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- Florida Gov. Candidate Says His Campaign Was Banned From Waffle House After Tuck...
The Tucker Carlson Show Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback, a Republican, announced on Wednesday that his campaign has been banned from every Waffle House in the state. Fishback’s campaign has been riddled with scandal since he launched his bid to follow Ron DeSantis as Florida’s next governor last November. From reports that a Florida school district “cut ties” with the candidate after a student claimed he had an “inappropriate relationship” with her while she was underage, to his racist attack on his Trump-endorsed Republican primary rival, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Fishback’s scandals have drawn scrutiny and stymied fundraising. The candidate made his bigoted comments about Donalds in a January interview with Tucker Carlson, who endorsed Fishback during their conversation. In the same interview, Fishback shared his plans to visit “every single Waffle House” in the state of Florida– a move he dubbed “a statewide Waffle House tour.” In his statement announcing that his campaign had been banned from the restaurant chain on Wednesday, Fishback claimed he had initially been permitted to campaign inside those locations. “In January, I announced on The Tucker Carlson Show that I would visit every Waffle House in Florida to meet voters where they are,” his statement read. “I was grateful that Waffle House Corporate gave us permission to do exactly that.” Fishback claimed that permission was then revoked by the company, declining to give further details about the situation. “This morning, Waffle House abruptly revoked our permission, and criminally trespassed us from all of their Florida locations,” he said. “I am disappointed in Waffle House’s decision, especially since they had given us explicit permission to visit their restaurants just 3 weeks ago.” Waffle House Corporate has not yet commented on Fishback’s claims. Fishback will face Donald and the current governor’s wife, Casey DeSantis, in November. The latest polling from the University of North Florida gives Donalds a significant lead over DeSantis, with Fishback trailing in single digits.The post Florida Gov. Candidate Says His Campaign Was Banned From Waffle House After Tucker Carlson Interview first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Speaker Johnson Says the Iranians Have ‘Misguided Religion’Â
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) accused Iranians of having a “misguided religion” on Wednesday amid ongoing U.S. airstrikes against their country. The U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran on Saturday for the second time since last summer. However, President Donald Trump said that this campaign will likely last longer, perhaps five weeks or longer. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the strikes, as were dozens of top officials. More than 1,000 civilians have been killed so far, according to a human rights watchdog. More than 165 people – mostly children – were killed in a strike on an all-girls’ elementary school in southern Iran. An Iranian strike in Kuwait killed six U.S. service members. Trump has drawn criticism from some quarters of the conservative commentariat, who said the president is not acting in the country’s best interests. The president has defended the war, claiming it is necessary to destroy Iran’s nuclear program, which last year he alleged was “totally obliterated” in last year’s U.S. and Israeli bombings. Speaking on Capitol Hill, Johnson praised the president’s decision to attack Iran. “The largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran and its proxies, have killed more Americans than any other terrorist regime on Earth,” Johnson, an evangelical Christian, claimed before adding that Iranians have the wrong religion. “They are dedicated to it. They have been, and they say the quiet parts out loud. They wanted to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth, and they’d like to take us out as well. We’re the great Satan in their analogy and their misguided religion.” An overwhelming majority of Iranians are Shia Muslims. Johnson added that Iran wanted to “acquire a nuclear weapon so that they could take that madness and that ideology to its full conclusion.” Watch above via CNN.The post Speaker Johnson Says the Iranians Have ‘Misguided Religion’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Fox’s Dana Perino Says Trump Officials Are Getting ‘Hung Up’ On Blasting t...Fox News’ Dana Perino called out members of President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday for “getting really hung up” on mainstream media coverage of the conflict in Iran. Perino discussed the administration’s latest attacks on the media on The Five, after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth both claimed on Wednesday that the media was covering the six American service members killed in Iran to make Trump “look bad.” Co-host Kennedy seemed to somewhat agree with that characterization, asking Perino how the administration should go about “combating the messaging from, particularly Democrat senators, and also mainstream media, who are looking for any cracks in this?” Perino claimed she did not believe that most of the coverage of the conflict had been negative, criticizing those within the administration who chose to focus “way too narrowly” on media coverage. “I consume a lot of media, and I know there are some bad actors in the media, but overall have to say, I feel like there is a ton of coverage. I don’t think it’s all negative across the board,” she said. “Some of it, yes, the first question being, ‘When is it going to be over,’ like when the car ride is going to be over, but overall I don’t think it is that bad.” She continued: And I think that’s partly because the president himself is going to talk a lot, so you don’t have to guess, “What is he thinking?” He will tell you. Just call him, and he will pick up the phone maybe and he’ss able to tell you. Marco Rubio has been very good, General [Dan] Caine very good, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. They’re doing regular briefings. Now Karoline Leavitt is out there. So, and Centcom’s briefings have been amazing. So, I think that getting– if you are in the administration and you are getting really hung up on what you think the enemy in the mainstream media is saying about you, you are focusing way too narrowly. I don’t think the coverage of it is that bad at all, and I think that shows in the polling even because initially it’s 50/50. Okay, but that was because there was an element of surprise, let them explain it and let’s see how it goes. And the president said also, “I’m not worried about the polling.” He’s going to do what’s right. Watch above via Fox News.The… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- ‘I Don’t Even Really Know What To Say’: Tapper Rips Leavitt for Claiming t...CNN anchor Jake Tapper slammed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt over her claim that media coverage of the