Trump defends embattled AG Pam Bondi, says ‘nobody cares about’ Jeffrey Epstein
President Donald Trump on Saturday defended Attorney General Pam Bondi as doing a “fantastic job” after she came under fire from some Trump supporters over the Department of Justice’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
“What’s going on with my ‘boys’ and, in some cases, ‘gals?’ They’re all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB,” Trump wrote in a lengthy post on Truth Social on Saturday. “We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening.”
He referred to Epstein as the “guy who never dies,” adding, “For years, it’s Epstein, over and over again.”
He continued to question why people were “giving publicity to Files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden administration.”
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“They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called ‘friends’ are playing right into their hands,” Trump wrote. “Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn’t they use it?”
The president said the FBI “must be focused on investigating Voter Fraud, Political Corruption, ActBlue, The Rigged and Stolen Election of 2020, and arresting Thugs and Criminals, instead of spending month after month looking at nothing but the same old, Radical Left inspired Documents on Jeffrey Epstein.”
“LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB — SHE’S GREAT! The 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen, and they tried to do the same thing in 2024 — That’s what she is looking into as AG, and much more,” he wrote. “One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it’s the ‘HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World. Let’s keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about.”
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His comments mirrored what he told a White House reporter during a recent Cabinet meeting, in which he called the late sex criminal and financier a “creep.”
“Can I just interrupt for one second?” Trump said after a reporter directed an Epstein question at Bondi. “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?”
“This guy’s been talked about for years. You’re asking.… We have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things. And are people are still talking about this guy, this creep?” Trump asked. “That is unbelievable.”
Some MAGA supporters have criticized Bondi or even called for her resignation after the DOJ and FBI on Sunday released a joint review that ended theories about an alleged Epstein client list, concluding there was no such roster of names of the world’s elite who allegedly took part in Epstein’s history as a sexual predator.
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The DOJ also concluded the disgraced financier committed suicide in his New York City jail cell in 2019 while awaiting further sex trafficking charges.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino reportedly clashed with Bondi over her handling of the Epstein matter and has told confidantes that he may resign if Bondi remains in her post.
Riley Gaines slams governor’s attempt to redefine ‘mother’ as ‘inseminated person’
Former NCAA swimmer and Gaines for Girls Outkick Host Riley Gaines took aim at what she called the dehumanization of women in a Wisconsin budget bill, accusing Democrats of waging a cultural war on motherhood.
“Because this war on woke, it has not yet been won. Don’t take it from me. Take it from the people of Wisconsin, for that matter,” Gaines said at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on Saturday.
“Where you have a governor… who in your state statute attempted to change the word mother in a 1,000-page budget bill.”
She continued, “Attempted to change the word mother to ‘inseminated persons.’ We’ve been called it all as women, as mothers, right? Like cervix savers, uterus owners, menstrators, bleeders, chest feeders, birthing people. The list goes on. ‘Inseminated persons’ takes the cake.”
“There’s not a whole lot more dehumanizing than that. That’s like what you refer to cattle as,” Gaines said the proposed edits jolted her.
“I’m reading the red line of this bill… I see the word ‘mother’ crossed out and replaced with ‘inseminated person.’ And the first question that pops into my mind is, oh gosh, what are they going to change ‘father’ to?”
She added, “Father was changed to ‘natural parent.’ Now, tell me more specifically there’s not a war on women.”
Gaines, who is currently pregnant with her first child, a daughter, also spoke personally about why she’s “radically pro-life.”
“Now that I’m 30 weeks pregnant and will welcome a little girl into this world in just two months… I feel her, I feel her kicking around,” she said. “Now that I’ve heard her heartbeat at that very first appointment, I’ve seen her little tiny hands, her little tiny feet… It has made the thought, the idea of abortion hurt her deeply and really viscerally.”
“This moment that we’re living in, it’s not just a political moment. It’s a moral one,” Gaines added.“Gen Z, hear me when I say this: you’re not crazy for thinking the world has temporarily lost its mind.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
took the stage at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit on Saturday with a message rooted in resolve against the deep state.
“What keeps me going are people like you,” she said. “You inspire me.”
Gabbard warned that the deep state has not gone away in the Trump administration and is “continuing to fight hard every single day,” insisting their real fear about the people.
“They were terrified of losing their perceived power. They’re terrified of their own personal position or fame or profit or whatever the thing was,” she said.
“They were terrified, ultimately afraid of us. Terrified that in the United States of America, that was built on the foundation of these ideals of freedom and liberty for every single American, terrified that we may actually use our freedom, that we may lift up our voices and stand up for and work hard to bring about the vision that our Founding Fathers had for us.”
She called Trump’s 2024 election victory a “revolution that brings us back to our founding principles,” and described her work inside the intelligence community as a fight against entrenched power, saying “the deep state is fighting us every step of the way… It exists within every single federal agency.”
She revealed plans to declassify documents that detail how, on day one of the Biden administration, national security agencies began building a framework targeting “parents,” “people expressing anti-authority views,” and even traditional Catholics as potential domestic extremists.
“We have to expose their tactics,” she said. “We chose freedom of speech… We chose the Constitution.”
In closing, Gabbard offered a tribute to President Donald Trump’s
grit: “One year ago tomorrow was the day in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman tried to take his life… He popped right up. He was not cowed. He said, ‘Fight, fight, fight.’”
“That’s exactly what we have to continue to do,” she said, “not motivated by hate, but by love.”
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan fired up the crowd at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit Saturday night when a heckler asked Homan, “Are you an MS-13 member?”
But the heckler’s comments added fuel to Homan’s fire as he delivered fiery closing remarks, saying, “Tom Homan is going to run the biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen. Take it to the bank.”
“U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A,” the crowd chanted as Homan exited the stage. About five minutes into Homan’s speech, he was interrupted by a heckler who was escorted out by security, lighting a fire for the rest of the speech.
