Political newcomer Sid Edwards, a high school football coach, pulled off an incredible upset by unseating a two-term Democratic mayor. The Republican candidate defeated incumbent Sharon Weston Broome in the race for East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President. BREAKING: Sid Edwards, the Republican mayoral candidate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a majority black city, just pulled off a massive upset by beating Sharon Broome, the two-term black female mayor. Edwards: 54%Broome: 46% Edwards only raised $80k, while she had $600k This… pic.twitter.com/Z4Oy4WERVR — George (@BehizyTweets) December 8, 2024 “I know a lot of people are in disbelief, none more than me,” the 61-year-old told supporters Saturday evening, according to WAFB. “We’re not saying that everything has been bad in Baton Rouge, we never said that, but there’s some things that need to change and it’s my promise to you as the next mayor-president, it’s going to happen,” Edwards added. BREAKING: Sid Edwards is elected mayor in Baton Rogue, unseating the incumbent and becoming the first Republican mayor in 24 years. He's a football coach. pic.twitter.com/wL2Y4k3r5c — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 8, 2024 Per WAFB: It was his first run for any political office. Edwards soundly defeated incumbent mayor Sharon Weston Broome, capturing 54% of the vote. Edwards led the race right with a wide margin throughout Saturday evening, also getting 54% of the early vote. “I want to thank Mayor Broome, the hardest seat to be in is the incumbent because you have a record,” Edwards said. “So, everybody could look at you and see what isn’t right or what you stumbled upon and all that. She spent almost 36 years in public service, the last 8 being our mayor. So, it would be remiss of me if I didn’t thank her for her service and running a good race.” “In the world I live in coaching, you better not be worried if you’re Republican or Democrat. You better not be worried if you’re black or white. None of that matters when you’re in that battle,” Edwards said. WATCH: Republicans, please take notes. This is how you campaign and WIN in a black city like Coach Sid Edwards just did to become Baton Rouge mayor against a black woman. He didn't play cringe identity politics. He just talked to the people like a normal human being. "In the world I… pic.twitter.com/fn9WhTJqoC — George (@BehizyTweets) December 8, 2024 The Advocate reports: Despite raising a fraction of the funds Broome’s reelection campaign raised in the cycle, Edwards received a surge of financial support from the Louisiana Republican Party after finishing first with 34% in the Nov. 5 primary. Broome tallied 31% in the first round, ahead of Democrat Ted James, who endorsed the mayor after he was eliminated. But the support from her previous opponent was not enough to win a third term in Saturday’s runoff against Edwards. Edwards’ campaign manager Mason Batts attributed the upset to prioritizing grassroots efforts. Edwards didn’t spend a lot of money on TV ads. “I think our ground game made the difference. We knocked on over 25,000 doors,” Batts said. “That’s probably something no Republican candidate in this parish has ever done.” This is the first election Broome has lost in her 32-year political career. WATCH:

An American woman who lives in Germany faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly fatally stabbing an African migrant who groped her at a train station. “The woman, 20, was standing on an escalator at Kaiserslautern train station, in the southwestern state of Rhineland-Palatinate, when the 64-year-old man grabbed her backside on June 29,” Daily Mail reports. After the migrant grabbed her buttocks, she reportedly pulled out a knife and ended up stabbing him in the heart during the confrontation. “According to the results of the investigations, the stabbing was preceded by the fact that the 64-year-old sexually harassed the 20-year-old by grabbing her buttocks, an exchange of words, and that the 20-year-old opened a folding knife she was carrying with her, so that she made stabbing movements in the direction of the 64-year-old,” the prosecutor’s office said, according to NBC News. Germany is holding a young American woman hostage and threatening her with 10 years in prison after she stabbed a migrant who s*xually assaulted her pic.twitter.com/KFU3gWpDE9 — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 8, 2024 Per NBC News: The woman followed the man, who grabbed the arm she was using to wield the knife, the prosecutor’s office said. She was able to free her arm and stabbed him once in the chest. The man died “within a few seconds,” it said. The prosecutor’s office did not identify either person. The American woman said she acted in self-defense and did not aim for the man’s heart, the prosecutor’s office said. The prosecutor’s office charged the woman with bodily injury resulting in death, agreeing with the notion that she did not purposely aim for the man’s heart. “The accusation of bodily injury resulting in death requires intent only with regard to the bodily injury and (only) negligence with regard to the consequence of death,” the prosecutor’s office said. The prosecutor’s office brought the charge against the woman to Kaiserslautern Regional Court, which will decide how to proceed. “Germany has arrested an American citizen for stabbing an African migrant who sexually assaulted her. The 20-year old woman is facing 10 years in prison. The State Department declined to say whether it is doing anything to help her,” The Daily Wire investigative reporter Luke Rosiak said. Germany has arrested an American citizen for stabbing an African migrant who sexually assaulted her. The 20-year old woman is facing 10 years in prison. The State Department declined to say whether it is doing anything to help her. pic.twitter.com/slPbxQE1oO — Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) December 8, 2024 NEW: A 20-year-old American woman has been charged in Germany for fatally stabbing an Eritrean migrant after an alleged sexual assault. The incident occurred on an escalator where the woman claims the man groped her buttocks, leading to a heated confrontation. According… pic.twitter.com/pSq8LQGFvs — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) December 3, 2024 Daily Mail reports: The American, who lives in Kaiserslautern, told investigators she wanted to keep the man at a distance. When he finally backed away, the woman followed. The Eritrean man grabbed her arm holding the knife and as the woman tried to free herself, she stabbed him in the heart ‘during the same movement’, according to prosecutors. He died within seconds. The woman has been charged with causing bodily harm resulting in death and could be sentenced to up to ten years in prison at youth court. She claimed that she did not intentionally aim for the man’s heart and argued that she acted in self defence to keep him at a distance. ‘The public prosecutor’s office does not believe that the stabbing was justified by self-defence,’ a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office told German tabloid Bild.

