The past year has been marred with an ever-present sense of sadness and grieving for Jews worldwide. October 7 was our September 11; a day where every Jew can tell you exactly where they were when they heard the horrific news of what occurred to our people in Israel on that day. Tragically, this sadness and grieving have been coupled with a level of disappointment and abandonment that we never could have anticipated. Disappointment over the lies being spread so quickly about our people. Disappointment over the sheer lack of empathy being shown for the victims. Abandonment by neighbors who seemed to stand up and bolster any other cause that came their way. Abandonment by local leaders who took part in rallies against us. The first anniversary of the horrors of October 7 recently arrived, bringing to the forefront of our minds just how many of our lives were altered irreparably on that day. And then the unthinkable happened. This past Saturday I faced my own personal experience of terror and fear when a shooter appeared on my street — the street where my children play — with the intention of murdering a Jew. The shooter targeted a family friend of ours who was walking to Saturday morning prayers at our synagogue. He was cruelly shot from behind without warning. My role on that day was one of bystander and witness. Helpless to stop the horrific act that was being committed right outside my door. As I rested in bed reading, I heard a loud popping noise; my baby was soundly asleep in the room next door. Only after I heard the screams of the victim did I realize that the noise I was hearing was gunshots. I looked out the window and saw the shooter running. A thin brown man with thick shiny black hair. I quickly reached for my phone and dialed 911; an act that felt foreign and surreal. My neighbors and I were lulled into a false sense of security when the police arrived. Their presence gave us all a sigh of relief as dog walkers reemerged and women walked by pushing their strollers. But fifteen minutes later the shooter reappeared, this time firing at the police. After the second round of shots, I looked out my window and saw a neighbor hiding behind a tree with his dog. There was a break in the shooting so I opened my front door to offer him refuge inside my home. He jumped when he looked at me and said he was fine. He quickly ran away and I closed my door and returned to the window. I then saw the shooter creep out of my driveway, stand on my neighbor’s lawn and shoot towards my neighbor and his dog. In that moment, I realized this wasn’t a typical gang-related crime or a robbery gone wrong. This was terrorism in my front yard. I grabbed a kitchen knife and barricaded myself in my sleeping baby’s room. I moved furniture, called my parents, and pleaded with the police for help. A Jewish man walking to synagogue was shot in Chicago on Saturday. Malka shared her security camera footage with The Daily Wire, which captured the shooter screaming "Allahu Akbar" and shooting at first responders when he returned to the scene 20 minutes later. pic.twitter.com/qhD11WMA1b — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) October 28, 2024 Had he seen my giant Israeli/American flag? Would I be able to hide my baby so he would think I’m alone? After a few minutes, a neighbor called and told me that the police had neutralized the shooter and it was safe to come out. I spent hours that day talking to the police and showing them videos, even though it was the Sabbath when I do not normally use technology. When replaying the video with my husband after the Sabbath we heard the chilling war cry of “Allahu Akbar” shouted by the terrorist during his confrontation with the police. If we had been questioning the fact that this was a hate crime before, our question was clearly answered with this footage. A visibly Jewish man was targeted in a Jewish neighborhood while walking to synagogue on a Saturday morning. The fact that this was a hate crime seemed absolutely clear. We started to send the video clip out to our friends and it spread like wildfire. Soon, news reporters were knocking on my door asking permission to play the video. I was hopeful that showing this video would help the Chicago community understand what happened. Hours were spent talking to reporters and signing consent forms. It felt empowering to be able to contribute and help in some way. The victim needed privacy to recover, but what I needed was to feel like the pain of this past weekend was being acknowledged by the public. As the days passed, we were shocked by the Mayor of Chicago’s slow, tepid response to this violent act of anti-Semitism. When charges were brought by the DA’s office we were stunned to learn that the shooter was not being charged with a hate crime. It was framed as just another shooting — an all-too-common occurrence in Chicago. To add salt to the wound, the FBI initially withheld his immigration status and place of residence for no apparent reason. The media coverage of this event brought on the next wave of shock and disappointment. There was no mention of the shooter’s words of “Allahu Akbar” and completely avoided using the words “hate crime” or “anti-Semitism.” When I reached out to the news editor to question why the video I provided was edited to remove the shooter’s words, I was told that showing that part of the clip was “inflammatory.” Rather than giving viewers and the public an unbiased report of what had occurred outside my front door, the media was concerned about being “inflammatory.”  