Woman Convicted of Storming Pelosi’s Office in Jan. 6 Attack

Woman Convicted of Storming Pelosi's Office in Jan. 6 Attack police mug shot Riley June Williams (Dauphin County Prison)

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Monday, 21 November 2022 05:20 PM EST

A Pennsylvania woman linked to the far-right “Groyper” extremist movement was convicted Monday of several federal charges after prosecutors said she was part of a group that stormed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Riley June Williams was found guilty of six federal counts, including civil disorder. But the jury deadlocked on two other charges, including “aiding and abetting the theft” of a laptop that was stolen from Pelosi's office suite. The jury also failed to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Williams obstructed an official proceeding.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered Williams be taken into custody after the jury delivered its verdict.

Williams joined a mob's attack on the Capitol after attending the “Stop the Steal” rally, where then-President Donald Trump addressed thousands of supporters earlier that day. Entering Pelosi’s office, she found a laptop on a table and told another rioter, “Dude, put on gloves,” before someone with a black gloved hand removed the computer, according to prosecutors.

Williams later bragged online that she stole Pelosi’s gavel, laptop and hard drives and that she “gave the electronic devices, or attempted to give them, to unspecified Russian individuals,” prosecutors said in a June 2022 court filing.

“To date, neither the laptop nor the gavel has been recovered,” they added.

A witness described as a former romantic partner of Williams told the FBI that she intended to send the stolen laptop or hard drive to a friend in Russia who planned to sell it to Russia’s foreign intelligence service. But the witness said Williams kept the device or destroyed it when the transfer fell through, according to an FBI agent's affidavit.

Williams, a resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was arrested less than two weeks after the riot. She was charged with theft of government property, assaulting police and obstructing the joint session of Congress for certifying the Electoral College vote. Williams also faced misdemeanor charges, including disorderly or disruptive conduct.

Williams denied stealing the laptop when the FBI questioned her. She claimed her ex-boyfriend “made up” the allegation, prosecutors said.

Before she left the Capitol, Williams joined other rioters in pushing against police officers trying to clear the building's Rotunda. Police body camera captured the confrontation, as Williams encouraged other rioters to “keep pushing,” and “push, push, push.”

Williams was wearing a shirt bearing the message, “I’m with groyper,” when she entered the Capitol. The term “groyper” refers to followers of “America First” movement leader Nick Fuentes, who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white supremacist rhetoric.

Other followers of Fuentes have been charged with Jan. 6-related crimes, including former UCLA student Christian Secor, 24, of Costa Mesa, California. Secor, who was waving an “America First” flag when he entered the Capitol, was sentenced last month to three years and six months in prison.

Williams' online footprint also included material associated with “accelerationism,” a violent ideology that asserts “Western governments are corrupt and unsalvageable, and therefore the best thing a person can do is accelerate their collapse by sowing social chaos and generating political conflict,” prosecutors said.

In December 2020, Williams attended at least two rallies protesting the outcome of the presidential election. Both rallies featured speeches by Fuentes.

“Her admiration of Nick Fuentes, self-identification as a ‘Groyper,’ belief in Accelerationism, and support for violence all circumstantially show the mixed motives behind her actions on January 6: she not only specifically sought to block Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote, but also to undermine and obstruct the government more generally,” prosecutors wrote.

Before her trial, Williams' attorneys questioned the relevance of her political activities and ideology.

“There is no evidence linking her beliefs and actions prior to January 6 with her actions that day,” they wrote. “There is a legitimate risk that jurors will judge Ms. Williams merely for the unpopular and extreme ideologies she has embraced in the past, rather than for the actual crimes with which she is charged.”

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Harvard/Harris Poll: DeSantis Edging Closer to Trump Nationally

Harvard/Harris Poll: DeSantis Edging Closer to Trump Nationally (Newsmax)

By Theodore Bunker | Monday, 21 November 2022 04:13 PM EST

Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis is closing in on former President Donald Trump in a new poll of prospective 2024 Republican presidential candidates released on Monday.

The survey, from Harvard University's Center for American Political Studies and The Harris Poll, found that support for DeSantis has grown by 11 percentage points from a poll conducted last month. Support for Trump, who officially announced his intent to seek the GOP nomination last week, has fallen by nine points, though he remains the top potential candidate among Republicans.

  • Trump: 46%.
  • DeSantis: 28%.
  • Mike Pence: 7%.
  • Ted Cruz: 3%.
  • Nikki Haley: 2%.
  • Not sure/Don't know: 10%.

No other potential candidate garnered more than 1% support.

"Month after month DeSantis has been rising and now he is cutting significantly into Trump," Mark Penn, the co-director of the Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll, told The Hill. "If they both run, this will be quite a race and Trump could well lose."

The poll found no change in support for potential Democrat candidates for president, with President Joe Biden holding a strong lead over the second-top candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

  • Biden: 35%.
  • Harris: 13%.
  • Bernie Sanders: 9%.
  • Pete Buttigieg: 6%.
  • Hillary Clinton: 6%.
  • Don't know or unsure: 11%.

In hypothetical head-to-head races, Trump holds more support than Biden at 44% to 42% and against Harris at 47% to 40%. DeSantis polls even with Biden, each receiving 43%, and a slight advantage over Harris at 42% to 39%.

Harvard CAPS and Harris Poll surveyed 2,212 registered voters from November 16-17, 2022 with no margin of error given.

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Top Programming Exec At CNN Leaving Network

Top Programming Exec At CNN Leaving Network CNN sign CNN sign (AP)

By Cathy Burke | Monday, 21 November 2022 02:47 PM EST

Michael Bass, a top programming executive at CNN, is leaving the network.

CNN's chief executive officer Chris Licht told staff the network is searching for a replacement, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"Throughout his nearly decade-long run at this organization, Michael has demonstrated incredible leadership and perseverance," Licht said in a memo to employees, THR reported.

