ABC’s George Stephanopoulos had Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on the run, Sunday — prompting the former House Speaker to botch a key fact surrounding the ballot eligibility of former President Donald Trump.

In an interview on ABC’s This Week, Stephanopoulos deftly pinned Pelosi by asking her “Do you believe that Donald Trump engaged in insurrection?”

“Yes,” she replied. “I think that he engaged in insurrection. I think that he incited an insurrection. And again, that he would not stop what was going on. As his own people said, ‘This is your legacy. Smoke coming from the Capitol is your legacy.’ Yes, I do believe that.”

Stephanopoulos proceeded to ask the logical follow-up.

“Madam Speaker, if you believe he engaged in insurrection under the plain meaning of the 14th amendment, you believe he’s ineligible to be president?” Stephanopoulos said — referring to the recent decisions to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado and Maine.

That question led to Pelosi butchering a key fact.

“Those are up to the states. They have different laws from state to state,” Pelosi incorrectly said.

While states may have different interpretations of the law, the law they are all interpreting is the same — section 3 of the 14th Amendment — which says “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

Stephanopoulos immediately fact-checked Pelosi.

“It’s the Constitution,” he said.

Pelosi began to waffle and did not answer the ABC anchor’s original question about whether she believes Trump is ineligible to be President.

“There is a view of the Constitution in article 14, section 3, that he should not be able to run for president,” she said. “But that’s not the point. The point now is, again, different states have different laws. We don’t think in California that it it applied in our state. That’s what the decision was made here.”

After the interview, Stephanopoulos moderated a panel discussion in which he argued that Democrats are essentially boxed in by the language of the 14th Amendment.

“If you say he engaged in insurrection — it was the question I asked Nancy Pelosi — I don’t see how you can escape the plain meaning of the 14th amendment and say he’s qualified to run for office,” Stephanopoulos said.

Watch above, via ABC.

Ex-presidential niece Mary Trump and Lincoln Project senior adviser Tara Setmayer bashed fans of former President Donald Trump as rage-fueled non-patriot “traitors” — while Trump opponents’ anger is “righteous.”

Mary Trump — host of The Mary Trump Show podcast and a strident Trump critic — hosted Karem as part of a video series for her The Good In Us newsletter subscribers. Setmayer is a Never Trump former Republican who is a regular on Mary’s #NerdAvengers panel.

During a lengthy interview, Mary and Setmayer contrasted Trump fans with resistance types like themselves:

MARY: No, I don’t think it’s overstating it to say this is our last shot, just as I think it’s their last shot, which I think goes a long way to explaining the fervor and intensity with which they’re approaching this election. How do we match that? Because, again, a human nature, sometimes for people fear is more motivating than more positive emotions. But we can’t go down that road. We need to create something where people feel welcome and we’re actually changing things for the better. What do you think is a good way to get there in 2024, in the next 11 months that we have?

TARA: I think that we shouldn’t allow the MAGAs to co-opt love of country. They have. Totally. And that pisses me off. And at the Lincoln Project, we’ve said this a couple times, and we’ve put out ads out where it’s like, hold on the American flag. They don’t own that. Don’t let them co-opt that. They don’t own our sense of patriotism. Okay, January 6th, insurrectionists, they’re not patriots! Okay? They’re traitors.

And it’s okay to have righteous anger. And I think that’s the difference. It’s righteous anger that these people are trying to co-opt what it means to be an American, what it means to defend the Constitution, what it means to be patriotic. Don’t let them have that. And that’s where I think you flip it. You can have righteous anger that’s not rooted in hatred. Yet fear of losing our country to those people—that should be a motivating factor.

MARY: Tara, that is such an amazing distinction. And more people need to say that, yeah, they have their anger and they have their rage. I swear. It’s just the two minute scream every day on the right.

TARA: Great 1984 reference.

MARY: Thank you. But our anger is righteous. And in that case, it’s not a bad thing. It’s a way to motivate as long as we don’t let it consume us. They’re the ones who are angry. We’re the ones who have the reasons to be. So, I love that distinction.

