A video from a home renovation site in Maryland has gone viral over the detainment of several Guatemalan laborers.

On Monday morning, a group of men showed up to remodel a family home in Cambridge, Maryland. According to one of the workers, it did not take long for the job to turn into a federal investigation.

‘The owner of the house kind of called immigration.’

The men had reportedly traveled about an hour and a half from Glen Burnie to Cambridge to complete a remodeling job on a house that included roofing.

As the men were on the roof, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement appeared and began calling the laborers to come down.

Video of the exchange, posted online, was reportedly recorded by one of the workers, Bryan Polanco, who claimed the homeowner had notified authorities.

“We practically had a project to start today … when they started the work, the owner of the house kind of called immigration,” Polanco told N+ Univision DC, according to a translation.

Six Guatemalan workers, reportedly between 18 and 40 years old, were subsequently detained by ICE. Polanco was not detained because he is said to be a permanent resident.

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The viral video, which has been seen nearly 5 million times, contains claims from Polanco that ICE agents are “just hurting working people” who “contribute positively” to the United States.

Polanco also described the homeowner as harboring hate for the workers.

“Instead of going out and looking for criminals on the streets — for drug addicts — they come here to screw over people who are just trying to work. And it’s that same woman. … We were fixing up her house, and yet she still harbors such hatred in her heart.”

Polanco went on to tell Univision that the homeowner told him that “if immigrants return again to finish the project, she will always call ICE.”

The worker continued to conflate legal workers with illegal immigrants, telling the outlet, “Many Hispanics here in the United States have felt persecuted. We left home, and we don’t know if we are going to return.”

“Seeing it is not the same as living it. It is because I have already seen many videos, and sadly, today, I had to experience it. And I feel that it is something that really moves you a lot,” he recalled.

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According to Spanish-language outlet Conexion Migrante, Polanco can also be heard in the video calling the ICE agents “animals.”

“Even the neighbors and passersby here were trying to support us, but there’s nothing to be done with these animals.”

The wife of one of the Guatemalan workers spoke to Univision in a phone call under the promise of anonymity. The woman said she felt “sad” and “desperate” for her husband, who was detained.

“We are here to get ahead, not to do evil,” she stated.

Although no official information has been provided, Univision, citing relatives, reported that those detained do not have the required documentation to remain in the U.S.

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The Trump administration’s new Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, chaired by Vice President JD Vance, is moving to suspend dozens of Los Angeles businesses.

On March 16, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the task force, announcing that it would advise the president and coordinate efforts to end fraud, waste, and abuse in government benefit programs.

‘The American people deserve better than being ripped off by people who hate this country.’

The task force is working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to identify and suspend hospice and home health providers flagged as high risk.

CMS has suspended 70 providers, a source told Blaze News.

“As the task force to root out waste, fraud, and abuse ramps up its work, we expect this number to grow exponentially,” the source stated.

This latest action from the CMS builds on a February announcement of action to protect taxpayers by cracking down on fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid systems. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz joined Vance to reveal that the administration had deferred $259.5 million in quarterly Medicaid funding in Minnesota due to fraud concerns. Additionally, the CMS implemented a six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollment for certain durable medical equipment suppliers.

RELATED: ‘Minnesota was big but California is even bigger’: Nick Shirley uncovers staggering alleged fraud right under Newsom’s nose

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The task force plans to utilize the CMS’ existing template, which involves an AI-driven internal fraud detection system that either blocks claims or flags them for review, a source told Blaze News.

This system can be scaled across the government to root out waste, fraud, and abuse nationwide more effectively. The task force is actively hiring CMS technologists to deploy this system.

“Vice President Vance looks forward to carrying out the president’s war on fraud,” a spokesperson for Vance told Blaze News. “The American people deserve better than being ripped off by people who hate this country, and the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud will ensure that essential taxpayer-funded services are used to support the hardworking Americans who rely on them, instead of being used by fraudsters and criminals.”

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The White House’s announcement about the establishment of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud followed a bombshell investigation in December by journalist Nick Shirley, who uncovered a massive social-services fraud scandal in Minnesota.

