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Dem Rep Rashida Tlaib Seems Upset That Terrorists Are Being Killed by Americans

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is facing bipartisan backlash after responding to reports of U.S. military airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen by criticizing the response to a national security leak rather than the actions of the armed group. The controversy stems from a Signal group chat reportedly used by top U.S. officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, to discuss classified details related to upcoming military strikes.

According to reports, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of The Atlantic, was accidentally added to the chat, prompting immediate concern from lawmakers.

“This is an outrageous national security breach, and heads should roll,” Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) told Axios, a quote relayed by reporter Andrew Solender on X.

Tlaib replied to Solender’s post, writing, “More heat for using a group chat than for the bombing itself.”

Her response drew swift criticism across political lines, particularly due to the nature of the U.S. airstrikes, which targeted Houthi operatives classified as a terrorist group.

Critics accused Tlaib of once again appearing to minimize or dismiss the threat posed by militant organizations.

“They’re bombing terrorists, Rashida,” Townhall editor Katie Pavlich wrote in response to Tlaib.

Former CNN anchor and current NewsNation host Chris Cuomo added, “You want them to attack more Americans?”

“I mean, yeah, because killing Iranian-backed jihadists is a good thing,” wrote Jerry Dunleavy, Chief Investigative Correspondent at Just the News.

President Donald Trump authorized the strikes earlier this month, citing a pattern of Houthi aggression in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden targeting U.S. and allied maritime and aerial assets.

“They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones,” Trump said.

“Joe Biden’s response was pathetically weak, so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going.”

“The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated,” Trump added.

“We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.”

The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, are a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization backed by the Iranian regime. They have been responsible for multiple attacks on civilian and military targets in the region, including U.S. ships, and have received global condemnation for their actions.

Rep. Tlaib has previously made headlines for controversial statements regarding foreign policy. In July 2023, she held up a sign in Congress reading “War Criminal” and “Guilty of Genocide” while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address. Later that year, she was censured by the House for promoting Hamas propaganda and making inflammatory comments in the aftermath of the October 7 terror attacks in Israel.

In May 2023, Tlaib appeared at an art show featuring material that advocated for the elimination of Israel and glorified individuals linked to terrorism. Following the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October, she made a public statement amplifying false reports about an Israeli strike on a hospital — a claim that was later debunked.

Her comments were cited as contributing to unrest in Washington, D.C., where hundreds of protesters were arrested after entering federal buildings. The body of criticism directed at Rep. Tlaib continues to grow as lawmakers and commentators question her repeated alignment with extremist narratives.

The latest comments surrounding U.S. military action against the Houthis have renewed calls for disciplinary action in Congress.

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Big Government, Democrats

Obama USAID Scandal Exposed: Taxpayer Money Used for “Rent-a-Riots”

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In a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, former State Department official Mike Benz detailed a covert operation by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) during the Obama administration, which involved the creation of a secret Twitter-like social media platform designed to incite political unrest in Cuba.

“This was a scandal during Obama, the Obama USAID era,” Benz said.

“Now, we were running a number of rogue USAID operations in Cuba at the time.”

The operation, known as ZunZuneo, was modeled after Twitter and launched between 2009 and 2014 to target Cuban citizens with initially non-political content like sports, music, and hurricane updates. According to Benz, the aim was to build a user base large enough to later introduce political messages designed to create civil unrest and ultimately spark a “Cuban Spring.”

“This was a Twitter knockoff,” Benz said.

“Zunzini, oh, is the Cuban slang word for hummingbird. So just it means it’s bird. It was the Twitter bird, the whole thing. But the whole trick about it was, you have to make it look like it’s coming from the Cubans, if you’re going to do this operation.”

Benz explained that USAID funneled money for the project through concealed channels.

“They took funds, millions of dollars, of funds that were concealed as humanitarian funds designated for Pakistan,” he said.

“Now, I don’t know if Joe or the audience, if you’ve looked at a map lately, but Pakistan is not exactly a next-door neighbor of Cuba.”

The project was executed by Creative Associates International (CAI), a U.S. government contractor.

According to Benz, CAI set up a complex network of front companies and used Cayman Islands bank accounts to conceal the source of funding.

“They said that these were humanitarian funds for Pakistan, and then they ran that to their contractor, CAI, to quote, set up a Byzantine system of front companies using Cayman Islands bank accounts and recruiting unsuspecting business executives who would not be told of the company’s ties to the U.S. government,” Benz said.

