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Dem hopeful who co-founded Joe Rogan’s favorite jeans under fire for ‘Made in America’ claim
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A Democrat running for Congress in Michigan is campaigning on a ‘Made in America’ platform, but has a history of outsourcing jobs and products at his own companies.
Matt Maasdam is under scrutiny for expressing a desire to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. from overseas while relying on offshore production during his time at Under Armour and at two other companies he helped found — one of which is credited with making ‘Joe Rogan’s favorite jeans.’
The Navy SEAL-turned-businessman is running in a crowded primary to take on Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., who flipped the seat in 2024 after Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., vacated to run for Senate.
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Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 7th district is under scrutiny for claiming to want to bring back manufacturing to America, but working for and founding a company that sourced and manufactured products oversees (Matt Maasdam campaign )
Maasdam’s campaign website says one of his top priorities if elected to Congress would be «making more essential goods here in America, ensuring jobs pay fair wages, and keeping our manufacturing and food supply chains strong so we’re not dependent on countries like China.»
PECOS Outdoor — a portable work table company where Maasdam is CEO — sought to use products from a Chinese vendor, according to a 2022 shipping record obtained by Fox News Digital. The record denoted that PECOS received a container of samples from the Nanjing Tuchun Import and Export Co. in 2022.
Additionally, both Under Armour and Revtown, which he co-founded, outsourced production of their clothing to foreign countries.
Emma Grundhauser, Maasdam’s campaign manager, argued in a statement to Fox News Digital that he took the opportunity to build a company that makes things in America, «because it’s the right thing to do, not because it’s easy.»
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Tom Barrett speaks at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Nov. 4, 2024, before former President Donald Trump holds his final campaign rally ahead of election day. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP)
«A one-off shipment of samples doesn’t change that record,» Grundhauser said. «Matt has been clear since day one: as a congressman, he’ll fight to keep the Michigan dream alive by making more things here in America so we’re not dependent on countries like China.»
«Michigan’s labor unions are standing with Matt because they know he’ll fight to bring jobs home — unlike Tom Barrett, who voted for Trump’s reckless tariffs that have killed nearly 100,000 American manufacturing jobs,» she continued.
During a candidate forum in Michigan earlier this month, an audience member asked Maasdam about his private sector record after he highlighted endorsements from local labor unions. He insisted it was impossible to manufacture jeans in America as an excuse for why the apparel companies found work outside the U.S.
«I worked for Under Armour. They made a lot of their stuff overseas. I wasn’t in charge of Under Armour, right? As much as I would like to make that stuff here, we didn’t,» Maasdam admitted.
After serving as a military aide to former President Barack Obama — often spotted carrying the nuclear football during his administration — Maasdam entered the private sector and worked for sportswear company Under Armour. He later started his own apparel company, Revtown, best known for producing jeans branded as podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan’s favorite.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., right, listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Friday in which he blamed Democrats for the partial government shutdown. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP)
Under Armour relies heavily on outsourcing, and similarly Revtown sourced denim from Italy and manufactured its clothing in Guatemala.
«There were two good denim mills in the world — one is in Italy, one is in Japan. There are none in America. So when you talk about how to get denim to America, we don’t make it,» Maasdam saidat the forum. «We don’t actually make the material, right? And so we would bring that to Guatemala, then it got cut and sewn, and we brought it here to sell it.»
Maasdam later co-founded PECOS Outdoor, a Texas-based outdoor table company that touts its commitment to making and sourcing products in the U.S.
«I got poached from that company to start another company, and everything in that company was made in America and assembled in America,» Maasdam said. «And so from the perspective of like where is my heart and mind in terms of that stuff, it’s here, in the United States. So, that’s what we did.»
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But the 2022 shipping record obtained by Fox News Digital shows PECOS received a shipment of sample materials from a Chinese vendor, meaning none of the companies Maasdam has helped lead are free from foreign outsourcing.
