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Unearthed debate clip goes viral against Dems as illegal immigrant health coverage becomes top issue
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As the federal government shutdown continues, a clip from the 2019 Democratic presidential primary went viral when the candidates were asked if they support providing healthcare to those in the country illegally.
«Is JD Vance a liar or just woefully ignorant when claiming that Democrats want to give health benefits to undocumented immigrants?» disgraced ex-Democratic Minnesota Sen. Al Franken posted to X on Wednesday, leading to the clip being posted in the comments by one user.
«Raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants,» NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie asked while moderating the June 2019 debate followed by all ten Democrats on stage raising their hands.
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Before he entered politics, Al Franken was a performer on «Saturday Night Live» for a decade. (R. Diamond/Getty Images)
Franken’s post triggered a range of responses, including from conservatives.
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«You should stick to intimate photography,» GOP communicator Matt Whitlock posted on X, referring to the disgraced ex-senator’s scandal that included a photo of him smiling while posing and groping radio host Leeann Tweeden, who was sleeping in the photo.
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«Why don’t we let Democrats answer that?» Heritage Action said, posting the debate clip.
Democratic presidential candidates debate each other on NBC News in June 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
The clip, which included multiple current members of Congress like Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., also garnered the attention of billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who posted «lol» in response to the debate video, which means «laugh out loud.»
Part of the ongoing government shutdown debate centers on subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, which would lead to a rise in premiums that opponents say prove that the program is unsustainable.
Illegal immigrants are unable to get insurance on the ACA marketplace, but Emergency Medicaid is covered as well as several states that use state taxpayer dollars for illegal immigrants to enroll in Medicaid.
SPEAKER JOHNSON, ABC’S STEPHANOPOULOS CLASH OVER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GETTING HEALTHCARE
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks as U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) looks on during a press conference on the first day of a partial government shutdown, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
However, California was once the subject of a federal audit where they were recommended to refund over $52.7 million in «improperly claimed» medical costs for those with «unsatisfactory immigration status.»
«Democrats are now trying to run away from their RIDICULOUS $1.5 Trillion big government spending bill — now that Americans are learning what’s in it,» House Speaker Mike Johnson posted to X on Thursday. «Some Democrats now claim they don’t want illegal immigrants on Medicaid — but their previous votes, and the ACTUAL LANGUAGE of their current bill, say otherwise.»
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However, some Democrats have also criticized Republicans for bringing up state-based Medicaid programs that offer coverage to illegal immigrants.
«This isn’t funded by the Federal Government or ACA Tax credits. [The Vice President] is lying again. However if he wants to tell the GOP to write a bill to exclude illegal immigrants from buying on the market and restore ACA tax credits to 24 million Americans, I would be game,» Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said in response to a post from Vice President JD Vance, which included a screenshot showing New York’s public health insurance coverage for «undocumented immigrants over age 65.»
As of Thursday afternoon, it’s unclear when the shutdown will end.
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Former FBI Director James Comey, who was indicted Friday on two federal charges alleging that he issued a false statement to Congress and obstructed justice, previously has called for those who lie under oath to face consequences.
For example, Comey once railed against lifestyle icon Martha Stewart, who was convicted of misleading federal investigators, and said her case served as an example to deter others from lying to officials.
«The Stewart experience reminded me that the justice system is an honor system,» Comey wrote in his book, «A Higher Loyalty,» released in 2018. «We really can’t always tell when people are lying or hiding documents, so when we are able to prove it, we simply must do so as a message to everyone. People must fear the consequences of lying in the justice system or the system can’t work.»
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«There once was a time when most people worried about going to hell if they violated an oath taken in the name of God,» Comey wrote. «That divine deterrence has slipped away from our modern cultures. In its place, people must fear going to jail…To protect the institution of justice, and reinforce a culture of truth-telling, she had to be prosecuted.»
Comey served as the lead prosecutor who indicted Stewart on charges of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI in 2003, which stemmed from the FBI’s insider trading investigation into Stewart’s friend’s company, ImClone.
Stewart ultimately was convicted on four counts of obstructing justice and lying to investigators. She was sentenced to five months in prison.
