Former President Donald Trump on Wednseday flipped the script on an ABC reporter who asked him about pardoning January 6 protesters. Trump appeared in person at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention on Wednesday, where his exchanges with ABC News’ Rachel Scott turned heated. “You’ve called yourself the candidate of law and order,” Scott said, noting that Trump has said he would consider pardoning all January 6 protesters despite police officers getting assaulted that day. Trump gives masterful response to a gotcha question about J6: "Let me bring it back to modern day, like about five days ago. We had a horrible attack on the Capitol. People spraying these incredible monuments with red paint that will never actually come off, especially on the… pic.twitter.com/HLOunJiI5Y — TheBlaze (@theblaze) July 31, 2024 “Were the people who assaulted those 140 officers, including those I just mentioned, patriots who deserve pardons?” Scott asked. “Well, let me bring it back to modern day, like about five days ago,” Trump responded. “We had an attack on the Capitol, a horrible attack on the Capitol,” he continued, referencing the anti-Israel protests in Washington, D.C., over the past week. “You saw the people that were protesting and spraying these incredible monuments, bells, lions, all this magnificent limestone and granite with red paint, red spray paint that will never actually come off, especially on the limestone. I’m a builder. I know about this stuff. You’ll see it in a hundred years from now. They viscously attacked our government. They fought with police. They fought with them much more openly than I saw on January 6th. What’s going to happen to those people?” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Trump said he would “absolutely” pardon the January 6 protesters. “If they’re innocent, I would pardon them.” “They’ve been convicted,” Scott retorted. “Well, they were convicted by a very tough system,” Trump said. Trump continued, referencing the 2020 riots that erupted across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “What’s going to happen to the people in Portland that destroyed that city?” the former president asked. “How come the people that tried to burn down Minneapolis, how come the people that took over a large percentage of Seattle, how come nothing happened to them?” “No no no, we’re talking about federal buildings,” Trump said as Scott tried to interrupt. Trump also referenced Ashli Babbitt, the woman who was fatally shot by a Capitol police officer on January 6, noting that “nobody died that day” except for Babbitt. “But people died in Seattle. Nobody died, but people died in Minneapolis,” Trump said. “And nothing happens to those people. But you went after the J6 people with a vengeance.” He also asked, “What about the police that are ushering everybody into the Capitol? Go in, go in, go in. What about that?” Trump’s appearance also started off with a heated exchange as soon as the former president sat down. Scott said she wanted to address the “elephant in the room” and proceeded to list Trump’s alleged slights against minorities, according to her. She accused him of having dinner with a “white supremacist” and “attacking” black journalists, among other things. “Well, first of all, I don’t think I’ve ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner, first question,” Trump responded. “You don’t even say, ‘Hello, how are you?’ Are you with ABC? Because I think they’re a fake news network, a terrible network. And I think it’s disgraceful that I came here in good spirit. I love the black population of this country. I’ve done so much for the black population of this country.” The former president said he has worked to boost black employment, mentioning the Opportunity Zones program with Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), which was part of Trump’s tax cuts. The program involved a federal tax incentive for private investment in economically distressed communities. “She was very rude,” Trump said later. “She didn’t ask me a question. She gave a statement.”

Two-time failed Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams lashed out at CNN this week, falsely claiming that the network was spreading “disinformation” about remarks that she did, in fact, make after losing her first gubernatorial campaign in 2018. Abrams got into a spat with CNN host Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday night after Collins brought up how Abrams denied the results of the 2018 election and insisted that she had won and that the election was stolen. “I do remember the time you told The New York Times, I won,” Collins noted. “You did describe it as a stolen election. The courts did side with the Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, in some of the challenges as well.” Abrams fired back: “Kaitlan, that’s actually incorrect. And normally, I wouldn’t cut you off. But you’re repeating disinformation.” Abrams said that she has “never claimed to be the Governor of Georgia,” which is not something that Collins ever accused her of saying. After losing her election, Abrams refused to concede and claimed dozens of times that “it was a stolen election.” In 2019, Abrams claimed: “I didn’t lose. I got the votes. But we won’t know exactly how many because of how they cheated.” She also claimed in 2019 that she knows in her “heart of hearts, we won.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP WATCH: WATCH: CNN’S KAITLAN COLLINS: “Well, I do remember the time you told the NYT, “I won.” You did describe it as a stolen election.” STACEY ABRAMS: “Kaitlan, that’s actually incorrect. Normally I wouldn’t cut you off, but you’re repeating disinformation.” ?pic.twitter.com/ypF54y44sN — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 31, 2024

You know you’ve charmed the world when you get a nickname, and American gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik is the country’s newest sweetheart. After crushing his performance on the pommel horse during the men’s team finals at the Olympics on July 29, Stephen made history by helping his team achieve bronze, their first medal since 2008. His girlfriend, Tess McCracken, has been by his side the whole way, and spectators can’t help but notice how cute the couple is together. Because Stephen famously wears glasses and takes them off when he goes into performance mode—and he’s a hero of sorts—he’s been dubbed the Clark Kent of gymnastics, making Tess Lois Lane. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stephen Nedoroscik (@stephen_nedoroscik) She told NBC News she finds the attention amusing. “I have people like tagging me, calling me ‘Lois Lane.’ I’m like, ‘OK, I’m not going to be mad about it,'” According to People, Stephen, 25, and Tess, 26, have been together for eight years after meeting in college. She said that even though the they’ve been together a long time, she was not expecting so much attention after Stephen’s performance. “Blowing up on the internet has been such an unexpected side effect of this whole adventure,” she told NBC News. “[Seeing] the general public and the internet … go on and on about him and just make all of these memes — it has been one of the best times,” she continued. “… I love them so much. I’ve retweeted almost every single one.” Tessa Is Stephen Nedoroscik’s Biggest Fan Following her boyfriend’s incredible performance, Tess shared a tribute to Stephen on X, where she posts as @stephens_gf and calls herself, “Ms. Pommel Horse.” She wrote, “History = Made,” she wrote in the caption. “The most insane, magical day watching you close it out to bring home the first team medal for USA in sixteen years Words can’t capture how proud I am of you.” Stephen has another chance to medal in this year’s game during the men’s pommel horse finals on August 3. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Men’s U.S. Gymnastics Fans Have Given Stephen Nedoroscik & His Girlfriend The Most Fitting Nicknames appeared first on InspireMore.

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