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May 17, 2024
William Upton
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EXC: Trump Pollster Shows Blake Masters Surging Ahead of Hamadeh in AZ Congressional Race.

New polling data seen exclusively by The National Pulse shows technology entrepreneur and former U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters pushing a double-digit lead over Abe Hamadeh in Arizona‘s 8th Congressional District Republican primary. The primary election, which has drawn a crowded field, will see voters head to the polls on July 30.

In January this year, polling from Trump-world pollster Fabrizio, Lee & Associates found Masters and Hamadeh in a tight race, tied at 24 percent. However, their new May poll shows Masters now well ahead at 28 percent to Hamadeh’s 16 percent.

The January survey found Masters’s favorability among Republican voters at 47 percent, while Hamadeh’s was 38 percent. Since then, Masters has increased his favorability to 56 percent, with just 24 percent holding an unfavorable view. Hamadeh, on the other hand, has seen his favorability drop to 34 percent, with 23 percent saying they view him unfavorably.

MASTERS ADS HIT HAMADEH.

Hamadeh’s decline in popularity may be directly tied to a series of political ads run by the Masters campaign that highlights the former Attorney General candidate’s support for a myriad of pet liberal issues. The ad alleges Hamadeh’s support for amnesty, the claim that his parents were illegal immigrants, his ostensible support for abortion, and a strange claim allegedly made by Hamadeh that “America was founded on Islamic principles.”

“This poll shows voters see the truth clearly: I am the strongest candidate, the most MAGA candidate, and the strongest supporter of President Trump,” Blake Masters told The National Pulse. He continued: “This race is all about who’s going to have Trump’s back and actually stop illegal immigration? And that is clearly me, not my opponent. We’re going to keep the pedal to the metal and finish this race strong.”

Among the other candidates, former Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) — who held the Arizona 8th Congressional District from 2003 to 2017 — sits just behind Hamadeh at 14 percent in May’s Fabrizio, Lee & Associates poll. Ben Toma, who was once considered a serious contender for the nomination, only musters eight percent support. With Masters now out to a healthy lead and former Rep. Franks gaining momentum, Hamadeh could soon slip into third place in the race with just two months before voters head to the polls.

“This race has changed over the past four months, as Masters has become the clear frontrunner,” said Tony Fabrizio, principal at Fabrizio, Lee & Associates.

Before entering politics, Masters was a close colleague of billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel. Masters served as the Thiel Foundation’s president and the chief operating officer for Thiel’s investment operation, Thiel Capital. Abe Hamadeh, meanwhile, was the 2022 Republican candidate for Arizona Attorney General and a former prosecutor in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

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New polling data seen exclusively by The National Pulse shows technology entrepreneur and former U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters pushing a double-digit lead over Abe Hamadeh in Arizona's 8th Congressional District Republican primary. The primary election, which has drawn a crowded field, will see voters head to the polls on July 30. show more
May 2, 2024
William Upton
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EXC: Fake Trump Endorsements Rock GOP Race.

A slate of candidates for the Virginia Republican Party‘s state central committee is touting a fake endorsement from former President Donald J. Trump ahead of a local party convention on Saturday, The National Pulse can reveal. Although claiming to be grassroots conservatives backed by Trump, the candidates have extensive ties to special interest lobbies and anti-Trump political campaigns. One candidate is allegedly an outright Never Trumper.

The fake Trump endorsement appears on a mailer for candidates David Botkins, Lauren Keiser, and Chris Winslow. The National Pulse spoke to sources close to former President Trump, who indicated that the 2024 Republican presidential nominee has not endorsed in the Virginia Republican Party central committee race.

DAVID BOTKINS.

David Botkins, one of the Virginia GOP central committee candidates, is a Dominion Energy lobbyist who actively pushed Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) to enter the 2024 Republican presidential primary against former President Trump. A photo of Botkins posted on Facebook in August of 2023 shows the corporate lobbyist proudly wearing a button promoting Glenn Youngkin for President in 2024. In addition, Harry Kelso — who served as one of Nikki Haley‘s 2024 Virginia presidential primary campaign co-chairs — has acted as a surrogate for Botkins at several local Republican Party events.

FEC records suggest the Dominion Energy lobbyist never contributed to Trump’s presidential campaign in either the 2016 or 2020 cycles. One campaign that Botkins supported, however, was the short-lived congressional campaign of Taylor Keeney.

The National Pulse was able to review some of Keeney’s posts on X (formerly Twitter) in which she expressed opposition to Trump’s 2016 candidacy. Keeney instead backed Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL). In one post, Keeney appears to quote her husband, Carter, stating: “Trump said the same thing I did yesterday about (topic), so I’m probably wrong.”