President-Elect Donald Trump has called on Russia President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war, pointing to the fall of Russia ally, Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria as proof of Russia’s “weakened state.”

NBC News reporter interviewed Donald Trump. He explained how he hopes to make America great. President Trump has made it clear that this administration is not about retribution. His retribution will be a successful country. His focus is on energy, prices, crime, immigration, and border security. PRESIDENT TRUMP: Our shared SUCCESS is going to bring […] The post Great Interview with DJT: This Is Making America Great Again appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

President-elect Donald Trump said during an interview over the weekend that he will not separate families who have family members illegally in the United States — he will instead give them the option to all be deported together. Trump made the remarks during an interview that aired Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” with Kristen Welker when the host accused Trump of separating families during his first term in office. “We don’t have to separate a family,” Trump said. “We’ll send the whole family, very humanely, back to the country where they came. That way, the family’s not separated.” Trump said that what will happen will depend on the family in question, as some may prefer just to send the illegal alien member of their family back to their country of origin. “We need deterrence. Look, ready? When somebody comes here illegally, they’re going out,” Trump said. “It’s very simple. When they come here illegally, they’re going out. Now, if they come here illegally, but their family is here legally, then the family has a choice. The person that came in illegally can go out, or they can all go out together.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE WATCH: Trump on deporting illegal aliens: “We don’t have to separate families. We’ll send the whole family, very humanely, back to the country where they came. That way the family’s not separated. … The person that came in illegally can go out, or they can all go out together. ” pic.twitter.com/vKACqQ653z — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) December 8, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump‘s incoming border czar, Tom Homan, emphasized he will not be deterred by Democrat-led areas that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities seeking out illegal immigrants, particularly those who pose a threat to the community. During an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures” with anchor Maria Bartiromo, Homan said he wanted to “make something clear” to so-called sanctuary states and cities that are gearing up to push back on the second Trump administration’s plan to tackle the border crisis. Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan sends a message to Democrat officials vowing to give sanctuary to criminal illegal aliens: “Let us in the jail— it’s safer for everybody… We’re going to send agents out on Day One.” pic.twitter.com/GvuL4ATDno — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 8, 2024 “I want to send them a clear message,” Homan said. “If you let us in the jail, we can arrest the bad guy in the jail, in the safety and security of the jail. One officer could do that. But when you release the public safety threat back in the community, you put the community at risk. You put my officers at risk. You put the alien at risk.” Homan, who previously served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), explained what he expects would happen under such a scenario. “You’re going to release that guy in the community, I’m going to send an entire team to go look for the guy in your community,” Homan said. “And what’s going to happen? We will find that guy. And when we find that guy, there’s probably going to be others — others that are not a priority. However, if they’re in the country illegally, they will be arrested too, because we’re not going to tell an immigration officer, like the Biden administration did, that you’re going to turn your back on a known immigration illegal.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Immigration officers have an “oath to uphold,” regardless of opposition, Homan stressed. “You are forcing us into a community at large numbers where other non-priority aliens will be arrested. That’s the result, the exact result you don’t want,” Homan said. “So let us in the jail. It’s safer for everybody and it’s the right thing to do to the security communities. What we’re going to do, Maria, we’re going to target, as I say, public safety threats, national security threats.” Looking ahead to the second Trump administration, which is set to begin on January 20, Homan predicted that his efforts will begin right away. He also addressed Bartiromo’s question about whether he expects the military to get involved. “We’re going to send agents out on day one,” Homan said. “We’re already working on targeting. DoD [Department of Defense], they have helped every administration. We would like DoD to help us in a lot of areas in transportation and infrastructure building, intelligence, and targeting. But a sworn immigration officer with immigration authority will be making those arrests.”