The Trump administration appeared to confirm these reports, stating in its task force fact sheet that Medicaid fraud in Minnesota “could total billions,” adding that it was taking action to end the “epidemic.”

“There is strong reason to believe similar vulnerabilities exist in California, Illinois, New York, Maine, and Colorado, where insufficient safeguards and weak oversight increase the risk of large-scale fraud,” the White House wrote.

Earlier this month, Shirley revealed over $170 million in alleged day-care and hospice fraud in California.

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The most notably progressive “Star Trek” series will be canceled by CBS Studios and Paramount+, prompting one of its actors to demand the show’s lore nevertheless become more “woke.”

Studios were so supportive of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” that Paramount+ picked it up for a second season before the show even aired; but that will be all.

‘The world is still not ready to hear the message of love, peace, [and] infinite diversity.’

The show’s demise began when it launched for free on YouTube — an already bad sign — garnering just over 85,000 views in the first 24 hours; not good for a show with an estimated budget of $10 to $20 million per episode.

Nothing could prepare audiences for the show’s trajectory though. The new series boasted polyamorous refugee Klingons, Stephen Colbert, and gender activist Tig Notaro playing a teacher pushing DEI ideology on cadets.

Progressivism certainly flowed through the series’ actors. Case in point, Gina Yashere, who played Lura Thok.

Yashere took to Instagram after the show’s cancelation to declare that audiences aren’t ready to hear about love and tolerance and that future iterations must avoid becoming too white.

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“Obviously, the world is still not ready to hear the message of love, peace, infinite diversity, acceptance, the eschewing of violence and senseless wars,” she said in a video, first reported by Fandom Pulse.

She added, “And ‘Star Trek’ will be back stronger than ever. And preferably with the same message and not completely whitewashed.”

In her written caption, Yashere made it abundantly clear she was proud of the show’s woke ideology as well.

“Be safe out there peeps. Stay woke. Wokeywoke. Wokest of the woke. Wokeyliscious. A cacophony of woke.”

The show’s messaging was never left for interpretation either. Its actors and showrunners will have to come to terms with the fact that they fully presented their intent, and it was not viewed favorably.

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When the show first aired, series creator Alex Kurtzman said he was “not slowing down on representation in any way,” while characterizing “representation” as being the “beating heart” of the show.

Karim Diane, who played the aforementioned Klingon who wore a skirt and dress, said back in January that his character would have his sexuality “explored.”

This manifested in a Klingon/human love story the character had with an allegedly “nonbinary” person.

Diane has since promised the second season is “basically just Season 1 turned all the way up.”

In a statement to Variety, both CBS and Paramount said that while they were “incredibly proud of the ambition, passion, and creativity” the series showcased, it will not receive a third season.

Variety also reported that “Starfleet Academy” failed to secure a significant audience and did not rank among Nielsen’s Top 10 charts for streaming viewership.

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Best known for his snarky celebrity gossip blog, famous for its vicious takes on Hollywood’s biggest dramas, Perez Hilton recently returned from a grueling hospital ordeal with a shocking message: God is not only real — He is good.

After a bout of the flu that escalated into a perforated stomach ulcer and ultimately sepsis, Hilton was hospitalized for 21 brutal days of procedures and surgeries. During this tumultuous time, he claims he encountered God — not in the kind of drug-induced delirium we often hear about from people in near-death situations, but while he was apparently fully conscious.

‘He is in my heart, and He is the main reason why I am healing so quickly.’

“God presented himself to me,” Hilton said in a 25-minute video released on March 23.

“I was very lucid. It was real, and this has been life-changing,” he added tearfully.

Even though Hilton had a religious upbringing — baptized, confirmed, and schooled in the Catholic faith as a youth — he was “never a believer” until this “miraculous” experience turned his world upside down.

After two weeks of invasive procedures, stubborn infections that wouldn’t heal, new complications picked up in the hospital, and the humbling ordeal of needing help with basic bodily functions, Hilton reached a rock-bottom place he described as “hell.”

