Laken Riley Act Signed & Cartel Train Heists | Afternoon Update | 1.29.25
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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, January 29th, and this is your Morning Wire Afternoon Update.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questioning and in many cases fierce opposition from the Senate Finance Committee about his bid to head up Health and Human Services. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest.
At the moment, it's unclear whether Kennedy has the votes to be confirmed for the role. Ahead of today's hearing, some of his own family members, including his cousin Caroline Kennedy, have lambasted him as, quote, dangerous and unqualified to oversee America's health bureau. Democrats on the committee attacked previous statements he'd made regarding vaccines and his views on the COVID-19 pandemic. While most Republicans on the committee expressed a favorable view towards Kennedy, some did question his pro-abortion views and how they would impact his handling of HHS. In one of the many heated exchanges, RFK defended his questioning of the link between antidepressants and school shooters. telling Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith it should be studied.
Do you think physicians, when they make that prescription, ought to have access to good science? Of course they do. That's all I believe, too. And you and I are in agreement, Senator. And to your point that you made when you made these statements, it was not based on good science. I don't know what it was based on.
I was saying the science needed to be done. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's former running mate is warning senators not to vote against Kennedy's nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary. Nicole Shanahan posted a video on social media vowing to fund primary challengers against lawmakers who vote no. She specifically called out Democrat and Republican senators, including Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, and Bernie Sanders. Shanahan, who is a billionaire... says she's prepared to personally finance efforts to unseat opponents of his nomination. While Bobby may be willing to play nice, I won't.
Big Pharma and Big Ag have exploited us for far too long. It ends now. You're either on the side of transparency and accountability, or you are standing in the way. The choice is yours. Please choose wisely.
President Trump has signed the Lake and Riley Act into law. That makes it the first piece of legislation to get his signature since retaking the Oval Office. Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan was in the room and has the details for us.
The bill, named in memory of a nursing student brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant in Georgia, would allow the detention of illegal aliens accused of theft-related crimes and crimes that result in death or serious bodily injury to another person. Republicans, eager to help the president execute this crackdown, have promised that more measures will follow the Lake and Riley Act, despite resistance from some members of the Democratic minority. though some Democrats joined with Republicans to support the bill. Here's President Trump today giving remarks before signing the bill into law.
Today's signings bring us one step closer to eradicating the scourge of migrant crime in our communities once and for all. And it was just a purely, it's just an unforced error that we even have to be doing this. Now we need Congress to provide full funding for the complete and total restoration of our sovereign borders, as well as financial support to remove
Trump also announced that he will sign an executive order to create a 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay. He said they need 30,000 beds to house the detainees, adding that putting them there will ensure they do not come back. Here's Trump.
Some of them are so bad, we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back. So we're going to send them out to Guantanamo. This will double our capacity immediately, right? And that's a tough place to get out of.
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