"He has been a steady hand during some of the most turbulent times this network has faced."

"Along with a brilliant and courageous team, Michael kept CNN live and on air as COVID-19 shut the world down," the CEO said, according to the memo posted by THR.

"Never has CNN been more essential than those bleak days when people were struggling to understand the pandemic. And as a part of the 'Trio,' Michael, Amy [Entelis], and Ken [Jautz] guided CNN through a difficult transition period while simultaneously overseeing our exceptional coverage of the war in Ukraine."

Bass will reportedly leave by the end of the year.

According to The Wrap, Bass helped create a number of new shows and legacy programs.

He also oversaw coverage of elections, town halls and debates, and he created CNN's Key Race Alerts. In addition, he developed special series including "Roots," "The Person Who Changed My Life," "Champions for Change" and the "Beyond the Call of Duty" franchise, The Wrap recounted.

The departure follows a series of personnel and programming changes Licht has overseen at CNN since taking over as president earlier this year under the newly formed media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery, The Hill noted.

Among the changes Licht has implemented have been the revamping of CNN's morning news show and the cancellation of its long-running Sunday media affairs program.

But the departure also comes at a time of sluggish ratings across cable news since former President Donald Trump left office, The Hill reported.

In a recent interview Licht said he didn't want producers, talent and showrunners to be so laser-focused on ratings — but rather concentrate on a more sober, fact-based CNN than the model under Jeff Zucker, The Hill has reported.

"I don't, do not, want someone who's producing an hour of television on CNN saying, 'You know what? I could lead with this or I could lead with that. I'm going to lead with that because it'll get a better number.' I want people leading and stacking their shows in a way based on journalism and what's important," Licht said during the interview. "Let me worry about the ratings. Chase stories, not ratings."

The shakeup isn't the last. Licht has been charged with implementing a series of cuts and layoffs expected to take place at the network next month, The Hill reported.

Bass was one of the executives who ran CNN on an interim basis after Zucker left the channel earlier this year. Licht officially named Bass to his team in July, THR reported.

Rep. Pat Fallon to Newsmax: Pelosi ‘Precedent’ Inspired House GOP to Boot Dems

Rep. Pat Fallon to Newsmax: Pelosi 'Precedent' Inspired House GOP to Boot Dems (Newsmax/"John Bachman Now")

By Jay Clemons | Monday, 21 November 2022 02:45 PM EST

Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, credits outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for subtly giving incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the idea about reportedly jettisoning three Democratic Party congressional members — Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — from their respective committee assignments before a new Congress convenes Jan. 3.

"[The House Republicans and Democrats] used to police their own back in the day; that was the tradition, and that had been the precedent that was set in Congress for years," Fallon told Newsmax's "John Bachman Now" on Monday.

Fallon then shared how Speaker Pelosi established a "new precedent" by "reaching over the aisle" on dropping former Republican congressmen — Steve King and Paul Gosar — from their House committee assignments after a spate of public controversies.

Omar has said "many" antisemitic things during her short time in American politics, lamented Fallon; "and yet, she always falls back to, 'Oh, they're attacking me because I'm Muslim … I'm a woman … I'm a person of color.'"

Well, Schiff and Swalwell "will [likely] be gone, too," Fallon added. "It's about their actions."

In a recent TV interviews, Schiff declared a Republican-controlled House would bring "chaos" to Congress, by condoning the "least common denominator" of member conduct.

This prompted Fallon to fire back: "You know what the 'lowest common denominator' was" during Schiff's time of leading Democrats during Donald Trump's presidential tenure? "It was leaking the false Steele Dossier, and lying to the American people about the Russia hoax."

Going further, Fallon said if the new House Republicans hypothetically had a formal vote on Schiff's committee fate, he is "pretty sure" that vote would be unanimous — against Schiff.

"He's just trying to point the blame to others," Fallon said of Schiff.

But not all Democrats are driven by their own agendas. Fallon credited Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., for acknowledging then-President Trump was right to ban TikTok during his time in office.

"I'm filing [House] legislation" on banning TikTok, said Fallon, adding countries like Pakistan have already begun dropping the Chinese government-influenced social platform.

"People [on TikTok] need to understand there are Terms of Service," Fallon said. And within that agreement, the Texas Republican relayed how the Chinese government subsequently has permission to collect American users' data "for whatever reason."

"They can even track your keyboard history … and collect passwords," Fallon said. "It's very dangerous. It's a matter of national security, and we should absolutely ban it here in the United States."

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Rep. Pat Fallon to Newsmax: Pelosi ‘Precedent’ Inspired House GOP to Boot Dems

Rep. Pat Fallon to Newsmax: Pelosi 'Precedent' Inspired House GOP to Boot Dems (Newsmax/"John Bachman Now")

By Jay Clemons | Monday, 21 November 2022 02:45 PM EST

Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, credits outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for subtly giving incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the idea about reportedly jettisoning three Democratic Party congressional members — Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — from their respective committee assignments before a new Congress convenes Jan. 3.

"[The House Republicans and Democrats] used to police their own back in the day; that was the tradition, and that had been the precedent that was set in Congress for years," Fallon told Newsmax's "John Bachman Now" on Monday.

Fallon then shared how Speaker Pelosi established a "new precedent" by "reaching over the aisle" on dropping former Republican congressmen — Steve King and Paul Gosar — from their House committee assignments after a spate of public controversies.

Omar has said "many" antisemitic things during her short time in American politics, lamented Fallon; "and yet, she always falls back to, 'Oh, they're attacking me because I'm Muslim … I'm a woman … I'm a person of color.'"

Well, Schiff and Swalwell "will [likely] be gone, too," Fallon added. "It's about their actions."