But it seems God met him in that darkness and not only spared his earthly life (Hilton is now home and steadily recovering) but, I pray, his eternal one as well.

The 48-year-old, openly gay single father of three surrogate-born children says he’s now “excited to start taking the kids to church” and hopes to enroll them in a local Catholic school near their Las Vegas residence.

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What’s more, his spiritual experience has compelled him to make adjustments in his personal life. “I’m ashamed of myself,” Hilton admitted. “I felt this need to produce for my family so much that I was doing this and that … and not doing the little things,” he said, calling himself a “workaholic.”

“It was Grandma who would do dinner with the kids every night. No more. I’m gonna have dinner with my kids and my mom every night from now on,” he vowed.

In an even more recent video, Hilton announced that he has “zero desire to drink” alcohol after his encounter with God.

The video, captioned “goodbye and good riddance,” highlighted how “clear” his eyes look now.

“The future is bright. God is good. I’ve continued my journey with God, and I’m speaking to Him, and He is in my heart, and He is the main reason why I am healing so quickly,” he said, smiling.

Despite his rapid weight loss and exhausted countenance, Hilton appears to be a changed man.

A deeper standard

But if you’re anything like me, these kinds of sudden, highly emotional conversions give you pause — especially when they happen to people with large platforms who depend on clicks and clout.

You may recall the story of 24-year-old British OnlyFans model Lily Phillips, who publicly converted to Christianity and was baptized in December 2025 after going viral for completing the horrendous challenge of sleeping with 101 men in a single day.

I was thrilled to see what initially looked like repentance from Lily. I celebrate when anyone accepts Christ but especially people with grimy, dark backgrounds. If genuine, their testimonies become some of the most powerful, compelling cases for God’s incomprehensible grace — drawing broken people who believe they are unredeemable into the family of God. I love to see it.

But tragically, Lily immediately returned to making, and posting pornographic content, even justifying her pornographic content, saying, “I understand that my faith and my work don’t fit neatly into everyone’s expectations of what a Christian ‘should’ look like,” she recently claimed. “… Christianity, for me, isn’t about pretending I have everything figured out or meeting other people’s standards.”

You won’t ever hear me make the final call on someone’s heart or salvific status. That is God’s role alone. But Scripture does give us instruction about evaluating the legitimacy of our own and others’ faith.

Trees can be judged by their fruit (Matthew 7:15-20). Some seeds sprout quickly and then wither shortly after (Matthew 13:5-6). Faith without works is dead (James 2:17). Obedience — not simply claiming to know the Lord — is the primary indicator of true faith (Matthew 7:21).

These instructions, of course, must be weighed against the grueling process of sanctification — that painfully slow stripping away of our innate bend toward sin. But from what I have witnessed and personally experienced, the process of sanctification doesn’t begin until we let God reign.

When we do, that doesn’t mean we suddenly stop sinning altogether, but it does mean that we’re no longer comfortable in our rebellion. It means we want to stop doing the things that nailed our Savior to a cross — even if it takes years to actually stop doing them.

Time will tell?

I pray that’s the case with Lily — and I pray for the same for Perez Hilton. His public statements of faith in the aftermath of his spiritual encounter initially read, at least to me, as authentic. Not just because he sounds sincere in the videos he’s posted, but because there already seems to be the beginnings of fruits in his life.

Choosing sobriety, taking your kids to church, and setting intentions to put family above work are all promising signs that his professed faith is deeper than the emotional and physical trauma he just survived.

I’m tempted to say time will tell, but it won’t, because, again, hearts can only be read by God. But time will give us clues. Once the emotions of contending with his own death stabilize, once trials and tribulations return, as they always do, once he reckons with the reality that parts of his lifestyle are in rebellion against God — then perhaps we will have a better understanding of what Perez Hilton really believes in.

In the meantime, we should sincerely pray for him. It isn’t easy for a public figure — especially one whose platform is intertwined with the sick and twisted world of Hollywood — to come out as a Christian. I imagine the road ahead of him will be difficult if his faith is sincere. I hope we can ease some of that burden by contending for him in our prayers.

