Officials in Iran are considering negotiating and reconciling with incoming President Donald Trump instead of acting adversarially as in the past, The New York Times reports. Iran long has held disdain for Trump, having conducted cyberwarfare operations against his presidential campaign and working through various individuals to try to assassinate the former president in recent years. Now that Trump has locked in a second term, some Iranian officials are questioning whether the best way forward now is to deal with Trump diplomatically, according to five officials who spoke to the Times. That sentiment is being shared in Iranian media and among former officials. “Do not lose this historic opportunity for change in Iran-U.S. relations,” Hamid Aboutalebi, former political adviser to Iran’s government and established politician, wrote in an op-ed urging Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to congratulate Trump on his presidential win, the Times reported. To search for diplomatic solutions with Trump would represent a major shift in Tehran’s thinking. Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran in 2018, reimposed strict sanctions, and assassinated its top general, Qasem Soleimani, in 2020. In response, Iran has been targeting Trump and openly calling for violence against him. As recently as Friday, U.S. officials said that three individuals had been charged with attempting to assassinate Trump, one of many such ploys that have been orchestrated by or linked to Iran. Trump’s election to a second term represents a new opportunity to mend U.S.-Iran relations, the five Iranian officials told the Times. The officials said that Trump is known for his deal-making and negotiating abilities, which could be beneficial for Iran going forward. Trump has also become the undisputed figurehead of the Republican Party, meaning that any deals made could have longer-term staying power. The president-elect has also vowed to end the ongoing conflicts between Israel and terror networks in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, which Iran approves of, the officials told the Times. Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s new president, is described as more moderate than his hardliner predecessor. He should “avoid past mistakes and assume a pragmatic and multidimensional policy,” reads a story from major Iranian news outlet Shargh, according to the Times. Pezeshkian’s ability to deal with Trump will be limited by his power, even if he wants to work with the incoming U.S. president. In Iran, the supreme leader—Ali Khamenei—has ultimate authority over the country’s decisions, and Pezeshkian would have to run any decisions by Khamenei before they were made final. Khamenei had come out firmly against Trump and banned officials from negotiating with Trump’s team during his first term. Iran’s future relationship with Trump will also depend on how Trump chooses to deal with Tehran. Trump has said that he wishes no ill for the country, but that the U.S. would not allow the regime to build a nuclear weapon. On a more recent occasion, Trump suggested that Israel go after Iran and destroy its nuclear facilities. “Hit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later,” Trump said during a campaign event in October. But Trump “has no interest in regime change,” while also understanding that Iran is “the chief driver of instability in the Middle East,” according to Brian Hook, acformer Trump policy adviser on Iran who now serves on the president-elect’s transition team. Some Iranian officials’ previously held belief that a Democratic president would be more friendly than a Republican has vanished, according to the Times. And given that U.S. sanctions are already suffocating Iran’s economy, Tehran is running out of options—and dealing with Trump might be the best way forward. “We do not want more sanctions and more instability. But at the same time, a comprehensive deal with Trump has to give us some wiggle room to save face domestically and justify it,” political analyst Rahman Ghahremanpour told the Times. “That will be the big challenge.” Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post After Failed Assassination Attempts, Iran Reportedly Considers New Approach to Trump: Diplomacy appeared first on The Daily Signal.

