FIREWORKS! George Stephanopoulos Battles Nancy Mace in Explosive Showdown About Her Backing Trump — Despite Jury Finding He’s Liable for Rape Joe DePaoloMar 10th, 2024, 12:23 pm 6881 comments
George Stephanopoulos and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) battled for 10 minutes, Sunday, on the latter’s support of former President Donald Trump — despite the fact that two civil juries have found him liable of rape.
In one of the more contentious Sunday show interviews in recent memory, Stephanopoulos and the congresswoman battled on ABC’s This Week — with the fireworks starting right out of the gate. Stephanoulos opened the segment by playing testimony from Mace in the South Carolina legislature in which she revealed she was a victim of rape.
“Two separate juries have found [Trump] liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape,” Stephanopoulos said. “How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?”
Mace was indignant in her response.
“I was raped at the age of 16,” Mace said. “And any rape victim will tell you — I’ve lived for 30 years with an incredible amount of shame over being raped. I didn’t come forward because of that judgment and shame that I felt. And it’s a shame that you will never feel, George. And I’m not going to sit here on your show and be asked a question meant to shame me about another, potential rape victim.”
“It’s actually not about shaming you,” Stephanopoulos said.
“No you are shaming me!” Mace replied.
“You’ve endorsed Donald Trump for president,” Stephanopoulos said. “Donald Trump has been found liable for rape by a jury. Donald Trump has been found liable for defaming the victim of that rape by a jury. It’s been affirmed by a judge.”
“It’s not a criminal court case, number one,” Mace said. “Number two, I live with shame, and you’re asking me a question about my political choices, trying to shame me as a rape victim, and I find it disgusting.”
The congresswoman went on to attack E. Jean Carroll — the victim of the rape for which Trump was held liable.
“Quite frankly, E. Jean Carroll’s comments when she did get the judgment, joking about what she was going to buy, it makes it harder for women to come forward when they make a mockery out of rape,” Mace said. “When they joke about it.”
“Women won’t come forward because they’re defamed by those who perpetrate rape,” Stephanopoulos said.
The two continued to battle — with Mace taking offense in Stephanopoulos asking why she is supporting a man found by two juries to be liable of rape.
“As a rape victim who’s been shamed for years now because of her rape, you’re trying to shame me again by asking me this political question,” Mace said.
“You’ve repeated that again, and again, and again,” Stephanopouos said.
“It’s offensive!” Mace shot back.
Later, after Mace again noted that the verdict against Trump came in a civil court rather than a criminal court, Stephanopoulos asked, “Is that the distinction you’re making? A civil judgment is OK but a criminal judgment is not.”
“This is different!” Mace insisted
After additional back-and-forth, Mace fumed, “What you’ve done is offensive to women who have been raped. What you’ve done this morning is offensive.”
Unfazed, Stephanopoulos replied, “We’ll let the viewers decide about that.”
From there, the battle raged on — with Stephanopoulos confronting Mace about her flip-flop on whether Trump should hold office in the wake of the Jan. 6 attacks.
Sen. Katie Britt acknowledges anecdote used to criticize Biden’s border policies didn’t happen during his presidency Sam Fossum By Samantha Waldenberg, Sam Fossum and Michelle Shen, CNN 2 minute read Updated 5:23 PM EDT, Sun March 10, 2024
CNN — Alabama Sen. Katie Britt on Sunday acknowledged that the graphic anecdote she employed to criticize President Joe Biden’s border policies didn’t occur during his presidency.
During the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Thursday, Britt described a woman’s story of being “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at age 12” before saying, “President Biden’s border crisis is a disgrace. It’s despicable. And it’s almost entirely preventable.”
Asked by Fox News’ Shannon Bream on Sunday whether she meant to give the impression that the story had taken place during Biden’s time in office, Britt responded: “No, Shannon,” before criticizing the president’s border policies.
“I very clearly said I spoke to a woman who told me about when she was trafficked when she was 12. So I didn’t say a teenager, I didn’t say a young woman, a grown woman. A woman, when she was trafficked, when she was 12,” Britt said.
