Democrats have repeatedly used violent rhetoric against former president: ‘Time to put Trump in a bullseye’
Several Democrat politicians have faced scrutiny for their anti-Trump rhetoric, which has intensified after the former president was the target of a second assassination attempt on Sunday amid claims from the media that his rhetoric is the reason for increased division in the United States. Earlier this year, President Biden told donors in a private call that the media isn’t doing enough to scrutinize Trump and that it was “time to put Trump in the bulls-eye.” Biden, after the first assassination attempt against Trump, acknowledged it was a “mistake” to use that term. Biden, along with VP Kamala Harris, have accused Trump of being a “threat to Democracy” on several occasions. Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, who quickly apologized for the comment, said last year that Trump is so “dangerous” to Democracy that he “has to be eliminated.” MSNBC HOST ASKS IF TRUMP CAMPAIGN WILL CALL FOR ‘TONING DOWN’ RHETORIC AFTER SHOOTING OUTSIDE HIS GOLF CLUB “More and more dangerous. We saw what happened on January 6th, when he used his inflammatory rhetoric now, and his recent truth social post is incredibly, incredibly scary for anyone that might be trying to work in government. And it is just unquestionable at this point that man cannot see public office again. He is not only unfit, he is destructive to our democracy, and he has to be eliminated.” Goldman strongly condemned political violence after the first assassination against Trump saying that he was “horrified” by the news. Following the second assassination attempt, Goldman said he was “outraged.” Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters has long been criticized by Republicans for comments viewed to be inciting violence, including telling protesters in Minnesota to “get more confrontational” and encouraging Democrats to confront Trump officials if they see them in public. “I just don’t even know why there aren’t uprisings all over the country, and maybe there will be, when people realize that this is a policy that they defend,” then Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi said during a 2018 press conference while talking about Trump’s immigration policies. “It’s a horrible thing and I don’t see any prospect for legislation here.” In a statement to Fox News Digital, Pelosi’s office said, “There never is a place for political violence of any kind in America. As the investigation into yesterday’s incident continues, let us commend law enforcement for their actions to keep the former President safe from harm.” TRUMP SAYS HE ‘PROBABLY TOOK A BULLET TO THE HEAD’ DUE TO DEM RHETORIC Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was the victim of political violence in 2022 when a man broke into their home and attacked him with a hammer. Trump told Fox News Digital after the assassination attempt in Florida on Sunday that he sees a connection between rhetoric from the left and that failed attack. “He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,” Trump said of the gunman. “Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out.” Trump pointed to Biden and Harris’ past comments casting Trump as a “threat to democracy,” while telling Americans they are “unity” leaders. “They are the opposite,” Trump said. “These are people that want to destroy our country.” He added: “It is called the enemy from within. They are the real threat.” On Monday, Trump released a list of dozens of Democrats who have made provocative comments against him including a clip from Harris saying, “Does one of us have to come out alive” when talking about if she’d rather be stuck on elevator with Trump, then-VP Pence, or former Sen. Jeff Sessions. “Democrats used increasingly incendiary rhetoric against President Trump in the days, weeks, and months leading up to the two assassination attempts,” the press release stated. Harris said on Monday she was “deeply disturbed” by Sunday’s attempted attack on Trump and Biden said, “Thank God” the president was unharmed.
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China exerts new restrictions on exports of minerals critical to US weapons making
China slapped new export controls on a batch of minerals such as antimony – vital for the U.S. defense industry as a flame-retardant component used in machine bearings – in a move that could send prices in the defense sector soaring. The little-known metal antimony is used in ammunition, infrared missiles, nuclear weapons and night vision goggles, as well as batteries and photovoltaic equipment. China produced nearly half of the world’s antimony last year. The limits, which kicked in on Sunday, apply to six antimony-related products, including antimony ore, antimony metals and antimony oxide. The U.S. consumed some 22,000 tons of antimony last year. China accounted for 63% of U.S. imports of antimony metal and oxide last year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The next largest supplier, Belgium, offered some 8%. The material is being restricted “in order to safeguard national security and interests, and fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation,” the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. CHINA FREES US PASTOR AFTER 20 YEARS OF WRONGFUL DETAINMENT The U.S. and other nations have been scrambling to scale back their reliance on China for key materials for the defense and energy sectors. Yet still, China is the leading import source for 25 essential minerals, including tungsten, germanium, magnesium, barite, antimony, most rare earths, indium, graphite, gallium, and arsenic. It’s just the latest in a set of curbs on exports introduced over the past year. In December, China banned the export of technology to make rare earth magnets, which followed another ban on exporting technology to extract and separate critical materials. Last