LAUREN KEISER.

Lauren Keiser is a communications and market coordinator with the Virginia Manufacturers Association. Multiple sources who spoke with The National Pulse describe Keiser as one of the most left-wing Republicans with whom they’ve ever worked. In an email to her supporters, former Virginia State Senator and stalwart conservative Amanda Chase alluded to Keiser being a staunch Never Trumper. Sources have confirmed this accusation with The National Pulse, noting that Keiser has locked down her social media presence after receiving pushback for her opposition to Trump from fellow Virginia Republicans.

CHRIS WINSLOW.

A former member of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, Chris Winslow is a Virginia lawyer with a long history of work in the state’s House of Delegates. Winslow, Botkins, and Keiser are backed by the Republican Party of Virginia’s first vice-chair, Kristi Way. Way previously served as chief of staff to former Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA). Conservative Tea Party candidate Dave Brat ousted Cantor from office during the 2014 Republican primary.

Anti-Trump candidates pretending to have Trump endorsements is scarcely new, though this slate is amongst the worst offenders of the fraudulent behavior.

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A slate of candidates for the Virginia Republican Party's state central committee is touting a fake endorsement from former President Donald J. Trump ahead of a local party convention on Saturday, The National Pulse can reveal. Although claiming to be grassroots conservatives backed by Trump, the candidates have extensive ties to special interest lobbies and anti-Trump political campaigns. One candidate is allegedly an outright Never Trumper. show more
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April 26, 2024
William Upton
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EXC: Gaetz Uncovers How YOUR Cash is Funding Biden Regime Disinfo.

Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says the taxpayer-funded international news outlet Voice of America (VOA) is promoting disinformation against publicly elected U.S. officials—including himself—through its “fact-checking” site Polygraph.info. In a letter to the Biden government-backed news outlet’s acting director, John Lippman, the Florida Republican details how VOA broke their own “Journalistic Code” in publishing their attack on him.

“The VOA has a clear ‘Journalistic Code,’ a public statement of its alleged principles, which were clearly violated in this case, and I ask you to take down this demonstrably false “fact check” by Polygraph.info,” Rep. Gaetz wrote to Lippman. He continued: “In fact, the sources you do cite in the piece, contrary to your Journalistic Code, clearly do not have firsthand knowledge of the facts on the ground, and worse, you don’t report any disagreement here.”

Last week, Rep. Gaetz published a detailed report on the current status of American troops in the African country of Niger. The Congressman conducted multiple interviews with U.S. active-duty personnel stationed in the county who outlined the deteriorating state of equipment and resources.

“Since the U.S.-trained Nigerien coup leaders took control of the country in mid-2023, there has been a cessation of diplomatic overflights. This has left the Department of Defense unable to execute planned troop rotations, in addition to being unable to deliver critical medical supplies, equipment, and other routine materials,” Gaetz reported in his investigation into the matter.

According to the Congressman, Polygraph.info‘s published “fact check” claims there are “continuing talks” between U.S. and Niger officials, which Gaetz details as categorically false. Additionally, Gaetz informs Lippman that no one from Polygraph.info ever contacted his office regarding the “fact check.”

“At root, I find it amazing that the U.S. government is paying an entity to put out misinformation about U.S. policy and labeling that propaganda outfit as a “fact checking” organization. Do better,” Gaetz concludes. The Congressman asks Lippman to respond by May 1, 2024, and remove the false Polygraph.info “fact check.”

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Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says the taxpayer-funded international news outlet Voice of America (VOA) is promoting disinformation against publicly elected U.S. officials—including himself—through its "fact-checking" site Polygraph.info. In a letter to the Biden government-backed news outlet's acting director, John Lippman, the Florida Republican details how VOA broke their own "Journalistic Code" in publishing their attack on him. show more
April 5, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Exclusive
News

EXC: ‘J6 Praying Grandma’ Facing 3 Years in Jail Will Appeal ‘Guilty’ Verdict

Rebecca Lavrenz, the 71-year-old great-grandmother charged by the Department of Justice for her peaceful participation in the January 6, 2021, rally in Washington DC, plans to appeal the Thursday verdict that could see her locked up for three years, in a statement sent to The National Pulse.

“I am in utter disbelief by [the] verdict. Never in my life did I imagine that my own government would charge me as a criminal for exercising my religious liberties and rights to free speech, which are guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” Lavrenz said.

