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On Thursday, the nervous sweat had yet to wear off on ABC’s Good Morning America from their weak knees and clammy palms from their Tuesday and Wednesday shows recapping the Democratic National Convention.  This time, the played the role of Russia Today anchors promoting their party’s vice presidential candidate Tim Walz as a scandal-free “[s]ocial studies teacher, retired National Guard member, high school football coach” who “electrified this arena...with a pep talk for the nation” calling on those listening “to give it their all” to save the country from the GOP. I'm once again here to showcase how much of an ebullient Biden-Harris cheerleader ABC's Mary Bruce is. She's definitely hot and bothered by everything #DNC. pic.twitter.com/G1MnM9ydDO — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 22, 2024 Co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos got things going in the opening tease: “Governor Walz takes the stage at the Democratic Convention...Social studies teacher, retired National Guard member, high school football coach...with his wife and children cheering him on. Former President Bill Clinton and TV legend Oprah Winfrey takes the stage, too.” Chief pom-pom waver Mary Bruce was bursting at the seams in excitement in her lead-off report, insisting the man who’s lied about his children being conceived using IVF and his military service to name a few came with “straight talk” to give “a heartfelt pitch”: Well, it is safe to say that, just a few weeks ago, many Americans had never heard of Tim Walz. But last night, he electrified this arena, the nation hearing his personal story and meeting his adoring and very proud family. Walz shared plenty of straight talk and made a heartfelt pitch for the ticket. The former high school football coach leaving it all on the field. Overnight, Coach Walz with a pep talk for the nation. In between soundbites of Walz’s speech, Bruce beamed that Walz’s “family [was] bursting with pride” as he “shar[ed] his story growing up in a small town in Nebraska.” “The 24-year veteran and six term congressman, an avid hunter who’s fought for gun reforms, a former social studies teacher who passed free meals for all school children...But Walz also taking on the traditional running mate role of attack dog,” Bruce swooned. Before shifting to celebrities, Bruce said “[t]he former high school football coach urging supporters to give it their all.” Bruce saved some energy for cheering the presence of “star power”, “the queen of television” in Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton, “[t]he man from Hope now saying the nation needs a president of joy.” Speaking of the “classic” Winfrey, Bruce said “[h]er first speech at a political convention” consisted of “urging Americans to vote their values” and “bringing the crowd their feet with her signature crescendo.” Bruce concluded with a preview of the kisses she’ll apply to Harris on Thursday night and Friday morning: She is, of course, going to share her personal story, as the daughter of immigrant, arguing that she understands the middle class experience. She’ll talk about her work as a prosecutor, as she now prosecutes the case against Trump, and she will most certainly share her vision of hope and optimism for the future[.] Stephanopoulos and devoutly anti-Trump correspondent Rachel Scott gave a few minutes to the Trump campaign, but instead of letting Trump speak for himself, they painted a wildly partisan picture of Trump doing little at his rallies except engaging in “personal attacks” and “anti-Semitic” smears with policy being all but nonexistent (click “expand”): STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump out on the trail yesterday, Rachel. His team keeps telling him to talk about policy, but he just can’t help himself. SCOTT: Yeah. The former President, George, is making it clear he is not going to stay away from those personal attacks. And it’s also clear he’s been watching what has been playing out here at the Democratic National Convention. He went on to attack someone who’s not even on the Democratic ticket, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, calling him a highly overrated Jewish governor, claiming that the speech that he gave was poorly delivered. Now, Shapiro, of course, was on the short list to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate. He did deliver a blistering speech, going after the Republican ticket, accusing them of trying to take away freedoms of Americans. But that reaction from Donald Trump, part of a larger pattern. The former President has attacked Jewish people who are supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in comments that have been labeled as anti-Semitic. Now, the former President has been out on the campaign trail doing a blitz across the battleground states, really trying to counter the Democratic National Convention. He did deliver his first outdoor rally speech since that attempted assassination on his life. There were added security provisions, bulletproof glass surrounding him. Snipers were in position. But, yes, George, despite what his advisers are telling him, despite what Republican allies are telling him to stay focused on the