted in the 2024 General Election — as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has already made clear."

LevittownNow.com reported that the Democrat-controlled Bucks County Board of Elections approved canvassing and counting for most of the nearly 4,500 provisional ballots it has received.

The county election board is also counting hundreds of undated and incorrectly dated mail-in ballots even though the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled and reiterated that county election officials cannot count absentee ballots with incorrect or missing dates. State law requires mail-in ballots to be returned in two envelopes — an inner secrecy envelope and an outer envelope on which voters must pen their signatures and the current date.

"The Board's baffling decision not to enforce the date requirement and to count noncompliant ballots thus directly contravenes binding Pennsylvania law," continues the complaint.

The lawsuit further claims that the county board's decision violates the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause and the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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FACT CHECK: Image Of Trump Peeking At Melania’s Ballot Is From 2016

The photo is genuine but was taken eight years ago, during the 2016 presidential election.

Vote like your life and the republic depend on it



You hear it every four years: This election is the most consequential/important/momentous of our lifetime, to the point that it’s practically a cliché now. But this year it’s true, and everyone knows it.

With just days before the election, if you are on the fence or lukewarm about Donald Trump and JD Vance, if you are considering voting for a third-party candidate or you know somebody who is, and especially if you are thinking about not voting at all, please take a few moments to read this.

Do not be deterred by dirty tricks or misinformation. Do not believe the hype. Above all, do not despair.

It hardly seems possible that voters are undecided about Trump after nearly a decade. It’s more understandable that some Republican voters struggle to get past Trump’s brash and bombastic personality. Some conservatives look at Trump and say, No. I just can’t. He’s not a decent man. He’s not a godly man.

Let’s concede that Trump is far from perfect. Let’s even allow that his first term was marked by several missteps, unforced errors, and terrible decisions — culminating with the COVID-19 disaster in 2020.

Despite whatever he did that you didn’t like, Trump was arguably the most successful Republican president since Ronald Reagan: shepherding tax cuts that boosted economic growth, slashing illegal immigration, renegotiating trade deals to America’s advantage, and checking our foreign enemies.

Nobody can say for certain what a second Trump term would look like. What is certain is that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will be a disaster for the country. No question about it. Not only would Harris and Walz continue the policies of the past four Biden-Harris years, they would make them worse. The only question is how much worse.

Harris and Walz guarantee the southern border will remain wide open to millions of unvetted illegal aliens from all around the world. Some are gangsters from Venezuela, known terrorists from Syria, Yemen, and Iran, and tens of thousands of military-age men from China traveling alone without ID. Harris and Walz will quickly pave a path to voting for millions of illegal aliens already in our country in an open attempt to create a one-party state in America.

Harris and Walz guarantee domestic economic stagnation and decline by pushing the Green New Deal and crippling regulations while sending hundreds of billions of dollars — much of it borrowed money — to prop up corrupt foreign regimes and wage wars that weaken America’s standing abroad.

Harris and Walz guarantee more lawfare against political opponents, more federal prosecutions of grandmothers praying in front of abortion clinics, and more censorship in the guise of combatting “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “hate speech.” They will continue the unprecedented efforts of the Biden-Harris administration to use the power of the federal government to censor and punish private media companies like Blaze Media that publish content they don’t like.

With Democratic House and Senate majorities, Harris and Walz guarantee an end to the filibuster, a packed Supreme Court, legislation to enshrine Roe v. Wade, the “right” of boys and men to encroach on girls’ and women’s sports and spaces, and more.

Don’t get cocky or complacent. Vote anyway. Make sure your friends and family do, too.

If you are a pro-life voter disappointed with Trump’s weakness on abortion, from rejecting a national ban to regulating the “morning-after pill,” Harris is clearly not your candidate.

Now is not the time for purity tests. Too much is at stake. Reagan often told his staff, “I’d rather get 80% of what I want than go over the cliff with my flags flying.”

Trump and Vance are better than 80% of what conservative and pro-life voters say they want. Harris and Walz are less than zero. Guaranteed.