The operation reached around 60,000 subscribers in Cuba. Benz described how the initial content served as a smokescreen for building a surveillance and political targeting network.

“The initiative appears to also have had a surveillance dimension, allowing a, quote, vast database of Cuban zunzinio subscribers, including gender, age and receptiveness and political tendencies, to be built,” he said.

“The data would then be used for micro targeting efforts towards anti and pro-government users in Cuba.”

Benz emphasized that the political content was introduced after enough users had joined, stating, “Once they hit a critical mass, they would create rental riots and they would use this the same way they used it in Egypt and Tunisia to topple those governments under the Obama administration. They would organize smart mobs, rental riots.”

Internal documents revealed by Benz indicated that the program’s end goal was to spark a political movement and challenge the Cuban government’s power structure.

“Documents show the U.S. government plan to build a subscriber base through non-controversial news content… Later, when the network reached a critical mass… operators would introduce political content aimed at inspiring Cubans to organize, quote, smart mobs… that might trigger a Cuban spring, or, as one USAID document put it, quote, renegotiate the balance of power between state and society.”

Benz also addressed the implications of running such operations through USAID rather than the CIA.

“This is classic CIA work,” he said.

“You’re using Cayman Islands bank accounts. You’re marking it for Pakistan… If this gets busted, this is why we task the CIA to do this—plausible deniability… because there’s diplomatic blowback if U.S. fingerprints are revealed.”

While Benz clarified he is not defending the Cuban regime, he stated, “I’m simply showing the American people where your tax dollars are going and how these things are structured in order to systematically fool you and to fool Congress and to fool the White House.”

No current U.S. official has commented on Benz’s claims, but his revelations have reignited scrutiny of USAID’s role in foreign influence operations and the use of civilian agencies for covert activity traditionally conducted by intelligence services.

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Democrats

Dem Party in Ruins: “I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This” – Former Clinton Pollster

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Former Clinton pollster Mark Penn raised alarms Friday night about the state of the Democratic Party, pointing to historic lows in national favorability ratings and a shrinking voter base that threatens the party’s electoral viability. During an appearance on Fox News’ Hannity, Penn cited recent polling data from CNN/SSRS showing the Democratic Party’s favorability rating plummeting to 29%. The poll, conducted March 6-9, marked a sharp decline from the party’s previous standing at 47%, according to Penn.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in over 40 years of polling,” Penn said. “The Democratic Party ratings have collapsed from a 47% favorable down to 29, 27 in some of these polls, and that’s an incredible loss of moderate, working-class voters.”

Penn, who served as a top adviser to President Bill Clinton and later worked with Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, said the party’s support has narrowed to a more progressive base, alienating moderates and independents who were once key to Democratic victories.

“Those [are the] kinds of voters that the Democratic Party needs to win elections, and it’s being shrunk to a base of left-wing advocates like Bernie Sanders and AOC who were touring the country carrying the Democratic banner. That’s not helping,” Penn added, referencing Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

The polling collapse follows a major political shift in the 2024 elections, in which Republicans reclaimed control of the White House and secured majorities in both the House and Senate.

In response, national Democratic organizations—including the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and the Association of State Democratic Committees—launched a new campaign dubbed the “People’s Town Halls.”

That tour began last Friday in Iowa and is targeting Republican-held districts across the country.

Party officials say the effort is meant to rebuild trust with voters and push back against Republican messaging, particularly in battleground states where Democrats suffered key losses. The Democrats’ opposition strategy has focused heavily on the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), created under President Donald Trump and currently led by Elon Musk.

DOGE has implemented major workforce reductions across federal agencies, part of a broader initiative to reduce government spending and bureaucracy. While DOGE has received support from fiscal conservatives and portions of the public, it has sparked fierce resistance from Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez took to social media earlier this week to criticize the Trump-backed government funding bill, calling it a “slush fund” for Trump and Musk.

In contrast, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania criticized his own party’s response to the bill, suggesting that the resistance amounted to posturing.

“Total theater,” Fetterman said in a public statement, adding to internal Democratic tensions over strategy and messaging.

As Democrats seek to regroup following their 2024 defeats, Penn’s remarks suggest deepening concerns within the party’s establishment over its ability to connect with the voters it once relied on. With favorability ratings falling and leadership splintered over how to respond to President Trump’s policy agenda, party officials face mounting pressure to reassess their direction ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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Elon Musk Sues Jamaal Bowman Over “Nazi” Smear: “I’ve Had Enough”

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    Elon Musk Sues Jamaal Bowman Over 'Nazi' Smear: "I've Had Enough"

    DOGE leader Elon Musk has announced he will be suing former Democrat Jamaal Bowman for his claims that the SpaceX boss is a “Nazi” during an appearance on CNN. Bowman appeared on CNN’s Newsnight to parrot the false left-wing media narrative that there is an organic groundswell against the Republican Party due to DOGE cuts.

