Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle is blasted for 'stupidity' and 'BS excuse' that snipers were not on the roof used by gunman Thomas Crooks because it was 'too sloped'

 

The Secret Service's director Kimberly Cheatle has been slammed for her 'stupidity' and 'BS excuse' that snipers were not present on the roof used by would-be assassin Thomas Crooks because it was 'too sloped'.

Speaking to ABC News on Tuesday, Cheatle claimed that agents were not positioned on top of the sloped building, deeming it too dangerous - despite images from the scene showing Secret Service snipers set up on a sloped roof behind where Trump was delivering his speech. 

Former Army Ranger Sean Powell was among those who registered his outrage with Cheatle's 'BS excuse' a rage filled tweet. 

'Holy s***. A sloped roof? That is a total BS excuse,' he wrote.

'Our snipers used to set in on mountain tops in Afghanistan. On the down slopes if need be. The stupidity of this statement explains so much of why s*** hit the fan that day. Absolute incompetence,' he added. 

Following Cheatle's bizarre comments, a former US senator from South Carolina, Jim DeMint also weighed in saying: 'This sad excuse about defies believability.' 

Instead of placing her snipers on the roof of the American Glass Research Building in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Crooks fired from, she made the decision to secure the building from the inside. 

'That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point,' she claimed.

'And so, you know, there's a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. 

'And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside,' she added. 

Thanks to Cheatle's decision, Crooks managed to evade cops and Secret Service three times, even though he had been deemed 'suspicious' and could have been on the roof for up to 30 minutes before he pulled the trigger.

Witnesses also begged law enforcement to act when they saw him clamber onto the roof with his AR-style rifle, but the lapse in security meant he was able to carry out his bid to take the 45th president's life.

But now, her comments have been heavily criticized by members of the public, with many dubbing the theory a 'total BS excuse' that 'defies believability'.

The lapse in security allowed would-be assassin Crooks to evade both police and the Secret Service, despite being flagged as suspicious.

Witnesses reported seeing Crooks climb onto the sloped roof with his father's AR-style semiautomatic rifle, but security officials failed to act in time to prevent any harm coming to the former president. 

 The snipers above President Trump were on a sloped roof so why couldn't they secure the sloped roof that the assassin was on?'

'She should have been fired days ago. We need accountability'.

Trending Politics co-owner Collin Rugg added: 'Ironically, the snipers who were behind Trump during the rally were on a sloped roof, she is b*********** and getting away with it'.

As the public outcry surrounding Cheatle's comments rages on, conversations about how she obtained her position within the agency are also beginning to emerge.

It has been said it is largely due to her close relationship with first lady Jill Biden that she was able to land her role as director of the agency.

Four sources close to President Biden's family, including people who interacted with Cheatle during the Obama-Biden administration, told the New York Post she was well liked by the future first lady and her most senior aides, including top adviser Anthony Bernal. 

'Cheatle served on Dr. Biden's second lady detail and Anthony pushed for her,' a Democratic insider said. 

'I heard at the time she was being considered for director that Anthony had pushed her forward as an option,' another source added.

Republicans preparing to grill Cheatle have already focused on her own background.

Before being appointed by President Biden in 2022, she worked for PepsiCo as senior director in Global Security. 

She worked for 25 years in the agency and in the Vice Presidential Protective Division.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Ky.) on Fox News has called her a 'diversity hire.'

'You know she was working at Pepsi before this. I know she was a former CIA Secret Service agent, but still, this is what happens when you don’t put the best players in,' he said.

Costco rolls out emergency food kits that can keep you going for 11 YEARS - as World War III fears grow

 

Costco is selling emergency food and drink survival kits with a shelf life of 25 years.

The kits are aimed at Americans wanting to stock up in case of natural disasters in their area, but they also appeal to so-called doomsday preppers fearing the end of the world.

The ReadyWise buckets, containing 150 servings - including pasta alfredo and chicken pot pie - are $79.99 after a $20 discount.

But those really wanting to stock up - and with plenty of storage space, or a big bunker - Costco is selling the kits by the pallet.

