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A journalist who says Charlie Kirk greatly improved his personal life by focusing on Jesus Christ is now asserting former late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel "put a target on the back of every Trump supporter" with his remarks blaming Kirk's assassination on those who wish to Make America Great Again, or MAGA.
"Charlie is the figurehead of the MAGA movement and so to blame MAGA for Charlie's death, which by the way is a sick and evil lie, is to blame Charlie for his own death. But also it is to put a target on the back of every Trump supporter," said Benny Johnson, host of "The Benny Show," during an appearance on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel.
"Because what Jimmy Kimmel is saying is that with the full power and weight of ABC News, which is a taxpayer-funded, corporate news entity which has a license to broadcast in the public interest, he is saying I'm gonna take the full weight of that comedy show, which is a sick joke, and I'm gonna put a target on the back of Trump supporters.
"What he is saying is, 'I will whitewash your crime,' because Charlie Kirk was killed by a radical, trans activist Democrat. And he's gonna say 'I will whitewash that, and I will assist in blaming the MAGA movement for these assassinations.'
"It's a very evil and very dangerous thing for everybody out there who's still working to honor Charlie and his legacy and to remember him. It's the last thing that he would want. Charlie was always an agent of peace and debate and dialogue."
Regarding ongoing attacks against Kirk, whose memorial service is taking place Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, Johnson wondered aloud: "Why is it so difficult for leftists to just say we disavow violence and we are praying for the Kirk family? That's all you have to do and then you just move on. That's the decent and honorable thing to do."
"It's not about red vs. blue. This is a spiritual war. It is a sunken, sunken place that the Democrat Party is in. Fifty-eight Democrats refused to … on the House floor … vote to honor Charlie and denounce political violence. … These people need Jesus."
"Charlie's a true martyr in the true Christian sense," he said. "He is advancing now the kingdom of God, even in death. And that doesn't happen. His social media accounts have doubled and tripled, and you're going to see today a revival."
"They wanted a funeral, Maria, and what they got was a spiritual awakening and a revival. That is the mark of a man who had the hand of God on him. We've felt that in our lives."
Kimmel had said in his Sept. 15 monologue, "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them – and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
Kimmel's show has since been canceled indefinitely by Disney, which owns ABC.
In a previous broadcast on his own show, Johnson labeled leftists in the public and media as "wicked demon bastards" for celebrating Kirk's assassination.
"You wicked demon bastards on the left and in the corporate media who even at this very moment celebrate Charlie Kirk's death, called for Charlie Kirk's death for years.
"You labeled him the most evil names you could possibly label him to your genetically and mentally predisposed audiences and deficient audiences who you know are mentally unstable, and you told them Charlie Kirk was Hitler. And then, what do you expect to happen? … They labeled us all this way."
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Americans often hear the mind-numbing statistic that fentanyl poisoning is the No. 1 cause of death for Americans aged 18-45.
Most do not comprehend how this can be, not understanding that the powerful narcotic – unlike almost any other drug – is not just addicting, but is frequently added to other illicit drugs for the express purpose of poisoning/killing Americans.
Thus there is a significant deficit in education and awareness among the American public regarding the battle against lethal synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
WorldNetDaily recently interviewed Lisa Carole Cude, a mother who has experienced the devastating effects of fentanyl firsthand.
Cude's firstborn son, Jordan, was in active recovery for substance use addiction, having moved from a restrictive residential treatment center for eight months to a less-restrictive sober living home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Three weeks after Jordan moved into the sober living house with five men in active recovery for substance use, Lisa Cude invited her sons for lunch to "share some time together" and "celebrate life." Jordan was "doing extremely well, getting his life back together," she said, adding that her son was committed not only to his own recovery but also to helping others. "He was healthy and happy, moving forward, doing all of the necessary hard-work and dedication towards a better life," she said, noting he was "free from all substances."
Then, on the night of that very day, March 20, 2021, he lost his life. The mother of three was "blindsided" the next day when three uniformed officers knocked on her door to inform her of losing Jordan.