We don’t vote to determine who’s a saint and who’s a sinner — that judgement is up to God. We vote for whoever is best for the job. So vote. Vote your conscience, but also vote your common sense. Vote your values, but remember you won’t necessarily get everything you want all at once or right away. But vote.

Do you live in a blue state where Kamala Harris is a lock to win? Vote anyway. Yes, the Electoral College decides the outcome, but the popular vote matters in the court of public opinion. California in 2016 provided Hillary Clinton’s margin of victory in the popular vote, as she and her sycophants never tire of reminding us. Don’t give them the satisfaction. Make your voice heard and your vote count.

Do you live in a red state where Donald Trump is likely going to run the table? Don’t get cocky or complacent. Vote anyway. Make sure your friends and family do too.

Do you live in a swing state? Absolutely vote like your life and your republic depend on it, because they do. And this time, in the next few days, you must get as many people as you can to do it too. Bug all your friends and family. Bug everyone in the book club or chat group. All the complaining and commentary and worry about politics are meaningless if you and everyone you know do not vote on Tuesday.

Do not be deterred by dirty tricks or misinformation. Do not hand your ballot over to a stranger with a badge. Do not be obstructed by long lines or foul weather. Do not take no for an answer.

Do not believe the hype. Yes, networks like CNN are projecting Harris as the likely winner — but a few months ago, CNN reported that Joe Biden was “sharp as a tack.”

Above all, do not despair. Democrats are going all out. Lawsuits. Ballot harvesting. Dirty tricks. Misinformation. They fight dirty, and they fight to win. We fight for our families and for our country.

A path to victory always exists — but you need to walk down it. The first step is your vote.

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Oversight Project punches back after NYT tries to downplay registration of illegal alien voters in Georgia



The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project has in recent months highlighted the threat of election interference by both the Biden-Harris administration and illegal aliens. This has evidently made some establishmentarians uncomfortable.

Over the weekend, the New York Times published a report characterizing concerns about interference by groups of noncitizens as a "false, but snowballing, theory" — claiming "there is no evidence to support Heritage's findings in Georgia ... or, for that matter, anywhere else in the country."

The Oversight Project is punching back, reiterating that the threat is real, that "the system has been designed to be abused," and that the Times is now "protecting the ability of noncitizens to participate in American elections."

Mike Howell, executive director of the Oversight Project, told Blaze News, "The fact that they're upset and jumping to the defense of noncitizens being able to vote in elections, I think, tells Americans all they need to know and what they probably already know."

Howell, who explained to Blaze News how the Times' hit piece was as hollow as it was transparent, tweeted to the Times article's author, Ken Bensinger, "If you're going to be our dedicated oppo journalist you need to do better. This was too easy."

'Systems are being taken advantage of, and the outcome of the 2024 election will be difficult to determine.'

A spokesman for the Times told Blaze News in a statement, "This is a piece of thorough and deeply-reported independent journalism based on original reporting and pursuit of facts amid explicitly politicized agendas. The Times stands behind our reporting."

When pressed for comment, Mike Hassinger, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's (R) elections public information officer, defended a number of claims made in the Times report and accused the Oversight Project of "an out-and-out fabrication."

Background

The Oversight Project published troubling footage in conjunction with Anthony Rubin's Muckraker earlier this summer that showed a handful of noncitizens at the apartment complex Elliot Norcross in Norcross, Georgia, admitting they were registered to vote. Some indicated on camera that they were registered at work. At least one indicated she had already voted.

The results were comparable to those in another Oversight Project investigation conducted in Charlotte, North Carolina.

According to Rubin, 14% of the respondents in Norcross said they had been registered. The Oversight Project was unable to locate these noncitizens on Georgia voter rolls, indicating that "shoddy address history records" and fake documents might be to blame.

Noting that there are an estimated 339,000 noncitizens living in Georgia — an apparent reference to Migration Policy Institute's 2019 "unauthorized population" estimate on the basis of U.S. Census Bureau data — the Oversight Project suggested that "if the 14% proportion holds true state wide, this would equate to over 47,000 registered non-citizens" in the Peach State alone.

Even with that projected number halved, a noncitizen cohort participating in the election could prove hugely consequential in November. After all, President Donald Trump lost Georgia by under 12,000 votes the last time around.