TARA: It’s like the civil rights movement. There were a lot of reasons to be angry and to be consumed with rage, and we could have ended up in a race war, but we didn’t. It was the righteous anger of the American people across the spectrum that led to those dramatic changes for the better for this country. I mean, we’re still a work in progress—the fact that it took that long, a hundred years from the Civil War, to finally have equal rights for people of color in this country is insane. But it happened because of the righteous anger of the American people. There are more people, I believe, who believe in doing the right thing than there are of the others. And it’s just a matter of activating and recognizing what’s at stake here. And I think that it takes all of us to do that.

Watch above via Mary Trump’s The Good In Us.

President Joe Biden went off on former President Donald Trump in a blistering speech on threats to democracy marking the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

President Biden has been escalating his attacks on Trump for months at off-camera campaign events, and took it to eleven during his first televised campaign speech of the 2024 campaign.

On Friday afternoon, Biden took to the lectern at Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, Pennsylvania near Valley Forge to deliver what the White House billed as a speech “On the Third Anniversary Of The January 6th Attack and Defending the Sacred Cause of American Democracy.”

Here’s the full transcript via The White House:

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. (Applause.)

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Four more years! (Applause.)

THE PRESIDENT: (Laughs.) Well, thank you.

AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please. Thank you. Please. Thank you very, very much.

Today — the topic of my speech today is deadly serious, and I think it needs to be made at the outset of this campaign.

In the winter of 1777, it was harsh and cold as the Continental Army marched to Valley Forge. General George Washington knew he faced the most daunting of tasks: to fight and win a war against the most powerful empire that existed in the world at the time.

His mission was clear. Liberty, not conquest. Freedom, not domination. National independence, not individual glory.

America made a vow. Never again would we bow down to a king.

The months ahead would be incredibly difficult. But General Washington knew something in his bones, something about the spirit of the troops he was leading, something — something about the soul of the nation he [that] was struggling to be born.

In his general order, he predicted, and I quote, “with one heart and one mind,” “with fortitude and with patience,” they would overcome every difficulty — the troops he was leading.

And they did. They did.

This army that lacked blankets and food, clothes and shoes. This army whose march left bloody, bare footprints in the snow. This ragtag army made up of ordinary people. Their mission, George Washington declared, was nothing less than “a sacred cause.” That was the phrase used: “a sacred cause.”

Freedom, liberty, democracy. American democracy.

I just visited the grounds of Valley Forge. I’ve been there a number of times from the time I was a Boy Scout years ago. You know, it’s the very site that I think every American should visit because it tells the story of the pain and the suffering and the true patriotism it took to make America.

Today, we gather in a new year, some 246 years later, just one day before January 6th, a day forever shared in our memory because it was on that day that we nearly lost America — lost it all.

Today, we’re here to answer the most important of questions. Is democracy still America’s sacred cause? I mean it. (Applause.)

This is not rhetorical, academic, or hypothetical. Whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time, and it’s what the 2024 election is all about.

The choice is clear. Donald Trump’s campaign is about him, not America, not you. Donald Trump’s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. He’s willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power.

Our campaign is different. For me and Kamala, our campaign is about America. It’s about you. It’s about every age and background that occupy this country. It’s about the future we’re going to continue to build together.

And our campaign is about preserving and strengthening our American democracy. Three years ago tomorrow, we saw with our own eyes the violent mob storm the United States Capitol. It was almost in disbelief as you first turned on the television.

For the first time on our history, insurrectionists had come to stop the peaceful tranfer — transfer of power in America — first time — smashing windows, shattering doors, attacking the police.

Outside, gallows were erected as the MAGA crowd chanted, “Hang Mike Pence.”

Inside, they hunted for Speaker Pelosi [of] the House, was chanting, as they marched through and smashed windows, “Where’s Nancy?”

Over 140 police officers were injured. Jill and I attended the funeral of police officers who died as a result of the events of that day.

And because Donald — because of Donald Trump’s lies, they died because these lies brought a mob to Washington.

He promised it would be “wild,” and it was. He told the crowd to “fight like hell,” and all hell was unleashed.

He promised he would right them — right them. Everything they did, he would be side by side with them. Then, as usual, he left the dirty work to others. He retreated to the White House.

As America was attacked from within, Donald Trump watched on TV in the private small dining room off my Oval — off the Oval Office.

The entire nation watched in horror. The whole world watched in disbelief. And Trump did nothing.

Members of his staff, members of his family, Republican leaders who were under attack for the — at that very moment pled with him: “Act. Call off the mob.”