PECOS Outdoor and Revtown did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Republicans are hoping to maintain control of the Michigan seat to preserve their narrow majority in the upper chamber. Meanwhile, Democrats are eyeing the district — which has proved flippable before — as a pickup opportunity in their bid to regain a majority in the House.
«Millionaire Matt Maasdam lined his own pockets by shipping jobs overseas,» National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Zach Bannon told Fox News Digital when asked about the revelations. «Maasdam has proven he will put his own bank account ahead of hardworking Michiganders.»
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Trump warns ‘downtrodden’ blue states after socialist candidates sweep NYC congressional primaries
Socialist candidates score victories in New York Democratic primary races
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates a ‘new chapter’ for Democrats after socialist candidates secured significant victories in three New York primary races, boosting the progressive wing. Rachel Bovard warns that this ‘growing movement,’ with members advocating extreme views such as abolishing the Senate and Supreme Court, is moving from the fringe to become the Democratic Party’s establishment.
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President Donald Trump blasted the far-left socialist sweep of multiple New York City congressional districts and offer a stark warning to «downtrodden» blue states.
«Many Communists running in badly failing Blue States. The votes seem to have them doing quite well against each other. The bad news is that history has conclusively shown that the downtrodden States that they will soon be running will ONLY GET WORSE. MAGA!» he wrote on Truth Social.
The three candidates, all endorsed by radical Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won their primary elections and have virtually unimpeded paths to Congress in their deep blue districts. They are Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York’s 13th Congressional District, State Rep. Claire Valdez in New York’s 7th Congressional District and Brad Lander in New York’s 10th Congressional District.
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Avila Chevalier and Valdez are members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which not too long ago was dismissed as a fringe element of the left, but is now insurgent in the Democrat Party.
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Lander is a progressive Democrat and a former DSA member. He left the party in 2023 after its response to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israeli concertgoers that killed 1,200 people. DSA insists that Israel’s response to that attack constitutes a «genocide,» and has made support for Gaza against Israel a central tenet of its platform.
Avila Chevalier ousted fellow progressive and five-term incumbent 71-year-old Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., — the first-ever former illegal alien ever to serve in Congress. She ran an even further left campaign than her rival on a platform that includes abolishing ICE, eliminating all deportations and socialized healthcare.
Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally at King’s Theater in New York City on June 18, 2026. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned alongside her and other candidates ahead of the Democratic primary and early voting. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Avila Chevalier was dogged on the campaign trail by past social media posts where she advocated for seizure of private property by the government, called former President Joe Biden a «rapist,» cursed former Vice President Kamala Harris and demanded the abolishment of police.
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She also called America a «f—–g disgrace,» and bragged about using the American flag as a napkin to wipe her hands.
Still, she beat Espaillat by three and a half points.
Valdez, a similarly positioned candidate who currently serves in the New York State Assembly representing the 37th District, won her primary by a landslide, and will likely fill the seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., come January.
New York Assemblymember Claire Valdez and members of the Stop The Williams Pipeline Coalition delivered over 11,000 public comments to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Manhattan office, urging rejection of the Williams NESE pipeline. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images))
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Trump hammered home an earlier post with a second in the early morning hours Wednesday.
«America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!» he said at 2:38 a.m. on his own social media platform.
When Lander handily defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., Trump let loose on the congressman, a longtime foe who served as lead counsel in a 2019 impeachment attempt against him.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks in support of Brad Lander, Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 10th Congressional District, in Carroll Park in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn on June 14, 2026. (Shuran Huang/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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«Weak and pathetic Congressman Dan Goldman just lost, BIG! I guess people didn’t like him illegally targeting President TRUMP. In any event, this jerk is finally GONE! President DJT» he said.
Wednesday morning, Trump sarcastically congratulated Mamdani’s wins and touted his own primary victories in another post on Truth.