The ReadyWise pallet has 5,400 servings for $2,499 after a $500 discount.

Based on one serving a day of the food items, the pallet could last nearly 11 years.

Each bucket has 80 entrees and sides, 30 breakfasts, and 40 drinks. Water must be added to turn the dried foods into meals.

The pallet contains 36 of these buckets - so 2,880 mains and sides, 1,080 breakfasts and 1,440 drinks. 

Cookbook author Jeffrey Eisner posted a video on Instagram about the Readywise buckets after he spotted them at his local Costco on June 30.

'So I'm in Costco - which is like, my happiest place in the world to be - and I've never seen anything like this before,' Eisner says.

'I guess this is for when the apocalypse hits, which could be any time now, right? Who knows?'

He adds: 'So, you know, when the world collapses and caves in, as long as you have your Readywise emergency food supply, all's right with the world.'

His video went viral - with more than 2 million views and 2,700 comments.

'I like that someone thought to consider our desire for variety during the apocalypse,' wrote wrote Rachel_the_realtor.

Another joked:'25 year shelf life… if the apocalypse doesn't kill you the preservatives will!!'

Some users also explained the use of the kits to those who thought that they were unnecessary.

'You guys have never heard of food storage before?,' wrote Hellolovelypeople

'It's for temporary potential disasters. Earthquake, hurricane, tornado, power outage, city closed down, quarantine etc.

'It lasts 25 years so you can buy it once and have the peace of mind that's it's there. This has been a thing for a long time. My mom got me a bucket like this 15 years ago.'

Doomsday preppers fear the world as we know it will end - perhaps because of World War Three or a huge natural disaster. Russia invading Ukraine and tensions in the Middle East - with The Hamas attack on Israel - have added to fears.

So they build bunkers and stock them with food and drink

One is Rowan MacKenzie, from Missouri, who became a social media phenomenon after revealing she's been prepping her home for 12 years. 12968423

She previously hit the headlines after revealing she spent over $90,000 on her hidden bunker stockpile.

The 38-year-old began stocking up her cupboards 13 years ago and initially, bought lifelong essentials, such as beans and rice, which she taught herself to preserve through trial and error.

Israel Finally Gets this Right: as Israel Rejects Norwegian FM’s Request to Visit, Cites Recognition of Palestinian State

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz officially rejected the request of Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide to visit Israel.

Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday that even before the Norwegian minister’s appeal to his Israeli counterpart, the Norwegian foreign ministry tried to coordinate the long-awaited visit to Israel, but the Israeli foreign ministry in Jerusalem did not respond to the request and introduced delays which left the Norwegian minister no choice but to request the invitation from the Israeli foreign ministry. As mentioned above, he was refused.

The wooing by Norway, a country that continues to demonstrate unabashed hostility toward Israel despite the massacre October 7 atrocities, began at the NATO conference in Washington, DC last week, when Minister Eide was trying to locate Minister Katz at the opening reception, and after finding him, he told him: “We have many issues to talk about.”

According to eyewitnesses at the incident, Minister Katz responded: “There are also many things you did to us.”

The Israeli ambassador to Norway has not yet returned to Oslo since being called for consultations following Norway’s recognition of a Palestinian state and in response to Norway’s extremely hostile rhetoric against Israel. Sources familiar with the matter told Israel Hayom that there is currently no prospect of returning the ambassador.

Norway not only recognized a Palestinian state but refused to recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization after the massacre of Israeli citizens on October 7. It refused to sign a condemnation of Hamas and supported the lawsuit against Israel in The Hague

Israel’s Undercover Forces Emerge as Gaza’s Newest Battlefield Player

The Israeli commandos who rescued four hostages in Gaza drove a pair of battered white trucks—one displaying a soap advertisement, the other bearing a mattress and furniture on the roof. They were armed, but their main weapon was disguise, blending into a Hamas stronghold until the guns started firing.