“While I disagree with the jury’s decision today, I plan to appeal this verdict at the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Lavrenz is a mother of four, grandmother of seven, and great grandmother of one. She maintains her attendance at the January 6, 2021 was to “peacefully assemble” and pray for our nation. She spent about ten minutes inside the Capitol building, which is usually open to the public, after police moved aside and allowed protesters in.

Almost two years after the rally, Lavrenz — who has no criminal record or any history of violence — was charged by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice on four federal criminal misdemeanor counts:

1) Entering and remaining in a restricted building;

2) disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds;

3) disorderly conduct in a capitol building;

4) parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol.

With sentencing in August, Lavrenz face up to three years in prison and over a quarter of a million dollars in fines.

Lavrenz was forced to surrender to the FBI where she was turned over to the U.S. Marshals at the United States District Court in Denver, Colorado.

“After being handcuffed, with a belly chain around her waist and chains around her ankles, this great-grandmother was held in a federal prison. After hours of confinement, Rebecca was brought before the court in shackles and read her charges. Her passport was surrendered, and she was released on probation until her jury trial on March 25, 2024.”

The NCLU has currently raised around $43,000 out of a prospective $100,000 for her legal defense.

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Rebecca Lavrenz, the 71-year-old great-grandmother charged by the Department of Justice for her peaceful participation in the January 6, 2021, rally in Washington DC, plans to appeal the Thursday verdict that could see her locked up for three years, in a statement sent to The National Pulse. show more
March 29, 2024
Ed Kozak
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REVEALED: MeidasTouch Contributor Wants Trump & His Supporters Dead.

“Boston Brian,” a contributor for MeidasTouch, the White House-linked group behind the recent “bloodbath” hoax, is a self-proclaimed Antifa activist who enthusiastically advocates for violence against Trump supporters, who he tweeted are “domestic terrorists that are willing to kill other Americans.”

The social media links on Boston Brian’s MeidasTouch contributor page are now dead, but internet archives reveal a history of violent extremism via a now-scrubbed account by the handle “Meidas_Brian23.” His current profile is equally offensive, though slightly less violent in its routine rhetoric.

CELEBRATING VIOLENCE, WISHING DEATH.

Brian tweeted on January 28, 2023: “Tucker Carlson makes me sick… How dare you compare the murder of #TyreNichols to the treacherous behavior of Ashli Babbit!® #TuckerCarlson #tucker #FauxNews #FoxNews #racist”


Tyre Nichols was a black man who died of injuries sustained during an arrest. However, all of the officers involved in his death were black. Ashli Babbitt was an Air Force veteran who was murdered by police officer Michael Byrd on January 6, 2021. Brian’s implication appears to be that “treacherous” Babbit, unlike Nichols, deserved what happened to her.

On March 13, 2022, soon after Trump’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing due to a blown engine, Boston Brian tweeted: “Anyone else pissed at Trumps pilot for making a safe landing?” The implication is appears to be that President Trump, and even those who work for him, deserve to be harmed.

On June 8, 2023, Boston Brian posted a TikTok of himself smirking and nodding in front of a tweet announcing the death of conservative Christian activist Pat Robertson, along with the song “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead” from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Also, on February 25, 2024, he appeared to threaten all Trump supporters directly. “After WW2 traitors and collaborators all over Europe were identified, had their heads shaved and were paraded through their cities and towns with signs depicting them as the scum they were… Keep that in mind MAGA,” he tweeted. 

Boston Brian’s enthusiastic embrace of violence and death is not surprising. His TikTok profile — TikTok being his primary method of communicating with the MeidasTouch audience — says he is “Fighting for Democracy..MeidasTouch..BLM.. Biden..Antifa.”

Antifa, identified as an example of “anarchist violent extremism” in an FBI domestic terrorism guide, is a loose coalition of international far-left anarchist and communist domestic terrorist groups that routinely commit acts of violence against those with whom they disagree.

Boston Brian is not the only MeidasTouch contributor with a penchant for extreme, unhinged rhetoric. Coach D, another of the site’s contributors, described America’s Founders as “white supremacist, racist pedophiles.”

The National Pulse continues its recently announced investigation into the MeidasTouch Network. You can support our efforts by joining, here.

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“Boston Brian,” a contributor for MeidasTouch, the White House-linked group behind the recent “bloodbath” hoax, is a self-proclaimed Antifa activist who enthusiastically advocates for violence against Trump supporters, who he tweeted are “domestic terrorists that are willing to kill other Americans.” show more
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March 25, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
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Politics

EXC: Rep. Gaetz Blasts ‘Tyrannical’ Gun Grab Law Exposed By The National Pulse.

Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz (R) has blasted proposed legislation unearthed by The National Pulse, which could see firearm ranges and neighborhood patrols criminalized as part of a move by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) to nullify America’s Second Amendment further.

Responding to the story from Monday morning, Rep. Gaetz said: “Democrats in Congress have decided that two’s a crowd and three’s an ‘unlawful paramilitary organization.’”

“Under this proposed tyrannical decree, any three Americans who organize to train or drill in firearm safety or security may face criminal or civil targeting by a weaponized DOJ.”

“This insane legislation offends the Second Amendment, which unambiguously supports a well-regulated militia of free citizens. I guarantee that I and other pro-2A members of Congress will fight to kill it,” concluded the firebrand Congressman.

The legislation’s House (H.R.6981) and Senate (S.3589) versions were introduced recently. Both sit in the Judiciary Committees of their respective chambers. Congressional Democrats claim the legislation is meant to enhance the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ability to prosecute organized, armed groups who engage in violence and intimidation. However, Rep. Raskin, the lead House sponsor, has also acknowledged the Democrat bill could be used against private militias “[p]atrolling neighborhoods.”

Read more here.

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Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz (R) has blasted proposed legislation unearthed by The National Pulse, which could see firearm ranges and neighborhood patrols criminalized as part of a move by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) to nullify America's Second Amendment further. show more

Editor’s Notes

Behind-the-scenes political intrigue exclusively for Pulse+ subscribers.

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March 16, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Election 2024
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Immigration

‘Justice for Laken!’ Trump to Demand ‘Not One More Death from Migrant Crime’ in Ohio Speech Saturday.

President Donald J. Trump will address an Ohio crowd at 4 PM ET, and is expected to demand that “[n]ot one more American life should be lost to migrant crime.” He will add: “When I am President of the United States, I will demand Justice for Laken [Riley],” in reference to the 22-year-old Georgia student murdered by an illegal migrant who remained in America as a result of Joe Biden’s open border policies.

“Now in Venezuela, the murder rate is down by almost 66 percent,” Trump will explain, “while violent crime in America is way up. All over the world, crime is way down because they’re sending their criminals, their perverts, their murderers, their terrorists, their human traffickers, their drug dealers—they’re all pouring into the United States because of Joe Biden.”

“Laken Riley would be alive today if Biden had not unleashed this savage into America—but instead of apologizing to Laken’s family, Joe Biden apologized to the killer for calling him an illegal — he said he should have called him undocumented,” Trump will state, going on to tell the crowd: “In the Republican Party, we believe that Laken’s killer is an illegal alien criminal, he is an illegal alien monster, he should never have been in our country, and he would never have been in our country under the Trump policy.”

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President Donald J. Trump will address an Ohio crowd at 4 PM ET, and is expected to demand that "[n]ot one more American life should be lost to migrant crime." He will add: "When I am President of the United States, I will demand Justice for Laken [Riley]," in reference to the 22-year-old Georgia student murdered by an illegal migrant who remained in America as a result of Joe Biden's open border policies. show more
March 11, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Data
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EXC: 57% of Democrats Want Congress to Refuse Certification if Trump Wins.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A stunning 57 percent of likely Democrat voters have told pollster Rasmussen Reports that Congress should refuse to certify the result of the 2024 election in the event of a Donald Trump victory, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal.

The poll, sponsored by The National Pulse, asked a statistically representative 912 U.S. likely voters: “Some Democrats in Congress have said that if Trump wins this year’s election, they will vote against certifying the election results because of Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots. Do you support or oppose Democrats refusing to certify the election results if Trump wins?”

Almost two-thirds of self-identified “liberals” said they wanted Democrats to refuse certification, despite the left and corporate media meltdown over 2020’s electoral certification objections by Republicans. Black Americans also appear to favor the move, with 59 percent backing the recently mooted idea of blocking a second Trump term via Congress.

Republicans are overwhelmingly opposed to the idea, though 35 percent of all U.S. likely voters appear to support the proposed effort.

Only 24 percent of Democrats in the same survey said Republicans should have objected to the 2020 results if they believed they were fraudulent.

In the same poll, respondents were asked, “The Supreme Court recently decided that states cannot prohibit Donald Trump from appearing on election ballots. Do you agree or disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision?”