policy, he said he’s not going to stay away from those personal insults[.] And for good measure, the tools at ABC completely dismissed almost any chance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departure from the 2024 field would matter. In fact, it was floated this would be a boost for Harris, not Trump (click “expand”): STEPHANOPOULOS: Rick, RFK Jr.’s poll numbers had been dropping. Hard to gauge what impact his getting out, maybe endorsing Donald Trump will have. KLEIN: Yeah, George. I mean, the battleground states look a lot different than they did a few short weeks ago when Donald Trump was leading everywhere. Right now Kamala Harris is up in six of the seven big battleground states including the Midwestern states, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania. Tim Walz, of course, from Wisconsin [sic]. And we are right now in the state of Illinois. But to your point about the national polling, when Robert F. Kennedy was added to the latest poll, he was polling at just five percent. As Jon Karl said, he was well into the double digits earlier in the summer. Harris with a three-point lead with the three of them in the race, but when you take him out of the mix, it is not at all clear where his voters necessarily go. When you took that away as an option in our latest poll, you see the largest share of voters actually then went to Kamala Harris, but the biggest number on this screen is 34 percent that say it was someone else if Kennedy was out of the mix. Some of them are holding out for Kennedy. So, if Kennedy is now telling supporters to vote for Donald Trump, you might see the lion’s share of them go to Donald Trump. Kennedy has had better popularity and favorability among Republicans than among Democrats. And a lot of his views are closely aligned with Donald Trump. The bottom line is, George, we may see a tightening race get even tighter as a result of this. To see the relevant ABC transcript form August 22, click here.

At least seven times today in the show's opening minutes, CNN This Morning ran the clip from last night's DNC of Tim Walz's son Gus getting emotional and pointing to his father as he spoke: "That's my dad!"  The panel collectively teared up, with Mark McKinnon saying "Do you have any tissues?" McKinnon also swooned over Walz's speech, declaring, "I'm telling you, in all my experience, I have never seen anything as authentic as that speech." Biden's former comms director Kate Bedingfield chimed in, saying "if you aren't moved by that, I don't know. You got a heart of stone." Bedingfield also referred to Gus's emotion for his father as "winning." Whether she meant that in political terms, or in the sense of winning as a family matter, wasn't clear. The emotion for his father displayed by Gus Walz, who as Hunt mentioned has dealt with disabilities and autism, was clearly moving. But that CNN was trying to extract from it the maximum political benefit for Harris-Walz was equally obvious.  Note: Hunt began by noting that Walz introduced himself in part by discussing "his family's experience with infertility." But in doing so, Hunt failed to point out that Walz had falsely suggested that he and his wife employed IVF, something that some Republicans would like to restrict.  As the AP has reported [emphasis added]: "Earlier this month, Walz criticized Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican candidate for vice president, by saying, 'If it was up to him, I wouldn’t have a family because of IVF.' In fact, the Walz family did not use IVF." Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 8/22/24 6:03 am EDT KASIE HUNT: Walz introduced to himself last night to Americans on his biggest stage yet, with personal stories, including his family's experience with infertility. TIM WALZ: It took Gwen and I years, but we had access to fertility treatments. And when our daughter was born, we named her Hope. Hope, Gus, and Gwen, you are my entire world. And I love you. HUNT: I have to say, I mean, what an emotional moment right there. That was Walz, his son Gus crying, shouting, "That's my dad!" His sister Hope was there, also crying. And those signs in the crowd, they read, Coach Walz.   . . .  I have to say, that moment with Tim Walz's son. Can we put Gus back up? I mean, it, it, I feel like it really stole the show last night, and it said so many things about, about Tim Walz, about his family in this moment. This, for those who don't know, he struggles with disabilities, has been, struggled with nonverbal autism. It just, really, really moving moment.  MARK MCKINNON: I've teared up every time I've seen the clip. I tear up thinking about the clip. I mean it's, I mean, talking right now about it I'm tearing up. KATE BENINGFIELD: I tear up watching it. It's fair. MCKINNON: It's so powerful, and it's so relatable. I mean, how many people in America have challenges of some nature? You know, almost all of them do. And it's just so relatable, and it's so authentic.  BENINGFIELD: Yes. I mean, like, if you aren't moved by that, I don't know. You got a heart of stone. I mean, politics aside, like that's, that's it, man, like family in that way, is just unbelievable.  