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Lauren Boebert: Democrats Believe Arresting Donald Trump Is Their ‘Only Hope’ of Victory in 2024

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) argued in a Twitter post that Democrats believe the anticipated arrest of former President Donald Trump is the party’s “only hope” of winning the 2024 election.

Boebert, who has closely aligned herself with Trump since she first ran for the House of Representatives in 2020, argued, “Democrats know they won’t be able to beat our ideas at the ballot box in 2024 so think this is their only hope.”

Trump wrote a message on Truth Social Saturday morning announcing he expected to be arrested on Tuesday in connection with an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office concerning payments allegedly made to Stormy Daniels. Additionally, Trump called for protests in the event of his arrest.

Boebert contrasted Trump’s legal situation with that of his 2016 opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was once investigated by the FBI for allegedly storing classified materials on a private server.

“It is ridiculous that Hillary Clinton and others walk around without a care in the world while President Trump is put through hell on earth,” Boebert wrote.

In a subsequent tweet, Boebert urged others to oppose “the political persecution of President Trump.”

Other Republicans have spoken out against what they perceive as an attempt to weaponize the criminal justice system against the former president.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) described the coming arrest as “an outrageous abuse of power” and “politically motivated” and announced he was “directing relevant committees to immediately investigate if federal funds are being used to subvert our democracy by interfering in elections with politically motivated prosecutions.”

Vivek Ramaswamy, an author and entrepreneur who is running against Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has condemned the expected move to indict Trump and called on his other primary opponents to oppose “politically empowered prosecutors eliminating the opposition of a ruling party using arrest power.”

You can follow Michael Foster on Twitter at @realmfoster.

North Carolina Anti-Rioting Bill to Become Law Without Gov. Roy Cooper’s Signature

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A North Carolina bill, designed to increase penalties for rioting, will become law without the signature of Gov. Roy Cooper (D).

House Bill 40, a piece of legislation designed to create new penalties for inciting or participating in a riot, was presented to Cooper on March 10. Cooper explained in a statement he would neither sign nor veto the bill, having already vetoed similar legislation the previous year.

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP, File)

“I acknowledge that changes were made to modify this legislation’s effect after my veto of a similar bill last year,” he said. “Property damage and violence are already illegal and my continuing concerns about the erosion of the First Amendment and the disparate impacts on communities of color will prevent me from signing this legislation.”

The bill codifies new felony and misdemeanor charges for “[a]ny person who willfully engages in” or incites a riot. The charges vary in seriousness depending on whether certain thresholds for property damage are met, whether the person brandishes a weapon or uses a dangerous substance, and whether the person causes a death “in the course of the riot.” 

Upon vetoing the previous version of the Prevent Rioting and Civil Disorder Act, House Bill 805, Cooper argued in a statement that the bill was “unnecessary” and “intended to intimidate and deter people from exercising their constitutional rights to peacefully protest.”

House Bill 805 contains broadly similar language to the more recent legislation, but there have been a few changes meant to safeguard the right to participate in lawful protests.

For example, the 2022 bill permits law enforcement to hold those accused of rioting for 48 hours before a judge makes a determination about pre-trial detention, whereas the 2023 bill shortens this window to 24 hours. 

Additionally, H.B. 40 includes sections requiring state law enforcement agencies to develop policies for protest response and engagement and foreclosing on any interpretation of the law that would tend to “prevent or prohibit” the exercise of First Amendment rights. 

Both bills include a section clarifying that “[m]ere presence alone [at a riot] without an overt act is not sufficient to sustain a conviction.” 

The legislation is widely viewed as a response to a number of demonstrations that devolved into riots in 2020.

As WRAL reported that year, multiple protests in the Tarheel State “ended in violence, with clashes between protesters and police in Raleigh and Fayetteville, fires set, windows smashed and looting.”

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R) wrote in a statement, “Nearly three years after violent protests devastated communities and businesses in North Carolina, I am pleased that this bipartisan legislation will finally become law.”

You can follow Michael Foster on Twitter at @realmfoster.

California Meteorologist Faints, Falls out of Her Chair During a Live Broadcast

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A California meteorologist fainted on air Saturday morning just as her segment began, startling her colleagues.