Imagine had he gone out and said, “Stop.”

And still, Trump did nothing. It was among the worst derelictions of duty by a president in American history: an attempt to overturn a free and fair election by force and violence.

A record 81 million people voted for my candidacy and to end his presidency. Trump lost the popular vote by 7 million.

Trump’s claims about the 2020 election never could stand up in court. Trump lost 60 court cases — 60. Trump lost the Republican-controlled states. Trump lost before a Trump-appointed judge — and then judges. And Trump lost before the United States Supreme Court. (Applause.) All of it, he lost.

Trump lost recount after recount after recount in state after state. But in desperation and weakness, Trump and his MAGA followers went after election officials who en- — who ensured your power as a citizen would be heard. These public servants had their lives forever upended by attacks and death threats for simply doing their jobs.

In Atlanta, Georgia, a brave Black mother and her daughter, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, were doing their jobs as elected workers until Donald Trump and his MAGA followers targeted and threatened them, forcing them from their homes and unleashing racist vitriol on them. Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was just hit with $148 million judgment for cruelty and defamation that he inflicted against them.

Other state and local elected officials across the country faced similar personal attacks. In addition, Fox News agreed to pay a record $8- — $787 million for the lies they told about voter fraud.

Let’s be clear about the 2020 election. Trump exhausted every legal avenue available to him to overturn the election — every one. But the legal path just took Trump back to the truth that I had won the election and he was a loser. (Applause.)

Well, knowing how his mind works now, he had one — he had one act left — one desperate act available to him: the violence of January the 6th.

And since that day, more than 1,200 people have been charged for their assault on the Capitol. Nearly 900 of them have been convicted or pled guilty. Collectively, to date, they have been sentenced to more than 840 years in prison. (Applause.)

And what has Trump done? Instead of calling them “criminals,” he’s called these exsurrec- — these insurrectionists “patriots.” They’re “patriots.” And he promised to pardon them if he returns to office.

Trump said that there was “a lot of love” on January the 6th. The rest of the nation, including law enforcement, saw a lot of hate and violence. One Capitol police officer called it a “medieval battle.” That same officer called vile — was called vile, racist names.

He said he was more afraid in the Capitol of the United States of America, in the chambers, than when he was fighting as a soldier in the war in Iraq. He said he was more afraid inside the halls of Congress than fighting in the war in Iraq.

In trying to rewrite the facts of January 6th, Trump is trying to steal history the same way he tried to steal the election. But he — we knew the truth because we saw it with our own eyes. It wasn’t like something — a story being told. It was on television repeatedly. We saw it with our own eyes.

Trump’s mob wasn’t a peaceful protest. It was a violent assault. They were insurrectionists, not patriots. They weren’t there to uphold the Constitution; they were there to destroy the Constitution.

Trump won’t do what an American president must do. He refuses to denounce political violence.

So, hear me clearly. I’ll say what Donald Trump won’t. Political violence is never, ever acceptable in the United States political system — never, never, never. It has no place in a democracy. None. (Applause.)

You can’t be pro-insurrectionist and pro-American.

You know, Trump and his MAGA supporters not only embrace political violence, but they laugh about it. At his rally, he jokes about an intruder, whipped up by the Big Trump Lie, taking a hammer to Paul Pelosi’s skull and echoing the very same words used on January 6th: “Where’s Nancy?”

And he thinks that’s funny. He laughed about it. What a sick — (laughter and applause). My God.

I think it’s despicable, seriously — not just for a president, for any person to say that. But to say it to the whole world listening.

When I was overseas — anyway. (Laughter.)

Trump’s assault on democracy isn’t just part of his past. It’s what he’s promising for the future. He’s being straightforward. He’s not hiding the ball.

His first rally for the 2024 campaign opened with a choir of January 6th insurrectionists singing from prison on a cell phone while images of the January 6th riot played on a big screen behind him at his rally.

Can you believe that? This is like something out of a fairy tale — a bad fairy tale.

Trump began his 2024 campaign by glorifying the failed violent insurrectionist — insurrection at our — on our Capitol.

The guy who claims law and order sows lawlessness and disorder.

Trump’s not concerned about your future, I promise you. Trump is now promising a full-scale campaign of “revenge” and “retribution” — his words — for some years to come. They were his words, not mine. He went on to say he would be a dictator on day one.

