A group of GOP senators is pushing President Joe Biden to ban travel from China over the appearance of a new respiratory illness. A group of five senators sent a letter to the White House on Friday raising alarm about “an unknown respiratory illness spreading throughout the People’s Republic of China.” The senators – Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida‚ J.D. Vance of Ohio‚ Tommy Tuberville of Alabama‚ and Mike Braun of Indiana – said relying on China for accurate information about the disease would be a mistake. “We call on you to immediately restrict travel between the United States and the PRC. As you know‚ the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a long history of lying about public health crises. During the COVID-19 pandemic‚ the CCP’s obfuscation of the truth‚ and lack of transparency‚ robbed the United States of vital knowledge about the disease and its origin‚” the senators wrote. “At this moment‚ the world faces another unknown pathogen emanating from the PRC that could spread to other countries‚ including the United States. The PRC has reported an increase in this mystery illness — which it claims to be pneumonia caused by known pathogens — since mid-October‚” the senators continued. The letter notes that the World Health Organization has requested “detailed information” about the unknown illness from China’s Communist regime; however‚ the “CCP has an incentive to lie‚ just as they did throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and any new pathogen could derail its efforts to stimulate its economy.” “We should not wait for the WHO to take action given its track record of slavish deference to the CCP. We must take the necessary steps to protect the health of Americans‚ and our economy‚” the letter says. “That means we should immediately restrict travel between the United States and the PRC until we know more about the dangers posed by this new illness. A ban on travel now could save our country from death‚ lockdowns‚ mandates‚ and further outbreaks later.” Northern China has reported a surge in illness similar to the flu since mid-October‚ according to Sky News. About a month later‚ the public disease surveillance system ProMed issued a warning about “undiagnosed pneumonia” spreading in China. The ProMed report specifically highlighted claims of many children falling sick with the disease. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “This report suggests a widespread outbreak of an undiagnosed respiratory illness‚” an editor’s note on the ProMed report said. “It is not at all clear when this outbreak started as it would be unusual for so many children to be affected so quickly.”

Unsurprisingly‚ leftists are outraged over the release of The Daily Wire’s first-ever feature-length comedy “Lady Ballers.” The film openly mocks trans-identifying men competing in women’s sports. “Lady Ballers” is directed by the company’s co-founder Jeremy Boreing. Daily Wire sports show “Crain &; Co.” hosts also have roles‚ while there are cameos by other Daily Wire personalities and celebrities including Ben Shapiro‚ Matt Walsh‚ Ted Cruz‚ and others to be revealed. The comedy tells the tale of a former high school basketball coach‚ Rob (Boreing)‚ who will do anything to win. Rob turns his bad luck around by teaching a group of men radical modern gender theory and leading them to victory by encouraging them to pose as trans and compete against women. The Young Turks news and commentary program hosts weren’t pleased about the comedy being released. “It’s about dunking on the trans community. It’s about triggering the libs‚” host Ana Kasparian said. She went on to argue that we should be having “honest conversation” about men competing in women’s sports. TYT’s John Iadarola accused The Daily Wire of working for “billionaires” and making this content “at the behest of the elites of society” with the express goal of convincing all conservatives to vote for politicians who will “demonize trans people.” The political talk show “The Majority Report” also called the movie “anti-trans.” Podcast host Sam Seder kept asking “why” this is a film‚ then answering his own question‚ saying‚ “I mean I get it‚ we could dominate women’s sports … but why?” The host said the joke is that nobody cares about women’s basketball‚ but that’s why it makes no sense to make fun of men competing against women. “I gotta say‚ I’m so triggered by this‚” Seder added. Streamer Hasan Piker‚ who runs the channel HasanAbi‚ insisted that this type of comedy already exists because “Juwanna Man” was made in 2002‚ completely missing the point that this form of comedy has been lacking in politically correct Hollywood for decades. He also mentions “White Chicks‚” a comedy from 2004. He claims the “origins” of those types of films were not meant to be “s***ing on trans people‚” but were rather anti-woman. “It was more sexist‚ I think‚ than transphobic‚” Piker said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “It’s like ‘Mrs. Doubtfire‚’ but evil‚” Piker said of “Lady Ballers.” “It’s just like‚ trans people are secretly faking it‚ or something‚” he adds. At a later point‚ Piker accused the film of going beyond transphobia and actually just mocking “cis women” like a “late 90s bro film.” He also insinuated that the “Lady Ballers” players would get “f***ing destroyed” if they were competing against actual WNBA players. “Lady Ballers” premieres at 8 p.m. ET Friday exclusively on DailyWire+.

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