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Vice presidential candidate JD Vance told Joe Rogan that he felt compelled to guard his family immediately after the first assassination attempt on former President Trump.Vance appeared as a guest on an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” released Thursday where he recalled his initial reaction to the assassination attempt against Trump during a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The Ohio senator was announced as Trump’s VP pick two days later.”I go back home to Ohio, he gets shot, you know, the initial reaction was, I actually thought they had killed him, because when you first see the video, he grabs his ear, and then he goes down, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, they just killed him,’ and I was so pissed,” Vance said.”But then I go into like fight-or-flight mode. With my kids, I’m like, you know, ‘Alright kids’ – We’re at a mini-golf place in Cincinnati, Ohio. I grab my kids up, throw them in the car, go home, and load all my guns, and basically stand like a sentry at our front door and that was my- that was sort of my action to it,” he said.JOE ROGAN SAYS HARRIS SITDOWN WAS SCRAPPED AFTER CAMPAIGN TOLD HIM SHE ‘ONLY WANTED TO DO AN HOUR’The pair discussed the attempted assassin, with both agreeing this was a uniquely “bizarre” case. Vance noted how strange it was that the shooter was allowed to get so close.”An AR-15 from 140 yards away is a potshot,” Vance said, later adding, “It is shocking that [Trump’s] alive.””I’m a person of faith, but I think it’s a genuine miracle that that guy didn’t kill him,” Vance continued. “But how did he get so close? There’s a lot of really big questions that we should be asking.” He recalled how people were yelling and trying to warn local law enforcement that there was a person on the roof.”Nobody responded to it, and it’s- the whole thing is very fishy to me,” Vance said. “And I hope that we win and then get to the bottom of it, because I think somebody clearly screwed up.”JEFF BEZOS ADDRESSES WASHINGTON POST ENDORSEMENT FIASCO, CITES DISTRUST IN MEDIA LED TO ‘PRINCIPLED DECISION’”It doesn’t seem like ‘just screwed up,’” the podcast host said. “Like, the excuse that the lady from the Secret Service had that they couldn’t put snipers on the roof because the roof was sloped? Like, all of it is bananas.””That’s ridiculous, that’s ridiculous,” Vance agreed.



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It’s been two decades since a Republican carried New Mexico in a presidential election. You’ve got to go back to President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election.But former President Trump, making a brief detour from campaigning in the seven crucial battleground states that will likely determine whether he or Vice President Kamala becomes the next president, parachuted into the one-time swing state that now leans blue.”Look, I’m only here for one reason,” Trump told supporters Thursday at a rally in Albuquerque, the state’s largest city. CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN THE 2024 ELECTION”They said, ‘Oh, a Republican can’t win that state.’ They say a Republican can’t win. But you know what? We’re going to win it,” the former president optimistically predicted.Trump also said his stop in New Mexico was good for his “credentials” with Hispanic voters. WHAT THE MOST RECENT FOX NEWS POLLS SHOW IN THE HARRIS-TRUMP SHOWDOWN”I’m here for one simple reason. I like you very much, and it’s good for my credentials with the Hispanic or Latino community,” he argued.The former president is facing backlash from some Latino voters after a comedian speaking at his large rally in New York City Sunday called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”There hasn’t been an abundance of polling in New Mexico, but most recent surveys indicate the vice president with an upper single-digit lead over the former president. Although one survey suggested a tighter contest for the state’s five electoral votes.With time such a precious commodity for presidential campaigns and the clock quickly ticking toward Election Day, New Mexico Democrats said Trump’s trip to the state — his first in five years — is a fool’s errand.”Trump is wasting his time coming to our state as polling shows New Mexicans are set to reject his MAGA extremism and divisive rhetoric yet again,” Democratic Party of New Mexico spokesperson Daniel Garcia claimed in a statement ahead of the former president’s trip.Referring to the Oct. 31 stop in Albuquerque by the former president, Garcia took a verbal shot at Trump, saying “a rotund orange mass will be in Albuquerque on Halloween, and we’re not talking about a pumpkin.”Trump urged his supporters to get out and vote, saying, “New Mexico. Look, don’t make me waste a whole damn half a day here, OK.”While the former president’s New Mexico rally five days before Election Day may not boost him in the battle for the state’s five electoral votes, it could boost Republicans down ballot.Nella Domenici, the 2024 GOP Senate nominee and the daughter of New Mexico’s last Republican senator, is trying to defeat Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich, who is running in November for a third six-year term, as her party works to win back the chamber’s majority.”Trump is definitely going to help us with the independents,” Domenici predicted in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the former president’s visit. “People are really excited to have Trump come here.”Domenici, who spoke at the Trump rally, emphasized that “it definitely excites the base hugely, and the base is kind of a growing term.”Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.



