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Golfer distracted by 'a nice rack' shanks tee shot in the direction of large bull elk, wisely grabs a new ball
Golfing in Estes Park, Colorado is already an adventure even when you're not shanking tee shots in the direction of nearby large bull elks. That's partly due to the antics of one of the bull elk named Smash.
He's been known to give chase after trucks and golf carts that get too close for comfort. If you hit a golf ball in his direction, like this woman unfortunately did, it's best to take whatever penalty may come and reach for another golf ball.
She took a quick look down the fairway, lined up her shot, then hit the ball right in Smash's direction. She reached for a new tee and had another ball tossed her way. Even with her golf club in hand, she wasn’t about to take her chances.
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Playing it where it lies was off the table. Her second shot was a much better one, according to Good Bull Outdoors:
"Golfers trying to get back (unintentionally) at Smash for all his antics this year!" they wrote. "She had to abandon her original drive because it landed right next to Smash but her second shot looked good!"
The golfer had a good excuse for shanking her tee shot. A woman claiming to be the one who hit the ball toward the feisty elk bull responded with, "That was me! Lol I might have been a bit distracted everyone likes a nice rack."
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It's hard to argue with that. Being distracted by a nice rack happens to the best of us. Good Bull Outdoors reiterated that she made up for the shanked shot when she had a chance to redeem herself.
They wrote in response, "Smash is definitely distracting. That follow up shot looked pretty good though!"
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If you're going to golf around bull elks you don't have to take the horns. Know when to ask for another ball and try your best not to be distracted by a nice rack.
Homan says Ilhan Omar could be stripped of naturalization, deported if immigration fraud is proven
Border czar Tom Homan said Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could be denaturalized and deported if investigators find that she committed immigration fraud, repeating his assertion that no one is above the law after her home was raided and cellphone seized.
"Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We've done it before... And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen," Homan told "The Big Weekend Show" on Saturday.
Omar will "be held to the same standards you and I are held [to]. If she violated the law, then she'll be held accountable," he added, declining to discuss the specifics of the investigation into the congresswoman.
"I said over a year ago, the allegations were made clear, and it would be investigated, and they are investigating it," he said. "I'm not going to get ahead of the bureau or HSI, but I've been told they have a strong case, and we'll let the evidence lead where it leads."
Omar is under federal investigation over allegations that she or her father lied about her birth year on immigration paperwork to obtain her citizenship when her family fled Somalia in the late 1990s.
Her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000. Omar was believed to be 17 at the time, and, as a minor, automatically qualified for citizenship under U.S. law along with him. But, recently, it’s been alleged she was actually 18 and would have needed to go through the process herself at that point.
Omar and other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have denounced the probe as political persecution of one of President Donald Trump's detractors weeks before a critical election.
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Federal agents raided Omar's Washington, D.C., home earlier this week and took her cellphone and other possessions.
Asked whether the federal government has reason to investigate any type of wrongdoing beyond immigration fraud, Homan said he wouldn't go there.
"That's a question for the FBI. I know things, but that's the question for FBI," he said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Omar's office for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
'The Chosen' actor endorses James Talarico, claims candidate reflects real 'Christian values'
'The Chosen' actor Jordan Walker Ross endorsed Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday, helping launch a faith-based voter coalition ahead of November's election while drawing criticism from a Republican state lawmaker over taxpayer-funded Hollywood subsidies.
Ross, who portrays the apostle Little James in the popular faith-based television series, announced his endorsement in a campaign video promoting "Faithful Texans for Talarico," an initiative intended to attract religious voters.
"A lot of politicians like to talk about Christian values, but you don’t really see that reflected in their legislation or the way that they live, but you do see that in the way that James lives. He loves his neighbor; he takes care of the needy, the sick, the immigrant," Ross said.
A spokesperson for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton's campaign slammed Talarico's appeals to Christian voters in a statement to Fox News Digital, accusing the Democrat of using his religious beliefs to justify progressive positions on social issues.
