‘Woke’ political, college leaders set stage for pro-Hamas DC protest: lawmaker
Chaos broke out on the streets of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as thousands of anti-Israel agitators descended on the city in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Protesters chanted “Allahu Akbar” outside of Union Station, where agitators were seen burning the American flag and scrawling menacing graffiti on statues, including “Hamas is coming.” The police department reported Wednesday evening that nine people were arrested for crimes such as crowding, obstructing, or incommoding, and assault on a police officer. ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS BURN AMERICAN FLAGS, ACCUSE NETANYAHU OF BEING ‘WAR CRIMINAL’ AS HE ADDRESSES CONGRESS Anti-Israel protests have been a powder keg situation in the U.S. since shortly after the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas. During the 2023-24 college school year, agitators and student protesters flooded college campuses nationwide to protest the war in Israel, which also included spiking instances of antisemitism and Jewish students publicly speaking out that they did not feel safe on some campuses. Agitators on Columbia University’s campus, for example, took over the school’s Hamilton Hall building, while schools such as UCLA, Harvard and Yale worked to clear spiraling student encampments where protesters demanded their elite schools completely divest from Israel. PROTESTERS CHANT ‘FREE PALESTINE’ AS NETANYAHU ADDRESSES CONGRESS Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the chaos unfolding on the streets of Washington, D.C., “lies squarely on the shoulders of those in power who failed to act,” including Democrats and college officials who did not end or condemn the protests earlier this year as they turned violent and chaotic. “Since October 7, the Biden administration and woke university administrators across America have refused to take action and shut down these antisemitic, pro-Hamas riots. Their inaction led to one of the most reprehensible riots on Capitol Hill during PM Netanyahu’s address,” he told Fox News Digital. “Rioters attacked police officers, defaced our monuments, set American flags ablaze, and wreaked havoc in Washington, DC, all while spreading antisemitic canards. This chaos lies squarely on the shoulders of those in power who failed to act.” HARRIS BOYCOTTS NETANYAHU, SNUBS ISRAELI LEADER’S WARTIME ADDRESS TO GIVE SORORITY SPEECH “What happened yesterday is not free speech; it’s free hate. This is just a glimpse of what’s to come. Universities across the nation are in danger of becoming pro-Hamas dumpster fires as students return to campus this upcoming semester.” The White House condemned the protests Wednesday evening, calling the chaos “disgraceful.” “Identifying with evil terrorist organizations like Hamas, burning the American flag, or forcibly removing the American flag and replacing it with another, is disgraceful,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a comment to Fox News Digital Wednesday evening. ‘CHICKENS FOR KFC’: NETANYAHU RIPS CEASE-FIRE ACTIVISTS IN SPEECH TO CONGRESS AS TLAIB SILENTLY PROTESTS “Antisemitism and violence are never acceptable. Period. Every American has the right to peaceful protest. But shamefully, not everyone demonstrated peacefulness today.” Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, did not condemn the protests until late Thursday morning. Harris also notably was not in attendance during Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday. Earlier this month, as speculation mounted Biden would drop out of the race, Harris told The Nation that she understands “the emotion behind” the anti-Israel protests that raged on college campuses. “They are showing exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza,” Harris told the progressive magazine. “There are things some of the protesters are saying that I absolutely reject, so I don’t mean to wholesale endorse their points. But we have to navigate it. I understand the emotion behind it.” WHITE HOUSE CONDEMNS PRO-HAMAS AGITATORS IN DC: ‘DISGRACEFUL’ Harris was notably cited by the media and White House sources late last year as urging Biden and the administration to be “tougher” on Netanyahu as war raged, allegedly arguing the White House needed to be more sympathetic toward Palestinians. “Kamala Harris’ embarrassing snub of @netanyahu‘s Joint Address to Congress was a stunt to appease the pro-Hamas base of the Democrat Party that just burned American flags, clashed with police, and spread dangerous pro-terror chaos and violence. Why won’t Kamala disavow these antisemitic terrorist sympathizers?” New York Rep. Elise Stefanik posted to her X account of Harris. Israel has become a lightning rod for the Democratic Party since October, with the party’s progressive faction, including members of the “Squad,” coming under fierce condemnation from the Jewish community and conservatives for not taking harder stances against Hamas. On Wednesday, Netanyahu addressed Congress to discuss his nation’s ongoing war against Hamas after the terrorist group launched attacks on Israel in October. During the speech, “Squad” member Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., held up a sign that said “war criminal” while listening to Netanyahu’s speech. The Israeli prime minister tore into the protesters amid his speech in the U.S. Capitol. “I have a message for these protesters. When the tyrants of Tehran, who hang gays from cranes and murder women for not covering their hair, are praising, promoting and funding you, you have officially become Iran’s useful idiots,” Netanyahu said. “Some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming gays for Gaza. They might as well hold up signs saying ‘Chickens for KFC.’ These protesters chant ‘From the river to the sea.’ But many don’t have a clue what river and what sea they’re talking about.” The protesters in the nation’s capital on Wednesday held signs reading “Wanted War Criminal,” alongside depictions of Nentanyahu, while others chanted “Free Palestine” and “From the river to the sea….” Other protesters yelled at the swath of police officers on the scene, “You’re a b—-.” Fox News witnessed pepper spray being used at one point. STEFANIK GRILLS HARVARD PRESIDENT OVER STUDENTS CALLING FOR ‘INTIFADA,’ RAMPANT ANTISEMITISM ON CAMPUS “I am deeply disturbed by the anti-Israel protests that we saw on college campuses this past year and again this week in our nation’s capital,” Jewish influencer Lizzy Savetsky told
Trump’s new book ‘Save America’ chronicles first-term triumphs, outlines blueprint for a winning second
EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump is releasing his third official book since leaving office – a photo book filled with images to highlight the “great success” of the U.S. under his leadership, telling Fox News Digital that it represents the “power” that the country “will have again” if he is re-elected in November. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, detailed his new book, “Save America,” in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Thursday. FLASHBACK: TRUMP TO RELEASE FIRST BOOK SINCE LEAVING WHITE HOUSE: ‘OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER’ The book offers a look at Trump’s first term, and “a vision for his next term,” according to the description. Each photo in the new book has been selected by Trump, along with his words, which offer an insight into what will shape a possible second Trump administration. “This book represents the campaign that we’re in the midst of, which has been going really well,” Trump said. The cover features the iconic photo taken by Evan Vucci of The Associated Press, of Trump standing triumphantly in front of an American flag, just moments after the assassination attempt earlier this month at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “Now, we’re running against a radical left lunatic,” Trump said. “We beat Biden. That’s why he quit. He quit because of the debate. He quit because he got beaten. He was so far down in the polls that they threw him out.” Biden suspended his re-election bid on Sunday amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party following his disastrous debate performance against Trump in June. Biden swiftly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his spot at the top of the ticket. Days later, Harris had commitments from the majority of Democratic delegates, signaling she has secured the presumptive Democratic presidential nomination. “She is a radical left lunatic,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “She’ll destroy our country. She doesn’t have what it takes to be president.” Trump said Harris “can’t deal with Putin and President Xi.” TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS IT’S ‘WELL-POSITIONED TO PROSECUTE THE CASE’ AGAINST KAMALA HARRIS “They don’t want to hear that ridiculous laugh,” he said. “And can you imagine her in meetings with these people?” Trump reflected on her 2020 presidential campaign, saying, “she never made it to the first state.” “She never made it to Iowa,” he said. “She’s worse than Biden.” As for his new book, Trump stressed that it is “really representative of everything that’s happening now.” “It also represents a lot of the beautiful past in the White House, including my relationships with world leaders, which is so important right now, with Cuba being infiltrated by Russian ships; with planes being intercepted over Alaska; Russia and China playing, working together against the United States,” he said. TRUMP SAYS BIDEN ‘IS NOT FIT TO SERVE’: ‘WHO IS GOING TO BE RUNNING THE COUNTRY FOR THE NEXT 5 MONTHS?’ The former president and Republican presidential nominee said his third book is “really based on the life and times of our country and the success of our country – the great success of our country.” Trump, in 2021, released his first photo book, titled, “Our Journey Together.” In 2023, he released his second, titled, “Letters to Trump,” featuring private correspondence between Trump and politicians and celebrities over the past 40 years. The new book highlights historic summits with world leaders against the backdrop of scenes from inside the Trump White House. It also highlights Trump’s “major themes and accomplishments,” including trade negotiations, tax cuts, international diplomacy and border security. The book is being published by Winning Team Publishing. “We are thrilled to be publishing President Donald Trump’s third book, ‘Save America,’” Winning Team Publishing CEO Sergio Gor told Fox News Digital. “As one of the all-time best-selling authors, President Trump’s newest book ‘Save America’ is the only photo book which highlights the past, and offers a roadmap for the future – directly from President Donald J. Trump.” “SAVE AMERICA” will be available nationwide on Sept. 3.
