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Kayleigh McEnany: 'Dr. Fauci stood at that White House podium, lied to the nation'

Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of lying to Americans from the White House lectern.

McEnany made the remarks while accusing Fauci of covering up the origins of the COVID-19 virus.

"There needs to be an investigation into this hugely," McEnany said. "Because right after Dr. Fauci stood at that White House podium, lied to the nation, said this originated naturally, guess what? He gets an email from the non-profit that gave the money to the Wuhan lab thanking him for using his respected voice to maybe cover up the fact that it started in a lab."

Throughout her tenure as White House press secretary, McEnany was repeatedly accused of lying to the American people.

Watch the video clip below from Fox News.

'I was there': C-SPAN caller outs himself as Jan. 6 participant who wants to 'take our country back'

A Virginia man admitted on live television that he was part of the crowd that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

During C-SPAN's Washington Journal program on Thursday, a man named Tom called in from Woodbridge, Virginia to talk about the insurrection.

"I was there on January 6th," the caller revealed. "I'm going to tell you right now -- and I work in the intelligence community and have for many, many years -- I'm telling you there were experienced agitators there that took advantage of a great deal of anxiety and passion in the country and did it on purpose to defame the presidency of Donald Trump."

"I know that for a fact," he continued. "The main thing that I wanted to come on and say is about the future of President Trump, etc. There's a lot of people out there that hope he's coming back, hope he's going to win again in 2024."

According to the caller, the "smartest thing" Trump could do would be to "keep the Trump movement alive and keep it alive across the country so that we can take our country back, county by county, state by state and then ultimately back in the federal positions."

The Virginia man then claimed that the Lincoln Project's campaign against Trump was run by Sen. John McCain, who died two years before the 2020 election.

"The Lincoln Project was completely organized and run by the campaign of John McCain," he insisted. "John McCain, political elitist, worked deliberately to destroy the Trump presidency out of personal animus and it had nothing based on what was good for the country. It had everything to do with destroying the presidency of Donald Trump because of the personal animus that many of these people had."

It was not immediately clear if the caller is wanted by the FBI.

Watch the video below from C-SPAN.

Texas valedictorian secretly switches speech to rail against 'dehumanizing' abortion law

A Texas high school valedictorian secretly replaced her graduation speech to call attention to a recent anti-abortion law signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott (R).

Paxton Smith told D Magazine that the speech she submitted to Lake Highlands High School ahead of Saturday's commencement ceremony focused on media consumption.

But on the day of the ceremony, Smith instead read from another set of prepared remarks that she had hidden in her bra. Smith told the audience that she was afraid that the so-called "heartbeat bill" could impact her future.

"Starting in September, there will be a ban on abortions that take place after 6 weeks of pregnancy, regardless of whether the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest," she explained. "Most women don't even realize they're pregnant by then. And so, before they have the time to decide if they are emotionally, physically, and financially stable enough to carry out a full-term pregnancy, before they have the chance to decide if they can take on the responsibility of bringing another human into the world, the decision has been made for them by a stranger."

Her voice trembled as she continued.

"I have dreams, hopes, and ambitions," she said. "I am terrified that if my contraceptives fail me, that if I'm raped, then my hopes and efforts and dreams for myself will no longer be relevant."

Smith added: "I hope you can feel how gut-wrenching it is, how dehumanizing it is, to have the autonomy over your own body taken from you."

The valedictorian revealed to D Magazine that school officials had suggested withholding her diploma, but the threats never materialized.

"Whenever I have opinions that can be considered political or controversial, I keep them to myself because I don't like to gain attention for that kind of stuff," she remarked to D Magazine. "But I'm glad that I could do something, and I'm glad that it's getting attention. It just feels weird for me personally, that I'm linked to the attention that the speech got."

Watch the speech below.

Trump mercilessly mocked after shuttering blog: 'I've had kidney stones that lasted longer'

Former President Donald Trump's blog was shut down on Wednesday and the internet's response was brutal.

Trump spokesperson Jason Miller told CNBC that the short-lived "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump" blog was not expected to return.

Twitter reacted by mocking the former president.

"Trump's blog has been shut down permanently," Thomas Yantorno wrote. "Another failure in a endless list [of] failures, bankruptcies and financial losses. History will judge as the biggest loser in American history."

"No one cared about the Trump blog and its traffic was dismal at best," political commentator Ameshia Cross noted.

"Gosh, you'd think Trump would've wanted his blog up and running for when he's *reinstated* in Aug. #Sad," another commenter joked.