year, it slapped export controls on gallium, germanium and graphite in part of a retaliatory trade war after the U.S. limited exports on advanced semiconductor chips to China. “In the first Cold War against the Soviet Union, we were aligned against the Soviet Union with not importing national security-sensitive things,” said Rob Greenway, a former National Security Council (NSC) official. “We were a net exporter across the board. Since we’ve become a net importer across the board, we have massive vulnerabilities, and our regulatory structures have not in any way kept pace with that.” PHILLIPPINES DEPLOYS NEW COAST GUARD SHIP TO CONTESTED SOUTH CHINA SEA “Our partners – Japan, South Korea, Scandinavian countries, Central American countries – they’re enormously frustrated, because not only do they have the same problem, but we’re not making it easier for them,” Greenway, now a director at the Allison Center for National Security, went on. “In some cases, we’re making it easier for China. We’re taxing Taiwan’s exports, including semiconductors, more than we are Chinese exports.” Antimony prices have nearly doubled to a record $22,750 per ton this year and export controls are expected to drive them even higher. The new rules require sellers to apply for a sign-off from the Chinese government through a license to sell any related dual-use civilian and military materials and technology, a process which typically takes close to three months. “China’s new restrictions on antimony – which is used in everything from night vision goggles to nuclear weapons to tanks – will require exporters to apply for certain licenses that the Chinese Communist Party could delay or refuse outright,” said Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va. Wittman leads a working group on critical minerals policy in Congress. “As the largest producer and processor of antimony, the CCP is using the same playbook as it did for gallium and germanium to demonstrate its market dominance and put Western economies at risk – this is why we must diversify our critical mineral supply chains away from China.” One U.S.-based company, Perpetua Resources, is looking to produce domestic antimony with support from the Pentagon and the U.S. Export-Import Bank. It’s run into opposition from environmental groups and its first production was slated for 2028, should it obtain permits later this year. But China’s restrictions have prompted the company to look for ways to speed up production. “We are looking at things that we can do during construction to get antimony out the door sooner for some of these strategic needs,” Jon Cherry, Perpetua’s CEO, told Reuters. “The (US) Department of Defense is aware of the critical nature of antimony and the short supply available. We’ve been hearing from a lot of different sources about the lack of supply for antimony, that the market is very tight and getting tighter daily.” In a less closely watched move, China is also limiting exports on superabrasive materials, industrial diamonds with the highest level of hardness, and the machines that make them. Such materials are used across industries in the U.S. and are essential in the defense and energy sectors. “It really, truly has the ability to crater the U.S. economy. This is really terrifying,” said Nazak Nikakthar, a former senior Commerce Department official. “It’s not a glamorous sector, but there is a national security obligation to alert the world to it – to build capacity in the United States [of superabrasives] to support the defense industrial base will take two to three years.”
Trump’s first campaign event since second assassination attempt to be town hall in key battleground
Former President Trump will host a town hall event in Flint, Michigan, on Tuesday, the first campaign event since the latest attempt on his life. Trump will be at Flint’s Dort Financial Center on Tuesday evening for a town hall-style event, where he is expected to take questions from the audience and focus remarks on the auto industry and inflation. The event comes just two days after Trump survived a second assassination attempt, this time while playing golf at Trump National Golf Club in Florida on Sunday. WITNESS SAW TRUMP ASSASSINATION SUSPECT FLEE BUSHES, TOOK PHOTO OF GETAWAY CAR Trump’s Flint town hall will be moderated by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is expected to take on a larger role in campaigning for the former president in the homestretch of the campaign. The event comes as the campaigns are now within the last 50 days of the election, with both candidates scrambling to solidify support ahead of November. Michigan figures to play a key role for both Trump and his opponent, Vice President Harris, being one of the swing states most likely to turn the election in either candidate’s favor. According to the Real Clear Politics polling average, Harris currently holds a slight lead over Trump in the state with an average of 48.3% support to Trump’s 47.6%. WHO IS RYAN WESLEY ROUTH: ALLEGED GUNMAN AT TRUMP GOLF CLUB However, current polling in Michigan compares favorably for Trump compared to where he stood in 2016 and 2020, when Trump trailed Clinton in the state at this point in the 2016 election by an average of 5.2 points and trailed President Biden at this point in 2020 by 4.8 points. Trump would go on to win Michigan in 2016 by less than one percentage point, while Biden topped Trump in Michigan in 2020 by less than three percentage points. Trump’s Tuesday event will not be the only trip for the presidential campaigns to Michigan this week, with Harris expected to host a “Unite for America” livestream event from Michigan with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday. Meanwhile, Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, is expected to hold an event in Sparta, Michigan, on Tuesday. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Watchdog group sues for NASA emails with ‘Space Czar’ Harris, Boeing as astronauts linger in orbit