"Systems are being taken advantage of, and the outcome of the 2024 election will be difficult to determine given the near impossibility of auditing in a short period of time," said the Oversight Project.

The watchdog's damning exposé created waves, especially after Elon Musk shared the video on Aug. 1 with the caption, "Extremely disturbing!" — a post that netted over 52.8 million impressions since.

Within hours, Raffensperger tweeted, "The state of Georgia aggressively investigates specific claims of voter fraud and we welcome any individual or group to submit specific, evidence based claims, and we will investigate."

The NYT hit piece

The New York Times published an article Saturday titled "Heritage Foundation Spreads Deceptive Videos About Noncitizen Voters."

According to Ken Bensinger and Richard Fausset, "The right-wing think tank has been pushing misinformation about voting into social media feeds."

'We have noncitizens in Georgia on camera admitting to being registered to vote.'

Despite acknowledging that noncitizens did in fact speak to persons linked to the Oversight Project in the video and that they had said plainly on camera they were registered to vote, the Times labeled the video as "misleading."

The Times further claimed that the Oversight Project's claims "do not hold up," suggesting that "three of the seven people Heritage filmed later said they had misspoken," even though they had conversed with the questioners in the video in Spanish.

One of the three women who allegedly recanted their earlier statements told the Times she lied in the video for fear of being deported. The woman, an illegal alien who referred to herself as Marta, claimed she "just wanted them to go away."

In its attempt to discredit the video, which included a rehash of the false and well-worn Democratic talking point about Project 2025, the Times also said state investigators "found no evidence that any of the seven people on the tape had ever registered to vote," despite admitting deeper in the piece that Raffensperger's investigation into Heritage's claims was still ongoing.

The Times' Bensinger and Fausset confidently asserted days after the DOJ announced it had charged an illegal alien in Alabama "in connection with her fraudulent assumption of a United States citizen's identity and her use of that identity to vote in multiple elections," that "there is no evidence to support Heritage’s findings in Georgia, a critical swing state with a large immigrant population, or, for that matter, anywhere else in the country."

They proceeded to cite the findings of the Brennan Center for Justice — a leftist advocacy organization that has received funding from George Soros' Open Society Institute and the Tides Foundation — that supposedly only "one-ten thousandth of 1 percent of votes in the 2016 election were cast by noncitizens."

Rebuttals

The Oversight Project responded to the Times article with a thread on X, suggesting it amounted to an "election lie."

After noting that the article's title conflated noncitizens who were registered to vote with noncitizen voters, Oversight Project zeroed in on the retraction by one of the illegal immigrants interviewed in the video.

"Ken [Bensinger] stakes his credibility on a noncitizen named Marta who told us on camera that she was (1) a noncitizen and (2) registered to vote," wrote the watchdog group. "He claims she lied to us because she was afraid of being deported."

Howell told Blaze News that made "zero sense because if you're afraid of being deported, why would you admit to a deportable offense on camera? It's so counterintuitive, it doesn't pass the laugh test."

Howell also raised the possibility that those who retracted their statements may have done so after being coached on what to say by Lead Stories, the left-leaning fact-checking group that tracked them down, or others.

"That reeked of a cleanup effort," said Howell. "We put our stuff out on video. Or [do you] take the word of these other political actors who did not videotape their encounter?"

'People are going to get through the cracks and the cracks are there because they want them to.'

The watchdog group further indicated on X that of the seven individuals who admitted to being both noncitizens and registered to vote, four had yet to walk back their statements.

"What about the other four, Ken?" asked the Oversight Project.

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The Oversight Project also seized upon the Times' claim that state investigators under Raffensperger had found no records to indicate the people in the video had registered or voted.

"They said they don't know and only checked the records from that address," said the watchdog group, whose executive director does not appear entirely convinced the Georgia secretary of state's office is altogether eager in "actually investigating this."

"Instead of them saying outright, 'Zero of the seven people are registered in the state of Georgia,' they played a weird rhetorical game where they say, 'We checked the registrations at that address,'" said Howell. "OK, so did we. That's what we told them."