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Social media users have been mulling over some puzzling posts made by the White House earlier this week.

The posts, reportedly made within an hour of each other on Wednesday night, have raised more questions than answers due to their cryptic nature.

‘All true patriots, GO!’

One of the posts, which has since been deleted, contained a video showing a woman’s feet and a voice saying, “It’s launching soon, right?”

When asked about the video, a source familiar with the matter told Blaze News, “I wonder what’s launching soon!”

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The second video remains available on the White House’s X page. It has received over 16.6 million views at the time of writing.

The four-second video shows a black screen that then flashes an image of an American flag on a flagpole. The flashing image of the flag is accompanied by a recognizable phone text tone. The caption features two emojis: a phone emoji and a volume emoji.

Some commentators joked in the comments about the possible meaning of the video.

“Activation signal received,” Jack Posobiec said.

“All true patriots, GO!” Raw Egg Nationalist joked.

“Standing back and standing by,” Nic Carter wrote.

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The British East End has long stood as the beating heart of London’s working class — famous for its docks, bustling markets, pie and mash shops, and the unbreakable Cockney spirit.

That all changed during the ten years of Tony Blair’s government, which, driven by a zealous doctrine of multiculturalism, threw open Britain’s borders. As Blair’s own former speechwriter bluntly put it, this was designed to “rub the right’s nose in diversity.” The result has been a demographic upheaval so swift and far-reaching that today the traditional East Ender is often spoken of as an endangered species.

The most visible sign of this transformation is in local schools. In many East End primary schools, white British children are now a minority.

The 2016 BBC documentary “Last Whites of the East End” brought that shift into public view. A decade on, it plays less like reportage than elegy — a stark record of a culture on the brink of disappearance.

Wholesale displacement

It is telling, if not entirely surprising, that the documentary is no longer available to stream on BBC iPlayer, as if the establishment would rather erase this uncomfortable chapter and its role in it. For this is not a case of natural urban evolution, but the direct result of policy-driven mass immigration, the emergence of parallel societies, and the wholesale displacement of the native population.

The numbers tell part of the story. According to the 2011 Census, white British residents became a minority in London for the first time. Writer David Goodhart noted that between 2001 and 2011, London’s white British population fell by more than 600,000. London has always absorbed newcomers — but the speed of change, he argued, was something different.

In boroughs like Newham, the shift is especially stark. By the time the documentary was filmed, white British residents made up just 16.7% of the population. For those interviewed, these figures are not abstract — they map onto the disappearance of institutions that once anchored daily life: working men’s clubs, markets, churches.

Cockney migration

Cockney identity was never just an accent. It was a dense web of family ties, shared references, and a particular way of navigating life in the city. For Americans, the closest analogue might be the “Old Brooklyn” archetype — a tight-knit, working-class culture forged in proximity and sustained over generations. Today, much of that culture has migrated outward, into Essex towns like Romford and Basildon.

Politicians often frame this movement as upward mobility — a sign that people are leaving for bigger homes and better prospects. But that explanation only partially captures what residents themselves describe. For many, the change is less like opportunity than dislocation. It is not aspiration that drives so-called “white flight,” but the recognition that the neighborhood has become unrecognizable.

Walk through Whitechapel Market today, and the shift is unmistakable. The rhythms of Cockney traders — the coster cries that once defined the place — have largely faded. In their place, the call to prayer from the nearby East London Mosque carries across the market five times a day, an audible sign of how profoundly the area has changed. When pubs are converted into mosques or community centers, and when English is seldom heard on the street, the social glue that once held a working-class community together begins to dissolve.

Socially engineered segregation

The rapid demographic changes in East London are not an accident of history — they are the result of intentional government policy. Decades of uncontrolled immigration, combined with imported antiquated customs that discouraged assimilation, have led to the formation of ethnic enclaves. Rather than socially engineering a liberal utopia, these circumstances have produced segregated communities where different ethnic groups live side by side but rarely interact.

