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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus's (CHC) campaign chief on Friday lashed out at Republicans following House passage of President BidenJoe BidenHouse Democrats push vote on social spending plan to Friday Fauci says all adults should 'go get boosted' Senate confirms Park Service director after years of acting heads MORE's Build Back Better bill.

Rep. Rubn Gallego (D-Ariz.), the chairman of Bold PAC, called out Republican opposition to the bill, which includes health care, immigration, education and family care provisions that are popular among many Hispanic communities.

"Were building back better for the Latino community by expanding access to affordable health care, making our immigration system more humane and efficient, and investing in childcare and caregiving by extending the Child Tax Credit and establishing universal preschool," said Gallego.

"Republicans have proven time and again that if people elect them, they will vote against policies that help hard working Americans like the American Rescue Plan, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Build Back Better Act and will then go back to their districts and lie to their constituents about supporting them," he added.

Most Democrats are taking a victory lap Friday, as the bill's passage marked the end of long and sometimes contentious intraparty negotiations that threatened to break down often over the last few months.

The bill has yet to be approved by the Senate, and certain aspects still have to be cleared by the upper chamber's parliamentarian to see if they are compatible with the reconciliation process.

Still, House passage of Biden's signature legislation comes as the president's poll numbers seem to have hit rock bottom and Democrats face mighty headwinds heading into the 2022 midterm elections.

Party campaign committees, like Bold PAC, were hungry for legislative accomplishments to take to their base and energize armies of volunteers to rile up voters before the election.

Bold PAC's core missions are to protectCHC incumbents and expand the number of elected members of the caucus.

In recent cycles Bold PAC has also moved aggressively with independent expenditures promoting the CHC's non-Hispanic allies around the country.

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Chris Christie has been cosplaying the respectable Republican for a while now, but we here in his home state of New Jersey remember. We remember the screaming at teachers, we remember the government shutdowns, we remember the beach vacation he took during that shutdown and we remember his shameless groveling over the four years of the Trump administration during which he gladly humiliated himself and enabled a man who actively tried to overthrow Democracy. He just wrote a book about how to save the Republican party, which is the moral equivalent of breaking someones legs and standing outside the emergency room to sell them crutches.

Christie was a loyal member of team Trump until it became convenient for him not to be. If Trump rang he came running. COVID-laden Supreme court nominee reception? Thank you, Sir, may I have another. Debate prep? My pleasure Mr. President. Now, he happily tells anyone with a camera that the GOP must move on from Trump, and wouldnt you know it, hes available for the job.

I have no doubt in my mind that if it becomes advantageous for Christie to rejoin team Trump a year or six months from now he would disavow everything he wrote or said that cast aspersions on the fearless leader and fall in line. Maybe this time Trump will actually make Christie Attorney General instead of stringing him along for four years. Or maybe the former president will just drag him on stage at a rally to mock him again. I remember that. I wonder if he does.

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America is exceptional, but we need fresh leadership, innovative ideas, and a different direction for the Fifth District of Tennessee.

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Tennessee Voices: A conversation with Manny Sethi

Opinion and Engagement Director David Plazas spoke with U.S. Senate candidate and trauma surgeon Manny Sethi.

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America is the greatest country in the world. My family and millions of others are proof. My parents were legal immigrants and came to America with nothing, but by the grace of God, hard work, and rural community values, my brother and I lived the American Dream in Tennessee.

I vividly remember as a young boy my father taking me to India to show me the slums where he grew up. He always said, Be very grateful you were born in America.

My dads words ring as true today as they did when I was a young man.

As we return to some sense of normalcy, we face incredible hurdles both at home and abroad. These obstacles are a direct result of the Biden Administration, who is clearly out of touch with the American people. In short, this administration is off the rails with endless mandates, international gaffes, and overall incompetence.

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Internationally we face serious threatsthe greatest comes from China. Economically, China is unquestionably our greatest rival, and yet we continue to allow them to dominate American supply chains, manipulate the value of their currency, and steal intellectual property.

As China grows its military with a navy fleet that rivals our own and a new hypersonic missile, it is critical that we reinforce our commitments to freedom in places like Taiwan, Hong Kong, across the Pacific, and beyond. China is filling the vacuum in Afghanistan forging new relations with the Taliban in the wake of our chaotic exit. We needed to end the war in Afghanistan, but the disorganized evacuation did not honor the American patriots who served and sacrificed for our country over two decades.