The early June rescue mission has become the most prominent example of Israel’s famous undercover units on the battlefield in the Gaza Strip, a dangerous foray into a territory that its covert forces once found nearly impenetrable. Subterfuge is a skill set that Israel’s security services have honed for decades in the West Bank, with operatives known as “mista’arvim”—a Hebrew moniker borrowed from an Arabic term for people steeped in Arab culture.

Now, the covert unit’s presence in Gaza adds a volatile new element to the war zone, where a blown cover could be disastrous and civilian disguises sometimes constitute a war crime.

Hamas fighters are also operating in civilian garb in Gaza.

Depicted in the Netflix series, “Fauda,” the mista’arvim are lionized as heroes in Israeli society—and hated among Palestinians, who view them as menacing illegal hit squads.

Avi Issacharoff, the co-creator of “Fauda” and a former member of a military undercover unit, said the hostage rescue in Nuseirat was unlike anything he had witnessed. Most missions take place in the West Bank, where Israel has long held security control.

“The new thing is that they do undercover operations during a war inside an enemy territory,” he said. “This is what is so crazy.”

Last month’s rescue in the central Gaza city of Nuseirat relied on weeks of intelligence-gathering, commandos who practiced on replicas of the buildings housing the hostages and the positioning of thousands of soldiers to provide support, Israeli military officials said. The masquerade was vital to the daylight operation. Officials said they feared Hamas guards would kill their captives the moment they detected Israeli commandos.

“It’s not enough to find the right vehicle. You need to disguise it so it will work out in this specific territory,” said Shir Peled, a former undercover fighter for Israeli police.

In simultaneous raids on two apartment blocks, the teams maintained the element of surprise. Israeli forces, military officials said, overwhelmed the captors, extracted their bounty and battled through crowded streets to get the hostages to the beach and spirit them away on helicopters. 

It is likely that undercover operatives were in the neighborhood for weeks before the rescue and present when it began to deal with Hamas’s guards, said Tomer Tzaban, a member of a small undercover military unit that operated in the Gaza Strip in the 1990s. Now Israeli intelligence is likely on a recruiting spree for local collaborators inside Gaza while mista’arvim also continue to operate there, Tzaban said.

In Tzaban’s era, Gaza was a difficult assignment. Even before Israel and Egypt imposed an embargo in 2006, there weren’t many visitors, so there were few disguises to choose from—construction worker could work, he said. Tourist couldn’t.

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Israeli and Palestinian Jerusalem Youth Chorus advances on ‘America’s Got Talent’

 

A chorus of Israeli and Palestinian teens won hearts, applause and a chance at $1 million with a successful “America’s Got Talent” audition that aired on Tuesday night.

The Jerusalem Youth Chorus performed Phillip Phillips’ “Home,” an anthem that envisions a safe and comfortable future after difficult times — with lyrics whose resonance in the post-Oct. 7 climate are unmistakeable.

“Settle down, it’ll all be clear. Don’t pay no mind to the demons — they fill you with fear. The trouble, it might drag you down; if you get lost, you can always be found,” sang 20 teens and young adults wearing jackets with the chorus’ logo, featuring a peace dove.

They went on, “Just know you’re not alone, ’cause I’m gonna make this place your home.”

The TV show’s notoriously harsh judges offered thumbs up during the performance and gave a standing ovation when it ended.

“I love this audition. You made something very complicated beautiful through friendship,” said Simon Cowell before casting the first of four votes to pass the chorus to the next round. (Cowell, whose father and partner are Jewish, has donated to support the Israeli army in the past.)

Founded in 2012 by an American Jew named Micah Hendler, the Jerusalem Youth Chorus aims to bring Jewish and Palestinian teens together in a city and country marked by division.

“Singing in groups naturally creates community and builds trust, even on a psychological and neurological level,” Hendler, who lives in Washington, D.C., told the Forward last year. (A Palestinian chorus graduate named Amer Abu Arqub serves as an on-the-ground executive director.) “We’re hardwired to trust people more when we sing together.”

In the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with tensions over the Israel-Hamas war high, some Jewish-Muslim and Israeli-Palestinian collaborations in Israel and abroad experienced turmoil or went on hiatus. The youth chorus canceled a planned tour but otherwise doubled down, giving a virtual concert in October and rescheduling its U.S. trip.

