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2 days ago
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Republican Delegate Chris Bouchat plans run for Maryland governor in 2026
BALTIMORE — Delegate Chris Bouchat, a Republican from Carroll County who has railed against both Democrats and members of his own party in Annapolis, is gearing up to run for governor next year. Bouchat told The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday he is launching an initial slate of television ads in the coming weeks but is not yet formally announcing his candidacy or filing with the Maryland State Board of Elections. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore has said he intends to seek a second term, and a few challengers have begun lining up to get their names on the ballot. 'I'm going to see how the strategy unfolds. I'm in no big hurry,' he said, referring to the primary still a year away. His campaign website already reads 'Bouchat for Governor' and states that 'We the people want a governor with white hair, who has faced and overcome the hardships of life, so they have empathy for us as they execute the duties of office on our behalf.' Bouchat, 57, has at times been open about those hardships. He has been convicted twice of assault and served jail time — once as a 16-year-old in 1984 and after another incident in 1997 involving his wife at the time. Two years before his successful run for the Carroll County Board of Commissioners in 2018, Bouchat's 26-year-old daughter died from a fentanyl overdose. He told The Sun that he believes his experiences make him 'extremely identifiable to a broad base of voters across all demographics,' including experiencing depression and alcoholism after the death of his daughter. After winning a seat in the House of Delegates in 2022, Bouchat has at-times challenged his colleagues on both sides of the aisle — including with a letter to his GOP colleagues within his first few months in that office that said many of them had become 'show horses' in their opposition strategy while in the minority, Maryland Matters reported. One of Bouchat's calling cards has been reforming the redistricting system in which elected leaders draw the districts in which they run. His campaign includes a quote from him reading, 'The greatest gift I can give the citizens of Maryland as governor is sovereignty over the General Assembly by districts being drawn by the people not politicians.' He said in an interview his platform would also focus on economic and tax policy — including changing Maryland's tax system to reflect a 3% flat tax on all income, capital gains and sales. Bouchat said last year that he did not plan to run again for his House seat because of enduring frustrations with Democrats controlling a supermajority of the Maryland General Assembly. _________
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
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Pam Bondi's Bold Donald Trump Stat Turns Heads, And Not In A Good Way
Critics raised eyebrows — and questions about basic math — after Attorney General Pam Bondi made a dubious claim during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Bondi boasted to Trump that 3,400 kilos of fentanyl had been seized 'since you've been here last 100 days,' and then added: 'which saved — are you ready for this, media? — 258 million lives.' The comment immediately drew attention. This isn't an SNL skit. At a cabinet meeting today, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Donald Trump saved 258 million lives—75% of the U.S. population—in his first 100 days by seizing fentanyl. — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 30, 2025 With the U.S. population currently estimated at 346 million, Bondi appeared to suggest that Trump had saved around 75% of all Americans. Adding to the confusion, Bondi had posted on social media just the day before that the administration had saved 119 million lives — less than half her Wednesday figure. Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our… — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) April 29, 2025 Critics on social media and in the press mocked the shifting numbers and asked how Bondi arrived at such inflated estimates. 'Are you ready for this, media?'Pam Bondi turns to the press and says Trump saved '258 million lives.'That's not a press briefing that's a cult sermon with a camera this rate, they'll credit him for inventing oxygen next. — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) April 30, 2025 BREAKING: Pam Bondi just claimed that Trump's fentanyl seizures have saved the lives of 75% of the US population, 250 million lives. Do you believe this one too MAGA? — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 30, 2025 Pam Bondi turns to the press, dramatically credits Trump with saving 258 million lives—because, apparently, that's the kind of math we're working with. — The Vivlia (@TVivlia) April 30, 2025 Wait, today Pam Bondi said that 258 million lives or 74% OF THE ENTIRE US POPULATION were saved?Just yesterday she said it was 119 million Bondi is giving RFK Jr. a run for his money with her feats of statistical bullshittery. — Ashley (@ashleydixon) May 1, 2025 AG Pam Bondi claiming they 'saved 258 million American lives' in just 100 days is straight-up are only 340 million people in the entire did they save us from — Thanos?This isn't North Korea-style delusion.