Musk Backs Right-Wing German Party After Christmas Terror Attack: ‘The Only Hope For Germany’

 Elon Musk expressed support for Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany party, known as AfD, after a Saudi immigrant allegedly killed at least five people in a Christmas terror attack.

AfD’s popularity has surged as it has called for significant restrictions on immigration to Germany. Since Friday’s attack, AfD members have ramped up criticism of the government for its lax approach to immigration and for failing to heed multiple warning signs about the suspected perpetrator.

“When will this madness end?” AfD co-leader and the party’s chancellor nominee Alice Weidel said in a post on X.

Musk has used his expansive platform on X to support the AfD in Friday’s aftermath, calling the immigration-restrictionist party “the only hope for Germany.” In another post on X, Musk said that 

“[The suspect] was obviously a lunatic who should never have been allowed to enter Germany and should have been extradited when Saudi Arabia made the request,” Musk said in another post. “Suicidal empathy by the German government.”

Accused of pushing “Nazi-era ideology” and labeled “far-right,” AfD is one of the most popular parties in Germany and its nominee for chancellor, Weidel, is a 45-year-old economist who has worked for Goldman Sachs and the Bank of China. Weidel, a lesbian whose partner is a Sri Lankan national, has called the late U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher her political role model.

A draft of AfD’s party platform, set to be voted on next month, emphasizes restrictions on immigration, lower taxes, severing ties with the European Union, adopting a gold-backed currency system, and protecting free speech and criticism of the government.

Weidel thanked Musk for his support in a video posted to X.

“Dear Elon, thank you so much for your note. The Alternative for Germany, the AFD, is indeed the one and only alternative for our country, our last option, if you ask me. I wish you and President Donald Trump all the best for the upcoming tenure. And also I wish you and all the American people Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,” Weidel said.

On Friday evening, a man drove a vehicle through the Magdeburg, Germany, Christmas market and killed at least five people and seriously wounded dozens of others. According to reports, the suspected attacker is Saudi immigrant who arrived in Germany in 2006.

Debate over the suspect’s ideological background has erupted online. His social media posts suggest that he is an atheist ex-Muslim who has raged against the German government for its treatment of Saudi asylum seekers. But others have said the suspect’s social media presence was a facade for his actual feelings as a radical Muslim, with private messages and other social media posts to back up the assertion.

Video from the man’s arrest that has circulated online captures someone yelling “Allahu Akbar” as the suspect was taken into custody. It is not clear if the suspect himself yelled the phrase.

Scott Jennings Nukes Democrats Claiming Musk Is In Charge: ‘I Invite Them To Pick Up The WSJ’

 CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings took a blowtorch to Democrat claims that entrepreneur Elon Musk — who will spearhead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Vivek Ramaswamy — is actually the one in charge when it comes to forming policy ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

Jennings pointed directly to the Wall Street Journal — and the recent article that showed they were finally catching up with the obvious reality of President Joe Biden’s infirmity — and pointed out the fact that no one believed Biden had actually been running anything for much of the past four years.

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“I hear Democrats criticizing the idea that we have unelected people with too much influence over the government,” Jennings said, in reference to the myriad claims that Musk was controlling the outcome of the recent government shutdown-averting continuing resolution.

“I invite them to pick up the Wall Street Journal from this week and find out that unelected people have been running the government for the last four years,” he said. The article he mentioned laid out concerns — voiced by officials from within Biden’s White House — that Biden was not capable of even hosting long meetings, mush less large unscripted events, without fears of a major slip. Others had weighed in on his decision to seek a second term in office, saying that they were unsure how he would have the capacity to finish out his current term, much less embark upon another.

Jennings went on to point to the Democrats’ secondary complaint about Musk — namely that his status as a billionaire gave him leverage in government — and argued that too was irrelevant when stacked against the Democrats’ use of the same strategy.

“I hear Democrats criticizing the influence of billionaires on our politics, when you’ve got this Soros punk running around collecting Democrat politicians like my kids collect Pokemon cards,” he said. “I think all of the criticism of Musk coming from the left is totally hypocritical, totally over the top, and he is doing something interesting: bringing some transparency to the federal government, it’s not a terrible thing.”

Fetterman: ‘I’m Not Rooting Against’ Trump, ‘I Hope’ He’s Successful

 Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said during an interview over the weekend that he was not rooting against President-elect Donald Trump because doing so would mean that he was rooting against America.

Fetterman made the remarks during a Sunday ABC News interview on “This Week” with Jonathan Karl, while also talking about what he expects over the next four years.

When asked if he thought that Trump had the potential to be a “good” and “successful” president, Fetterman responded: “I hope.”

“I hope, because I’m not rooting against him,” he said. “If you’re rooting against the president, you are rooting against the nation. And I’m not ever going to be where I want a president to fail. So, country first. I know that’s become maybe like a cliche, but it happens to be truth.”

Fetterman described himself as “just a regular Democrat” and said that he had no plans on leaving the party despite being accused of acting like a Republican by meeting with Trump’s nominees.

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‘Where Was President Biden?’: Sen. Hagerty Weighs In On Spending Bill Chaos

 Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) called out President Joe Biden over the weekend over his absence from last week’s drama on Capitol Hill as Congress tried to pass a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open.

Hagerty made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash when asked about what all happened during the chaotic week.

