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“Let’s talk about the words of the Democrats and Joe Biden that have also labeled Trump as a fascist, labeled all of us as Nazis and Hitler, completely lied, demonizing him so much so that a young man, a 20 year old, which is hard to imagine, actually climbed onto a roof and tried to murder President Trump. “No, no. …

Politico reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson is joining calls for the Secret Service director to resign. “I think it’s inexcusable. Just beyond the classified parts, the things that we all understand, her explanation to the media that there was a slant on the roof so there were safety concerns — come on. I mean, it doesn’t wash,” Johnson said. “I …

“I’ve been very outspoken, in terms of the people on that stage — I’ve probably said this ten times now — the people on that stage love him. They would take a bullet for him. And they demonstrated that. “One of the females on the stage, she’s with me for three years. I know every thing about her. She would …

The Arizona Mirror reports: “Americans are waking up to the truth about disastrous Democrat policies,” Lake said. She called Gallego “Biden’s favorite congressman” and accused Gallego and other Democrats of handing over the control of Arizona’s border to drug cartels and blamed them for the fentanyl overdose deaths of young people in the Grand Canyon State. “The solutions, guys, are …

Axios reports: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is set to subpoena Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear at the panel’s July 22 hearing, a committee spokesperson tells Axios. The spokesperson characterized Comer’s move as a bid to head off any attempt by Cheatle to backtrack on her appearance at the hearing, which will examine federal law enforcement’s …

Politico reports: Running mate shortlister Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the last elected official to speak on Tuesday night. And he focused his speech on American greatness and Donald Trump’s leadership. “By giving voice to every day Americans,” he said, “President Trump has not just changed our party — he has inspired a movement.” He praised Trump for expanding the …

Florida Politics reports: Ron DeSantis, who ran a challenge to Donald Trump from the right before endorsing the former President in January, addressed the RNC crowd Tuesday, directly after his fellow challenger and Primary rival, Nikki Haley. “Let’s send Joe Biden back to his basement and let’s send Donald Trump back to the White House,” DeSantis said to cheers, eliciting …

The Washington Post reports: “We should acknowledge that there are some Americans who don’t agree with Donald Trump one hundred percent of the time, I happen to know some of them and I want to speak to them tonight,” Haley said. “My message to them is simple: You don’t have to agree with Trump 100 percent of the time to …

Little Rock’s ABC affiliate reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night. She praised Trump, saying she had never been prouder to stand with him. “Not even an assassin’s bullet could stop him,” Sanders said. She said America and the world were safer when Trump was president. “God Almighty intervened because America is one …

Rolling Stone reports: U.S. Concealed Carry Association, founded in 2003, is based in Wisconsin and claims a membership of 800,000. USCCA pitches itself as a concealed carry advocacy group, encouraging self-defense with firearms. The gun violence publication The Trace has highlighted USCCA as one of many groups “scrambling to fill the NRA’s void,” with that beleaguered gun rights group raising …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) crashed an interview by Kevin McCarthy at the Republican National Convention to taunt the former House Speaker. “What night are you speaking? Are you speaking tonight?” Gaetz said, getting in McCarthy’s face. As the California Republican, who is at the RNC but not slated to speak, seemed to ignore his former colleague in the …

Florida Politics reports: During a contentious interview on CNN, U.S. Rep. Cory Mills said an investigation into the assassination attempt on Donald Trump must consider whether any security failures allowed the 20-year-old shooter to get into a building near a Pennsylvania rally and fire off multiple shots. But Mills went further. “The amount of negligence, the amount of mistakes that …

The Independent reports: The father of 20-year-old would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was previously identified by the former president’s campaign as one of the voters in his area most likely to respond favorably to pro-gun messaging. That’s according to confidential data obtained by Britain’s Channel 4 News, which said 53-year-old Matthew Crooks—who legally purchased the AR-15 rifle used by …

The Hill reports: Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) sharply criticized former President Trump’s choice of running mate in Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), taking aim specifically at the first-term senator’s past opposition to aiding Ukraine as it fends off Russia’s invasion. “They are celebrating that choice, both in Milwaukee tonight and in Moscow,” Kinzinger said Monday in an interview on “The …

News From The States reports: Nebraskans might need a new source for online smut, as Pornhub and its affiliates went dark Monday, a decision the website’s parent company promised after passage of a new state law. That law, Legislative Bill 1092, requires online porn companies to verify users’ ages. On Monday, adults in Nebraska who tried to access any of …

Denver’s Fox affiliate reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert announced Monday that she introduced legislation to “hold Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle accountable” after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. A portion of the bill included in a press release said it would “prohibit the use of federal funds for the salary of the Director …

The Associated Press reports: A state court judge’s ruling Monday keeps an abortion-rights question on the November ballot in South Dakota. Judge John Pekas dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group, Life Defense Fund, that sought to have the question removed even though supporters turned in more than enough valid signatures to put it on the ballot. “They have …

The Hill reports: Former presidential candidate and pharmaceutical entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy says he’s he interested in filling the Ohio Senate seat occupied by Sen. JD Vance (R) or serving in a future Trump administration Cabinet position. “I would strongly consider it if I were asked to serve,” he said of the Senate seat that would be vacated if Donald Trump …

NBC News reports: Some high-profile speakers on the first night of the Republican National Convention leaned into anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, doubling down on the party’s 2024 platform, which calls for keeping “men out of women’s sports” and ending “left-wing gender insanity.” Their speeches Monday especially targeted transgender and non-gender-conforming people. “Let me state this clearly: There are only two genders,” said …

The New York Post reports: Elon Musk plans to donate around $45 million per month to a new political group backing ex-President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, according to a report. The Tesla boss — who fully endorsed Trump in the wake of the weekend assassination attempt — is one of several tech moguls contributing to the America PAC, …