In a recent TV interviews, Schiff declared a Republican-controlled House would bring "chaos" to Congress, by condoning the "least common denominator" of member conduct.

This prompted Fallon to fire back: "You know what the 'lowest common denominator' was" during Schiff's time of leading Democrats during Donald Trump's presidential tenure? "It was leaking the false Steele Dossier, and lying to the American people about the Russia hoax."

Going further, Fallon said if the new House Republicans hypothetically had a formal vote on Schiff's committee fate, he is "pretty sure" that vote would be unanimous — against Schiff.

"He's just trying to point the blame to others," Fallon said of Schiff.

But not all Democrats are driven by their own agendas. Fallon credited Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., for acknowledging then-President Trump was right to ban TikTok during his time in office.

"I'm filing [House] legislation" on banning TikTok, said Fallon, adding countries like Pakistan have already begun dropping the Chinese government-influenced social platform.

"People [on TikTok] need to understand there are Terms of Service," Fallon said. And within that agreement, the Texas Republican relayed how the Chinese government subsequently has permission to collect American users' data "for whatever reason."

"They can even track your keyboard history … and collect passwords," Fallon said. "It's very dangerous. It's a matter of national security, and we should absolutely ban it here in the United States."

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Omar, Schiff Join Democrats in Assault on McCarthy for Committee Removals

Omar, Schiff Join Democrats in Assault on McCarthy for Committee Removals (Newsmax)

By Charlie McCarthy | Monday, 21 November 2022 02:18 PM EST

Prominent Democrats are fighting back after being targeted for removal from House committees by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

McCarthy, the GOP conference's choice to become speaker in the next Congress, promised to oust several Democrats from key House committees: namely Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., current chair of the intelligence committee; Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on the intelligence committee; and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on the foreign affairs committee.

McCarthy on Saturday tweeted that he would remove Omar due to her past "anti-Semitic and anti-American remarks."

Omar fired back on Monday.

"McCarthy's effort to repeatedly single me out for scorn and hatred — including threatening to strip me from my committee — does nothing to address the issues our constituents deal with," Omar said in a statement.

"What it does is gin up fear and hate against Somali-Americans and anyone who shares my identity, and further divide us along racial and ethnic lines. It is a continuation of a sustained campaign against Muslim and African voices, people his party have been trying to ban since Donald Trump first ran for office."

Removing Democrats from their committee assignments would require a vote of a majority of the House, which Republicans will control narrowly beginning in January.

Schiff, who served as the lead House manager during then-President Trump’s first impeachment trial and is a member of the Jan. 6 select committee, labeled McCarthy a "very weak leader."

Schiff said McCarthy is being manipulated by GOP lawmakers such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

"He will adhere to the wishes of the lowest common denominator," Schiff told ABC News. "And if that lowest common denominator wants to remove people from committees, that’s what they’ll do. It's going to be chaos with Republican leadership."

NBC News asked Swalwell, an impeachment manager during Trump's second impeachment trial, to respond to the Republican leader's vow.

"Talk to me if Kevin McCarthy becomes speaker," Swalwell said.

Under outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the House in February 2021 voted along party lines to strip Greene of her committee assignments as a rebuke for espousing perceived extremist beliefs.

McCarthy has indicated that Greene will get her preferred committee assignments when the GOP is the majority, The Washington Post reported.

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Rasmussen Reports: Half Say GOP House Majority Good for US

Rasmussen Reports: Half Say GOP House Majority Good for US (Newsmax)

By Peter Malbin | Monday, 21 November 2022 02:30 PM EST

In the midterm elections, Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives by a narrow majority and Democrats held the Senate by a slim margin.

A national survey by Rasmussen Reports and The National Pulse finds 48% of likely U.S. voters believe the Republicans gaining the House is good for America, while 34% think it is bad for the country. Another 14% say the GOP taking control of the House will not make much difference.

Americans are split on the Democrats' holding the Senate, with 44% of voters believing that is good for America, 41% thinking it was bad for the nation, and 13% saying it will not make much difference.

With a divided Congress, the midterms did not produce the predicted Republican red wave.

In the survey, 33% of likely voters say Republican Party leadership is to blame for the shortfall, while another 33% blame former President Donald Trump. About 16% say individual candidates are to blame for Republicans falling short of expectations, and 11% think it is nobody's fault, according to the Rasmussen survey.

Democrats are more likely than Republicans or independent voters to blame Trump for the GOP's midterm disappointment; and 40% of Democrats say Trump was to blame for Republicans falling short of expectations. But that belief is shared by only 24% of Republicans and 34% of voters not affiliated with either major party.

About 39% of GOP voters blame Republican Party leadership, as do 26% of Democrats and 33% of unaffiliated voters. Yet, 16% of Republicans, 22% of Democrats, and 11% of unaffiliated voters, say individual candidates were most to blame for Republicans falling short in the midterms.

A strong majority of Republicans (79%) believe it is good for America that their party won a majority in the House, and 74% of Democrats think it is good for America that their party kept a majority in the Senate. By an 18-point margin, more unaffiliated voters say the GOP House majority is good for the country (45%) than believe it is bad (27%). Also, 40% of unaffiliated voters believe it is bad for America that Democrats maintained their majority in the Senate, compared to 34% who think it is good.

There is a slight gender differential in the survey results. Men (54%) are much more likely than women voters (43%) to say Republicans winning the House majority is good for America, while women voters (46%) are slightly more likely than men (42%) to believe Democrats keeping control of the Senate is good for the country.

Black voters tend to blame Trump more for Republican losses. Black voters (41%) are more likely than whites (33%) or other minorities (29%) to believe Trump is to blame for Republicans not doing as well as expected in this year's midterm elections.