I mean, if I were writing a book of fiction and I said an American president said that, and not in jest —

He called it, and I quote, the termina- — quote — this is a quote — the “termination of all the rules, regulation, and articles, even those found in the U.S. Constitution,” should be terminated, if it’s his will.

It’s really kind of hard to believe. Even found in the Constitution, he could terminate?

He’s threatened the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the death penalty. Says he should be put to death because the Chairman put his oath to the Constitution ahead of his personal loyalty to Trump.

This coming from a president who called — when he visited a ce- — a cemetery, called dead soldiers “suckers” and “losers.” Remember that?

Sometimes, I’m really happy the Irish in me can’t be seen. (Laughter.)

It was right around the time I was at Beau’s grave, Tommy.

How dare he? Who in God’s name does he think he is?

With former aides, Trump plans to invoke the Ins- — Insurrectionist Act — the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to deploy — which he’s not allowed to do in ordinary circumstances — allow him to deploy U.S. military forces on the streets of America. He said it.

He calls those who oppo- — oppose him “vermin.” He talks about the blood of Americans being poisoned, echoing the same exact language used in Nazi Germany.

He proudly posts on social media the words that best describe his 2024 campaign, quote, “revenge”; quote, “power”; and, quote, “dictatorship.”

There’s no confusion about who Trump is and what he intends to do.

I placed my hand on our family Bible, and I swore an oath on the very same steps of the Capitol just 14 days after the attack on January the 6th.

As I looked out over the capital city, whose streets were lined with National Guard to prevent another attack, I saw an American that had been pushed to the brink — an America that had been pushed to the brink.

But I felt enormous pride — not in winning. I felt enormous pride in America because American democracy had been tested and American democracy had held together. And when Trump had seen weakness in our democracy and continues to talk about it, I saw strength — your strength. It’s not hyperbole. Your strength. Your integrity. American strength and integrity.

Ordinary citizens, state election officials, the American judicial system had put the Constitution first and sometimes at their peril — at their peril.

Because of them, because of you, the will of the people prevailed, not the anger of the mob or the appetites of one man.

When the attack on January 6th happened, there was no doubt about the truth. At the time, even Republican members of Congress and Fox News commentators publicly and privately condemned the attack.

As one Republican senator said, “Trump’s behavior was embarrassing and humiliating for the country.” But now, that same senator and those same people have changed their tune.

As time has go one — gone on, politics, fear, money, all have intervened. And now these MAGA voices who know the truth about Trump on January 6th have abandoned the truth and abandoned democracy.

They made their choice. Now the rest of us — Democrats, independents, mainstream Republicans — we have to make our choice.

I know mine. And I believe I know America’s.

We will defend the truth, not give in to the Big Lie. We’ll embrace the Constitution and the Declaration, not abandon it. We’ll honor the sacred cause of democracy, not walk away from it.

Today, I make this sacred pledge to you. The defense, protection, and preservation of American democracy will remain, as it has been, the central cause of my presidency. (Applause.)

America, as we begin this election year, we must be clear: Democracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot. (Applause.)

Yes, we’ll be voting on many issues: on the freedom to vote and have your vote counted, on the freedom of choice, the freedom to have a fair shot, the freedom from fear. And we’ll debate and disagree.

Without democracy, no progress is (inaudible) possible. Think about it. The alternative to democracy is dictatorship — the rule of one, not the rule of “We the People.”

That’s what the soldiers of Valley Forge understood. And so was me — was what we have to understand it as well. We’ve been blessed so long with a strong, stable democracy. It’s easy to forget why so many before us risked their lives and strengthened democracy, what our lives would be without it.

Democracy means having the freedom to speak your mind, to be who you are, to be who you want to be. Democracy is about being able to bring about peaceful change. Democracy — democracy is how we’ve opened the doors of opportunity wider and wider with each successive generation, notwith- — notwithstanding our mistakes.

But if democracy falls, we’ll lose that freedom. We’ll lose the power of “We the People” to shape our destiny. If you doubt me, look around the world. Travel with me as I meet with other heads of state throughout the world.

Look at the authoritarian leaders and dictators Trump says he admires — he, out loud, says he admires. I won’t go through them all. It would take too long.