What news outlets such as the Chicago Tribune did not seem to find inflammatory was the headline “Police: Man, 22, critically injured in Far North Side shootout with cops.” Presenting the shooter as some kind of potential victim of a police shooting; leaving it up to the reader’s imagination to decipher what may have occurred. This was yet another sickening distortion of the truth by the media, in a year filled with endlessly misleading headlines against Israel and the Jewish nation. All my efforts to speak to the press and give them the truth have been in vain. The Daily Wire is the only news source that published our video in its entirety. The media is fabricating a world completely divorced from the truth because reality interferes with what they wish to believe is true. Mayor Brandon Johnson appears incapable of holding space for the pain we have faced this year with unrelenting anti-Semitism rising at frightening rates across the U.S. The media refuse to report the truth because it would bring to light that some Muslims truly believe in intifada, and the realities of intifada are much uglier than woke college kids can imagine as they chant, “Globalize the intifada.” I don’t see myself ever trusting mainstream media again. If their job is to report on the truth they have utterly failed. I call on my fellow Chicagoans to expect better from our elected officials and the FBI. We need to elect leaders who care about Chicagoans of all races, ethnicities, and religions. The Chicago Jewish community will continue to grapple with our collective sadness and grieving during this year of heartbreak. We are not victims but fighters and survivors, as history has repeatedly shown. We will continue to join together and confront the anti-Semitism we are surrounded by and offer each other love and support. We will continue giving back to our greater community in positive ways, like we always have. And maybe one day, we won’t need to do it alone. * * * M. Reich is an engineer by degree and stay-at-home mom by trade. She is a proud Jewish American who lives in Chicago. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. * * * MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+

Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, Democrats have shown multiple times that they look down on and even despise the conservatives who are voicing their support for President Donald J. Trump.  Earlier this week, the President of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden, called Trump supporters “garbage.” Many in the media attempted to defend Biden, who claimed that what he really meant to say was that Trump supporters’ “rhetoric” is garbage. Maybe this would be believable if Biden wasn’t on video making the comment.  Conservatives know that Biden’s “garbage” comment is just par for the course for the Democratic Party. In recent weeks, Trump and his supporters have been compared to Nazis and fascists. And Democrats appear to be completely fine with those designations for around half the country.  Here’s what Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz said when he was asked if labeling Trump supporters as “garbage” and “Nazis” undercuts the Harris campaign’s “closing message of unity”:  “Certainly not. And for me, I’ve represented rural areas, I’ve represented Democrats, Republicans, independents, same thing with the vice president. Look, you saw a presidential speech last night at the ellipse that is the best of America. One that’s talking about unifying us, one that’s talking about bringing folks to the table, one that the American tradition of disagreeing and debating, but still doing it in a respectful manner. I think the frustration we’ve seen since January 6th, the frustration with Donald Trump’s rhetoric of division, it does fire passions.”  Harris talks a lot about unifying with all Americans, but remember what she appeared to tell the Christians shouting “Jesus is King” at her rally? “Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally,” she said before laughing. "Jesus is Lord!" "Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally…" *cackles* Which side are you on?pic.twitter.com/TdiS5V6WUk — Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) October 21, 2024 Apparently, Harris doesn’t want to unify ALL Americans. Oh yeah, and she also agreed that Trump should be labeled a “fascist.”  