Biden approval rating sinks once again, nearly matches lowest-ever rating

ma President Biden’s approval rating sank to nearly its lowest point ever in March, as the U.S. economy threatened disaster amid bank collapses and other economic struggles. Biden’s approval rating currently sits at just 38%, a significant drop from his 45% approval in February, according to a new poll from the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research (AP-NORC). The drop comes amid the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in recent weeks, compounding existing fears of a recession. “If Biden is doing his job, why in a state like this can you see people really suffering?” Theresa Ojuro, a 29-year-old doctoral student in New York, told the AP, saying she expected “just a little bit more stability with the economy.” AP-NORC conducted the poll from March 16-20. Researchers interviewed 1,081 U.S. adults, and the study reports a margin of error of 4%. OVER 100 GROUPS BACK MANCHIN, GOP PLAN TO BLOCK BIDEN’S ‘WOKE’ ESG INVESTING RULE BIDEN REPEATEDLY FELL SHORT OF PROMISES HE MADE IN 2022 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS Biden himself appears unsure about whether he should remain president. While he and his office have long insisted that he “intends to run” in 2024, he has yet to make a formal campaign announcement. Many commentators expected him to formally enter the race shortly after his State of the Union address in February, but he has not done so. Some members of the Democratic Party have expressed concern with his age, calling for younger blood to lead the party’s ticket in 2024. Biden would be 82 by Inauguration day in 2025. Biden has nOt had a positive approval rating since August 2021. His numbers hit the lowest point of his presidency in July 2022 amid record high gas prices and inflation when approximately 57% disapproved of his job performance and just 36% approved. Biden shares his low approval rating with his predecessor, former President Trump. Like Biden, Trump’s approval rating hovered in the high 30s and low 40s throughout his presidency. Fox News’ Brandon Gillespie contributed to this report.
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NY grand jury not expected to consider Trump case Thursday, source says

A Manhattan grand jury will not hear testimony, deliberate or vote on the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump Thursday, a source has confirmed to Fox News. Since the grand jury does not sit on Fridays, a vote on the Trump case is not expected this week, according to the source. The grand jury will meet Thursday about a different case, the source said. This grand jury has been considering other cases and is also a special “investigative” grand jury. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating whether Trump violated the law by making alleged hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.  This is a developing story and will be updated. 
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AZ Supreme Court denies most but not all of Kari Lake’s claims challenging the election verification process

The Arizona Supreme Court is reviewing only one of the seven claims in former GOP nominee Kari Lake’s lawsuit alleging inaccuracies in the state’s ballot counting process after she lost her 2022 gubernatorial race. Lake lost the election to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs by roughly 17,000 votes, but is challenging the results in a lawsuit that questioned ballot printer accuracy and the application of signature verification procedures in Maricopa County, Arizona. In February, the Arizona Court of Appeals denied Lake’s request to throw out ballots and overturn the results of the 2022 election. “Lake’s arguments highlight Election Day difficulties, but her request for relief fails because the evidence presented to the superior court ultimately supports the court’s conclusion that voters were able to cast their ballots, that votes were counted correctly, and that no other basis justifies setting aside the election result,” the appeals court wrote after its decision. TRUMP CONSIDERING KARI LAKE FOR 2024 RUNNING MATE: REPORT In the latest development Wednesday, Arizona’s Supreme Court ruled that a lower court had mistakenly thrown out Lake’s claim regarding the signature verification process. On Twitter late Wednesday, Lake said the development was “HUGE.” At this time, the high court declined to hear any of the other claims challenging the Arizona gubernatorial election results. ARIZONA REPUBLICAN KARI LAKE LOSES APPEAL IN GUBERNATORIAL RACE CHALLENGE Despite losing her race in the 2022 midterms, Lake is rumored to have her eye on the state’s Senate seat up in 2024. In early March, however, the former news anchor revealed she is still committed to becoming Arizona’s governor. “I am 100% dedicated to serving as Arizona governor,” she told Fox News Digital. “I will also work to make sure President Trump gets back in the White House ASAP. Anything outside of those two goals is nothing but a distraction.” “Our best days are ahead of us, and it all starts with electing America First candidates all across this country,” Lake added. Reports have also emerged that former President Donald Trump is “strongly” considering Lake as his 2024 running mate, according to Axios. Fox News’ Greg Wehner and Julia Musto contributed to this report.