Alissa Carlson Schwartz, a meteorologist at CBS L.A., was preparing to deliver a weather report during the outlet’s 7:00 a.m. broadcast when she tilted her head forward at her desk and then slid out of her chair.

Upon realizing what had happened, the show’s anchors responded with shock before cutting to a commercial break.

“Thanks for all the texts, calls & messages. I’m going to be ok!” Schwartz later wrote in a Facebook post 

TMZ noted that Schwartz have previously discussed having a heart condition, which she said she discovered after a 2014 episode in which she vomited during a newscast. It is unclear whether her collapse on Saturday is related to this condition.

In a 2018 segment for KGET, where Schwarz then worked as the chief meteorologist, she said the health scare led to a doctor’s appointment and the discovery that she had a leaky heart valve, which would likely need to be replaced at some point in the future.

Later, nine months after giving birth to her daughter, she said she began to experience chest pains. After seeking medical attention, she learned stem cells from her daughter had caused the valve to “repair itself.” 

“The stem cells from my baby had started to heal my heart,” she said tearfully, “I feel like I owe it to people and everybody and to God to give back and to spread this story and to realize that you may have something that you don’t even know you have.”

Schwartz was inspired by her condition to become an advocate for heart health, even serving as chair of the American Heart Association’s Circle of Red Initiative.

KGET reported in 2018 that Carlson had been named Mrs. California and later placed in the top 15 in the Mrs. America Pageant.

MSNBC Legal Analyst: Donald Trump’s Truth Social Post May Affect Conditions of His Bail

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A legal analyst appearing on MSNBC’s the Katie Phang Show has floated the possibility former President Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social predicting his Tuesday arrest may influence the conditions set for his bail.

Trump wrote a message on Truth Social Saturday morning announcing he expected to be arrested on Tuesday in connection with an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office concerning payments allegedly made to Stormy Daniels. Additionally, Trump called for protests in the event of his arrest.

Legal analyst Glenn Kirschner, appearing on the Katie Phang Show on MSNBC, was asked if Trump’s post could be “used against” him.

“Under the rules of evidence, this is what we call a statement of party opponent.” he said. “I would slap a government exhibit sticker on this post, and I would introduce it at his criminal trial.”

He also speculated Trump’s post – which he described as a “miscalculation” and a “dog-whistle” – might come to bear on the conditions of Trump’s bail and analogized the post to remarks Trump made on January 6, 2021.

“He has now just given the judge that will preside over his arraignment hearing food for thought about what kind of conditions should be set for the release of this dangerous man pending trial,” he said.”Because this is a dog whistle, just as sure as him telling the proud boys ‘stand back and stand by.”

Asked whether Trump, now a Florida resident, will be compelled to appear in Manhattan for his arraignment and whether he is likely to be handcuffed and fingerprinted, Kirschner indicated virtual arraignments are unusual but not unheard of in the post-COVID era. 

“But I suspect Donald Trump will be personally brought to Manhattan,” he said. 

However, he added, “I think it unlikely we’ll see a perp walk,” noting Trump’s attorney had offered to produce Trump for the expected arraignment, wherever it may be held.

Jim Jordan on Trump Arrest Prediction: ‘Real America Knows this Is All a Sham’

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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said Saturday Americans are wise to what is truly going on amid news former President Donald Trump may be arrested.

“God Bless President Trump. Real America knows this is all a sham,” Jordan wrote in a social media post:

Early Saturday, Trump said he expects to be arrested this week based on “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Breitbart News reported.

The office is investigating his alleged role in hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. Now, Trump, who is running for president again in 2024, is also calling for those who back him to protest.

On his social media platform called Truth Social, Trump wrote:

ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!

It was not immediately known what the criminal charges would be against him, the Breitbart article said.

However, “reports about Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case related to porn star Daniels and the former president indicated in recent weeks that an indictment decision could be near,” the outlet continued.

Meanwhile, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed plans to arrest Trump, claiming the effort was intended to hurt his campaign.

“This is what they do in communist countries,” she stated, adding the case was a wild example of how leftists want to destroy the former president.

She also predicted that “Trump will win in the biggest landslide victory if they arrest him. People are furious!”

Jordan’s followers were quick to react to his post, one individual writing, “Hopefully Alvin Bragg can be brought before this House after what he’s done to our President.”

Another person called the efforts against Trump “a desperate attempt to shift focus from the Biden family corruption.”