In a detailed video posted on TikTok on Friday, freelance journalist Jonathan Katz tracked down what appears to be the story Britt referenced and found that it happened in Mexico in the mid-2000s.
Katz cited a 2023 press release from Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who, along with Sens. Britt and Cindy Hyde-Smith, went to Eagle Pass, Texas, in January 2023 – shortly after Britt took office – to hear from Karla Jacinto Romero, a human trafficking survivor, among others.
“The Senators learned about cartel activity in Mexico and the work being done to rescue victims of human trafficking,” the press release said.
Jacinto Romero has shared her story publicly, including in a 2015 hearing on sex trafficking held by the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Human Rights. Through a translator, she said that for four years, starting from the age of 12, she was “emotionally and sexually violated time and time again.” She explained how, at age 16, she was able to escape to a shelter and “grow into the activist” she became.
Britt has previously referenced the story she gave Thursday – including on Capitol Hill on September 27, 2023, according to her social media account.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates told CNN in a statement Sunday, “Instead of telling more debunked lies to justify opposing the toughest bipartisan border legislation in modern history, Senator Britt should stop choosing human smugglers and fentanyl traffickers over our national security and the Border Patrol Union.”
Senate Republicans last month blocked a major bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package that would have enacted restrictive border measures amid a torrent of attacks on the bill by former President Donald Trump and top House Republicans.
Young Republicans Leader Charged With 'Sexual Torture'
The leader of a local Young Republicans chapter in Alabama was arrested last week in connection with the death of another man, with charges against him including a count of "sexual torture."
On Thursday, deputies with the Madison County Sheriff's Office discovered a dead body later identified as 54-year-old Derek Franklin Walls of Harvest, Alabama, after being called to a home on the 1700 block of Capshaw Road. Later that same day, it was announced that deputies had arrested 36-year-old Kyle Hayden Lewter in connection with Walls' death.
Lewter is a well-known member of the community, having served as chairman since 2022 for the Madison County chapter of the Young Republicans National Federation (YRNF), a political organization dedicated to registered GOP members between the ages of 18 and 40. According to a personal listing uncovered by a local CBS News affiliate, he was also an administrator of clinical research at the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
The same affiliate also noted that Walls was the son of Clarence Walls, a former Alabama Republican Party staffer who passed away in 2021.
According to authorities, Walls died after a "physical altercation" that did not involve a firearm. They also confirmed that he and Lewter were known to each other prior to their alleged encounter. His exact cause of death is pending an autopsy.
"As we reported the victim and offender knew each other and got into a physical altercation that resulted in the victim being injured," the sheriff's office wrote in an official Facebook post on Friday. "It appears he died as a result of those injuries. Detectives are awaiting autopsy results, but again we have confirmed that the victim was not shot."
Lewter has since been booked at the Madison County Jail, with the sheriff's office ordering him "to be held without the possibility of posting a bond." Among the charges leveled against him in connection with Walls' death, he faces one count of "sexual torture," with the specific charge alleging "sexual abuse using inanimate object." It is unclear based on currently available information what Lewter allegedly did that resulted in this charge.
Newsweek reached out to the Madison County Sheriff's Office via email on Sunday evening for comment. Any responses received will be added to this story in a later update.
Walls' family has set up a GoFundMe page to help cover funeral expenses. As of Sunday evening, it had raised $2,590 of its $5,000 goal.
Conservatives seize counselor shortage to press school chaplains
Conservative states are pushing to allow chaplains in public schools, in theory to help solve a persistent shortage of counselors.
Why it matters: The youth mental health crisis and an uptick in school shootings have plagued the education system. But the idea of putting religious figures on school grounds has drawn sharp criticism for constitutional and safety reasons from civil rights groups, faith groups and chaplains themselves.
Since Texas introduced it own blueprint last year, allowing schools to use safety funds to hire chaplains who do not have the same licensing as counselors, similar bills have ricocheted across more than a dozen states including Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Utah and Kansas.
