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With Donald Trump out of office, Republicans now face the difficult balancing act of retaining new voters he brought into the party while bringing back voters he alienated. Remarkably, Trump brought former Democrats and union workers and minorities into the GOP. He also oversaw some bleeding in the suburbs. To stop the tide of illiberal cultural leftism, Republicans cant afford to write off either group.

I dont know what degree of political involvement Trump will have going forward. I do know, however, that the Trump base is much more loyal to the man himself than to the Republican Party. Thats a lesson the Beltway establishment seems to forget.

Appealing to Trumps base while also appealing to educated suburban voters might seem like a mutually exclusive exercise. For Trump himself, I think it was. His utter singularity creates advantages and disadvantages, which is illustrated by this exact predicament. The brashness that gave Trump appeal with new demographics is what hurt him with groups like suburban women.

The question, then, is whether its possible for Republicans to channel Trumps brashness in a way that doesnt also alienate key voting blocs. It wont be easy, but I think the answer is clearly yes. Not only is that formulation politically advantageous, its also the moral path forward. Without the baggage of Stormy Daniels or bizarre tweets about Mika Brzezinski, Republicans should embrace an aggressively anti-establishment temperament and agenda.

Take this fascinating prescription from the infamous 2012 RNC Autopsy report: When it comes to social issues, the Party must in fact and deed be inclusive and welcoming. If we are not, we will limit our ability to attract young people and others, including many women, who agree with us on some but not all issues.

Inclusive and welcoming were code words for socially moderate. That Republicans believed they could stitch together a diverse coalition of voters under the pastel banner of growth and opportunity (the report is literally in pastels) by ignoring or moderating on social issues is remarkable to think about now. Just two years after the reports release, a big chunk of the GOPs base proved that wrong, flocking to Trump not in spite of but because of his political incorrectness.

To the extent its possible, Republicans must absolutely seek to elevate leaders of good character who represent conservative values. That is not mutually exclusive with fighting back aggressively in the lefts culture war.

Cancel culture is an umbrella issue with some room for policy solutions and a lot more room for cultural solutions. But its a hugely important issue for working people, in rural America, in suburbs, and in cities. What happens to the mom who politely questions their public schools embrace of the pro-trans book I Am Jazz in curriculum for elementary students? What happens to the father who loses his job or gets a suspension over a Facebook post about Colin Kaepernick? When cancelations unfold in the media, Bari Weiss can start a Substack. When they unfold outside the Acela Corridor, cancel cultures victims lack powerful platforms to push back.

As weve reported, whether these hypotheticals are happening at a substantial rate (and I think they are), suburban voters worry about them. Who wouldnt? Kamala Harris used to discourage Democrats from obsessing over identity politics because what keeps people awake at 3:00 a.m. has more to do with mounting bills and health care. Maybe. But these days, I dont think cancel culture is just an abstract concern that looms large over newsrooms. I think it keeps a lot of people up.

All that is to say, part of what voters in these ostensibly disparate blocs want from the GOP is a fighting spirit. Its not just about NAFTA or a child tax credit, although done correctly the latter is a good example of policy solutions that can appeal to both groups. The increasingly right-of-center working-class agrees with the Tea Party base on one point: They have zero tolerance for politicians who make fiery speeches at CPAC about fighting back and then vote with the establishment in D.C.

Its not just about cancel culture. Its about the media. Its about immigration and corporate welfare and the Second Amendment and foreign entanglements and nonsensical leftist notions of gender. Its largely about temperament but with some serious policy implications in terms of developing a pro-family, working-class agenda.

Of course, its not as simple as standing at a podium and laying into CNN. Suburban voters want the GOP to stand against Democrats wild spending priorities. That will come into some tension with the working class, along with other conflicts. But what will help Republicans unite this difficult coalition is packaging an anti-establishment temperament and policy agenda in leaders of strong character.

Future Republican standard-bearers neednt tweet about the size of their nuclear buttons or act like Jeb! Bush to keep the advantages of Trumpism and ditch the baggage. They just need voters to know theyre fighting. The good news is that this is both a politically expedient strategy and a morally correct one.

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House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy came under fire this weekend for claiming in a recent interview the entire country shares some responsibility for unrest at the Capitol earlier this month.

During a Full Court Press interview with former Fox News host Greta Van Susteren, McCarthy rejected the idea that President Donald Trump was entirely responsible for inciting the riot as Democrats attempt to impeach the former president after hes left office.