Just over half — 55% — of white voters, 31% of Black voters, and 43% of other minorities think Republicans winning a House majority is good for America, according to Rasmussen Reports. About 40% of whites, 61% of Black voters, and 44% of other minorities say Democrats maintaining their Senate majority is good for the country.

Voters 65 and older are most likely to think it is good for America that Republicans won a majority in the House, and are also most likely to blame Republican Party leadership for the GOP falling short of expectations in the midterms.

High-income voters are most likely to say it is bad for America that Republicans won the House majority and also most likely to believe it is good for the country that Democrats kept their Senate majority, as well as to blame Trump for the GOP's midterm failures, according to Rasmussen polling.

The survey of 1,000 U.S. likely voters was conducted Nov. 16-17, 2022 by Rasmussen Reports and The National Pulse. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

Rasmussen Reports: Half Say GOP House Majority Good for US

Rasmussen Reports: Half Say GOP House Majority Good for US (Newsmax)

By Peter Malbin | Monday, 21 November 2022 02:30 PM EST

In the midterm elections, Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives by a narrow majority and Democrats held the Senate by a slim margin.

A national survey by Rasmussen Reports and The National Pulse finds 48% of likely U.S. voters believe the Republicans gaining the House is good for America, while 34% think it is bad for the country. Another 14% say the GOP taking control of the House will not make much difference.

Americans are split on the Democrats' holding the Senate, with 44% of voters believing that is good for America, 41% thinking it was bad for the nation, and 13% saying it will not make much difference.

With a divided Congress, the midterms did not produce the predicted Republican red wave.

In the survey, 33% of likely voters say Republican Party leadership is to blame for the shortfall, while another 33% blame former President Donald Trump. About 16% say individual candidates are to blame for Republicans falling short of expectations, and 11% think it is nobody's fault, according to the Rasmussen survey.

Democrats are more likely than Republicans or independent voters to blame Trump for the GOP's midterm disappointment; and 40% of Democrats say Trump was to blame for Republicans falling short of expectations. But that belief is shared by only 24% of Republicans and 34% of voters not affiliated with either major party.

About 39% of GOP voters blame Republican Party leadership, as do 26% of Democrats and 33% of unaffiliated voters. Yet, 16% of Republicans, 22% of Democrats, and 11% of unaffiliated voters, say individual candidates were most to blame for Republicans falling short in the midterms.

A strong majority of Republicans (79%) believe it is good for America that their party won a majority in the House, and 74% of Democrats think it is good for America that their party kept a majority in the Senate. By an 18-point margin, more unaffiliated voters say the GOP House majority is good for the country (45%) than believe it is bad (27%). Also, 40% of unaffiliated voters believe it is bad for America that Democrats maintained their majority in the Senate, compared to 34% who think it is good.

There is a slight gender differential in the survey results. Men (54%) are much more likely than women voters (43%) to say Republicans winning the House majority is good for America, while women voters (46%) are slightly more likely than men (42%) to believe Democrats keeping control of the Senate is good for the country.

Black voters tend to blame Trump more for Republican losses. Black voters (41%) are more likely than whites (33%) or other minorities (29%) to believe Trump is to blame for Republicans not doing as well as expected in this year's midterm elections.

Just over half — 55% — of white voters, 31% of Black voters, and 43% of other minorities think Republicans winning a House majority is good for America, according to Rasmussen Reports. About 40% of whites, 61% of Black voters, and 44% of other minorities say Democrats maintaining their Senate majority is good for the country.

Voters 65 and older are most likely to think it is good for America that Republicans won a majority in the House, and are also most likely to blame Republican Party leadership for the GOP falling short of expectations in the midterms.

High-income voters are most likely to say it is bad for America that Republicans won the House majority and also most likely to believe it is good for the country that Democrats kept their Senate majority, as well as to blame Trump for the GOP's midterm failures, according to Rasmussen polling.

The survey of 1,000 U.S. likely voters was conducted Nov. 16-17, 2022 by Rasmussen Reports and The National Pulse. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Personal Twitter Account Restored

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Personal Twitter Account Restored (Newsmax)

By Brian Pfail | Monday, 21 November 2022 02:18 PM EST

Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account was reinstated Monday.

Greene was banned in January over alleged misinformation regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Her congressional account was left untouched.

"I'm the only Member of Congress the unelected big tech oligarchs permanently banned," Greene wrote on her congressional account. "On January 2, 2022, they violated my freedom of speech and ability to campaign & fundraise crying 'covid misinformation.' My account is back. Go follow @mtgreenee for MTG unfiltered ;)"

Twitter justified the ban of Greene's account in a statement: "We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy; we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy."

Green responded via her Gettr account, saying, "Maxine Waters can go to the streets and threaten violence on Twitter," which she did tell supporters to harass and aggravate Trump supporters and lawmakers, telling them wherever they saw them "get in their face."

"Kamala and Ilhan can bail out rioters on Twitter," which they both did, announcing their contributions to bail funds to free rioters during the summer of 2020 Black Lives Matter riots.

"And chief spokesman for terrorist IRGC can tweet mourning Soleimani," which also happened, "but I can get suspended for tweeting VAERS statistics, Twitter is an enemy to America and can't handle the truth."

On Telegram, the congresswoman released an additional statement: "That's fine, I'll show America we don't need them, and it's time to defeat our enemies. They can't successfully complete a communist revolution when people tell the truth.

"Social media platforms can't stop the truth from being spread far and wide. Big Tech can't stop the truth. Communist Democrats can't stop the truth."

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Personal Twitter Account Restored

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Personal Twitter Account Restored (Newsmax)

By Brian Pfail | Monday, 21 November 2022 02:18 PM EST

Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account was reinstated Monday.

Greene was banned in January over alleged "misinformation" regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Her congressional account was left untouched.