Homan had a message to the anti-ICE protesters across the United States, including to those who gathered outside the summit in Tampa, Florida, Saturday night.
“You want some? Come get some,” Homan said. “I’m tired of it. For the men and women of ICE, I deserve your respect. They’re the finest 1% this country has. And Tom Homan isn’t going anywhere. Tom Homan isn’t shutting up.”
When the heckler asked Homan if he was an MS-13 member, referencing the Salvadoran transnational criminal gang that has been targeted through Trump’s deportation rollout, Homan said federal immigration officers are dealing with these types of detractors on a daily basis.
“This guy wouldn’t know what it’s like to serve this nation. This guy ain’t got the b—- to be an ICE officer. He hasn’t got the b—- to be a border patrol agent,” Homan continued, as the crowd cheered him on.
As the heckler was escorted out, Homan added, “This guy lives in his mother’s basement. The only thing that surprised me is [he] doesn’t have purple hair and a nose ring. Get out of here, you loser.”
While the crowd continued cheering Homan’s fiery speech, he assured that those protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would not intimidate agents because “we’re going to do the job that President Trump gave us to do.”
Homan said he has never seen “such hate against the men and women of ICE and in the Border Patrol,” and those protesting don’t have the courage to put on a badge and stand in their place.
While Homan said he was disappointed he didn’t see any protesters when he arrived at the summit, protesters had lined the streets outside Saturday afternoon, rejecting Trump’s agenda and his crackdown on illegal immigration.
The demonstrations on Saturday followed protests that deteriorated into riots in Los Angeles last month as rhetoric against ICE agents has reached a boiling point.
Federal immigration law enforcement officers have been targeted since Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill,” which includes legislation for robust immigration reform, into law last Friday. There have been at least two ambushes in Texas, and protesters clashed with federal officers at the Portland, Oregon, ICE center.
The brazen border czar had made it clear his speech might contain some profanity Saturday night, telling the crowd at the top of his remarks, “Sometimes, I’m harsh. But if I offend anybody here tonight, I don’t give a s—.”
Homan also applauded Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, telling the crowd, “Under his leadership, we got the most secure border in the history of nation, and we did that in seven weeks. President Trump did in seven weeks what Joe Biden couldn’t or wouldn’t do in four years.”
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In a fiery and deeply personal address to students at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit, comedian Russell Brand traded punchlines for a sermon.
“I tried all of it,” Brand confessed. “The pursuit of the realm of the flesh, the pursuit of carnality, the pursuit of the worldly, it cannot fulfill you.”
Brand moved fluidly from jokes about 1776 and American liberty to the redemptive power of Christ in his address.
The once-outspoken atheist spoke as a man utterly transformed through 22 years of sobriety and Christianity. His address was painfully aware of the empty promises of fame, sex, drugs, and radical individualism.
“Young people,” he implored, “you hold the future of the greatest nation in the world in your hands. Don’t give in to this culture that issues edicts and idols that won’t fulfill you.”
Brand spoke directly to those suffering from addiction, loss, confusion, or simply the pressures of modern life. “There ain’t no crack, no heroin… no drug can do what you need to do. You must accept your calling.”
Referencing the Gospels of Luke and Isaiah, he described his conversion as being “consumed by a holy light.”
“You have been chosen out of exile,” he said, “that you may be free, and only through devotion to Him may you know perfect freedom.”
In his final words, Brand pointed to surrender: “Now I know my place is here with you, on my knees before the cross, in eternal praise of His greatness.”
Fox News contributor Brett Cooper
delivered a powerful message to students at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit, urging them to reject cultural complacency and use their youth to take bold risks.
At 23 and expecting her first son, Cooper told the crowd that young people are in “the most flexible and forgiving and underestimated season” of their lives.
“Your adolescence does not have to be and should not be a waiting room,” she said. “Your teen years and your 20s are not a decade to delay real life.”
Cooper, who first rose to national prominence with her commentary show, opened up about her own story from child actor in Hollywood to launching an independent media brand after walking away from a stable job.
“People just assume their 30s are when life really starts,” she said. “They stumble around and somehow success and fulfillment will just show up. That’s not how it works.”
A conversation at age 22 with her best friend’s father gave her the jolt she needed. “He said, ‘Brett, do you realize that you’re 22? You can afford to burn it all down and start over multiple times.’ That was the permission I needed to risk it all.”
Cooper encouraged students to take “massive swings,” learn by doing, and use setbacks as fuel for growth. “Say yes to huge opportunities. Even if you fail, you can rebuild, and that’s the beauty of youth.”
“You only get to go through this once,” Cooper added. “Use your youth to your advantage. Forge your own path. Say yes to things that scare you. You have no idea what you could do.”
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, shared his personal story of risk and reward at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, urging students to reject pessimism and believe in the American dream.
“You could do anything you want to do in this country, anything,” Moreno said.
He shared with the audience that at 26, he walked away from a job at General Motors and asked to run a car dealership in Boston. “Three hours later, he hired me to be his general manager. I had never worked at a car dealership in my life.”
Twelve years later, he had 55 stores and was making “more money than I could ever imagine in my life.”
He risked it all again to buy a failing dealership in Ohio. “I took every cent I had in my life, every cent I didn’t have in my life. Move my four kids and my wife… maxed out my credit cards.”
The gamble paid off. “We took that dealership, made it the largest seller of luxury automobiles anywhere in the entire century United States.”
He later launched a blockchain startup, sold it to Steven Cohen, and decided to run for Senate.
Polling at 4%, he said, “That’s actually really good news.” He won the race and declared, “Chuck Schumer, you’re fired, buddy.”
Moreno told students his life lesson was simple, to never let fear win. “Never be boring, never be ordinary, never do what other people are doing.”
He added, “This country wasn’t built by whiny people who looked for victimhood. This country was built by tough people who knew how to get through adversity.”