I thought the president had some responsibility when it came to the response. If you listen to what president said at the rally, he said, demonstrate peacefully. And then I got a question later about whether did he incite them. I also think everybody across this country has some responsibility, McCarthy told Van Susteren, according to a transcript obtained by Newsweek.

Trump detractors immediately seized on the comments, vilifying the Republican for declaring an uncomfortable reality.

A McCarthy spokesperson spun the California congressmans comments in a statement to Newsweek claiming the House minority leader is merely being misunderstood, arguing instead McCarthy meant to reiterate genuine calls for unity as a task placed on everyone.

I understand that some might want to spin McCarthys comments as spreading culpability of the actual rioters to everyone, but thats just plain wrong. He has maintained since the attacks that we all have a responsibility to lower the political temperature across the spectrum that has been building for years and unite as Americansthis isnt the first instance of political violence, a spokesperson told the magazine.

McCarthy also released a video chronicling his consistency condemning the violence, a consistency absent among Democrats when left-wing militants frequently broke out in riots in the name of social justice last year.

The initial interpretation of McCarthys remarks however, werent entirely wrong to begin with. Theyre just an uncomfortable reality legacy media refuses to reckon with.

No writer has explained corporate medias culpability in the Capitol attacks as succinctly as Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky in her article, To Heal, We Must First Acknowledge Plummeting Public Trust Is Reasonable.

Jashinsky highlights the story of Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old veteran who served in the military for 14 years before she was shot and killed storming the Capitol.Below is one of Babbitts final retweets on Twitter.

People I trust in DC 1) President Trump the end, the post reads.

While it might be misguided, these sentiments are emblematic of how many Americans feel towards Washington. U.S. institutions including Congress have failed them time and time again while lying and mocking them. Evidence of that is made clear on what happened Jan. 6.

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Theyve watched their mayors and governors violate their own regulations for the sake of leisure or personal convenience or politics, crippling business and workers while they eat crabs. They then watched the medias nakedly unbalanced coverage of it all, wild bias from bonus-pocketing journalists purporting to be arbiters of fact and undisputed occupants of the moral high ground.

Their lives, like all of our lives, have been upended in just over a decade by products tech oligarchs promised would make us happier. Those same billionaires now join the chorus of elites who treat them as irredeemables and deplorables because they disagree with full-throated progressivism.

Now Democrats have passed a snap impeachment of a president already voted out of office, not featuring a single hearing with a single witness, forcing the Senate to conduct a trial for an ex-president. Theres no context for unity with the backdrop of impeachment, let alone a process playing out to punish a man only to be made a martyr from the partisan procedure.

Legacy medias conduct doesnt justify what happened at the Capitol several weeks ago. Nothing does. But legacys medias conduct did contribute to the unraveling of trust in the nations institutions, leaving millions, if not thousands, looking to Trump as the only figure they felt spoke with truth. So did the Democratic Partys normalizing political violence, the Republican Partys clinging to electoral fiction, academia breeding aggressively woke children running the nations newsrooms, and Hollywood unfairly mocking those refusing to conform to their left-wing standards.

Former Fox News Host Megyn Kelly, who now runs her own podcast with no allegiance to Trump, made the same point on BBC below, earning her the same scorn from the same sort of people refusing the same responsibility for playing any part in fomenting the the divisions that ultimately stormed the Capitol.

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McCarthy: Trump Isn't The Only Person To Blame For Jan. 6 Capitol Riot - The Federalist

As Washington, D.C., and federal officials around the country geared up for what many wrongly predicted would be an insurrection by Trump supporters on Inauguration Day, Antifa members rioted and denounced Joe Bidens presidency in cities across the nation.

In Portland, hundreds of violent Antifa rioters took to the streets to protest Bidens inauguration, with some vandalizing the Oregon Democratic Party headquarters, smashing windows, graffitiing the walls, and lighting dumpsters on fire.

Another group marched to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the city, chanting, F-ck Joe Biden. Shortly after they arrived, federal law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly as the crowd lobbed objects at the officers and the building.

Police eventually arrested and charged multiple people in connection to the destruction, but during other rowdy gatherings in the area, some demonstrators called for revenge against police murders, imperialist wars, and fascist massacres, carrying a banner painted with We dont want Biden.

In Seattle, Antifa rioters burned flags and wreaked havoc on businesses in Pike Place Market, a popular tourist attraction in the citys downtown. Some carried banners calling for the abolition of ICE, cops, prisons, borders, and presidents.

