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I pushed back on criticism from President Trump and GOP leadership ahead of my costly, closely watched primary against former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, telling CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe the race has become a referendum on party loyalty, foreign policy, and outside spending. I’ve opposed the war with Iran, voted to rein in Trump’s military powers, and objected to some Israel and antisemitism resolutions.
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Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie pushed back on criticism from President Trump and GOP leadership ahead of a costly and closely watched primary against former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, telling CBS News’ @edokeefe the race has become a referendum on party loyalty, foreign policy and outside political spending. Massie is one of the few Republicans in Congress who has opposed the war with Iran and has voted with Democrats to rein in Trump's authority to carry out further military action without congressional authorization. He has also voted against symbolic resolutions backing Israel, as well as a resolution condemning antisemitism that he argued promoted censorship. https://cbsn.ws/3RgR1xW
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More than $32,000,000 has been spent on a primary in a congressional district, described as the most expensive house primary ever in the United States. Miriam Adelson is raised as someone to ask whether it was “worth it,” as the congresswoman says opponents tried to buy her vote for fourteen years and are now trying to buy a seat in Kentucky.
The congresswoman says the groups underestimated the “reserve price” of her constituents and “waited into this,” and that they thought they could buy the seat with a couple million dollars, which she says did not work. She says she was surprised by how much money her campaign raised, emphasizing she does not have three billionaires and instead has grassroots support with tens of thousands of donations, an average donation of about $80.
When asked who “they” are, she names the Israeli lobby, APAC, Republican Jewish Coalition, Miriam Adelson, Paul Singer, and John Paulson, saying these groups gave 95% of the money to her opponent because they are mad at her over foreign policy. She says her policy has always been that “no country is special” and “no country deserves” her constituents’ taxpayer dollars, and that she has never voted for foreign aid to Egypt, Syria, Israel, or Ukraine. She says that her position makes the Israel-related recipients “a little bit mad” because Israel is a major recipient of foreign aid.
Asked about helping defend Israel from Iranian threats, she says “we’ve got debt,” compares NATO’s “promise of a reciprocal arrangement” to Israel’s “completely one way” arrangement, and says Israel has “drug us into wars.” She also says Iran being “just days away” from a nuclear weapon has been portrayed as perpetually imminent. She adds that she finds it wrong that the United States gives $3,800,000,000 a year to a country she says “funds public abortions.”
The discussion then turns to accusations that she is antisemitic. She says it is a “mere fact” that the Republican Jewish Coalition spent millions, and that a dual citizen, Miriam Adelson, has spent millions in the race, adding that APAC has tried to conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism and to claim that not supporting Benjamin Netanyahu’s war in Gaza equals antisemitism. She says this is false and that equating the two does Jewish Americans “a big disfavor.” She answers “Hell no” when asked if she is antisemitic.
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Speaker 0: There have been more than $32,000,000 spent on a primary Yeah. In this congressional district, which is now the most expensive house primary ever in The United States. Is it worth it?
Speaker 1: You'd have to ask Miriam Adelson on, May 20 if it was worth it. Because, you know, they tried to buy my vote for fourteen years, and it was never for sale. They've tried now they're trying to buy a seat here in Kentucky. I think they underestimated the reserve price of my constituents. They waited into this.
They thought they could buy this seat with a couple million. That didn't work. And now they're throwing good money after bad. The thing that surprised me is how much money we've been able to raise. I don't have three billionaires, who want to just throw their money away.
I've got the grassroots, tens of thousands of donations. Average donation for me is about $80, and we've been able to go toe to toe. A lot of that 32,000,000 is coming from our side, but it's coming from regular working Americans.
Speaker 0: When you say they, that they spent money to try to buy the suit, who are you talking about specifically?
Speaker 1: I'm talking about the Israeli lobby, APAC, Republican Jewish Coalition, Miriam Adelson, Paul Singer, and John Paulson. These are the groups that have given 95% of the money to my opponent, because they're mad at me over foreign policy. Now what's interesting is my policy has always been I no country is special, and no country deserves my constituents' taxpayer dollars. So I have never voted for foreign aid to Egypt, to Syria, to Israel, or to Ukraine. But the ones in Israel, since they're the biggest recipients of it, that makes them a little bit mad.
Speaker 0: What's so wrong about helping defend Israel from Iranian threats?