In Oklahoma, chaplain bills recently fell apart, though critics warn they might not be gone forever.
In some states' bills, parental consent is not required, nor is the level of training, expertise and licensing typically required of school counselors.
"It is not the role of public schools to serve the kids with regard to their religious needs," Holly Hollman, general counsel of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the daughter of a chaplain, told Axios.
By the numbers: The ratio for students to counselors in U.S. schools was 385:1 for the 2022-2023 school year, per the American School Counselor Association. The association recommends 250:1.
A counselor typically serves as a career guide who also deals with social/emotional learning, academic struggles, relationships, bullying and harassment.
Experts recommend schools have counselors, psychologists and social workers. However, that ratio was 1,119:1, more than double the recommendation.
State of play: Florida's legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would allow unlicensed chaplains to volunteer at public schools. It will become law in July if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) doesn't veto it, which is not expected.
The only requirement is chaplains pass a background check and allow their name and religious affiliation be posted on the school's website.
While the bill's sponsor brushed off objections, saying chaplains have been in "institutions for centuries," detractors raised alarm bells over the distinction between chaplains being available in a school versus a prison, hospital or military post.
"We think that that is a violation of the Constitution and goes beyond even the rulings of the Supreme Court has issued recently." Nancy Lawther, Florida PTA legislation committee chair, told Axios.
Zoom out: States that have pursued chaplains in schools argue the U.S. Supreme Court is on their side.
They point to a 2022 decision in support of a fired Washington football coach who would publicly pray with players following games.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court said those prayers are constitutional as long as students are not coerced to participate. States argue the same reasoning applies to chaplains providing counseling services.
The National School Chaplain Association didn't immediately to Axios' request for comment.
The big picture: There's a shortage in practically every role in the U.S. school community, from substitute teachers to bus drivers, often forcing whoever is available to perform multiple duties, from administrative tasks to actual crisis response.
School counseling as a profession has a pipeline problem, with education costs to meet masters degree requirements a major barrier. That's along with low pay, few pathways to enter the field and the expectation of performing several extra duties.
The counselor job has also become more politicized, with some getting doxxed or subjected to right-wing, misinformation-driven attacks, often related to the conservative angst around youth gender identity and sexual orientation.
Reality check: Texas required school boards to weigh in on allowing chaplains and how such programs would look look, which some have delicately sidestepped or outright rejected.
In Florida, Lawther said she expects school board attorneys will be "burning the midnight oil" to set parameters around what's considered a permissible program.
Facing a constitutional burden, "as in Texas, the larger districts may say, 'No thanks,'" she said.
Between the lines: Those who oppose the school chaplain movement say it reflects a rise in Christian nationalism in the U.S. — even as most young people sour on religion.
Florida state Sen. Shev Jones (D), who voted against the state's legislation, speculated it could be a springboard for the legislature to expand on in the future.
He implored for his colleagues to apply the energy and time on school chaplains "to push for mental health services for our children and funding more counselors in our schools."
For now, the focus remains in other areas. Last year, Florida passed a bill requiring local boards mandate the state motto be displayed in all its schools.
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro ordered to report to jail on March 19
He was sentenced to four months for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 panel.
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro has been ordered to report to jail in Miami on March 19 to begin his four-month sentence after he defied a subpoena from the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Navarro was convinced in September of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the committee.
According to court papers filed late Sunday night by Navarro's attorneys, he must report to prison in Miami by March 19 at 2 p.m. ET.
"Dr. Navarro has now been ordered to report to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, FCI Miami, on or before 2:00PM EDT on March 19, 2024," Navarro's attorney said. "Accordingly, Dr. Navarro respectfully reiterates his request for an administrative stay."
Navarro, who was not allowed to stay out of jail pending his appeal, has been trying to convince a federal appeals court to stay his sentence while he attempts to overturn his conviction.
In testimony during Navarro's trial, former Jan. 6 committee staff director David Buckley said the House panel had been seeking to question Navarro about efforts to delay Congress' certification of the 2020 election, a plan Navarro dubbed the "Green Bay Sweep" in his book, "In Trump Time."