Police in Seattle arrested a handful of people in connection with the ongoing property damage and Antifa logo vandalism on the side of buildings all across the area.

In Denver, an Antifa group burned an American flag near the Colorado Capitol, while some displayed banners emblazoned with communist, anti-fascist, anti-Biden, and anti-Trump logos and statements.

Multiple rioters were also caught on camera assaulting other people during the gathering.

Just last summer, violent Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters inflictedmore than$2 billion in damages on businesses, churches, federal buildings, and other downtown structures in some of these same cities. Through arson, looting, vandalism, and other crimes, rioters brought damage across more than 20 states, leaving at least 30 people dead in their wake. These riots were largely ignored by the media as just isolated instances of property damage or justified in the name of racial justice.

Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

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Inauguration Violence Erupts... From Antifa And The Left - The Federalist

Federalist Publisher Ben Domenech highlighted President Joe Bidens aggressive pursuit for a partisan, progressive agenda on day one in office this week, despite the Democratic presidents rhetorical themes of unity at his inauguration.

Youre not going to see a lot of unity in practice, Domenech said, as Biden signed a series of executive orders on Wednesday to open the door to taxpayer-funded abortions, rolling back policies of the Trump administration.

Bidens message Wednesday, Domenech said on Fox News The Ingraham Angle, was basically a cmon man, lets unify, message, and nothing offered in terms of anything tangible while he was surrounded by a scene of militants and a bunch of congressional leaders born before 1950, clinging to their power.

He couldnt even bring himself to compliment Vice President Pence who was there for the work that he did on Operation Warp Speed, which every American should be proud of, considering the kind of thing that was achieved there, Domenech added.

On Fox News Americas Newsroom Thursday, Domenech again emphasized that the scene at Wednesdays inauguration sends a message of fragility, not strength, where a bunch of people who are kind of holding on for dear life at the end of their political careers gathered for the event.

If youre seeing that scene as an American, you dont feel a lot of confidence in this new setup, in this new administration, Domenech said.

Bidens partisan executive orders were particularly problematic, particularly his erasure of womens sports in the name of unity. On Wednesday, Biden mandated that institutions such as schools that receive any federal funding allow biological males who identify as female to be welcomed into womens locker rooms and sports programs.

Thats going to be a major issue, a hugely controversial one if you look at polling, Domenech said.

By Thursday afternoon, #BidenErasedWomen already began trending on Twitter, where even left-wing feminists expressed anger over Bidens decision, perceiving the executive order to be a move effectively erasing progress on equality in sports.

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Big Techs election interference to propel Joe Biden to the Oval Office appears poised to pay off as the president-elect considers tech-friendly corporate lawyers to lead the antitrust division at the Department of Justice.

According to The Intercept reporting with The American Prospect, Renata Hesse, a former Obama Justice Department official who went on to work for Google during the Trump years, is a top contender to lead the antitrust division at the DOJ during a pivotal moment for the California tech giants facing intense pressure from government regulators on both sides of the aisle. While in private practice, Hesse played a primary role in the Amazon merger with Whole Foods and also represented major pharmaceutical giants.

As recently as a couple years ago, Hesse seemed to dismiss antitrust concerns from Googles control of the online search market, the papers reported, highlighting testimony at a field hearing with the Federal Trade Commission. She also said that its really easy to switch away from Google if users dont like the product.

The Intercept and Prospect also reported that Juan Arteaga, another former Obama DOJ official, is in the mix to be assistant attorney general for antitrust. Arteaga represented AT&T in its merger with Time Warner and has defended JPMorgan along with several other major financial firms in fraud cases. Sources reportedly told the papers, however, that Arteaga is more likely to land as deputy assistant attorney general for antitrust under Hesse.

The leading contenders have raised anxieties among Big Tech critics that a Biden administration staffed with former tech lawyers and lobbyists deferential to their corporate interests would be a missed opportunity at a critical time to reign in the unchecked power of a runaway Silicon Valley. The House Antitrust Subcommittee released the findings of its 15-month-long investigation on Big Tech anticompetitive market practices last fall, detailing bipartisan support for changes in tackling the monopoly power of Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon. There also remains a series of ongoing bipartisan state and federal antitrust lawsuits targeting Facebook and Google launched in recent months.

Forty national, state, and local groups sent an open letter to the incoming president Monday, warning Biden against choosing Big Tech elites to regulate Big Tech elites as the president-elects team considers a series of high-powered veterans of Silicon Valleys corporate class for key roles in the new administration.

