Plus: Tulsi Gabbard Didn't Leave Democratic Party. The Party Left Her.
October 12 2022
Good morning from Washington, where for four terms Tulsi Gabbard represented Hawaii as a Democrat. The Iraq War veteran yesterday announced her departure from that party, and her choice of words moved our Jarrett Stepman. Democrats continue to use race to their advantage at the polls, Fred Lucas writes in an excerpt from his new book. Plus: Rep. Rick Crawford on Biden’s TikTok mistake; the FBI gives a cold shoulder to a firebombed pro-life center; and a border rancher asks for a presidential visit. Got a knack for navigating social media? The Daily Signal is hiring a digital strategist. Details here.
Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to steal elections and attack democracy with the same dire predictions they’ve made since voter ID laws became popular in the 2000s, none of which came true.
“The weaponization of federal law enforcement agencies like the DOJ, in order to produce preferred policy outcomes, cannot continue—our democracy depends on it,” write GOP senators.
After the arrest last week of the CEO of an election software company amid alleged ties to China, at least two suburban counties outside the nation’s capital cancel contracts with the company.
In spite of national coverage, and ongoing threatening or harassing messages the center has received, it is unclear whether authorities are actively investigating the attack.
The illegal aliens who cross through her ranch are “criminals, they've got criminal histories, they're not good people, and they are to be feared,” says Laura Allen.
“I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness,” says the former congresswoman.