"I thought those knocks were him arriving early for dinner," she told WND, as she was preparing for a Sunday family get-together. "Instead of a happy occasion, and through the shock, I had to inform my other sons and their father the devastating news." She lamented, "The enormity of the pain is indescribable for all who loved him," adding, "I wish it on no one."
Later, revealed Lisa Cude, "a toxicology report came back full of a deadly dose of fentanyl cut with cocaine." With much regret, she said her son relapsed with his roommate. "They purchased cocaine, and it was full of fentanyl." As she explained, "You don't die from cocaine. I know for a fact that he did not want to die, and he was poisoned, unknowingly, sold cocaine cut with 28ngs of pure fentanyl – enough to kill 14 men."
Sadly, not only did Jordan make an unsuccessful attempt to save his friend by notifying 911, but he also succumbed to the poison himself. "They both lost their lives to this deadly drug," his mother told WND, "along with the hundreds of thousands of others dying in our country each year. You can fill easily up a football stadium with the number of lives lost to this poison."
"I can't even describe the pain and heartache and shock that I went into," Lisa Cude shared, admitting "it's something that you live with every moment of every day." Since that tragic day, she has sought to "channel" her sorrow and raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl, "to spare other families this grief towards positive changes in hope of saving lives." She added, "Education is key [and] knowledge is power."
"Never believe that it can't be your son or daughter, or in your wonderful community," she said. "The media often tries to depict addiction as something those living on the streets are dealing with, and while those people truly matter, the truth is that addiction affects the lives of anyone, regardless of their socioeconomic status." For her, it's imperative that everyone understands that addiction "has no boundaries, [affecting] every socio-economic background, in every workplace, in every profession, in every school, in every church, and in every community no matter how small or big."
For her son Jordan, the addiction that spiraled out of control began "innocently with a pain prescription of Percocet for the removal of wisdom teeth." He moved from liking the way the pills made him feel on to "party pills" with his friends, to include drugs prescribed by doctors, like highly addictive OxyContin.
Describing how they inevitably moved on to "street heroin," she noted that "prescription OxyContin is synthetic heroin," adding that both are highly addictive and potent opioids.
"Never in his medical and therapy records or in his journals was fentanyl ever mentioned," Lisa Cude said. "When in active addiction, his drugs of choice were heroin, cocaine and Xanax." For others, the cycle could begin with something as simple as taking a pill to manage anxiety or boost energy. In any of the situations, she cautioned, even a small amount of fentanyl mixed into any drug, including a fake pill, could prove fatal for the user.
"None of the media or our government is doing enough to save the lives of those who didn't want to die," she lamented. What is needed, she said, is "a major media blitz and public service announcements with factual information and mandatory education in all levels of education systems throughout our country."
"Treat this travesty like the Covid pandemic," she said. "Scare people straight with the facts."
Lisa Cude praises people like Derek Maltz, a former head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Special Operations Division and former acting administrator of the DEA, for bringing this issue to the forefront. As Maltz frequently emphasizes, she likewise believes there is a significant need for extensive public service announcements, engagement from celebrities to connect with younger audiences on the dangers of fentanyl, and enhanced bipartisan government initiatives that not only continue to halt the influx of fentanyl into the nation, but also boost awareness and education for both children and adults.
Equally important to Lisa Cude, she told WND, is her "belief in Jesus Christ. If it wasn't for my faith in Christ, I would not be here, as it is only this faith that has pulled me through this and has been constant through it all."
She wants to offer this hard-won wisdom to others, too, and has created a blog, a podcast and devotionals for healing, directed toward grieving parents, people battling addiction and "the people who love them through it" – sharing her faith throughout.
"There are so many terrible stories out there, but there is also hope," she told WND. "No matter what comes our way, we can't lose focus of our faith."
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Now it's Starbuck that has been caught in a fight over baristas' refusal to label a drink favored by assassinated Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk with the words "Charlie Kirk" as customers requested.
