Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is still not over the Graham Platner controversy in Maine and he is harboring some anger for Bernie Sanders for pushing Platner’s candidacy.

Fetterman used a recent public appearance to slam Bernie over this and to seemingly chastise other people who supported Platner, asking what Platner’s appeal was.

When it comes to Graham Platner, John Fetterman has been more vocally critical than almost any other person in his party.

The Hill reports:

Fetterman also expressed frustration with fellow Democratic senators who backed progressive insurgent candidate Graham Platner in the critical Maine Senate race, despite the fact that he was not carefully vetted and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had intensively recruited Democratic Gov. Janet Mills to run for the Maine Senate seat.

Fetterman said he was “angry” that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) championed Platner so forcefully and was reluctant to withdraw his support even after The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal reported in early June troubling allegations about the candidate’s past behavior.

“As a Democrat, I am angry at people like Bernie Sanders, that pushed that accused rapist. Why did so many people on that left embrace that accused rapist?” he said, referring to Platner.

“What was the appeal? Was it no record in public service? Was it the record of the Nazi ink? Was it the crazy things he said online? What was the appeal, roughing up his ex-girlfriends?” he asked.

“Why did you push these people? Why did you buy in and then plunge that most consequential Senate race now into chaos?” Fetterman fumed, arguing the implosion of Platner’s campaign has made it “more difficult” to beat Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and win control of the Senate.

See the video below:

FETTERMAN: “I am angry at people like Bernie Sanders that pushed that accused rapist. Why did so many people on the Left embrace that accused rapist? What was the appeal? Was it no record in public service? Was it the record of the Nazi ink? Was it the crazy things he said?” pic.twitter.com/r7xHqcGXgp

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 15, 2026

This might explain why Fetterman has such a high approval among Pennsylvania Republicans.

Among Pennsylvania Republicans, Sen. John Fetterman (D) has a higher net approval rating than Sen. Dave McCormick (R). pic.twitter.com/rbhdg2M7bL

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 15, 2026

The point Fetterman made about Bernie Sanders is important. Have you noticed how quiet Bernie has been lately?

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday suggested he is going to investigate and prosecute former Special Counsel Jack Smith for perjury.

Blanche faced Senate Judiciary Committee members in a confirmation hearing on Wednesday morning.

After batting down Democrat Senators, Blanche told GOP Senator Josh Hawley he is going to investigate Jack Smith after it was revealed the former special counsel spied on members of Congress and then lied under oath.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Tuesday revealed that former Special Counsel Jack Smith spied on 44 members of Congress and actually read their text messages.

I received records frm DOJ confirming Jack Smith’s investigative team reviewed the contents of text msgs sent by 44 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Im 1 of the 44

Im alerting my colleagues who were impacted and will release the records w Sen Johnson so American ppl can see the evidence

— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) July 14, 2026

Here are the 44 members of Congress who were spied on:

It was previously reported that Jack Smith obtained “toll records” or ‘call logs’ of members of Congress.

In fact, Jack Smith said under oath that he did not read any text messages – but this is not true.

Jack Smith sat down for a deposition last December. Members of Congress asked him questions about his Arctic Frost investigation under oath.

Jack Smith lied under oath when asked if the records he requested included the contents of calls and texts.

“Did the records that you requested – the toll records from the members of Congress include the content of text messages?” the investigator asked.

“No,” Jack Smith said.

Josh Hawley went off on Jack Smith for spying on Congress and asked Blanche if he has thought about investigating the former special counsel.

“Have you thought about investigating Jack Smith for perjury?” Senator Hawley asked Todd Blanche.

“We take testimony in front of this body very seriously. Yes,” Blanche said.

“Good. I think he absolutely should be investigated. I hope that you prosecute him,” Hawley said.

“Yes, Senator,” Blanche said.

WATCH:

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Conservative Attorney and Article III Project founder Mike Davis went off on Trump’s new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin for “letting an invasion continue” in our country after he capitulated to the left-wing mob and scaled back ICE enforcement actions.  

As The Gateway Pundit reported on Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were directed to stop pulling over vehicles driven by illegal aliens following two fatal ICE-involved shootings in Texas and Maine.