As the race to become the new Republican Senate leader goes down to the wire, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is gaining momentum. A slew of endorsements came in for Scott over Veterans Day weekend as the Senate GOP conference prepared to choose a new leader for the first time in 18 years. Scott is pitted against Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Although the internal conference election is set to be conducted Wednesday by secret ballot, some of Scott’s Senate colleagues have made their support public. In a press release Saturday, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., endorsed Scott for leader. “Any leader of this new majority must be able to work hand-in-hand with President [Donald] Trump to advance his America First agenda. The Senate must lean into advancing this agenda,” Hagerty’s statement read in part. “That’s why I want to see a Senate majority leader who can join me in embracing the Trump agenda, which will unify Senate Republicans. On Wednesday, I will be voting for Rick Scott.” That evening, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., also endorsed Scott’s leadership bid. “I will be supporting Rick Scott for Senate majority leader,” Paul wrote on X. “The status quo of $2 trillion annual deficits is unsustainable.”  Scott’s Florida colleague, Sen. Marco Rubio, rumored to be Trump’s pick for secretary of state, issued his endorsement Sunday. “I will be voting for my Florida colleague @ScottforFlorida to be our next Senate GOP leader,” Rubio posted on X.  Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., also issued an endorsement of Scott on Monday, as reported by Breitbart News. “I’m looking for a new direction,” Tuberville told Breitbart News in an interview. “John Thune has been in leadership. John Cornyn has been in leadership. Rick Scott is a businessman by trade. He was governor of Florida, and he knows President Trump very well, has been with him the whole way.” Since then, Tuberville has pushed Scott’s candidacy in the media. Last week, the American people handed Washington a mandate: they want change.I didn't come to D.C. to vote for myself — I represent the great people of Alabama. And Alabama supports President Trump’s America First agenda all the way. That is why I support @SenRickScott to be… pic.twitter.com/vpMrZHVgEn— Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) November 12, 2024 Cornyn and Thune racked up their own endorsements from Senate colleagues to boast about. Thune recently earned the support of Sens. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and John Hoeven, R-N.D. “I told both Rick Scott and John Cornyn today that I’ll be casting my first vote for John Thune,” Cramer told Fox News Digital. “Thune has never lied to me. I can’t say that of everybody.” Cornyn, meanwhile, has earned the support of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. “I’m backing John Cornyn for majority leader. In the last two years, nobody has done more to win back the majority than he has,” Hawley’s public statement reads. “He tirelessly raised millions of dollars for competitive Senate races including mine.” Cornyn, a talented fundraiser, brought in $33 million for Republican Senate candidates in 2024 alone. Over the course of his Senate career, Cornyn has brought in over $400 million.  Yet, outside figures also have gotten involved in the Senate leadership fight. Although Trump has yet to endorse, many close allies of the president-elect have made their opinions known on social media. “Rick Scott for Senate majority leader!” Elon Musk posted on X, the social media platform owned by the billionaire entrepreneur. “I said it in May & stand by it today: @ScottforFlorida for Senate Majority Leader,” entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy proclaimed in a post quoting his previous endorsement of Scott.  I said it in May & stand by it today: @ScottforFlorida for Senate Majority Leader. https://t.co/g1lachKk1A— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) November 10, 2024 Right-of-center media figures also have boosted Scott’s candidacy. Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson, current and past Fox News hosts, piled on in support of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda. “What the hell is going on in the U.S. Senate?” Carlson asked in a lengthy post on X. “Hours after Donald Trump wins the most conclusive mandate in 40 years, Mitch McConnell engineers a coup against his agenda by calling early leadership elections in the Senate. Two of the three candidates hate Trump and what he ran on. One of them, John Cornyn, is an angry liberal whose politics are indistinguishable from Liz Cheney’s. The election is Wednesday, it’s by secret ballot, and it will determine whether or not the new administration succeeds. Rick Scott of Florida is the only candidate who agrees with Donald Trump. Call your senator and demand a public endorsement of Rick Scott. Don’t let McConnell get away with it again.” Tuberville said he agrees with Carlson’s assessment of Cornyn and Thune’s MAGA bonafides. “The other two were kind of a little sketchy on President Trump early, finally decided to get on,” Tuberville told Breitbart, referring to Thune and Cornyn. “But at the end of the day, we’re going to have a majority in the Senate and be able to control the floor of the Senate for the next two years, and I want to make sure that we don’t do anything to take away from Donald Trump’s first two years because it’s going to be two of the most important years of our lifetime to get all these crazies out of the way [and] get our country back on track.” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was scheduled to lead a private candidate forum Tuesday night for the GOP conference. There, Republican senators would hear each candidate’s leadership vision and how he plans to pass the Trump-Vance agenda.  Scott still needs to “earn it,” Tuberville added in his remarks to Breitbart. “The next two days, there’ll be a lot of discussion,” the Alabama Republican said. “They’ll be talking to the members, but the vote will be Wednesday and we’ll see what happens.” The post Key Endorsements for Rick Scott Shake Up Senate Leadership Race appeared first on The Daily Signal.