"I'm the only Member of Congress the unelected big tech oligarchs permanently banned," Greene wrote on her congressional account. "On January 2, 2022, they violated my freedom of speech and ability to campaign & fundraise crying 'covid misinformation.' My account is back. Go follow @mtgreenee for MTG unfiltered ;)"

Twitter justified the ban of Greene's account in a statement: "We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy; we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy."

Green responded via her Gettr account, saying, "When Maxine Waters can go to the streets and threaten violence on Twitter," which she did tell supporters to harass and aggravate Trump supporters and the-like lawmakers, telling them wherever they saw them "get in their face."

"Kamala and Ilhan can bail out rioters on Twitter," which they both did, announcing their contributions to bail funds to free rioters during the summer of 2020 Black Lives Matter riots.

"And chief spokesman for terrorist IRGC can tweet mourning Soleimani," which also happened, "but I can get suspended for tweeting VAERS statistics, Twitter is an enemy to America and can't handle the truth."

On Telegram, the congresswoman released an additional statement: "That's fine, I'll show America we don't need them, and it's time to defeat our enemies. They can't successfully complete a communist revolution when people tell the truth.

"Social media platforms can't stop the truth from being spread far and wide. Big Tech can't stop the truth. Communist Democrats can't stop the truth."

Ric Grenell to Newsmax: Gay People, Women Should Be Allowed To Carry Guns

Ric Grenell to Newsmax: Gay People, Women Should Be Allowed to Carry Guns Ric Grenell Ric Grenell (AP)

By Fran Beyer | Monday, 21 November 2022 01:59 PM EST

A bloody mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs that killed five people should serve as a persuasive reason to allow gay people and women to carry guns, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell said Monday on Newsmax.

In an interview on Newsmax's "John Bachman Now," Grenell, a former acting director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration, derided the near-automatic response he expects from anti-gun advocates.

"I see the left completely screaming about guns again," he said of the slaughter by gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich — whose violent past never triggered Colorado's "red flag" law that would have allowed authorities to seize the weapons and ammo from him.

But Grenell said the larger concern is that vulnerable targets to mass shooters — gay people and women — are not allowed to better protect themselves.

"I believe that women, gay people, people who are targets of crime should be allowed to carry guns," Grenell asserted.

"You should not take away their right to protect themselves. And when you start disarming women, when you start disarming gay people, you are making them an increased target."

According to Grenell — the first openly gay person to serve in a Cabinet position — "this is just a total problem of the left where they are making gay people and women greater targets."

Meanwhile, police in Colorado Springs are crediting one Club Q bar patron for helping contain the slaughter Saturday night by grabbing a handgun from the suspect, hitting him with it and pinning him down until police arrived.

"Had that individual not intervened this could have been exponentially more tragic," Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers told The Associated Press.

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Ric Grenell to Newsmax: Trump a ‘Marketing Genius’

Ric Grenell to Newsmax: Trump a 'Marketing Genius' ric grenell speaking Ric Grenell (Getty Images)

By Fran Beyer | Monday, 21 November 2022 01:37 PM EST

Ric Grenell, former U.S. ambassador to Germany, on Monday lauded former President Donald Trump as a "marketing genius" who doesn't need to depend on one social-media platform to exert his influence.

In an interview on Newsmax's "John Bachman Now," Grenell, who served as acting director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration, said of Trump: "Clearly he's back."

"President Trump is a marketing genius," Grenell said. "When he launched his bid for president just recently at Mar-a-Lago, I think you saw … him really talk about all of these new ideas for 2024."

"Clearly he's back and going to be looking forward to bringing real new reforms back to Washington D.C. Part of that is communications and he has started this Truth Social and Truth Social is pretty active."

According to Grenell, Twitter "needed to have somebody like Elon Musk come in."

"I'm a little bit uncomfortable putting up a poll on whether or not someone should have their right to a voice," Grenell added, referring to Musk asking for a Twitter vote on whether Trump's ban on Twitter should be lifted.

"I don't think that we should be taking polls to say should somebody have the right to speak out on this platform, either," Grenell said. "Donald Trump deserves to be on Twitter and you should reinstate him. … I'm not sure that Twitter gets to raise the bar as being the moral arbiter."

Grenell added: "Donald Trump is going to do what Donald Trump does best, which is market himself on a variety of platforms."

Since his reinstatement on Twitter, Trump has yet to post and continues to use his Truth Social outlet.

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Biden Touts Vaccine, Election Integrity at Turkey Pardon Ceremony

Biden Touts Vaccine, Election Integrity at Turkey Pardon Ceremony Joe Biden President Joe Biden pardons Chocolate, the national Thanksgiving turkey, as he is joined by the 2022 National Turkey Federation Chair Ronnie Parker on the South Lawn of the White House Monday in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

By Brian Pfail | Monday, 21 November 2022 01:31 PM EST

President Biden said there was no evidence of "fowl play" during the midterm elections while touting immunizations as he pardoned the Thanksgiving turkey at the White House.

"The votes are in. They've been counted and verified. There's no ballot stuffing," Biden said, digging into former President Trump's claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election — as he prepared to pardon the turkeys in the nation's tradition to pardon a turkey before Thanksgiving on Monday.

"The only red wave this season's gonna be if our German shepherd, Commander, knocks over the cranberry sauce on our table," Biden said of his dog, who once led him to slip barefooted out of the shower.

The president pardoned two turkeys this year — Chocolate and Chip.

Commander watched the ceremony from the Truman Balcony of the White House along with two of Biden's grandchildren.

"I was worried if he came down here with all of you, he'd just do nothing but kiss you and lick you. But he may go after the turkeys, so I kept them up there," Biden said of the dog.

Chocolate, the 46-pound pardoned turkey, and Chip, named as the backup, were raised at a North Carolina ranch. According to Biden, the pair will live out their lives at North Carolina State University following their pardon.