It was later revealed who was behind Mullin’s actions: Dirty RINO Senator Susan Collins (R-ME). The Gateway Pundit reported that Collins took full credit for the cessation of ICE traffic stops, announcing on X that she spoke with Mullin on Monday night and “urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops.” She further said that “critical questions” surrounding the ICE agents’ conduct in the shooting of 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero need to be answered with an investigation.

President Trump later responded to the ICE policy change, writing on Truth Social, “we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective crime-fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP.” He continued, without mentioning Markwayne Mullin’s surrender, “It won’t happen on my watch.”

But Mike Davis went off during a Wednesday appearance on Bannon’s War Room, suggesting that Mullin is “too weak” or “too stupid” to protect America’s borders. He further slammed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett for her recent ruling on birthright citizenship where she “constitutionalized and gave out birthright citizenship to 1.5 million Chinese birth tourists.”

“I’m going to light their asses up,” Davis said, accusing the pair of failing to understand that Americans are sovereign citizens with God given rights to “decide as we the people who comes and goes and who becomes one of us.”

WATCH:

Davis: We the people are the sovereign citizens of America; we have the power. We we have God given rights, and we lend power to our government through the loan agreement called the Constitution. We do not report to a king or a queen. We are not subjects. We are sovereign citizens.

And if there is anyone who doesn’t understand that, whether that’s Mark Wayne Mullen, who is letting an invasion continue in our country, or Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who just constitutionalized and gave out birthright citizenship to 1.5 million Chinese birth tourists, if anyone gets in the way of American sovereignty, I’m going to light their asses up, and I don’t care who they are.

That that is my mission at the Article III Project is to fight for American sovereignty, and that means we protect our border. That means we decide as we the people who comes and goes and who becomes one of us. And if you are too weak, if you are too stupid to understand that, you need to get the hell out of the way.

Meanwhile, Mullin has also come under fire on social media with calls for his resignation over his failure to stand up to the Democrats and RINO Susan Collins.

“You need to resign in disgrace after bending the knee to the radical left,” said conservative influencer Vince Langman. Independent reporter Nick Sortor slammed Mullin for using the “redundant” phrase “illegal alien criminals,” demanding that he deport “every single one,” not just the so-called noncriminals who entered our country illegally.

Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren called Mullin a RINO in response to Mullin’s damage control statement, where he claimed, “President Trump and I are on the same page.”

Markwayne Mullin responded to President Trump’s statement on Wednesday, walking back his actions and saying, “Illegal aliens will be arrested and deported wherever they are.”

MORE:

Markwayne Mullin Attempts Damage Control After Reports He Went Around President Trump to Suspend ICE Traffic Stops Spark Outrage: “President Trump and I Are on the Same Page”

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KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff had a surprise visitor during a live weather report on Tuesday night when a massive flying cockroach landed on her and began crawling up her chest and neck.  

“And it’s a lot more comfortable at this hour, but we’re still in the 80s here in the Valley,” Menitoff said as the roach was seen crawling up her abdomen and on her neck.

“So overnight temperatures aren’t necessarily dropping, and this leads to less recovery time from the daytime heat,” she continued as she powered through the hit, completely unfazed.

Afterward, she could be seen freaking out, brushing her chest and wiggling her arms in an attempt to fling it off.

Menitoff’s morning news colleagues reacted to the clip, applauding her fearlessness and focus as the massive insect crawled up and down her body.

WATCH:

Menitoff went on to describe the moment, saying she noticed the cockroach but somehow kept her composure until she was off camera.

Per KTLA:

Speaking with KTLA.com after the broadcast, Menitoff said she knew the cockroach had landed on her but made a conscious decision to stay focused until the report was finished.

“I knew it was on me,” she said. “But I knew if I took notice of it, I wouldn’t be able to continue on with the report. So I said to myself, just get through this moment and then kind of shake it off.”

The timing, she added, was fitting.

“Ironically, the story was about the extreme heat in the Valley, and these cockroaches are attracted to the heat and the warm temperatures and our camera lights,” Menitoff said. “So, it was sort of the perfect environment for the roaches.”