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VP Harris finally reacts to DC violence, hours after flag burning by anti-Israel agitators
Vice President Harris has released a statement condemning violent anti-Israel rioting that disrupted Washington D.C.’s busiest station. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee released the statement Thursday, hours after the violent protests against visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Yesterday, at Union Station in Washington, D.C. we saw despicable acts by unpatriotic protesters and dangerous hate-fueled rhetoric,” Harris said. “I condemn any individuals associating with the brutal terrorist organization Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate the State of Israel and kill Jews. The protesters spray-painted monuments and pulled down American flags flying outside Union Station, eventually lighting them on fire amid cheers and chants against Israel. HOUSE REPUBLICANS REPLACE AMERICAN FLAGS AT UNION STATION AFTER ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS Harris explicitly condemned multiple protest signs seen at the riot that celebrated terrorist organization Hamas. “Pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric is abhorrent and we must not tolerate it in our nation,” Harris wrote. SEE IT: THE MOST DRAMATIC PHOTOS FROM WEDNESDAY’S PRO-HAMAS WASHINGTON D.C. PROTESTS The statement came just minutes after Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance criticized Harris on social media for failing to acknowledge the riot. “Anti-American and pro-Hamas rioters burned the American flag in front of the US Capitol, and the woman who wants to be our president is still refusing to condemn it,” Vance said on X, moments before Harris’s statement was released. Harris wrote in her statement, “I condemn the burning of the American flag. That flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America. It should never be desecrated in that way.”
Kamala Harris reacts to anti-Israel riots at DC’s Union Station
Vice President Kamala Harris has released a statement condemning anti-Israel riots that disrupted Washington D.C.’s busiest station. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee released the statement Thursday, nearly 24 hours after the violent protests against visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began. “Yesterday, at Union Station in Washington, D.C. we saw despicable acts by unpatriotic protesters and dangerous hate-fueled rhetoric,” Harris said. “I condemn any individuals associating with the brutal terrorist organization Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate the State of Israel and kill Jews. “ HOUSE REPUBLICANS REPLACE AMERICAN FLAGS AT UNION STATION AFTER ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Netanyahu addressed Congress in a scene that quickly turned chaotic. At least one demonstrator, whose face was covered, was spotted by Fox News carrying what appeared to be the flag of the terrorist group Hamas while others were heard shouting “allahu Akbar.” At Union Station, agitators burned an American flag and vandalized a statue with the words “Hamas is coming.” Rioters also took down American flags and replaced them with the Palestinian flag. SEE IT: THE MOST DRAMATIC PHOTOS FROM WEDNESDAY’S PRO-HAMAS WASHINGTON D.C. PROTESTS “Pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric is abhorrent and we must not tolerate it in our nation,” Harris wrote. The statement came just minutes after Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance criticized Harris on social media for failing to acknowledge the riot. “Anti-American and pro-Hamas rioters burned the American flag in front of the US Capitol, and the woman who wants to be our president is still refusing to condemn it,” Vance said on X. Harris said in her statement, “I condemn the burning of the American flag. That flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America. It should never be desecrated in that way.” “I support the right to peacefully protest, but let’s be clear: Antisemitism, hate and violence of any kind have no place in our nation,” the vice-president concluded. Fox News Digital’s Andrea Vacchiano contributed to this report.
6 House Dems vote with GOP to condemn Kamala Harris for ‘border czar’ role
The House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines to condemn Vice President Kamala Harris’ handling of the U.S. southern border, the first piece of legislation targeting Harris since she became the Democrats’ presumptive 2024 nominee. Six Democrats joined all Republicans in voting for the measure, which passed 220-196. The House Democrats who voted for the resolution are Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, Don Davis, D-N.C., and Yadira Caraveo, D-Colo. Republicans have for years accused Harris of failing her job as “border czar” after President Biden handed her the task of mitigating the “root causes” of illegal immigration in 2021. It’s quickly becoming the cornerstone of GOP-led attacks against Harris as she gears up for an expected head-to-head race with former President Trump. But the six moderate Democrats who voted to condemn Harris amount to a scathing rebuke of their party’s likely presidential candidate – despite dozens of left-wing lawmakers rushing to endorse her. CREATOR OF IMMIGRATION CHART THAT ‘SAVED’ TRUMP’S LIFE FROM WOULD-BE ASSASSIN CREDITS ‘PROVIDENCE’ During debate on the bill, House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who’s leading the effort, accused Harris of overseeing “failed and dangerous policies as Joe Biden’s border czar that caused the most catastrophic border crisis in this nation’s history.” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., similarly opened debate with, “We’ve been told that Vice President Harris’ job was to find the root causes of the crisis. Turns out to do so she could have just looked in the mirror.” Democrats, however, accused Republicans of being openly political in their motivations. TRUMP EYES MULTIPLE BORDER VISITS AS HE DRAWS CONTRAST WITH ‘RADICAL LEFT’ HARRIS “Testing new campaign messaging is not a good use of the House’s time,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee. Thompson called the bill a “second-rate attempt at election interference,” adding, “Perhaps it’s also an ethics violation, since my Republican colleagues are blatantly using House resources for campaign purposes. And like so much other campaign literature, this political resolution is premised on falsehoods and supported by cherry-picked statistics.” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Fox News Digital, “The mainstream media can try to rewrite history all they want, but the American people know the truth and our House Republican majority will remind them. Kamala Harris is Biden’s border czar, and the unprecedented invasion at our borders is hers to own.” BIDEN ADDRESSES DECISION TO DROP OUT OF 2024 RACE, INTENDS TO COMPLETE TERM IN WHITE HOUSE Left-wing lawmakers opposing the resolution also argued that Harris’ mission to tackle the root causes of migration was not a directive to oversee border security and operations. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., accused Republicans of “making up” the border czar title in his weekly press conference on Thursday. The resolution is the House’s last vote before Congress recesses for the month of August, to return after Labor Day. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