    He then made a series of slanderous claims against Musk and the supposed opposition to DOGE, despite polling data showing massive support for the initiative.

    “This shows again, the American people do not trust Elon Musk and Elon Musk is incompetent in his position,” the former congressman said.

    “And how do we know? Because they fired tens of thousands of people, it was challenged in court, the court said the people have to go back and now the people are coming back.

    He’s incompetent, he’s a thief, he’s a Nazi, and people don’t trust him. Period.”

    In response to the claim, Musk took to X to announce legal action against Bowman.

    “I’ve had enough. Lawsuit inbound,” Musk wrote.

    Musk, who has repeatedly condemned Nazi ideology, was accused of giving a Nazi salute while speaking at a Trump victory rally. However, footage from the event clearly shows Musk pointing to someone in the crowd before raising his fist in the air.

    Regardless of the truth, media networks immediately began reporting on doctored clips from the rally to falsely accuse Musk of giving a salute.

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    Courts, Democrats

    Chuck Schumer Admits on Live TV: Dems Stacked Court to Undermine Trump

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    Chuck Schumer Admits on Live TV: Dems Stacked Court to Undermine Trump

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the quiet part out loud this week on PBS, admitting that the Democrats intentionally stacked the courts with 235 progressive judges to stop President Donald Trump. It’s no surprise that since Trump took office this year, he’s been bombarded with an all-out legal assault from the weaponized judicial branch plagued with radical leftists.

    Since January, Trump has faced 132 legal challenges, with only two resolved. What’s worse is Schumer admitted it all on live TV. When host Geoff Bennett asked if the nation is facing a constitutional crisis, Schumer began gloating about the Dems’ court schemes against Trump.

    “There are those who believe that we are, in real time, living through an assault on the constitutional order. Do you believe that we are in a constitutional crisis right now?” Bennett asked.

    “Yes,” Schumer responded, adding, “Our democracy is at risk because Donald Trump shows that he wishes to violate the laws in many, many different ways.”

    Then came the bombshell.

    “The good news here is, we did put 235 judges—progressive judges, judges not under the control of Trump—last year on the bench, and they are ruling against Trump time after time after time.

    We hope that the appellate courts, when it gets up there in the Supreme Court, will uphold those rulings. They restored the money to NIH. They required that 8,000 federal employees have to come back.

    We’re in over 100 lawsuits against them, and we are having a good deal of success. It’s only at the lower court level right now.”

    Watch:

    Schumer’s remarks basically validate Trump’s argument about the weaponized judiciary. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) took to X immediately after Schumer’s admission, writing: “‘Progressive judges’ That doesn’t mean ‘judges who follow the law.’ It means progressive activists wearing black robes.”

    Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ) also responded: “Here you have Schumer admitting that they put progressive judges in place for the explicit purpose of ruling against Trump. It’s all coordinated and intentional. Congress must act.”

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    COVID, Democrats

    Husband/Body Guard of Former ‘Squad’ Member Cori Bush Indicted for Covid Fraud

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    The room is getting a little warmer for former House Rep. from Missouri, Democrat Cori Bush, as her husband just got slapped with fraud charges. The Dept. of Justice indicted Cortney Merritts for allegedly lying on applications for Covid relief money. The feds claim that Merritts gave false information in order to get his hands on $21,000 from various programs meant to help businesses stay afloat during the shutdowns, as well money to compensate him for alleged economic injury. 

    The money Merritts received came from the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program. The PPP was set up to give businesses what it called “forgivable” loans to keep meeting payroll during a time when (illegal) state and federal shut-down orders put businesses small and large out of commission during the pandemic. In reality, these weren’t loans, but direct grants that did not have to be repaid. Of the $793 billion given out, $760 billion was forgiven. 

    Whenever there’s money to be had from the government, there are going to be scams. The inspector general for the Small Business Administration, which disbursed the money, claimed in a 2022 report that up to 70,000 “loans” were probably fraudulent. 