The group is touring the United States again right now, having left Israel right after the school year ended there.

“It has been a truly heartbreaking year in many ways,” the group said in an Instagram post last week. “We have all lost so much. We have lost people we love, we have lost trust and innocence, but in all of those moments, JYC singers, Alumni and staff have stayed committed to the cause and process and it has made all the difference.”

Members of the chorus explained the group’s mission and vision on “America’s Got Talent” during a short interview after their performance.

“We are the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a group of Palestinians and Israelis,” one girl said on behalf of the group. “We believe through music and through working together and talking to each other, we are taking a step forward into building that amazing future where there is justice and there is freedom and there is equality and there is inclusion.”

Another girl answered judge Heidi Klum’s question about what the group would do with $1 million, the prize for the season’s ultimate winner.

“We will create more spaces just like this chorus — so people can meet people that are different from them so we can create this change,” she said while wearing “Bring Them Home” earrings. The message — which at least one other chorus member displayed on a dog-tag necklace — is meant to call attention to Israel’s hostages in Gaza but also signifies in Israel a desire to make a deal with Hamas to end the war.

The Jerusalem Youth Chorus issued an official ceasefire call in early June. “The last eight months of war have brought nothing but destruction to Palestinians AND Israelis, and have only served to empower the extremists on both sides who have sacrificed their own people to further radical ideologies of total victory,” the group said in a statement, adding that Israelis and Palestinians should be able to choose an alternative and saying, “It is for this shared future that we sing.”

In recent months, the group has unveiled an original song called “A Different Way” with lyrics in both Arabic and Hebrew; recorded itself singing Rabbi Menachem Creditor’s “Olam Chesed Yibaneh,” which has become an anthem for peace activists; and participated in an annual Israeli-Palestinian joint ceremony on Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day.

The judges on “America’s Got Talent” did not explicitly refer to the war or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the four-minute set that aired. But backstage after the performance, host Terry Crews alluded clearly to the ongoing crisis.

“You guys symbolize so much for so many right now,” he said. “Thank you, thank you for being here.”

The group will perform again in a subsequent round of “America’s Got Talent,” which tends to crown its annual victor in late September.

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Bus of IDF Soldiers Returning from Gaza Enter Meah Shearim by Mistake and are called Nazi and have bottles Thrown at them

 

Police have to go into Meah Shearim and beat the hell out of them once and for all! Soldiers returning from a war that is protecting these parasites should get this miserable treatment? 

Where are the leaders? Where are the Rabanim?? 

Gov Sarah Huckabee Sanders Brings the House Down by Impassioned Speech at RNC ...Mentions G-d Many Times

 

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered a fervent speech at the RNC, beginning by addressing the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a recent rally.

“Not even an assassin’s bullet could stop him,” Sanders declared. “God Almighty intervened because we are one nation under God, and He certainly wasn’t finished with Donald Trump.”

Sanders then sparked laughter with a quip about President Biden’s age: “I got the chance to take my 4-year-old son Huck to ‘Bring Your Kid To Work Day,’ much like Jill now drags Joe to ‘Bring Your Husband To Work Day.'”

She continued by praising Trump’s presidency, under which she served as press secretary until 2019.

“President Trump did the job that Kamala won’t and Joe Biden simply can’t,” Sanders asserted.

Israeli comedian prank calls a Qatari hotel, requesting a room for Sinwar. The hotel staff expresses their honor to host Sinwar, referring to him as a “statesman.”

The prank takes a hilarious turn when Tzabari reveals he works for the Mossad and asks if the hotel will assist in eliminating Sinwar

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Elimelech Stern Viznitzer Spy from Beit Shemesh, has been officially charged

 

Cleared for Publication:

 Elimelech Stern, a Charedi man from Beit Shemesh, has been charged with connections to Iranian operatives.

 Stern was asked to post notices in Tel Aviv, hide money at various locations, deliver packages to citizens' doorsteps, and more. Stern agreed to carry out all tasks except murder and arson. Two others have been arrested in the case.