Biden also advised vaccinations for the flu and COVID-19.

"Think about the scientists and researchers, doctors and nurses, keeping us safe through the pandemic," Biden said.

"Two years ago, we couldn't even safely have Thanksgiving with large family gatherings. Now we can. That's progress, and let's keep going," the president added.

"We have new COVID vaccine updates to deal with, new variants or to protect you and your loved ones," he said as he urged immunization.

"This winter can be much happier than recent holiday seasons," he added, "but you have to do your part."

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Rep. Waltz to Newsmax: Biden Admin Not Addressing China’s Reach Into US

Rep. Waltz to Newsmax: Biden Admin Not Addressing China's Reach Into US Mike Waltz Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla. (AP)

By Fran Beyer | Monday, 21 November 2022 11:01 AM EST

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., on Newsmax Monday warned of China's stealth influence in the United States — including a police station located in New York City's Chinatown that reports to Beijing.

In an interview on Newsmax's "National Report," Waltz said despite FBI concerns about China's U.S. reach, the Biden administration has yet to address the issue.

"We've heard nothing back from the administration, so I appreciate at least the FBI director [Christopher Wray] acknowledging their existence and is sharing his concern," Waltz said.

"But I still want to know what the hell [President Joe Biden] is going to do about it. Do they still exist? Are these stations still operating? How did they get here in the first place? And why did it take a human rights organization to expose these stations to us in Congress so that we begin asking the question.

Waltz said lawmakers want to know if the FBI and State Department were "asleep at the switch."

"Did they know about it and where they just turning a blind eye," he asked, adding, more importantly, "what are they doing to shut it down."

"Those are all questions we're going going to continue to demand in a Republican-led [House] majority," Waltz vowed.

The lawmaker also decried the Chinese Communist Party's "global influence operations, surveillance and pressure campaign."

"They have an organization called the United Front Work Department that seeks to influence organizations, everything from local city council men and women when they want to," he said.

"They even interfered with a congressional race when a former Tiananmen Square protester — who since became an American citizen, served in the military — tried to serve in Congress. They were digging up dirt to try to smear that individual because you know, God forbid, should anyone criticize [China president] dictator Xi [Jinping] and his regime."

Waltz said the United States has to "wake up" to the threat posed by Communist China.

"The Trump administration shut down the Chinese consulate in Houston because of the massive spying operation there on our oil and gas industry," he said.

"We've got to wake up to the fact that in our universities and Wall Street and Hollywood sports, you name it… even perhaps the President's son — they are seeking to influence, to coerce and to intimidate and to shut down any type of resistance to Xi's determination to become the global superpower and replace the United States. And they're trying to do it from within as much as they are from without."

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DeSantis: Florida a Model for Republican Success

DeSantis: Florida a Model for Republican Success (Newsmax)

By Charlie McCarthy | Monday, 21 November 2022 09:34 AM EST

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the country should look to Florida to learn "a way out of this morass and this mess" created by Democrat leadership and the Biden administration.

DeSantis sounded like someone emerging as a national leader as he spoke Saturday night at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas.

"Florida really is showing a way out of this morass and this mess, but you got to be willing to do it and you got to be successful in implementing it and in times like these, there is no substitute for victory," DeSantis told the crowd, Politico reported.

DeSantis, fresh off winning reelection by defeating former Gov. Charlie Crist by nearly 20 percentage points, said Florida should be a model for those seeking to move on from the progressive policies implemented and sought under President Joe Biden.

"When you stand up for what's right, when you show people you're willing to fight for them, they will walk over broken glass barefoot to come vote for you,” DeSantis said, drawing a standing ovation, Bloomberg reported. "We've got a lot more to do, and I have only begun to fight."

DeSantis said that he and his team have been "about exercising leadership and delivering results for people that we represent."

"I did not take any polls when I became governor all the way through this entire term," he said, Florida Politics reported. "The job of a leader is not to stick your finger in the wind and try to contort yourself to wherever public opinion may be trending on one given moment.

"No, the job of a leader is to set out a vision, to execute that vision, to show people that it's the right vision and to deliver concrete results."

DeSantis, should he run for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination, widely is considered to be the top opponent for former President Donald Trump, who officially announced his candidacy last week.

Trump, via satellite, also addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition conference.

DeSantis said that his landslide reelection victory partly was the result of Jewish support.

"We won the highest share of the Jewish vote for any Republican candidate in Florida history," DeSantis said, The Times of Israel reported. "There's a lot of reasons for that. It's not just Jewish issues if you look at everything we've done, but I will say if you look at our record on issues related to Israel and supporting the Jewish community, it is second to none."

DeSantis also discussed foreign policy issues in Israel, referencing an official trip he took to Israel in his first year as governor.

"We were the first statewide elected officials to do public events in Judea and Samaria," said DeSantis, using the biblical names for the West Bank, The Times of Israel reported. "We understand history. We know those are thousands of years of connection to the Jewish people.

"I don't care what the State Department says. They are not occupied territory, it is disputed territory. You gotta know the history."

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Texas State Rep. Harrison to Newsmax: Urgency Rising on Immigration

Texas State Rep. Harrison to Newsmax: Urgency Rising on Immigration brian harrison appearing on newsmax State Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Texas (Newsmax)

By Fran Beyer | Monday, 21 November 2022 09:46 AM EST

Texas Republican state lawmakers have to be laser-focused on border security, an issue of increasing importance as the end of Title 42 looms, GOP Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison said Monday on Newsmax.

In an interview on Newsmax's "Wake Up America," the former chief of staff at the Department of Health and Human Services said "we've got to not voluntarily give… any power back to Democrats that they didn't earn from the voters."

Harrison said the political pushback is particularly important as the Biden administration seeks an end to the public health order that expels migrants to Mexico.