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Pro-DeSantis super PAC hires top GOP consultant who advised Cruz in 2016 campaign

A recently formed super PAC that would likely serve as the main outside political group supporting Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ potential run for president is bringing on board a veteran GOP strategist who’s served as the top campaign consultant for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Jeff Roe, who heads up the formidable Axiom Strategies, is joining the Never Back Down PAC as a senior adviser, multiple Republican sources with knowledge of the move confirmed to Fox News.  The super PAC is being chaired by Ken Cuccinelli, a former Virginia attorney general and the 2013 GOP gubernatorial nominee who later served as acting deputy homeland security director during the last two years of the Trump administration. After coming on board the super PAC, Cuccinelli quickly held meetings with prominent conservative leaders in early voting states in the GOP presidential nominating calendar. Cuccinelli, in an exclusive interview last week with Fox News Digital in New Hampshire, emphasized that he’s “trying to provide an organizational center with the super PAC so that people can start getting ready if he [DeSantis] does decide to get in, which looks likely… that we’ll already have prepared the ground for him and he’ll be off and running to a much faster start than he otherwise could have pulled off.” FIRST ON FOX: FORMER TOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL REVEALS MISSION OF NEW PRO-DESANTIS SUPER PAC DeSantis remains on the 2024 sidelines, but is widely expected to enter the race. In an interview that will run Thursday on Fox Nation, the Florida governor said “stay tuned” when asked about his political future. Roe’s addition to the Never Back Down PAC gives the organization another campaign trail veteran, joining executive director Chris Jankowski, another longtime Republican operative. According to GOP sources, the super PAC will be headquartered in Atlanta.  TRUMP WIDENS LEAD OVER DESANTIS IN LATEST 2024 GOP PRIMARY POLL The news regarding Roe, which was first reported by Politico, raises further doubts about Youngkin’s national ambitions. Roe and Axiom Strategies were instrumental behind the scenes in Youngkin’s 2021 victory in Virginia’s gubernatorial election, which helped make the first-time candidate from the business wing of the GOP an instant Republican superstar. Pundits have viewed Youngkin as a potential contender for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Roe, in an appearance in February on Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday,” said he viewed the GOP presidential nomination race as a two-person battle between Trump and DeSantis, but later said those comments were not a reflection of a potential Younking campaign. He’s also indicated that his firm would likely work for only one presidential candidate in the 2024 cycle.  A source in Youngkin’s political orbit told Fox News that Roe’s decision to join the pro-DeSantis super PAC is “not really” a sign that Youngkin is out of the 2024 mix. WHO’S IN AND WHO’S ON THE SIDELINES — YOUR GUIDE TO THE 2024 GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION RACE Roe was the top consultant on Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign, when the conservative firebrand from Texas fiercely battled Trump for the GOP nomination, ending up as runner-up to the former president. While Cruz initially flirted with another White House run in 2024, he’s made it clear in recent months that he’s running for re-election in the Senate next year. Super PACs, known as independent expenditure-only committees, are legally allowed to raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, and to spend unlimited sums to support or oppose political candidates. Unlike traditional PACs, they are prohibited under long-standing federal rules from either coordinating or contributing directly to a candidate or candidate’s campaign.  Two existing super PACs – “Ready for Ron” and “Ron to the Rescue,” which are not affiliated with DeSantis or his political circle – are already up and running, raising money as they urge the governor to launch a presidential campaign. But sources in DeSantis’ wider political orbit have described those groups as “a grift – plain and simple.” Two sources familiar with DeSantis’ political world told Fox News this month that Never Back Down PAC would likely have the governor’s blessing should he go forward and run for the White House. DeSantis saw his popularity soar among conservatives across the country over the past three years due to his forceful pushback against coronavirus pandemic restrictions and his aggressive actions as a culture warrior going after the media, corporations and teachers’ unions.  The governor scored an overwhelming 19-point gubernatorial re-election victory in November, and in recent speeches he has pitched policy victories in Florida as a roadmap for the entire nation. He’s been traveling across the country, highlighting his “Florida blueprint” and promoting his newly released memoir, “The Courage to Be Free.”  Sources in DeSantis’ wider orbit have said any presidential campaign launch would come in the late spring or early summer, after the end of the current legislative session. However, the governor’s latest travel itinerary to the early voting states of Iowa and Nevada and a trip next month to New Hampshire are sparking more 2024 speculation.