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At home, we also face very serious uncertainty. America went from having the strongest economy in our nations history under President Trump, to inflation rates not seen since the 1970s.

Instead of harnessing the power of the private sector, we find ourselves doubling down on big government through uncontrolled federal spending, higher proposed taxes, and new vaccine mandates.

Americans are also starting to encounter unthinkable challenges as prices of gas and groceries soar.

America is exceptional, but we need fresh leadership, innovative ideas, and a different direction. A new congressional Fifth District in Tennessee that is currently under discussion is important to our nations future. I believe that we must elect a conservative Republican who will fight for America first, politicians last, and policies that will once again bring respect back to our country.

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I am grateful to the hundreds of supporters who have encouraged me to pursue this new congressional seat, but after faithful deliberation, my path leads me to family and patients who need care, especially those impacted by the unprecedented pandemic.

One day my journey may take me back to the political arena, but only the good Lord knows that.

But during this season of Thanksgiving, one thing is clear to me I remain hopeful and optimistic about our countrys future. I am so grateful to those who protect our freedoms, defend our Republic, and always keep America first.

Manny Sethi is an orthopedic trauma surgeon in Nashville and president of Healthy Tennessee. He was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2020 Republican Primary.

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Then-US President Donald Trump with RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel on December 2, 2017.Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Ronna McDaniel said publicly for the first time on Thursday that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

"Painfully, Joe Biden won the election," she said. "He's the president. We know that."

The RNC chief said she believes the GOP remains tethered to Donald Trump and "would lose" without him.

Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, acknowledged publicly for the first time on Thursday that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

"Painfully, Joe Biden won the election and it's very painful to watch," McDaniel told the audience at a breakfast in Washington hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. "He's the president. We know that."

McDaniel has established a "Committee on Election Integrity" at the RNC and claimed on Thursday that there were "lots of problems" with the 2020 election, despite there being no evidence of widespread election fraud. McDaniel's very delayed concession that former President Donald Trump lost the election is a testament to just how many Republicans either believe or refuse to contradict the false claim that Trump actually won the election.

Polling over the last year has consistently shown that the majority of Republican voters believe Trump won reelection in 2020. A Politico/Morning Consult poll conducted in June found that almost a third of registered Republicans believed the conspiracy theory that Trump would be reinstated as president this year.

The RNC chief, a close ally of Trump's, said on Thursday that she believes her party remains tethered to the former president.

"If he left the party, we would lose," McDaniel said of Trump. "If he left the party, Republicans would lose. He has built our party. He has added a new base."

McDaniel is the niece of Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee who voted with six other Republicans to convict Trump in the Senate trial after the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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Trump insists that investigating false claims of election fraud is the "the single most important thing for Republicans to do" ahead of the midterms next year. But McDaniel argued that the GOP's focus should be on attacking Biden and his policies.

"I think every Republican right now should be talking about 2022. I'm not talking about anything else other than what Biden is doing to destroy our country: high gas prices, an open border, an opioid crisis," she said. "Everybody else can do their own thing, but I think we should be talking about Joe Biden."

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A Texas Democrat switched his affiliation to the Republican Party over the party's left-leaning embrace of defunding the police policies and "chaos" on the southern border.

State Rep. Ryan Guillen announced in a Monday press conference that he would seek reelection to his south Texas seat as a Republican, saying the Democratic Party's far-left values are no longer in line with his own.

Specifically, Guillen cited his now-former partys backing of defunding the police and the compounding crisis at the southern border under President Biden.

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Mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents watch Haitian immigrants on the bank of the Rio Grande in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 20, 2021 as seen from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. (John Moore/Getty Images)

"Friends, something is happening in South Texas, and many of us are waking up to the fact that the values of those in Washington, D.C., are not our values, not the values of most Texans," Guillen said.

"The ideology of defunding the police, of destroying the oil and gas industry and the chaos at our border is disastrous for those of us who live here in South Texas," he continued.