I never imagined I would think, let alone write, that the Democratic Party’s victory in 2020 was a blessing. But for those of us—meaning, it is now clear, a majority of us—who regard the Left as an entirely destructive force in America, as it is everywhere else in the world, 2020 may well have turned out to be a blessing. Why? For two reasons. The first reason is that, thanks to the Left being in power for the last four years, Americans got a chance to see what it—and therefore the Democratic Party, which has become a left-wing, rather than a liberal, party—stands for. —Most Americans now know that the Left and the Democrats could not care less about the average American. For example, Democrats and the rest of the Left still maintain that Americans have been fooled into thinking that inflation is devastating. This is understandable given that the Democratic Party and its defenders represent the wealthy—people who neither know nor care about the price of food and other everyday necessities. —Most Americans now know that the Left is morally and psychologically sick. Unlike the Left, the vast majority of Americans do not believe that men give birth; that boys’ bathrooms in high schools should have tampon dispensers; that men who say they are women should be allowed to compete against women in women’s sports or be placed in women’s shelters and women’s prisons; that schools should not inform parents when their 10-year-old daughter says she is a boy and adopts a boy’s name at school; or that young women, not to mention teenage girls, should have their breasts surgically removed if they tell a psychologist—usually after a few hours of consultation—they think they are a boy. —Most Americans now know that the Left holds America in contempt and breeds that contempt among young Americans. Most Americans do not believe, as the Left does, that America was founded in 1619, when the first black slaves were brought to America; they believe it was founded in 1776. Most Americans think George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the other Founders were great men, not racist and genocidal. —Most Americans now know that the Left breeds chaos not only in America but around the world. About a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I asked one of the greatest living historians, Niall Ferguson of Harvard and Stanford, if he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin would have invaded Ukraine if Donald Trump had been president at the time. Without a moment’s hesitation, he gave a one-word answer: “No.” That attack took place less than a year after the Biden administration, with the full backing of the Democratic Party, precipitously and chaotically abandoned Afghanistan for no good reason, causing the unnecessary deaths of 13 U.S. service members (the deadliest day for the U.S. military in Afghanistan since 2012) and wounds to another 45 service members, leaving the Afghan people to the Taliban monsters, and leaving behind $7 billion in military equipment. It is also unlikely that if Trump had been president, Hamas would have attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, rendering it the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust and plunging the Middle East into war. Trump left a peaceful Middle East on the brink of Saudi Arabia and other Arab states recognizing Israel’s right to exist. Trump placed sanctions on Iran, greatly weakening that regime economically. The Biden administration reversed course and gave Iran access to $16 billion, which it promptly used to spread death and chaos in the region. Thanks to the Left being in power for nearly four years, the American people learned not only these things about the Left; perhaps even more importantly, the American people also learned that virtually every elite, meaning left-wing, institution is deeply corrupt. They learned that: —The country’s most elite universities—virtually all of which are left-wing institutions—are moral wastelands. —The only Americans who still trust The New York Times, The Washington Post (or any major newspaper in any major city)—or CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, NPR, The Associated Press, and the rest of what was until now known as the “mainstream media”—are those who share those organizations’ left-wing politics. Over these past few years, among myriad examples of left-wing bias, all these media labeled as “racist” any American who said that COVID-19 likely began in a Chinese lab, and participated in the Trump-campaign-colluded-with-Russia lie. The Times is so woke it refuses to print “Latinos”; instead, it uses the idiotic term “Latinx.” —They cannot trust scientific institutions. Thanks to these years of Democratic Party and left-wing power, most Americans no longer trust almost any scientific body. The American Medical Association has come out against listing a newborn’s sex on its birth certificate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration are regarded as pawns of the major pharmaceutical companies. Most Americans know that they were misled regarding the COVID-19 vaccine’s efficacy and safety, social distancing, masking, and most especially lockdowns, which served only to damage millions of children and destroy innumerable small businesses. The oldest science journal in America, Scientific American, is correctly regarded as just another woke, i.e., left-wing, media enterprise. It had never endorsed a political candidate in its 175-year history until it endorsed Joe Biden. All of this happened thanks to the Democrats’ victory in 2020. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post The Democrats’ 2020 Victory Was a Blessing in Disguise appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Preident-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is nominating former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel.  Huckabee, who was in the field of Republican primary candidates who each lost to Trump in 2016, is a supporter of Israel, currently at war with the Hamas terrorist group based in the Gaza Strip adjacent the Jewish state.  “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, has been nominated to be The United States Ambassador to Israel,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform. “Mike has been a great public servant, governor, and leader in faith for many years.  He loves Israel, and the people of Israel, and likewise, the people of Israel love him. Mike will work tirelessly to bring about Peace in the Middle East!” Huckabee also was a GOP presidential contender in 2008, when he won the Iowa caucuses early in the year Huckabee’s daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was Trump’s second press secretary of four during his first term. Sanders, also a Republican, was elected governor of Arkansas in 2022.  The Jerusalem Post reported that Huckabee, governor from 1996 to 2007, has visited Israel more than 100 times.  “Everything that I embrace as a Christian is rooted in the promises that God gave to the Jewish people,” the newspaper quoted the 44th governor of Arkansas, a former Baptist pastor, as saying.  The Times of Israel reported that in 2015, as a GOP presidential candidate, Huckabee said: “I’ve been alone a lot in my life about a lot of things, and I wouldn’t mind being alone if I felt it was the right thing. And I feel it is the right thing to stand with Israel in making sure that they have the right to secure their homeland with safe and defensible borders.” Huckabee also strongly opposed the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran, which Israel’s government also opposed.  The post Trump Picks One-Time Rival Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Neural connections are at the heart of modern science, providing the framework through which scientists explain memory, perception, learning, and even consciousness. The microscopic contacts between brain cells transmit signals that account for various aspects of our complex consciousness—at least in theory. However, Tamlyn Hunt, a philosopher and neuroscientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has proposed an alternative hypothesis in an article for Scientific American. Hunt suggests that the key to understanding consciousness may lie in the ephaptic field—a phenomenon where neurons interact electromagnetically without forming physical connections. The concept of a neural code was first described by American scientists in 1943. They mapped brain activity, equating it to binary code, much like a computer (0s and 1s). However, this breakthrough didn’t bring humanity any closer to understanding the nature of consciousness. “The most obvious gap in our understanding is everything we haven’t encountered on the journey from eye to hand. Everything I couldn’t tell you about the mind because we know so little about how nerve impulses create it,” neuroscientist Mark Humphries acknowledged in his 2020 book, The Speed of Thought: A Momentary Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds. Researchers have long suspected that neurons communicate in ways beyond traditional synaptic connections. One such mechanism is ephaptic communication, where electromagnetic fields interact on a larger scale than the electrical impulses that occur at synapses. Evidence for ephaptic interactions may lie in the retina, which some scientists consider a separate entity from the brain. Neurons in the retina use electrodiffusion rather than traditional synaptic connections, which allows the optic nerve to handle an impressive amount of data. Experimental confirmation of ephaptic field interactions came in 2019 when Dominic Durand’s lab at Case Western Reserve University cut open a mouse hippocampus. The halves continued to communicate even when separated by more than 400 microns. The results were so astounding that reviewers demanded the experiment be repeated before they would approve its publication. Further studies have shown that ephaptic field propagation is much faster than neural signaling. In gray matter, it occurs approximately 5000 times faster than synaptic connections. While there is extensive experimental evidence supporting the role of synaptic activation in processes like movement, hearing, and touch, the higher density of information in ephaptic fields—along with their permeability and speed—raises the question of whether nature might rely on these fields for critical brain functions. It appears that it does. Renowned UC Berkeley neuroscientist Walter Freeman noted that traditional synaptic activation rates couldn’t explain the speed of cognitive processes he observed in rabbits and cats over the years. A growing body of research on electromagnetic interactions in the brain offers a compelling explanation for this cognitive speed. A recent paper published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that ephaptic field effects might be the very mechanism underlying consciousness itself. The post Consciousness May Lurk in Our Brain’s Electrical Fields appeared first on Anomalien.com.