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North Dakota House passes controversial school pronoun bill

Public schools and state agencies in North Dakota would be prohibited from referring to students and employees by any pronouns that don’t reflect the sex assigned to them at birth, under a bill approved by the legislature. The House approved the bill 60-32 on Wednesday. It passed the Senate last month and now awaits the signature of Republican Gov. Doug Burgum. In 2021, Burgum vetoed a bill that would have restricted transgender students from participating in public elementary and secondary school sports. But Burgum has not said publicly if he supports this latest measure. The bill is among hundreds nationwide that are taking aim at nearly every facet of transgender existence, from pronouns to bathroom use to health care to athletics. In North Dakota, similar bills to restrict transgender athletes have passed the House this session with veto-proof majorities. The Senate has not yet voted on them. Last week, Wyoming became the 19th state to ban transgender athletes from playing on girls or women’s sports teams. NORTH DAKOTA CONSIDERING BAN ON SEXUAL, LGBT-CENTRIC LIBRARY BOOKS “It’s another week of a legislative session, and we have another bill that’s telling certain people that they have value or don’t have value in our state,” Democratic Rep. Josh Boschee of Fargo said as he urged lawmakers to vote against the pronoun bill. Right before the vote, Republican Rep. SuAnn Olson of Baldwin countered: “Five years ago, this whole pronoun thing wasn’t a thing. It puts teachers in the very difficult position” of keeping up with students who switch their pronoun, she said. “It’s just a common-sense bill that deserves a green vote.” The bill would not criminalize teachers or state employees. And if a teacher received approval from a student’s parent or guardian — and from the school administrator — the teacher would be allowed to use the pronouns a student prefers. SD REPUBLICANS PUSH FOR TRANS PROCEDURE BAN ON YOUTH Although the measure also affects state employees outside the schools, Wednesday’s debate focused mostly on educational staff who would be affected. Supporters said the bill would ease burdens on teachers and create better learning environments for students The bill would allow teachers to “rest with relief that they only need to remember one name and (one) set of historically recognized biological pronouns,” Republican Rep. Lori VanWinkle, of Minot, said in support. She added that the bill would instill confidence in parents that their kids are safe at school and create learning environments without “social distractions.” Opponents including Democratic Rep. Mary Schneider of Fargo cited the testimony of countless people who argued the bill would harm LGBTQ youth: mental health therapists, school counselors, social workers, suicide prevention advocates, church leaders and more. Schneider noted that these experts said the bill would not protect kids or promote learning, because “the real threats to children are poverty, hunger, lack of health care, gun violence, bigotry, social pressures, mental health and bills like these.” Democrats and Republicans voted against the bill. A survey by The Trevor Project in 2022 found that 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the previous year, but that those who were supported socially or at school reported lower rates.