Hawley introduces ‘Trump Assassination Attempt Transparency Act’ to declassify key information
FIRST ON FOX: As details slowly emerge about the assassination attempt against former President Trump, one Republican lawmaker is introducing a bill to force the federal government to declassify all information related to the event. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., will introduce the “Trump Assassination Attempt Transparency Act” on Thursday, just a day after FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee about the Trump rally shooting and investigation into gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks. “We need the truth about the assassination attempt against President Trump,” Hawley told Fox News Digital in a statement. “We can’t let the federal government hide behind the ‘classified’ label.” EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP SHOOTER’S FATHER RETURNS TO PUBLIC LIFE, SAYS ‘WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES’ The bill would require the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Secretary of Homeland Securtiy to declassify any critical information about the assassination attempt and the motive of the shooter as well as Trump’s repeated requests for resources. The legislation, if passed, would also require intelligence agencies to produce a report to Congress on its findings. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned this week a day after taking bipartisan heat during testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Monday and over a week after a would-be assassin Thomas Crooks attempted to take the life of Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. Trump, during his Pennsylvania rally, narrowly evaded being shot in the head after slightly turning to read a chart on one of the screens, missing the bullet shot by 20-year-old suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks’ AR-15-style rifle by just a quarter of an inch. The bullet hit him, instead, in his upper right ear. One of the bullets fired by Crooks killed former firefighter chief, father and husband Corey Comperatore as he shielded his family from the incoming fire that also critically injured two other bystanders. TRUMP WOULD-BE ASSASSIN THOMAS CROOKS RESEARCHED MASS SHOOTER ETHAN CRUMBLEY: SOURCE More questions than answers have arisen since the near-catastrophic event, as lawmakers attempt to piece together what security failures happened that day and continue to probe intelligence officials. “This investigation must be done out in the open for the American people to see – no more stonewalling, no more evading questions,” Hawley said. “Time for accountability.” TIMELINE: TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT The House of Representatives also unanimously voted Thursday morning to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the attempted assassination of Trump. The vote was bipartisan, as expected — the hours following the shooting prompted a flurry of bipartisan condemnations against political violence, as well as scrutiny of the security situation that allowed a 20-year-old gunman with a rifle onto a rooftop just outside the rally perimeter. Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
Kamala Harris vetting list of possible running mates with 4 stand-outs: report
Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet her list of potential running mates for 2024, according to sources familiar with the campaign. The presumptive Democratic Party nominee has been moving quickly to formalize a campaign ticket after President Biden stepped down Sunday afternoon. Harris’s team has requested information on approximately a dozen individuals, according to anonymous sources speaking to the Associated Press. KEY ENDORSEMENTS POUR IN FOR KAMALA HARRIS AS VP SELECTION NEARS Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, and Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina are among the most-discussed prospects for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination. Her selection will set the tone for her last-minute presidential campaign launched with an endorsement of Biden following his sudden and unexpected withdrawal from the race. Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment on the reports. BIDEN SAYS ‘THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’ WHILE SAYING HE WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION The campaign of former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee in the 2024 election, has dismissed Harris’s eventual vice-presidential pick as inconsequential. “There is a short list of governors and senators. They are all interchangeable,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told reporters on Wednesday. “It doesn’t matter.” Many top Democrats have fallen in line behind Harris, receiving endorsements from the Clintons, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Harris and Trump are locked in an extremely close contest, according to a new national poll conducted entirely after Biden announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing his vice president. Trump, who last week was formally nominated as the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential candidate, stands at 46% support among registered voters in an NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll. Harris, who on Monday night said she had locked up the Democratic nomination thanks to verbal commitments from delegates at next month’s Democratic National Convention, stood at 45% support. Trump’s one point edge is well within the survey’s sampling error. Nine percent of those questioned were undecided. Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.