Sixty-one percent said they support the Supreme Court’s decision, with 34 percent disagreeing.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A stunning 57 percent of likely Democrat voters have told pollster Rasmussen Reports that Congress should refuse to certify the result of the 2024 election in the event of a Donald Trump victory, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal. show more

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March 9, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
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EXC – Trump to Tell Georgia Rally: ‘Laken Riley Would Be Alive Without Biden’s Open Border.’

President Donald J. Trump will savage Joe Biden over his immigration record this evening at a rally in Rome, Georgia, The National Pulse can reveal. The 45th President will also meet with the late Laken Riley’s parents ahead of the event.

“Two nights ago, we all heard Crooked Joe’s angry, dark, hate-filled rant of a State of the Union Address,” Trump is expected to say before going on to lambast the 46th President over his border policies, which are landing Americans dead.

“By far the most disgraceful part of Joe Biden’s divisive and angry speech was his horrendous gaslighting on the border invasion. Every day, Joe Biden is deliberately releasing gang members and military-aged men into our communities by the thousands—knowing full well that his policies will cost countless innocent lives,” Trump will say.

“One of those lives was a 22-year-old nursing student here in Georgia, Laken Riley. From the time she was in the first grade, Laken’s dream was to spend her life caring for others. She was the brightest light in every room—and she was the whole world to her parents and her sister. Then, the unthinkable happened. 16 days ago, Laken went out for a morning jog, and never came back. An illegal alien criminal who Joe Biden intentionally released into our country has been arrested and charged for her savage murder.

“Joe Biden has no remorse, no regret, no empathy, no compassion, and worst of all, he has no intention of stopping the deadly invasion that stole precious Laken’s beautiful American life.

“Laken Riley would be alive today if Joe Biden had not willfully and maliciously eviscerated the borders of the United States and set loose thousands of dangerous criminals into our country.”

Trump will also use the event to endorse one of his loyal staff members who is now running for Congress.

“We are delighted to be joined today by an outstanding American patriot who just announced that he is running for Congress in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District, a proud Georgian, Fayette County native, and loyal friend, Brian Jack.

“Brian has been at my side since the 2016 campaign. He is tough, he is smart, he is conservative, he is a fighter, and he is totally MAGA. Brian served as my White House Political Director during the Trump administration, he helped us pass massive tax cuts, secure our border, and confirm hundreds of conservative judges. Now, he is going to be an incredible Republican member of Congress fighting for the great state of Georgia. Brian Jack has my complete and total endorsement.”

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President Donald J. Trump will savage Joe Biden over his immigration record this evening at a rally in Rome, Georgia, The National Pulse can reveal. The 45th President will also meet with the late Laken Riley's parents ahead of the event. show more
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March 2, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
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EXC: Trump in VA – ‘Biden’s Border Conduct is a Conspiracy to Overthrow America’.

Speaking in Richmond, Virginia this evening, President Donald J. Trump is expected to take aim at the ongoing border crisis precipitated by President Biden and his government, The National Pulse can report.

As well as pointing to his historic record on immigration, Trump is expected to remark:

“The very first bill that Crooked Joe sent to Congress was a bill to turn illegal aliens into voting citizens—now, he’s pushing another Mass Amnesty plan while calling it Border Security. The bill Joe Biden wants passed would give him unlimited power to grant asylum to millions of illegals—in other words, it’s an automatic path to citizenship for all the Biden migrants. The Biden border bill would turbocharge the continued invasion—and therefore, his plan would totally demolish Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, healthcare, and public education. But I will not let him destroy Social Security, I will not let him crash Medicare, I will not let him turn our public schools into migrant camps, and I will not let him turn the USA into a crime-filled, disease-ridden dumping ground.

“Every day, Joe Biden is giving aid and comfort to the foreign enemies of the United States. Biden’s conduct on our border is, by any definition, a conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America. Biden and his accomplices want to collapse the American system, nullify the will of actual American Voters, and establish a new base of power that gives them absolute control over you.

Trump will also point to a slew of evidence that underscores his latest “Biden migrant crime” narrative, including the brutal murder of Georgia student Laken Riley, who he will say was “brutally assaulted, horrifically beaten, kidnapped, and savagely murdered.

“The monster charged in her death is an illegal alien migrant who was let into our country and released into our communities by Crooked Joe Biden. We mourn this terrible loss, and we send our love to Laken’s family.”

The wide-ranging speech will also take on the economy, as well as point to historic Trump-era successes undone by the Biden regime. His remarks are due at 6:30pm EST.

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Speaking in Richmond, Virginia this evening, President Donald J. Trump is expected to take aim at the ongoing border crisis precipitated by President Biden and his government, The National Pulse can report. show more