'OFFICE' STAR SAYS JAMES TALARICO'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS 'ACHINGLY CLOSE' TO JESUS CHRIST
"Everything about James Talarico is fake," the spokesperson said. "He uses his beliefs to justify his most radical positions, all while calling himself ‘a Christian who hates Christianity.’ In Talarico’s twisted version of Christianity, a follower of Christ is required to bend the knee at thealtar of the radical trans agenda, disavow the oil and gas industry, support late-term abortion, and open the door to every criminal illegal immigrant seeking asylum. I’m still looking through the Bible to find those passages, but I wouldn’t call it Christian."
Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Texas, also criticized the endorsement on X, accusing state lawmakers of subsidizing actors who support Democrats.
"Your money is being used to help elect Democrats like James Talarico," he said.
Harrison also took aim at Texas Senate Bill 22, which expanded Texas' film incentive program. Texas Film Commission records show that The Chosen Texas LLC received approximately $862,527 for its second season in 2022 and another $1.995 million for its fourth season in March 2025, totaling near $2.86 million. Both payments preceded the new legislation's September 2025 effective date.
In a follow-up statement to Fox News Digital, Harrison slammed the film program as a "socialist scheme to give billions of tax dollars to rich, woke, Hollywood leftists." He argued that production offsets "directly or indirectly" subsidize actor salaries, pledging to introduce legislation next session to repeal the "indefensible" Hollywood subsidies.
Ross defended the film incentives and rejected the suggestion that actors' political endorsements should affect production opportunities.
"The growing film industry in TX creates thousands of jobs for Texans who fall on both sides of the aisle," Ross said, in a statement Sunday to Fox News Digital. "For Harrison to suggest that those opportunities should be taken away simply because some actors — like myself — endorse Democratic candidates is unconstitutional. One of the beautiful things about our country is the right to voice our opinions and I encourage my fellow actors/filmmakers (on the right AND left) to do the same."
"I believe it’s time for a change and that James Talarico offers a clear vision for how to create those changes," he continued.
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Brittany Hughes, a video host at the Media Research Center, criticized Ross' endorsement in a statement to Fox News Digital, arguing that his role as an apostle on "The Chosen" did not make him an authority on Christian teachings.
"As is any American, Ross is free to vote for whatever candidate he chooses," she said. "But American voters aren’t obligated to take a theological lesson from an actor simply because he plays an apostle on TV."
"It’s a simple fact that many of Talarico’s public positions are in total opposition to basic Christian principles — his support for so-called gender transitioning, for example, which is completely at odds with the biblical description of God having created us male and female separately and for separate purposes," she added.
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Lisa Cusack, president of the Don't L.A. My Burbank PAC, criticized the endorsement in a statement to Fox News Digital, questioning whether Hollywood actors could influence Texas voters.
"I highly doubt this will help Talarico with voters, but Ross’ outspoken progressive politics could alienate Christian audiences from The Chosen. Christians and Texas voters can see through this kind of set piece Christianity," she said. "Theater kids generally make terrible political pundits."
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Ross rejected the idea that political differences necessarily alienate fans, saying he welcomes conversations with viewers who disagree with him.
"As a progressive actor on a TV show with a largely conservative audience, I’ve had so many wonderful opportunities to engage in challenging conversations with my fans and I also do so from a place of compassion and curiosity. When we do that, we can learn so much from one another."
Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, faces Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who announced his own "Pastors for Paxton" coalition with 27 faith leaders the same week.
Fox News Digital reached out to Talarico and the Texas Film Commission for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
BYU QB Bear Bachmeier says Notre Dame 'disrespected' him and his family following upset win over Irish
It's safe to say that BYU's upset win over Notre Dame on Saturday night was extra sweet for Cougars quarterback Bear Bachmeier.
The signal caller was impressive during BYU’s 28-24 win over the Irish, throwing for 224 yards and a touchdown while rushing for a pair of scores in one of a handful of stunning upsets across the sport.
Speaking with the media after the win, Bachmeier was asked what it was like to be a part of a field-storm-inducing victory at BYU, which is when he brought up some receipts he's kept over the years.
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"Out of high school, Notre Dame disrespected me and my family pretty badly, and I wasn't going to lose to those guys, there was no way I was going to lose to those guys," the California native explained.