"Just because they're at that address now does not mean that they are registered there. In fact, over the course of our investigations nationwide, several people have indicated that they're registered at work," continued Howell. "Just checking people out at their current address is insufficient to prove that they are not registered at all."

While the watchdog group highlighted other issues with the Times report, it emphasized that the reporters' word choice and framing gave them away as biased ideologues. For instance, whereas the Brennan Center for Justice was referred to as a "policy group," the Times referred to the Oversight Project as a "right wing think tank."

Ultimately, Howell said that the "short of it is the New York Times is clearly working with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office in an effort to discredit the video, which hasn't been discredited in the least. We have noncitizens in Georgia on camera admitting to being registered to vote."

When pressed for comment, Hassinger told Blaze News, "The fundraising stunt created by Project Oversight and funded by Heritage was more than disinformation, it was an out-and-out fabrication. Our office learned that it was fabricated by verifying voter registrations at the apartment complex, and by sending investigators to speak to the people featured in the video."

"Our investigation revealed that no one in the video was registered to vote, nor had they voted," continued Hassinger. "When this office asked The Oversight Project for any other evidence that these apartment residents were A) in the country illegally or B) registered to vote, they couldn't provide anything."

"The Oversight Project may have valid concerns about illegal aliens voting in Georgia, but they have yet to express them in any serious way and have chosen instead to tell lies in order to create fear and distrust in Georgia’s election processes," added Hassinger.

When asked whether President Joe Biden's Executive Order 14019, which effectively mobilizes the federal government to turn out votes for Democrats, is connected to the potential registration of illegal aliens, Howell told Blaze News, "The system basically makes it easy for them. ... The system has been designed to be abused."

The Biden Department of Justice, various other federal agencies, and White House staff held a "Listening Session" on July 12, 2021, regarding the order's implementation. Referencing the session, Howell noted that champions of open borders engaged in the discussions suggested illegal aliens should be trusted to operate within the bounds of the law.

"This is kind of the high-level politics of it all. They want to create such a loose system and have no checks on it. People are going to get through the cracks, and the cracks are there because they want them to," said Howell.

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Georgia election board's new 'common sense' election integrity rule has angered all the right people



The Republican-led Georgia State Election Board voted 3-2 on Monday to approve a new rule empowering local officials to ensure that the "total number of ballots cast" does not exceed "the total number of persons who voted."

The Associated Press indicated that the rule requires county election officials to generate voter lists categorized by voting method and then to check for duplicates and other discrepancies. If such errors are found, then officials are required to launch an investigation, hand count, and seek remedy. Upon resolving the discrepancies, only those returns that "are entitled to be counted" will be recorded then verified.

The rule, the proposal for which was submitted Cobb County GOP Chairwoman Salleigh Grubbs, also states that county election officials "shall be permitted to examine all election-related documentation created during the conduct of elections" prior to certifying the results.

Grubbs has emphasized that the purpose of the rule is not to disrupt the election process but rather to protect its integrity, reported the Georgia Recorder.

"We have to have assurance, as Georgians, that what we see printed on our ballot is exactly [accurate] and the only way to do that is by a handwritten affiliation on the precinct level," said Grubbs.

Grubbs told CNN, "We have to have assurance, as Georgians, that what we see printed on our ballot is exactly how the balance and the only way to do that is by a handwritten affiliation on the precinct level."

'These rules will improve voter confidence in our elections process.'

Democrats and other leftists in the state have expressed outrage in response to this effort to fortify Georgian elections and make sure that only accurate results are certified in an orderly fashion.

Ben Berwick, head of election law at a political outfit co-founded by Obama White House Counsel's Office lawyers, told ProPublica, "If this rule is adopted, any claims of fraud, any claims of discrepancies, could be the basis for a county board member — acting in bad faith — to say, 'I'm not confident in the results,' and hold up certification under the flimsiest of pretext."

"The bottom line here," continued Berwick, is that "election deniers are intentionally creating a failure point in the process where they can interfere if they don't like the results of an election."

Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of Fair Fight, the leftist organization founded by failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D), said in a statement, "Trump and the MAGA operation are using the Georgia State Election Board to give the appearance of legality to their illegal scheme to obstruct certification of Georgia's 2024 election results."

