CNBC host Jim Cramer lavished praise on Vice President Kamala Harris, leaving his ideas on who she could be entirely unburdened by who she has been.  On the June 22 edition of Squawk on the Street, Cramer lauded Harris as a “globalist” and more sophisticated than President Joe Biden. When CNBC co-anchor Carl Quintanilla tried to characterize Cramer’s remarks, Cramer agreed with his characterization that Harris’ ascent was a “net positive for the markets and for American business.” During the segment, Cramer astonishingly went on to indirectly boost Harris on energy policy, arguing, “Republicans are uniquely bad for oil.” Cramer argued that the GOP drove down the price of oil by allowing excessive drilling. However, this claim completely ignored that the Biden administration aims to eliminate American oil and gas production by pushing net-zero goals. The stupidity didn’t end there. In an obvious sign that he didn’t watch a single 2020 presidential primary debate, Cramer also said that Harris was “much more moderate” than Biden.  Harris’ record shreds any illusion that she is a strong supporter of oil and gas production. The New York Times praised her environmental record in a June 22 article. The article covered her staunch opposition to fracking, a method of natural gas extraction that has helped make the nation energy-independent.  The Times article also mentioned her support for making energy more expensive through a carbon tax. The article also noted that she was an original sponsor of the radical and wasteful “Green New Deal” and took action to try to stop offshore fracking as California’s attorney general.   Harris isn’t pro-business either, her record shows. During the 2020 presidential primaries, Harris supported reversing the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and massively increasing the corporate income tax from 21% to 35%. She also backed taxing stock market trades to help pay for her expensive, government spending wish list. Only minutes after Cramer had finished bloviating on an imaginary pro-business and pro-energy Harris, CNBC Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers shredded this argument. Javers correctly pointed out that Harris had supported the Green New Deal, a plan to replace oil and gas.  He also noted that the supposedly pro-business Harris supported a 35% corporate tax rate. Biden, who Cramer favorably compared Harris to, supported a 28% corporate tax rate. It’s unclear what Cramer is excited about as both these rates are higher than the current rate.  Conservatives are under attack! Contact CNBC at cnbcnewspr@nbcuni.com and demand it distance itself from Cramer’s wild predictions.

ABC’s Good Morning America felt warm and fuzzy inside on Thursday in reacting to President Biden’s Wednesday night Oval Office address about his decision to end his bid for reelection, calling the “historic address” a “love letter to the country he has devoted his life to” and one “for the history books...that not only will preserve his legacy, but now define it.” Even the teases were syrupy. Co-host Robin Roberts boasted of Biden’s “historic address to the nation, passing the torch” to cap “more than half a century in politics” and then co-host and former Clinton flack George Stephanopoulos huffed that Donald Trump spent Wednesday night “repeatedly mispronounicing the Vice President’s name” at a rally.     Chief White House correspondent and lead Biden apple polisher Mary Bruce was in top form, calling it “truly...an address for the history books” with Biden “explaining to the American people...his remarkable decision to pass that torch” (which he did not, in fact, do). “It is a move that not only will preserve his legacy, but now define it...Overnight, in the Oval Office, President Biden explaining directly to the American people his historic decision to bow out of the race, describing it as a patriotic necessity to preserve the country he loves so dearly,” she excitedly proclaimed. Only later after giving Biden long soundbites did Bruce concede he “did make no mention, though, of how he got to this moment”, but wants to “make clear he still has a lot of work he wants to get done”. In the second hour, Bruce reracked a lot of her lunacy, but added this humdinger: “Well, this address from the President last night did feel like Joe Biden’s love letter to the country that he has devoted his life to serving.” She also deployed this rhetorical wet kiss on ABC’s Special Report Wednesday night: This moment from ABC's post-Biden coverage was thrill-up-the-leg stupid. David Muir: “[I]n the end, President Biden believes that what is at stake here is actually larger than any title, larger than even staying in the race himself.” Mary Bruce: “David, the President saying he… pic.twitter.com/redYoXAEdl — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 25, 2024 To their credit, Stephanopoulos and chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl tempered things with the reality that Biden never explicitly outlined why he dropped out and he’ll only be truly heralded as having done the right thing if Harris wins. Pivoting to Trump, Stephanopoulos tossed to congressional correspondent Rachel Scott by lamenting “Trump ramped up his attacks on Kamala Harris at his first campaign rally”, which Scott concurred with by complaining “Trump repeatedly mispronounc[ed] Harris’s name”. The liberal media can hurl invectives at Trump and argue he’s Hitler, but even mild criticism of Democrats like Harris are seen like Scott saw his ripping of Harris: Less than a week ago, Trump called for unity during the Republican National Convention, saying he wanted to be a President for all Americans after surviving an attempted assassination. But, back on the trail, he returned to insults