Navarro unsuccessfully argued that former President Donald Trump had asserted executive privilege over his testimony and document production.
In a statement issued in response to the order, Navarro called his case "a landmark constitutional case that will eventually determine whether the constitutional separation of powers is preserved, whether executive privilege will continue to exist as a bulwark against partisan attacks by the legislative branch, and whether executive privilege will remain, as President George Washington pioneered, a critical instrument of effective presidential decision-making."
"That's worth fighting for on behalf of all Americans," Navarro said.
Navarro would become the first former Trump adviser to report to jail for actions related to the Jan. 6 attack.
Trump says he considers Facebook ‘an enemy of the people’
Former President Trump on Monday said he views Facebook as “an enemy of the people” as he reiterated his opposition to a ban on TikTok.
“Frankly, there are a lot of people on TikTok that love it. There are a lot of young kids on TikTok who will go crazy without it. There are a lot of users,” Trump said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
“There’s a lot of good and a lot of bad with TikTok. But the thing I don’t like is, without TikTok you can make Facebook bigger. And I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people, along with the media,” Trump added.
CNBC journalists noted Trump previously described TikTok as a national security threat during his first term in the White House.
Trump said he still believes that’s the case, saying the government must protect Americans’ “privacy and data rights.”
“If you look at some of our American companies … they’re not so American,” Trump said. “They deal in which, and if China wants anything from them, they will give it. So that’s a national security risk also,” he said.
“But when I look at it, I’m not looking to make Facebook double the size, and if you ban TikTok, Facebook and others, but mostly Facebook, will be a big beneficiary,” Trump added.
The former president confirmed he recently met with Jeff Yass, a major GOP donor and investor in TikTok. But he said Yass did not bring up TikTok during the conversation.
Trump last Friday voiced skepticism about banning TikTok after lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation that would require the app’s China-based parent company ByteDance to divest from ownership or face a U.S. ban.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously advanced the legislation Thursday.
When Trump was in office in 2020, he vowed to ban the video-based social media app from operating in the U.S. and issued an order calling on ByteDance to divest from TikTok’s U.S. operations. However, the order was later blocked in court.
Facebook banned Trump in January 2021 in the wake of the Capitol riots, during which hundreds of his supporters attempted to stop the certification of the 2020 election results.
The former president spent months spreading false claims about the election on social media in the lead-up to the insurrection.
Meta, which is Facebook’s parent company, reinstated Trump last year.
He was for banning TicTok until he met with one of its billionaire investors. Now he's against banning TicTok. Things that make you go hmmmm for $500 Alex.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Well, I guess this is one way to spend campaign money lmao
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
I'd like to get some Republican/conservative perspective on what they think is happening to the RNC right now.
From my perspective, I see a lot of arguments saying "Stop making everything about Trump!" Meanwhile, Trump takes over the RNC, guts it and pretty much turns it into an engine just for him, with a puppet chair.
I'd be a little concerned on that front if I were still a Republican.
Blue ostriches on crack float on milkshakes between the sidewalk titans of gurglefitz. --YTown
Your description is obviously what has happened. He made it plain who he wanted to run it. He made it plain his daughter in law should be second in charge. The Republican party did exactly as they were told to do.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I may be showing my ignorance here, but isn't this how it usually works (more or less) once someone has the nomination locked up?
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
My understanding is that the Convention basically gets behind whoever the candidate is and then they throw their resources behind getting them elected, but they still remain "apart." Before that, they're supposed to maintain neutrality.
You never really saw a campaign basically take over the RNC. Here, we have the candidate putting in his daughter-in-law as co-chair, with quite the culling to ensure loyalty. Ronna McDaniel, who was in charge of the committee during his last two runs, was basically ousted. Probably doesn't help that her uncle is stepping out of politics this year, too.
Honestly, the closest I had seen this happen before was the 2016 DNC when they screwed over Sanders in favor of Hillary, but that was more the DNC overreaching than a campaign overreaching. Here, I think we have the opposite.