In a sweeping interview with Charlie Kirk, Fox News host and co-host Greg Gutfeld finished his Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit appearance to speak on fatherhood.
Known for sharp cultural commentary, Gutfeld set aside the jokes for a moment to share what it’s been like becoming a first-time dad at age 60.
“I have a baby girl, seven months old,” he said to loud applause. “At the age of 60, which is… I still don’t know, impressive,” Kirk added.
Gutfeld agreed: “That was my goal.”
Reflecting on why he waited so long, he said, “I think that, you know, I think I realize that I would have been a lousy dad ten years ago. Twenty years ago. And then I don’t know what it was. I just realized, I think I can be a good dad now. That’s my only explanation for why. I just never thought I would be.”
Gutfeld didn’t romanticize his earlier life. “I think I led a fairly, fairly selfish life in my 20s, in my 30s,” he said. “Well, I party pretty hard, so I think I had to, like—”
“You know what? Now I’m a normal person,” Gutfeld continued. “I can do it now.”
He offered a clear takeaway for students in the room. “There’s your advice. The most important thing you can do is don’t be selfish.”
He took it one step further: “The probably the most selfish thing you can do is to be of service to other people. Because the the high you get from that is amazing and it’s going to make you a better person.”
When asked if becoming a father gave him more purpose, Gutfeld was direct. “Well, yeah. And I mean, you end up being a cliche. That’s the thing. It’s like the cliche is the person who says, ‘My God, when I had a child, it changed my life.’”
Kirk thanked Gutfeld for his pro-life views in closing, saying, “Thank you for standing for the unborn. The fight for pro-life is more important than ever.”
Protesters lined the streets outside Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa Bay, Florida, on Saturday afternoon,
rejecting President Donald Trump’s agenda and his crackdown on illegal immigration.
The Tampa Police Department (TPD) disrupted a brief scuffle between the protesters and TPUSA attendees, after they began counter-protesting and chanting “USA” to the swarm of protesters shouting about a myriad of issues.
Police officers were on the scene when a conflict with counter-protesters left one protester bloody in the street.
The multi-day conservative conference has featured remarks by co-founder Charlie Kirk, Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, border czar Tom Homan and Donald Trump Jr., among other conservative leaders.
As Saturday afternoon’s summit continued inside, protesters marched outside, chanting, “No fear, no hate, no ICE in our state,” and “TPD, KKK, ICE – they’re all the same.”
The protesters held large signs that said, “Defeat the Trump agenda,” and one man, wearing a “public school strong” T-shirt, held a large, oversized model of a toilet paper roll over his head.
Messages reading, “TP for the USA: When history gets messy, FLUSH IT” and “100% whitewashed,” plastered the protest sign, trolling the ongoing conservative convention.
The demonstrations on Saturday followed protests that delved into riots in Los Angeles last month, as rhetoric against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has reached a boiling point.
But the message was much broader this weekend as protesters held signs and chanted about a range of issues, from “Free Palestine” chants, rejecting the war in Gaza, to a “No ICE on campus” poster, speaking out against ICE raids targeting illegal immigrants.
One woman held a sign that said, “Due process,” one of the Democratic Party’s leading arguments against Trump’s deportations. Many signs equated those attending the conservative gathering to “Nazis.”
According to the protest flier via Mobilize, the protest titled, “Turn the Tide Against TPUSA – Reject SAS 2025!” was hosted by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a student activist organization, and volunteers were organized by Indivisible.
The protesters accused TPUSA of “turning our city into the staging ground for its largest youth indoctrination summit of the year … to spread an extremist agenda across schools, universities, and communities.”
The protesters organized to “defend LGBTQ+ & reproductive rights”, reject censorship in schools, “demand an end to deportations & U.S. aid to apartheid,” and “reject white nationalism,” according to the flier.
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Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., lit up the TPUSA Student Action Summit stage Saturday urging this generation to fight to save America.
“You’re the generation chosen of God,” Biggs said. “This is the new American Golden Age, and you’re going to usher it in.”
Praising President Donald Trump for surviving last year’s assassination attempt, Biggs declared, “America dodged a bullet, too.”
The Arizona congressman hammered Democrats for pushing “authoritarianism,” promoting gender confusion, and leaving American cities unsafe.
“Do you think men should be allowed in women’s sports and locker rooms?” he asked the fired-up crowd.
Biggs warned that freedom can vanish in a single generation and urged students to be the firewall. “Our rights come from God, not from Washington bureaucrats,” he said. “You’re the vanguard. You’re the future.”
Citing Reagan and John Adams, Biggs reminded the audience that liberty must be taught, defended, and passed on.
“This is your moment,” he said. “Stand up. Speak out. Let’s bring in a new era of American greatness.”
Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels, best known for her work on “The Biggest Loser,” spoke to Turning Point activists about the importance of hearing from people with different points of view. Michaels actually pointed to TPUSA CEO and Founder Charlie Kirk for going “behind enemy lines” to make “inroads.”
Michaels recently went on CNN and she said that “every topic is a trap” meant to draw “orange man bad” points. However, she said that it is importance of going into unfriendly spaces to sharpen one’s skills, especially when it comes to debate.
“You’re learning how to fight more effectively, how to communicate more effectively and you’re learning what’s important to ‘the other side.’ And if you want to achieve that bigger vision not just for yourself, but for your country and for the planet, you have to do this,” Michaels said.
Michaels then began an exercise with the crowd in which she encouraged the crowd to shout out things that concerned them and encouraged them to try approaching the issues from another point of view.
“The ability to see hope in darkness is the cornerstone of conservatism, knowing that no matter how hard things get, tomorrow can always get better,” survivalist Jeff Zausch told Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit.
Former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann spoke on behalf of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), one of the sponsors of the Student Action Summit.
“There’s something amazing that happens when you bring unity between two biblically based forces Christians and Jews. We’ve seen miracles come from these relationships,” Bachmann said.