The former Democrat had won his seat by nearly 17 points in the 2020 election and has served in the Texas House for almost two decades. Guillen's switch is a win for Republicans as the party pushes to gain traction along the historically blue border.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan joined Guillen at his announcement in Floresville.

Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, R-Orange, presides as they House prepares to debate voting bill SB1, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

"John Lujans upset victory earlier this month in a district with a majority Hispanic population already proved that Texans are fed up with the failures of Democratic leadership and Ryan Guillens party switch makes that fact all the more clear," Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) president Dee Duncan said in a Monday statement.

"Todays Democrat leaders are so focused on appeasing their fringe-left base by putting teachers unions ahead of parents, pushing socialist tax and spending schemes, and fighting for open border policies, that even elected officials in their own party cannot support their radical agenda anymore," Duncan continued.

Duncan said the Republicans "welcome" Guillen to the party "with open arms and look forward to working with him" as he works with his new GOP colleagues "to deliver solutions for the people of his district."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces the reopening of more Texas businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

The Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa went after Guillen for the switch, attacking the newly minted Republican for "prioritizing holding onto his job rather than standing up for Texans."

"Were disappointed to see him selling his soul and selling out South Texans, but were excited to clear the field for a real Democrat to run one we can count on to show up for our families and put Texans first," Hinojosa said. "Texas Democrats will keep standing up for our values and fighting to fix the biggest problems facing Texas families whether its fixing our disaster-prone power grid, getting more people healthcare, or making sure working Texans have a real chance to get ahead."

"Thats clearly not a priority for Rep. Guillen," he added. "Dont let the door hit you on the way out."

The ongoing border crisis has been a thorn in the Biden administrations side a thorn that Biden and Vice President Harris, who was tapped earlier this year to oversee the border crisis, have largely ignored since taking office.

Harris quipped earlier this year that she had not been to Europe when reminded by NBC's Lester Holt that she had not been to the southern border yet.

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Harris traveled to France last week, where she was panned for putting on a French accent while touring a laboratory in Paris. She had previously traveled to El Paso, Texas a city along the border but not near the Rio Grande Valley, the epicenter of the crisis to assess the border situation.

The effects of the border crisis may also boost the already growing Hispanic vote moving toward the Republican Party.

Houston Keene is a reporter for Fox News Digital. You can find him on Twitter at @HoustonKeene.

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Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthys leadership style on Thursday, suggesting that if Republicans win control of the House next year, the party should install former President Donald Trump as its next speaker.

Theyre not skating to where the puck is. And so I would give them a grade of a D,' Meadows said of the House Republican leadership during an appearance on Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetzs podcast. I believe that on this tactic and strategy listen, you need to make Democrats take tough votes. You need to make sure that when youve got them on the ropes that you dont throw in the white towel.

Meadows, a Republican from North Carolina who was serving in the House before Trump picked him to be his top aide in 2020, said in a separate appearance on a podcast hosted by Trump ally Steve Bannon that he would love to see the gavel go from (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi to Donald Trump.

You talk about melting down, people would go crazy, he said.

The speaker of the House does not need to be a member of the House, just elected by the body.

The comments from Meadows underscore the growing tension in the Republican Party, with the Trump loyalist publicly criticizing McCarthy, a California Republican who is also one of Trumps top allies in Congress, less than a year before the midterm elections.

McCarthy is facing heat from both his party and Democrats over recent episodes in Washington, including criticism by some Republicans who want their leader to punish more than a dozen House Republicans who voted for a bipartisan infrastructure bill that will repair roads and bridges and widen access to broadband.

Democrats have blasted McCarthy over his decision not to condemn Rep. Paul Gosar after the Arizona Republican posted a photoshopped anime video on Twitter depicting him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swinging a sword at Biden.

Former Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich, who also served for a time in the House and ran against Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, told CNNs Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room later Thursday that Meadows comments were just so crazy.

It looks like hes still running so much of the Republican party, Kasich said of Trump. As to whether that remains in terms of the pinnacle of his power yet to be seen. I hope we wake up.

Meadows faces pressure from Congress to comply with a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot. The panel is currently weighing whether to pursue a criminal contempt referral against him, something it has already done for former Trump adviser Bannon. Bannon was indicted by the Department of Justice last week and is pleading not guilty to the charges against him.

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