At the state election board meeting Monday, Republican board member Janelle King — whom dozens of Georgia House Democrats are trying to have replaced — said, "A lot of the attacks I'm hearing is centered around the idea that this particular rule, or some of these rules that were being presented, are being presented based off of us chasing some ghosts that didn't exist, or some conspiracy theory, some hypothetical."

"I just want to make sure I note that several times it's been notated that there were issues that took place in the election cycles, particularly 2020," added King.

Josh McKoon, chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, noted on X that Democrats are effectively panicked over rules

  • "Permitting the poll watches from all parties to observe the processing of ballots wherever that activity occurs";
  • "Asking poll workers to reconcile the poll book and the number of votes tallies at the precinct";
  • "Asking counties to post the early voting reports they run anyway on a daily basis to their website or in a prominent location in their courthouse"; and
  • "Permitting members of any Board of Election the opportunity to review information prior to the certification deadline."

"These rules would easily pass if put to a vote of the legislature or the people of Georgia," said McKoon. "They do not unduly burden elections offices. These rules will improve voter confidence in our elections process"

McKoon added, "It is frankly irresponsible for anyone to suggest these common sense measures would 'create chaos' in an elections process that a significant number of Georgians have lost confidence in over the last several years."

The state GOP chairman noted further that leftist organizations have sought to intimidate members of the board into "reversing course."

"No one opposing these rule changes has offered any reality based criticism of them," continued McKoon. "So you have to wonder why are Democrats willing to use these scorched earth tactics to stop poll watchers from meaningfully observing a Georgia election?"

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Why are Dems FREAKING OUT over Efforts to STOP Illegals from Voting?!?

Why are Dems FREAKING OUT over Efforts to STOP Illegals from Voting?!?

Election worker in Phoenix, previously charged with felony, accused of stealing access fob to vote tabulation machines



A temporary election worker in Maricopa County has been accused of stealing a fob that helps grant access to vote tabulation machines.

On Friday morning, elections officials at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, noticed that a security fob and keys attached to a lanyard were missing. Investigators then reviewed surveillance footage and discovered that Walter Ringfield Jr., a 27-year-old temporary elections worker, had apparently swiped the lanyard, fob, and keys around 5 p.m. the previous day and stuffed them in the pocket of his shorts.

He agreed to a diversion program, resulting in a suspended prosecution. Because the case did not result in a conviction, it did not appear during his background check.

Authorities then confronted Ringfield about the items. At first, he denied taking anything but eventually added that if he did take anything accidentally, those items would be in his car. A quick search of his vehicle revealed the missing lanyard but not the fob.

Ringfield also claimed that anything he may have taken he returned within 20 minutes or so. Officers then went to Ringfield's home with a search warrant and reportedly found the missing fob in the master bedroom.

Ringfield, who began working at the facility on June 3, later reportedly admitted to taking the items to "clean up." "Walter said the job was temporary and he was trying to make it permanent, so he wanted to clean up," the police report said but did not clarify what "clean up" meant.

The tabulation machines require both the fob and a password to gain access. "To ensure the integrity of Maricopa County Elections, election workers are reprogramming and re-conducting logic and accuracy testing of all equipment," said Jennifer Liewer, a spokesperson for the elections department. Officials estimate that the reprogramming process will cost more than $19,000, a cost that will be borne by taxpayers.

"While this event is unwelcome, it speaks [to] the effectiveness of the security protocols built into Arizona’s election systems," said a statement from the Office of the Arizona Secretary of State.

Ringfield was arrested and charged with felony criminal damage and misdemeanor theft. He is being held without bail.

Ringfield is also no stranger to law enforcement. Last fall, he was charged with felony theft after he allegedly stole more than $1,000 in cash from Fry's Food And Drug. He agreed to a diversion program, resulting in a suspended prosecution. Because that case did not result in a conviction, it did not appear during his background check, an elections department spokesperson said.

