Matt Schlapp, Cam Edwards, David Drucker and Brad Polumbo on The Larry O’Connor Show 01.29.2020

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Romney says ‘vast left-wing conspiracy’ in media is attacking him (The Hill)

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said a “vast left-wing conspiracy” in the media was working with the Obama campaign to coordinate attacks against him.

“There will be an effort by the quote vast left-wing conspiracy to work together to put out their message and to attack me,” Romney said in an interview with Breitbart.com. “They’re going to do everything they can to divert from the issue people care about, which is a growing economy that creates more jobs and rising incomes. That’s what people care about.” [Read More]

 

Were White Nationalists Really Planning To Attack The Virginia Gun Rights Rally? According To Police Records, Not Exactly (The Daily Caller)

The story of last week’s gun rights rally in Virginia was one of narrowly-avoided disaster, according to several mainstream outlets, with law enforcement stepping in just in the nick of time to prevent a mass shooting.

The FBI’s own court filings tell an entirely different story though, one in which white extremists stumbled from one surveillance trap to another without much situational awareness. [Read More]

 

‘It’s asking a lot’: Never Trump Republicans draw the line at Bernie Sanders (Washington Examiner)

The rise of socialist Bernie Sanders is frustrating Never Trump Republicans who are hoping the Democratic Party nominates a consensus, center-left presidential candidate they are comfortable supporting in November. If Sanders is the Democratic nominee, many will sit out the election and be deprived of the opportunity of voting against President Trump, they said. [Read More]

DC mayor leads foolish charge against Second Amendment (Washington Examiner)

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser isn’t exactly shy about her distaste for the Second Amendment.

In 2015, Bowser openly dismissed the idea of self-defense, stating flatly, “I don’t like guns,” and concluding, “I don’t think more guns should be the answer.” Now, in light of a push for gun control emanating from Gov. Ralph Northam and his fellow Democrats in the nearby state of Virginia, the mayor is once again throwing her full weight behind Second Amendment restrictions. [Read More]

Don Lemon says he wasn’t laughing at Trump supporters: ‘I don’t believe in belittling people’ (The Washington Times)

CNN host Don Lemon on Tuesday night addressed a controversial on-air segment that caught the attention of President Trump, in which the CNN host laughed along as his guests categorized the president’s supporters as ignorant hicks.

“One final note that I have for you, because this is personally important to me to address this,” Mr. Lemon told his audience during his opening monologue Tuesday. “Anyone — ask anyone who knows me, they’ll tell you, I don’t believe in belittling people, belittling anyone for who they are, for what they believe, or where they’re from.” [Read More]

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