In some migrant communities in East London, consanguineous (cousin) marriage remains prevalent, leading to serious public health problems that mainstream media often ignore. In areas like Newham and Tower Hamlets, rates of infant mortality and congenital disabilities are much higher than the national average.

A 2023 study found that British Pakistanis, who make up about 3% of all U.K. births, accounted for nearly one-third of all British children born with genetic disabilities — a direct result of intra-family marriage. A 2017 report revealed that one in five infant deaths in the east London borough of Redbridge was linked to marriages between first cousins or closer. This practice reinforces loyalty to the biraderi (clan) rather than the nation and seriously slows integration.

RELATED: Pakistani cousin marriage has no place in UK

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Tongue-tied

The most visible sign of this transformation is in local schools. In many East End primary schools, white British children are now a minority. In Newham they make up just 5% of students — the lowest in the region.

The documentary features parents like Leanne, who ultimately chose to move her family to Essex. She explained that her daughter was one of only a few white children in her class, making it hard for her to find friends who shared her cultural background.

English is no longer the main language spoken at home for many families in these boroughs. In Newham alone, over 100 languages are spoken, and in many schools, most students speak English as an additional language. While policymakers often praise such diversity, for the remaining white working class, it creates a sense of profound alienation. The everyday sounds of the street have changed, and for elderly residents interviewed in “Last Whites of the East End,” not being able to speak to their neighbors is the final blow to their sense of belonging.

Strangers at home

Ten years on, “Last Whites of the East End” no longer looks like a snapshot of a community in transition. It reads as an early record of a transformation that has only accelerated.

As the last white British families move to the edges of Essex, they take with them centuries of London’s heritage, leaving behind ethnic enclaves that, while geographically in England, have become culturally and socially detached from the nation that hosts them.

This is not simply “change.” A specific culture — rooted in place, memory, and continuity — is being displaced. What emerges in its place may be called diversity, or progress, or modernity. But for the people who once defined the East End, it is something else entirely: the experience of becoming strangers in what was, until recently, their own home.

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After much controversy in the last few years, the elite levels of sports may be making a return to sanity.

In a major win for women’s sports, the International Olympic Committee issued a new policy on Thursday effectively banning trans-identifying athletes from competing in the category that aligns with their gender identity, though not from competing in the category that aligns with their biology.

‘The IOC determined that a sex-based eligibility rule is necessary and adequate to the attainment of the IOC’s goals for competition at IOC Events.’

The IOC echoed two conclusions that many conservative activists have been saying for years: “Male sex … confers performance advantage in all sports and events that rely on strength, power, and/or endurance,” and “to protect fairness in such sports and events, as well as safety particularly in contact sports (e.g. combat, collision, projectile sports), it is necessary and adequate to base eligibility for competition on biological sex.”

This new policy comes after the IOC’s “broad-based review” of the IOC’s framework for women’s sports. The review was launched in September 2024 and concluded this month.

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The policy, which replaces any and all previous policies that allowed trans-identifying athletes to compete based on their gender identity rather than their biological sex, is aligned with President Trump’s February 5, 2025, executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”

The IOC also acknowledged that this announcement would be upsetting to trans-identifying athletes and activists but that they intend to move forward with the policy: “The IOC recognises that XY athletes who identify as women and who want the opportunity to compete at IOC Events according to their legal sex or gender identity may disagree with this policy. However, after a thorough scientific review and consultations with constituents of the Olympic Movement, the IOC determined that a sex-based eligibility rule is necessary and adequate to the attainment of the IOC’s goals for competition at IOC Events.”

As expected, the outrage machine was not far behind the announcement.

CNN’s headline on social media read: “Transgender women athletes are banned from competing in the Olympics following new IOC guidelines,” despite there being no mention of banning anyone from competing.

Jennifer Sey, the CEO of XX-XY Athletes, called out CNN for the misleading headline and summarized the actual policy of the IOC: “No one is banned. Stop lying. Men can compete in men’s.”

Riley Gaines likewise issued a clarification for anyone misled by the headlines: “‘Trans women’ haven’t been banned from women’s sports. Men have. Hope this helps!”