Currently, Ringfield does not have a registered party affiliation, though he once registered as a Democrat. About 18 months ago, a candidate named Walter Ringfield Jr. also filed a statement of interest to run as a Democrat in the 2024 U.S. Senate race in Arizona, a KGUN news report shows, though whether this is the same Walter Ringfield Jr. is unclear since he would not be 30 years old in time for the election as is constitutionally required.

He also snapped photos with several high-profile Democrats, including Sens. Mark Kelly and Amy Klobuchar, and posted those photos to an Instagram account believed to be his, the Arizona Republic reported. His social media accounts now appear to be scrubbed.

According to Ringfield's father, Walter Ringfield Sr., the younger Walter recently graduated with a political science degree from Arizona State University. Walter Sr. reiterated to the outlet that he "loves" his son and that he "will wait to pass judgment until all of the facts come out."

Mail-in ballots for the state primary are scheduled to be mailed out next week. Primary Election Day in Arizona is scheduled for July 30.

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REPORT: Donald Trump Praises Taylor Swift In New Book, But Adds A Caveat

I think she’s very beautiful, actually - unusually beautiful!

Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Trump



Nikki Haley, who previously sought the 2024 GOP presidential nod and has been strongly critical of former President Donald Trump, has said that she will vote for him.

Haley, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during a portion of Trump's White House tenure, dropped her Republican presidential primary bid more than two months ago after a lackluster Super Tuesday performance.

'I genuinely hope he does that.'

"As a voter, I put my priorities on a president" who will "have the backs of our allies and hold our enemies to account; who would secure the border, no more excuses; a president who would support capitalism and freedom; a president who understands we need less debt, not more debt. Trump has not been perfect on these policies," Haley said on Wednesday, noting that she has "made that clear many, many times. But Biden has been a catastrophe. So, I will be voting for Trump."

"Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that they're just gonna be with him. And I genuinely hope he does that," she said.

"And you even TWEETED this. Shame," former Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois tweeted in response to a post on Haley's X account that contained video of her comments. Kinzinger's describes himself on X as a "Proud RINO."

Earlier this year, Haley suggested Trump was "not qualified" to serve as president.

Despite dropping out of contention earlier this year, Haley has still received a portion of the Republican presidential primary vote in various states, likely indicating that that some Republicans are dissatisfied with Trump as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.

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Sara Gonzales explains how she was completely 'radicalized' on the issue of abortion



Sara Gonzales proudly calls herself “very libertarian.”

“I’m very uncomfortable with the government having a say,” she says.

However, after doing some research on abortion, it became clear that there was a legitimate push “for actual, fully formed babies to be killed in the womb.”

“I was completely radicalized on the issue,” says Sara, adding that “it's been fascinating to watch the left just unabashedly say, ‘We support abortion up until the point of birth – no exceptions.”’

Now of course Joe Biden refuses to admit this, claiming that he’s “not for abortion on demand” but rather that he supports it just within “the three trimesters.”

“There’s only three trimesters, which would be abortion on demand,” laughs Sara, pointing out the obvious, but not surprising, illogic of Biden’s argument.

“These folks are definitely for infanticide,” says Malone Pictures’ Chad Jackson. “When it comes to what [Biden] said, this is what Marxists often do. They kind of skew the language enough to psychologically justify sin – to psychologically justify the unjustifiable,” which is why something as vile as “killing a human being” is being sold as “reproductive rights.”

“It comes down to semantics and rhetoric.”

Sara agrees, adding, “the intention behind every single abortion is the death of a human … but we call it ‘health care.”’

At the root, abortion rights have nothing to do with actual rights.

“It’s a push for an expanded government on the one hand and calling evil good on the other,” says Chad.

If that wasn’t obvious enough, consider the fact that “Sage Publishing retracted three major scientific studies critical of abortion pills just weeks before the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the availability of these drugs,” reports Sara.

“The authors are saying this retraction is BS” and “obviously politically motivated,” especially considering that “two of these retracted studies published in 2021 and 2022 found a 500% spike in emergency room visits following chemical abortion.”

“Ask yourself: Do these people who claim to be the advocate of women … really care that much about women if they are willing to put them in harm's way just so that they can take a pill at home to kill their baby?” asks Sara.

“They don’t care about life at all – whether it be women or children or babies in the womb.”

To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip below.


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