CNN's Anderson Cooper: Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist? Kamala: Yes I do. pic.twitter.com/OXpbR1tgZq — Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) October 24, 2024 Whether it’s Hillary Clinton calling Trump supporters “deplorables” in 2016 or Joe Biden calling them “garbage” this year, it’s clear that Democrats don’t want anything to do with you if you vote for the other party.  That’s no way to run a country. And it’s certainly no way to run a business. Whether it’s Gillette, Harry’s, or any other woke company, if you wouldn’t give your vote to someone who openly hates you, you shouldn’t give your money to companies that despise your values.  Jeremy’s Razors is a brand founded on the promise that it will not use your money to undermine what you hold dear. It champions traditional values and true masculinity, providing quality alternatives to woke corporations that pump out toxic chemicals and ideologies alike. The Precision 5 from Jeremy’s Razors gives an exceptionally smooth and close shave just as good, if not better than the mega-conglomerate competition, with the added benefit of avoiding both razor burn and the burn felt by giving your money to companies that fund causes aiming to destroy foundational institutions like the nuclear family.  Another prime example is Jeremy’s all-new Citrus & Sandalwood Aluminum-Free Natural Deodorant. The subtle, masculine scent now with Enhanced Odor Control keeps you feeling fresh and confident knowing where your dollars are going and that your health and integrity are intact. That’s because Jeremy’s shave, hair, and body essentials don’t use harmful, hormone-disrupting chemicals like phthalates, parabens, and sulfates.  Other options from Jeremy’s Tea Tree Oil Shampoo & Conditioner, to our Charcoal Body Wash and Green Tea & Citrus Hand Soap, to our full Women’s product line all follow these guiding principles of clean ingredients and clear values.  The options are laid out, and the choice is a clear one. You just have to have the courage to stand up for what you believe and vote with your dollar. Some may not heed the call, but indecision is not a neutral action. Everything we do works towards or against the principles that make this country great, so go show the Left what their “garbage” rhetoric will get them on the political stage and the free market. Jeremy’s Razors shares common ownership with The Daily Wire

Radio host Hugh Hewitt stormed out of a Washington Post livestream event on Friday after two fellow columnists at the Post made false claims about former President Donald Trump and the 2024 election. He subsequently quit as a columnist at the newspaper. The incident happened when Hewitt was participating in the Post’s “First Look” with left-wing columnists Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus on its “Washington Post Live” platform. During the discussion about election integrity, Capehart claimed that Trump was “laying the groundwork for contesting the election by complaining that cheating was taking place in Pennsylvania, by suing Bucks County for alleged irregularities.” Marcus agreed, claiming that Trump has been doing this for “months” and that his complaints in court were “far fetched.” Hewitt noted that the Trump campaign successfully sued election officials in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for improperly turning away voters while they were waiting in line to apply for a mail-in ballot. “I just gotta say we’re news people, even though we’re at the opinion section,” Hewitt fired back. “It’s gotta be reported, Bucks County was reversed by the court and instructed to open up extra days because they violated the law and told people to go home. So that lawsuit was brought by the Republican National Committee, and it was successful.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ “The Supreme Court ruled that Glenn Youngkin was successful,” he added, referencing Virginia’s lawsuit to stop the Biden-Harris administration from preventing the state from removing non-citizens from its voter rolls. “We are news people, even though we have opinions and we have to report the whole story if we bring up part of the story,” he added. “So yes, he’s upset about Bucks County, but he was right, and he won in court. That’s the story.” Capehart lashed out that he didn’t “appreciate being lectured about” his false claims and he then tried to point the finger at remarks Hewitt has made while coming on the show. “I won’t come back, Jonathan. I’m done,” Hewitt said. “This is the most unfair election ad I have ever been a part of. You guys are working. That’s fine. I’m done.” Clips of Hewitt went viral instantly online, garnering millions of views within a matter of minutes. Another bad day for @WashingtonPost. Upset with @CapehartJ and @RuthMarcus for inaccurate attacks on Trump, @hughhewitt rips off his headset and leaves lives #PostLive show. “I’m done. This is the most unfair election ad I have ever been a part of.” Show falls apart, ends early. pic.twitter.com/fsGC1GhIrx — Brent Baker ?? ?? (@BrentHBaker) November 1, 2024 Hewitt told Fox News after the incident that he quit his columnist position at the newspaper. “I have in fact quit the Post,” he said, noting