and false claims about the 2020 election....On Capitol Hill, some Republicans taking aim at her identity, naming her a diversity hire or DEI for diversity, equity, inclusion...Sources tell ABC News Speaker Johnson has privately warned Republicans to stop, urging members to focus on her record instead. Later, Karl lamented what he saw Wednesday in Trump’s rally was “Donald Trump from 2016” in which “the notion of any sense of unity” was gone and his 2024 campaign would be about “running very enthusiastically to be the president of half of America”, not “all of America”. Touching again on ABC’s Wednesday night coverage, Scott also fawned over what Biden stepping aside means for young, black girls and, at the end of their hour-long show, political director Rick Klein shared what it was like to watch the speech from the Oval Office (click “expand”): SCOTT: Tonight, President Biden is that bridge to the next generation. He said tonight that it was time to pass the torch. He called it the best way to unite the nation. The President put it bluntly. He said that’s a time and a place for long careers and decades in politics and that there’s a time for fresh voices, fresh faces. And he said that time and place is right now. You know, David, as the President was speaking, I thought back to how President Biden once introduced Kamala Harris to the nation, saying that he was thinking about all the brown and black little girls out there were seeing a black and south Asian woman in a new way, a way they have not ever seen before. Tonight, Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, becomes the first black and south Asian woman on a major party ticket, David. (....) MUIR: Rick, as you know, the networks cover the White House — I’m just explaining for folks at home — there’s always one network that’s the pool — the pool network for these big moments. Tonight, ABC was the pool, which put you right in the room, right in the oval office, a witness to history tonight. What did you make of it? KLEIN: Yeah, David, it was remarkably emotional and intimate. The Oval Office is not a big place. There were about 40 people in there, maybe about 10 or 12 members of the Biden family watching intently. To see the president’s daughter, Ashley Biden, watching with her eyes closed, grabbing her mother’s hand at one point. Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, the grandchildren, all watching intently and watching as they took in the gravity of the moment. And, when the President wrapped up his remarks, they broke into spontaneous applause. Many of hi own aides in the room just felt overcome by that moment. And the President stood next to his wife who came over to him next to the Resolute Desk and said, this was the honor of a lifetime. MUIR: Rick Klein, our Washington bureau chief, in the oval office tonight. Rick, extraordinary to have witnessed that. To see the relevant transcripts, click here (for July 25’s Special Report) and here (for Good Morning America).

You say to-MAY-to and I say to-MAH-to. You say KAM-a-la, and Trump says Ka-MA-la. Let's call the whole thing off!  CNN This Morning devoted an entire segment to their outrage over Trump's allegedly gleeful mispronunciation of Harris's first name, going so far as to prepare a mash-up of several times Trump did it yesterday. Host Kasie Hunt literally turned to a Karen to complain. CNN analyst and former Hillary Clinton aide Karen Finney objected to "the intentionality with which, and almost the glee on his face, when he mispronounces her name." Jonah Goldberg wasn't so sure Trump's mispronunciation was intentional, but he agreed with Finney that it was an attempt to "other" her.   GOLDBERG: He's certainly looking to other her and do all sorts of terrible things to her.  And I don't dispute that for a second.But, like, he mispronounced Buttigieg, his name, all the time too. And people just sometimes get hooked up on this. So I just don't know if -- it could be deliberate. It also might not be.  Really? How is Ka-MA-la any more foreign that KA-ma-la? Neither is exactly Mary Jane. The controversy echoes the pro-Democrat media objecting in 2008 to opponents saying "Barack Hussein Obama." But a country that twice elected Obama is not overly concerned with nomenclature! Hunt ended the segment by claiming that by his pronunciation of Kamala, Trump was trying to "torque" all the reasons "why it has been difficult for women and people of color to get elected in this country." She's not always this ethnically hypersensitive. This the same CNN host who giggled when Chris Christie mocked Team Trump as "Corleones without experience." They did not spend time assessing Kamala Harris campaigning against Trump: “Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, and cheaters who broke the rules for their gain. So hear me when I say -- I know Donald Trump’s type.” Isn't "predator" and "fraudster" harsher than "Ka-MA-la"?  Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 7/25/24 6:17 am EDT DONALD TRUMP: If Kamala will lie to you so brazenly about Joe Biden's mental incapacity, then she will lie to you about anything. She can never, ever be trusted. She can't be trusted. And just like Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris is unfit to lead. And a vote for Kamala is a vote for four more years of dishonesty, incompetence, weakness, and failure. Other than that, she's doing an excellent job. KASIE HUNT: All right. Our panel is back. Karen, you got something to say there? KAREN FINNEY: You know, the intentionality with which, and almost the glee on his face, when he mispronounces his, her name. HUNT: Let me show, we got a mash-up of all the times he does this. Let's watch this because, and I want to Karen pick up out of this too, because it's intentional. And it does matter, I think. Watch. TRUMP: If Kamala Harris gets in . . . Lyin Kamala Harris . . .  