In addition to speaking for a strong relationship with Israel
, Bachmann spoke fiercely against Iran and Qatar. Bachmann reminded the young crowd that Iran killed Americans and that Qatar was the “leading state financier of terrorism, and you’re the target.”
Brandon Tatum, also known as The Officer Tatum on social media, called for the backing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the fight to tackle illegal immigration.
“We are not a nation of illegal immigration. We are a nation of immigrants who came here the right way, who have values, who the United States of America, who assimilate to the cultures that we created,” Tatum said. “And let’s not forget that these leftist nutjobs want us to forget it, and want to, you know, conflate the difference between the two.”
Tatum went on to say that those who immigrate to the U.S. need to respect and “love this country or we’re going to kick your butt out of here.”
Rumble founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski sat with Turning Point’s Charlie Kirk to discuss the history of the video website and the role it played in preserving freedom of speech.
Pavlovski thanked Kirk for being an early investor in Rumble and recalled that in the company’s infancy, free speech was “very taboo with the mainstream media.” He said the platform at that time stood alone as the “tip of the spear” in fighting for free speech.
After the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump was banned from multiple social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook and X, which was then called Twitter. Pavlovski said it was “one of the greatest honors” to be able to give Trump a platform when other tech companies were taking away his ability to address the public.
Rumble has been banned in multiple countries, including China, France, Russia and Brazil. Pavlovski revealed that Rumble was recently allowed to re-launch in Brazil, but that it was quickly shut down as the country demanded censorship.
“This happened like a couple months ago. It was like Friday night. I’m like, ‘Wow, we’re coming back to Brazil. This is awesome.’ So, we turn on and light up Brazil. By Sunday night, we get another letter with a litany of craters to basically shut off. And not only that, they ask us for all the data in the United States on those craters to pass. So the Supreme Court, I think Justice Alexander de Moraes, was requesting all of this, U.S.-based data and craters based in the United States. And once again, we’re like, ‘No.’ On top of that, we said, ‘We’re going to sue these guys here in the United States because they have no jurisdiction.’ They can’t do this. This is completely illegal,” Pavlovski said as the crowd cheered.
In his closing remarks, Pavlovski called the Constitution — particularly the First Amendment — the “most important thing,” and called for it to be protected and defended.
Maureen Bannon, daughter of former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon, addressed Turning Point USA’s summit on Saturday, praising the young crowd for their accomplishments during the 2024 election, and reminding them that their work was not over.
“Nationwide, the gap between Democrat and Republican support among the youth narrowed to just four points. That seismic shift is because of you,” Bannon said, praising the students in the crowd. “To the young conservatives who did vote: You’re the vanguard of a new generation. You’re not just following trends, you’re setting them. You’re the ones who saw through the noise on social media, the ones who rejected the woke culture that’s been shoved down your throat, and the ones who said enough is enough.”
Bannon remarked that the young activists were “redefining what it means to be young and conservative in America.” She later added that young conservatives are “not just a demographic,” they’re “a force.”
She then reminded the crowd that the 2026 midterms are coming and that those who worked to get Trump in the White House need to “stay engaged” and “get involved.”
Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow acknowledged that the final day of the Turning Point USA summit fell on the anniversary of the attempted assassination of now-President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.
The Breitbart editor-in-chief then called it the anniversary of “the day that God intervened yet again to save our country.” His statement was met with roaring applause.
As the would-be assassin took his shot, Trump was looking at a chart in such a way that the bullet grazed his ear, injuring him instead of killing him. Marlow told the crowd that Trump said had the bullet not hit his ear, he wouldn’t have dropped to the ground and the assailant would have had another opportunity to attempt to kill him.
Nate Morris, an entrepreneur from Kentucky who is running to take the seat held by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., started the TPUSA summit’s day two general programming with a nod to his famous “Garbage Day” ad, asking the crowd if they were “ready to take out some trash in Washington, D.C.”
He slammed the retiring longtime senator, saying McConnell “has been one of the biggest challenges” to President Donald Trump and that he has represented “the worst of Washington, D.C.”
Morris called McConnell “the final relic” of the “swamp.”
“We’ve seen our great president defeat political boss, after political boss, after political boss, starting with the Clintons and the Bushs, went to the Chneneys and the Bidens. Well, let me tell you, the final boss is Mitch McConnell,” Morris told the crowd. “That is the final relic that is left of the swamp that President Trump and the MAGA movement will defeat in 2026.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
told the young crowd at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit Friday that one of the president’s first demands of him was to “restore the warrior ethos” to the military.
“I need you to get the military back to basics,” Hegseth recalled Trump telling him shortly after choosing him to lead the Pentagon.
Hegseth went on to tell the young conference attendees that under previous administrations the military was “distracted” by “ideology and social justice,” which made its job “more complicated and difficult.”
“So from day one, we have declared that DEI is dead at DOD,” Hegseth touted to the crowd.
“We’re going back to gender neutral, colorblind, merit based performance standards,” he continued. “We do readiness. We do accountability. We do war fighting. We do lethality. We don’t do social experiment experiments. We don’t do politics. I don’t care in my formations — I mean, I have my political views and you have yours — but I don’t care in my formation if you’re a a Republican or a Democrat.”
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., who grew up in
New York City, slammed Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s proposal of having government-run grocery stores.
“For anybody who’s old enough, they will tell you that if you were poor, like I was, in New York City, like I was, you would stand in line to get cheese, peanut butter and a bunch of other things. The government would give the stuff out,” Donalds told Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit. “I stood in those lines as a young kid.”
He then talked about the government’s transition from giving out food to food stamps, or SNAP benefits. Donalds said Mamdani “somehow thinks that he is smarter than all economics, than all of human history and thinks he can actually deliver for the people of New York City.”