that he had already started to cut back how much writing he was doing for the paper. The incident happened after Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos recently ordered the newspaper to hire more conservative columnists and acknowledged that bias was a serious credibility issue for the media. Hewitt was widely praised online for not putting up with the false claims from Marcus and Capehart. X owner Elon Musk responded to the video: “Hugh Hewitt is right: there was election interference by the Democrats in Bucks County that was so serious that a judge ordered early voting to be extended several more days!” Hugh Hewitt is right: there was election interference by the Democrats in Bucks County that was so serious that a judge ordered early voting to be extended several more days! https://t.co/jTH4Zqf9WB — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2024

Ohio Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance told a story on Friday about witnessing first-hand one of the frightening effects of the border crisis. Vance made the comments while giving a speech in Portage, Michigan, where he urged supporters to show up to vote for former President Donald Trump. During his speech, Vance described what he called a “profound” experience he had earlier this year while campaigning in Valdosta, Georgia. “One of the most profound and scary things that I’ve ever seen happened on the campaign trail. I was in a place called Valdosta, Georgia,” he said. “And I was taken by the local sheriffs, the local law enforcement, into what they call the interdiction room.” Vance described seeing bags of marijuana, pills, cocaine, meth, and stacks of illegal guns. “One of the main businesses of the Mexican drug cartels is to bring illegal guns into our country,” Vance noted, saying that there was a “stark choice” with how Vice President Kamala Harris treated border security while supporting domestic policies that ban American citizens from owning certain guns. “Donald Trump wants to empower you to exercise your Second Amendment rights and he wants to go after the illegal gun running of the Mexican drug cartels,” Vance said. But what he said stood out most for him was seeing drug-laced candy that Valdosta law enforcement had confiscated. “On the table in front of me there is a box of candy, like Nerds, Sour Patch candies,” Vance said. “Because what the Mexican drug cartels have figured out is that they disguise refined THC and fentanyl as childhood candy, they make it easier to get into our country. They make it easier to traffic into the United States of America.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ Vance said that parents around the country had told him about losing children because of the deadly drugs that have been smuggled over the border. The stop was part of a final swing for the Trump-Vance campaign as Election Day nears. Polls show a close race between Trump and Harris in Michigan, one of the many battlegrounds that proved crucial in both 2016 and 2020. On Friday, Vance told people to ignore the polls and go out to vote. “In 2022, Marist had my Ohio Senate race tied. I won by more than 6,” he posted on X. “Stop worrying about polls and go get people to the polls. I am 100 percent sure we have the electorate we need to win. What we need is to work hard over the next 4 days.” Trump, who also rallied in Michigan on Friday, is expected to return to the state on Monday for a final rally in Grand Rapids. Harris will also visit Michigan on Sunday for her last event in the state before the election.

A foreign billionaire is using an American dark money organization to boost a ballot initiative that could permanently change the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hansjorg Wyss has poured a quarter of a billion dollars into the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a left-wing money clearinghouse that has spent $7 million to push Ohio to vote yes on “Issue One,” a ballot initiative that would change how electoral districts are drawn. If the ballot initiative passes, it would require that the proportion of Democrat-leaning House seats be proportional to how many Democrats live in the state, even if those Democrats are concentrated in just a few districts. That could strip several House seats from Republicans — who currently control the lower chamber by a razor-thin margin — in 2026. But Issue One would boost Democratic power at the expense of community representation. In particular, the initiative is likely to disburse the power currently held in majority-black urban areas. When Michigan redrew its districts in a similar way in 2021, it gave Democrats more seats in Congress, but left Detroit without a black congressman for the first time in 70 years. Some black Democrats aren’t happy with this trade off – particularly because the effort is funded by a Swiss billionaire. “These are people that are supposed to be our political allies, but look at what they are doing to black interests,” Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, a