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Republican cancels his own Facebook page after facing furious backlash for mocking transgender Biden official
January 25, 2021
Responding to President Joe Biden's recent pick for his administration's assistant secretary of health, Pennsylvania State Rep. Jeff Pyle (R) posted a transphobic meme, mocking Rachel Levine, the former Pennsylvania health secretary who is a trans woman.
The backlash against Pyle was swift, prompting him to issue an apology saying he "had no idea" the post mocking Levine "would be … received as poorly as it was", adding that "tens of thousands of heated emails assured me it was."
<p>"I owe an apology and I offer it humbly," Pyle said without specifically apologizing to Levine.</p><p>"I've learned I erred and apologize to all affected," Pyle wrote. "It won't happen again."</p><p>After deleting the initial post, Pyle deleted his entire Facebook page. According to <a href="https://www.phillyvoice.com/pennsylvania-health-secretary-rachel-levine-transphobic-facebook-post/" target="_blank">Philly Voice</a>, the meme shared by Pyle included a picture of Levine with the caption, "American citizens express optimism and renewed hope as Benjamin Franklin joins Joe Biden's cabinet."</p><p>When the post was live, followers of Pyle's Facebook page called on him to resign, but he said he would not resign and instead would focus on both a community college project and rebuilding the state's COVID-wracked economy. </p><p>In a <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianSimsPA/status/1352397464729485317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1352397464729485317%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phillyvoice.com%2Fpennsylvania-health-secretary-rachel-levine-transphobic-facebook-post%2F" target="_blank">post to Twitter,</a> co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus and Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims called on House Republican leadership to condemn Pyle's "discriminatory and dangerous behavior."</p>
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Fox News faces backlash after implication that Biden is just as racist as Trump during press briefing
January 25, 2021
Fox News faced off against the new White House on Monday and tried to create a false equivalency between former President Donald Trump, a documented racist, and President Joe Biden.
When President Trump was imposing travel restrictions in March on China, then-candidate Biden called it "xenophobic and fearmongering," said Fox News' White House reporter Peter Doocy, son of host Steve Doocy. "So, now President Biden is putting travel restrictions on people coming in from other countries. What word would you use to describe that?"
<p>Obviously, in the case of Trump, who referred to the COVID-19 pandemic as the "Kung-flu" and "Chinese virus," travel from China was shutdown not based on science but on fear. Dr. Anthony Fauci at the time explained that a travel ban was pointless on Jan. 31 when it was clear the virus was already in the United States. At the same time, the travel ban didn't actually ban everyone coming into the U.S. from China. Over 400,000 people were allowed to enter the United States without being tested for COVID-19 after the China ban. </p><p>In the case of Biden, the decision was made based on the recommendations of scientists and medical experts on the COVID-19 team. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden called the Muslim travel ban xenophobic and racist. </p><p>Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/biden-coronavirus-travel-restrictions/index.html" target="_blank">uniformly instituted travel restrictions</a> that Trump canceled, mandating that would block non-US citizens who have been in COVID hotspots and sites of the more contagious strain. Those countries are not isolated to one specific nationality and include Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and much of Europe, as well as the new addition of South Africa, where a new more deadly strain has been seen.</p><p>Psaki also announced that beginning Tuesday, anyone coming into the United States "must provide proof of a negative test within three days of travel to airlines prior to departure," which includes U.S. citizens, coming from overseas.</p><p>See the video below as well as some of the criticisms: </p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="de2c89744c18dafa86a8d0e9b0d3adc5" id="c66dd"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353778727662968837"><div style="margin:1em 0">Not a great start for Fox here https://t.co/GaTsrrOP8k</div> — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn Torabi)<a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/statuses/1353778727662968837">1611600975.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b258e8380edc6df933d0e36fddf84ed3" id="f3e4a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353781957881188354"><div style="margin:1em 0">More Fox insanity. "Trump did a thing. Biden said Trump's thing was racist then did a similar thing. So isn't Biden… https://t.co/LA36IgdhYb</div> — Young Daddy (@Young Daddy)<a href="https://twitter.com/Toure/statuses/1353781957881188354">1611601745.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7d0663ce6d3d5a706762ad9fec728464" id="11464"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353778002291646464"><div style="margin:1em 0">It seems like Peter Doocey’s only plan is to bait Jen into giving soundbites that Fox hosts can use to enrage their… https://t.co/epMingBqEg</div> — Jon Favreau (@Jon Favreau)<a href="https://twitter.com/jonfavs/statuses/1353778002291646464">1611600802.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="54ff47488334bea197fea03c4b125e65" id="84b6f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353779719234330625"><div style="margin:1em 0">Fox News is Fox Newsing, part 2 https://t.co/qblrUeHdTc</div> — Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar)<a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/statuses/1353779719234330625">1611601211.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="52778393cf992366b38acf0b86b9cb52" id="e697e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353780715272462342"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@jrpsaki doesn’t have time for the idiot from Fox “News” https://t.co/oldzVJV583</div> — Icculus The Brave (@Icculus The Brave)<a href="https://twitter.com/FirenzeMike/statuses/1353780715272462342">1611601449.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Trump forced to officially 'disavow' new Patriot Party after grifters try to raise funds in his name
January 25, 2021
Former President Donald Trump's campaign on Monday filed an official "disavowal" of a group known as the "Patriot Party."
During his final days in office, Trump repeatedly hinted at creating a "MAGA Party" or Patriot Party.
<p>But in a Federal Election Commission (FEC) <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/667/202101259413340667/202101259413340667.pdf">filing on Monday</a>, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. said that it was disavowing a so-called "Patriot Party" that was <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00767095/1489852/">created on Jan. 22</a>, two days after Trump was removed from office.</p><p>"DJTFP did not authorize the filing of this Form 1, has not entered into any joint fundraising agreement to fundraise through Patriot Party, and has no knowledge of Patriot Party's activities whatsoever," the filing said. "DJTFP is placing this disavowal notice on the public record out of concern for confusion among the public, which may be misled to believe that Patriot Party's activities have been authorized by Mr. Trump or DJTFP -- or that contributions to this unauthorized committee are being made to DJTFP -- when that is not true."</p><p>A separate FEC <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00767251/1490249">filing on Monday</a> appeared to create another organization known as the MAGA Patriot Party National Committee.</p><p>That filing also listed Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. as a participant in joint fundraisers.</p><p>But Trump campaign aide Jason Miller also disavowed that group.</p><p>“We are not supportive of this effort, have nothing to do with it and only know about it through public reporting," Miller said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">On the MAGA Patriot Party filing, <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonMillerinDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JasonMillerinDC</a> says:<br/><br/>“We are not supportive of this effort, have nothing to do with it and only know about it through public reporting." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trump</a><br/>— Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoNPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/DomenicoNPR/status/1353751641149894656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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