"I've had kidney stones that lasted longer than Trumps blog...and they were more bearable," one Twitter user said.

Read some of the responses below.

Rudy Giuliani rages at 'anti-American' prosecutors: It's 'unconstitutional' to investigate Trump

Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday asserted that it is "unconstitutional" to investigate former President Donald Trump.

During an interview on Newsmax, Giuliani blasted Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and New York Attorney General Letitia James over the ongoing investigation into whether the Trump Organization illegally manipulated property values.

"This is an investigation in search of a crime, not a crime that's being investigated," Giuliani said. "They've gone through his whole life searching for something they can make into a criminal act. That's a very, very dangerous thing to do for America. In fact, it's anti-American. I think [it's] unconstitutional."

Giuliani also argued that crimes committed "many years ago" should not be subject to prosecution.

"Donald Trump's life has been investigated over and over again," he explained, pointing to alleged IRS audits. "They're going back years before he was Donald Trump! So these people are politically motivated, poor excuses for public servants."

Watch the video below from Newsmax.

Arizona election audit will 'open for tours' this week: report

A so-called election audit that is being sponsored by the Arizona state Senate will allow tours by some out-of-state lawmakers.

KPNX correspondent Brahm Resnik revealed on Twitter that a delegation of Pennsylvania Republicans will meet with members of the Arizona Legislature on Wednesday before being treated to a "tour" of the audit.

The lawmakers are considering conducting a similar audit in their state.

News of the "tour" was also reported by OAN.

Kayleigh McEnany bellyaches after Forbes puts Kamala Harris on magazine cover but not Ivanka Trump

Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh attacked Forbes magazine on Tuesday for putting Vice President Kamala Harris on the cover while snubbing Ivanka Trump.

During a panel segment on Fox News's Outnumbered program, McEnany noted that Forbes had recently coined the term Kamalanomics in a profile about the current vice president.

"Forbes has discovered a new philosophy, Kamalanomics, named after Kamala," McEnany complained, "and it's about propping up women small business owners."

"Interestingly though, we have someone who did just that," she continued. "Ivanka Trump did just that, securing $1.5 billion in relief from the private sector for small businesses, $10 billion to [community development financial institutions], which are banks that help minority and low-income communities."

McEnany added: "But I don't remember the term Ivankanomics."

Co-host Tomi Lahren also blasted the vice president.

"We expected her to do a lot more with this golden opportunity that she's been given," she opined. "I know how she operates. I know what kind of woman that she is."

"You mention the way they treat Republican women," Lahren said. "The way they treated Ivanka, the way that they treated Sarah Palin. I mean, they're propping her up, putting her on the cover of magazines. And when they put her on the cover of Vogue, she wasn't looking good enough for the woke crowd. They wanted her to be more stylish. At the end of the day, it's all about vanity."

McEnany suggested that Harris is plotting to become president by not taking a position on controversial issues.

"That's exactly what it is," McEnany observed. "I read a report about how she's trying to keep a low profile for that reason so she's not on the record on these issues, on the border. She can sneak on by and try to walk right into the Oval Office."

Watch the video below from Fox News.

Fox News host whitesplains to Black colleague why Tulsa massacre survivors don't deserve reparations

Fox News host Will Cain argued on Tuesday that taxes paid by white people shouldn't be used to repay Black families whose ancestors were victims of the Tulsa race massacre.

During a Fox & Friends segment about the anniversary of the 1921 massacre, co-host Lawrence Jones, who is Black, discussed the call for reparations for Black families in Tulsa.

"We need to look at the history of this and go back and see how much every family member is owed," Jones said. "Some family members don't even have the remains of their loved ones, buildings have been built over [the remains]."

"Look, a lot of the people in this town are so behind because of their heritage, where they came from, and because we have not paid that debt," he continued. "So do we need generalities of everybody needs reparations? I don't think that's the best solution. But figure out what government said they owed. Yeah, they need to pay that back."

Cain, however, insisted that survivors in Tulsa do not deserve reparations.

"You know, there is a needle that this country has to thread when it comes to race relations," Cain opined. "We need to be able to reconcile ourselves, acknowledge our past, acknowledge the sins we have committed as a country. At the same time, not undercut the underlying principles of what made America a unique experiment on the face of this Earth."

"The principles of the United States of America are not at fault," he remarked. "The modern-day movement of race relations and race reparations is to undercut the very idea of America. I'm not overstating that. It's, in fact, to undercut often the ideas of western civilization, reason, objectivity, not to live my truth, but to live the truth."