Blue ostriches on crack float on milkshakes between the sidewalk titans of gurglefitz. --YTown
Trump once wanted to get rid of Tic Tok.. He was all for it. Now a one of his large donors who happens to have a stake in Tic Tok wants him to leave it alone so he's jumping off the "hate" tic tok bandwagon and onto the "hate" Facebook bandwagon.
#GMSTRONG
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"Alternative facts hurt us all. Think before you blindly believe." Damanshot
Conservatives seize counselor shortage to press school chaplains
Conservative states are pushing to allow chaplains in public schools, in theory to help solve a persistent shortage of counselors.
Why it matters: The youth mental health crisis and an uptick in school shootings have plagued the education system. But the idea of putting religious figures on school grounds has drawn sharp criticism for constitutional and safety reasons from civil rights groups, faith groups and chaplains themselves.
Since Texas introduced it own blueprint last year, allowing schools to use safety funds to hire chaplains who do not have the same licensing as counselors, similar bills have ricocheted across more than a dozen states including Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Utah and Kansas.
In Oklahoma, chaplain bills recently fell apart, though critics warn they might not be gone forever.
In some states' bills, parental consent is not required, nor is the level of training, expertise and licensing typically required of school counselors.
"It is not the role of public schools to serve the kids with regard to their religious needs," Holly Hollman, general counsel of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the daughter of a chaplain, told Axios.
By the numbers: The ratio for students to counselors in U.S. schools was 385:1 for the 2022-2023 school year, per the American School Counselor Association. The association recommends 250:1.
A counselor typically serves as a career guide who also deals with social/emotional learning, academic struggles, relationships, bullying and harassment.
Experts recommend schools have counselors, psychologists and social workers. However, that ratio was 1,119:1, more than double the recommendation.
State of play: Florida's legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would allow unlicensed chaplains to volunteer at public schools. It will become law in July if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) doesn't veto it, which is not expected.
The only requirement is chaplains pass a background check and allow their name and religious affiliation be posted on the school's website.
While the bill's sponsor brushed off objections, saying chaplains have been in "institutions for centuries," detractors raised alarm bells over the distinction between chaplains being available in a school versus a prison, hospital or military post.
"We think that that is a violation of the Constitution and goes beyond even the rulings of the Supreme Court has issued recently." Nancy Lawther, Florida PTA legislation committee chair, told Axios.
Zoom out: States that have pursued chaplains in schools argue the U.S. Supreme Court is on their side.
They point to a 2022 decision in support of a fired Washington football coach who would publicly pray with players following games.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court said those prayers are constitutional as long as students are not coerced to participate. States argue the same reasoning applies to chaplains providing counseling services.
The National School Chaplain Association didn't immediately to Axios' request for comment.
The big picture: There's a shortage in practically every role in the U.S. school community, from substitute teachers to bus drivers, often forcing whoever is available to perform multiple duties, from administrative tasks to actual crisis response.
School counseling as a profession has a pipeline problem, with education costs to meet masters degree requirements a major barrier. That's along with low pay, few pathways to enter the field and the expectation of performing several extra duties.
The counselor job has also become more politicized, with some getting doxxed or subjected to right-wing, misinformation-driven attacks, often related to the conservative angst around youth gender identity and sexual orientation.
Reality check: Texas required school boards to weigh in on allowing chaplains and how such programs would look look, which some have delicately sidestepped or outright rejected.
In Florida, Lawther said she expects school board attorneys will be "burning the midnight oil" to set parameters around what's considered a permissible program.
Facing a constitutional burden, "as in Texas, the larger districts may say, 'No thanks,'" she said.
Between the lines: Those who oppose the school chaplain movement say it reflects a rise in Christian nationalism in the U.S. — even as most young people sour on religion.
Florida state Sen. Shev Jones (D), who voted against the state's legislation, speculated it could be a springboard for the legislature to expand on in the future.
