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MAGA Congressman Cuts Indian-American Wife from Campaign Ad

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July 9, 2026

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A MAGA Congressman has received a sharp backlash for cutting his Indian-American wife out of a fundraising ad for his re-election campaign.

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The Daily Beast

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· Jul 6, 2026

MAGA Rep Blasted for Cutting Indian-American Wife Out of Ad

Tom Williams / Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)A MAGA Congressman has received a sharp backlash for cutting his Indian-American wife out of a fundraising ad for his re-election campaign.“You can call me by any name you want. I just want my children to grow up in a country that they recognize,” Texas rep Brandon Gill wrote in an X ad as he tried to defend himself against accusations of racism. “Every parent grandparent needs to read this.”However, the image that the MAGA rep shared to speak on family values failed to include his Indian-American wife.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Sky News Australia

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· Jun 28, 2026

Whoopi Goldberg faces fact-check uproar over voter ID comments on The View

Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus reacts to a recent claim made by Whoopi Goldberg on The View. “Whoopi Goldberg, yet again on The View, they just make so much content for us, don’t they?” Ms Marcus said. “She claims that no one wants voter ID laws, despite, well, pretty much every poll showing the majority of Americans do. “One of the latest polls showed 83 per cent of all Americans want voter ID laws, and that includes more than 70 per cent of Democrats, so I don’t know who she’s speaking on behalf of.”

Drudge Report

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· Jul 1, 2026

VOTERS. ARE. ANGRY.

VOTERS. ARE. ANGRY. (First column, 4th story, link) Related stories:SOCIALISTS RISING...29-Year-Old Ousts 15-Term Congresswoman in Colorado...

Associated Press

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· Jul 10, 2026

LIVE: Press conference on ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas

Watch live as Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Democrat from Texas, holds a news conference with Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare and Hugo Baldera-Ibarra, the lawyer for the passengers who were in the vehicle with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. An ICE agent shot and killed Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man living in the U.S., in Houston.

Florida Politics

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· Jul 2, 2026

Proud to be an American? Many say not so much in new Gallup poll

'Since 2018, no more than 47 of U.S. adults have said they are extremely proud.' The post Proud to be an American? Many say not so much in new Gallup poll appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns Elections. Lobbying Government..

Eagle News

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· Nov 3, 2024

Harris opens ‘Saturday Night Live,’ urges US to ‘keep Calm-ala’ before election

By Nandita Bose and James Oliphant NEW YORK (Reuters) -Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared on the “Saturday Night Live” TV comedy show on Saturday, adding a surprise jolt to the U.S. presidential election just three days before her showdown with Republican Donald Trump. Harris portrayed herself, appearing in a mirror opposite the actor who plays her on the show, Maya Rudolph, who was nervously preparing for a campaign speech. Dressed identically in a black []

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Related coverage for "MAGA Congressman Cuts Indian-American Wife from Campaign Ad": The Daily Beast — MAGA Rep Blasted for Cutting Indian-American Wife Out of Ad. Sky News Australia — Whoopi Goldberg faces fact-check uproar over voter ID comments on The View. Drudge Report — VOTERS. ARE. ANGRY.. Associated Press — LIVE: Press conference on ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas. Florida Politics — Proud to be an American? Many say not so much in new Gallup poll. Eagle News — Harris opens ‘Saturday Night Live,’ urges US to ‘keep Calm-ala’ before election