A conservative watchdog group sued the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seeking documents relating to the situation that has left two U.S. astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) for several more months. The Oversight Project’s executive director told Fox News Digital on Monday he and his group have legally sought emails between NASA political appointees and the White House, including the office of Vice President Harris, who also holds the title of chair of the National Space Council. The filing by Mike Howell, head of the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, also demands outgoing emails to Harris’ presidential campaign. Just as Harris was tasked with assuaging the root causes of illegal immigration as the so-called border czar, her role as vice president makes her essentially the lead adviser on space policy in that regard. “This looks like to me and other experts that Kamala Harris, the space czar, chose politics over our astronauts,” Howell said, inferring that there may have been a political calculation against bringing astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams home as planned. PENNSYLVANIANS OFFER MIXED ANSWERS ON WHERE HARRIS STANDS ON KEY ISSUES “It’s very bizarre that the mainstream media seems not to care about this massive scandal. We’re going to continue to investigate this and get Americans the answers they deserve.” The National Space Council (NSpC) had originally been organized in a slightly different manner under former President George H.W. Bush before it was disbanded and reorganized under former President Trump. Trump himself unveiled the first new branch of the military in decades, the U.S. Space Force, at a 2018 NSpC meeting. In its filing, the Oversight Project seeks to compel NASA to share correspondence from agency chief of staff Bale Dalton III, Associate Administrator James Free and five other senior officials. It also seeks communications between NASA and officials in the commercial crew program at Boeing, the company that manufactured the Starliner capsule that took Wilmore and Williams to the ISS this summer. PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS TAUNT HARRIS RALLYGOERS AS VEEP SUPPORTER HITS BACK: ‘WHAT ABOUT HAMAS’ A source close to the matter pointed to the stipulated responsibilities of the NSpC chair, as outlined by Trump in his 2021 executive order establishing the council. “The Chair shall serve as the President’s principal advisor on national space policy and strategy …” the first stipulation reads. The chair of the NSpC, therefore, has substantive advisory authority over NASA’s decision-making, the source said. In an August press briefing, a NASA official said there was a “little disagreement in terms of the level of risk” between the agency and Boeing after the capsule suffered propulsion issues and elemental leaks. Ultimately, the Starliner craft safely returned to Earth unmanned on Sept. 7. A few weeks prior, Boeing officials said in a statement they remained confident in Starliner’s ability to return safely with crew aboard: “We continue to support NASA’s requests for additional testing, data, analysis and reviews to affirm the spacecraft’s safe undocking and landing capabilities. Our confidence is based on this abundance of valuable testing from Boeing and NASA.” “The data also supports root cause assessments for the helium and thruster issues and flight rationale for Starliner and its crew’s return to Earth,” the statement reads. On X, formerly Twitter, Howell listed the curriculum vitae of a handful of NASA hires made while Harris has led the NSpC, including a veteran of New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, another from the Jacksonville Symphony and an individual whose “scientific” major was “political science.” “Space is serious business. Kamala Harris obviously has no business running the National Space Council… They’re lost in space right now. Part of the reason they’re lost in space is that our NASA has been turned into another woke-DEI, dismal excuse for a government agency,” he said. Howell also shared a copy of a document showing “strategic objectives” of the “NASA DEIA Strategic Plan.” “The fact is that Vice President Kamala Harris’ record as Border Czar is as awful as her record as Space Czar,” Howell said Monday. Howell said it is important that the public see any such correspondence of a political nature between NASA, the vice president’s camp and/or Boeing because other nations like China are watching for such “sign[s] of weakness.” “It seems that Harris signaled a willingness to cede America’s space superiority in the name of an effort to ‘save democracy,’” he said, suggesting the DEIA priority may jeopardize national security. “When is enough, enough?” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The astronauts, however, took their extended trip in stride. “I love being in space. This is my happy place,” Williams said. Wilmore will miss his daughter’s final year of high school but notably requested his absentee ballot Friday so that he would be able to vote from orbit. Fox News Digital reached out to Harris’ governmental office and the Harris campaign but did not receive a response. In a response to Fox News Digital regarding the FOIA, a NASA spokesperson stated that Harris and NSpC staff “received frequent updates on the Starliner Crewed Flight Test.” “While the National Space Council works closely with civil, national security, commercial, and international partners to advance the nation’s space priorities, it does not make operational spaceflight safety recommendations or decisions,” the spokesperson wrote. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Trump blames Kamala rhetoric for 2nd assassination attempt as Democrats blame him for Haitians in Ohio