Title 42 "was the regulation that allows for immediate deportations" and secured the southern border ever since its imposition early in the coronavirus pandemic, Harrison noted.

"I was a member of the Trump administration, the chief of staff at HHS. We were the agency that issued the now famous Title 42 order, which is about to go away," Harrison said. "All [President] Joe Biden had to do was nothing when he took office."

But Biden instead "went out of his way" and took "every action possible to make the border as unsecure as possible," Harrison said.

According to Harrison, the state of Texas has already had to take $3 billion to $4 billion for border security efforts "on our own."

"We have to do more with the court striking down Title 42," he said, referring to a federal judge's Nov. 16 decision giving the Biden administration until Dec. 21 to wind down its use of Title 42 to expel migrants.

"We need a Texas style Title 42 law that allows for us to immediately be able to begin — or I should say resume — deportations immediately on the southern border," Harrison said. "Because if we don't do this, the Biden administration [by] their own numbers… are saying [there are] 18,000 illegal border crossings a day."

Harrison added that Texas was once an "entirely Democrat state."

"But that was an entirely different, completely different Democratic Party than the party of today, the party of Joe Biden, the party of socialism and open borders and inflation and stripping parents of their rights," he said.

"This is not a party that is to be negotiated with right now," he added, vowing to force a vote to change some state rules "and hopefully, we'll be successful here in January."

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McCarthy Still Has Work to Do to Become Speaker

McCarthy Still Has Work to Do to Become Speaker (Newsmax)

By Charlie McCarthy | Monday, 21 November 2022 01:18 PM EST

Uncertainty remains about whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will become the chamber's next speaker.

Although McCarthy won the House Republicans' vote 188-31, he must be approved by the entire chamber – and he cannot afford 31 GOP members to be against him in the Jan. 3 vote.

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That is because Newsmax projects the GOP has won 219 seats (with five races still uncalled), a very slim majority in the next Congress. Besides that, several lawmakers within the Republican conference have vowed not to back McCarthy.

"Look, we have our work cut out for us. We've got to have a small majority. We've got to listen to everybody in our conference," McCarthy said in a press conference last week after the GOP leadership vote.

Words, however, might not be enough to sway come McCarthy critics.

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"The hard thing for Kevin, realistically, is there are a fair number of people who have said very publicly they're 'Never Kevin.' Like, there's nothing that Kevin can do to get their vote," said Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, who declined to express his thoughts on McCarthy, The Hill reported.

Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., former House Freedom Caucus chair and someone who challenged McCarthy for the speaker nomination last week, have pledged not to vote for the minority leader on the House floor.

The House Freedom Caucus during the summer released a list of rule change demands for both the conference and the entire House that seek to reduce the power of leadership and distribute more of it to individual members.

"I refuse to elect the same people utilizing the same rules that keep us from – members like me from participating," Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., said on Stephen Bannon's "War Room" show.

McCarthy supporters note that some GOP lawmakers who voted against the leader via secret ballot in the conference will not want to be on the record publicly opposing him in a floor vote.

Still, opponents continue to put pressure on McCarthy.

"The Leader does not have 218 votes," said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., current chair of the Freedom Caucus, The Hill reported. "It is becoming increasingly perilous as we move forward."

During the GOP press conference last week, McCarthy pointed to former Speakers Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., becoming speaker despite experiencing major pushback within their conferences. However, Ryan (2015) and Pelosi (2019) had more substantial majorities.

With Republicans holding such a narrow majority, it's worth noting that McCarthy does not necessarily need 218 floor votes to win the speakership.

A candidate needs a majority of votes cast to become speaker. Thus, such things as unforeseen illness and bad weather could affect a vote.

Also, The Hill reported that a Congressional Research Service report noted "present" votes also lower the final number needed to win, with current House practice dictating that the speaker needs to win a majority "voting by surname."

Some House Republicans could opt to vote "present" rather than for either McCarthy or an alternative candidate without jeopardizing the leader's bid.

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Trump: Biden’s ‘Corrupt,’ Elections Are ‘Rigged’

Trump: Biden's 'Corrupt,' Elections Are 'Rigged'

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By Jack Gournell | Sunday, 20 November 2022 07:43 PM EST

Former President Donald Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to share his opinion on midterm elections and President Joe Biden.

"Our Country has never seen a Weaponized 'Justice' Department, and FBI, like they are witnessing right now," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"They are doing everything they can, much of it unlawful, to protect an incompetent and corrupt President, and his drug addicted criminal son. The system is Tainted and Rigged, just like our Elections are Tainted and Rigged, and just like our Border is for sale to the highest bidder, OPEN, and a disgrace to humanity. In the meantime, our Country is failing at a level never seen before!!!"

Trump did not copy the message to his old Twitter account.

Trump has seemingly rejected returning to Twitter, but as he embarks on a new presidential campaign, will he be able to resist? All eyes were on his account Sunday for any activity, after it was reinstated by the platform's new owner Elon Musk.

Twitter had issued a "permanent" ban on Trump in the wake of the January 6, 2021 attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol, as he sought to overturn his election loss to Biden.

But Musk, who describes himself as a "free speech absolutist," posted a Twitter poll Saturday that saw a majority support the former president's reinstatement, and the platform's new owner wasted no time in acting on it.

As of 11:30 a.m. EST Sunday, the revived account of the "45th President of the United States of America," with its blue "verified" checkmark, had not posted any new messages.

The last message dates from January 8, 2021, when the billionaire said he would not attend Biden's inauguration ceremony.

On the same day, Twitter banned the account, which was being followed by some 88.8 million people, citing the risk of further incitement to violence.

Trump's followers numbered 86.6 million as of Sunday — though it was unclear how many of those were real and how many were bots — while the number of accounts followed by him went from zero to 49.