Former FBI Director James Comey once railed against lifestyle icon Martha Stewart, who was convicted of misleading federal investigators, and said her case served as an example to deter others from lying to officials. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Comey’s statement in his book aligns with those he made at the time. After the charges were filed against Stewart in 2003, Comey said Stewart’s «case is about lying — lying to the FBI, lying to the SEC and investors.»
«That is conduct that will not be tolerated. Martha Stewart is being prosecuted not because of who she is, but what she did,» Comey said at a news conference in 2003.
Stewart took a swipe at Comey in her Netflix documentary called «Martha,» which was released October 2024.
«It was so horrifying to me that I had to go through that to be a trophy for these idiots in the U.S. Attorney’s office,» Stewart said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Comey for comment and has yet to receive a reply.
Trump–Comey vendetta back in the spotlight
Meanwhile, Comey’s feud with President Donald Trump is also back in the spotlight following Comey’s indictment.
The two men have gone head-to-head against each other for years, dating back to Trump’s first administration amid the FBI’s investigation into whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election, and they have continued to trade barbs during Trump’s second term.
While Trump has lobbed out terms like «sick person» and «untruthful slime ball,» Comey also has hurled criticism against the president and said he’s not fit for office.
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Former FBI Director James Comey is seen at a hearing on Capitol Hill in 2017. (Associated Press)
For example, Comey described Trump as someone who «lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it,» and questioned whether Trump embodied U.S. values during an interview in April 2018 with ABC News ahead of the release of his book, «A Higher Loyalty.»
«I don’t think he’s medically unfit to be president — I think he’s morally unfit to be president … that’s not a policy statement,» Comey told ABC News. «Again, I don’t care what your views are on guns, or immigration, or taxes. There is something more important than that, that should unite all of us, and that is our president must embody respect and adhere to the values that are at the core of this country, the most important being truth. This president is not able to do that.»
That same month Comey attracted the ire of Trump, who accused Comey of being a «terrible» FBI director and that it was his «great honor» to fire Comey.
«James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR. Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did-until he was, in fact, fired. He leaked CLASSIFIED information, for which he should be prosecuted. He lied to Congress under OATH,» Trump said in a social media post in April 2018.
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President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey have had a longstanding feud. (Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images and photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
«He is a weak and untruthful slime ball who was, as time has proven, a terrible Director of the FBI…It was my great honor to fire James Comey!» Trump said.
Trump fired Comey in May 2017, just after Comey revealed in March 2017 before the House Intelligence Committee that the FBI had launched a criminal investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 election.
At the time, Trump said that he had ousted Comey due to his handling of an investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
Comey, who previously identified as a Republican, went on to endorse former President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. He also called for «everyone who cares about the rule of law and America’s indispensable role in the world» to get behind former Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee during the 2024 election when she went up against Trump.
TRUMP SAYS COMEY ‘PLACED A CLOUD OVER THE ENTIRE NATION’ WITH CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, REACTS TO INDICTMENT
President Donald Trump said at the time that he had ousted FBI Director James Comey due to his handling of an investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
«Kamala Harris made me feel like it’s finally morning in America,» Comey wrote in a post on X in August 2024.
More recently, Comey and Trump sparred after the former FBI director posted a photo on Instagram in May depicting shells arranged on a beach to spell out «86 47.» The term «86» can mean getting rid of something or someone, and Trump is the 47th president.
Following backlash from Trump allies who interpreted Comey’s post as a threat to remove Trump, Comey said that the thought hadn’t crossed his mind and he opposed «violence of any kind.»
Still, Trump didn’t buy Comey’s explanation.
«He knew exactly what that meant,» Trump told Fox News. «A child knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director and you don’t know what that meant, that meant assassination.»
George Stephanopoulos sits down with former FBI director James Comey for an interview in a «20/20» special on April 15, 2018. (Ralph Alswang/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
Following Comey’s indictment, Trump said in a social media post Friday that Comey is «one of the worst human beings this country has ever been exposed to,» and labeled the former FBI director a «DIRTY COP.»
The charges against Comey are tied to his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2020 regarding the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Meanwhile, Comey has denied the allegations leveled in the charges against him, and said that he is «not afraid.»