Speaker 1: We've got debt. I mean, at least with NATO, there's the promise of a reciprocal arrangement. With Israel, it's completely one way. And, they've drug us into wars. They've convinced us that Iran is just days away from a nuclear weapon and, you know, perpetually that way.
This is not our war. Israel, for instance, funds abortions publicly. I think a lot of Republicans would be aghast to know that we're giving $3,800,000,000 a year every year to a country that funds public abortions.
Speaker 0: You know that kind of criticism doesn't sit well with fellow Republicans, at least in the House Republican Conference, that there are others who have accused you of all sorts of things regarding Israel, regarding the state of Israel, regarding the Israeli government, regarding Jewish Americans. Are you antisemitic?
Speaker 1: They're trying to tell you that it's antisemitic for me to expose the fact that the Republican Jewish coalition has spent millions of dollars in this race, that a dual citizen, Miriam Adelson, who even Trump says is more loyal to Israel than The United States, has spent millions of dollars in this race. Those are mere facts. And it's really
Speaker 0: It's a yes or no. Are you anti Semitic or no?
Speaker 1: Hell no. I'm hell no anti Semitic. But here's the danger that APAC runs. They've been too cute by half. They've tried to get Mike Johnson, and he's willingly done this, conflate in resolutions on the house floor that anti Zionism equals anti Semitism.
Or even worse yet, that if you don't support Benjamin Netanyahu's war in Gaza, then you're anti Semitic. That's absolutely false, and it does Jewish Americans a big disfavor to equate the two.
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French nun Sister Genevieve Jeanningros, a longtime friend of Pope Francis, was allowed to break protocol and stand in an area traditionally reserved for male leaders of the Catholic Church while mourning the late pope. https://t.co/gAIUt4vrme
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President Trump is planning sweeping changes to U.S. immigration policy and has vowed mass deportations that could cause ripple effects across many industries. CBS News' Nancy Chen spoke with farmers about how the new president's plans could impact them. https://t.co/Jj6YYMI2gn
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The discussion focuses on the impact of Trump's immigration policy on farmers. There has been a 7% decline in American farms from 2017 to 2022, with farmers facing challenges like rising costs, climate change, and labor shortages. Approximately two-thirds of farm workers are foreign-born, and 42% of crop laborers are undocumented. Farmers express concern over potential mass deportations, which could exacerbate labor shortages. While economists suggest that grocery prices may not dramatically increase, there could be a rise in imported produce, raising environmental and labor concerns. This situation may also lead to more mechanization on farms and could threaten the viability of American agriculture.
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Speaker 0: We wanna continue our conversation about the Trump immigration policy and the ripple effects. Wanna bring in CBS News correspondent Nancy Chen. She's at a farm in Chester, New Jersey with talking to farmers there and how these plans could impact farmers. Nancy? Nora, good afternoon.
You talk
Speaker 1: to any farmer and they will tell you it is difficult work, but it is becoming harder and harder to stay in business these days. There was a 7% drop in the number of American farms from 2017 to 2022. That is a 142,000 fewer farms in just 5 years according to the USDA. These days, farmers are up against a whole host of issues, including higher cost for feed and fertilizer, climate change, as well as the outbreak of avian flu we're seeing right now. But few issues are as recurring and paramount as labor and the lack of it.
That is why so many farmers we spoke with say that they're watching very closely to see how president Trump addresses this given that he has vowed to launch the biggest deportation effort in American history. About 2 thirds of farm workers in this country are foreign born. And while many of them come to the United States for seasonal jobs legally through h two a visas, a program that could expand in a Trump administration. The USDA estimates that 42% of crop laborers are undocumented. The group United Farm Workers tells us there is a lot of nervousness among farm workers right now.
And the owner of this farm says his workers, they are all legally authorized. But what Trump does next is something that he and so many others around this country are watching closely. When we talk about the ripple effects of a a potential mass deportation, labor is already hard enough to find as is. Could it be even more difficult to find across the board if that does happen?
Speaker 2: Well, there's no question in the United States, we have a a shrinking workforce. There's more people retiring and aging out than there are entering the workforce. We're not producing as many children, and yet we have a growing economy that requires workers. So I think anything that happens from a policy standpoint that reduces people in our workforce force is gonna make it very difficult for for industry and certainly for for agriculture. We reply we rely on a lot of of people.
It takes a lot of hands to hand harvest fruits and vegetables. We're fruit and vegetable growers. We would be in big trouble, if we lost workforce.