In the alternative reality that is HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the eponymous host claimed on Sunday that Kamala Harris ran “a centrist campaign” and therefore it is unfair for people to blame the far-left for her loss. As Democrats seek to answer why they lost, Oliver reported, “Some Democrats are loudly claiming the party needs to move to the center, with New York Congressman Tom Suozzi arguing, ‘The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left," citing trans rights as an example, saying, ‘I don't want to discriminate against anybody, but I don't think biological boys should be playing in girls' sports.’"     Oliver had “a few” thoughts to share, “First, if what you want is a centrist campaign that's quiet on trans issues, tough on the border, distances itself from Palestinians, talks a lot about law and order, and reaches out to moderate Republicans, that candidate existed, and she just lost. Guess how many trans speakers there were at the DNC? I'll give you a hint: it is a very round number.” He also claimed that “I'm not sure how you reach out to moderate Republicans more than appearing with Liz Cheney multiple times, unless you literally dig up Henry Kissinger's corpse and prop it up at a rally in Michigan as Katy Perry sings ‘Rolling in the Deep.’” Sure, Harris campaigned with Cheney, but nobody believed her centrist act because she had no record of being one prior to Joe Biden dropping out of the race. The charge that Harris supported taxpayer-funded sex changes for illegal immigrant prisoners stuck because it was true not to mention her current positions of being a full-fledged abortion and price control enthusiast.  Speaking of transgender issues, a disappointed Oliver continued: And finally, regarding youth sports, there were a lot of attack ads on that issue and it was frustrating to see the Harris campaign fail to formulate a response, especially because it's pretty easy to do. Watch, I'll do it for you right now: as we've discussed before, there are vanishingly few trans girls competing in high schools anywhere. Even if there were more, trans kids, like all kids, vary in athletic ability, and there's no evidence they pose any threat to safety or fairness. It is very weird for you to be so focused on this subject, and finally, if you genuinely want to address the biggest concern for most girls who play high school sports, you'd worry less about this and more about the creepy assistant volleyball coach who keeps liking their posts on fucking Instagram. First of all, the weird attack didn’t work, so Oliver can go ahead and retire it. Second of all, it’s not just high school, although that is a problem. It is middle school and college as well. The quantity and range of athletic ability of transgender athletes don’t matter because it takes just one to spoil the entire competition. Contrary to Oliver’s claims, the evidence is everywhere the fairness of women's sports is under threat; he just doesn’t see it, just like he didn’t see all the evidence Harris isn’t a centrist. Here is a transcript for the November 10 show: HBO Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 11/10/2024 11:21 PM ET JOHN OLIVER: For instance, some Democrats are loudly claiming the party needs to move to the center, with New York Congressman Tom Suozzi arguing, "The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left," citing trans rights as an example, saying, "I don't want to discriminate against anybody, but I don't think biological boys should be playing in girls' sports."  A few things about that. First, if what you want is a centrist campaign that's quiet on trans issues, tough on the border, distances itself from Palestinians, talks a lot about law and order, and reaches out to moderate Republicans, that candidate existed, and she just lost. Guess how many trans speakers there were at the DNC? I'll give you a hint: it is a very round number.  Also, I'm not sure how you reach out to moderate Republicans more than appearing with Liz Cheney multiple times, unless you literally dig up Henry Kissinger's corpse and prop it up at a rally in Michigan as Katy Perry sings "Rolling in the Deep." It's okay not to have the range for a song, Katy! And finally, regarding youth sports, there were a lot of attack ads on that issue and it was frustrating to see the Harris campaign fail to formulate a response, especially because it's pretty easy to do. Watch, I'll do it for you right now: as we've discussed before, there are vanishingly few trans girls competing in high schools anywhere. Even if there were more, trans kids, like all kids, vary in athletic ability, and there's no evidence they pose any threat to safety or fairness. It is very weird for you to be so focused on this subject, and finally, if you genuinely want to address the biggest concern for most girls who play high school sports, you'd worry less about this and more about the creepy assistant volleyball coach who keeps liking their posts on fucking Instagram.