In its coffee shops, servers are taught to ask for a name, so they can let a customer know when his or her drink is ready.
Apparently, the company tries to discourage political slogans, so that Starbucks shops are not filled with anti-anyone slogans like "Let's Go Brandon" being shouted out multiple times a day.
But when some baristas refused to write on cups "Charlie Kirk," based on the presumption that the name is "political," Starbucks intervened.
On one video, a barista claims, "We can't do political names, but it [the register] didn't even ask for a name to begin with so it's going to be $3.75."
Asked to write Charlie Kirk's name on the cup, the barista affirmed she could write "Charlie."
A Starbucks statement said, "There are no restrictions on customers using Charlie Kirk's name on their order, and we are following up with our team."
It soon elaborated, "Starbucks is a company built on human connection. Having a name, rather than a number, attached to a customer order has been a core part of the Starbucks coffeehouse experience for decades. Most customers use their own name. And when a customer wants to use a different name — including the name Charlie Kirk — when ordering their drink in our café, we aim to respect their preference."
It added, "Over the years, we have had instances where some people have tried to abuse the system. For example, they've provided something that isn't a name at all, but rather a political slogan with the aim of having our barista shout it out as they hand off the finished drink. And in some cases, as their 'name,' they have provided words that are sexually explicit or otherwise offensive. We aim to be a community coffeehouse where everyone feels welcome, so we have previously provided guidance to our partners to respectfully ask the customer to use a different name when attempting to use political slogans or phrases in place of their name. We are clarifying with our team now that names, on their own, can be used by customers on their café order, as they wish."
The company already has been lobbied to formally name a drink, tea and honey, after Kirk, who once talked about drinking many of those daily.
A published report explained, "The murder of 31-year-old Kirk … on September 10 has further polarized an already divided nation and sparked fierce debate about free speech across the country. In a now-viral TikTok video, a woman claimed that 'Starbucks refused to write or say Charlie Kirk's name. I never went in talking about politics, just mentioned his name to have it written on my cup to honor him.'"
Reports confirm that customers have been ordering Mint Majesty tea with two honeys, as that was Kirk's favorite.
According to the Independent, Kirk's alleged assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson of Utah, has been officially charged with aggravated murder and six other counts, including obstruction of justice and witness tampering. Utah prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Robinson.
Reports confirm the suspect was radicalized into the transgender and other leftist ideologies.
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A Muslim mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, has stunned with his vitriol against a Christian resident of his city who simply objected to promoting violence.
Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud scolded resident Edward "Ted" Barham, a Christian, "Although you live here, you are not welcome here."
Barham had objected to renaming some intersections in Dearborn after Osama Siblani, Arab American News publisher who has promoted Hezbollah and Hamas, both Middle East organizations that have inflicted death, destruction and terror on Americans.
Hammoud issued a dangerous suggestion for Barham to not see the signs.
"The best suggestion I have for you is to not drive on Warren Avenue or close your eyes while you're doing it. His name is up there and I spoke at a ceremony celebrating it because he's done a lot for his community," Hammoud claimed.
He then turned to a personal attack on his city's resident, accusing Barham of being "a bigot, and you are racist, and you're an Islamophobe. Although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here. And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of this city."
Barham had explained Siblani is "a promoter of Hezbollah and Hamas. … He talks about how the blood of the martyrs irrigates the land of Palestine … whether we are in Michigan and whether we are in Yemen. Believe me, everyone should fight within his means. They will fight with stones, others will fight with guns, others fight with planes, drones, and rockets."
Fox News reported the signs actually were approved by the Wayne County commission, as the road is a county road, but the signs are inside Dearborn.
Barham compared the signs to naming a road "Hezbollah Street or Hamas Street," and said the "honor" for Siblani was "provocative."
Fox explained, "Dearborn, the city with America's highest-percentage Muslim population, has long navigated debate over cultural and political identity. For many average residents, the moment captured in City Hall begged the question of whether elected officials are willing to listen to all voices or only those they choose to celebrate."