Speaker 1: Now if a mass deportation did happen, economists we spoke with say that there wouldn't necessarily be a dramatic and drastic price increase at the grocery store for, for consumers, but there there could be an increase in the produce that is imported into this country, which could lead to concerns about environmental and labor productions where they are produced. And that in turn, Nora, could mean national security issues as well as the acceleration of the closure of more American farms.
Speaker 0: Well, Nancy, thank you. I I wanna ask you about that though. Why wouldn't it lead to an increase in prices at the grocery store if there are no workers and these increased labor prices and it's gotta get passed on to someone?
Speaker 1: Right. Exactly. And it's a good question because there are so many fruits and vegetables that are being produced or being imported to the country right now. They're saying that this could speed up that process as well as lead to the more, of a mechanization of farm, that use of produce that you see in this country.
Speaker 0: Nancy Chen, thank you.
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I learned that a portrait of retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was removed from the Pentagon just two weeks after its unveiling. Milley had been critical of President Trump and received a preemptive pardon from Biden shortly before leaving office.
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A portrait of retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been taken off the walls of the Pentagon after it was unveiled less than two weeks ago, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News. Milley was among the critics of President Trump who received a preemptive pardon from Biden just hours before he left office.
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General Mark Milley's portrait was recently removed from the Pentagon, a rare move for a 40-year military veteran. This action followed tensions with Donald Trump, who Milley served closely as his military adviser. Milley expressed concerns about his safety and the implications of his role during politically charged events, emphasizing that military loyalty should be to the Constitution, not the president. His removal was publicly supported by Trump’s advisor's wife, who criticized Milley. This situation raises questions about the message sent to military personnel regarding loyalty and adherence to the code of conduct, as character and judgment are essential virtues in the military. The discussion highlights the importance of upholding military ethics and the challenges faced when political loyalty is prioritized over constitutional duty.
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Speaker 0: You may have seen this portrait of General Mark Milley. It was unveiled just a few weeks ago in the Pentagon and notably there is a, well, that now what we're showing you is where that portrait has been taken down from the Pentagon. As Donald Trump came to power, we're told that the portrait of the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was removed. Highly unusual for a man who served 40 years in the US military, General Milley got on the wrong side of Donald Trump, and as a result, president Biden issued a pardon, for Milley today, to warn against any future protection. And, Margaret, I know you've spoken with the general.
I've interviewed him for 60 minutes and spoken with him recently as well. He was very worried about his own personal safety and worried about, retribution.
Speaker 1: Well, it's interesting because he served very closely with Donald Trump as his main military adviser when he was chairman of the joint chiefs. This isn't a relationship at a distance that went bad. He was someone who felt, when he took that walk back in 2022, Saint John's, and stood in the midst of those Black Lives Matter protesters that he had been pulled into something, in terms of appearing to represent in uniform, someone backing what Donald Trump was saying in that moment in time and wanted to make clear that he wasn't trying to cross that line of bringing the military into politics. Something that he very clearly spoke out about after the fact. And since that time, really became, very clearly someone who was about lawful orders, obeying only lawful orders, making clear that the president is not the emperor or the king.
The president is constrained, by design, by our founding fathers in in the role that he has. And, Nora, it's not just our speculation, that this was removed intentionally. Katie Miller, who is the wife of Stephen Miller, one of the top advisors to Donald Trump and soon to be director of Homeland Security or advisor to Homeland Security, to the president, was posting publicly and posted just a few hours ago that this is coming down. She called Mark Milley a paper pusher, made all sorts of accusations about him. But he served this country in uniform, and in fact, there is also a cost to this for his personal safety.
He is one of the people on the hit list for the Iranian regime because of the role he played in helping to take out Qasem Soleimani, that Iranian general, which he did in part at Donald Trump's direction.
Speaker 0: I guess pulling back for a moment, what kind of message do you think this sends within the Pentagon to other uniformed officers who serve the constitution, not the president of the United States by design?
Speaker 1: You know, Nora, this is something that and I know you have heard this as well from others, particularly who serve in uniform or or or have served. Served, how much character, how much judgment, how much rules are just instilled within you as virtues when you take on that uniform because good order and discipline are part and parcel of having a well functioning military. So it it is, really challenging to some of those in uniform to see this idea of loyalty to anything other than the constitution, of, putting aside as well the military the the code of military justice. That that's one of the things that came up in the hearing for Pete Hegseth, for example. It's not just because someone's approved that they don't like that you cheated on your last two wives.