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Bachmeier did not go into detail about what exactly it was that the Fighting Irish allegedly did to disrespect him during his high school playing days, but it almost certainly has to be tied to his recruitment process.
Notre Dame was one of over a dozen big-time programs that offered Bachmeier when he was at Murrieta Valley, and according to Adam Gorney of Rivals, he was nearing making his commitment to the Irish, but the program had Deuce Knight above him on its prospect list.
Knight committed to Notre Dame in September 2023, effectively taking Bachmeier's spot, but ultimately decommitted before taking his talents to Auburn. Meanwhile, Bachmeier enrolled at Stanford, but did not stay with the Cardinal long and put his name in the transfer portal during spring practices.
Bachmeier opted to transfer to BYU, along with his brother, Tiger, a wide receiver for the Cougs. He was thrust into the QB1 role during the 2025 season after starting quarterback Jake Retzlaff transferred to Tulane after admitting to having premarital sex, a violation of BYU's honor code.
Bachmeier, a true sophomore, has thrown for nearly 1,300 yards and rushed for 284 yards in six games for the Cougars this season.
Nearly 800,000 travelers just voted to name the absolute best cruise lines of 2026
Travelers have named their favorite cruise lines for sailing aboard some of the biggest ships at sea.
Nearly 800,000 votes were cast in Condé Nast Traveler's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards, which ranked cruise lines across several ship sizes.
The largest category covered "megaships" carrying more than 4,000 passengers, with Princess Cruises taking the No. 1 spot with a score of 92.35.
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Princess entered the megaship category with Sun Princess and Star Princess, which launched in 2024 and 2025, respectively. Each can carry up to 4,300 passengers, making them the largest ships in the Princess fleet, according to the publication.
Royal Caribbean International came in second with a score of 86.45.
The cruise line operates the nine largest cruise ships in the world, according to Condé Nast Traveler.
Its biggest vessels can carry up to 7,600 passengers at full capacity and stretch nearly 1,200 feet, with onboard attractions ranging from water parks to live productions, the publication said.
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MSC Cruises ranked third among megaships, followed by Carnival Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line.
MSC's megaships can carry between 5,300 and 6,700 passengers, according to Condé Nast Traveler. Carnival's larger ships include attractions such as a roller coaster at sea, while Norwegian offers amenities including water parks, go-kart racing and virtual-reality gaming.
Different cruise lines topped the rankings for slightly smaller vessels.
The awards' "large ships" category covered vessels carrying between 2,500 and 3,999 passengers.
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Virgin Voyages took the No. 1 spot in that category with a score of 91.
Disney Cruise Line followed closely behind in second place, while Holland America Line ranked third.
Celebrity Cruises and Princess Cruises rounded out the top five, putting Princess among the highest-rated lines in both the megaship and large-ship categories.
Condé Nast Traveler also ranked medium and small ships, along with river cruise lines, as part of its annual Readers' Choice Awards.
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Tim Walz says he takes responsibility for Minnesota fraud by not running for re-election
Gov. Tim Walz took responsibility for mishandling fraud in Minnesota even as he took multiple parting shots at the Trump administration.
During Friday’s episode of "The Lever" podcast, Walz said that he lacked the authority to independently stop payments to suspected fraudsters and needed legislative action to obtain that authority, but nonetheless acknowledged that his administration should have acted sooner.
"The amount of fraud, like I said, $1 is too much, but the amount that has been prosecuted, and people put in jail, is less than what [President Donald Trump] is asking for his ballroom," Walz said.
When pressed further by the host about whether he was worried that the fraud allegations would continue to be damaging, Walz replied, "Yes. They undermine faith in government."
He added, "It's one of the reasons I accept responsibility for that. I think, you know, I had decided, probably after the murder of Melissa Hortman, certainly before Christmas, that we weren't going to run again because I said, ‘They're going to use this to attack others and to attack the system.’"
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"Every state has this. Most states have far more than this," he added. "The Trump administration decided to focus on the perfect storm for them," Walz said.