    Collin Rugg brought the news to X/Twitter, along with some archival footage of Bush banging on about how she was going to “transform policing”:

    The indictment of Bush’s husband Cortney Merritts is new, and not many details are available yet. And while it does not appear that the indictment of Merritts is connected to an ongoing investigation into whether Bush improperly spent campaign funds on personal security, it’s worth noting that her husband, Merritts, was in charge of her security operation. It seems likely that Bush herself may be headed for trouble, though there has not been any recent updates on the campaign finance investigation. 

    Cori Bush made a name for herself as a congresswoman whose modus operandi could be summed up as “give me and other black people taxpayer money.” In 2023 she introduced a bill to give black Americans a ridiculous $14 trillion (yes, trillion with a ‘t’) in “reparations” for slavery. She was a member of the colloquially named “Squad,” a group of histrionic Democrat and progressive black and “woman of color” legislators who claim racism, misogyny, and colonialism are oppressing them all day every day. 

    Bush lost the primary for her seat in 2024. Badly.

    Bush’s most memorable moment was when she camped out on the steps of the Capitol in 2021 surrounded by family-sized boxes of potato chips and cookies. She was sleeping rough to protest the end of the (ruled unconstitutional) eviction freeze illegally foisted on American landlords by the Centers for Disease Control under President Joe Biden. 

    Let’s see what other X/Twitter users had to say about the bad news for Bush’s husband/security guard:

    Hmm. Not a lot of sympathy so far. Let’s keep going. 

    Three full page scrolls and no sympathy yet. Maybe you’ll find some!

    Democrats, Economics

    Whitmer’s Michigan Spent $670 Million on Corporate Welfare — Zero Jobs Created After Three Years!

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    Three years after lawmakers created the Strategic Outreach Attraction Reserve Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said would “create tens of thousands of good paying jobs,” not a single one has materialized.

    Michigan taxpayers have shelled out more than $670 million to five multibillion companies to prop up the electric vehicle and renewable energy industries in Michigan with a promise to create a total of 8,812 jobs, but a report from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation that oversees the spending shows zero “actual qualified jobs created.”

    “The program was poorly designed from the start,” said James Hohman, director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. “It allows companies to cash in on taxpayer subsidies without having to create jobs. Lawmakers must wait years to ask for taxpayer money back if deals fail to deliver. It’s good that House lawmakers are working to redirect this money to roads.”

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    Democrats

    Adam Kinzinger’s Tough Guy Act Falls Flat as Trump Calls J6 Committee Pardons “Void”

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    Former congressman Adam Kinzinger posted a video to social media on Monday in response to President Donald Trump’s remarks about the January 6th Committee. Trump had suggested that any preemptive pardons issued by President Joe Biden to members of the committee were non-binding if executed via autopen.

    Kinzinger, who served on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th protest, filmed his response from inside his car and posted the video to X.

    “So I just saw that Trump is, like, threatening the January 6 committee again,” Kinzinger said.

    “Listen. This dude knows. He knows that this is, like, the thing that embarrasses him. He won’t admit it embarrasses him, because he’s trying to, like, pretend like he didn’t do anything.”

    Kinzinger went on to say that Trump is “obsessed” with him and former Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney.

    “He’s more obsessed with, like, me and Liz Cheney than his freaking golf score,” he added. “Hey, Trump. Bring it on, dude.”

    After posting the video, Kinzinger appeared on CNN to further comment on Trump’s remarks. Speaking with host Jake Tapper, Kinzinger again challenged Trump to follow through on his statements.

    “So, my reaction to him is like, you know what? Then bring it! Like, stop talking about it! Stop being all verbose. Stop pretending like you’re tough,” Kinzinger said.

    “Bring the charges then if you really want to do it because we will crush you in court.”

    Kinzinger’s response came after Trump had hinted in a previous interview that members of the J6 Committee could face legal scrutiny for their actions.

    “Those people committed a major crime,” Trump said during an interview with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker prior to his inauguration. “Honestly, they should go to jail.”

    Trump has long argued that the January 6 Committee pushed a politically motivated narrative about the protests at the Capitol.

    His latest remarks suggest that his administration may investigate the committee’s actions.

    Kinzinger, who gained national attention for his emotional testimony during committee hearings, has since transitioned into media.

    After leaving Congress, he was hired as a political commentator for CNN and began selling autographed copies of the January 6th select committee’s final report for $100.

    While Kinzinger continues to publicly challenge Trump, the former congressman’s role in the J6 Committee remains under scrutiny.

    With Trump back in the White House, questions remain about whether the committee’s members could face legal action.

