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Former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel was reportedly kicked out of a Republican gathering in Florida on Friday evening.
"During this weekend's highly anticipated donor retreat hosted by the Republican National Committee in Palm Beach, Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel was escorted off the premises while his primary opponent, Jane Timken, was allowed to stay," Axios reported Saturday, citing "two sources with direct knowledge of the situation."
<p>"The invitation-only event is taking place at the Four Seasons Resort, and the RNC reserved the entire hotel. While Timken, former Ohio GOP chair, was invited to the event 'because she is a major donor' — Mandel was not, so he was asked to leave, according to one of the source," Axios reported. "The incident gives Timken more visibility and access to Trump, which is crucial as he continues to be the party's rainmaker and most influential player."</p><p>Read the <a href="https://www.axios.com/josh-mandel-rnc-trump-9aabdd69-75a9-4392-811e-51c3b1fe5e94.html" target="_blank">full report</a>.</p>
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CNN anchor Jim Acosta seemed to slip a Ku Klux Klan reference into a report on the growing calls for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson for white supremacism.
On Friday, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called on Rupert Murdoch's network to fire Carlson after a population replacement segment.
<p>Acosta interviewed CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter about the scandal.</p><p>"Brian, this is hardly the first time that Tucker Carlson -- and I'm not sure why he spells Tucker with one just one 'K' sometimes -- has been accused of making racist remarks," Acosta said. "But will Fox do anything this time about what he's doing over there?"</p><p>"There's no way Fox will do a thing," Stelter replied. </p>
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<p>Stelter played additional clips of the Fox personality saying shocking things.<br/></p><p>"And that's the face of Fox News," Stelter said. "He's also the poster child for what Van Jones called five years ago 'the whitelash,' this white resistance to a changing country. Tucker Carlson, that is very much his brand. He has a lot of viewers who seem to be with him and Fox is not going to take any action against him."<br/></p><p>Acosta then played a clip of Carlson talking about the January 6th insurrection by Trump supporters that he said "might be the most ridiculous line of B.S. yet from Tucker Carlson."<br/></p><p>"It's just inexplicable, I can't explain what he's doing," Acosta said.</p><p>Watch:</p>
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Watch this insane interview with Trump supporter who is clearly divorced from reality
April 10, 2021
Donald Trump so successfully pushed his "Big Lie" about election fraud that his supporters stormed the capitol on January 6th. And now, it seems, conservative lies about the insurrection have convinced some of his supporters that the riots never even happened.
CNN's Donie O'Sullivan on Saturday conducted a fascinating interview with Kinnet Ehring McSweeney at Trump National Doral.
<p>"And I do believe that the election was stolen and I do believe it was a peaceful rally that day," McSweeney said, when in fact the opposite is true. "And that, just because people who were in the capitol were wearing Trump shirts and Trump hats doesn't necessarily make them Trump supporters -- anybody can get one of those shirts."</p><p>She went on to say friends and family think she is "crazy" and "a conspiracy theorist."</p><p>She was then asked about the "QAnon congresswoman," Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).</p><p>"I don't know what's so terrible about QAnon," she said of the insane conspiracy alleging a secret cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles.</p><p>"You know, what is so terrible about conspiracy theories anyway?" McSweeney asked. </p>
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