«Mayor Mamdani pulled through 3 solid Communists, and has received loud and universal applause from the Fake News Media. Congratulations Mr. Mayor!» he wrote. «I went 16-0 last night, helping to elect wonderful American Patriots, and the Media doesn’t say a word.»
«Over the last two years, my endorsement has netted 259 Primary WINS, and almost no losses, with Zero media attention!!! FAKE NEWS.»
The White House declined to comment further.
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Migrantes retornados a El Salvador recibieron formación con un enfoque que va más allá del empleo
El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador informó que concluyó un curso virtual de atención psicosocial para personas migrantes retornadas, dirigido a 49 beneficiarios de Santa Ana, San Miguel y San Salvador.
La iniciativa fue desarrollada por la Cancillería junto con la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y el Instituto Diplomático Doctor José Gustavo Guerrero.
De acuerdo con la Cancillería, la formación estuvo orientada a desarrollar capacidades para afrontar los desafíos asociados al retorno, con énfasis en resiliencia, autocuidado y adaptación a una nueva etapa de vida.
La actividad se realizó a través del Viceministerio de Diáspora y Movilidad Humana, en coordinación con la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones y el Instituto Diplomático Doctor José Gustavo Guerrero.
La rectora del Instituto Diplomático Doctor José Gustavo Guerrero, Luz Elena Núñez, explicó que el curso abordó temas como migración, experiencia migratoria, empoderamiento, capacidad de agencia, redes de apoyo y salud mental.
Según planteó, fortalecer competencias psicosociales resulta clave porque el acceso a redes de apoyo y a herramientas de cuidado de la salud mental incide en la manera en que las personas enfrentan los procesos de reintegración y otros desafíos de la vida.
La representante de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones, Victoria Sundukova, señaló que este tipo de iniciativas reconocen la experiencia y los desafíos de las personas migrantes retornadas y les ofrecen herramientas para avanzar en su reintegración con mayor bienestar, confianza y dignidad.
Sundukova remarcó que la reintegración no se limita al empleo, el emprendimiento o el acceso a servicios. También, dijo, exige atender las dimensiones emocional, familiar y comunitaria por su efecto directo en el desarrollo integral de las personas.
En ese sentido, citó “la necesidad de redefinir metas, recuperar redes de apoyo o reconstruir la confianza en sí mismo y en el futuro”.
La participante Carla María Ramírez de Hernández describió el retorno como una experiencia que va más allá de volver al país de origen. Afirmó que implica reconstruir proyectos de vida y asumir nuevos desafíos.
“El retorno no es simplemente volver al país; es volver a empezar, y comenzar de nuevo requiere valentía. Este respaldo ha sido clave para mi proceso de reintegración, porque cuando se fortalecen la mente y el corazón, y al mismo tiempo se generan oportunidades concretas para emprender y producir, la reintegración se convierte en un proceso verdaderamente integral”, manifestó.
La viceministra de Diáspora y Movilidad Humana, Patricia Nathaly Godínez, afirmó que la iniciativa forma parte de la aplicación de la Ley Especial de Beneficios y Protección para la Diáspora y Personas en Movilidad Humana. Según explicó, esa norma reconoce a las personas migrantes retornadas como sujetas de derechos y fija la responsabilidad del Estado de promover acciones para garantizar su protección, atención y reintegración integral.
La funcionaria sostuvo que los procesos migratorios suelen estar atravesados por experiencias complejas con efectos emocionales. En ese marco, señaló: “Los procesos migratorios suelen estar marcados por experiencias complejas que pueden generar impactos emocionales significativos. Por ello, es indispensable promover espacios que permitan fortalecer la resiliencia, el autoconocimiento, la gestión emocional y la confianza en las propias capacidades”.
La viceministra atribuyó ese resultado al trabajo conjunto entre el Viceministerio de Diáspora y Movilidad Humana, la OIM y el Instituto Diplomático Doctor José Gustavo Guerrero. Afirmó que esa articulación expresa un compromiso compartido para fortalecer capacidades en esta población.
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