Several high-profile speakers graced the stage at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit and more are expected to address the young activists on day two.
On the first day of the summit, students heard from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
, Donald Trump Jr., Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and Dr. Ben Carson. Trump Jr. addressed the event just two days before the anniversary of the assassination attempt against his father, now-President Donald Trump.
“That was a phone call I was hoping I would never, ever receive, and then I almost got it again a couple weeks later, but it’s one year and it’s amazing what’s happened since then. I think it was truly a galvanizing moment for America, for Americans, to see that true American spirit when he came back up and said ‘fight, fight, fight,” Trump Jr. told Fox News Digital.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels and Ross Ulbricht are among the speakers expected to address students on day two of the summit. Ulbricht, the convicted web developer of the dark-net drug marketplace Silk Road, was pardoned by Trump earlier this year.
In addition to the speaks on the main stages, students will have access to a variety of breakout panels covering topics such as “Make Greek Life Great Again” and “Start Your Future with Club America.”
Backstage at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit being held in Tampa, Florida, on Friday, Donald Trump Jr. called his father’s assassination attempt a “galvanizing moment for Americans.”
“That was a phone call I was hoping I would never, ever receive, and then I almost got it again a couple weeks later, but it’s one year and it’s amazing what’s happened since then. I think it was truly a galvanizing moment for America, for Americans, to see that true American spirit when he came back up and said ‘fight, fight, fight,” Trump told reporters backstage at the conference.
He added that his father’s example of resilience is proof of why he will be “so good in so many of these difficult positions” the country is facing.
“We need a leader who can rise to the occasion under fire,” Trump said. “As rough of a time as that was, as difficult as it was — I was there with my kids, having to experience that, having to explain that to them — I think for our country it was such a unifying moment.”
Trump concluded that, in the end, “it was just something that worked out well.”
After the first day of Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit there is still plenty that attendees have to look forward to, including appearances from high profile figures in the Trump administration and across the MAGA movement.
One notable figure who is not a politician but will speak Saturday is Ross Ulbricht, the convicted web developer of the dark-net drug marketplace Silk Road. Ulbricht earlier this year,received a pardon from President Donald Trump after being sentenced to life for running the illegal website that connected drug dealers and users. Ulbricht has become a prominent figure in Libertarian circles due to his story.
Undercover journalist James O’Keefe, fitness personality Jillian Michaels, actor Russell Brand, Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld, and activist Riley Gaines are among some of the other non-politicians on Saturday’s agenda for the youth Republican conference.
Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is slated to speak Saturday night after Trump border czar Tom Homan, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs and Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna.Nate Morris, an entrepreneur from Kentucky who is running to take the seat held by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will be the first speaker to begin the day’s general programming at 11:30 a.m.
A variety of breakout panels for participants on-site will begin earlier at 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. according to the official agenda, which can be viewed here. For those not in attendance, Day Two will be streamed on Rumble, whose CEO Chris Pavlovski, will be speaking Saturday as well.
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Property taxes are one of the most significant ongoing expenses homeowners face. The taxes are meant to fund local government services such as infrastructure, schools, and other essential systems.
The specific fee is calculated based on a home’s value and its location, though the amount can vary annually based on local tax laws and the home’s value. Typically, if someone’s home is more valuable, they will owe more in property taxes. Home values are also re-evaluated as often as every year, which means property tax bills can change.
The issue facing many homeowners is that property taxes are growing due to increased home values and changes to local tax rates, Realtor.com senior economist Joel Berner said in an April report.
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The median property in the U.S. saw its property tax bill grow by 2.8% from 2023 to 2024 as over 73% of properties had tax increases during that time. In 2024, the median tax bill in the U.S. was $3,500, which was largely driven by home price appreciation.
However, Berner said many homeowners may not realize they can protest their home’s value assessment. In fact, over 40% of properties nationwide could save at least $100 by protesting the assessed value, with a median savings of over $500, according to Berner.
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Such taxes have become a flashpoint among politicians, with some even calling for their complete elimination. One Pennsylvania lawmaker argued that homeowners shouldn’t have to “pay rent” to the government. Recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis doubled down on his goal of eliminating property taxes in Florida, a move that would make it the lone state in the country with no state income or property tax.
Residents in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington and New York face the highest median property tax amount, according to the most recent data from Realtor.com
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Conversely, Indiana, Alabama, West Virginia and Arkansas residents have the lowest median property tax amount.
Here are the states in order from highest to lowest median property tax amount, according to Realtor.com:
New Jersey – $9,413
New Hampshire __ $7,715
Connecticut – $6,944
Washington – $6,338
New York – $6,096
Texas – $5,860
California – $5,248
Massachusetts– $5,142
Rhode Island– $5,111
District of Columbia – $5,087
Maryland – $4,874
Maine – $4,335
Oregon – $4,265
Alaska – $4,113
Minnesota – $3,712
Florida – $3,659
Wisconsin – $3,612
Colorado – $3,398
Kansas – $3,379
Pennsylvania – $3,137
Montana – $3,072
Hawaii – $2,931
Ohio – $2,823
Iowa – $2,816
Utah – $2,768
Virginia – $2,755
Georgia – $2,683
South Dakota – $2,632
Missouri – $2,534
North Dakota – $2,525
Nebraska – $2,382
Nevada – $2,316
Vermont – $2,206
Wyoming – $2,024
Illinois – $1,974.5
Idaho – $1,974
North Carolina – $1,971
Arizona – $1,956
New Mexico –$1,734
Delaware – $1,702
Michigan – $1,670
Kentucky – $1,551
Oklahoma – $1,481
Louisiana – $1,415
Tennessee – $1,333
South Carolina – $1,328
Mississippi – $1,034
Indiana – $995
Alabama – $804
West Virginia – $728
Arkansas – $725
Anti-Trump protesters swarm conservative summit as young Americans clash on politics
Protesters lined the streets outside Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa Bay, Florida, on Saturday afternoon, rejecting President Donald Trump’s agenda and his crackdown on illegal immigration.