Three suspects were arrested for carrying out missions for Iranian intelligence agencies, and an indictment has been filed against one of them – a resident of Beit Shemesh.

The Shin Bet and the National Unit for International Investigations in Lahav 433 shared the news this morning that three Israelis were arrested on suspicion of carrying out security activities under the guidance of Iranian intelligence agencies. An indictment has now been filed against one of the citizens, accusing him of contact with a foreign agent.

The investigation revealed that one of the suspects, E.S, a 21-year-old Israeli citizen from Beit Shemesh, was in contact via the Telegram app with a profile named "ANNA ELENA." ES was asked to carry out various tasks in Israel, including posting advertisements in Tel Aviv, hiding money at different locations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, delivering packages containing a severed head from an animal or doll, together with a knife and threatening messages, with the aim of leaving them at the homes of Israeli citizens, setting forest fires, and more.

The investigation revealed that ES agreed to perform the tasks, except for murder and setting forest fires. He then recruited two additional Israeli citizens, who performed some of the tasks in exchange for financial compensation. For carrying out the tasks, ES was paid in cryptocurrency.

In the chats, the Iranians wrote: "We need a brave man. Are you brave for a lot of money? We have two tasks for you. For one of them you will receive a bonus of 7,000 dollars and for the other 350 dollars." 

E.S expressed interest in the first mission and replied: "Tell me about the $7,000 mission." "Okay," replied the Iranian "You have to buy two 20-liter gallons at a gas station." 

Today, the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office submitted an indictment against ES to the Jerusalem District Court, charging him with the offense of contact with a foreign agent The two other citizens he recruited were interrogated and released from detention at the end of their interrogation, pending a decision on their case.

Contacting Israeli citizens through social media under false pretenses is a known operational method of Iranian intelligence agencies. Using social media to recruit Israelis for missions, which may appear ostensibly innocent, provides a convenient and accessible platform for substantial harm to national security.

In recent months, numerous fake profiles used by Iranian security agents have been identified and monitored, and significant information has been collected about the entities behind their operation.

These contacts were made through social media platforms and websites offering paid casual jobs, with activity conducted across social networks including Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter (X), presenting false profiles to make the initial contact with Israeli citizens. The posts were made in various languages, including Hebrew and English.

Additionally, widespread text messages with similar cover were identified, containing links to a Telegram channel with a reference to the Iranian international security agency's website. A significant number of Israelis who received these suspicious contacts refrained from responding and some reported them to relevant authorities.

A senior official in the intelligence system said "In this complex period, in which the digital space is being used for the purposes of intimidation, conveying messages or promoting terrorist activity under the guise of an innocent activity, we recommend the public to be vigilant regarding inquiries from unknown parties, and to avoid providing personal details and opening links from unidentified sources."

The Mohel From Hell

 

Sniper Team was inside building where Trump shooter climbed on the roof and opened fire

A local police counter-sniper team was stationed inside the building where attempted assassin Thomas Crooks climbed on the roof and fired on Donald Trump, law enforcement sources told The Post.

The building — the AGR International Inc. factory in Butler, Pennsylvania — was being used by local police as a “watch post” for snipers to scan for threats as the former president spoke onstage only 130 yards away, according to sources.

Cops were inside, but not on the roof during the shooting, sources said.

Crooks was able to scale the building unchallenged before firing off eight shots with an AR-style assault rifle, grazing Trump in the ear, killing one Trump supporter and wounding two others.

The revelation comes as local outlet WPXI reported the Crooks was spotted on the building 26 minutes before he opened fire — with one cop from the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit even taking a photo of the gunman before the shooting.

Law enforcement sources said it was not clear as of Monday night whether any of the local officers — who were tasked with securing the perimeter outside the Butler County Farm Show grounds — were able to warn Secret Service agents about the gunman.

An officer from the Butler Township Police climbed on a fellow officer’s shoulders to check out the roof of the building moments before the shooting — but backed away after Crooks pointed his rifle at him.