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Five schools have forfeited or canceled matches against San Jose State University’s women’s volleyball team, who roster trans player Blaire Fleming.Southern Utah, Boise State, Wyoming, Utah State and Nevada have all opted not to play the school within the last several weeks.The latter four matches were all ruled no contests, but conference victories for San Jose State – they all play in the Mountain West.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe matches against Boise State and Utah State were slated to be home contests for the Spartans. Well, since they were not played, OutKick is reporting that SJSU has asked for money from two of those opponents, saying they lost out on revenue.OutKick says San Jose State confirmed that they asked both Boise State and Utah State for $1,250.One email from San Jose State athletics director Jeff Konya to Boise State’s AD Jeremiah Dicket reads, “Your institution’s arbitrary decision not to play an otherwise eligible NCAA team has resulted in harm to SJSU financially and our institution’s brand. We estimate we missed out on approximately $1,250 in game day revenue by not playing the [match] on Saturday when you add all of the various revenue sources (i.e., concessions, parking among others). I would ask to be made whole at the very least.” NEVADA AD ADDRESSES ALLEGATIONS OF PUSHING VOLLEYBALL WOMEN TO FACE TRANS ATHLETE, SAYS SHE APOLOGIZEDBoise State confirmed to OutKick they did not pay SJSU, but did not provide a reason. Utah State did not respond to them.San Jose State player Brooke Slusser joined a lawsuit headed by OutKick host and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines against the NCAA due to its policies on gender identity. Slusser joined this lawsuit because she claims that she has had to share a court, a locker room and even a room on overnight trips with her teammate Blaire Fleming without having ever been told that Fleming was a biological male. Security concerns and threats against San Jose State players have made traveling for matches a high-risk endeavor for the lady Spartans. San Jose State previously confirmed to Fox News Digital that police protection had been assigned to the team, shortly after getting the first news of an opponent forfeiting, when Southern Utah announced that it would not play its match against the Spartans in September.Former President Donald Trump has gone so far as to advocate for a ban, in a recent town hall event on Fox News.”We’re not going to let it happen,” Trump said of the issue. “We stop it, we stop it, we absolutely stop it. We can’t have it.”You just ban it. The president bans it. You don’t let it happen. It’s not a big deal.”Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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CNN anchor John Berman grilled Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., over former President Trump’s recent comments that he will protect women whether they “like it or not.”The two debated the nature of the comments, with Berman suggesting they were sexist, while Donalds accused him of glossing over the fact that Trump is promising to protect innocent Americans from criminal illegal immigrants.  “John, that is grossly inaccurate what you just played,” Donalds said on “CNN News Central” Thursday morning. “He was talking about the tragedy at our southern border that led to the death of Jocelyn Nungaray.”TRUMP TRASHES BIDEN’S INSULT IN A GARBAGE TRUCKBerman opened the conversation by playing a brief snippet from the former president’s rally in Wisconsin Wednesday, where he wore a high visibility vest onstage after posing for photos riding shotgun in garbage truck earlier that afternoon. At one point during rally, Trump joked about being told by his advisors not to portray himself as a protector of women.”They said, ‘Sir, I just think it’s inappropriate for you to say.’ I pay these guys a lot of money; can you believe it?” Trump said, adding, “I said, ‘Well, I’m going to do it whether the women like it or not. I’m going to protect them. I’m going to protect them from migrants coming in. I’m going to protect them from foreign countries that want to hit us with missiles and lots of other things.’”Berman played a snippet of the moment, though he cut off the portion of the clip referring to illegal immigrants and other foreign adversaries. He then asked Donalds, “Alright, why is Donald Trump telling women he will do things whether they like it or not?”Donalds slammed Berman’s framing, first calling him out for ignoring the context and then noting how Trump was just making “a joke” about ignoring political advice.”And then he was just telling a joke – really, he was telling a joke about how some of the staff said, ‘No don’t say you would protect women because they would take it out of context’ – obviously what CNN is doing right now,” he said, slamming Berman’s network.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe CNN host then tried to speak over him, saying, “No, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. You have the exact right conte – you have the exact right context here, Congressman.” Still, Donalds pressed on, stressing how Trump was talking about protecting women and children from “violent illegal alien criminals who have raped and who have murdered women in the United States.”Berman again admitted that Donalds had the right context, but wanted him to answer whether the language Trump used was inappropriate or not. “His advisers were telling him not to use that type of language and say, ‘I‘m going to be your protector.’ And that is the context in that speech.”Donalds seemed exasperated with the approach, telling the host, “John, you need to stop.”Berman continued, “And then he said, ‘I‘m going to protect them – the women – whether they like it or not.’””And I‘m not the only one asking you about this language,” the anchor continued, as Donalds again said, “John, you need to stop.”BIDEN CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘GARBAGE’ DURING HARRIS CAMPAIGN EVENT AS VP PROMISES UNITY AT ELLIPSE RALLYBerman forced the issue and played a clip of former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s recent comments that Trump’s campaign is employing too much “bromance, masculinity stuff” in its campaign messaging that will “make women uncomfortable.”After CNN played the clip, Berman asked, “So you’re telling me there’s no concern for Nikki Haley, or – clearly as Donald Trump said – from people close to him, his campaign, about the type of language he’s using?”Donalds replied, “John, listen I love the selective editing this morning.  You guys are conflating two very separate things. Let‘s get to the core of the message that you played at the beginning: Donald Trump was talking about protecting women and children in our country from the ravages of illegal immigration.””You see it now,” he continued, “We all know the headlines. Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Morin, Laken Riley – these are women who were brutalized, killed, raped… And so Donald Trump is going to protect women in our country. He’s going to protect women in our country.”Berman sidestepped Donalds point and again spoke over him, asking, “Why say – why say whether they like it or not?” He repeated the question multiple times while Donalds attempted to explain the importance of protecting women by securing the border.The lawmaker replied, “This is why the American people frankly are frustrated with media because you guys play games, you take things out of context. You don‘t explain them clearly, and you want to get caught up in semantics.”