Kamala Harris is the most liberal elected politician in American history . . . Kamala threw open our borders . . . Lyin' Kamala Harris. Lyin . . . Kamala! You're fired! Get outta here. You're fired. HUNT: That was all yesterday. And again, it's KA-ma-la. It's not hard, right?  FINNEY: It's easy. Comma. La. That's all you gotta do. Yeah. Look, it's so intentional. It's so obvious. It's othering. It's trying to make her seem like she's some bizarre, not one of us. It's, you know, it's also demeaning, right? Because one of the most basic forms of respect is to pronounce somebody's name or to say, how do you pronounce your name?  And look, I mean, for African-Americans, there's a whole history of, we didn't get to choose our names for a very long time. But most importantly, it's just such a sign of disrespect. And it's such an obvious, intentional way to try to belittle her and demean her on the national stage. As to your point, they're trying to define her as someone who's insignificant. HUNT: Jonah, I'm intrigued by the look on your face.  JONAH GOLDBERG: Look, as someone who mispronounces words all the time. I think that there are people who, in good faith, just mispronounce her name. I think Trump is a grumpy old 78-year-old guy. It might be deliberate. He's certainly looking to other her and do all sorts of terrible things to her.  And I don't dispute that for a second. But, like, he mispronounced Buttigieg, his name, all the time too. And people just sometimes get hooked up on this. So I just don't know if -- it could be deliberate. It also might not be.  I just, I think this is the kind of thing that plays really well among people who were already going to vote for Harris [Finney nods in agreement], and making --  there's so many richer targets to point at about what they're going to say and do towards Harris that will play with persuadables in the middle. I'm not sure, like, the on-the-bubble suburban voter is like, okay, now I'm going to vote for her because Trump's mispronouncing her name. HUNT: Right, I think that the point is, though, is, is, instead to underscore to people who have, you know, all the reasons why it has been difficult for women and people of color to get elected in this country. He's trying to torque that tendency, right? GOLDBERG: Sure.

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A pro-Hamas organization posted videos on social media on Wednesday claiming the group released maggots, mealworms, and crickets throughout the hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his delegation are staying during their visit to Washington, D.C., this week.One of the videos posted by the Palestinian Youth Movement showed grubs and insects crawling across a table in what appeared to be a meeting room inside the Watergate Hotel. Other videos captured crickets hopping around the floor in several areas of the hotel.The Palestinian Youth Movement, which describes itself as a "transnational, independent, grassroots movement," wrote on social media, "BON APPETIT!! MAGGOTS RELEASED ON THE CRIMINAL ZIONIST'S WAR TABLE!""Palestine protestors manufactured chaos at the Watergate Hotel last night so that Netanyahu, Israeli Mossad agents, and the Secret Service had no peace as they continue to terrorize our people," the group added.The Watergate Hotel confirmed the incident in a comment to the New York Post, calling the situation "unfortunate.""Our top priority is the safety and well-being of our guests and staff. We took the necessary steps to ensure the property has been sanitized and is now operating as normal," the hotel told the news outlet. "We are cooperating fully with authorities, who are handling the situation. As this is an open case, we are unable to provide any further details at this time."The protesters also admitted to pulling the hotel's fire alarm the evening before the prime minister's scheduled address before Congress. The group claimed the disruptions were meant "to ensure that there will be no rest before Netanyahu and Congress disgraces themselves in front of the world."The intrusion brought into question the security measures around Capitol Hill during Netanyahu's visit, particularly after the Secret Service's admitted failure in response to the Donald Trump assassination attempt. This week's incident is not the first time unruly protesters have infiltrated hotels in an effort to disrupt the sleep of those temporarily residing at the property. Blaze News' senior politics editor and D.C. correspondent Christopher Bedford stated that activists pulled the fire alarm in the late hours of the evening at the hotel where John McCain's family was staying ahead of his memorial service in 2018.A law enforcement source told the Post that the meeting room shown in the protesters' video was "not part of our agreed upon security plan with the Israeli security services and our local partners."A Secret Service spokesperson stated that there was no threat to the Israeli delegation at any time as a result of the group's intrusion."The Watergate facility has an expansive footprint and remains open for businesses, residences and guests," the spokesperson told the Post.A D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson stated that the department had placed fire inspectors at the hotel at the Secret Service's request, the Washington Post reported. Following the triggered fire alarm, officials "determined there was no fire emergency and any fire department response was cancelled," the spokesperson told the news outlet.Palestinian Youth Movement also stationed protesters outside the hotel to hold noise demonstrations each morning and evening to ensure the prime minister "will enjoy no rest while he is here.""All of D.C. from organizations to individuals reject the stay of a war criminal in our city," an organizer with the group's DMV chapter told the Washington Post. "It reflects a tremendous security failure on their part," the organizer stated about law enforcement. "The city of D.C. and the United States government has stolen tens of millions of dollars to roll out the red carpet for a war criminal and even then, they can't stop something as simple as maggots being dropped ... at the Watergate Hotel."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

