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Just The News Senior Correspondent Nicholas Ballasy says former President Donald Trump would get a boost in the polls if Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the race. “I think that would help Trump. The question is by how much. But RFK pulls a decent amount in the polls from what I’ve seen. Even if it’s 3-4%, 5% in some states, that’s pretty significant,” he says. “I don’t know if Trump could get all of it, but it's a definitely a help if they actually suspended the campaign and endorsed him.”

OK State Superintendent Ryan Walters says Oklahoma is proud to be the first state to put the Bible back in schools. “We have allowed the radical left to weaponize government against religion, against the Bible. We will take a stand for that in Oklahoma. We will have a Bible in every classroom for school this fall. It will be taught in its historical context,” he says.

Real America’s Voice Correspondent Ben Bergquam says many of the violent agitators at the Democratic National Convention were flown in, both domestically and internationally, by left-wing nonprofits. “It is very well-organized, very-well funded, and people need to remember this is the base of the Democrat Party. If you thought Joe Biden was bad, Kamala’s worse. If you think Kamala’s bad, the base is even worse. And that’s who we saw tearing the place down last night,” he says.

Real America’s Voice Correspondent Ben Bergquam debates why protestors at the Democratic National Convention are more violent and militant than the demonstrators at July’s Republican National Convention. “There's something else going on here and in the end it’s just bad for the Democrats. So part of me just wants to get some popcorn, sit back, and watch the house burn down but at the same time, it’s not good for America,” he says.

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Real America’s Voice Correspondent Ben Bergquam contrasts the energy levels between this year’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions. “At the RNC, everyone had a MAGA hat on... Here, I’ve seen maybe 20 hats or shirts that say Kamala. Everybody else is just kind of doing their own thing,” he says.

Radical protestors outside the Democratic National Convention assaulted Real America’s Voice Correspondent Ben Bergquam on Monday when he walked up to their encampment. “The irony that we’re seeing here, the hypocrisy—it's layers, it’s deep,” he says about the incident.

Former Trump campaign spokesperson Liz Harrington says President Joe Biden didn’t lash out at his fellow Democrats during his speech last night at the Democratic National Convention because he had no choice but to stick to the script. “It shows you how not in control he ever was. He really has been playing president, he hasn’t been one in any real, true sense," she says.

Former Trump campaign spokesperson Liz Harrington says the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was “the most propaganda” she’s seen in her life. “We cannot let these people continue to lie to us and take their premise anymore,” she says.

During an interview with Axios House on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention, Representative Maxwell Frost (R-FL) said Vice President Kamala Harris brings a “new face” and way of thinking about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Rep. Frost added that he believes most Americans agree on how to handle the conflict, but not provide further insight.

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., said on Monday that friends of his in the Gaza war protest movement "feel validated" by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.

Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., said on Monday that she’s seen an increase in energy and enthusiasm on the ground since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the 2024 presidential race.

Reporting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Just The News Senior Correspondent Nicholas Ballasy expects President Joe Biden to focus on unity, Vice President Kamala Harris, and defeating former President Donald Trump in his speech tonight. Ballasy says he’s been hearing a lot about behind-the-scenes rifts between former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat leaders, and Biden himself.

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano says anti-Israel protests will kick into high gear this Fall unless college administrations and professors hold students accountable. “These professors—they're not educators, many of them have become ideologues—that are [the] ones indoctrinating their students with this anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Western civilization mindset where they push back against the United States,” he says.

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano explains how college administrations and the Democratic Party have emboldened anti-Israel protestors as classes resume for the Fall. “At Campus Reform, we’ve been reporting that it’s not simply about the Israeli-Palestinian issue, that it goes much deeper than that. They’re talking about the eradication of Western civilization,” he says.

David Bossie, President of Citizens United, says both the Biden and Harris campaigns have tried to buy voters by forgiving student loans for swing state voters and proposing $25,000 down-payment assistance for first-time owners. “I can’t wait for Donald Trump to get Kamala Harris on a debate stage,” he says. “That might be the first time that she’s actually going to have to answer questions is live at a debate with Donald Trump on stage. And we’ll see how she’s able to answer those questions and whether she’s honest with the American people or not.”

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David Bossie, President of Citizens United, says left-wing outlets’ cover-up of Biden family corruption is “another sad chapter in the history of the mainstream media.” “The American people are much smarter today than they were back in 2016 because Donald Trump has educated the American people about just how corrupt this corporate media bias is,” he says. “So I think that we’re going to win come November and it is going to torture the mainstream media for the next four years. “

David Bossie, President of Citizens United, says the modern Democratic Party is out-of-touch with the average American voter. “This is going to be a convention in Chicago that is really being controlled by the Hamas-wing of the Democrat Party,” he says. “You see the Hamas-wing of the Democrat Party outside the gates, chanting ‘death to America’ and ‘death to Israel.’ So it is a dangerous world we live in.”

Veteran pollster John McLaughlin says 75% of all Americans think the economy is getting worse and not better, according to the latest McLaughlin & Associates national poll. McLaughlin says the survey also shows 85% of voters say they are negatively impacted by inflation and 50% of all voters say they are struggling to afford basic necessities.

Veteran pollster John McLaughlin says presidential polls like The New York Times/Siena College polls are surveying fewer Republicans and a disproportionate amount of Biden 2020 voters. “They’re smart people doing this, so I think it’s intentional. I think they really are doing this to try to suppress Republican vote, suppress Trump enthusiasm,” he says.

“Nowhere to Live” author James Burling says almost a century of poor government policies and strict zoning restrictions have failed to allow the supply of new housing to meet the demand. “No amount of price controls or subsidies to buyers is going to solve that problem until we allow the homes to be built that people need to be built,” he says.

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux condemns Vice President Kamala Harris for equating ICE officers to the Ku Klux Klan during a November 2018 confirmation hearing. “It’s unfair and you can’t expect an agency to be encouraged, to get out there and work hard when you have a leader who is continually pandering to politics versus holding truth and justice and holding up the law as a priority in their campaign,” he says.

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux contrasts former President Donald Trump’s treatment of law enforcement with Vice President Kamala Harris based on his personal experience with the presidential candidates. “[Trump] means it when he says that he wants people in this country to be safe, that he wants law enforcement to be able to enforce the rules of the land, the laws of the land that hold people accountable,” he says.

Article III Project Founder and President Mike Davis calls out the double standard of President Joe Biden demanding Supreme Court Justices disclose trips, even when they’re paid for by friends. “I think Joe Biden shouldn’t throw rocks when he lives in a glass house. His own family has taken more than $20 million from what seems like every corrupt government around the world—Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, China. I think Joe Biden should sit this one out,” he says.