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Trump to Send More Federal Agents Into Violent Cities; Chicago Mayor Agrees to Accept Help

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Trump, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Agree to Deployment of Federal Agents

By New York Post. President Trump called Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday evening to confirm his plans to send 200 federal agents to the city to combat “a rampage of violence.”

In a statement obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, the mayor’s office said Trump “reached out to Mayor Lightfoot this evening to confirm that he plans to send federal resources to Chicago to supplement ongoing federal investigations pertaining to violent crime.” . . .

Lightfoot, who previously vowed to turn away the feds, and Trump — who blasted “extreme politicians” whom he accused of joining an “anti-police crusade” — are in agreement over the strategy of sending in agents to plug into existing operations, the paper reported.

“Mayor Lightfoot maintains that all resources will be investigatory in nature and be coordinated through the U.S. Attorney’s office,” the statement said. “The Mayor has made clear that if there is any deviation from what has been announced, we will pursue all available legal options to protect Chicagoans.” (Read more from “Trump, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Agree to Deployment of Federal Agents” HERE)

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Trump to Send More Federal Agents Into Violent Cities

By Washington Examiner. President Trump announced plans to send more federal agents into cities around the country to help corral the violence that has occurred in recent weeks.

The president’s “Operation Legend” program, unveiled on Wednesday, will assist local law enforcement in cities such as Chicago and Kansas City to tackle violence and civil unrest. . .

The program will involve federal agents from the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, and other agencies to partner with local agencies. It is named for LeGend Taliferro, a 4-year-old boy who was shot and killed while asleep last month in Kansas City, Missouri. (Read more from “Trump to Send More Federal Agents Into Violent Cities” HERE)

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Chicago Mayor Threatens to Sue Trump (VIDEO)

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) on Wednesday threatened to sue the Trump administration if federal law enforcement agents step out of line following President Trump’s announcement that he is expanding government law enforcement operations to the crime-plagued city.

“I’m calling on all Chicagoans that if you see something that doesn’t like right, please, don’t hesitate to report it,” Lightfoot said during a press conference. “We are going to remain diligent, and if we see any steps out of line, particularly with DHS or Border Patrol, we are not going to hesitate to take the president to court and stop any unconstitutional actions.”

When pressed on whether she supports the deployment of agents to Chicago, the mayor replied: “The proof is gonna be in the pudding. It’s too soon to be able to say if this is a value-add or not. We’ve got to see what actually materializes.” (Read more from “Chicago Mayor Threatens to Sue Trump (VIDEO)” HERE)

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Biden Calls Trump ‘First’ Racist President

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Joe Biden on Wednesday launched what appeared to be one of his sharpest attacks to date, charging that President Trump is a racist.

Speaking during a roundtable discussion with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said Trump is engaged in the “spreading of racism, the way he deals with people based on the color of their skin, their national origin, where they’re from, is absolutely sickening.”

Biden went on to stress that “no sitting president has ever done this. Never, never, never. No Republican president has done this. No Democratic president. We’ve had racists and they’ve existed and they’ve tried to get elected president. He’s the first one that has.”

The former vice president has targeted Trump over racism since the very first day of his campaign. In a video announcing his candidacy in April of last year, Biden spotlighted the president’s handling of the violence surrounding the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.

“He said there were quote, some very fine people on both sides,” Biden said as he highlighted the president’s comments. “With those words, the president of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. And in that moment, I knew the threat to this nation was unlike any I had ever seen in my lifetime.” (Read more from “Biden Calls Trump First Elected Racist President” HERE)

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WATCH: President Trump URGES Americans to Wear a Mask

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Speaking from the Brady Briefing Room at the White House Tuesday evening, President Trump gave an update on his administration’s work against Wuhan coronavirus and called on Americans to wear masks when they can’t social distance.

“Anything that potentially can help is a good thing,” Trump said. “It helps.”

“Now, we have had experts who have said in the recent past that masks aren’t necessarily good to wear…now they’ve changed their mind and if they’ve changed their mind that’s good enough for me,” he added.

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Pelosi: COVID Is ‘The Trump Virus’

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On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) referred to coronavirus as “the Trump virus” and stated that “If it’s important to wear a mask now, it would have been important to wear it in March,” and that if he had told people to socially distance “instead of having rallies and political whatever they were, then more people would have followed his lead.”

Pelosi said, “Well, I think with the president’s comments today, he recognized the mistakes that he has made, by now embracing mask-wearing, and the recognition this is not a hoax, it is a pandemic, that has gotten worse before it will get better. Because of his inaction, and, in fact, clearly, it is the Trump virus.” (Read more from “Pelosi: COVID Is ‘The Trump Virus’” HERE)

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President Trump: There Will Be No National Mask Mandate; but Fauci Responds, States Must Force Mask Mandate

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By Breitbart. In an interview set to air on this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” President Donald Trump rejected the possibility of a national mask mandate. . .