A Butler City police dispatcher told The Post that the Pennsylvania State Police were charged with securing the AGR grounds.

The state police did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.

A variety of local police agencies were tasked with securing the area outside of the Butler Farm Show grounds where Trump spoke — with the Secret Service representative Anthony Gugliemi pointing out that local agencies were responsible for the area where the shooter opened fire.

Law enforcement sources said the building was swept by cops before the event and that the local sniper team used the large manufacturing site as a staging and lookout post — but did not climb on the roof for the event — possibly over concerns that it would interfere with the Secret Service snipers.

Neighbors next to the farm show grounds previously told The Post they were never contacted by law enforcement to set up security in days preceding the event, and photos from the area showed gates into the facility where the shooter sneaked in merely zip-tied shut.

“Nobody contacted me. Nobody. Nobody called me, nobody stopped here,” said Valerie Fennell, whose property abuts both the farm grounds and the AGR factory.

The state police previously said even though they are regularly called in to assist when politicians come to town, the Secret Service is ultimately in charge.

“Secret Service always has the lead on securing something like this,” State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens told reporters.

Footage from the rally appeared to show the Secret Service counter-sniper team who shot Crooks dead training their rifles on him well before he fired at the former president, though it is unclear if they had seen him.

Neither the Butler Township Police, Pennsylvania State Police, nor the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit responded to request for comment on Monday.

The Butler City Police said the AGR grounds were not under their jurisdiction.

 

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Donald Trump says Ohio Sen. JD Vance will be his vice presidential pick.

He says on his Truth Social Network that, “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio.”

The 39-year-old Vance rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” He was elected to the Senate in 2022 and has become one of the staunchest champions of the former president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration.

But he is largely untested in national politics and is joining the Trump ticket at an extraordinary moment. An attempted assassination of Trump at a rally Saturday has shaken the campaign, bringing new attention to the nation’s coarse political rhetoric and reinforcing the importance of those who are one heartbeat away from the presidency.

Vance himself faced criticism in the wake of the shooting for a post on X that suggested President Joe Biden was to blame for the violence.

“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” Vance wrote. “That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”

Law enforcement has not yet specified a motivation for the shooting. Still, the pick is sure to energize Trump’s loyal base. Vance has become a fixture on the conservative media circuit and frequently spars with reporters on Capitol Hill, helping establish him as the kind of leader who could carry Trump’s mantle into the future, beginning with the next presidential election in 2028.

But the pick also means that two white men will now lead the Republican ticket at a time when Trump has sought to make inroads with Black and Latino voters.

In “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance detailed life in Appalachian communities that drifted from a Democratic Party many residents found disconnected from their daily travails. While the book was a bestseller, it was also criticized for sometimes oversimplifying rural life and ignoring the role of racism in modern politics.

Vance’s fame grew in tandem with Trump’s unlikely rise from a reality television star to Republican presidential nominee and eventually president. During the early stages of Trump’s political career, Vance cast him as “a total fraud,” “a moral disaster” and “America’s Hitler.”

But like many Republicans who sought relevance in the Trump era, Vance eventually shifted his tone. He said he was proved wrong by Trump’s performance in office and evolved into one of his most steadfast defenders.

“I didn’t think he was going to be a good president,” Vance recently told Fox News Channel. “He was a great president. And it’s one of the reasons why I’m working so hard to make sure he gets a second term.”

Vance was rewarded for his turnaround during his bid for an open Senate seat in 2022, during which he landed Trump’s coveted endorsement and rode it to victory in a crowded Republican primary and a general election hard fought by Democrats. He is close to Trump’s son Donald Jr.

Vance is now a Trump loyalist who has challenged the legitimacy of criminal prosecutions and civil verdicts against him and questions the results of the 2020 election.

He told ABC News in February that, if he had been vice president on Jan. 6, 2021, he would have told states where Trump disputed Biden wins “that we needed to have multiple slates of electors, and I think the U.S. Congress should have fought over it from there.”

“That is the legitimate way to deal with an election that a lot of folks, including me, think had a lot of problems in 2020,” he said.

