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Military vet sees opening for GOP in blue state amid ‘embarrassment’ of ‘stolen valor Walz’
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EXCLUSIVE: A former Navy SEAL and Marine veteran running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota sees an opening for a statewide GOP victory this election cycle, saying citizens are widely embarrassed by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s «stolen valor» handling of the massive fraud scandal in the state.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Adam Schwarze, one of about half a dozen running for the GOP’s Senate nomination in Minnesota, said that with the Democratic Party embracing socialist policies in the state and across the country, «the stakes cannot be higher.» Without an incumbent to contend with, Schwarze said Republicans have a «20-year opportunity» to flip a seat that could determine which party controls the upper chamber.
He juxtaposed himself with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, the No. 2 leader in Minnesota and the current Democratic frontrunner for her party’s Senate nomination. Schwarze posited that Flanagan has been marred by her association with Walz and the still-unfolding fraud crisis that has rocked Minnesota.
«Everybody outside of Minneapolis is angered and embarrassed that Minnesota is internationally known [for] fraud. You can’t even go outside the country and say your state anymore because people are like, ‘What is wrong with your crazy state?’» he said, adding, «That’s going to really have a large effect in the voting in November.»
OMAR CAMP BREAKS SILENCE ON FRAUD PROBE, BLAMES WALZ, TRUMP AS NEW CLAIMS CLASH WITH EARLIER STATEMENTS
Republican Senate candidate and military veteran Adam Schwarze (left) is ripping «stolen valor Walz» for claiming credit for cracking down on the rampant fraud in Minnesota while he says the Walz administration has mishandled the abuse. (Courtesy of the Campaign for Adam Schwarze for U.S. Senate; Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Though he has yet to receive the GOP nomination, Schwarze said that with 10 years as an infantry Marine and 11 years as a Navy SEAL officer, he would be a surefire candidate in a general election faceoff with Flanagan.
«Navy SEALs are seven for seven in general elections,» he said. «We don’t miss the target.»
Meanwhile, he accused Flanagan of «openly running as a socialist.»
Flanagan, who is running a progressive, anti-Trump campaign, has been endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. She recently appeared alongside Sanders at one of his «Fighting Oligarchy» tour stops in Rochester, Minnesota.
At the rally, Flanagan cast the current political moment as a «fight for who this country belongs to, billionaires and corporations or the rest of us.» She used much of her time onstage to rip the President Donald Trump-backed «one, big, beautiful bill,» U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the conflict in Iran and the proposed White House ballroom.
Flanagan asserted, «They don’t give a damn about you,» saying of the Trump administration, «This is just straight up corruption, period, full stop.»
Schwarze said that Flanagan’s rhetoric encapsulates the state of the Democratic Party right now.
«What’s the Democrat agenda nationally right now? It’s anti-Trump, pro-socialism,» he said. «Now, they’re going to run an open socialist candidate for the U.S. Senate. And I don’t think it’s going to work in Minnesota.»
He posited that «nobody outside Minneapolis is going to vote for socialism.»
MINNESOTA HOUSE SPEAKER WARNS AMERICANS WILL BE ‘SHOCKED’ BY SCOPE OF FRAUD CRISIS
Minnesota GOP Senate candidate Adam Schwarze calls on Gov. Tim Walz’s Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to suspend her Senate campaign. (Courtesy of Campaign for Adam Schwarze for U.S. Senate)
But Schwarze said that while Minnesotans’ distaste for socialism will keep them from voting Democratic this year, he believes the fraud issue will drive voters to seek change at the ballot box.
«Fraud is everything. That’s going to be the thing that takes back our state for people like me who are just patriotic people,» he explained.
While on the campaign trail, Schwarze said he has seen as much as twice the normal number of people registering support for Republicans at local caucuses throughout Minnesota. He said he has also seen support in cities that are typically Democratic strongholds.
«Minnesotans are a really proud people. We’re farmers. We’re laborers. We have businesses,» he said. «What is throughout and known is just the anger and the embarrassment of being a Minnesotan in this time.»
Meanwhile, he ripped the Walz administration, saying, «They’re still trying to cover it up, or try to press for a different narrative on the story, take credit, which is what Walz does, right? Stolen Valor Walz, he loves to take credit, but not actually do the work.»
MINNESOTA DHS WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS ‘SMEAR CAMPAIGN’ AFTER REPORTING FRAUD CONCERNS TO STATE
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks at the United Center on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 19, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Schwarze said that Flanagan, too, shares in the blame.
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«We don’t know how many billions it truly is. But there’s still been zero people fired from the Walz administration,» he said. «And at the same time that Walz is now finally getting pushed aside by the establishment Democrats, they’re also trying to elevate Peggy Flanagan to the United States Senate.»
He accused Flanagan of being «right there for the $9 to $19 billion in fraud,» while adding, «Being a military guy my whole life, you don’t fail a mission and then get promoted.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Walz and Flanagan for comment.
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Federal judge acknowledges Supreme Court ruling clearing path for Trump to end Haiti TPS
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday notched a major immigration victory after a federal judge acknowledged that the court order blocking the administration from ending temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is no longer in effect after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mullin v. Doe.
The ruling marks the culmination of a yearslong legal battle over the Biden administration’s expansion of Haiti’s TPS designation and delivers a significant immigration victory for Trump, who repeatedly campaigned on ending the Biden administration’s expanded TPS protections for Haitians.
The issue became a centerpiece of the 2024 election after Trump and running mate JD Vance blamed the Biden administration’s Haiti TPS policies for the influx of Haitian migrants into Springfield, Ohio, where residents raised concerns about traffic safety, strained public services and cultural clashes.