Look, remember how he fers- — when he — when he refers to what he calls the “love letter” exchanges between he and the dictator of North Korea? Those women and men out there in the audience who ever fought for the American military, would you ever believe you’d hear a president say something like that?

His admiration for Putin — I can go on.

And look at what these autocrats are doing to limit freedom in their countries. They’re limiting freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom to assemble, women’s rights, LGB[T]Q rights, people are going to jail, so much more.

It’s true: The push and pull of American history is not a fairy tale. Every stride forward in America is met with a ferocious backlash, many times from those who fear progress and those who exploit that fear for their own personal gain; from those who traffic in lies told for power and profit; from those who are driven by grievance and grift, consumed by conspiracy and victimhood; from those who seek to bury history and ban books.

Did you ever think you’d be at a political event talking about book banning for a presidential — in a presidential election?

The choice and contest between those forces — those competing forces, between solidarity and division — is perennial. But this time, it’s so different.

You can’t have a contest — you can’t have a contest if you see politics as an all-out war instead of a peaceful way to resolve our differences. All-out war is what Trump wants.

That’s why he doesn’t understand the most fundamental truth about this country. Unlike other nations on Earth, America is not built on ethnicity, religion, geography. We’re the only nation in the history of the world built on an idea — not hyperbole — built on an idea: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.”

It’s an idea declared in the Declaration, created in a way that we viewed everybody as equal and be — should be treated equally throughout their lives.

We’ve never fully lived up to that. We have a long way to go. But we’ve never walked away from the idea. We’ve never walked away from it before. But I promise you, I will not let Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans — (applause) — force us to walk away now.

We’re living in an era where a determined minority is doing everything in its power to try to destroy our democracy for their own agenda. The American people know it, and they’re standing bravely in the breach.

Remember, after 2020, January 6th insurrection to undo the election in which more Americans had voted than any other in American history? America saw the threat posed to the country, and they voted him out. In 2022, historic midterm election, in state after state, election after election, the election deniers were defeated.

Now, in 2024, Trump in running as the “denier-in-chief” — the election denier-in-chief. Once again, he’s saying he won’t honor the results of the election if he loses.

Trump says he doesn’t understand. Well, he still doesn’t understand the basic truth, and that is you can’t love your country only when you win. (Applause.) You can’t love your country only when you win.

So, I’ll keep my commitment to be president for all of America, whether you voted for me or not. I’ve done it for the last three years, and I’ll continue to do it.

Together, we can keep proving that America is still a country that believes in decency, dignity, honesty, honor, truth. We still believe that no one, not even the President, is above the law. We still believe — (applause) — the vast majority of us still believe that everyone deserves a fair shot at making it. We’re still a nation that gives hate no safe harbor.

I tell you from my experience working with leaders around the world — and I mean this sincerely, not a joke — that America is still viewed as the beacon of democracy for the world.

I can’t tell you how many — how many world leaders — and I know all of them, virtually all of them — grab my arm in private and say, “He can’t win. Tell me. No, my country will be at risk.”

Think of how many countries, Tommy, you know that are on the br- — on the edge. Imagine.

We still believe in “We the People,” and that includes all of us, not some of us.

Let me close with this. On that cold winter of 1777, George Washington and his American troops at Valley Forge waged a battle on behalf of a revolutionary idea that everyday people — like where I come from and the vast majority of you — not a king or a dictator — that everyday people can govern themselves without a king or a dictator.

In fact, in the rotunda of the Capitol, there’s a giant painting of General George Washington — not President Washington — and he is resigning his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.

A European king at this — at the time said, after he won the revolution, “Now is the time for him to declare his kingship.”

But instead, the mob that attacked the Capitol, waving Trump flags and Confederate flags, stormed right past that portrait. That image of George Washington gave them no pause, but it should have.

The artist that painted that portrait memorialized that moment because he said it was, quote, “one of the highest moral lessons ever given to the world.” End of quote.

George Washington was at the height of his power. Having just defeated the most powerful empire on Earth, could have held onto the power as long as he wanted. He could have made himself not a future president but a future monarch, in effect.

And, by the way, when he got elected president, he could have stayed for two, three, four, five terms, until he died. But that wasn’t the America he and the American troops at Valley Forge had fought for.

In America, genuine leaders — democratic leaders, with a small “d” — don’t hold on to power relentlessly. Our leaders return power to the people. And they do it willingly, because that’s the deal. You do your duty. You serve your country.