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TikTok CEO tells ‘almost half’ of US on Chinese app politicians ‘could take TikTok away from all 150M of you’

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew used the Chinese-owned social media platform under fire from U.S. lawmakers and the intelligence community as a potential national security threat to send a video message to American users ahead of his expected testimony before Congress Thursday that, “Some politicians have started talking about banning TikTok.” “Now this could take TikTok away from all 150 million of you,” Chew said in the video, which now has more than 8.2 million views and more than 907,500 likes as of Thursday morning.  “Hi everyone, it’s Shou here. The CEO of TikTok. I’m here in Washington, D.C., today, and I have some news and updates to share with everyone here,” Chew, donning a casual white T-shirt, jeans and a navy blue zip-up sweatshirt, said in a friendly tone. “Today, I’m super excited to announce that more than 150 million Americans are on TikTok.”  The on-screen text notes that 150 million represents the number of monthly active users.  HERE’S THE DATA THJAT TIKTOK COLLECTS ON ITS USERS “That’s almost half of the U.S. coming to TikTok to connect, to share, to learn or just to have some fun,” Chew said. “This includes 5 million businesses that use TikTok to reach their customers, and the majority of these are small or medium businesses. Now these numbers are amazing. And I’m so thankful to all of you, and the 7,000 TikTok employees in the U.S. whop are helping us build this incredible community in America and around the world.”  “Now this comes at a pivotal moment for us,” Chew continues, sitting in a chair in front of a window overlooking the Capitol building. “Some politicians have started talking about banning TikTok. Now this could take TikTok away from all 150 million of you.”  “I’ll be testifying before Congress late this week to share all that we’re doing to protect Americans using the app. And deliver on a mission to inspire creativity and to bring joy,” Chew said in the 1-minute-9-second clip shared earlier this week. “Let me know in the comments what you want your elected representatives to know about what you love about TikTok.”  FBI DIRECTOR CHRIS WRAY TESTIFIES CHINESE-OWNED TIKTOK HAS POWER TO ‘DRIVE NARRATIVES,’ ‘DIVIDE AMERICANS’ The Wall Street Journal reported U.S. authorities were considering banning TikTok ban if ByteDance does not sell the company. A Chinese government official warned Thursday that a forced sale “would seriously damage investors from multiple countries including China” and hurt “confidence to invest in the United States.”  FBI Director Chris Wray testified before Senate and House intelligence committees earlier this month about TikTok’s power to “drive narratives” and “divide Americans against each other.”  TikTok called on its “creators” to descend on Washington, D.C., to lobby lawmakers and appeal to the media about the positives of the app for small business owners before Thursday.  Chew is set to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he is facing lawmakers about the extent to which American’s privacy is jeopardized and that their data is manipulated by TikTok’s relationship with China as well as the impact of the platform’s algorithm on children. While the Biden administration has reportedly demanded Chinese owners divest their stakes in the app, President Biden himself has called on TikTok creators to help reach younger audiences regarding issues such as the Inflation Reduction Act, the war in Ukraine and the midterm elections.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS The United States, Britain and New Zealand’s parliament have banned the use of TikTok on government-issued phones. India has banned TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps, including the WeChat message service, on security and privacy grounds. The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
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TikTok deploys swarm of influencers to US Capitol ahead of expected CEO grilling

The Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok has deployed a swarm of influencers to the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers are expected to grill the company’s CEO in a Thursday hearing. The company lobbied many of its popular content creators to head to Capitol Hill in an attempt to ward off a congressional ban. The creators argued that TikTok is far more than a social media app, though few addressed lawmakers’ concerns about data privacy and China. “TikTok is not a children’s dancing app,” Aidan Kohn-Murphy, a college freshman with close to 300,000 TikTok followers and founder of the advocacy group Gen-Z for Change, told The Wall Street Journal. “It is one of the most powerful tools that young people have to engage each other and to get civically involved.” Kohn-Murphy and a group of more than 20 other popular TikTok influencers held a press conference and filmed themselves around the U.S. Capitol complex throughout Wednesday. TikTok paid for the influencers’ travel and lodging expenses, according to WSJ. SENATE’S BIPARTISAN RESTRICT ACT WOULD BLOCK TECH PRODUCTS LIKE TIKTOK MADE IN ADVERSARIAL COUNTRIES TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will face a slew of skeptical lawmakers during Thursday’s hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with both Republicans and Democrats largely agreed on the threat of TikTok. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has proven to be the sole member of Congress willing to speak out publicly in defense of TikTok. The representative joined the company’s recruited influencers during their Wednesday press conference. “Republicans ain’t got no swag,” Bowman said. “That’s why they want to ban TikTok.” TIKTOK CEO TO PLEDGE COMPANY WILL GUARD DATA FROM CHINESE ACCESS, IN BID TO STAVE OFF BAN U.S. lawmakers of both parties have stated that TikTok’s ownership by the Chinese tech company ByteDance opens up its 150 million American users to data collection by the Chinese Communist Party.  TikTok faces an ongoing security review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) – an interagency group that evaluates threats to U.S. national security posed by foreign investments or transactions. CFIUS has been looking into TikTok since 2019 and has reportedly threatened to ban TikTok unless ByteDance divests its stake in the platform’s U.S. operations, according to the WSJ. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Chew has argued that TikTok is not beholden to any one country, though executives in the past have admitted that Chinese officials had access to Americans’ data even when U.S.-based TikTok officials did not.