He implored for his colleagues to apply the energy and time on school chaplains "to push for mental health services for our children and funding more counselors in our schools."
For now, the focus remains in other areas. Last year, Florida passed a bill requiring local boards mandate the state motto be displayed in all its schools.
Trump flip flops on tiktok being evil after billionaire with 10’s of billions at stake invested in tiktok’s CHINESE parent company Bytedance visits him at Mar-a-lago… Trummp just took a payoff to change policy while his China hating cult sleeps on it..
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Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
That whole thing looked sleazy as hell. You know it’s bad when he comes out against something like the TikTok ban and those loyal to him in congress still go ahead and pass it. Even the MAGA caucus was like “yeah, we should still pass this…”
Extremely rare display of “disloyalty.”
Blue ostriches on crack float on milkshakes between the sidewalk titans of gurglefitz. --YTown
Well call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think that Google and Meta/Facebook are silently promoting that “ tic-tok is the pawn of the Chinese government theme” to strengthen their position in the marketplace, and are mad that there is another source for obtaining personal data…
There will be no playoffs. Can’t play with who we have out there and compounding it with garbage playcalling and worse execution. We don’t have good skill players on offense period. Browns 20 - Bears 17.
I don't think that's all that much of a conspiracy. It's more like the way business is ran. They have a financial vested interest in doing away with their top competitor.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Michael Whatley, an ally of Donald J. Trump who took over the Republican National Committee last week, celebrated a series of major changes at the committee in a memo on Thursday and declared that the party would be “a united operation, and a united front” with Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign.
Mr. Whatley was unanimously elected on Friday as the committee’s chair, along with Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, as his co-chair. A whirlwind of changes soon followed, remaking much of the party apparatus from top to bottom.
On Monday, the new leadership team gutted the committee, severing ties with more than 60 officials, including senior staff members. On Tuesday, Christina Bobb, a self-described 2020 election denier and conspiracy theorist on Mr. Trump’s legal team, said she was joining as senior counsel for election integrity.
How about that. The party of law and order has an indicted criminal in charge.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. – Jackie Robinson
GOP nominee to run North Carolina public schools called for violence against Democrats, including executing Obama and Biden
The Republican nominee for superintendent overseeing North Carolina’s public schools and its $11 billion budget has a history marked by extreme and controversial comments, including sharing baseless conspiracy theories and frequent calls for the execution of prominent Democrats.
Michele Morrow, a conservative activist who last week upset the incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina’s Republican primary, expressed support in 2020 for the televised execution of former President Barack Obama and suggested killing then-President-elect Joe Biden.
In other comments on social media between 2019 and 2021 reviewed by CNN’s KFile, Morrow made disturbing suggestions about executing prominent Democrats for treason, including Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chuck Schumer and other prominent people such as Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates.
“I prefer a Pay Per View of him in front of the firing squad,” she wrote in a tweet from May 2020, responding to a user sharing a conspiracy theory who suggested sending Obama to prison at Guantanamo Bay. “I do not want to waste another dime on supporting his life. We could make some money back from televising his death.”
In another post in May 2020, she responded to a fake Time Magazine cover that featured art of Obama in an electric chair asking if he should be executed.
“Death to ALL traitors!!” Morrow responded.
In yet another comment, Morrow suggested in December 2020 killing Biden, who at that time was president-elect, and has said he would ask Americans to wear a mask for 100 days.
“Never. We need to follow the Constitution’s advice and KILL all TRAITORS!!! #JusticeforAmerica,” she wrote.
CNN reached out to Morrow and her campaign multiple times but did not receive a response.
From activist to candidate
Last Tuesday, Morrow defeated Catherine Truitt, the incumbent North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the Republican primary. Morrow, a registered nurse and grassroots activist who homeschooled her children, ran on a platform of supporting parental rights and opposing critical race theory.
As superintendent, Morrow would oversee the state’s public school system and help set educational priorities, manage the school system’s budgets, and work with the state’s Board of Education to set and implement curriculum standards. Her website lists endorsements by “conservative school boards” but remains light on changes she’d make if elected.