#Trump#TrumpTariffs… — OrangeMenace (@WKazingmei) May 1, 2025 pam bondi really expects people to believe that if trump didn't win 250 MILLION Americans would've died???? Do these people hear themselves! — Covie (@covie_93) May 1, 2025 Update: Bondi now says that this number is low, and that in fact they've saved 258 million lives. That's 75% of all Americans. Awesome work, Pam! — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 30, 2025 I don't really know what to say, but within 24 hours of the whole internet making fun of her innumeracy, AG Pam Bondi has doubled down, now stating that she has saved 258 million lives over the past 100 days. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 30, 2025 Yesterday Pam Bondi claimed Trump saved 119 million she has upped it to 258 million as she yells at the press for not wanting to accept we are in deep trouble. You really can't be on the fence anymore about what we're seeing. — Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) April 30, 2025 Critics Think Trump's 'Brain Is Cooked' After Bonkers Town Hall Tangent Lawrence O'Donnell Drops 'Sopranos'-Style Burn On Trump Critics Stunned By Trump Rally Crowd's 'Sickening' Response To Immigrants Video
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
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Pam Bondi's Bold Donald Trump Stat Turns Heads, And Not In A Good Way
Critics raised eyebrows — and questions about basic math — after Attorney General Pam Bondi made a dubious claim during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Bondi boasted to Trump that 3,400 kilos of fentanyl had been seized 'since you've been here last 100 days,' and then added: 'which saved — are you ready for this, media? — 258 million lives.' The comment immediately drew attention. This isn't an SNL skit. At a cabinet meeting today, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Donald Trump saved 258 million lives—75% of the U.S. population—in his first 100 days by seizing fentanyl. — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 30, 2025 With the U.S. population currently estimated at 346 million, Bondi appeared to suggest that Trump had saved around 75% of all Americans. Adding to the confusion, Bondi had posted on social media just the day before that the administration had saved 119 million lives — less than half her Wednesday figure. Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our… — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) April 29, 2025 Critics on social media and in the press mocked the shifting numbers and asked how Bondi arrived at such inflated estimates. 'Are you ready for this, media?'Pam Bondi turns to the press and says Trump saved '258 million lives.'That's not a press briefing that's a cult sermon with a camera this rate, they'll credit him for inventing oxygen next. — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) April 30, 2025 BREAKING: Pam Bondi just claimed that Trump's fentanyl seizures have saved the lives of 75% of the US population, 250 million lives. Do you believe this one too MAGA? — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 30, 2025 Pam Bondi turns to the press, dramatically credits Trump with saving 258 million lives—because, apparently, that's the kind of math we're working with. — The Vivlia (@TVivlia) April 30, 2025 Wait, today Pam Bondi said that 258 million lives or 74% OF THE ENTIRE US POPULATION were saved?Just yesterday she said it was 119 million Bondi is giving RFK Jr. a run for his money with her feats of statistical bullshittery. — Ashley (@ashleydixon) May 1, 2025 AG Pam Bondi claiming they 'saved 258 million American lives' in just 100 days is straight-up are only 340 million people in the entire did they save us from — Thanos?This isn't North Korea-style delusion.#Trump#TrumpTariffs… — OrangeMenace (@WKazingmei) May 1, 2025 pam bondi really expects people to believe that if trump didn't win 250 MILLION Americans would've died???? Do these people hear themselves! — Covie (@covie_93) May 1, 2025 Update: Bondi now says that this number is low, and that in fact they've saved 258 million lives. That's 75% of all Americans. Awesome work, Pam! — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 30, 2025 I don't really know what to say, but within 24 hours of the whole internet making fun of her innumeracy, AG Pam Bondi has doubled down, now stating that she has saved 258 million lives over the past 100 days. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 30, 2025 Yesterday Pam Bondi claimed Trump saved 119 million she has upped it to 258 million as she yells at the press for not wanting to accept we are in deep trouble. You really can't be on the fence anymore about what we're seeing. — Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) April 30, 2025 Critics Think Trump's 'Brain Is Cooked' After Bonkers Town Hall Tangent Lawrence O'Donnell Drops 'Sopranos'-Style Burn On Trump Critics Stunned By Trump Rally Crowd's 'Sickening' Response To Immigrants Video
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
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Pam Bondi's Bold Donald Trump Stat Turns Heads, And Not In A Good Way