"‘Blame Somalis.’ ‘Blame the guy who ran against me.’ ‘Blame this prosperous state that pays more money in than not and let's punish them.’ But that doesn't excuse that. Should we do more? Yes. Were there things that we should have closed back doors sooner? Yes. I mean, it happened. Now we know other states are learning from us."
He later said, "The problem with fraud and corruption, both of them undermine faith in government, and that plays right into Republicans' hands. Do they like fraud? I would argue they do because it undermines federal. It makes a reason to cut these programs. They hate these programs that feed children. They hate these programs that, you know, work with autistic children. So, man, what a gift to them. ‘See, they don't work. It's tax dollars. Let's close them down.’"
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Former chief counsel for House Judiciary Democrats Julian Epstein spoke with Fox News Digital about the interview.
"These excuses insult our intelligence," he said of Walz's statements.
"The governor has ample authority to stop payments when there's evidence of fraud. The governor can also refer the evidence to state and federal prosecutors for immediate action. The reality here is that this systemic fraud seemed to be going on for over a decade with officials like Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan doing almost nothing about it. And there are serious questions as to whether they turned a blind eye because the beneficiaries of the fraud were voting for them, contributing to their campaigns, we're helping them politically in some way. The real question is whether these senior officials were somehow benefiting directly or indirectly."
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Former acting-assistant attorney general Theo Wold spoke about the interview to Fox News Digital as well.
"They were in charge while foreigners and criminals pilfered billions in public funds, and Democrats let it all happen. Now they deflect and blame Republicans. You can’t make it make sense," Wold said.
Courteney Cox shows off beach body in black bikini during recent trip to Hawaii
Courteney Cox proves age is just a number.
During a recent trip to Hawaii to celebrate her friend, Jennifer Meyer's wedding, the 62-year-old actress was spotted enjoying a day at the beach.
The "Cougar Town" star was photographed smiling in a black bikini while standing on the beach.
She paired the bikini with layered gold necklaces and earrings, and wore her hair in a ponytail to take a dip in the ocean. In the photos, she is seen standing knee-deep in the water before wrapping a towel over her body to dry off.
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Cox has shared how she manages to stay fit as she gets older, telling Marie Claire in September 2022 that she takes vitamins in the mornings, in addition to drinking "the cucumber, pineapple, ginger, and lemon thing."
"I play tennis twice a week. I used to box twice a week, but my left knee is hurt," she said about her fitness routine. "I also do pilates once a week. As I get older, I realize it's more important for me to do weights. It’s amazing how I used to be really muscley but not so much anymore."
She later gave fans a glimpse of her workout routine in an Instagram video in July 2024, which showed her running on a treadmill, pull-ups, squats and crunches.
The "Friends" star was also seen enjoying her summer while on a luxury yacht off the Spanish island of Mallorca with her longtime friend, Jennifer Aniston, and other actors, including Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann and Pedro Pascal.
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In addition to relaxing on the boat, the celebrity besties were also photographed taking a dip in the ocean and engaging in water sports.
Cox rose to stardom as one of the stars of the hit sitcom "Friends," which she starred in for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004, alongside Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry.
Following Perry's death in October 2023, Cox shared on "CBS Sunday Morning," that Perry was "probably one of the funniest human beings in the world."
"I’m so thankful I got to work so closely with him for so many years," she said. "He visits me a lot, if we believe in that."
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She further shared some of her spiritual connections to other lost loved ones, like her parents, and how she still feels Perry with her.
"I’ve talked to my mom, my dad, Matthew. I feel like there are a lot of people that are… I think they guide us. I do sense, yeah, I sense Matthew’s around for sure," Cox said.
Canadian PM Carney says 4 service members killed, dozens injured in military base fire
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Sunday that four service members were killed and dozens more seriously injured after a fire broke out during military training at a base in Alberta, calling it one of the country's worst peacetime military tragedies on domestic soil.
The deadly fire erupted Saturday at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, where fierce winds fueled flames that spread beyond the installation and into surrounding rural areas. Canadian military officials said there were no indications of terrorism, though the cause remained under investigation.
Carney said in a televised address that the families of the four service members killed had been notified and that the situation was still evolving.
The prime minister said those affected included reservists and soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, one of Canada's oldest military regiments. Personnel had traveled from bases across the country to participate in training exercises at Wainwright.
Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty initially confirmed fatalities and injuries but did not provide a casualty count, Fox News Digital previously reported.
"I cannot recall such an incident in my short time for sure as a minister, but I cannot recall an incident like this in recent memory," McGuinty told reporters.
The exact number of injured service members remained unclear Sunday, with victims receiving treatment at hospitals in Wainwright, Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary.
Several hospitals across Alberta activated a "Code Orange," an emergency designation for mass-casualty incidents, as medical personnel scrambled to treat the wounded.
"This number of patients would overwhelm the city of Edmonton," Dr. Warren Thirsk, an emergency department physician at Royal Alexandra Hospital, told CBC News. "It is more patients than any of us want to count right now. It's a disaster."
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said officers responded to reports of a fire in a training area at the base shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters battled intense winds, with gusts reaching up to 62 mph, as flames spread beyond the installation.
By late Saturday, local officials said the fire was being held and that property and critical infrastructure were protected. No evacuation order had been issued for nearby residents.
McGuinty said the RCMP was involved in investigating the incident, describing the situation as "very, very active and delicate."
Carney announced that flags would fly at half-staff on federal buildings nationwide in honor of those killed and injured. He also praised emergency crews who battled the flames through the night.
Fox News Digital's Michael Sinkewicz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Photos show aftermath of riots as masked groups clash with police across France
Paris woke Sunday to shattered storefronts, burned cars and a heavy police presence after unrest swept through the city and other parts of France.
Violent clashes broke out Saturday during nationwide demonstrations over rising living costs and poor school conditions. Hundreds of thousands marched across the country, while masked groups fought with police, looted businesses and set fires in several cities.
Police reported 1,800 arrests nationwide, including 855 in the Paris region.
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The destruction was not limited to Paris.
In Limoges, about three hours south of the capital, fire tore through the city’s historic town hall, built in 1883 and designated a historic landmark in 1975.
The local prefect, Maurice Barate, told AFP that the roof had collapsed onto the lower floors and about two-thirds of the building’s exterior had disappeared. He called it "a catastrophe for heritage."
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French President Emmanuel Macron had called for "calm and respect" ahead of Saturday’s demonstrations, saying the right to protest must be exercised with respect for people and property.
But as violence escalated, the French president and his wife, Brigitte, were spotted at a Celine Dion concert in Nanterre, west of Paris, according to French media reports.
The couple reportedly arrived and left discreetly and joined roughly 35,000 spectators at the Plenitude Arena. Macron had spent Thursday and Friday in Brussels for a European Council meeting.
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President Donald Trump weighed in Sunday, blaming immigration for the unrest in a Truth Social post and urging France to close its borders.
"The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country," he wrote. "Close your borders and take control, before it is too late!"
Pro-Israel leader warns Democrats failing to condemn ‘vicious Jew haters’ in Congress
When Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed could not say Iran is a bigger threat to the U.S. than Israel, it was a warning of elections in a post-Oct. 7 world, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton Klein says.
American and even Israeli leaders are failing to show strength against hate as anti-Zionist voices gain power, Klein told Fox News Digital in a Monday interview.
"Ilhan Omar is one of the most vicious Jew haters in America," Klein said, speaking on behalf of himself and not as the leader of the ZOA. "And it is very painful to me that the leaders of the Democratic Party have not continuously and vigorously condemned her" and other antisemitic political leaders, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., El-Sayed and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
They are not merely "pro-Palestinian" voices, Klein says: "They're anti-Israel voices. They don't really give a damn about the Palestinians either. They just hate Jews in the Jewish state. That's my opinion."
The ZOA is a 501(c)(3) that is unpermitted by law to talk candidacies as opposed to their positions, Klein stressed, before unloading on the voices that take aim at Israel and ostensibly handing political power to the antisemites and terrorists – which even includes Israeli elections just two weeks from now.
"Viciously antisemitic members of Congress have not been condemned in any significant way by the Democratic Party," he continued. "So it's disappointing to me as an American that we don't condemn people who are filled with hate and not filled with what's best for America."