Many states adopted emergency measures four years ago to allow people to vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. But judges, election officials in both parties and Trump’s own attorney general have concluded there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.

The relationship between Vance and Trump has been symbiotic.

Vance’s book — subtitled “A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” — was embraced for its insights into Trump’s appeal in middle America, where manufacturing job losses and the opioid crisis had driven many families like his into poverty, abuse and addiction.

The tale of Vance’s hardscrabble childhood in Middletown, Ohio, where he was born, and his familial eastern Kentucky hills region also captivated Hollywood. Ron Howard made it into a 2020 movie starring Amy Adams as Vance’s mother and Glenn Close as his beloved “Mamaw.”

With his grandmother’s encouragement, Vance went on to serve in the Marine Corps, including in Iraq, and to graduate from Ohio State University and Yale Law School. From there, he joined a Silicon Valley investment firm before returning to Ohio to launch a nonprofit that he said would aim to develop opioid addiction treatments that might be “scaled nationally.”

Ultimately, Our Ohio Renewal failed at that mission and was shuttered. During the 2022 campaign, then-U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, his Democratic rival, charged that the charity was little more than a front for Vance’s political ambitions. Ryan pointed to reports that the organization made payments to a Vance political adviser and conducted public opinion polling, even as its actual efforts to address addiction largely floundered. Vance denied the characterization.

As a senator, Vance has shown some willingness to work across the aisle. He and Ohio’s senior senator, Democrat Sherrod Brown, have teamed up on a number of issues important to the state, including fighting for funding for a $20 billion chip facility Intel is building in central Ohio and introducing rail safety legislation in response to the fiery derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

 

Israeli Left Continue to Torture the Right As They Indict Michael Ben Ari Who Foresaw Precisely The Oct. 7th Massacre, for Racism

 Former MK Michael Ben Ari was indicted Sunday by the State Attorney on charges of incitement to racism for “dozens” of public statements during the years 2017 to 2023, in which he allegedly incited against Arab Israelis.

The Otzma Yehudit founder and former MK for the National Union party, a predecessor of the current Religious Zionism party, made his comments in public speeches, in media interviews, and on his social media accounts, which have tens of thousands of followers.

The indictment charges that Ben Ari, a student and follower of Rabbi Meir Kahane, repeatedly referred to Arab citizens of Israel as “enemies,” “a fifth column,” “occupiers,” and “a nation of murderers,” during those years.

Ben Ari also attributed to Arab Israelis in general “responsibility and complicity” for terror attacks committed by Arab criminals or assailants, the indictment alleged, and would also attribute negative stereotypes to Arab Israelis, accusing them of being “violent, cruel and murderous.” He also claimed that Arab Israelis as a whole wished to “eliminate,” “slaughter” and “destroy” all Jews, said that they did not belong in Israel, but in their “country of origin,” and called to “exclude them from the basic aspects of normal life.”

Yet far from being an inciter, Ben Ari should be hailed as a prophet, as he is one of the few people in Israel who detailed precisely and presciently years in advance what an attack by Gaza’s Arabs would look like.

In 2018, Ben Ari said that “Gaza is a narrow strip, whoever dreamed that we would leave it there and there would be peace and tranquility, he doesn’t know how to read the map. Either he’s a liar or a charlatan. Gaza is a roadside explosive which will blow up on us.

He described in detail what the attack would look like: ‘What do they want now? They want to go into the communities, to Kfar Aza, Nahal Oz, Beeri, Ein Hashlosha, Reim. The Arabs dream of coming and murdering them. They want to come from above [ground] from below….do you think the Hamas will cause us to live in peace? It will bring those murderers from Gaza, women, children, cripples to infiltrate the borders and slaughter them.

A week later Ben Ari foresaw the Oct. 7th massacre: “They want your house, miss, they want to destroy your house. They want to sit in your house, to rape you and all of our women. This is what they say and they don’t even hide it, they want our fields, our houses, they want to kill us.”

“The price of not conquering Gaza will be much more painful, and in the end we will have to conquer it at a much more painful price.”