Critics raised eyebrows — and questions about basic math — after Attorney General Pam Bondi made a dubious claim during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Bondi boasted to Trump that 3,400 kilos of fentanyl had been seized 'since you've been here last 100 days,' and then added: 'which saved — are you ready for this, media? — 258 million lives.' The comment immediately drew attention. This isn't an SNL skit. At a cabinet meeting today, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Donald Trump saved 258 million lives—75% of the U.S. population—in his first 100 days by seizing fentanyl. — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 30, 2025 With the U.S. population currently estimated at 346 million, Bondi appeared to suggest that Trump had saved around 75% of all Americans. Adding to the confusion, Bondi had posted on social media just the day before that the administration had saved 119 million lives — less than half her Wednesday figure. Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our… — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) April 29, 2025 Critics on social media and in the press mocked the shifting numbers and asked how Bondi arrived at such inflated estimates. 'Are you ready for this, media?'Pam Bondi turns to the press and says Trump saved '258 million lives.'That's not a press briefing that's a cult sermon with a camera this rate, they'll credit him for inventing oxygen next. — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) April 30, 2025 BREAKING: Pam Bondi just claimed that Trump's fentanyl seizures have saved the lives of 75% of the US population, 250 million lives. Do you believe this one too MAGA? — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 30, 2025 Pam Bondi turns to the press, dramatically credits Trump with saving 258 million lives—because, apparently, that's the kind of math we're working with. — The Vivlia (@TVivlia) April 30, 2025 Wait, today Pam Bondi said that 258 million lives or 74% OF THE ENTIRE US POPULATION were saved?Just yesterday she said it was 119 million Bondi is giving RFK Jr. a run for his money with her feats of statistical bullshittery. — Ashley (@ashleydixon) May 1, 2025 AG Pam Bondi claiming they 'saved 258 million American lives' in just 100 days is straight-up are only 340 million people in the entire did they save us from — Thanos?This isn't North Korea-style delusion.#Trump#TrumpTariffs… — OrangeMenace (@WKazingmei) May 1, 2025 pam bondi really expects people to believe that if trump didn't win 250 MILLION Americans would've died???? Do these people hear themselves! — Covie (@covie_93) May 1, 2025 Update: Bondi now says that this number is low, and that in fact they've saved 258 million lives. That's 75% of all Americans. Awesome work, Pam! — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 30, 2025 I don't really know what to say, but within 24 hours of the whole internet making fun of her innumeracy, AG Pam Bondi has doubled down, now stating that she has saved 258 million lives over the past 100 days. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 30, 2025 Yesterday Pam Bondi claimed Trump saved 119 million she has upped it to 258 million as she yells at the press for not wanting to accept we are in deep trouble. You really can't be on the fence anymore about what we're seeing. — Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) April 30, 2025 Critics Think Trump's 'Brain Is Cooked' After Bonkers Town Hall Tangent Lawrence O'Donnell Drops 'Sopranos'-Style Burn On Trump Critics Stunned By Trump Rally Crowd's 'Sickening' Response To Immigrants Video
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
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Pam Bondi Makes Head-Spinning Claim Trump Saved 258M American Lives
Attorney General Pam Bondi made the head-spinning claim Wednesday that Donald Trump saved 258 million American lives as a result of fentanyl seized at the U.S. border. During a Cabinet meeting, Bondi said that if not for the president, about 75 percent of Americans would be dead. 'Since you have been in office, President Trump, your DOJ agencies have seized more than 22 million fentanyl pills—3,400 kilos of saved—are you ready for this, media?—258 million lives,' Bondi claimed. When asked how the attorney general arrived at that number, the Department of Justice provided a formula to the Daily Beast: 3,400,000 grams of fentanyl multiplied by the 'current purity level' of .1518, divided by .002, the lethal amount per gram. The result: 258,060,000. On Tuesday, Bondi had made a lesser, nine-figure claim about the lives the Trump administration saved by seizing 'fentanyl-laced pills.' 'Today is Fentanyl Awareness day,' the attorney general wrote in a social media post that afternoon. 'In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives.' Bondi highlighted on Wednesday one recent seizure of 20,000 molly pills laced with fentanyl. 'That's 20,000 lives saved because of you,' she told Trump. This seizure, the DOJ said, was from a Drug Enforcement Agency operation in Los Angeles in February. Bondi's praise for the president at the Cabinet meeting—in which members of the administration took turns flattering the president while seated in front of red 'Gulf of America' hats—went above and beyond. 'Your first 100 days has far exceeded that of any other presidency in this country, ever. Ever. Never seen anything like it. Thank you,' she gushed. Trump's approval rating, though, shows otherwise.