Cain added: "And as we move forward with the history, move forward into the future, we need to reconcile that history, we need to acknowledge it. But we cannot sacrifice the very founding principles of the United States of America and individuality. And things like reparations on a general scale undercut those foundations because they deny individuals and they assign you to groups and they make you guilty of the sins of your forefathers and they make you beneficiaries for the victimhood of your forefathers."

Instead of reparations, Cain said that people should "look each other through our eyes, to our souls, to our characters as individuals."

"And I'm afraid that this country is trying to make up for the sins of the past by sacrificing our principles and our future," he concluded.

Cain ended the discussion without acknowledging that the Tulsa race massacre was perpetrated by white residents.

Watch the video below from Fox News.

MAGA lovers blast 'incompetent failure' Jenna Ellis after she insists Trump can't be 'reinstated'

Jenna Ellis, an attorney who fought to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was blasted by conservatives over the Memorial Day holiday after she insisted that former President Donald Trump cannot be "reinstated."

Ellis made the assertion on Twitter after attorney Sidney Powell told a group of people that Trump could "simply be reinstated."

"The election was lawless, six states allowed their delegates to vote by false certifications, but the EC process happened," Ellis tweeted. "The Constitution has only one process for removal of a sitting president: impeachment and conviction."

"No, President Trump is not going to be 'reinstated,'" she added.

The news didn't go over well with Trump fans who lashed out at the attorney.

"Her [sic] and Rudy failed to take action to prevent the steal in 2019. She was always basking in the limelight and money, while being an incompetent failure. Now she is in her cat box pushing kitty litter over her," one person wrote.

"She can shove that statement up her ass," another comment said.

Read some of the responses below.

'He's going to flip': Allen Weisselberg's ex-daughter-in-law says longtime accountant will turn on Trump

Allen Weisselberg's former daughter-in-law said that she expects the Trump Organization's chief financial officer to testify against former President Donald Trump.

During an appearance on MSNBC, Jennifer Weisselberg reacted to the news that a special grand jury has been empaneled to hear evidence against the Trump Organization.

"I lost my breath," Weisselberg recalled. "I was in shock actually. I didn't realize it was going to happen this soon. I did anticipate it happening but I was shocked."

According to Weisselberg, her former father-in-law "changed dramatically" after Trump became president.

"It really went to their heads. They were extremely enabled and had no accountability," she said. "Weisselberg does lie. He has perjured himself with the presidential inaugural committee, with most depositions. Looks like he was trying to avoid the inevitable but now that there is a personal criminal probe on him and they are going really hard on his children -- Barry and Jack -- he's going to flip."

"When it comes down to being 75, you have to look at what's best for your own family," Weisselberg added.

Watch the video below from MSNBC.

Fox News host whitewashes Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'little' anti-Semitic remarks

Fox News host Howard Kurtz on Sunday seemed to excuse anti-Semitic remarks made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and instead blamed the media for "encouraging" her.

"The media are pounding Marjorie Taylor Greene once again and the Georgia congresswoman is giving them plenty of ammunition," Kurtz said. "Here's the media question. Are journalists encouraging Marjorie Taylor Greene by giving so much coverage to remarks that even some top Republicans find to be outrageous -- and that's how she gets attention?"

Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Examiner responded by accusing both parties of engaging in a "labeling war."

"The media loves that kind of conflict," she said. "Those make great stories when you talk about conflict between parties and within parties. And Marjorie Taylor Greene is a case of both. She has divided the Republican Party."

"That's a danger to the party to have them identified with someone who tries to bring up the Holocaust to compare it to anything in the United States," she added.

Kurtz, however, urged Ferrechio to focus on the media.

"Are the media and the negative attention helping her in a way?" he wondered. "She doesn't have her committee assignments, the press is constantly looking for any little thing that she says -- not defending in any way shape, or form the Holocaust analogy. But she can punch back against the press. In this case, she says she's blaming the controversy on the media and the Democrats."

Ferrechio agreed that Greene "comes across as a populist" because she attacks the media.

"You're never going to scare the media away from a story like this," she explained. "The media gravitate toward conflict and they gravitate toward a controversial lawmaker like Marjorie Taylor Greene so there's going to be a lot more coverage in the future."

Kurtz then ended the segment without condemning Greene's remarks that compared mask mandates to the Holocaust.

"Is there a double standard between the Marjorie Taylor Greene saga and the non-coverage of the squad making questionable attacks on Israel?" he said, setting up the next panel.

Watch the video below from Fox News.

'All we have left is Rand Paul': Russian state TV bemoans lack of GOP supporters after Trump's exit

Russian state television complained over the weekend that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is the only American lawmaker who supports Russia's agenda following former President Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election.