WND reported only days ago that adjacent Dearborn Heights was forced into an embarrassing backtrack when officials announced a badge for police officers that said "Dearborn Heights Police" in Arabic.
The scandal even caught the attention of the late Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, who was assassinated a week ago at a free speech event in Utah.
After an interval of only two days, Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi went to social media to backtrack.
"On Wednesday, September 3rd, information was disseminated from the Dearborn Heights Police Department regarding a digital mock-up of the DHPD patch bearing the department name translated in Arabic script," his Facebook post said. "The design mock-up idea showed the words 'Dearborn Heights Police' in Arabic and was said to be optional. The patch effort was an internal discussion among some within the police department which was not put forth for consensus or further review."
But, he said, "Should efforts like this be formally undertaken to make any changes to the Police uniform, it is our goal to include multiple PD stakeholders for a larger conversation, to ensure all are included in the discussion. As we are one PD, each individual's uniform represents the DHPD as a whole, and therefore merits the review and input of all. At this time, this patch addition remains an idea and should NOT have been presented as an official prototype."
Dearborn Heights has a population of around 39% Middle Eastern or North African as of the most recent census, but triggered Republican Congressman Randy Fine with its announcement. He called it an example of "Sharia Law" coming to Michigan.
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A young redheaded TikTokker, who goes by Ellie May on X, posted a video hoping it would get in front of the eyes of President Trump – and it has. The president posted it on his Truth Social account Saturday afternoon.
The woman pleads with the president to spearhead the passage of "The Charlie Kirk Act," which would hold media companies accountable for lying to the American people.
She cites 2013 action by President Obama that repealed the 1948 Smit-Mundt Act, a law that prohibited propaganda in the media.
"Make it damn near impossible for these people to continue to lie to the American public, which has brought chaos, hatred and division all across the country," she says.
"Because of their hateful lies, a man has lost his life. … Force journalists to finally start telling the truth."
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Americans marked the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on their nation by Islamic terrorists with tributes, recollections, remembrances and more.
And one pilot took the opportunity to reveal how he thinks his jet, sitting on a runway that day, was intended to be the fifth aircraft hijacked and turned into a weapon of mass destruction.
Ceremonies were held Thursday in New York and at the Pentagon, both targeted that day, as well as in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a flight augured into the ground after a failed scheme to turn it into another weapon.
Nearly 3,000 civilians died that day.
Jennifer Nilsen explained to reporters that the loss of her husband, Troy Nilsen, is "heart-wrenching" every year.
Even those who weren't born by then marked the day.
But one man, Tom Mannello, has recollections that go a bit further.
He was to pilot United Airlines Flight 23 that day, and says it was his aircraft that was intended to be used as another "weapon of mass destruction" on that day.
But he said a terrorist's mistake saved the lives of those aboard.
In a report in the Daily Mail about a video documentary, he said, "I now believe that it is more likely than not that we were the fifth airplane. There's a good chance that somebody was planning to try to use our airplane as a weapon of mass destruction."
That flight was at New York's JFK airport, lined up to leave at about 9 a.m.
But it was called back to the gate after other jets hit the World Trade Center towers.
He said he learned afterward that box cutters – the weapons used by hijackers to gain control of other four flights – were discovered on an aircraft that was parked next to his jet that morning.
That craft was not due to depart, but it's number was one digit off of the one Mannello was flying.
He said he learned two box cutters were found in the seat pockets in the first class section in that empty jet.
"Connecting the dots, the captain now believes the box cutters placed inside the seats on the neighboring aircraft had been intended for his flight, which would have departed JFK at a similar time to the other deadly vessels," the report said.
He said he thinks the mistake was that someone, assigned to leave the box cutters for later use, left them in the wrong jet.
"If somebody was on the ground cooperating with them, they just simply made a mistake and put the box cutters on the wrong airplane," he said. "You have people who clean the airplane, people who load food on the airplane, who have access to the airplane."