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Hawaii Gov. Green enacts new law expanding abortion access, protect health care providers

Hawaii’s governor on Wednesday signed legislation expanding access to abortion and putting into law recent executive orders protecting local health care providers from prosecution by out-of-state authorities. State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura, a Democrat, told a bill-signing ceremony that three generations of women have grown up with reproductive rights being a given after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Hawaii lawmakers acted so that would continue to be the case even though the high court overturned Roe last year, she said. “Hawaii will continue to be a beacon … physicians need only think about their patients and need not have to worry about prosecutions or extradition,” said San Buenaventura, who is the chairperson of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT GREENLIGHTS LIFE-OF-MOTHER EXCEPTION TO ABORTION LAW The new law signed by Gov. Josh Green passed by large majorities in the state House and Senate, which are both dominated by Democrats. The measure expands abortion access by allowing physician assistants to perform medical and surgical abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy. Several other states including Washington, Connecticut and Maryland already allow this practice. Previously, only doctors and advanced practice registered nurses could perform the procedure in Hawaii. The new law repeals a requirement that abortions be performed at a hospital or clinic. Doctors said the old law didn’t account for medical abortions that can be carried out at a patient’s home with medication prescribed remotely. The measure allows minors to get abortions without the consent of a parent or guardian. Supporters say this is important for victims of incest and violence and those whose parents may seek to harm their child for having an abortion. Some states that have restricted abortion in recent years have indicated they might prosecute people in connection with abortions performed in other states. To prevent that from affecting Hawaii, the new measure codifies into law an an executive order then-Gov. David Ige signed last year to stop other states from sanctioning local doctors and nurses who provide abortion care out-of-state residents temporarily in the islands. WYOMING ABORTION CLINIC ARSON SUSPECT SEEN ON NEW VIDEO CARRYING GASOLINE INSIDE BEFORE FIRE Hawaii is a major tourist destination and has many travelers. It’s also home to college students as well as military personnel and their dependents who may maintain residency in their home states while they live in the islands temporarily. Local doctors say they have provided abortions to more out-of-state residents since the overturning of Roe. San Buenaventura remarked on the news that an Idaho hospital would stop delivering babies in part because doctors were leaving in response to recently passed state laws criminalizing medical care. She said she would welcome those doctors in Hawaii. “To those noble physicians, I say, ‘E Komo Mai. Hawaii welcomes you.’ Because today Hawaii has shown that we will stand by our medical providers, that we will stand with our physicians, and that those who provide safe abortion and contraception — even if it’s just to offer advice to tourists — will not have to fear arrest, extradition, subpoena,” she said. Hawaii law allows abortion until a fetus would be viable outside the womb. After that, it’s legal if a patient’s life or health is in danger. The state legalized abortion in 1970, when it became the first in the nation to allow the procedure at a woman’s request.