“No, I want people to have a certain freedom, and I don’t believe in that,” Trump said. “No, and I don’t agree with the statement that if everybody wear a mask, everything disappears. Hey, Dr. Fauci said, don’t wear a mask. Our Surgeon General – terrific guy – said, don’t wear a mask. Everybody who is saying don’t wear a mask – all of sudden everybody’s got to wear a mask, and as you know, masks cause problems, too. With that being said, I’m a believer in masks. I think masks are good.” (Read more from “President Trump: There Will Be No National Mask Mandate” HERE)

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Fauci Tells States to Be Forceful With Mask Mandates

By CNN. The nation’s top infectious disease expert on Friday urged governors and mayors to “be as forceful as possible” to get people to wear face coverings.

Social distancing, an important factor in blunting the spread of coronavirus, can be difficult with more people going out, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

“When you’re living your life and trying to open up the country, you are going to come into contact with people. And for that reason, we know that masks are really important, and we should be using them everywhere,” he said during a US Chamber of Commerce virtual event. (Read more from “Fauci Tells States to Be Forceful With Mask Mandates” HERE)

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Donald Trump Promotes Wearing Masks

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President Donald Trump on Monday shared an image of himself wearing a mask, noting that many people believed it was “patriotic” to do so. . .

President Trump shared the image on Twitter as government officials continue pressing for more mask mandates to fight the virus.

In an interview with Fox News host Chris Wallace last week, Trump resisted calls for a national mask mandate from Democrats like New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and former Vice President Joe Biden.

“I want people to have a certain freedom, and I don’t believe in that,” Trump said, adding that he did not agree with the idea that if everyone wore a mask the virus would vanish. Trump also said during the interview that he was a “believer in masks” but added that “masks cause problems, too.

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FBI Watched Trump the Day He Took Oath of Office

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FBI Agent Peter Strzok and his FBI Crossfire Hurricane unit were focused on the White House during President Trump’s inauguration celebration, so much so that the “angry” agent complained he was kept out of the loop on a bureau counter-intelligence briefing there.

Mr. Strzok, who would later be fired for his anti-Trump messages to FBI lawyer Lisa Page, erupted the day after Mr. Trump became president, according to newly released emails obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog in Washington.

Mr. Strzok said in an email to his boss, counter-intelligence chief Bill Priestap, he could have folded the FBI briefing into his strategy for investigating Trump associates. (Read more from “FBI Watched Trump the Day He Took Oath of Office” HERE)

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WATCH: Mark Zuckerberg Trashes Trump’s Handling of Pandemic in Facebook Chat With Dr. Fauci

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Mark Zuckerberg told Dr. Anthony Fauci that President Donald Trump is to blame for the United States being “significantly worse” than other countries in how it has handled the coronavirus pandemic.

The Facebook CEO slammed Trump and his administration’s response to the pandemic during a Thursday afternoon discussion with the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in a conversation that was streamed by Reuters.

“At this point, it is clear that the trajectory of the U.S. is significantly worse than many other countries, and that our government and this administration have been considerably less effective in handling this,” Zuckerberg noted.

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Trump Vows to Make Sweeping Cuts to Federal Regulations

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President Trump shared powerful remarks from the Rose Garden on Thursday afternoon, calling for an end to suffocating federal regulations that keep Americans from achieving their dreams.

The president took specific aim at Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, lampooning his time as vice president in the Obama White House.

“Our entire economy and our very way of life are threatened by Biden’s plans,” Trump said, flanked by a blue truck and a red truck, symbolizing the heavy load of regulations associated with the Democrat’s plan. Trump said the energy industry and the millions of jobs that came with it would suffer greatly under a Joe Biden presidency. . .

“Thousand of companies, plants, factories would be closed,” Trump said about the Democrats’ plans to further impose “green,” stifling regulations on American industry. “Under this dismal future, energy would be unaffordable for the vast majority of Americans. The American dream would be sniffed out so quickly and replaced with a socialist disaster.”

The president also took specific aim at plans that the left has to impose housing regulations on communities in suburban areas, which could give preference to potential buyers and renters based solely on skin color. Advocates for these housing regulations argue that minority Americans are given less opportunity to live in the suburbs. However, the Fair Housing Act of 1968 specifically forbids “discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex.” (Read more from “Trump Vows to Make Sweeping Cuts to Federal Regulations” HERE)

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