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Ric Grenell supports recalling Newsom, says conservatives ‘have already won’ in California

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The former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell appeared on Hannity Monday to plead that Californian vote to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. Grenell is a current California resident himself. Therefore, he attended the Newsom rally in the state.

“One thing that is clear is that Gavin Newsom is scared,” Grenell told host Sean Hannity. “He has Joe Biden here today in long beach campaigning. They are paying people with stimulus checks. He is calling this the Republican recall. He is doing everything he can because they are scared.”

RELATED: Sara Carter: Californians are ready to recall Governor Newsom

Yet, Grenell reported that many booed the president at the rally. As the president’s motorcade drove down Long Beach, California, many captured the boos on video.

“I think no matter what happens over the next couple of days, we have already won,” Grenell said. “We conservatives and we republicans in California have already won. We are putting to the vote of the people whether or not the governor is qualified.”

However, Sean Clegg, Newsom’s strategist feels differently. He reportedly told a crowd of journalists at the rally that there is “no scenario” where the governor loses. Fox News reporter Matt Finn tweeted Clegg’s quote Monday night.

Now, California voters will decide on Tuesday whether to recall current Governor Gavin Newsom. If he is recalled, conservative Larry Elder takes his place. Otherwise, Newsom will finish his term.

You can follow Jenny Goldsberry on Twitter @jennyjournalism.

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House passes debt-ceiling deal with support from two thirds of GOP caucus

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After hours of debate, the House voted Wednesday night to approve a bipartisan debt-ceiling deal, taking a step toward averting a default on U.S. debt. The measure passed with 314 members voting in favor and 117 members voting in opposition.  149 Republicans and 165 Democrats voted to approve the bill, while 71 Republicans and 46 Democrats voted against it.

National Review writes the measure’s passage secures “a victory for House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who managed to keep his caucus together despite a challenge from House Freedom Caucus members intent on securing greater spending concessions from the Biden White House.”

The bill will now head to the Senate. McCarthy said the measure is the “largest spending cut that Congress has ever voted for,” but faced opposition from members of his caucus who believe the deal “didn’t go far enough in restoring pre-Covid spending levels.”

In his speech on the House floor Wednesday before the vote, McCarthy pleaded with his colleagues to support what he had bargained for with Biden:

“They demanded a clean debt limit, which really means they spend more and you pay more in taxes. House Republicans said ‘no’,” McCarthy said.“Over the past four months, we fought hard to change how Washington works. We stopped the Democrats from writing a blank check after the largest spending binge in American history… The Fiscal Responsibility Act is the biggest spending cut in American history.”

National Review reports:

The agreement suspends the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt limit through January 1, 2025, and caps spending in the 2024 and 2025 budgets.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the deal will reduce budget deficits by about $1.5 trillion between 2023 and 2033. Director of the CBO Phillip Swagel projected that there would be reductions in discretionary outlays of $1.3 trillion over the 2024–2033 period. Mandatory spending would decrease by $10 billion, revenues would decrease by $2 billion over the same period, and the interest on the public debt would decline by $188 billion.

Biden warned of the consequences of default, saying what would follow would include an economic recession, devastated retirement accounts, and millions of jobs lost.

“I made clear from the start of negotiations that the only path forward was a bipartisan budget agreement,” explained Biden on Twitter. “No one got everything they wanted. But that’s the responsibility of governing.”

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