After President Joe Biden weirdly withdrew himself from the 2024 presidential election via a social media post, things have only gotten stranger. In one of the last video appearances of President Biden, he’s seen wearing a hat and slowly walking down the stairs of a plane before struggling to get into an SUV. Oddly enough, the SUV does not have tinted windows. “We shouldn’t even see him struggle getting into this vehicle,” Keith Malinak of “Pat Gray Unleashed” points out, noting that the hat itself may be of some significance. “I could get a toddler in the car seat quicker than that,” Pat Gray adds. Due to what appears to be Biden’s declining state of health and few, if any, public appearances, Americans all over the country are beginning to wonder whether the President is even still alive. “The only evidence that there was proof of life was a letter that was signed electronically that didn’t match his signature. A tweet that didn’t sound like him endorsing Kamala,” Malinak says. Meanwhile, Google searches for the term “Is Biden dead?” have exploded while Google searches for "Donate to Kamala" have stayed relatively low — and are getting lower. “By the end of the day, ‘Is Biden dead?’ was outpacing it by about three or four to one there,” Malinak explains. “Wow,” Gray says, adding, “We’re in really interesting, historic, unprecedented times.” One of the stranger events of the past week has been a televised phone call between Kamala and Biden during which it almost appears that Biden has been pre-recorded. “I believe the man had a stroke,” Malinak says. And that doesn’t seem to be out of the realm of possibility, as there was reportedly a medical emergency regarding Biden in Las Vegas. “They canceled everything. He was supposed to do a bunch of other events. Nope, can’t do any of it. Instead, we’re going immediately to the hospital,” Gray comments. “He’s not all there, which is saying something even for him,” Malinak adds. Want more from Pat Gray?To enjoy more of Pat's biting analysis and signature wit as he restores common sense to a senseless world, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

For years, liberal think tanks and media figures scoffed at the mere suggestion of many dangerous illegal aliens living in this country. They claimed absurdly that those who cross the border illegally are family-loving hard workers who commit crimes at a much lower rate than native Americans. A new report from Fox45 Baltimore reveals that one county has a shockingly disproportionate number of illegal alien child sex offenders, raising the question: How bad is the illegal alien sex offender problem nationwide?We’ve seen many high-profile illegal alien rape and murder cases in recent months. Now, a new report from Baltimore County provides concrete data behind the anecdotal evidence of an epidemic of illegal alien sex offenses.Child rape is one of the most heinous crimes imaginable. But when committed by invaders who don’t belong here, it is also the most avoidable crime.Public records obtained by Fox45 show that the Baltimore County state’s attorney filed 99 child sex crime cases between January 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024. Remarkably, nine defendants were illegal immigrants from Central American countries. That’s a lot for such a short period.The counties around the nation’s capital, both in Maryland and Virginia, have become hotbeds of Central American criminal activity. However, Baltimore County does not have a large population of Central American illegal immigrants compared to Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. For nine defendants to be illegal aliens from only a few countries in a county of over 800,000 people is beyond coincidence.Although we lack uniform national data to pinpoint exact figures, it is clear that child sex offenses are a significant problem among some segments of Central American illegal aliens. A 2019 report covering just 30% of North Carolina counties found that during an 18-month period from 2018-2019, more than 331 illegal aliens were charged with 1,172 child rapes and sexual assaults. In the 2018 fiscal year alone, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement service arrested illegal aliens charged with 6,888 sex offenses, 5,350 sexual assaults, and 1,739 “commercialized sexual assaults.”At a January 2020 press conference at ICE’s New York City headquarters, then-ICE Director Matt Albence revealed a tally of ICE detainers denied in the city for FY 2019. He reported that criminals against whom these detainers were lodged accounted for 17,873 criminal convictions and another 6,500 criminal charges. These included 200 homicides, over 500 robberies, over 1,000 sexual offenses, over 1,000 weapons offenses, over 3,500 assaults, and over 1,500 DUIs. This data represents just one city for one year, and only the detainers ICE managed to lodge.Thanks to the lack of enforcement of our own existing laws, 7.4 million illegal immigrants are on ICE’s “undetained docket,” most of whom likely have criminal records in addition to immigration violations. Only 38,500 are currently in custody, meaning millions of invaders, including