The Tampa Police Department (TPD) disrupted a brief scuffle between the protesters and TPUSA attendees, after they began counter-protesting and chanting “USA” to the swarm of protesters shouting about a myriad of issues.
Police officers were on the scene when a conflict with counter-protesters left one protester bloody in the street.
The multi-day conservative conference has featured remarks by co-founder Charlie Kirk, Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, border czar Tom Homan and Donald Trump Jr., among other conservative leaders.
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As Saturday afternoon’s summit continued inside, protesters marched outside, chanting, “No fear, no hate, no ICE in our state,” and “TPD, KKK, ICE – they’re all the same.”
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The protesters held large signs that said, “Defeat the Trump agenda,” and one man, wearing a “public school strong” T-shirt, held a large, oversized model of a toilet paper roll over his head.
Messages reading, “TP for the USA: When history gets messy, FLUSH IT” and “100% whitewashed,” plastered the protest sign, trolling the ongoing conservative convention.
The demonstrations on Saturday followed protests that delved into riots in Los Angeles last month, as rhetoric against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has reached a boiling point.
But the message was much broader this weekend as protesters held signs and chanted about a range of issues, from “Free Palestine” chants, rejecting the war in Gaza, to a “No ICE on campus” poster, speaking out against ICE raids targeting illegal immigrants.
One woman held a sign that said, “Due process,” one of the Democratic Party’s leading arguments against Trump’s deportations. Many signs equated those attending the conservative gathering to “Nazis.”
After marching outside the TPUSA summit and confronting young conservative attendees, protesters moved back to City Hall for speeches.
According to the protest flier via Mobilize, the protest titled, “Turn the Tide Against TPUSA – Reject SAS 2025!” was hosted by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a student activist organization, and volunteers were organized by Indivisible.
The protesters accused TPUSA of “turning our city into the staging ground for its largest youth indoctrination summit of the year … to spread an extremist agenda across schools, universities, and communities.”
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The protesters organized to “defend LGBTQ+ & reproductive rights”, reject censorship in schools, “demand an end to deportations & U.S. aid to apartheid,” and “reject white nationalism,” according to the flier.
‘Full House’ star’s son saved parents’ marriage with 45-minute Bible sermon
Candace Cameron Bure reflected on a rocky chapter in her marriage to her husband of almost 30 years, Valeri Bure.
During Tuesday’s episode of “The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast,” the 49-year-old actress opened up about her past marital struggles with the 51-year-old former professional hockey player and the unexpected role their son, Lev, 25, played in his parents’ reconciliation.
“Val and I went through a really, really rough season in our marriage,” the “Full House” alum shared, adding that the low point occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
“It was going south quickly, and we were like, ‘I don’t know if, don’t think … we’re gonna make it through.”
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Candace recalled Lev and siblings Natasha, 26, and Maksim, 23, approached their parents at one point.
“Lev was the one leading the charge,” she said. “He came up to us, and he said, ‘We’d like to talk to you guys. And Val and I sat down, and Lev preached, like, a 45-minute sermon on marriage to us. Just had his Bible open on the couch and just talked about it.
“And I’ll never forget, ‘cause he said, ‘You know, I know I haven’t been married. I’m just a young kid. And so it’s probably hard to take marriage advice from someone this young [who] never experienced it before. But I don’t need to be married to know what the word of God says.’”
The “Unsung Hero” star explained that Lev had “such a calm voice that had so much wisdom behind it.”
“And he looked us, you know, straight in the eye and individually asked me and then asked Val, you know, ‘Have you done everything you can? Is there one step of grace? Is there just some bit more grace you could give Val?'”
Candace remembered Lev asking her before questioning his father.
“‘And Val, is there any more grace you can give mom? Is there one more act of kindness, one more gesture, one more ounce of kindness goodness in you that you could give to try to reconcile?’
“I mean, we walked away from that and, you know, Val and I were like, ‘Huh. We raised some pretty good kids.’
“It was so in our face, but that was like the pivotal moment,” Candace added. “It really changed for us after that talk, and there was a lot more to it. But you know it’s a whole different scenario when your kids sit you down to have a talk and go, ‘Are you being as mature as you can be and what God says?'”
Candace said she was “so grateful” to her children, noting they were “so supportive of everything.”
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“But I never thought there would be a day I’d listen to, like, an 18-year-old kid or a 20-year-old kid,” she said.
Candace was joined by Lev and pastor and author Jonathan Pokluda on the podcast episode. After the actress shared her story, Pokluda asked Lev if he was “nervous” during the interaction with his parents.
“Not really,” he said. “I think it came from a point of love and even when my siblings and I talked about it, it was like, ‘Man we might want more than anything for our parents to be together, but let’s get to the matter of fact, It’s only gonna happen through Jesus.’
“And, so, that was all we could point them to.”
Candace and Valeri met in 1994 after her “Full House” co-star Dave Coulier introduced the future couple at a charity hockey game. The two announced their engagement in June 1995 and tied the knot a year later.
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On June 22, Candace shared an Instagram tribute to Valeri for their 29th wedding anniversary. She posted a throwback photo of the pair, explaining in the caption that the snap was taken on their first date at Valeri’s practice rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, four months after they were introduced by Coulier.
“We grew a beautiful family,” she wrote with pink heart emoji. “Happy anniversary to my love and best friend forever.”
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Lev became the first of her children to marry when he and Elliott Dunham tied the knot in January 2024. At the time, Candace celebrated the couple’s nuptials in an Instagram post.
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“Words cannot express the joy we have felt this weekend celebrating the marriage of our son and his bride Elliott,” she wrote alongside photos from the wedding. “We gained a beautiful daughter and a wonderful family to do life with.