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Top House Republicans are coalescing behind the House Administration Committee’s subpoena of Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue.Republicans have accused the company of having insufficient donor verification standards. Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., has argued that the site is vulnerable to fraudulent and illegal foreign donations, though ActBlue has said it “rigorously protects donors’ security.””ActBlue has a lot of explaining to do, and Chairman Steil is right to demand answers on these very serious allegations of foreign funds being funneled through the platform,” Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of House Republicans’ campaign arm, told Fox News Digital.”Just as we must protect the right to vote for American citizens, we must ensure our elections are free from foreign financial interference.”FORMER REPUBLICAN US SENATOR ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS, SAYS ELECTION OFFERS ‘STARK CHOICE’House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., also credited Steil and pointed out that his accusations come amid reports that China and Iran are trying to influence the election.”Malign foreign actors are attempting to hijack American elections through the Far Left Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue by tipping the scales in favor of Kamala Harris and Congressional Democrats,” Stefanik said. “It has never been more critical to ensure American elections are free from foreign manipulation.”ActBlue did not require a card verification value (CVV) to be input for donations until recently, prompting a flurry of concern from Republican lawmakers and some GOP state attorneys general.Steil sent multiple letters and requests for information to the platform, which has insisted it holds donor security to a high standard.’ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND VOID’: GEORGIA JUDGE STRIKES DOWN NEW ELECTION RULES AFTER LEGAL FIGHTSA spokesperson for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said he was “supportive” of the subpoena, adding, “Only American citizens should be participants in our elections, and this investigation is critical to ensure that our elections remain secure and shielded from foreign actors.”Steil issued a subpoena Wednesday to ActBlue for “documents and communications related to ActBlue’s donor verification policies and the potential for foreign actors, primarily from Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and China to use ActBlue to launder illicit money into U.S. political campaigns.”ActBlue responded to Steil in a statement, “ActBlue has received Chairman Steil’s latest inquiry and will respond to address the continued inaccuracies and misrepresentations about our platform, as we have done previously. We rigorously protect donors’ security and maintain strict anti-fraud compliance practices. We have zero tolerance for fraud on our platform.”SPEAKER JOHNSON RIPS ‘LACK OF LEADERSHIP’ IN BIDEN ADMIN’S HELENE RESPONSE: ‘ALARMED AND DISAPPOINTED’But fellow Republicans on his committee are standing firm that the subpoena was necessary.Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., the chair of the panel’s subcommittee on elections, told Fox News Digital, “In our investigation so far, we have found that loopholes in ActBlue’s insufficient security protocols may be exploited by bad actors, potentially leading to countries like China, Russia and Venezuela donating to campaigns in the names of Americans without their consent.””With the general election just five days away, Americans need to have confidence that our elections are secure and that there is no foul play involved,” she said.Committee member Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., said, “The subpoena is critical for the committee to ensure federal campaign finance laws are not being violated, including laundering money into campaign coffers through inadequate security protections.”Meanwhile, Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital, “Like the chairman, I have been concerned by the inadequate security protocols at ActBlue, who haven’t required CVV verification and allow for pre-paid cards for political donations.”The accusations come at a critical time, with Election Day less than a week out.The platform denied all GOP allegations of wrongdoing in a statement to Fox News before Steil’s subpoena, “These false claims about ActBlue have been discredited repeatedly by campaign finance experts. ActBlue protects donors’ information by maintaining a robust security program and fraud prevention measures, often beyond what is required by law.”Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub. 



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