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Fox News host whitewashes Capitol Hill siege: Portland liberals 'have an insurrection every night'
January 24, 2021
Fox News hosts on Sunday downplayed the attack on Capitol Hill supporters by suggesting that left-leaning protesters in Portland "have an insurrection every night."
On Sunday's edition of Fox & Friends, hosts attempted to shift attention to protests in Portland instead of focusing on a seditious and deadly attempt to overthrow the U.S. government.
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"I guess the next time I disagree with someone, I'll punch them in the mouth and tell them I'm helping with their own personal growth," <em>Fox & Friends</em> host Pete Hegseth snarked. "That's ultimately the perspective. Any violence is justified."
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"In Portland and Seattle, they are rioting against the government," he continued. "You might say they have an insurrection against he government every night. Every single night you've got extremists on the street pushing it."
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Hegseth complained: "Yet, we have an ongoing conversation about what happened on Jan. 6. No one is justifying that. But at the same time, we're starting to see new breadcrumbs of new phrases like domestic violent extremism. In fact, we haven't covered it much on this program and we will."
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According to the Fox News host, the government is preparing to "go after domestic violent extremists."
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"Not the Antifa types we're seeing every single night," he said. "What we're talking about is maybe supporters of the [former] president. Maybe people who are America first, who talked about 'Stop the Steal.' The could be the focus of that, including their involvement in Jan. 6 or regardless of it. It's a scary moment right now."
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Watch the video below from Fox News.
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PA officials demand Rep. Scott Perry resign over report he played part in Trump scheme to replace AG
January 24, 2021
The New York Times on Saturday singled out Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) as a member of Congress who "played a significant role" in former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election — and now, lawmakers in Perry's state are calling for the congressman's resignation.
According to the Times, while Perry was hardly a main character in the president's unsuccessful attempt to usurp President Joe Biden's electoral victory, he played an integral role in Trump's plan to fire acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen. Trump was hoping to replace Rosen, "who stood by the results of the election and had repeatedly resisted the president's efforts to undo them."
<p>Perry introduced Trump to Jeffrey Clark, a Justice Department official who "was sympathetic to Mr. Trump's view that the election had been stolen," the Times reports.</p><p>Per the Times:</p><p>"As the date for Congress to affirm Mr. Biden's victory neared, Mr. Perry and Mr. Clark discussed a plan to have the Justice Department send a letter to Georgia state lawmakers informing them of an investigation into voter fraud that could invalidate the state's Electoral College results."</p><p>According to the Times, the former president "backed down" on his plan to fire Rosen and install Clark "only after top department officials threatened to resign en masse."</p><p>As the York Daily Record reports, Perry also "<a href="https://www.ydr.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/23/scott-perry-trump-georgia-nyt-election/6691246002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">led a House floor objection to Pennsylvania's election results</a>" when Congress met to certify the Electoral College votes. That meeting was interrupted by a mob of angry Trump supporters after the president held a rally and promised to "<a href="https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/us_world_news/trump-well-fight-like-hell-to-keep-white-house/video_246f6ad3-0c16-5d94-9f6c-4a87ae268349.html?block_id=995864" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fight like hell</a>" for the presidency.</p><p>Following the publication of the report, officials in Pennsylvania on Saturday called for Perry's resignation. One such official was Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-PA), who offered this succinct message for his Republican colleague.</p><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="80f14cf588978de19e3429cd9b830fa7" id="02905"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353164512501886979"><div style="margin:1em 0">Hey @RepScottPerry👋🏽, resign.</div> — Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (@Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta)<a href="https://twitter.com/malcolmkenyatta/statuses/1353164512501886979">1611454535.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><p>And Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania attorney general, insisted there "must be consequences" for Perry's actions.</p><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d339b8400cd94ba63c0e5c735639ac06" id="9b392"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353162328775258112"><div style="margin:1em 0">Representative Perry ought to familiarize himself with Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of our Constitution.
There… https://t.co/2BphFD6Koj</div> — Josh Shapiro (@Josh Shapiro)<a href="https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/statuses/1353162328775258112">1611454014.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><p>Eugenio DePasquale, who lost out to Perry in 2020's 10th Congressional District election, likewise demanded the representative's resignation, tweeting "Perry must go!"</p><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="55485788dea9bf90b858d95eb4cc6fbf" id="643db"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353172857203912704"><div style="margin:1em 0">I wish I was surprised that the @nytimes found it was @RepScottPerry who tried to oust the Acting Attorney Ge… https://t.co/OIDrmt0Psv</div> — Eugene DePasquale (@Eugene DePasquale)<a href="https://twitter.com/DePasqualePA/statuses/1353172857203912704">1611456524.0</a></blockquote></div>
Perry has not commented on the New York Times report.
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One of Donald Trump's last actions as president -- before heading off to Florida -- was to spike his administration's ethics rules banning former aides from lobbying on behalf of foreign interests.
With his last night revocation of the rex striction, the president opened the door for close associates to cash in by seeking work from contacts they made during the four years the now ex-president was in power.
As Politico's Theodoric Meyer put it, "With those restrictions gone, former Trump administration officials will be free to represent foreign powers — exactly the kind of swamp-like behavior Trump had promised to eradicate in his 2016 campaign."
Trump made the promise of a 'lifetime" ban on foreign lobbying a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign, saying it was part of his "drain the swamp" strategy to clean up the government.
Now no such ban would restrict former White House officials -- including son-in-law Jared Kushner -- from profiting off relationships developed while representing the interests of the U.S.
According to Michael McKenna, a former lobbyist who worked in Trump's White House, e he won't take advantage of it, but, "I'm pretty confident that a bunch of people would absolutely love to represent Monaco, France, the United Arab Emirates."
Public Citizen president Robert Weissman concurred, saying, "He is undoing really the only example of policy that was supposed to evidence his commitment to drain the swamp."
Citing former Trump officials Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, the Politico report states, "The Foreign Agents Registration Act requires those who lobby for foreign governments and political parties — along with some other foreign interests — to disclose their work with the Justice Department. Several prominent Trump allies failed to do so, ensnaring them in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and other federal investigations," before adding, "There's nothing illegal or even unethical about lobbying for foreign governments, but many lobbyists try to avoid representing countries that have tense relationships with Washington or troubled human rights records."
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