KTLA 5 morning news also praised her professionalism in an X post, writing, “Who else could remain this cool!?”

Former Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt even chimed in on the viral moment, slamming former competitor Nithya Raman for turning her district into a “Mumbai slum.”

“Nithya Raman has made her district so filthy, you can’t even do a quick news hit without cockroaches crawling all over you like some Mumbai slum,” Pratt said. “The median home price here is $1.5M”

Nithya Raman has made her district so filthy, you can’t even do a quick news hit without cockroaches crawling all over you like some Mumbai slum. The median home price here is $1.5M https://t.co/LUTeBA8AZg

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) July 15, 2026

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DHS Secretary scrambles with damage-control statements after backlash over capitulation to radical left and corporate media pressure following ICE-involved shootings in Maine and Texas.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, President Donald Trump erupted after learning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had been ordered to stop conducting vehicle stops involving illegal aliens following two recent ICE-involved shootings in Maine and Texas.

According to multiple reports, the directive originated with Mullin and was issued without first briefing the President.

According to far-left CNN, “Neither Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin nor Homan alerted Trump to the pause on traffic stops before imposing it, according to two people familiar with the chain of events.”

President Trump is furious over his administration’s decision to capitulate to the radical left and corporate media on deportations.

In a Truth Social post, Trump laid down the law: giving up traffic stops is playing right into the hands of criminal illegal aliens, and it will not stand on his watch.

Trump wrote:

“The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done. CRIME IS WAY DOWN IN AMERICA, in many cases with numbers that haven’t been seen in decades. The Open Border Policy of Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 25,000,000 people to pour into our Country, unchecked and unvetted. Many were Criminals, and we have to get them out.

In order to do this, we must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective crime-fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!

Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands. The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won’t happen on my watch. I.C.E., be judicious, fair, and smart, and go back and do your very important job.

Keep those Crime Stat Records coming! Remember, you are loved and respected in America.”

The White House later confirmed that Trump had officially overturned the suspension and reinstated ICE traffic stops.

Facing mounting criticism, Mullin quickly attempted to reassure Trump supporters by quoting the President’s Truth Social message on X before issuing his own statement.

Our #1 goal is to keep our officers safe and get criminals OFF our streets. Illegal aliens will be arrested and deported wherever they are. If you are here illegally, LEAVE NOW. As our officers carry out operations to enforce our nations laws, they are facing a more than 1,300% increase in vehicle attacks.

We remind illegal aliens attempting to evade arrest is dangerous. This reckless illegal alien activity comes after sanctuary politicians held webinars and shared resources for how to openly defy @ICEgov:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted a webinar providing tips for illegal aliens to evade arrests at homes, workplaces, or in public.

Dan Goldman posted a video online calling on illegal aliens to make a plan for ICE encounters.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued multilingual flyers and online resources advising illegal aliens on how to evade arrest.

California Governor Gavin Newsom released guides and sanctuary laws advising illegal aliens how to recognize ICE, block entry, and defy arrest.

Our #1 goal is to keep our officers safe and get criminals OFF our streets. Illegal aliens will be arrested and deported wherever they are. If you are here illegally, LEAVE NOW. As our officers carry out operations to enforce our nations laws, they are facing a more than 1,300%… pic.twitter.com/dnI1YJAN3N

— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) July 15, 2026

In a second post, Mullin sought to dispel any suggestion that he was at odds with President Trump.

“President Trump and I are on the same page. We want our ICE officers to have all options available to keep them safe while executing our mission of deporting as many illegal alien criminals from our country as possible.”

President Trump and I are on the same page. We want our @ICEgov officers to have all options available to keep them safe while executing our mission of deporting as many illegal alien criminals from our country as possible.

— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) July 15, 2026

The statement comes after a wave of criticism from many within the MAGA movement, who accused Mullin of undermining President Trump’s immigration agenda by suspending one of ICE’s most effective enforcement tactics.

Below are some of the comments:

Clean up on aisle RINO

— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) July 15, 2026

You need to resign in disgrace after bending the knee to the radical left

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 15, 2026

Step down. You aren’t cut out for this position.

— Kim “Katie” USA (@KimKatieUSA) July 15, 2026

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