But it is also, it is about authenticity, and I think we saw that from Walz all night last night. I mean, I think we saw that in the speech he delivered. We saw it in the setup, the students talking about him. And authenticity is, is one of the most important pieces of successful political indication. And I just think, I just say quickly though, the frustration with Washington, the disaffection, the disillusionment, some of it is because people feel like the system doesn't work for them. And some of it is because they feel like so many people in Washington are phony. And I think that what Walz can, was able, what we saw him do last night and what he's going to, I think, continue to on this campaign is just connect with people in a real way. MCKINNON: When I got the job as doing the media for Bush in 2000, I was first excited and then petrified because it was such a responsibility. So I went back and studied media for presidential campaigns, going back to the advent of television. And different things happened over time. The evolutions of things that work and didn't. And it just got to a point where people were so cynical of anything political, because they know there's a First Amendment, you can say what ever you want, it doesn't have to be true. Politicians are paying for it. So the coin of the realm, really, to break through that, is authenticity, right? And I'm telling you, in all my experience, I have never seen anything as authentic as that speech last night. HUNT: Wow! That is a resounding endorsement.  BAKARI SELLERS: That's also why he got chosen. I mean, I think, to go back to, one of the --  MCKINNON: Yes! And what an affirmation of that choice. I mean, she had to kind of go out on a limb on that, right?  SELLERS: Man, you're excited about that. Waltz got him excited. But no, I think that Kamala Harris's first choice was to choose her Vice President of the United States, h first consequential choice. And I think the people are seeing, I told everybody frankly, Governor Walz was my fourth choice. I liked Mark Kelly and Josh Shapiro and Pete Buttigieg, all before I liked Tim Walz. It was an abundance of riches.  But I think you see why he was chosen. It's that authenticity. "That's my dad" is probably going to be, like, the number one line that sticks out from all the speeches, and it wasn't a speech. Like, Gus is an American hero right now. HUNT: I mean, don't you just hope that your kid looks at you -- BENINGFIELD: Yes. Yeah. I mean -- HUNTT: -- some day? BENINGFIELD: I think that every parent, every child. I mean, yes, that is the goal, man. That is winning. Like, that is, that is I mean -- MCKINNON: Do you have any tissues?  HUNT: I know! BENINGFIELD: Everything else aside, that is winning. MCKINNON: And he has never used a teleprompter before. That's crazy! HUNT: I'm starting to not believe that. SELLERS: He said the two things I don't do well, when he was going through this process, he said, I've never use a teleprompter before, somebody is going to have to teach me, and I don't debate well. And so this winds up that -- MCKINNON: Oh: lower that bar!

WNBA star Angel Reese told a reporter she isn't educated enough in presidential politics to give a comment on Kamala Harris. With the Democratic National Convention taking place in Chicago, it seemed inevitable that the Chicago Sky player would be asked a political question surrounding the event.It was reporter Brandon Robinson who caught up with the basketball star at a media availability period where he began asking Reese a political question but was interrupted by the athlete who wanted to politely introduce herself.'I'm not that educated right now, but [I] just continue to learn.'"Hi, how are you? Nice to meet you," she interjected. "Vice President Kamala Harris —" Robinson began."Oh wow," Reese said with a smirk."[Kamala Harris] is a woman, and she's doing her thing, running for president," the reporter continued. "Have you had a chance to watch her? What are your thoughts on her running for political office?"Reese then gave a refreshing take about not feeling educated enough to comment on the race."I haven't been able to tap a lot into the political election ... so I'm not that educated right now, but [I] just continue to learn," Reese said."Everybody go out there and vote. I commend that, and I just tell a lot of people to go out there and vote because we need it for this election," she added.Robinson did not include his female-forward question in the transcript of his interview but rather positioned Reese's answer as emphasizing the importance of the election due to the possibility of Harris becoming the first female president.Reese was also asked for her thoughts on her home city of Baltimore; she took the opportunity to praise Mayor Brandon Scott, a Democrat who ran on cutting the Baltimore police budget but actually increased it in his first term."I love being from Baltimore. Brandon has done a great job in being able to inspire me and just being able to watch him do what he’s done for the city. I like being able to go back with my foundation. I give a scholarship every year to St. Francis, so I'm just continuing to do that and I’m trying to do more."The Angel Reese Foundation has a mission statement of "fostering equity for girls and underrepresented groups through innovative and impactful initiatives."