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- The Hill
Shapiro advises Mamdani to rein in ‘blatantly antisemitic' supporters
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) advised New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to rein in 'blatantly antisemitic' supporters, according to a new Jewish Insider interview. 'I'll say this about Mamdani or any other leader,' Shapiro said, according to Jewish Insider. 'If you want to lead New York, you want to lead Pennsylvania, you want to lead the United States of America, you're a leader.' 'I don't care if you're a Republican or Democratic leader or a democratic socialist leader,' he added. 'You have to speak and act with moral clarity, and when supporters of yours say things that are blatantly antisemitic, you can't leave room for that to just sit there. You've got to condemn that.' Mamdani, a democratic socialist, recently shocked American political observers with his win over political heavyweight and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for mayor. He has also faced criticism over remarks he made in which he avoided condemning the phrase 'globalize the intifada' and likened it to the Warsaw ghetto uprising amid the Holocaust. Pro-Palestinian activists have maintained that the phrase only refers to liberation for Palestinians to have the right to their own state and doesn't endorse calls for violence. However, pro-Israel activists and many Jewish people see the phrase as calling for a worldwide uprising to enact violence against Zionists, who back Israel's existence, and Jewish people more broadly. Mamdani has said he would not use the phrase and would dissuade others from using it amid scrutiny over his unwillingness to fully condemn the expression, multiple outlets reported recently.
Fox News
19 minutes ago
- Fox News
CNN hosts dismiss new Russiagate evidence as 'distraction' from Epstein files: Shouldn't 'even be repeating'
CNN hosts dismissed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's Wednesday press conference about the Obama administration's role in perpetuating Russiagate as a distraction part of a retribution campaign. Gabbard doubled down at a White House press briefing Wednesday, alleging the Obama administration promoted a "contrived narrative" that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Numerous Democratic Party figures were named in the briefing where she declared, "There is irrefutable evidence that details how President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false." Gabbard also brought up a newly declassified intelligence report's findings claiming Russia had intelligence that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was taking "heavy tranquilizers," which former President Barack Obama and Democratic Party leaders allegedly found to be "extraordinarily alarming." CNN host Brianna Keilar said the claims laid out by Gabbard were part of Trump's efforts to "change the topic" from questions about the Epstein files, using Russiagate narratives to "chum the waters." She then turned to CNN's chief national affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny to "talk us through a little bit about this issue, but also what it's distracting from." "The bottom line to all of this is, this is the retribution campaign that President Trump has long promised, and it's a new distraction campaign that he is eagerly hoping works to avoid questions and move on from questions about Jeffrey Epstein," Zeleny said. "Retribution, obviously, to Hillary Clinton, and distracting, trying to change the subject." Gabbard delivering this particular message, he said, is a cynical ploy to win back the base. "There is no better way to get back in the good graces, or try at least try to do so, than embrace one of the president's largely conspiracy theories and just the favorite old tropes going back to the 2016 campaign," he said. Zeleny went on to dismiss the allegations as not even worth repeating. "But we should point out that these are some pretty far out-there allegations. Saying the Russian intelligence community had information that Hillary Clinton was on tranquilizers at the time. This was in no way verified. We have no idea. I mean, this is hardly information that we should even be repeating," Zeleny said. "Never mind that it's, you know, some years after the fact, eight years, more than that, after the fact, but also just look at the source," he added. "But look, this is what this White House wants to talk about, and I'm not sure that we should spend that much more time on it, frankly." The White House told Fox News Digital that "fake news CNN" can't stand that "President Trump was proven right again." "Director Gabbard declassified documents in the name of transparency to show the world that the Obama administration was indeed behind the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. Those who participated in criminal activity will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law," – White House spokesperson Davis R. Ingle told Fox News Digital. Trump has alienated parts of his base in recent weeks, as he has gotten involved in foreign wars and denied the existence of the Epstein list, breaking key promises of his campaign. Trump, in turn, has disavowed parts of his base, ranging from acknowledging he will upset the "radical right" by allowing illegal immigrant workers to stay in the country to telling conservatives focused on Epstein, "I don't want their support anymore!"
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House Republicans head home for recess, sure to face Epstein questions when they get there
House lawmakers ran to catch flights Wednesday afternoon -- leaving for their August recess a day early -- without taking a substantive vote on releasing the Epstein files. On their way out the door, some Republicans acknowledged they're bracing for serious Epstein-related questions from the MAGA base when they get home. "If you ask my staff, which I do all the time, what's the number one phone call that we're getting? This topic is the number one reason that people call," Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said. Several Republican members who spent years hyping up the Epstein case remained restrained in criticizing the White House's handling of the matter. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said the administration has done more to investigate the matter and provide transparency. Asked if the White House promised more than it has delivered, Luna replied, "They have asked for that unsealing. The court denied it, which I would say that the court needs to put that out there. It doesn't necessarily mean that they're done with it." Members of the House Oversight Committee are preparing to briefly interrupt their break for a trip to a federal prison in Florida on Aug. 11 after the panel formally subpoenaed Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell Wednesday for a deposition. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., who pushed to compel Maxwell's testimony, called her a "liar" and a "dirtbag." Asked why subpoena her if she can't be trusted, Burchett said, "Well, because the one thing we got holding over her head is, if we find out she lies, she goes back to her original sentence, and that's looking at lifetime. And if she's looking at maybe parlaying this into reducing her sentence, then we could have some leverage there." Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has gone farthest among Republicans in criticizing Trump's handling of the issue, said he believes the president is hurtling toward a potential breaking point with his base. "The Epstein thing is symbolic, and it encapsulates why people were so excited to vote for Trump. And so it's not going to go away over August. I think it'll get stronger," Massie told us. "The MAGA base, they voted for a Republican majority, and they voted for Donald Trump to be president, to reach the untouchables, because there's always been this class of people that seems to be above and beyond the law. And so the Epstein files are about reaching those people," Massie said. Massie confirmed he won't back away from his effort to procedurally force a vote on releasing Epstein records when the House comes back after Labor Day. Asked if he thought the MAGA base could wait until after the recess for answers, Massie replied, "They shouldn't have to wait another day." Meanwhile, Democrats are reveling in the GOP infighting. The Wall Street Journal reported, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., pounced. "I am shocked. Based on his behavior over the last 10 days, I can't believe he's in the files. Who would have ever guessed that?" he asked sarcastically.