BLUE STATE LEADERS ERUPT AFTER SUPREME COURT’S DECISION ENDING TPS PROTECTIONS FOR HAITIANS, SYRIANS
A federal judge acknowledged that the court order blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is no longer in effect. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images, File)
The controversy later exploded onto the national stage after Trump referenced residents’ claims that migrants were taking ducks and geese from parks and eating household pets.
The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment by publication time.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes wrote Wednesday that her earlier order staying the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) termination of Haiti’s TPS designation «is no longer in effect» after the Supreme Court’s decision and the D.C. Circuit’s subsequent mandate.
While the underlying lawsuit will continue, the administration is no longer barred by the injunction from moving forward with ending TPS protections for an estimated 330,000 to 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S.
The remaining litigation centers on whether the administration acted with unconstitutional racial animus in terminating the designation.
LIBERAL COURT STUNS WITH RULING THAT HANDS TRUMP MAJOR IMMIGRATION WIN
The Supreme Court ruling in Mullin v. Doe ended TPS for Haitian migrants. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images, File)
The Supreme Court ruled in June that the TPS statute bars judicial review of the administration’s non-constitutional decisions to terminate TPS designations and found the plaintiffs’ equal protection challenge was unlikely to succeed. The court reversed the lower courts and remanded the case for further proceedings.
DHS General Counsel James Percival pushed back on reports suggesting Wednesday’s order itself ended Haiti’s TPS designation, arguing the protections effectively expired when the Supreme Court’s mandate was issued July 27 and that Reyes’ order merely acknowledged that legal reality.
«Haiti TPS ended when the Supreme Court mandate issued on July 27,» Percival wrote on X. «I will give Judge Reyes kudos though for taking the L with grace and not doing something bonkers like many of her colleagues.»
Haiti first received TPS after the country’s devastating 2010 earthquake, but the designation remained in place for 16 years through multiple administrations. The Biden administration later expanded and extended protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians already living in the U.S.
MORE THAN 100 HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS WITH VIOLENT OFFENSE AND SEX CRIME CONVICTIONS DEPORTED: DHS
Temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants was lifted late last month. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo, File)
After reviewing conditions in Haiti, former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem determined the country no longer met the statutory requirements for TPS and announced the administration’s decision to terminate the designation, arguing the humanitarian program had been extended well beyond its intended temporary purpose. The move triggered the legal challenge that ultimately reached the Supreme Court.
After the SCOTUS decision, the DHS announced Haiti’s TPS designation would be terminated, effective July 27, and that employment authorization documents issued under the designation were no longer valid. The department instructed employers to reverify the work authorization of affected employees.
The State Department maintains a Level 4 «Do Not Travel» advisory for Haiti because of widespread gang violence, kidnappings and civil unrest.
Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace and Michael Lee contributed to this report.
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Crowded Russian beach descends into chaos after alleged Ukrainian drone incident kills 7, including 4 children
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Vacationers were sent scrambling for safety Monday after a projectile struck a crowded beach in a Russian Black Sea resort town, killing seven people, including four children, and injuring dozens more, officials said.
Video footage captured the incident in the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik, where the beach was packed with visitors at the time of the strike.
The Russian Mission in Geneva said in a post on X that the «bloody attack» was carried out by a drone launched by Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of targeting civilians.
UKRAINE LAUNCHES WHAT APPEARS TO BE ONE OF ITS LARGEST DRONE ATTACKS AGAINST RUSSIA: REPORT
A projectile flies overhead near Arkhipo-Osipovka, Russia, on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)
«The attack targeted civilian infrastructure. Emergency and special services are working at the crash site,» regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev said in a post on Telegram.
«What happened today is a targeted attack by the Kyiv regime against civilians who have no connection to the military infrastructure. This cynical and inhumane terrorist attack against children cannot be justified.»
UKRAINE UNLEASHES MORE THAN 400 DRONES NEAR MOSCOW IN ONE OF WAR’S BIGGEST ATTACKS
A fiery explosion rocks a Black Sea beach resort in Russia on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)
Andriy Kovalenko, an officer with Ukraine’s Defense Forces, disputed Russia’s account, saying the deaths were directly caused by Russian air defenses that intercepted a drone, sending debris onto the beach.
«Russian air defense shot down a drone over people lying on the beach,» Kovalenko said on Telegram.
In the video, sounds resembling gunfire were heard just seconds before a drone struck the beach, causing a fireball explosion that sent bystanders screaming. As the gunfire was heard, the drone appeared to veer sharply before diving toward the beach.
Preliminary Russian reports also found that several of the deaths were caused by «falling drone debris,» Kondratyev said.
ZELENSKYY SAYS PUTIN ‘LOST THE INITIATIVE’ AS UKRAINE’S TECH INDUSTRY RESHAPES THE WAR
In another Telegram post, Kovalenko indicated that Ukraine uses its weapons against Russian military-industrial infrastructure to affect Moscow’s ability to finance the war.
He further accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of creating an «illusion» that Russia would remain safe from the war by downplaying daily explosions as falling debris, limiting air raid warnings, and positioning air defenses near populated areas such as the Black Sea resort.
Smoke rises after a deadly blast along a Russian resort beach on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)
«Putin deliberately killed these people. Because if he had not started the war and struck Ukraine, they would be alive,» Kovalenko said.
«It was Putin, his air defense, who killed these Russians. His decisions in response to their decisions launched a chain of death for Russians.»
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