As you prepare to take office, we urge you to avoid appointing to key antitrust enforcement positions individuals who have served as lawyers, lobbyists, or consultants for Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, the groups wrote through the American Economic Liberties Project. Instead, we encourage you to appoint experienced litigators or public servants who have recognized the dangers of, rather than helped to exacerbate, these corporations market power.

Colorado Republican Congressman Ken Buck also decried the potential appointments of friendly tech veterans to roles where they might regulate the same industry they spent years protecting.

As for who might lead the Justice Department at the top, Biden nominated former 2016 Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.

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Amazon offered the Biden administration vaccine distribution assistance with its vast trove of nationwide resources moments after President Joe Biden was sworn into office on Wednesday. Amazon, the company said, was ready to assist with the new presidents goal to vaccinate 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of the new administration.

We are prepared to leverage our operations, information technology, and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administrations vaccination efforts, Amazons CEO for worldwide consumer business Dave Clark wrote. Our scale allows us to make a meaningful impact immediately in the fight against COVID-19.

While on the surface, its a commendable gesture to be sure, its a delayed one, with no good explanation from Amazon as to why the company waited, more than a month after two vaccines had been cleared by the FDA for emergency use, to offer help until right after Biden took office. Meanwhile, states and cities remained locked down with government officials citing a raging virus to justify draconian measures, declaring livelihoods built on small businesses to be nonessential, while corporations such as Amazon thrive in the elite-driven pandemic.

Amazon refused to provide an on-the-record answer to The Federalist about whether the company had given the Trump administration the same offer it gave Biden Wednesday, though Trump officials told Fox News that the previous White House, which conducted the historic Operation Warp Speed, was given no such letter proposing assistance.

Amazon did tell The Federalist the company had been in contact with Operation Warp Speed and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but offered few details and did not say the company had extended a helping hand to facilitate public vaccination efforts. One letter addressed to the CDC, dated Dec. 16, requested that the government prioritize essential workers in its vaccination guidelines to give protection to its own employees.

We request that [the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices] continue to prioritize these essential workers who cannot work from home, like those working at Amazon fulfillment centers, AWS data centers and Whole Foods Market stores, Clark wrote to ACIP Chairman Dr. Jose R. Romero, according to Fox News.

The FDA granted emergency use authorization to Pfizer-BioNTechs COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 11. and approved Modernas on Dec. 18, each more than a month before Inauguration Day this week.

The five-to-six-week delay in offering resources when such assistance was available, as vaccination implementation struggled at the state level, likely came at a cost of thousands of lives as viral cases reached new heights in the new year, all while lockdowns enriched the coffers of the corporate tech giants profiting handsomely from the pandemic. The optics of the delay, without any substantive explanation for it, make it appear guided by animus toward Trump and is reminiscent of the Pfizer announcement of its vaccine efficacy days after the November election. Biden was informed of the vaccines effectiveness before officials in the Trump administration, who learned of it through the media.

The Trump administration devoted its resources primarily to vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed, successfully landing two reliable vaccines by the years end. Vaccination, however, has been left up to the states, a decision that now-President Biden has declared a mistake. He is moving to federalize vaccination efforts, aiming to give 100 million Americans immunity by the end of his first 100 days in office, which comes at the end of April.

Dr. Joel Zinberg, a senior fellow at the libertarian-leaning Conservative Enterprise Institute who worked on pandemic preparation in the Trump White House between 2017 and 2019, said Bidens goal was overly ambitious and cited the federal governments inexperience in providing direct health care. The federal government, Zinberg noted, isnt known for providing the most competent health care directly, as highlighted by recent problems at Veterans Affairs services.

This is going to have to be done from scratch, Zinberg said of the entire operation from facilities to logistics. So the prospect of this occuring in the next 100 days I think is pretty slim.

Amazons decision to provide access to its vast nationwide resources, however, provides a point of optimism that Bidens aspirational goals might be possible with the private-sector help not afforded from the same company to his Republican predecessor.

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President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office, mandating that any schools that receive federal funding must function as if biological males who claim to be females are the same, and vice versa, or risk losing that funding. This pro-transgender policy extends to male athletes who claim their gender identity as a female should allow them to compete on womens teams, receive womens scholarships, and be admitted in womens locker rooms.

Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports, the executive order reads, promising that the Biden administration is committed to prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.