former Michigan state delegate, told The Daily Wire. “When you think about how much money has been dumped into this thing from out of state and even out of the country, what African American organization is going to be able to look at that and hire a lawyer and push back?” Gay-Dagnogo, a black Democrat, said. Proponents of Ohio’s ballot initiative have spent $37 million to advance the issue. Nearly 90% of that money has come from out of state, financial disclosures show. A group called Citizens Not Politicians (CNP) has spent $11 million. Nearly $7 million of CNP’s money came from the Sixteen Thirty Fund. Because Wyss is not a U.S. citizen, he is not permitted to spend money to impact candidate elections. But Sixteen Thirty appears to have identified a loophole: That generally doesn’t apply to state-level ballot initiatives. The Daily Wire previously reported the fund has spent more than $21 million this cycle on such initiatives. Sixteen Thirty gave $550,000 to CNP as it got off the ground in October 2023. On May 23, 2024, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that he intended to have the legislature vote on a bill to ban foreign spending on ballot initiatives. The same day, Sixteen Thirty sent $6 million to CNP. CNP then spent every penny it had before the law actually went into effect, with its July campaign finance report showing $0 cash on hand. The law prohibiting foreign funding of ballot measures was also challenged in court by Democrat lawyer Marc Elias, who has previously served as Wyss’s lawyer. The suit challenging the Ohio law did not name Wyss as a plaintiff, with Elias instead saying he was representing others including a nonprofit advocating for nonbinary Asians. CNP did not return a request for comment. The initiative could require that the percent of House seats that were favorable to each party be within three percentage points of Ohio’s “statewide partisan preference.” But the devil is in the details. DeWine won the popular vote in every county but three, and captured 62% of the popular vote. But the bill would calculate the state’s purported partisan preference based on an average of statewide elections in the last six years, reaching back to a time when Ohio was considerably less red. Issue One backers’ message is that it makes the process less political by setting up a citizen commission to draw boundaries rather than lawmakers. While the 15-person commission would consist of equal numbers of Democrats, Republicans, and independents, they will all be laymen, not politicians, and opponents say bias could overtake the commission in the likely event that members enlist experts to help them with their complicated task. “Anytime you set up a commission where the people have no experience drawing maps…they were at the mercy of an alleged expert,” Gay-Dagnogo said. “When will the citizens have an opportunity to draw a map? They will not.” Frank Strigari, a Republican attorney and former Ohio state Senate aide who has been involved in redistricting issues, said these experts were likely to be left-leaning academics. That, he said, could lead to most of Ohio’s 15 congressional seats going to Democrats, even as a majority of Ohioans vote Republican. That’s because some of the nominally Republican-leaning districts could have only a narrow edge, lacking resistance to ebbs and flows such as backlash to a Republican president during midterm season, while the Democrat ones could be more bulletproof. If Issue One succeeds, the idea is likely to spread to other states as Democrats reverse their longstanding position on “gerrymandering” to rectify the fact that their party’s power is increasingly confined to urban areas. Previously, both parties viewed oddly-shaped districts as unfair, and preferred districts that reflected organic communities and allowed congressmen to represent a defined constituency. For instance, a predominantly-black district city would have its own congressional district, which would likely elect a black congressman. This in particular was important to Democrats. But now, Democrats view overwhelmingly-Democratic urban and black districts as a waste, full of surplus Democratic votes that could be spread out through creative boundary drawing into purple districts they could tip blue. Under Ohio’s proposal, preserving such “communities of interest,” is a secondary goal, to be achieved to “the extent practicable.” “They’re cutting up just enough of the black districts to give the Democrats an edge, but not considering the cultural barriers, the impact of not having a person in Congress to advocate for the needs of those in poverty,” Gay-Dagnogo said. Jason Snead of the Honest Elections Project, which opposes Ohio’s Issue One, says Democrats’ embrace on the issue proves they know the commission will favor their party. If Democrats really believed “citizen-led” commissions were the best option, Snead said, “you’d see them doing it in states like Illinois and Oregon,” where the commissions could boost Republicans. “But you don’t,” Snead added.

