Trump Warning: Sept. 18 Capitol Rally Is a ‘Setup’
Former President Donald Trump expressed anger at the harsh punishment being doled out to participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill unrest and warned that a rally to be held this Saturday will be a no-win situation for his supporters. “There’s a discontent with everything having to do with politics,” Trump told The Federalist in an interview posted Thursday. “People are so disgusted with the way people are being treated from the Jan. 6 situation. It’s a combination of that compared to how Antifa and [Black Lives Matter] were treated. When you compare the treatment, it is so unjust, it is so unfair. It’s disgraceful.” He then addressed the coming rally. “On Saturday, that’s a setup,” Trump said. “If people don’t show up they’ll say, ‘Oh, it’s a lack of spirit.’ And if people do show up they’ll be harassed.”
Ohio GOP Rep. Who Voted For Trump Impeachment Won’t Seek Re-Election
“Facing recriminations from fellow Republicans loyal to Donald Trump after his vote to impeach the ex-president over his role [during the Jan. 6 unrest at the] U.S. Capitol, Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH] announced Thursday that he won’t seek re-election,” Cleveland.com reports. “Gonzalez posted a statement on Twitter that cited ‘the toxic dynamics inside our own party’ as a significant factor in his decision,” the news site notes. Former Trump White House aide Max Miller, who had already announced a primary challenge to Gonzalez, bade the congressman a not-so-friendly farewell. “Gonzalez dishonored the office by betraying his constituents and he has finally realized what we already knew, that there was no path to reelection,” Miller declared in a statement.
McAuliffe, Youngkin Exchange Blows at Heated Virginia Gubernatorial Debate
“It didn’t take long for Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin to drop the niceties, turn up the heat, and get under each other’s skin in their first debate Thursday night,” the Washington Examiner reports. “McAuliffe took a shot at the Carlyle Group, the private equity firm at which Youngkin was co-CEO before launching his gubernatorial campaign,” the newspaper wrote. “They bought nursing homes, they neglected seniors, people died, including five right here in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” McAuliffe asserted. “Youngkin wryly noted that McAuliffe invested thousands of dollars of his own money in Carlyle,” the paper continued. “If you can trust me with your money, the rest of Virginia can trust me,” he told McAuliffe. “I lost it,” the Democrat replied. “It wasn’t a good investment.”
Judge Rejects Justice Department Move to Block Texas Abortion Law
A federal judge has “denied a Department of Justice request to block enforcement of the controversial Texas abortion law,” Fox News reports. “[T]his case presents complex, important questions of law that merit a full opportunity for the parties to present their positions to the Court,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman wrote in a one-page ruling on Thursday. “Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the United States’ Opposed Motion for Expedited Briefing Schedule … is DENIED.”
15-Year-Old Girl Who Intentionally Drove Into Jogger and Killed Him Won’t Be Tried as Adult
“A 15-year-old [Seattle-Tacoma, Washington] girl allegedly tried to bump a jogger with her vehicle to ‘scare him’ on an early Sunday morning in July … when she reportedly struck the man and killed him,” local newspaper the Kent Reporter writes. “King County prosecutors filed charges of second-degree murder and hit-and-run on Sept. 14 against the girl, who is not being named because she is being charged as a juvenile. The girl reportedly was driving a 2004 Toyota Camry that hit and killed Gregory Moore, 53,” as he was jogging just after 6 a.m., the paper details. “’I’m going to scare him, I’m going to bump him,’ the suspect reportedly told a friend … The girl then reportedly hit Moore and left the scene, along with another vehicle traveling with her and behind her.”
Pro-Putin Party Expecting Big Weekend as Russians Vote in Parliamentary Elections
“Russia goes to the polls on Friday to elect a new parliament in a three-day vote that the ruling United Russia party is expected to win despite a ratings slump after the biggest crackdown on the Kremlin’s critics in years,” Reuters reports. “The vote is a test of President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power across 11 time zones from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic Sea as the Kremlin faces malaise at home over faltering living standards and dire ties with the West,” the wire service relates. “At stake is United Russia’s super majority in the 450-seat State Duma, which last year helped Putin ease through constitutional reforms that allow him to run for office again and potentially stay in power until 2036.”
Macron: French Troops Killed Top ISIS Terrorist
“The head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara has been killed by French troops, President Emmanuel Macron has said,” U.K. state broadcaster the BBC reports. “Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi formed Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in 2015. The group is blamed for most attacks in the region, including the targeted killing of French aid workers in 2020,” the network states. “The Sahel is a vast, 1.16 million square miles area that stretches across Africa south of the Sahara desert, from Senegal in the west to Somalia in the east. Mr. Macron did not disclose the location or any details of the operation.”
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