The account also linked to a campaign website seeking donations for Trump's 2024 presidential run.

It was not clear who linked the website to the account or what any changes in the number of followers means — mass layoffs in recent weeks under Musk have seen Twitter's communications team decimated.

Trump reveled in using Twitter as a mouthpiece during his presidency, posting policy announcements, attacking political rivals and communicating with supporters.

More than 15 million votes were cast in Musk's poll — Twitter has 237 million daily users — with 51.8 percent in favor of reinstating Trump's controversial profile and 48.2 percent against.

Musk asked for a simple "yes" or "no" response to the statement, "Reinstate former President Trump."

On Saturday, while the poll was still underway, Trump posted a link to it on Truth Social, the Twitter alternative he founded, urging his 4.6 million followers there to vote for him.

But he also wrote: "don't worry, we aren't going anywhere. Truth Social is special!"

And, appearing via video at a gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Trump said he welcomed the poll and was a fan of Musk, but appeared to reject any return to the platform.

"I don't see it, because I don't see any reason for it," he said.

AFP contributed to this report.

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Trump: Biden’s ‘Corrupt,’ Elections Are ‘Rigged’

Trump: Biden's 'Corrupt,' Elections Are 'Rigged' (Newsmax/"Prime News")

By Jack Gournell | Sunday, 20 November 2022 07:43 PM EST

Former President Donald Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to share his opinion on midterm elections and President Joe Biden.

"Our Country has never seen a Weaponized 'Justice' Department, and FBI, like they are witnessing right now," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"They are doing everything they can, much of it unlawful, to protect an incompetent and corrupt President, and his drug addicted criminal son. The system is Tainted and Rigged, just like our Elections are Tainted and Rigged, and just like our Border is for sale to the highest bidder, OPEN, and a disgrace to humanity. In the meantime, our Country is failing at a level never seen before!!!"

Trump did not copy the message to his old Twitter account.

Trump has seemingly rejected returning to Twitter, but as he embarks on a new presidential campaign, will he be able to resist? All eyes were on his account Sunday for any activity, after it was reinstated by the platform's new owner Elon Musk.

Twitter had issued a "permanent" ban on Trump in the wake of the January 6, 2021 attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol, as he sought to overturn his election loss to Biden.

But Musk, who describes himself as a "free speech absolutist," posted a Twitter poll Saturday that saw a majority support the former president's reinstatement, and the platform's new owner wasted no time in acting on it.

As of 11:30 a.m. ET Sunday, the revived account of the "45th President of the United States of America," with its blue "verified" checkmark, had not posted any new messages.

The last message dates from January 8, 2021, when the billionaire said he would not attend Biden's inauguration ceremony.

On the same day, Twitter banned the account, which was being followed by some 88.8 million people, citing the risk of further incitement to violence.

Trump's followers numbered 86.6 million as of Sunday — though it was unclear how many of those were real and how many were bots — while the number of accounts followed by him went from zero to 49.

The account also linked to a campaign website seeking donations for Trump's 2024 presidential run.

It was not clear who linked the website to the account or what any changes in the number of followers means — mass layoffs in recent weeks under Musk have seen Twitter's communications team decimated.

Trump reveled in using Twitter as a mouthpiece during his presidency, posting policy announcements, attacking political rivals and communicating with supporters.

More than 15 million votes were cast in Musk's poll — Twitter has 237 million daily users — with 51.8 percent in favor of reinstating Trump's controversial profile and 48.2 percent against.

Musk asked for a simple "yes" or "no" response to the statement, "Reinstate former President Trump."

On Saturday, while the poll was still underway, Trump posted a link to it on Truth Social, the Twitter alternative he founded, urging his 4.6 million followers there to vote for him.

But he also wrote: "don't worry, we aren't going anywhere. Truth Social is special!"

And, appearing via video at a gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Trump said he welcomed the poll and was a fan of Musk, but appeared to reject any return to the platform.

"I don't see it, because I don't see any reason for it," he said.

AFP contributed to this report.

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Sen. Mark Warner: TikTok an ‘Enormous Threat’

Sen. Mark Warner: TikTok an 'Enormous Threat'

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By Brian Pfail | Sunday, 20 November 2022 07:06 PM EST

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the social media platform TikTok is an "enormous threat" and that parents should be "very concerned" about their children using the app.

"TikTok is an enormous threat. It's a threat on two levels. One, it is a massive collector of information, oftentimes of our children. They can visualize even down to your keystrokes. So if you're a parent and you got a kid on TikTok, I would be very, very concerned," Warner told host Shannon Bream on "FOX News Sunday."

"All of that data that your child is inputting and receiving is being stored somewhere in Beijing," Warner added, and it's difficult to "separate out TikTok from the fact that the actual engineers [are] writing the code in Beijing."

TikTok is owned by Chinese-based company ByteDance, which has spurred some concern among lawmakers about user data and the company's ties to the Chinese government.

The second threat level "is that TikTok, in a sense, is a broadcasting network" for the Chinese Communist Party, said Warner.

"The China law states that if they suddenly want to dial up the fact that we are going to decrease content that criticizes Chinese leadership but increase the content that your kids may be seeing saying, 'Hey, you know, Taiwan really is part of China.' That is a distribution model that would make RT or Sputnik or some of the Russian propaganda models pale in comparison," Warner said.

The Trump administration warned about TikTok and its influence, attempting to ban the social media platform in 2020. The Biden administration, in a move praised by China, replaced former President Donald Trump's executive orders last year.

"I think Donald Trump was right," Warner said Sunday.

Earlier this year, Warner joined Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to urge the Federal Trade Commission to investigate TikTok's "apparent deception" over data practices.

"This is not something you would normally hear me say, but Donald Trump was right on TikTok years ago," Warner told Australia's Sydney Morning Herald last month.