Further, he explained that flight attendants on his plane later raised concerns about several passengers.
"Flight attendant Barbara Brockie-Smaldino recalled one individual dressed in a burka with a niqab, who she was convinced was 'really a man,'" the report said.
Another passenger even sought to take his son into the cockpit "to look around," a move that is strictly forbidden.
Further alarm bells rang when "attendants were trying to serve first-class passengers their food, but all onboard were insistent that they didn't want to eat." Instead, they wanted to take off.
A total of 2,977 people died when four jets were hijacked and intentionally crashed into New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.
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UPDATE: The sheriff's office has now reported that two students were injured in the shooting, plus the shooter, who also was hospitalized. All three, all minors, are considered in critical condition. No names were released immediately.
There's been another school shooting, this time at Evergreen High School in Colorado.
Initial reports say that at least three people, probably students, are in critical condition after being hospitalized.
A report from KDVR television said authorities in Jefferson County, which encompasses the foothills community of Evergreen about 25 miles west of downtown Denver, said there was an "active assailant" at the school.
A spokesperson for CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood told FOX31 that three people are in the hospital in critical condition related to the incident.
Authorities revealed a 911 call came in about 12:40 p.m. Mountain Time, and a warning was issued that people who have kids at the school should not try to go there, as it still was "an active scene."
The building was being evacuated room by room.
A reunification site was set up at Bergen Meadow Elementary, nearby.
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As a national furor over career criminals intensifies with the Charlotte murder of a Ukraine refugee, another repeat offender, this one in Louisiana, allegedly raped a 4-year-old girl and gave her a sexually transmitted disease just weeks after being released.
Now, surgical castration and the death penalty are being discussed among law-enforcement officials for 25-year-old Anthony Jelks.
WAFB-TV reports: "East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said Monday, Sep. 8, that his office is exploring every option in the case against Anthony Jelks, which could include surgical castration or the death penalty."
"I can't think of anything worse than raping a child," Moore said.
The station reported Morse is "well-known to Baton Rouge police, causing problems over the years spelled out in a plethora of paperwork filed with the 19th Judicial District Court."
Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse told WAFB the situation is "extremely frustrating."
"Mr. Jelks, we have arrested six times over the last six-seven years," Morse said.
"He has everything from firearm charges to domestic-abuse battery, violation of protective orders."
Elon Musk indicated: "This needs to stop."
Political commentator Gunther Eagleman said: "If they been arrested 6 times, the judge who lets him out should absolutely be held accountable when he commits another heinous crime."
Eric Daugherty of Florida's Voice noted: "'Previously arrested…released…' needs to STOP being a national headline. Our people are getting raped and murdered. The judges, district attorneys and state attorneys who allow this have blood on their hands."
As WorldNetDaily reported, U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla. says he'll introduce legislation to hold judges accountable when violent repeat offenders they release commit new crimes.
"It's easy to release criminals when you're protected by an armed bailiff at all times. The rest of us aren't so lucky," said Fine.
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The man who created the inaccurate but much-used Black Lives Matter slogan "Hand's up, don't shoot" after Michael Brown rushed a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, 11 years ago, and was shot and killed, now has died in a shootout, which didn't involve police.
Dorian Johnson, claimed that his friend, Brown, had been compliant and accommodating when he confronted that officer, the officer who ultimately shot and killed Brown in self-defense.
A commentary at Twitchy explained, "The man whose lies helped propel BLM, causing death, riots, and destruction, has died in a fatal shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. In 2014, Dorian Johnson witnessed his friend Michael Brown rush a police officer in Ferguson. The officer fatally shot Brown in self-defense. But before the truth finally came out, lies were spread about the killing by Johnson, which created a national media-fueled outrage that was driven on by the later-debunked 'Hands up, Don't Shoot' chant and narrative."
Johnson died in a shooting not involving police only blocks from where Brown died.
"Posters are not missing the irony that a person who sparked an anti-police crusade died by the very violence that more policing could have helped prevent," the report said.