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A South Carolina homeowner opened fire on suspected burglars who broke into his garage in the middle of the night last week to steal motorcycles, police said.Horry County police were called just before 4 a.m. Friday to a home off Green Sea Road in Green Sea for a burglary, WMBF-TV reported.The third suspect hasn’t been identified, the station said.The suspects and a third unnamed suspect broke into the homeowner’s garage in an attempt to steal his motorcycles, the station said, citing a police report.But the homeowner got a notification on his phone about detected movement, and so he got up, caught the suspects in his garage, and opened fire, WMBF said, adding that the suspects took off.A dog team caught Roderick Bell and Dimitrious Murray after they abandoned their vehicle on St. Joseph Drive and ran away, the station said, adding that they both face burglary charges. They're both 27 years old, according to jail information, and they were still incarcerated Thursday morning.Murray was shot in his right shoulder during the incident, WMBF reported.The third suspect hasn’t been identified, the station said.How are observers reacting?As you might imagine, commenters on WMBF's Facebook page entry about the incident are decidedly in the homeowner's corner:"Good," one commenter wrote. "They got what they deserved. The homeowner should get an award.""Justified," another user concurred. "You can't count on the justice system to lock them up for long enough; they just repeat offend so sometimes you just have to take it into your own hands and defend you life and property.""They ought to consider themselves lucky they got to ride with the police instead of the coroner," another commenter opined."Good!" another user declared. "If you're big enough to enter someone's property with ill-intent, you better be ready to face what's in there."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Although unable to sit through all of the third night of the Democratic National Convention, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) told Blaze Media co-founder and nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck he saw enough to draw conclusions about the Democratic Party's "collective amnesia" and the revisionist campaign under way to sever Kamala Harris from her part in the current administration's various failings. Extra to discussing this revisionism on Thursday's episode of "The Glenn Beck Program," Vance also highlighted a possible role for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a future Trump administration as well as his expectation for Harris in the wake of the attempted July 13 assassination attempt. A federal champion for pandemic exiles Glenn Beck pressed Vance on whether there has been any serious discussion about Elon Musk and RFK Jr. working in a future Trump administration. When speaking with President Donald Trump on X Spaces last week, Musk raised the possibility of running a novel committee tasked with eliminating government inefficiencies and waste. Although the two billionaires commiserated about the extent of government waste, the conversation concluded without any concrete commitments. 'I think RFK really could do a lot for us.' However, when Reuters asked whether he would consider Musk for an advisory role or Cabinet-level position, Trump replied, "He's a very smart guy. I certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He's a brilliant guy." Vance told Beck it was prudent "not to put the cart too much before the horse with Elon." "I think he's a genius and I think he could help us a great deal, but we have to win the election first, of course, before we give Elon any positions or any titles." The Ohio senator was alternatively willing to hint at a possible role for Kennedy, whom Trump previously appointed in 2017 to run a commission on vaccine safety and integrity. "I think RFK really could do a lot for us on questions of — you know, we have 8,000 veterans, I believe, maybe more, that we kicked out of the military because they refused to take the vaccine," said Vance. The Pentagon under the Biden-Harris administration mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for all service members in 2021. Roughly 17,000 service members in the U.S. military refused the vaccines. According to the Military Times, at least 8,339 service members were unceremoniously thrown out. Approximately 70% of those ousted for their refusal to take the novel mRNA vaccine reportedly received general discharges. "I'd love for RFK to take a look at that, but I haven't talked to him," continued Vance. "I don't know what he's interested in." — (@) Trump allies such as Stephen Bannon have long advocated for a collaboration of some kind between Trump and Kennedy. Blaze News previously reported that the possibility finally began to firm up last week when RFK Jr.'s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, indicated that the Kennedy campaign was contemplating "join[ing] forces" with Trump. Shanahan explained that "Big Pharma" was Trump's "Achilles' heel" during his first presidential term. After all, it was the Trump administration that kicked off Operation Warp Speed in May 2020, enabling quicker