This is beyond unacceptable. Donald Trump deserves better protection than this. The country deserves better for the once-and-possibly-future president. If the Secret Service can’t protect Trump on his own golf course, what has become of our political system? Especially since the suspected shooter with the AK-47-style rifle has a criminal record. SUSPECT ‘RYAN ROUTH’ IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING SECOND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON TRUMP AT FLORIDA GOLF CLUB The second attempted assassination of Donald Trump in two months is profoundly chilling. The first one, where the bullet grazed his ear in Butler, Pa., seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime fluke. Sunday’s attempt, at Trump’s West Palm Beach course, seemed predictable, although Secret Service agents, to their credit, reacted more quickly. Although the suspect was only several hundred yards away, an agent, having seen the barrel of the rifle sticking through the fence, shot at the gunman, who was soon captured and arrested. While the shooter – whom I’m not naming to avoid giving him the infamy he craved, as evidenced by his GoPro camera – has a criminal history, that didn’t stop him from obtaining the assault rifle. He faced two gun charges in court yesterday: possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a Soviet-era semi-automatic rifle, developed in the 1940s, with an obliterated serial number. Investigators say the suspect had a loaded SKS-style semi-automatic assault rifle. Trump was reported to be initially shaken – who wouldn’t be? – but later joked about wanting to finish his putt, and spent time talking to journalists and supporters. TRUMP SHOOTING PLOT SUSPECT ROUTH WAS INTERVIEWED BY NYT ON UKRAINE WAR EFFORTS IN 2023: ‘SOUNDED RIDICULOUS’ It took less than 24 hours for the former president to blame Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, although both had put out statements of sympathy, with the vice president saying she is “deeply disturbed” by what happened in Florida. Trump told Fox’s Brooke Singman: “He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it. Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country – both from the inside and out.” Trump cited past Biden and Harris comments as a “threat to democracy,” while claiming they are “unity” leaders. “They are the opposite,” Trump said. “These are people that want to destroy our country… “It is called the enemy from within. They are the real threat. They do it with a combination of rhetoric and lawsuits they wrap me up in. These are the things that dangerous fools, like the shooter, listen to – that is the rhetoric they listen to, and the same with the first one,” Trump said. And finally: “They use highly inflammatory language. “I can use it too — far better than they can — but I don’t.” I doubt you could find many people, even among the former president’s allies, who say he doesn’t sometimes use inflammatory language. So each side portrays the other as a danger to democracy. A New York Times reporter interviewed the 58-year-old shooter last year for an article on Americans volunteering to fight in Ukraine. By the time they got off the phone, Thomas Gibbons-Neff writes of the suspect’s plan to take several hundred Afghan fighters to support Ukraine, “it was clear he was in way over his head. “He talked of buying off corrupt officials, forging passports and doing whatever it took to get his Afghan cadre to Ukraine, but he had no real way to accomplish his goals. At one point he mentioned arranging a U.S. military transport flight from Iraq to Poland with Afghan refugees willing to fight. “I shook my head. It sounded ridiculous, but the tone in [his] voice said otherwise. He was going to back Ukraine’s war effort, no matter what.” RYAN ROUTH, ARMED MAN ARRESTED AT TRUMP GOLF COURSE, POSTED PROLIFICALLY ABOUT TRUMP, POLITICS In a $2.99 book, and the Washington Post reports, the gunman wrote that he “must take part of the blame” for electing a “brainless” president, obviously referring to Trump. “You are free to assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgment and the dismantling of the deal.” the book declares. Okay, so he didn’t like Trump (while the Butler shooter was willing to kill Trump or the president). But what connects these and other shootings is that these are life’s losers, desperate to make some kind of mark. Biden, by the way, told reporters yesterday: “Thank God the president’s okay…the service needs more help. And I think that Congress should respond to their needs if they in fact need more services.” In 2022, a woman describing herself as the suspect’s fiancée raised almost $2,000 by saying he “put his life at home on hold and traveled to Kyiv in April to support the people of Ukraine. He plans on staying for at least 90 days and stays at a hostel with a military unit.” There were photos. Here’s where the whole thing is drenched in hypocrisy. In the wake of Jan. 6 and Trump’s unproven accusations of a stolen election, why shouldn’t Democrats be able to criticize him? But while denying that their rhetoric might be poisoning the atmosphere, the Democrats turn around and blame Trump and JD Vance for inciting violence in Springfield, Ohio, where a series of bomb threats (which can’t be blamed on any public figures) have shut down schools, city hall and a hospital. SUBSCRIBE TO HOWIE’S MEDIA BUZZMETER PODCAST, A RIFF ON THE DAY’S HOTTEST STORIES The 15,000 or so Haitians there under protected status who are filling jobs in the town have caused friction, but Trump’s “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats,” while debunked, has gone viral with online mockery. So the Dems are more than happy to hurl the incitement charge when immigrants are involved. New Hampshire’s Libertarian Party has tweeted: “Anyone who murders Kamala Harris would be an American
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