"Guess they decided his black life didn't matter. That happens a lot in rampant black-on-black crime. When the Brown shooting happened, 'journalists' and their fellow Democrats, seeing the opportunity to push a false narrative, jumped at the chance to do so. They helped spread the 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' hoax nationwide."
A report by CNN said Johnson, 33, died in a shooting early Sunday morning at a block of apartments.
The investigation continues, although police said one person already is in custody.
Brown was 18 at the time he was shot by policeman Darren Wilson, a white man, on August. 9, 2014.
Wilson argued he shot Brown in self-defense as Brown charged at him. Johnson said he was a witness to the shooting and that there was a confrontation during which Brown was shot in the hand.
The report said, "Moments later, Brown moved back toward Wilson and the fatal shots were fired, according to federal investigators. Johnson said Brown had faced the officer with his hands up in surrender, but that assertion has been hotly contested, and a Justice Department investigation found that other witnesses 'gave varying accounts of exactly what Brown was doing with his hands as he moved toward Wilson,' including balling up his fists and pulling up his pants."
Johnson's claim about the events sparked that "hands up, don't shoot" mantra that was used over and over by extremists across the nation.
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As violent protests against ICE agents deporting illegal aliens continue across America, White House Border Czar Tom Homan says many of the protesters are actually being paid for their opposition, and federal officials will be prosecuting them to the "highest standards of the law."
Homan appeared on "Sunday Morning Futures" on the Fox News Channel, and was asked by guest host Jason Chaffetz about the authenticity of the protests.
"Some of it might be organic, but it does strike me, it seems like a lot of them are being bused in. You see them at the end of these protests actually getting back on buses," Chaffetz noted. "Are these protesters, the bulk of them, are they actually being financed from the outside?"
"Absolutely," Homan responded. "We know a lot these protesters are being paid. Many of them admitted to it.
"So yes, there's a whole effort right now identifying those who are funding these operations, those who fund the weapons that are being used. They'll be held accountable too and held to the highest standards of the law. They will be prosecuted too."
Homan said Americans need to understand that "ICE is enforcing the laws enacted by Congress. They appropriated funding to enforce these laws. If you don't like what ICE does, then go protest Congress, 'cause we're not making this stuff up."
"And what's most insulting, you've got members of Congress comparing ICE to Nazis and terrorists and racists. Well if they're racists for enforcing the law, what does that make them? They wrote the law."
"So members of Congress, everyone that wants to attack ICE, are disgusting. They're an embarrassment to the position they hold. They're members of Congress, and they don't like what ICE is doing? They do your job and legislate. Until then, President Trump and the men and women of ICE are gonna continue to prioritize public safety threats and national security threats and make this country safer every day."
Chaffetz, a former Republican congressman from Utah, told Homan he made a "good point," explaining: "I once upon a time served in Congress, and I was on the Judiciary Committee. I was on the Subcommittee on Immigration. Guess what. Democrats had the House and Senate and presidency. Do you know how many hearings they held? Two. One was with [late night comedian] Stephen Colbert. The other was to take the class photo. Do you know how many pieces of legislation they tried to move through to change the immigration laws that they are so upset about now? Zero."
Homan stressed there are consequences for being in the U.S. illegally, indicating "70% of everybody ICE is arresting is a criminal. The other 30% are gang members who don't have criminal histories."
He also said there's a difference between acting as a protester and a criminal interfering with ICE operations.
"You throw a stone, you're going to jail. You put hands on an ICE officer, you're going to jail. You make a threat, either online or in person, you're going to jail," Homan said.
"You cross that line and move from a protester to a criminal, zero tolerance. You will be prosecuted."
"You can protest all you want, exercise your First Amendment rights. You cross that line, you're going to jail."
Homan concluded by noting, "Over 1.5 million illegal aliens have left this country. And why have they left this country Because of President Trump and his policies. … We're showing the world there's consequences.".
"This is amazing, it's unprecedented and it's because of the leadership of this president."