«My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way,» Comey said in an Instagram video. «We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant, and she’s right.»
Fox News’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
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La Policía británica identificó a las dos víctimas del ataque terrorista en una sinagoga de Manchester durante Yom Kippur
La Policía británica identificó este viernes a las dos víctimas mortales del atentado perpetrado el jueves frente a la Sinagoga de la Congregación Hebrea de Heaton Park. Se trata de Adrian Daulby, de 53 años, y Melvin Cravitz, de 66, ambos residentes de la zona. El ataque, ocurrido en plena celebración de Yom Kippur, la festividad más sagrada del calendario judío, dejó además a tres personas gravemente heridas.
El ataque comenzó cuando un vehículo embistió a varios peatones frente a la sinagoga y, poco después, un hombre fue apuñalado. A las 9:31 (hora local), un testigo dio aviso a las fuerzas de seguridad, informando tanto del atropello como de la agresión con arma blanca.
Siete minutos más tarde, la policía desplegó agentes armados que abrieron fuego contra el atacante, quien, según confirmaron las autoridades, murió en el lugar. A las 9:41, el Servicio de Ambulancias del Noroeste llegó a la zona y brindó asistencia a las personas heridas, cuyos estados de salud aún no han sido precisados.
La investigación identificó al agresor como Jihad Al-Shamie, de 35 años, ciudadano británico de origen sirio. La Policía de Manchester informó que en redes sociales comenzó a circular una fotografía del sospechoso vestido de negro y con un cinturón al que llevaba adheridos varios paquetes blancos, lo que hace sospechar que intentaba simular o portar material explosivo.
Después de ser abatido, la policía localizó un cuchillo junto al cuerpo y un robot desactivador de explosivos inspeccionó el lugar y los objetos hallados sobre el atacante para descartar la presencia de artefactos peligrosos.
El jefe del área metropolitana, Andy Burnham, declaró que “no es un incidente en desarrollo o en curso” y señaló que el sospechoso se encontraba muerto, eliminando el peligro inmediato. Burnham pidió no especular en redes sociales y destacó que la comunidad judía de Manchester estaba preocupada por lo ocurrido.
El jefe de la Policía de Manchester, Sir Stephen Watson, informó que el sujeto llevaba “un chaleco que tenía la apariencia de un dispositivo explosivo”. Subrayó la rapidez de la intervención policial y agradeció la valentía del personal de seguridad y de los congregados, que ayudaron a impedir que el atacante ingresara al templo, que estaba abarrotado por la festividad.
La Community Security Trust (CST), representada por Dave Rich, condenó el ataque como “espantoso en el día más sagrado del año judío” y agradeció la actuación de la policía y del personal de seguridad. Rich explicó que Yom Kippur es un día de alta asistencia a las sinagogas, por lo que existe un operativo conjunto de seguridad entre la policía y CST durante las festividades.
Por su parte, el primer ministro británico, Keir Starmer, regresó de urgencia de una cumbre en Copenhague para presidir una reunión del comité de emergencia COBRA y reforzar la seguridad en todas las sinagogas del Reino Unido. Además, expresó en X sentirse “horrorizado” y reconoció la labor de los servicios de emergencia.
“El hecho de que esto haya ocurrido en Yom Kippur, el día más sagrado del calendario judío, lo hace aún más horrible”, declaró.
En paralelo, el rey Carlos III manifestó encontrarse “profundamente conmocionado y apenado”, mientras que la embajada de Israel en Londres calificó el atentado como “odioso y profundamente perturbador”.
La acción generó además una ola de repudio de organizaciones musulmanas, cristianas y autoridades políticas, que llamaron a la convivencia pacífica y al respeto interreligioso, en un contexto de creciente preocupación por incidentes antisemitas e islamófobos en el Reino Unido desde el ataque de Hamas contra Israel en octubre de 2023 y la posterior guerra en Gaza.
Luego de un día, la Policía Metropolitana de Londres mantiene la zona acordonada y sigue analizando las pruebas recogidas en el área y en posibles ubicaciones vinculadas al sospechoso. Según las autoridades, la investigación avanza “a buen ritmo” y la prioridad es “mantener la seguridad pública”.
(Con información de REUTERS)
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