Morrow has in the past called public schools “socialism centers” and “indoctrination centers.”
In a campaign speech in February, Morrow advocated for a constitutional amendment to abolish the state Board of Education, which sets policies and procedures for public schools in the state. Doing away with the board would put direct control over the state’s education agenda under the superintendent and the state legislature, which is currently controlled by Republicans.
“I’d like to see a constitutional amendment to get rid of the state Board of Education,”she said. “If the superintendent is elected and works under the legislature - knowing that they’re accountable to the legislature to oversee the DPI and to oversee and have impact into the superintendents in the 115 districts, I think we would be so much better off because you don’t have all these extra people right in mix.”
Morrow has espoused a wide range of extreme views on social media in recent years. Many of her past extreme comments were made on her now-dormant personal Twitter account — which is separate from her campaign account.
Morrow also promoted QAnon slogans and tweeted that the actor Jim Carrey was “… likely searching for adrenochrome” – a reference to a conspiracy theory shared by QAnon believers that celebrities harvest and drink the blood of children to prolong their own lives. Media Matters, a left-leaning publication, was first to report the QAnon tweets.
All together, Morrow tweeted “WWG1WGA” – the slogan that stands for “where we go one, we go all” and is commonly associated with the QAnon conspiracy – more than seven times in 2020.
Central to QAnon lore is the notion of the “Storm,” a belief there will be a day when thousands will purportedly be arrested, subjected to military tribunals, and face mass executions for their alleged crimes, with Donald Trump leading efforts to dismantle them alongside other QAnon “patriots.”
Violent fantasies about executing Democrats
Morrow’s post about publicly executing Obama was just one of numerous she has made espousing carrying out violent fantasies against Democrats.
On Twitter, the platform now known as X, and on the now-defunct conservative Twitter alternative, Parler, Morrow used the hashtag “#DeathtoTraitors” a combined 12 times – usually in relation to prominent Democrats.
“Obama did it. Hillary did it. Schiff did it. Comey did it. Yates did it. Holder did it. Clapper did it. Gates did it. Fauci did it. Time for #WeThePeople to DO IT and #DrainTheSwamp!!!!! #NoJusticeNoCountry #DeathToTraitors #ProsecuteThemNow #TakeBackAmerica .@dbongino #KAG,” she wrote in one tweet from May 2020,
In another post from July 2019, Morrow targeted Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Democrats, suggesting their impending death for unspecified “treason.”
“@IlhanMN and her other law-hating Dems must be getting a little nervous. Are they just realizing the punishment for treason is death?!?” Morrow wrote.
In a post on Parler, Morrow used the hashtag #deathtotraitors in discussing the Democratic governors of North Carolina and New York, Cooper and Cuomo. Morrow publicized her Parler handle in a tweet and CNN found the deleted Parler posts on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
“Our Communist sympathizer, Comrade Cooper, has the same plans for NC!Expose them NOW!Can we we see the CCP list, @SecPompeo??? #PrisonTimeforFederalCrimes #DeathToTraitors #FreeOurCitizens,” Morrow wrote in 2020, discussing restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In other posts on Parler, Morrow shared posts from other users and a QAnon account about locking up Democrats at Guantanamo Bay and prisons.
Morrow’s ire also went beyond Democrats, including one post in December 2020 calling for putting Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia in prison after he certified Georgia’s results for Joe Biden in that year’s presidential election.
Shared conspiracies and made anti-Muslim comments
In other comments, Morrow repeatedly shared the false claim that Obama was Muslim, called Islam evil, and expressed belief in a conspiracy theory that tens of thousands of Chinese troops were stationed in Canada to invade the United States to help Joe Biden become president.
“Tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers are already in Canada and probably Mexico waiting for orders to invade,” she wrote on January 8, 2021.
In another post from September 2019, Morrow said that Barack Obama (referred to as B.O.) was a puppet for the “Deep State” and the “Muslim movement” and suggested he pay the highest penalty for his alleged crimes.