U.S. troops’ deaths in Iran was meant to make President Donald Trump “look bad,” calling her response “the height of solipsism and narcissism.” Colleague Kaitlan Collins joined Tapper on Wednesday’s edition of The Lead to discuss the six American service members killed in Iran since the start of President Donald Trump’s ongoing U.S. military operation on Saturday. Tapper first reiterated his criticism of similar comments made by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday. The CNN host responded to Hegseth in a video posted to social media, calling the secretary’s outlook a “warped way of looking at the world” – a characterization he repeated on air. He then asked Collins about Levitt’s comments, made in response to a question from Collins herself at Wednesday’s press briefing. “Jake, I think it obviously goes without saying, as you just noted there, that covering the deaths of these service members has nothing to do with President Trump himself personally, just as it didn’t with other presidents,” she said. Tapper agreed with Collins, calling out the administration for their attacks on the media’s coverage of the deaths and claiming he was “utterly shocked” by Hegseth and Levitt’s comments. “It really is the height of solipsism and narcissism to think that our coverage of fallen warriors has anything to do with our– how we cover a president,” he said. “I’m just utterly shocked that Hegseth and now Karoline Leavitt are saying it.” He went on to say that the administration was insulting the families of the fallen service members, calling the remarks “offensive.” “It’s just, it’s– I don’t even really know what to say. It’s so offensive. And not– I don’t care what they think about us. It’s so offensive to the families who deserve coverage,” he said. “There’s one thing that you can say about the news media, like or just this country, we don’t pay enough attention as a nation to fallen veterans. Like, there should be more coverage, whoever’s in the building behind you.” Watch above via CNN.The post ‘I Don’t Even Really Know What To Say’: Tapper Rips Leavitt for Claiming the Media Reported Troop Deaths to Damage Trump first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- Noem Drops the Hammer on Dem Asking About Alleged Affair: To You GOP Women Are â...Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday as she testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Moskowitz asked Noem about her relationship with Corey Lewandowski and allegations that the pair are having an affair. Noem hit back hard and accused the Florida Democrat of typecasting “conservative women” as either “stupid” or “sluts.” Moskowitz began, “You’ve called Corey Lewandowski a special government employee. I understand what ‘government’ means, I understand what ’employee’ means, OK, but I don’t know what makes him special. Now, I want to give you an opportunity to answer on the record to Ms. Kamlanger-Dove’s question. I know you said it’s garbage, and it may be, but I really think you need to say the word “no” into the record so that you can clear that up.” Noem replied, “I think the ridiculousness of this—and the tabloids that you are quoting and referencing—are insane. And this has been something that I’ve refuted for years, and I continue to do that. So I would tell you, that’s what you’re doing.” Moskowitz jumped in, “We can move on. I’m not gonna belabor it if it’s…” Noem continued, “This is what you do.” “Hold on, I’m not—I am not doing anything,” Moskowitz protested as Noem, added, “The socialist, liberal left, as you go off and you attack conservative women and you say that we’re either stupid or we’re sluts—that’s what you do.” Moskowitz tried to jump back in as Noem accused him of using the “liberal playbook.” “You were asked by Richard Blumenthal yesterday if Corey was involved in improving contracts. You said no. Do you want to correct that?” Moskowitz asked. Noem replied, “What I would say is he, as an advisor to the Department of Homeland Security, has no decision-making authority—no decision-making authority.” Moskowitz hit back, “If you don’t want to correct it, fine. According to one of the FEMA administrators that you fired, there is nothing—including contracts—that is brought to you that he hasn’t reviewed. In fact, a significant amount of DHS internal routing documents has his signature on it above deputy secretaries, okay?” He concluded: That former FEMA administrator wasn’t fired by you, the secretary. He was fired by Corey. It was Corey that called him into your office. It was Corey that made him submit to a polygraph test. The $100,000 spending rule that you created that comes to your… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- Fox News Reports ‘Thousands of Iraqi Kurds Have Launched a Ground Offensive In...Fox News reported on Wednesday that “thousands of Iraqi Kurds have launched a ground offensive into Iran” following reports that the Trump administration was coordinating with Kurdish militias in the region to try to help destabilize the Iranian regime. “Fox News Alert: big breaking news in the last 30 minutes. U.S. officials are telling Fox that thousands of Iraqi Kurds have launched a ground offensive into Iran. Bill Roggio is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bill, what do you make of this news with the Iraqi Kurds?” began host Will Cain. “Well, it’s very soon, but this appears to be an Iranian Kurdish group known as the PJAK. This group is actually listed by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization—also listed by Iran and Turkey. It’s akin to the PKK, or the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which operates in Iraq and Syria. We have to be very cautious about dealing with groups like this,” Roggio replied, adding: There have been a lot of problems. I know there’s been a lot of talk about arming the Kurds. Many of these Kurdish separatist groups that are in Iran already are armed. Look, if we’re going to work with them, I would just highly suggest the Trump administration remove that terrorist designation. It’s a really bad look. We did this in Syria with the PKK. It’s really bad for the United States. It really hurts our sanctions regime when we’re trying to say these groups are terrorists, but we’re going to support them. Cain followed up, “And it raises questions about the long-term expectations of groups like this that enter the fight. But on the short-term note, Bill, what kind of effect can they have on the IRGC or whatever decentralized retaliation there is right now from Iran?” “No. It certainly will hurt the Iranian government. I mean, the problem here is the Iranian regime is horrible. We want them to lose. I just personally have problems with getting in bed with groups like the PDK or the PJAK,” Roggio replied, adding: But it’ll hurt them. They can have limited effect. These are regional-based groups along the border. But anything that can hurt the Iranian regime is beneficial to the Iranian people. But we have to keep in mind, too, with a group… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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