It's if you did that, you'd be prosecuted if you were in uniform. Mhmm. It there are there are reasons some of those things are in there and that some of the Democrats in particular in that committee went at Pete Hegseth that way because they were trying to make that point, including, the ranking member of that committee saying, you know, character in this way is something that you are supposed to uphold your troop your troops to
Speaker 0: Mhmm.
Speaker 1: Including, laws of conduct. How can you elevate people who do not abide by those themselves?
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Country star Carrie Underwood sings "America the Beautiful" at President Trump's inauguration, shortly after the conclusion of his inaugural address. https://t.co/qJLwhcHFue
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Let's listen to the crowd as they join in singing about spacious skies and amber waves of grain. Underwood encourages everyone to participate, reminding them that they know the words.
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Speaker 0: I mean, I guess let's listen. For spacious skies, for amber waves of rain, Underwood there asking the crowd to join her. She said, you know the words.
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Over 17,000 doctors are calling on the Senate to reject President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://cbsn.ws/3Wek5p8
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I find it extraordinary that Ret. Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, who served as White House chief of staff, labeled Donald Trump as "an authoritarian" and fitting the definition of a fascist. This highlights the dangerous moment we are currently facing.
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Former U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus says "it's an extraordinary thing" for Ret. Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, White House chief of staff in the Trump administration, to say Donald Trump is "an authoritarian" and fits the definition of a fascist. "For John Kelly to say what he has said shows just what a dangerous moment we are in," the former Mississippi governor tells @MajorCBS.
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Vice President Kamala Harris condemned demonstrators who voiced support for Hamas and burned an American flag near the U.S. Capitol to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress. https://cbsn.ws/46iDGby
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CBS News Confirmed compiled a visual timeline of the minutes leading up to the assassination attempt of Donald J. Trump. The team used social videos from the scene to create a second-by-second account of the minutes leading up to the gunshots. https://t.co/jgS2558eGo
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Please welcome the next US president, Donald J Trump, at a beautiful location by the ocean. Millions of people in our country need help.
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Speaker 0: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next president of the United States, president Donald J Trump. Beautiful place with a gorgeous ocean, Right next to him. Because we have millions and millions of people in our country that should I'm a roof?
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The FBI stated Friday that former President Donald Trump was injured by a bullet after FBI director Christopher Wray testified earlier this week that there was still "some question" about what grazed Trump's right ear during the assassination attempt. https://cbsn.ws/4c4al65
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The FBI's statement came after its director testified that there was still "some question" about what grazed former President Donald Trump's right ear.
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Diplomats in China report similar brain injuries as Americans in Cuba https://cbsn.ws/2HrV1WW
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IRS whistleblowers will testify about alleged meddling in the Hunter Biden case at a House Oversight hearing, which Chair James Comer says will be "very substantive." A senior FBI official has "100% confirmed" the IRS whistleblower's claims related to obstruction, Comer adds.
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The goal of the IRS whistleblower testimony is to have a substantive hearing. There are two main objectives: determining if crimes were committed by the Biden family and investigating whether the federal government obstructed the IRS investigation into their criminal activity. A former Senior FBI official confirmed that the whistleblower's claims about the investigation being obstructed were true. The whistleblower had informed the Ways and Means Committee that the Secret Service and the Biden transition team tipped off and warned Hunter Biden about the interview regarding criminal activity. As a result, the interview never took place, which raises concerns about potential obstruction of the investigation.
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Speaker 0: Doug, what is the goal of the IRS whistleblower testimony? Well, we want this to be a very substantive hearing. 2 goals I have is, number 1, to determine whether or not there were crimes committed by the Biden family, and number 2, determine whether or not Our federal government has obstructed in the IRS investigation of criminal activity by the Biden family. You recently heard from a former Senior FBI official about this investigation, what can you share? Well, I can share that he 100% confirmed What the whistleblower said with respect to their investigation being obstructed, the whistleblower confirmed What the whistleblowers told the Ways and Means Committee in the transcribed interview that the day before they were set to Interview Hunter Biden about criminal activity that the Secret Service and the Biden transition team were both tipped off and, warned Hunter Biden and then mysteriously this interview never took place after that.
So that's very concerning. That would lead one to believe that there was Obstruction of this investigation.