“I have an overwhelming sense of love, joy, peace and contentment thanks to God’s blessing of family and friendship.” she added. “My heart is so full.”
Trump assassination attempt suspect asks for death penalty or outlandish prisoner swap
Ryan Routh, the accused would-be assassin of President Donald Trump, has written an unusual letter to the judge asking why the death penalty isn’t on the table — and proposing that he be included in a prisoner swap with U.S. adversaries, even suggesting he be sent to freeze in Siberia in exchange for a Ukrainian soldier.
Routh, who also said that he now wants to represent himself at trial, makes the outlandish requests in a letter to U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon who is overseeing the federal criminal case against him. Routh is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, assaulting a federal officer and multiple firearms violations for the Sept. 15 incident in Florida, the second attempted assassination plot against Trump in a matter of months.
“Why is the death penalty not allowed? At nearly 60, a life of nothingness without love — what is the point? Why is it not all or nothing?” Routh wrote in the letter on the case docket.
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“I had wished for a prisoner swap with Hamas, Iran… or China for Jimmy Lai or one of the 40 others, or to freeze to death in Siberia in exchange for a Ukrainian soldier… so I could die being of some use and save all this court mess.”
He then sarcastically adds that the judge could send him away, which would give Trump a symbolic win.
“Perhaps you [Judge Cannon] have the power to trade me away… An easy diplomatic victory for Trump to give an American he hates to China, Iran, or North Korea… everyone wins.”
Routh blasted his legal team, accusing them of ignoring his questions, refusing to write to him and undermining him.
“It was ridiculous from the outset to consider a random stranger that knows nothing of who I am to speak for me… I will be representing myself moving forward,” Routh wrote. “They do not want the case and I no longer want to listen to how horrible a person I am — I can beat my own self up; I do not need help.”
“Best I walk alone.”
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The letter was filled with self-loathing and despair, and he also apologized to the judge and the courts for having initially accepted court-appointed attorneys but has now chosen to fire them.
“It was ridiculous from the outset to consider a random stranger that knows nothing of who I am to speak for me… I am sorry — a childish mistake.” He wrote. “I am so sorry, I know this makes your life harder.
“Sorry to expend everyone’s time on one so insignificant and useless.”
He also veered into a reflection on his own personal dignity.
“On that topic of character, that my attorneys said we shall never tread, I am of the thought – what else is there if we do not have any character, morals, ethics, any substance at all, why live, why argue anything,” Routh wrote.
In the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 15, prosecutors say Routh set up a sniper hideout near Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Armed with a military-grade SKS rifle that he had obtained illegally, Routh is accused of positioning himself in anticipation of Trump’s arrival to play golf.
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Before Trump came into range, Routh was spotted by Secret Service agents. When they confronted him, the agents opened fire, and Routh fled the scene, abandoning his rifle, officials said.
During his attempted escape, he carried a written escape plan, multiple burner phones, fake IDs and stolen license plates, according to authorities. He was later arrested in Martin County the same day.
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Minnesota trans pitcher excluded from All-State honors as controversy mounts
A transgender high school pitcher in Minnesota was not included in an annual coaches’ poll of All-State selections despite a dominant season that ended with a championship.
The trans athlete, Marissa Rothenberger of Champlin Park High School, was absent from the Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association list of 2025 All-State honors.
Rothenberger previously made the list as a first-team All-State selection in Class AAAA in 2024. Rothenberger also won all-tournament honors in 2025.
This year, Rothenberger was left off the list despite a 12-1 record, a 0.74 ERA and a 0.65 WHIP.
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Rothenberger’s 0.74 ERA was among the best in the state, and the athlete pitched five straight games in the postseason, giving up just one earned run in 35 innings while striking out 27 batters. Rothenberger also went 5-for-16 at the plate, with two doubles, three RBIs and a run scored in the Rebels’ run to the 2025 AAAA Minnesota softball state championship.
The pitcher’s 2024 season, recognized with first-team All-State honors, did include a better ERA at 0.40.
A Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association source told Fox News Digital selections are determined through a vote of member coaches, and an athlete must be nominated by her own coach to be considered.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Champlin Park High School softball head coach Bryan Woodley asking if he nominated Rothenberger.
Rothenberger’s presence in Minnesota girls softball brought national scrutiny, a lawsuit and a federal investigation this year.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a Title IX investigation into the state of Minnesota June 27, citing a male softball pitcher who had won a state championship.
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The state was already under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for its laws allowing biological males in girls sports and defying President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order. That investigation was elevated to a federal Title IX investigation team, which operates in conjunction with the Department of Justice, June 12.
Three softball players in Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the state, citing their experiences competing against a biological male.
The organization representing the plaintiffs suing the state over its policies, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), previously provided a statement from one of the female players about her experience facing the trans athlete.
“Hitting against him is not only a physical challenge but a mental, too. It’s a mental battle knowing that he has an advantage in the sport that I grew up playing, making it hard to even want to hit against him,” the player said.
“His ability to get outs and spin the ball is a strong advantage, but, like I said, it’s also incredibly mentally challenging knowing that you’re competing against someone who has unfair advantages leaving you with little to no confidence.
“This issue has affected me in ways that I never imagined. It’s simply unfair, and I hate that nothing is happening to change that. Boys should not be able to take girls’ spots on teams just because they are capable of doing so. I hope that more girls affected by this issue will stand up against this.”
The anonymous player also called out Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for aggressively defending trans inclusion in girls sports in the state. Ellison has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice over Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order.
“It’s really upsetting to know that [Ellison] isn’t taking rights of girls and women seriously. He is allowing boys to compete with girls, and it is not safe and completely unfair. To know that AG Ellison is in complete support of letting boys and men take advantage of females in sports is absolutely disgusting and wrong,” the player added.
The Champlin Park School District provided a statement to Fox News Digital defending the decision to allow the athlete to compete on the softball team.