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Portland transit workers union has ‘zero confidence’ that left-wing DA will prosecute assaults against drivers

A union representing transit workers in Portland, Oregon, is speaking out against the lack of prosecutions from Democratic Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt’s office, saying bus drivers fear for their safety. According to Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 757, there were 170 assaults last year on the TriMet, the bus, light rail and commuter rail service in the Portland region. Most recently, a TriMet operator was stabbed at the end of her route on March 13. Union representatives have accused the DA’s office of leniency on these crimes, saying they have “zero confidence” in Schmidt. “I am not aware of any of those going to a prosecution on an assault charge. As far as I know, the DA’s office has either dropped the charges or settled on a plea deal with a misdemeanor of ‘interfering with public transportation,’” ATU 757 Vice President Fred Casey told local news station KATU.  He said neighboring counties are tougher on crime, and that failing to prosecute criminals makes people afraid.  PORTLAND RESIDENT WARNS CRIMINALS WILL TURN TO HOME BREAK-INS AS BUSINESSES FLEE CITY “There’s a stark difference when something happens on a bus out in Washington County, or Clackamas County. And the response is quite different than here in Multnomah County,” Casey said. “You should not have to have that level of fear coming to work,” he added. Schmidt’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  It us not the first time Schmidt’s office has been accused of being soft on crime. Last year, local NBC affiliate KGW reported that the Multnomah County DA’s office was prosecuting less than half of misdemeanor theft cases. Data showed that Schmidt was prosecuting fewer second- and third-degree theft cases than Rod Underhill, his predecessor.  MULTNOMAH COUNTY DA PROSECUTING LESS THAN HALF OF MISDEMEANOR THEFT CASES, NEW DATA SHOWS At the time, Schmidt defended his office’s work, denying there was no policy against prosecuting certain cases. “If we have the evidence we need, we’re launching these cases,” he said.  Schmidt also said more than 280 cases in Multnomah County were dismissed this year because there was an insufficient number of public defenders, according to KATU. Of those cases, 75 were misdemeanors and 206 were felonies, according to case numbers from his office. On Tuesday, the DA announced a grand jury indictment of 28-year-old Ana Karen Perez-Velador, who is accused of stabbing a TriMet bus driver. Investigators say Perez-Velador stabbed the bus driver in the leg, and she faces eight charges including attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree. Though Schmidt appears to be taking action in this assault case, Casey said the union doubts Perez-Velador will be prosecuted on those charges. HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT HAS PORTLAND RESIDENTS BEGGING FOR HELP, SCARED TO GO OUTISDE: ‘ABSOLUTELY HELPLESS’ “We have zero confidence, zero confidence that Mike Schmidt and his office is going to prosecute these people the way that they need to be prosecuted,” Casey said. KATU reported that Schmidt’s office declined three separate interview requests but did say it was working to set up a meeting with union representatives to discuss their concerns.  Casey said previous meetings have been unproductive.  “We’ve tried to have meetings with them, tried to discuss it with them, and we don’t really get anywhere with Mike Schmidt or Ted [Wheeler]. With Clackamas County and Washington County DA’s it was a different story, there was a lot of engagement and talk with them, so we don’t seem to have the prosecuting issues in those two counties that we do in Multnomah,” Casey said. Fox News’ Jon Brown contributed to this report.
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‘Old dudes are eating Jell-O’: Sinema tells GOP why she stopped attending ‘dumb’ Democrat luncheons

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., said she stopped attending the Democrat’s “dumb luncheons” because “old dudes are eating Jell-O” and “everyone is talking about how great they are,” according to a recent Politico report. While speaking with GOP lobbyists in Washington D.C., the Democrat-turned-independent senator reportedly said that caucus “lunches were ridiculous… Old dudes are eating Jell-O, everyone is talking about how great they are. I don’t really need to be there for that. That’s an hour and a half twice a week that I can get back.” “The Northerners and the Westerners put cool whip on their Jell-O, and the Southerners put cottage cheese,” Sinema said poking fun at the Democratic Senators. Sinema registered as an independent in December 2022, separating herself from the Democratic Party as she faces re-election in 2024.  LANKFORD, SINEMA RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY OF BORDER ENTRY PORTS PREPAREDNESS AFTER MIGRANT RUSH “I’m not caucusing with the Democrats,” Sinema said, clarifying that apart from being “formally aligned with the Democrats for committee purposes,” she is “not a part of the caucus.” ‘DISTURBING AND SAD’: SEN. KYRSTEN SINEMA BLASTS REPUBLICANS WHO SHOUTED AT BIDEN DURING STATE OF THE UNION Sinema explained that rather attend such events with the Democrats, “I spend my days doing productive work, which is why I’ve been able to lead every bipartisan vote that’s happened the last two years.” While Sinema made fun of the Democrats for “those dumb luncheons,” the senator also has a history of ridiculing the GOP, recently calling Republicans who shouted at President Joe Biden during his State of the Union speech “disturbing and sad.” “Everyone is raucous, and I was worried people were going to start throwing hotdogs and popcorn at each other,” Sinema said during a Washington Post Live event of the Republicans who heckled during Biden’s speech. “To be honest, I find it beneath the dignity of the United States Congress. And what I find most disturbing about it, is the fact that it’s normalized.” Sinema has not said if she will seek re-election next cycle, but Senate hopefuls such as progressive Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., are already making a bid for her seat. Sinema did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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