And ours is a country worther- — worthy of service, as many Republican presidents and Democratic presidents have shown over the years.

We’re not perfect. But at our best, we face on — we face head on the good, the bad, the truth of who we are. We look in the mirror and ultimately never pretend we’re something we’re not. That’s what great nations do. And we’re a great nation. We’re the greatest nation on the face of the Earth. We really are. (Applause.)

That’s the America I see in our future. We get up. We carry on. We never bow. We never bend. We speak of possibilities, not carnage. We’re not weighed down by grievances. We don’t foster fear. We don’t walk around as victims.

We take charge of our destiny. We get our job done with our peop- — the help of the people we find in America, who find their place in the changing world and dream and build a future that not only they but all people deserve a shot at.

We don’t believe — none of you believe America is failing. We know America is winning. That’s American patriotism. (Applause.)

And it’s not winning because of Joe Biden. It’s winning.

This is the first national election since January 6th insurrection placed a dagger at the throat of American democracy — since that moment. We all know who Donald Trump is. The question we have to answer is: Who are we? That’s what’s at stake. (Applause.) Who are we?

In the year ahead, as you talk to your family and friends, cast your ballots, the power is in your hands. After all we’ve been through in our history, from independence to Civil War to two world wars to a pandemic to insurrection, I refuse to believe that, in 2024, we Americans will choose to walk away from what’s made us the greatest nation in the history of the world: freedom, liberty. (Applause.)

Democracy is still a sacred cause. And there’s no country in the world better positioned to lead the world than America.

That’s why — (applause) — I’ve said it many times. That’s why I’ve never been more optimistic about our future. And I’ve been doing this a hell of a long time. (Laughter.)

Just have to remember who we are — with patience and fortitude, with one heart. We are the United States of America, for God’s sake. (Applause.)

I mean it. There is nothing — I believe with every fiber that there is nothing beyond our capacity if we act together and decently with one another. Nothing, nothing, nothing. (Applause.) I mean it.

We’re the only nation in the world that’s come out of every crisis stronger than we went into that crisis. That was true yesterday and it’s true today, and I guarantee you will be true tomorrow.

God bless you all. And may God protect our troops. (Applause.)

Thank you. Thank you.

(The First Lady joins the President onstage.) I understand power. (Laughter.)

Thank you all so very much. (Inaudible.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Applause.)

Watch above via C-SPAN.

The View’s Sunny Hostin delivered a “public service announcement” to Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Friday’s show: “Do not say, ‘I have Black friends.’ Ever.”

The co-hosts discussed Haley’s attempt to clean up her Civil War “slavery” gaffe during a CNN town hall Thursday night.

In the clip they played, Haley said, “I should have said slavery right off the bat. If you grow up in South Carolina, literally, in second and third grade you learn about slavery. You grow up and you have, you know, I had Black friends growing up. It is a very talked-about thing.”

Ana Navarro immediately mocked Haley’s statement: “Some of my best friends are Black.”

“That never works!” declared Joy Behar.

“And that applies to every minority group. People do it with the LGBTQ community. Fill in the blank. With Jewish people, everyone, ” Sara Haines added.

“It’s tokenism to the extreme, and the fact that you are trying to convince me that you have Black friends just tells me you don’t,” Hostin said, continuing:

HOSTIN: It’s insulting. She also said during this that, although she is the daughter of Indian immigrants, she doesn’t really feel any kind of race. I was troubled by that because the Indian culture is a beautiful culture. It’s an inclusive culture. It’s a strong culture. It’s an old culture.

BEHAR: Can you feel the culture without the race?

SUNNY: Well, yes, of course you can. For her to say she doesn’t identify with that at all was troubling to me.

BEHAR: She changed her name.

NAVARRO: When she made that initial comment about the Civil War and not being able to say “slavery,” which is not a hard question, right? If you get asked, “What’s the cause for the Civil War,” it is not a hard question. It’s not a trick question. The answer is, “slavery, slavery, slavery!”

Navarro continued, “I don’t think what’s happening in the Republican party with Nikki Haley, with Ron DeSantis is a gaffe, is a verbal gaffe. I think it’s a strategic decision not to antagonize racists who are part of the base.”

Watch the clip above via The View on ABC.