“The interesting thing about this entire process, though, is, President Trump has been extremely involved in it,” Hagerty said. “But where was President Biden? The sitting president was not engaged with us at all in this process. And as it unfolded, the American public must have wondered, where is our president?”

Hagerty noted that Biden’s absence came after The Wall Street Journal published an explosive report last week that outlined how the White House and media helped cover up Biden’s severe cognitive decline.

“I guess we understand now why he hasn’t been around,” he said. “But this is just amazing that the White House and the president weren’t even engaged with us in this entire process.”

Democrat Senator Says U.S. Has ‘Low-Grade Fever’

 The United States is suffering from a “low-grade fever,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) said on Sunday when describing the political climate.

Warnock sat alongside Sen.  James Lankford (R-OK) during a joint interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press” for a conversation that focused a great deal on bipartisanship. At one point, moderator Kristen Welker asked Warnock if he feels like there is a “public anger and almost mistrust of people” working across the aisle.

“I think the whole country has what I call a low-grade fever,” Warnock said. “You know some mornings you wake up and you just don’t feel really well. You can’t even put your finger on it. We’ve been through four years of COVID. And people — you know, the early years of that, the early months of that, having to shelter in, all the trauma around that. Twenty years of what felt like an endless war, and then demagogues who make — you know, who exploit this moment through exacerbating the fault lines, the cultural fault lines of division in our country. And I think people just feel the full weight and the trauma of all of that.”

Warnock said he would encourage people, “especially in this season, is to look toward one another rather than to figure out — you know, rather than thinking about how we can hurt one another, how we can pray with one another rather than prey on one another.”

The senator went on to declare that he still has “great hope” for the U.S.

“Our ideals of unity, of inclusion, of equality,” Warnock said. “And the American story is about pushing us closer towards those ideals. And there have been moments when the — the democracy has expanded. There have been moments when it’s contracted. But any woman will tell you that even contractions are necessary for birth. And so I remain hopeful even in this moment. But it’s going to be hard work.”

Warnock also shared what his message is to Democrats on what they can do to improve heading into the new year after Republicans retained the House and won back control of the Senate and the White House in the 2024 election.

“Well, look, you’ve got to listen to the people,” Warnock said. “We just had an election and I think we have to take some time to listen to what the folks are saying, what the people are saying, everyday people are saying, and continue to build on our values. Look, I’ve had success doing bipartisan work, working with people like Ted Cruz and I did legislation together. I’ve worked with Republican senators in Alabama to defend and support farmers. A lot more bipartisan work happens very often than you think. Sometimes it’s not talked about because that doesn’t necessarily fit.”

Mayorkas Can’t Answer Why Biden Admin Has Not Been Able To Stop China’s ‘Salt Typhoon’ Hack

 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas struggled to answer over the weekend why the Biden administration has been unable to stop the ongoing “Salt Typhoon” hack from communist China on U.S. telecommunication companies.

Mayorkas was pressed on the issue during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” when asked about the breach, which may be the largest in U.S. history as millions of Americans were hacked.

“Why hasn’t the U.S. government stopped it?” Brennan asked.

“The intrusion is a very significant one and an extraordinarily impactful one and an absolutely unacceptable one,” Mayorkas responded. “And the president has demonstrated a strong response to the People’s Republic of China. It is very sophisticated.”

Mayorkas claimed that President Joe Biden’s “strong response” to the hack was an action taken by the U.S. Department of Commerce against China Telecom.

“This is an ongoing situation. It is not static,” he said. “The intrusion is a very sophisticated one. The telecommunications companies are working very vigorously to remediate it. They are working in partnership with us, with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within the Department of Homeland Security, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies of the federal government.”

He said that the hack was “a very serious compromise” that required a “very serious action to remediate and recover from it, and also very serious response to it.”

ICE Deports Mother and Four Children, Including U.S. Citizen Newborn Twins, to Mexico

 

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The Biden administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently deported a young mother and her four children—two of whom are newborn U.S. citizens—to Reynosa, Mexico.

The deportation followed a missed immigration hearing in Houston, reportedly due to an emergency cesarean section.

Cristina Salazar, a 23-year-old mother of four, was arrested along with her children during what was supposed to be a routine meeting to discuss her case, KHOUreported.

Her husband, Federico Arellano Jr., a U.S. citizen, described the heartbreaking scene as his children cried and were forcibly separated from him. Salazar’s attorneys argued the missed hearing was a “technical violation” that should have been easily resolved.

“They were treated as if they were high-risk criminals,” a family attorney said in a news release.

Federico Arellano Jr. with his attorneys (Screenshot: KHOU)

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According to Arellano Jr., his wife and two older children missed a hearing with a Houston immigration judge on Oct. 9, about a month after she had an emergency cesarean section to deliver her twins. She was told by doctors to recover at home.

The family said they called the immigration court to let them know what was going on and claimed to have been told over the phone that the hearing would be rescheduled. They said they got a call back to show up at a location in the Greenspoint area to talk about their case, but when they showed up, the mother and kids were arrested.

“The issue of Cristina missing her court hearing was a technical violation that could have been resolved,” a family attorney said.

Arellano Jr., a United States citizen, was there and tried to explain what happened, attorneys said. He said he was threatened by ICE agents if he interfered. He said his children were crying as they and Salazar were taken into custody.

“They were shocked and surprised that they were separated,” immigration lawyer Isaias Torres said.