FEMA ignoring Trump supporters in Florida is exactly why we need Matt Gaetz



Last week, Blaze News covered a story about a FEMA supervisor named Marn’i Washington who was fired due to a released report accusing her of ordering relief agents under her authority to avoid homes with Trump signs in Lake Placid, Florida.

According to Washington, however, she was merely the scapegoat for FEMA’s broader discriminatory policies.

“FEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation. This is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance. Not just in the state of Florida. You will find avoidance in the Carolinas,” Washington said on a podcast, during which she explained that FEMA at large tends to avoid homes with Trump signs for fear of aggression.

Jill Savage and Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson invite Rachel Bovard, vice president of Conservative Partnership Institute, on the show to discuss the situation.


“Is this problem bigger than just one employee at FEMA?” Jill asks.

“This is the way the government has been operating for the last four years,” says Bovard. FEMA has “taken direction from the president of the United States, who stood in front of Independence Hall two years ago and said, ‘Anyone who supports Donald Trump is an extremist.”’

“All of the ideologues in the bureaucracy were activated to essentially make that statement by the president their government policy,” she explains. “When you think about the mission that FEMA is supposed to represent, they are supposed to be there to help Americans at the worst point in their lives, and here we have that agency ... putting partisan politics ahead of it all.”

Matthew Peterson calls the event one of many examples of “how bad things have become.”

However, now that Trump will return to the White House bolstered by his bold Cabinet picks, the future looks hopeful.

“I’d love to know your thoughts on the picks so far,” he tells Bovard.

“I think institutional Washington is losing their minds, but I actually think [Matt Gaetz] is the perfect answer to Merrick Garland,” who “turned the Department of Justice into an arm of the president’s political terror,” says Bovard.

“[Garland] put Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro — two people who served in Trump's administration — in jail; he aggressively pursued peaceful pro-life protesters; he ignored the disorder in the streets and used taxpayer-funded resources to harass and prosecute and terrorize peaceful J6 protesters to the ends of the Earth. ... Those actions need to be answered with a sledgehammer, and I really do kind of feel like Matt Gaetz is maybe the perfect person to do that.”

Before Gaetz can get to work as Trump’s attorney general, however, he first has to be confirmed by the Senate that just elected John Thune as its new majority leader.

“What does the pick of John Thune tell you about where the Senate does want to go?” asks Jill.

Bovard is a bit concerned when it comes to Thune.

“John Thune, I should point out, voted to confirm Merrick Garland,” as did other Republican senators, including Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, and Susan Collins — “all of the people you now see pearl-clutching about Matt Gaetz,” Bovard explains.

She hopes they will confirm Gaetz in order to “atone for their sins of confirming Merrick Garland.”

To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above.

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Glenn Beck breaks down Dems' step-by-step plan to 'disrupt, delay, and discredit' tomorrow's election



In his recent article, “The left’s 5-step election takeover plan is back – and worse than ever,” Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck outlined the Democrats' recycled plan to “disrupt, delay, and discredit the electoral process” in the 2024 election.

Now he joins Jill Savage on “Blaze News Tonight” to elucidate the left’s plotting.

The first step in the Democrats’ plan is obviously “winning the vote.”

That means “finding ways legally to either change the law or to just look the other way to win the vote,” Glenn explains.

Democratic lawyer Marc Elias is geared up for another round of fighting election-related lawsuits, and Biden’s DOJ has already sued certain states for “removing noncitizens from voter rolls or switching to paper ballots.”

Winning the vote means winning by whatever means necessary.

The second step is “winning the count,” which is the step “everyone is worried about, says Glenn.

“We saw it last time — all of a sudden, they just stopped counting at 10:30 at night,” which created room for “shenanigans” to happen, he explains.

Whether it’s calling for recounts in swing states, questioning every step of the counting process, or telling Americans “we don’t know who won or lost” in order to sow seeds of doubt, we can expect the 2024 election to look a lot like 2020.

Winning the certification is step three.

“Each state has to certify the vote and seat electors,” but if Trump wins, “objections and accusations of 'shady' electoral practices will fill the headlines.”

The fourth step in the Democrats' diabolical plan is what Glenn calls “winning the Electoral College.”

The Democrat-controlled media is already priming Americans for the scenario in which Trump loses and takes power anyway by using Republican support to endorse alternate electors and then send the election to the House, where the GOP holds a slim majority. According to the left’s theory, the House will select him as president even if he loses the election.

But the truth is, this is the plan Democrats have mapped out.

“They’ll claim manipulation and try to delegitimize the Electoral College process,” Glenn wrote in the article.

“After that, it’s winning the transition,” he tells Jill and Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson.

If all else fails and Trump wins, the final step in the plan is to “disrupt, disrupt, disrupt” the transition of power, which used to be nothing more than a formality.

We can expect protests, accusations, and anything the left can drum up to create chaos and “[set] the country on fire.”

However, if it’s clear tomorrow night that Trump is winning in a landslide, “they can’t pull any of this stuff off,” says Glenn.

“What are you feeling?” Jill asks in regard to the election that’s just a day away.

To hear Glenn’s answer, watch the clip above.

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Are DNC protests building to a major event on Thursday night?



Today marks the final day of the Democratic National Convention hosted in Chicago, Illinois. All week protests have raged outside the United Center — the majority led by groups and organizations that fit the definition of “extremist,” according to the Capital Research Center.

The protests have been so intense that a barrier was erected around the perimeter of the convention, but that didn’t stop protesters from tearing down the security fences, leading many to wonder if something big is on the horizon — perhaps for Thursday, the final day of the DNC.

Blaze Media national correspondent Julio Rosas calls in from the grounds in Chicago to update Jill Savage of “Blaze News Tonight” on the situation.

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“I didn't think it was going to be possible, but protesters managed to breach the fencing in several places and now they are kind of in a standoff situation with Chicago Police,” says Rosas, adding that law enforcement is armed with pepper spray.

“What led to this breakdown in security?” asks Blaze Media editor in chief Matthew Peterson.

“Part of the reason why they were able to [breach the security perimeter] is because clearly the police have given a hands-off approach,” Rosas explains. “The Brandon Johnson administration under Superintendent Snelling has given them a wide berth in certain places.”

“What are the primary demands or issues that are being raised by these protesters?” asks Jill.

“Calling for ceasefire in Gaza at a minimum but also arms embargo on Israel” is the main issue protesters are raising; however, there are some groups raising other concerns, like “health care” and “no border walls in general for the country.”

For the final day of the convention, Rosas expects “more of the same” and perhaps an even bigger display.

The protesters have already made a “big first impression,” he says. “If Chicago Police continue this hands-off approach, it's only going to invigorate them more.”

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