It happened a few days after we’d moved into our charming and extremely old house: I fell down the stairs. Due to the age of the house, the stairs are very steep, and had been worn down over time so the treads were smooth as glass and dipped slightly in the center from erosion. I was in a rush and not wearing shoes, and the rest is painful history. Let’s face it: Slippery stairs are a challenge (something the Japanese know very well).

I wasn’t badly hurt (though I’m pretty sure my cats were all laughing at me), but that just makes me lucky: More than a million people end up at the emergency room with a stair-related injury every year. If you’ve had a few close calls on your own stairs (or slid down them from one floor to the next like you’re competing for the Slippery Stairs championship), you need to do something about them, pronto.

Wear slippers

If you don’t have any pets and are absolutely committed to not doing a project, you could invest in a pair of anti-slip slippers or house shoes (or grippy socks). Sure, you’ll have to remember to put them on every day, and you’ll probably have to invest in a few extra pairs for guests, but wearing house shoes with grippy soles will at least spare you from a surprise toboggan ride from the second floor to the first. Of course, you could also just leave your shoes on when you come home, but you’re a civilized person and not an animal, right?

Add carpet

Adding a runner to your stairs is an excellent way to remove all that slipperiness. This is a project that most people can manage themselves, although it will take some time and effort. This really comes down to your feelings towards carpet in general—if you love the hardwood on your stairs, covering it with carpet will feel like committing a crime, but if your first thought is how warm and safe those stair treads will feel under your bare feet, this might be the right solution for you.

Tread tape

A cheap and relatively easy solution is to apply some traction or safety tape to your treads. You have a lot of choices here, ranging from robust industrial strips to more subtle tapes designed to be as invisible as possible. The big benefit to using tape is how easy it is: You just measure, cut, and apply. You should test it in an inconspicuous area on your stairs first, though, to ensure that if you decide to remove it in the future, it won’t take your treads’ finish along with it.

Anti-slip sprays and coatings

If you’re not terribly concerned about the surface or finish of your stairs, the easiest way to make them less slippery is to use an anti-slip spray, a gritty surface coating that adheres to the treads. This can be applied in minutes but it may take a few hours to dry, which is a downside if you find yourself trapped on one floor of the home. Another downside involves regret: If you ever change your mind about it, getting it off might be a challenge. Another downside to these sprays is that they tend to wear off the treads over time and may need to be re-applied every few years, depending on how many feet are on them each and every day. But if you want a solution that requires zero tools, this will work.

Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino put the latest reporting on Jeffery Epstein into perspective Thursday morning, reminding colleagues that former President Donald Trump was “friends at one point” with the convicted sex trafficker when they brought up former President Bill Clinton‘s involvement — while noting that being among Epstein’s extensive network of associates doesn’t necessarily imply anything “sordid” attached to knowing him.

America’s Newsroom anchor Bill Hemmer asked Gasparino if there were any new revelations in the 900 pages of court documents that were unsealed on Wednesday regarding a case involving Epstein’s partner Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for her role in the sex trafficking scheme.

Gasparino replied that there was “nothing” new, nothing that wasn’t already known, revealed in these new documents.

“This is a story about who Jeffrey Epstein knew,” he said, describing how the disgraced financier “knew so many people in power” in Wall Street, academia, and politics that it was hard to “do justice to his Rolodex,” which also included celebrities as well as billionaires who were at the top of major financial companies like JP Morgan.

“This doesn’t mean they were in a sordid relationship,” Gasparino emphasized. “This means they were in a business relationship with a guy who was a high net worth broker.”

“I’m not excusing his crimes,” he said, but “a lot of these people had no idea,” and that perception was easy to maintain after Epstein’s initial jail sentence was so short, just a year, so there was a “rationalization” that “he made a mistake” and “he might have slept with somebody” he didn’t know was underage, not that he was “that type of guy.”

“That’s really the mystery,” said Gasparino. “Why did he only get a year the first time?”

“Also, President Clinton is named,” said Hemmer’s co-anchor Dana Perino. “There is this one line that says, that at one point Epstein says ‘Clinton likes them young.’ Is that new? It’s sort of been out there? Also is that something significant that we should be aware of?”