Vice President and Democratic nominee for president Kamala Harris is ending her campaign with a final push in the all-important swing state of Pennsylvania, holding rallies and running a new advertisement with the state’s governor. The rust-belt swing state, with its 19 electoral votes, is the most populous and the most consequential state out of the seven battleground states. Pennsylvania is considered by many to be a must-win for the Democratic nominee, who would have a significantly more challenging path to victory if she is unable to sweep through the rust belt states. Harris is now making her final push in the Keystone State, announcing plans to rally in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia on the eve of the election and launching a new ad with Governor Josh Shapiro. Harris just recently rallied in Philadelphia, encouraging residents of the state to vote and hitting on the issues of abortion, the economy, and gun violence. Current polling averages have Harris and former president Donald Trump neck-and-neck in the state, with Trump holding a slim 0.4 percent lead. Her new advertisement in Pennsylvania features the state’s governor Josh Shapiro, formerly a contender for Harris’ running mate before she opted for Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. “Do you want more chaos? Or like me, are you ready for some common sense? That’s why I’m with Kamala,” Shapiro says in the advertisement. “She’s practical, and she gets stuff done.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ “As president, I will chart a new way forward and find solutions to create jobs and bring down costs,” Harris states in the ad. Harris’ final ad in Pennsylvania is narrated by Josh Shapiro with him sitting next to Harris. (Shapiro was on the VP shortlist) More from @JuliaTerruso https://t.co/3phmi6e13c pic.twitter.com/6QEXnq7n9X — Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) November 1, 2024 Harris has taken heavy criticism for her decision to name Walz her running mate instead of Shapiro, with critics alleging that the Democratic candidate decided against the Pennsylvania governor over his support for Israel in its war effort, as well as his Jewish background. One advertisement from the League of American Workers hits Harris over her decision, saying that she “passed over the very popular governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro because of his identity.” Election analysts report that Harris’ clearest path to victory relies on her sweeping the three rust belt swing states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Trump would take the presidency if he won any of those three states while also winning Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina. “If Kamala Harris sweeps the Rust Belt while Trump takes the Sun Belt states, she would win with exactly 270 electoral votes, the absolute minimum needed to emerge victorious,” Nicholas Creel, an associate professor of business law at Georgia College & State University, wrote in Newsweek. Trump, meanwhile, has a more varied set of potential paths to victory and could surpass the required 270 electoral votes to take the presidency by winning Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and either Wisconsin or Michigan, even if he lost both Nevada and Pennsylvania.

CNN’s Jake Tapper fact-checked Vice President Kamala Harris’ lie that former President Donald Trump was talking about abortion when he said he wanted to “protect women” whether they “like it or not,” when the comment was made about protecting women and children from illegal criminal migrants and missiles from foreign adversaries. During a panel on “The Lead,” the anchor played the quote by Harris and called her out for changing it to fit a narrative about Trump being a misogynist. “When Trump said he was going to do something for women, whether they like it or not, ‘whether the women like it or not,’ he was talking about protecting women, protecting women whether they like it or not,” Tapper told the panel. “Certainly, you can take issue with the language, but he wasn’t saying he was just going to do whatever he wanted, regardless.” “But you take my point,” he added. “He’s saying I’m gonna protect them, whether women want me to protect them.” When he got pushback from some on the panel, the CNN anchor replied, “It’s not as she presented it. … So just quote it accurately.” At a rally in Phoenix on Thursday, the Kamala said, “Now in America, one in three women lives in a state with a Trump abortion ban, many with no exceptions, even for rape and incest, which is immoral. And Donald Trump’s not done. Did everyone hear what he just said yesterday? That he will do what he wants, quote, and here’s where I’m going to quote, ‘whether the women like it or not.’ We must vote because this is the thing. You know, there’s a saying that you got to listen to people when they tell you who [they] are, and this is not the first time he has told us who he is. He does not believe women should have the agency and authority to make decisions about their own bodies.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ Trump’s actual quote was, “Kamala has imported criminal migrants from prisons and jails, from insane asylums and mental institutions all over the world, from Venezuela to the Congo, including savage criminals who assault, rape, and murder our women and girls.” “Anyone who would let monsters kidnap and kill our children does not belong anywhere near the Oval Office,” he added, noting that his team weeks ago told him not to say he wanted to protect women and children. “I said why? I’m president. I want to protect the women and children of our country. … I said, ‘Well, I’m gonna do it whether the women like it or not.’ I’m gonna protect them. I’m gonna protect them from migrants coming in. I’m gonna protect them from foreign countries that want to hit us with missiles…” Related: CNN Panel Explodes Over Suggestion Kamala Was ‘Chosen’ By Dem Party Elites