Editor’s Pick: Free Beacon on Kamala’s Campaign Donation to MSNBC Host’s Group Our friend Chuck Ross at the Washington Free Beacon penned a story Tuesday raising yet another set of questions about the wretched finances of Kamala Harris’s failed presidential campaign as he found it gave half a million dollars to MSNBC host Al Sharpton’s liberal advocacy group National Action Network just weeks before his softball-filled October 20 interview. Citing publicly available “campaign finance records,” Ross explained that the $500,000 donation was made in two parts to the “National Action Network was part of a flurry of donations—$5.4 million in all—to black and Latino advocacy groups that seem aimed at winning Harris support from those constituencies.”  Just two days before the second half of the donation went through, Ross noted “Sharpton aired a video of Harris wishing him happy birthday on his MSNBC weekend show, PoliticsNation” and praised him as “an extraordinary leader” with “a voice of conscience” and “truth.” Roughly two weeks later, Harris sat for what our Jorge Bonilla said at the time was “a super-soft landing” of an interview that came off like “a foot massage and tongue bath” following a “rough” week of media interviews. Naturally, Ross noted none of this was disclosed at the time and both MSNBC and the National Action Network didn’t get back to him with comments. He also noted the donations to Sharpton’s group were examples of “a $1 billion spending spree” by the Harris campaign that’s left it $20 million in debt after having “leaned heavily on celebrities, influencers, and other high-profile Harris backers,” such as Oprah Winfrey’s “production company” and other advocacy groups like the National Urban League (helmed by Marc Morial, husband of CBS Saturday Morning co-host Michelle Miller). To see Ross’s full story on this conflict of interest, click here.

Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has not yet conceded the race to Republican challenger Dave McCormick, despite multiple outlets calling the race in the GOP's favor. McCormick was announced as the winner on Thursday by outlets like Politico and the Associated Press, as well as many local publications, confirming his narrow victory. Pennsylvania was one of four seats that were flipped by Republicans, as well as seats in Ohio, West Virginia, and Montana. Despite the widely acknowledged McCormick win, Casey has refused to admit defeat. "I have dedicated my life to making sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard, whether on the floor of the Senate or in a free and fair election," Casey said in a post on X following the election results. "It has been made clear there are more than 100,000 votes still to be counted. Pennsylvania is where our democratic process was born."'What happened to all the demands that our leaders accept the outcome of the elections?'"We must allow that process to play out and ensure that every vote that is eligible to be counted will be counted," Casey continued. "That is what Pennsylvania deserves." Every social media post on his campaign account since then has been about continuing to count the ballots, even though McCormick was already declared the victor. "Our Commonwealth ran a free and fair election, and we are still waiting on the final results," Casey said in a Monday post on X. "Our election officials will continue counting ballots and ensure that Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard."Casey was not the only Senate Democrat to take issue with McCormick's election. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer initially withheld McCormick's invitation to the Senate orientation, prompting a critical response from his Republican colleagues. "Schumer is not allowing [McCormick] to participate in Senate orientation this week because Casey refuses to concede the race," Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said in a Sunday post on X. "What happened to all the demands that our leaders accept the outcome of the elections?""Sen. Schumer is refusing to allow [McCormick] to participate in Senate orientation next week even though the race has been called," Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri said in a post on X. "Chuck is an 'election denier' and this is an 'assault on our democracy.'" Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah also floated the idea of escorting McCormick to the Capitol alongside other GOP Senators. Since then, Schumer has extended the invitation to McCormick, who attended Senate orientation Tuesday. At the time of this writing, Casey has still not conceded the race. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!