Biden previously promised to pioneer a radical transgender agenda, telling the mother of an 8-year-old, gender-confused child at a town hall that he would flat-out change the law and eliminate former President Donald Trumps executive orders concerning sex and gender identity. His pledge received support and encouragement from now-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Joe Biden said that on his first day of office, he will give transgender students access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity in all federally funded schools. Do you think he has the ability to do this, and do you agree with his decision? a reporter asked Schumer.

I agree with the decision, and I know hell check things out thoroughly, legally, Schumer said.

During his campaign, Biden also vowed to use the Department of Education to investigate and address any violations of transgender students civil rights, including removing federal school funding or risking legal action. His new executive order also mandates that every agency must act to ensure the enforcement of this new rule within 100 days of Jan. 20.

Under Trump, the Department of Educations Office of Civil Rights found that a Connecticut policy that allowed biologically male student-athletes who identify as female to participate in female sports violated Title IX. Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii introduced legislation in the House in December that prevents biological men from participating in female sports.

Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

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Day One, Biden Destroys Girls' Sports With Anti-Science Executive Order - The Federalist

On this weeks WandaVision, we get the pregnancy episode and an homage to 1970s style sitcoms like The Brady Brunch. The episode, entitled Now in Color, shows Wanda going through the entire nine months of pregnancy in the span of an afternoon. At the end of last weeks episode, we saw her with a small baby bump, but now that bump is fully developed and off to the races.

The comedy in this version of the sit-com comes from the hilarious reactions caused by Wanda reaching certain milestones in her pregnancy.

When she has her first Braxton-Hicks contraction it blows out the power in her whole neighborhood and overloads all the devices in her kitchen.

When her water breaks, it causes the house to flood.

As the baby is about to be born, a stork shows up in the house, while Wanda is trying to hold down a normal conversation with a neighbor that stopped by.

Being a super-powered pregnant woman is not easy.

We also get Paul Bettany at his absolute best. His comedic timing is perfect, and his ability to play the fish out of water character makes this show as funny as it is weird. As an expectant father, hes as nervous as the rest of us were, but with the added pressure of his wifes entire pregnancy being condensed into an afternoon.

At one Vision asks the town doctor, How did this happen? We get perfectly appropriate to a 1970s sitcom answer from the M.D. about how When a man and woman love each other Originally the first Marvel television show was supposed to be The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but COVID-19 stepped in, production schedules were shifted and WandaVision became the first out of the gate. Its still early, but it appears were all better for it.

When Wandas little one who is either going to be named Tommy or Billy (depending upon which parent you ask) is finally on his way, Vision runs to find the doctor leaving Wanda at home alone, but thats when their neighbor Geraldine shows up. As we know, but Wanda does not, Geraldine is actually Monica Rambeau who we met as a child in the 1990s-set Captain Marvel.

Monica is stalked by a stork in this episode, but there to help with the birth of little Tommy, who as it turns outs, is just one of a set of twin boys. After Vision and the doctor have returned, and both babies are out and asleep in their crib, Wanda remarks that she had a twin brother once. Here is where the show illustrates that Wandas vision of her new life is starting to unravel. Monica says, He was killed by Ultron, wasnt he? This is the first mention of Wandas brother or Ultron in a long time in the MCU, and it does not go unnoticed by our super-powered new mom.

Wanda then confronts Monica, and asks, What did you say? Monica tries to deflect by mumbling something else. Meanwhile, Vision is outside talking to the neighbors, who sure are nosy in this small town, and theyre asking if Wanda is inside with Geraldine. Vision finds it odd that hes being asked this, and inquires why it matters.

The nosiest of nosy neighbors, Agnes, interjects that Geraldine is new in town, has no husband, and no home, and then Visions friend Herb tries to tell him something, but Agnes convinces him to keep it a secret (Bettany plays this so well). Earlier in the episode he remarks to Wanda that something is wrong in this town. Not liking that, she rewinds him and makes him say something else, but its clear thats Wandas vision of her perfect suburban sit-com life is beginning to crumble.

As Vision re-enters the house he finds that Geraldine has gone. He asks Wanda where she is, and Wanda says, She had to go home. We then see the city limits for the modern-day town of Westview, with Monica having been thrown out of town. Government vehicles, military trucks, and helicopters hover overhead, spotlights focused on the confused woman rolling on the ground.

If these twin boys are anything like the babies Wanda and Vision had in the comics, then it may indicate just who is the evil force behind this show.

In the comics, Wanda and Vision had twin boys named Tommy and Billy, but they werent truly human, so Wanda stole fragments of life from a villain named Mephisto to give them souls. Later, Mephisto who is essentially the Marvel version of The Devil destroyed Wandas children to absorb their mutant powers.