The Biden-Harris Department of Health and Human Services consulted left-wing transgender activists as it sought to further “LGBTQI accessibility,” with one activist even calling for families that do not accept a child’s gender identity to be prosecuted in a video reviewed by The Daily Wire. HHS convened the activists late last year for a webinar on “Emerging Practices for Supporting LGBTQI+ Young People Across Human Services Programs.” The project sought to identify “practices that human services agencies, programs, staff, and leaders are using to make human service delivery and prevention more welcoming and accessible for LGBTQI+ young people (ages 10-24),” with a particular focus on the “child welfare and juvenile justice systems.” One activist, Alexander Roque, was particularly extreme, calling for families who engage in “homophobia or transphobia” to be prosecuted on child abuse charges. “There are no systems that prosecute or address family rejection as it relates to homophobia or transphobia,” Roque, the president of an LGBT community center and homeless shelter called the Ali Forney Center, complained. “I’ve been beating this drum that homophobia and transphobia is child abuse, and we need to recognize it as such.” He went on to complain that Child Protective Services has forced him to return children to their families. “We’ve had so many instances where young people have run away from their homes and have come into our care and we’ve literally had to hand over a young person to their family in front of a child protective worker.” “I really think that providers who are seeking to represent LGBT youth have to really support a systems change on how systems address homophobia and transphobia. Right now nothing happens to the families,” Roque said, again indicating that he wants parents who do not accept a child’s gender identity to be punished or prosecuted. Asked by The Daily Wire if he supports prosecuting parents for alleged transphobia, Roque said that he does not “believe that parents should be persecuted nor am I advocating for that.” It is unclear if Roque’s disavowal of persecution means that he does not support prosecution. The federal bureaucracy has been mobilized to push far-left ideologies by the Biden-Harris administration, which named Admiral Rachel Levine, a man who identifies as a woman, as the Assistant Secretary for Health at the HHS. Levine went on to pressure a medical organization to remove minimum age restrictions for children who undergo medical procedures that seek to change their sex. A new study found that the Biden-Harris administration pushed far-left ideology throughout the government with 500 “DEI actions,” The Daily Wire reported this week. Another activist criticized families who do not want their child to attempt to transition to the opposite sex, even saying that others may need to step in as a child’s “chosen family.” “Supporting families is an important form of prevention. Programs are working to support families by using a relationship-based approach that builds connections with families and aims to understand their stage of acceptance with their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity,” Eli Michaels, a health equity researcher with the research organization Mathematica, said during the webinar. “In some cases that may mean helping youth find and even serving as their chosen family.” The program was organized by HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Miranda Lynch-Smith, who, according to her resume, focuses on “child welfare policy” and “systematic policy changes that build well-being systems and address race equity.” It was performed in conjunction with Mathematica, a New Jersey-based research organization that frequently contracts with federal agencies. HHS has repeatedly pushed child transgenderism under the Biden-Harris administration, investigations from The Daily Wire have revealed. The National Institutes of Health, a subagency of the HHS, allocated over $3 million to expand the availability of sex change operations for minors despite hospitals admitting that such medical interventions can result in sterilization. The department also agreed to spend nearly $700,000 to create “an inclusive teen pregnancy program for transgender boys” and appears to have authorized the use of taxpayer funds to buy chest binders and prosthetic penises for children in the foster care system. Bureaucrats who pushed the far-left agenda could be ousted from the federal agencies pending the results of the November election, however. Former President Donald Trump has pledged to gut the bureaucracy through executive orders, cutting down the size of the administrative state and firing those who may otherwise work to undermine his policy agenda. HHS did not respond to a request for comment.  

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