approval and production of vaccines during the pandemic — vaccines that ultimately proved to be neither as safe nor as effective as initially promised. "I don't think he understood that it would cripple his entire reputation and legacy as much as it did," added Shanahan. Following the podcast, Kennedy released a statement, stressing, "I am willing to talk with leaders of any political party to further the goals I have served for 40 years in my career and in this campaign." Trump told CNN's Kristen Holmes at a campaign stop in Michigan Tuesday he "probably would" consider Kennedy for a role in his administration. Others in the Trump camp appear keen on bringing Kennedy aboard in some capacity. Donald Trump Jr. told Beck earlier this week that he loves the idea of giving RFK Jr. "some sort of role in some sort of major, you know, three-letter entity or whatever it may be and letting him blow it up." — (@) Investigating the shooting of Harris' opponent On Thursday, Beck also raised the matter of the investigation into the July 13 assassination attempt that left Trump bloodied and killed retired volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore. 'Maybe the mistakes were not intentional. You never know, of course, until you do the actual investigation.' Vance said he was dissatisfied with the information produced so far by investigators. "There clearly needs to be some better understanding of what broke about the leadership in the wake of President Trump's assassination attempt," said Vance. "This is, frankly, on Congress, it's on Chuck Schumer's United States Senate, and it's on the Biden administration to get to the bottom of what mistakes were made." "Maybe the mistakes were not intentional. You never know, of course, until you do the actual investigation, but you have to have a real investigation," continued the senator. "I'm looking at this from the perspective of America's citizens: I'd be demanding that Kamala Harris, who's the vice president of the United States, actually gets to the bottom of this and empowers your government to do a real investigation. That just has not happened yet." Vance suggested that it remains unclear whether the security failures on July 13 came down to the incompetence of a few individuals, the breakdown of certain processes or procures, or perhaps "something more systematic." "These are the sorts of things where, you know, we always believe in democratic government that sunshine is the best disinfectant, and so we really do have to have, I think, a more honest account of what went on," added Vance. Trump's running mate pressed the point, telling Beck that whereas he and other minority senators are limited in what they can do, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the vice president could quickly ascertain the facts about the shooting and security breakdown, if only they "made this a priority." In the meantime, there are signs that critical facts related to the shooting are being withheld from the public. Blaze News recently noted, for instance, that Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Biden-Harris FBI for records pertaining to the bureau's coordination with the Secret Service in preparation for Trump's July 13 rally in Pennsylvania. The FBI reportedly rejected the request, citing FOIA exemption 7A, which allows withholding of information that "would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication." Judicial Watch characterized the rejection as a "major-league cover-up on the near-assassination of former President Trump." — (@) Democratic 'amnesia' Although Vance would like Harris to help clarify details about the recent past, he suggested earlier in the interview that historical accuracy may not be her strong suit. The senator told Beck that Harris' campaign is running on a "kind of collective amnesia, where they say that Kamala Harris will do this thing on day one, or Kamala Harris has a vision to accomplish that thing, and then you realize that Kamala Harris has been the vice president for three and a half years." "She has affirmatively made all of these problems worse, not better, during her time in office," continued Vance. "So you can't say Kamala Harris is going to secure the border because she opened it up. You can't say Kamala Harris is going to lower inflation because she cast the deciding vote on programs that increased inflation." Beck marveled at how quickly the narrative was adapted to suit Democrats' interests, noting that the same political operatives who were just over a month ago denigrating critics for saying the economy was bad are now claiming Harris is going to fix the economy. "Glenn, you raise a really important point here, which is that if you're an American citizen and you paid attention to this election, you'd be forgiven for having a headache from the ricocheting message of the Democratic Party," said Vance. "A month ago, it was, 'The Biden economy was great. Don't believe your lying eyes. Just vote for Joe Biden.' And now it's, 'Yes, the economy is terrible, but Kamala Harris, who's been vice president for three and a half years, is going to come in and fix all these things." 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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