“Throughout the entire season, and as the Rebels advance to the state tournament, it is important to note that all of the student-athletes participating for the Champlin Park Softball team are eligible to compete in compliance with Minnesota State High School League rules and applicable state law. Due to data privacy laws, the district is not able to provide public comment regarding a specific student-athlete,” a statement from the Anoka-Hennepin School District stated.
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“In addition, the district is named in an active lawsuit, which limits what information can be shared.”
Ellison’s office previously released a statement responding to the lawsuit against the state over Rothenberger’s participation in the girls softball season.
“In addition to getting exercise and the fun of competition, playing sports comes with so many benefits for young people. You build friendships that can last a lifetime, you learn how to work as part of a team and you get to feel like you belong,” Ellison said.
“I believe it is wrong to single out one group of students who already face higher levels of bullying and harassment and tell these kids they cannot be on the team because of who they are. I will continue to defend the rights of all students to play sports with their friends and peers.”
The controversy involving Rothenberger was a catalyst for a viral feud between Simone Biles and Riley Gaines in June. Biles initially called out Gaines in response to a post by Gaines pointing out that the Minnesota State High School League disabled comments on its post announcing Champlin Park’s softball team as state champions.
A January 2025 New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don’t think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women’s sports.
Of the 2,128 people who participated, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports. Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democratic, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
Netanyahu highlights ‘clear unity of purpose’ with Trump, notes ‘different’ partnership
President Donald Trump‘s administration has been a staunch supporter of Israel, but the support reached historic levels after the United States launched strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities in June.
Seeming to bolster the United States’ and Israel’s friendship is what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the “partnership” of “mutual respect” and “open discussion” between leaders.
Netanyahu explained how his partnership with Trump is “different” than prior relations during an appearance that aired Saturday on “Life, Liberty & Levin.”
“It’s not an equal partnership, because America is the leader of the free world, and Israel is the bastion of the free world in the Middle East, but it is one of mutual respect [and] open discussion,” Netanyahu told Fox News host Mark Levin, noting there is a “very clear unity of purpose” between Trump and him that has enabled them “to achieve things that were not achievable before that.”
“Remember, I’ve been around many presidents. I’ve appreciated them. I respected them a lot, but this is different.”
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Netanyahu praised Trump’s “refreshing view” on the current tensions and future outlook for the Middle East as well as the administration’s support for Israel.
The Israeli leader also defended his nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, pointing to his leadership in the Middle East and his efforts to broker peace in “every single corner of the earth.”
While “deeply appreciative” of the federal government’s support, Netanyahu outlined his concerns with America’s mainstream media “disinformation campaign.”
“We had a seven-front war, and we won on all fronts, and winning on all fronts, but this is the eighth front. The disinformation campaign is among us,” he explained. “It takes a second for a lie to circulate the world, and then you have to battle it with the only weapon you have, which is the truth.”
Since the war with Hamas broke out following the attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has faced growing scrutiny throughout the globe regarding its handling of the situation in Gaza and escalating strikes from mainstream outlets and social media users.
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Netanyahu pushed back on many of the “lies” spread, saying that “in the electronic age — boy, that lie can encircle the earth 1,000 times.”
“Shame on you. You should be ashamed of yourself. That’s not journalism. That’s not ethical. That’s succumbing to the worst propaganda,” the Israeli prime minister said.
Although the media’s coverage is a “handicap,” Netanyahu vowed to “fight the information war, too,” with the “weapon of truth.”
Caitlin Clark’s ‘bodyguard’ reveals her ‘fiesty, sassy’ secret after career milestone
Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham opened up about her personality in a team video released after she posted her first double-double of the season Friday.
After the Fever’s 99-82 win over the Atlanta Dream, in which Cunningham had 16 points and 10 rebounds, the team published a video feature on social media with Cunningham speaking candidly about who she is.
“I bring the energy. I bring the feistiness. I’m a little bit sassy,” Cunningham said.
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“I’m just the ultimate competitor. I will outwork anyone, and I think that’s something I can hang my hat on and my teammates can always expect from me.”
Cunningham’s admission comes amid her rise to stardom after she started a fight to defend teammate Caitlin Clark.
In a June 17 game against the Connecticut Sun, Cunningham committed a hard foul on Connecticut Sun guard Jacy Sheldon.
Cunningham and Sheldon’s heated exchange turned into a shoving match before players from both teams intervened to break it up. Cunningham, Sheldon and Sun guard Lindsay Allen were ejected from the game with about 40 seconds left before the Fever took home the victory.
The hard foul came after Sheldon poked Clark in the eye in the third quarter. Sun guard Marina Mabrey then shoved Clark to the floor during a game that got chippy.
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As the Fever put away the Sun, 88-71, Cunningham was congratulated for stepping up as the team’s enforcer.
Cunningham saw a surge in popularity after the game. Her Instagram and TikTok accounts each surged past 1 million followers.
With Cunningham earning the nickname “the enforcer” for the Fever, fans counting on her to protect Caitlin Clark can rest easy knowing she is a black belt in the Korean martial art of taekwondo.
She earned the black belt at the age of 6.
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Her father Jim played football at the University of Missouri, and she followed in her dad’s footsteps on the football field.
A 2014 article by the Columbia Missourian reported Cunningham was the first female in history to score points for the team when she kicked two of four extra points in place of the team’s regular kicker, who had torn an ACL.
Cunningham even handled kickoff duties.
“I was so nervous,” Cunningham told the outlet. “I mean, I’ve never played football before in all my life. Right when I got the ball (on the opening kickoff), I couldn’t hear anything. I just put the ball down and kicked it.”
Cunningham comes from a family of farmers and credits that upbringing for the person she is today, according to a five-part feature series by the University of Missouri.
“So much of our success goes back to what we learned here,” Cunningham said of working on the farm. “We loved coming out to the farm to help. We found out how to work hard and work together. It made us farm strong.”