There have been several rumors that Mephisto is the big baddie for the next few Marvel movies including the third Spider-Man film and the second adventure of Dr. Strange. Could he get his introduction in WandaVision? It seems so.

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On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Seattle talk show host Jason Rantz joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky and Senior Editor Chris Bedford to discuss outgoing President Donald Trump, incoming President Joe Biden, and how American institutions will handle the transition.

One of the biggest shifts following Bidens inauguration, Rantz said, will be the corporate medias coverage and role in promoting Bidens agenda.

If they go back to how theyre supposed to do their jobs, then I think well all be better for it, Rantz said. And we will point to the last four years as an embarrassing blip in the world of national and local media. And thats frankly for both sides, both right and left. There were a lot of people on the conservative side who leaned in so hard to President Trump. They built their brands on him being president. If he goes dark, youre going to impact a lot of the conservative media outlets that relied on that for content.

While the Republicans face their own obstacles following the election losses in the Senate and presidency, the Democratic party, Rantz warned, will also have to find its grounding during the Biden administration as the progressive rifts and splits will be highlighted.

They lost a whole bunch of seats because, I think, veering so far to the left on some of these cultural issues and the way we talk about businesses, small businesses and big businesses, is just a turnoff, and so I dont understand the strategycoming from the Democratic Party right now, Rantz said.

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Reshaped By Trump, Our Institutions Will Hobble Into The Biden Era - The Federalist

Shortly after they demanded that 25,000 members of the National Guard provide security for President Joe Bidens inauguration, Washington, D.C. politicians quietly banished thousands of troops from the U.S. Capitol, forcing them to set up sleeping quarters in nearby parking garages on Thursday night.

While temperatures outside dropped to the low 40s, more than 5,000 Guardsmen, who didnt experience any of the predicted violent clashes on Inauguration Day, were forced to share one electrical outlet, two restroom stalls, and rest their heads on the concrete, without an explanation.

Yesterday dozens of senators and congressmen walked down our lines taking photos, shaking our hands, and thanking us for our service. Within 24 hours, they had no further use for us and banished us to the corner of a parking garage. We feel incredibly betrayed, one Guardsman told Politico.

Multiple senators, representatives, and other government officials on both sides of the political aisle decried the decision. Some offered up their offices as sleeping quarters, others brought them food, and some called on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders to provide answers.

The National Guard did not respond to The Federalists calls, but told other outlets, Guard leadership did not make the decision and were doing their best to provide rest shelter for troops who are still on 12-hour shifts protecting the Capitol and congressional grounds.

While the troops were eventually allowed back into the Capitol complex, it is still unclear as to who ordered that the Guardsmen be removed from the historic building so swiftly and why. Some sources suggest that it was at the request of a Democratic lawmaker, possibly Rep. Bill Keating of Massachusetts, who was upset that some of the troops werent wearing masks. Keating denied that his complaint was what spurred the decision and other congressional leaders such as Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not respond to The Federalists request for comment.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also directed their states troops that were present in D.C. to return home Thursday night, shortly after news broke of the sleeping arrangements.

These folks are soldiers, not Nancy Pelosis servants, DeSantis said on Fox and Friends Friday morning. This is a half-cocked mission at this point and the appropriate thing is to bring them home, he added.

Despite the virtue signaling from both the left and the right, the Guards deportation from the Capitol comes mere days after Democrats encouraged the vetting of National Guard members, especially those assigned to provide security in D.C. following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, for ties to extremism and support for former President Donald Trump.

When you have Guardsmen and women coming from all over the nation at this time, I do think that it is prudent to make sure that they are being vetted and that anybody who cannot pledge allegiance to their missions, and may be pulled by other views, needs not only to be removed from this duty, they need to be removed from the Guard, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowsersaidon Tuesday.

Just days before, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., explained a similar concept to CNNs Jim Sciutto, saying that even though the Guard is 90-some-odd-percent male only about 20 percent of white males voted for Biden.

Youve got to figure that in the Guard, which is predominantly more conservative I see that on my social media, and we know it. Theyre probably not more than 25 percent of the people that are there protecting us who voted for Biden, Cohen said. The other 75 percent are in the class, the large class of folks, who might want to do something.

Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

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DC Elite Used National Guard As Props, Questioned Their Loyalty, Then Made Them Sleep In Parking Garage - The Federalist