gang members and violent criminals, and sex offenders effectively have amnesty. How many more child sex offenders are needlessly walking free?With only 6,000 ICE agents, it's impossible to identify and deport all criminal aliens without significant help from state and local law enforcement. Red states need authorization to deport criminal aliens upon their first arrest to prevent citizens from bearing the burden of their recidivism. At the very least, states should implement sentencing enhancements for crimes committed by people in the country illegally. In blue jurisdictions like Baltimore County, however, judges prefer more lenient sentences instead.Fox45 highlights the case of Luis Portillo-Henriquez, convicted of repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl. His crimes were entirely avoidable. Portillo-Henriquez was arrested four times for drunk driving or driving with a suspended license but wasn’t sentenced until he missed his court date on the fourth arrest. He received a one-year suspended sentence. Insanity.Every Republican-controlled state should enact laws requiring police to check immigration status for driving violations and mandate self-repatriation or enhanced sentencing for those here illegally.In Maryland, officials did the opposite. Even after Portillo-Henriquez was sentenced to 25 years for serial rape, Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill reduced his sentence to just 18 months. Cahill also let another illegal alien arrested for child sex crimes, Jose Mejia, avoid prison time, and he remains in the state.Child rape is one of the most heinous crimes imaginable. But when committed by invaders who don’t belong here, it is also the most avoidable crime because they tend to be habitual offenders who could have been removed. How many more violent sexual offenders remain in the country indefinitely because Republicans refuse to have a reckoning on this most vital issue?

Pro-Palestinian hooligans vandalized statues, monuments, and a fountain outside of Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday during anti-Israel protests. The demonstrators also took down American flags, burned them, and replaced them with Palestinian ones. However, Republicans restored the American flags. On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address before Congress.Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters converged on Union Station to demonstrate against Netanyahu and Israel's military response to the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, 2023.As Blaze News previously reported, the protests escalated and anti-Israel demonstrators became unruly. The protesters accosted and even got into physical confrontations with police. U.S. Capitol Police officers deployed pepper spray after some protesters became "violent" and "failed to obey" orders by law enforcement. Nine people were reportedly arrested across D.C., including four people on charges of assaulting a police officer outside Union Station.Vandals defaced the Columbus Memorial Fountain, the Freedom Bell, and other monuments. The activists graffitied messages on the monuments with threats such as "Hamas is coming." American flags flying outside of Union Station were removed by anti-Israel activists, and activists hoisted Palestinian ones in their place. The activists then burned the American flags. 'You tear down our flag, and I will put it back up every single time!'A group of House Republicans — led by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Rep. Brandon Williams of New York — descended on Union Station late Wednesday night to restore the American flags that were taken down. "We recognize that they flew Palestinian flags on these polls. It is outrageous. They were pulled down, thankfully," Johnson said. He continued, "American flags are once again flying over Union Station. We will not let the terrorist mob win."Congressman Williams added, "Anti-American agitators will not have the last say. We will continue to stand for this great country, no matter what. You tear down our flag, and I will put it back up every single time! God Bless America."Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden from Wisconsin said, "We came down here to Union Station and re-flew these flags because Americans will not bend. We will not bow. We will not be afraid, and we will not be cowered by these terrorist sympathizers. We will stand strong with the American flag, the American people, and our closest ally in the Middle East, Israel."Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) wrote on the X social media platform, "We raised the flags back up. Earlier today, terrorist sympathizers tore down the American flags at Union Station, burned them, and raised the Palestinian flag in its place. After votes tonight, a group of members, including many veterans and the speaker of the house, took our flag back and raised it. Took a while to get it done because the Hamas supporters broke the connections, but D.C. police helped us out and got us zip ties."After raising the three American flags, the Republicans and law enforcement officers said the Pledge of Allegiance. GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas announced on Wednesday that a bill had been introduced by Republican lawmakers to "deport any foreigner involved in violence and vandalism on federal property.""The actions of the pro-Hamas lunatics at Union Station in DC are shameful, and anyone on a visa who took part should have it revoked immediately," Cotton declared. On Thursday morning, National Park Service crews worked to repair and clean the graffiti off the monuments in Union Station. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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