Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville argued Monday that his Republican Senate colleagues who oppose president-elect Donald Trump’s nominees are defying the wishes of their own constituents, who flocked to the polls for Trump. “I don’t understand it,” he said in a Monday phone interview with The Daily Wire. “The American people gave him a mandate. This is his team now. He needs the opportunity to put the people around him that are gonna help him with his agenda. Who are we to say that we know more about these people than Trump?” There’s quite a few senators who are not fans of Trump, he noted, including several Republicans. “I went through the first process with Biden when I first got here,” he added. “There were zero Democrats that voted against any of his nominees. Zero. We got three or four of these nominees fighting to get all the Republican votes. They’re fighting hard and they’re having to go see senators more than once. It makes no sense to me whatsoever.” Tuberville appeared to refer to Pete Hegseth’s second meeting with Republican Sen. Joni Ernst (IA) on Monday. Hegseth has been one of Trump’s most controversial picks, facing an avalanche of allegations from Democrats and the media about sexual misconduct and excessive drinking. Tuberville argued that since Trump had hand picked his nominees himself, Trump deserves to have Republicans back his choices. “We’ve got people in the Republican side, for some reason they’re trying to push the envelope too much,” he remarked. “I’m gonna take President Trump’s word that the people he picked are vetted and they’re the type of people that he needs but it’s just hard to watch what’s going on up here because it’s Republicans versus the Democrats and the media and they gang up on us up here.” (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images) “But again, everybody’s got to make their own decision,” he commented. “These senators that are representing these states that President Trump won very easily, I think that to me that says, hey, give him the team he wants and let him go with it because we’re not gonna have very long. We’re gonna have a 2 years. It’s gonna be very tough and he needs people fighting for him on every side to beat the Democrats, right?” Ernst said Monday evening that she would “support Pete” through the confirmation process. Asked why Democrats display such unity in getting their president’s nominees through, while Republicans do not, Tuberville commented: “I’d say the leadership.” “You got leadership in the Democratic side that basically says you vote this way or it’s gonna be the highway. You won’t get any campaign money or you’re gonna be, you’re gonna be primaried. On our side, you’re your own person, which you should be. But for instance, I represent the people of Alabama. I don’t represent me and the people sent me up here and I looked at the amount of votes that President Trump got out of Alabama…I’m on President Trump’s side.” Tuberville also met with Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, ahead of his conversation with The Daily Wire. He said that he was “enthusiastic about her approach,” and emphasizing the need for real education within the United States following years of woke, racial, and ideological content in schools. “We gotta get back to teaching and educating our kids and give them a chance to survive,” he said, “and she’s totally on board with that. She understands it. We talked about school choice, we talk about homeschool, we talk about workforce development, higher education, I could talk all day about education because that’s pretty much what I’ve done my entire life. So, we’re going to work with her very hard and hopefully we can make things work and get better and better and get our kids back to being educated.”

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As America takes a step in the right direction with a Donald Trump victory, under Justin Trudeau, Canada is only getting worse. And by worse, we mean the country is now pushing for mandatory Pride celebrations. One town, Emo, Ontario, was even fined $10,000 for declining to proclaim June as Pride Month and refusing to fly the LGBTQ2 rainbow flag, despite lacking a flag pole. These transgressions left the town accused of violating the Ontario Human Rights Code by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. In addition to the $10,000 fine, officials from the town were ordered to complete mandatory human rights training. “First of all, I’m shocked that a town in Canada even refused to fly the flag,” Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” comments. “But then to get fined for it, that’s just asinine.” “You’re not an ally, by the way, if you’re forced,” he adds. The decision to cite the town began in 2020, when the town was approached by a group called Borderland Pride. The group requested that Emo declare June as Pride Month and included a draft proclamation that contained clauses such as "pride is necessary to show community support and belonging for LGBTQ2 individuals" and "the diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression represents a positive contribution to society." “They’re not asking you not to discriminate against them. They’re asking you to embrace them, to promote them,” Gray comments, disturbed. Mayor Harold McQuaker has stood firm in his refusal to celebrate Pride Month, which has now landed him with a $5,000 fine as well. “You’re influence peddling,” Keith Malinak says. “You’re saying that they have to vote the way you want or else you’re going to see monetary damages. Go to hell.” Want more from Pat Gray?To enjoy more of Pat's biting analysis and signature wit as he restores common sense to a senseless world, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A suspect in a child molestation video was identified in part by his tattoos that had been recorded in another molestation case, according to the FBI. Agents of the FBI Dallas Field Office in San Angelo arrested 48-year-old Christopher Lynn Driskill on Nov. 26 and charged him with production of child pornography. 'Driskill's video interview with police led to images of his tattoos being uploaded to a FBI database, and were used to link him to a heinous case of child molestation.' Driskill was living with his parents in Coleman, Texas, according to the FBI. The FBI said Driskill was identified by his tattoos after someone he had been dating told Coleman Police that Driskill said while drunk that he had molested a child in Coleman and recorded the molestation. Driskill denied the allegation when interviewed by investigators, and the child did not make an outcry when interviewed, so police closed the case due to lack of evidence. However, Driskill's video interview with police led to images of his tattoos being uploaded to a FBI database and were used to link him to a heinous case of child molestation. That case involved videos being uploaded to the dark web in July that showed three men sexually assaulting a boy. One of the men had tattoos that matched those of Driskill, and when the FBI investigated the matter, agents found that facial markings from the videos matched those they saw on Driskill's driver's license photo. They also used social media posts to tie Driskill to the man in the dark web videos. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison. One of Driskill's tattoos reportedly read, "Cast no stones." Images from the case can be viewed on KDFW-TV's news report on YouTube. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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