Russian media analyst Julia Davis flagged the remarks on Twitter.

"Now that Tulsi Gabbard is gone, all we have left is Rand Paul," one of the panelists was quoted as saying.

But many commenters noted that other Republican lawmakers -- like Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) -- have been known to repeat Russian talking points.

Read some of the responses to Davis's tweet below.

GOPer reads talking points on CNN to defend supporting Benghazi investigation but not Jan. 6 commission

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas repeatedly referred to what appeared to be written talking points on Sunday when he was asked why he supported multiple Benghazi investigations but opposes a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

During an interview on CNN's State of the Union program, host Jake Tapper said that he was "surprised" that McCaul voted against the Jan. 6 commission.

Tapper observed that McCaul had supported investigations in 2014 following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

"I agreed with you then but I wonder why you don't have the same feeling about this commission?" Tapper asked.

"It was a dark day in American history," McCaul said, appearing to glance down at his notes. "I was the first one to call for a DOJ investigation into this. In essence, I view this not as an overview of policy like the 9/11 Commission did. It's a criminal investigation, a criminal case."

McCaul read his notes as he continued: "In my judgment, that properly falls within the purview of the Department of Justice where I worked for many years rather than a politically appointed commission."

The Texas lawmaker said that he wants "all the answers to what happened on Jan. 6" to come from the Justice Department.

"I think Congress should have a full report of the DOJ investigation that I don't believe will be tainted by politics, whereas some other methods could be," McCaul said, appearing to read talking points. "I think the DOJ -- having been a part of that for so long -- really is where this properly should be to get to the bottom of what happened and let's get to prosecuting and putting these people behind bars."

McCaul, however, did not say if he supports a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump or others who may have instigated the Jan. 6 attack.

Watch the video below from CNN.

Fox News melts down at 'spoiled' Kamala Harris after she calls Memorial Day holiday a 'long weekend'

Fox News hosts on Sunday lashed out at Vice President Kamala Harris after she told her Twitter followers to "enjoy the long weekend" during the Memorial Day holiday.

"There are many who are upset the leaders in this country do not quite remember the meaning of this weekend," Fox & Friends co-host Will Cain said before pointing to Harris's tweet.

"It's more than a long weekend," co-host Pete Hegseth complained. "The landing craft at Normandy beach. Long weekend. Or soldiers storming Iwo Jima. Long weekend. We talk about antifa or the anti-racists. Talk about the real anti-fascists and the real anti-racists, those men in World War II who put on the uniform to go fight real fascists and real racism around the world."

"You're in a position of such power and your only answer is 'Look at me, I'm cute, have a long weekend,'" he remarked.

Co-host Carley Shimkus argued that former President Donald Trump won in 2016 because of "those kinds of messages" and "President Obama's apology tour."

"Now we are going back to that Obama era of apologies and have a nice long weekend," she said. "She's the vice president. That tweet may be acceptable for not a politician, maybe somebody that's not running for office, or anything like that. But she's the second most powerful person in the world and she said on Memorial Day, have a nice long weekend."

The three co-hosts also slammed President Joe Biden over a tweet in which he is seen eating ice cream.

"We've become so spoiled," Cain opined. "We are the spoiled grandchildren, the spoiled great-grandchildren of people who truly built this country from a place where your freedom wasn't something you could so easily take for granted."

Watch the video below from Fox News.

Fox News guest: Mass shooters are people who 'probably got vaccinated'

A Fox News guest speculated that mass shootings had increased in the United States because criminals "probably got vaccinated."

Retired NYPD detective Pat Brosnan made the remarks on Fox News following a mass shooting in San Jose that left at least eight people dead. The remarks were shared on Twitter by Justin Baragona.

"In a rational world where there's respect for law enforcement, say, pre-the summer of love 2020, you would think there would be more nuanced response in terms of opening a shooting, an active shooting right next door to where there's... law enforcement," the retired detective said. "But the rules have changed. You know, crimes are no longer illegal. There's no longer enforcement of lots of laws -- and the empowerment of these active shooters."

Brosnan went on to connect the shooting to COVID-19 vaccinations.

"Once COVID starts to lift, cowardly shooters will come out exactly in tandem with the number of vaccinations," he said. "You can be sure they probably got vaccinated. They were just scared to come out."

"They're coming back and you see the numbers don't lie," Brosnan added. "The shootings are up dramatically, skyrocketing actually on active shootings throughout the United States as we've come through this pandemic."

Watch the video clip below.

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