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    Democrats

    CNN Panel Melts Down When Jennings Brings Up Protestors “Storming Trump Tower”

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    A heated exchange broke out on CNN Thursday when Democratic strategist Xochitl Hinojosa clashed with commentator Scott Jennings over a protest at Trump Tower led by activists from Jewish Voice for Peace.

    The group occupied the building’s first floor to demonstrate against the Trump administration’s revocation of the green card of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas protest leader at Columbia University who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on March 8.

    Jennings referred to the demonstrators as a “mob” that “stormed Trump Tower,” a characterization Hinojosa strongly disputed. The discussion escalated when she invoked the events of January 6, 2021, to contrast Thursday’s protest.

    “What I want to remind you both, that it was Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6th,” Hinojosa said.

    “When January 6th happened this year, what happened? It wasn’t Democrats storming the Capitol. Actually, guess what? No one stormed the Capitol this January 6th.”

    Jennings immediately pushed back, pointing to footage of the Trump Tower protest.

    “Did you look at the video in New York City today, the people who took over Trump Tower, the people screaming at folks on the streets? Who are those folks?” he asked.

    Hinojosa insisted the event was a protest, not an act of force.

    “People were protesting. People were protesting. They were not storming —” she said before Jennings interjected, “They stormed Trump Tower.”

    The Trump administration took action against Columbia University after it failed to respond to the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism regarding its handling of pro-Hamas demonstrations on campus. As a result, the administration canceled more than $400 million in federal grants from four federal agencies.

    Hinojosa continued to downplay the Trump Tower protest, arguing, “They were not storming the Capitol. They were not — They were not trying to hurt a member of Congress.”

    CNN host Abby Phillip added, “The lobby of Trump Tower is not Trump Tower.”

    The protest follows months of escalating demonstrations against Israel since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas that left more than 1,200 dead in Israel. Since then, anti-Israel activists have occupied buildings, chanted slogans with genocidal connotations, and blocked Jewish students from parts of campus at multiple universities across the country.

    Jennings challenged Hinojosa’s defense of the protesters. “You are gonna defend that mob? I mean —” he started before both Hinojosa and Phillip interrupted him.

    “There were thousands of people who were prosecuted for January 6th —” Hinojosa said, while Phillip interjected, “I’m not defending any mob.”

    The discussion continued to spiral as Jennings reminded the panel of his past condemnation of the Capitol riot.

    “You can scream — you can scream at me all you want, but I have every single day condemned the events of January the 6th,” Jennings stated.

    “Then, now, and I will continue to do it.”

    The protest at Trump Tower highlights growing tensions over pro-Hamas demonstrations in the United States and the increasing scrutiny on organizations supporting such activism.

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    Democrats

    Trump Admin Roasts AOC and Other Dems over Cringe “Choose Your Fighter” Video

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    Trump Admin Roasts AOC and Other Dems over Cringe "Choose Your Fighter" Video

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Democratic congresswomen appeared in an anti-Trump “Choose Your Fighter” TikTok clip that went viral for all the wrong reasons.

    The video, initially posted by cookbook author and influencer Sulhee Jessica Woo, was immediately roasted by users on X.

    Watch:

    The Trump administration didn’t waste time trolling the congresswomen with their own White House montage, which showed President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other members of the Republican administration with the caption “America Chose Its Fighters Last November.”

    The clip featured Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on horseback and border czar Tom Homan walking away from a helicopter.

    Also appearing in the video were Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

    Watch:

    Meanwhile, the Democratic House members’ video, which included Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Lauren Underwood of Illinois, Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Rep. Judy Chu of California, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, and Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada, was widely mocked on social media.

    AOC, who appeared in the clip, said “She is a Trekkie,” while Clark, 61, said she doesn’t like hair dye.

    Crockett, 43, disclosed she’s not a morning person, while Underwood, 38, insisted she doesn’t like balloons.

    Unsurprisingly, the clip failed to hit the mark.

    “Democrats Not Be Cringe Challenge,” the Trump administration’s Rapid Response account wrote on X. “Level: Impossible.”

    “The problem isn’t policy failures, economic anxiety, or a general sense that everything is coming apart at the seams,” political writer Matt Lewis wrote.

    “No, no — the real issue is that voters just don’t know how much fun their representatives are!”

    Punchbowl News reporter Ben Brody called it “hilariously cringey.”

    “One of the worst parts about this: the Choose Your Fighter trend was popular on TikTok like 3 years ago,” journalist Peter Hamby wrote.

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