“That Clinton likes them young?” Gasparino replied. “What does that mean? Here’s something really interesting, if you go back in time — and I did a lot of research on this, Donald Trump was quoted as saying that — you know, Donald Trump and Epstein were friends at one point. In Palm Beach. And Trump was commenting about Epstein, I’m paraphrasing.”

Perino called for the producers to play a video clip of Trump talking about Epstein, in which the ex-president said that he had a “falling out with [Epstein] a long time ago” and was “not a fan of his.” After it played Gasparino said “that’s not the quote” and he was thinking of a different clip.

The quote Gasparino was meant, he said, was from “either New York Magazine or Vanity Fair where he said Jeffrey Epstein is a great guy — this is before they had the falling out — he hangs around with a lot of beautiful women including very young women. Now this is from Donald Trump who hung around with Jeffrey Epstein. Now are we supposed to play a game, well that means Donald Trump was part of that sordid relationship? No, that’s not the way it works.”

It was “tawdry,” and “not good for the people named,” Hemmer said, quoting Gasparino’s column, but “what does it mean you said hello to Epstein?” so “we wait for the next drop, whenever that is.”

“It’s a sordid, interesting story –” Gasparino said.

“– that involves very rich people,” said Hemmer.

“And there’s victims,” added Perino, “and young women, even girls.”

“Just being on the list,” wasn’t necessarily proof of anything, Gasparino suggested.

“I never had his number,” Perino quipped.

Watch above via Fox News.

Retirement-planning strategies are undergoing some major shifts in 2024. With new laws and regulations taking effect, those planning for retirement will need to understand the landscape and adjust their strategies accordingly. No matter where you are in your road to retirement, these provisions will impact how much you can save for the future.

IRA and 401k contribution limits increase

The IRS has announced expanded contribution limits for IRAs and 401ks for 2024. The amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2024 has increased to $23,000, up from $22,500 for 2023. This contribution limit applies to similar employer-sponsored retirement accounts as well, such as 403(b) plans, most 457 plans and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan for workers.

The limit on annual contributions to an IRA will be $7,000 in 2024, up from $6,500 in 2023. These contribution limits apply to the grand total contributions you make each year to all your traditional and Roth IRAs. The increased limits allow savers to sock away more pre-tax money for retirement. As always, you can and should max out these limits, if possible.

529 plans can now be converted to Roth IRAs

Investing in 529 college savings plans has always been a risk. What if your kid doesn’t need all the money you saved? Starting this year, unused funds from a 529 plan can be rolled over into a Roth IRA for your kid—without penalty. This new tax-free rollover rule—a part of SECURE 2.0—means you don’t have to worry about the current 10% penalty on the earnings if you end up with money left over. You will be able to roll over up to $35,000 from your 529 savings. Of course, the amount you can roll over is also subject to annual Roth IRA limits.

Now for the fine print: You must have owned the 529 educational savings account for at least 15 years before you can roll over the money, and you can only roll over money that’s been in the account for five or more years. And the account holder (usually a child’s parent or guardian) can’t roll over the money into their own Roth IRA—it must be an account established specifically for the beneficiary of the 529 plan.

If you’re a parent and are looking to set up this college savings vehicle, start looking at online tools can help you compare different plan’s state-by-state offerings. Here’s our guide to opening a 529 for your kid.

Penalty-free withdrawals for emergencies

Previously, retirement savers with an “immediate and heavy” financial need could technically make an early withdrawal from their 401(k)s and traditional individual retirement accounts. However, that early withdrawal would be subject to income tax, and those under age 59½ typically owed a 10% tax penalty.

Now, you can make one withdrawal of $1,000 per year to cover personal and family emergency expenses without owing the 10% penalty. All you need is to "self-certify" that you need the money for an emergency.

Note: Victims of domestic abuse under the age of 59½ can withdraw up to $10,000 from IRAs and 401(k)s without owing the penalty.

Starter 401k plans for small businesses

Starter 401ks are coming in 2024 to help small businesses offer retirement plans. The stripped-down plans will have lower costs and fewer administrative burdens for employers. Employees can contribute up to $6,000 annually and businesses have until tax time to set up the plans. The Starter 401k aims to expand access to workplace retirement plans for small business employees.

As 2024 unfolds, those planning for retirement will need to stay on top of these changes. Consulting with a financial advisor can help you strategize how to take full advantage of increased contribution limits or use new tools like the Roth 529 conversion.