Anti-Israel rhetoric has moved from the political fringe into elected office, he said, warning that Democrats have not forcefully condemned members of their own party who he says traffic in antisemitism.
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It has even forced Israeli leaders to move toward a dangerous level of "appeasement," according to Klein.
"I blame the Jewish leaders and the Israeli leaders themselves: You might find that surprising," he said. "The Israeli government over the years has not made it clear that the Hamas Charter has two clauses that say, murder every Jew on earth, destroy Israel. And, most recently, El-Sayed not only refused to clearly name Iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terror, as a greater threat than Israel during a Michigan Senate debate, "he said worse," Klein lamented.
"He said both of them are dangerous to America, and he said Israel is as evil as Hamas," he continued.
"The Democratic Party has not condemned him. Worse, [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer endorsed him, has given him tens of millions of dollars to run," Klein said. "Elissa Slotkin, the senator from Michigan, Jewish senator, has endorsed him. And [Dana] Nessel, the attorney general, Jewish attorney general has endorsed them. This is disgraceful."
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"If this guy was unequivocally anti-Black, they would have all condemned him. Why don't they condemn people who hate Jews for no reason whatsoever? It's very, very frightening," he said.
During his push to hold the Michigan Senate seat for Democrats, Abdul El-Sayed described Judaism as "a light unto the world," expressing deep gratitude for the Jewish community's contributions.
"My commitment to Jewish safety is equivalent to the commitment to the safety of my own daughters," he said.
Klein also weighed in on Mamdani for declining to condemn the phrase "globalize the intifada," a call to violence against Jews around the world, he warned.
"Mamdani was asked to condemn the phrase, globalize the intifada … he refused to condemn this phrase," Klein said. "This guy is a monster. He is a jihadist Jew-hater supporter of terrorism."
Despite the criticism, Mamdani has pledged to "protect our Jewish neighbors" and stated his commitment to "mourning with them, and committing to fight against evil and antisemitism."
As Mamdani has done explicitly, Israel is often portrayed as the aggressor and perpetrator of a so-called "genocide" in Gaza, Klein observed, stating that the reality is those atrocities were committed by Hamas terrorists Oct. 7, when terrorists invaded Israel specifically to kill "Jews," not merely "people," Klein said.
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"They went in house to house, door to door, murdering every single family," Klein said. "Can you imagine? They go in and there's a mother and a father and children sitting, they're scared out of their minds, and they shoot them to death. And oftentimes they raped the mother first and then they murdered them. Then they put babies into ovens and killed them that way. It's just a nightmare what they did."
"Yes, their goal is to murder every single Jew. In fact, the leaders of Hamas have said repeatedly: 'We will have many, many more Oct. 7s; you wait, many, more Oct. 7s," he added.
Klein said any future Israeli government after the Oct. 27 elections must be "as tough as nails, responding with overwhelming force for any terrorism," and do as the "the people demanded: destroy Hamas."
Klein warned, however, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be weakened politically if he is forced to form an alliance with left-of-center parties after Israel’s elections.
"The polls show that it’s likely that Netanyahu will win again, but he may have to have a broader coalition to bring in people from the left of center," Klein warned. "I think the odds are high Bibi will continue to be the prime minister. But his hands will be somewhat tied if he’s forced, and I think he will be forced, to bring people from left of the center to have coalition."
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Asked whether the process of forming a coalition could weaken Israel’s response, Klein answered, "Yes."
"Yes, because some of the left-of-center people are appeasement-oriented," Klein said. "They still believe just give the Arabs more, it’ll be all right."
"And people have to understand, and these people don't quite understand, this is not a war about land or about a Palestinian state. This is a war about destroying Israel and killing Jews."
He argued that Israel should reject further concessions and project strength until its enemies accept that the Jewish state cannot be destroyed and the decades of calls for a Palestinian state are a proven failure.
"They had it; they controlled it," Klein said. "They could have just said a new country of Palestine has now emerged. No, because the goal is not that. The goal is Israel's destruction."
"Only when they understand that, that it's hopeless for them to destroy the Jewish state of Israel, only then might they finally lay down their arms and say, we give up."