“B.O. was a puppet for the Deep State and the Muslim movement to destroy our Constitutional Republic. We cannot give up until ALL the guilty pay the highest penalty for their crimes. We will lose our country #SAVEOURNATION #JusticeForAll #TraitorsMustPay
“The DEEP STATE globalists and Muslim extremists, intent on destroying America, placed Omar and MANY others into our govt. #WakeUpAmerica #IslamIsEvil #ToleranceIsDeadly,” she wrote in January 2020.
In one post, Morrow said Muslims should be banned from elected office in the United States and said Rep. Omar, who came to the United States as a refugee, should, “head back to Somalia.”
And you know, it's not so bad when people such as her are nothing more than random posters on a message board. However, putting them in charge of an entire states education system that has over one million students is a different matter all together.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
My understanding is that the Convention basically gets behind whoever the candidate is and then they throw their resources behind getting them elected, but they still remain "apart." Before that, they're supposed to maintain neutrality.
You never really saw a campaign basically take over the RNC. Here, we have the candidate putting in his daughter-in-law as co-chair, with quite the culling to ensure loyalty. Ronna McDaniel, who was in charge of the committee during his last two runs, was basically ousted. Probably doesn't help that her uncle is stepping out of politics this year, too.
Honestly, the closest I had seen this happen before was the 2016 DNC when they screwed over Sanders in favor of Hillary, but that was more the DNC overreaching than a campaign overreaching. Here, I think we have the opposite.
I actually LIKE Laura Trump in there. It’s almost guaranteed Donny will bankrupt the RNC and kill the lower ballot candidates. If we keep Trump out of office and he fleeces them, they’ll be a decade or more trying to rebound. Personally, I think the complete RNC takeover screams desperation for cash, and if things go south in Trump’s campaign, he use every dime they have and bring in to pay his personal attorney bills and or his judgements. The whole world knows he’s all but broke at this point.
But this clip is fuel for those that dispise him and makes it obvious that Laura is playing the role of Trump’s puppet in the RNC building. Trump is now a big loser at the polls, has his hands in the RNC’s pockets, and they are all-in on re-electing that traitor. What could go wrong? Lmfao@GOPers.
Last edited by OldColdDawg; 03/15/2406:57 PM.
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
The way I see it, if people are ignorant enough to elect these trash ass GOPer fascists, then they deserve whatever they get. I feel sorry for the kids that will be forcefully indoctrinated into the White Nationalist Fascist MAGA Party. This will be a state where the schools will look a lot like scenes from the Hand Maid’s Tale.
IMHO, education should not be allowed to be political and anyone indoctrinating kids into HATE GROUPS should be handed their asses and shown the door. I would prefer a more violent end for that.
And that goes for anyone regardless of political affiliation.
Also, stories like this make me feel like we don’t kill enough people for the stupid ass crap they pull. We should be publicly executing traitors, kicking trash like MGT, Boebert, Jordan, and Gaetz out of politics. I remember when people like that couldn’t sniff a job in government let alone hold a seat. And if you want to know why America is going to hell in a hand basket carried by Trumpians… Just look at the quality of the people in congress now, and how well that is working out. You have a blonde tramp and brunette bimbo yelling profanities at POTUS, cussing reporters, and generally being a POS people. Then you have the absurdity of the right and it’s lies, alt facts, pinheaded twits who think Trump is a savior, and those that want to worship him like a golden idol. For Trump? I can’t fathom why people are still into him.
Last edited by OldColdDawg; 03/15/2407:22 PM.
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
I know Pence said he wouldn't endorse Trump. That isn't the same as saying he wouldn't vote for him. Pence has said he would never vote for President Biden.
I will admit there may not be much distinction between the two.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
I can't believe that Nancy Mace is that dumb. What he was asking basically is how she can support a rapist? She comes back with Fake outrage over her own rape. He should have asked her if she would support her rapist just to see how she handles that question.
#GMSTRONG
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that’s the entire GOP in a nutshell bro. Man you can’t make this crap up. We’re doomed.