The IOC made clear that this policy is “not retroactive” and will be applicable for the first time at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Blaze News reached out to XX-XY Athletes and CNN for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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The reality dating show “Love Is Blind” is drawing some unexpected attention — not for the usual romance and drama, but for the faith and family-first message this latest season may be sending viewers.

And BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey is highlighting the two couples this season that send this message: one divided over views on children and commitment and another bonding over a shared Christian faith.

“People are talking about this season in particular for a couple reasons. One, because of how one couple talks about kids, one contestant, and how the sister really just kind of doesn’t like kids and talks about kids as if they’re burdens,” Stuckey explains.

“But then on the other side of it, you’ve got this very Christian, stable-seeming couple that is sharing this really sweet testimony,” she says.

In the show, Emma, who is dating Mike, is unsure of having children, while Mike sees children as a nonnegotiable. The issue begins to fester and grow when Emma’s sister, who has her own children, tells the couple that if she could go back and choose — she wouldn’t have children.

The pair made it to the altar, but Mike said no to marriage, explaining that he couldn’t marry a woman who didn’t want kids.

Stuckey believes he made the “right decision.”

“I’m not saying that Emma is unmarriable or, you know, inherently bad. Maybe she’ll make a different decision. It’s not even only the kids’ thing. It’s just that self-centered mentality that I think is not going to be good for anyone, and I really hope that Mike finds the woman for him,” she says.

Another couple, Vic and Christine, became a fan favorite when they not only fell in love with each other, but they shared a level of faith that is rarely represented on reality television.

“In one of the first dates between this couple, the guy, Vic, mentions that he wants a God-fearing woman. And then the woman, Christine, ends one of their early dates with prayer,” Stuckey explains.

“I don’t really know anything else about them or, you know, their theology or anything like that, but I just think that is a sweet moment that you don’t typically see on TV,” she continues.

And in an interview with Kayleigh McEnany on Fox News, the couple elaborated on their faith-based relationship.

“We’ve had a lot of conversations about covenant versus contract, and there is such a really true meaning behind that of when you have that covenant and you have that foundation. It makes a world of difference in the relationship,” Christine told McEnany.

“I’ve never felt so confident and so at peace and ease in a relationship, let alone a marriage, which can be stressful and difficult, especially when it happens so quickly, but God’s been very, very present,” she added.

“That’s incredible,” Stuckey comments, shocked. “I, you know, don’t necessarily recommend finding your future husband or wife on a reality TV show because so much gossip and innuendo and temptation and sensationalism typically can color the relationship, and it can make it really difficult to truly get to know someone.”

“But God can work through anything. And I love that He really hoisted up a couple to hopefully be an example to other people,” she continues, adding, “And you never know who this is going to reach.”

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An opponent of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) has targeted NASCAR as his No. 1 priority.

Senate candidate Paul Dans, a member of the first Trump administration, has remained steadfast in his dedication to unseating Graham.

‘We don’t give a crap what Bubba Wallace thinks.’

On Sunday, however, Dans posted a video from the Goodyear 400, held at South Carolina’s iconic Darlington Raceway, and revealed one of his day-one promises.

Dans said that, if elected, he would immediately pick up the phone and ask NASCAR to overturn one of its George Floyd-era rules.

“On June 10, 2020, NASCAR banned the flying of Confederate flags at its races,” Dans began. “As your next U.S. senator from South Carolina, my first call is going to be to the CEO of NASCAR, Jim France.”

“Sir, we want to fly our flags again at NASCAR, and we don’t give a crap what Bubba Wallace thinks. South Carolina will rise again,” Dans added.

NASCAR banned the flags from its events in 2020 just two days after driver Wallace called for their removal in the wake of Floyd’s death, which had happened about two weeks prior.

NASCAR said at the time that the presence of the Confederate flag at its events “runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors, and our industry. … The display of the Confederate flag will be prohibited from all NASCAR events and properties.”

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Less than two weeks after the ban, an alleged noose was found in Wallace’s garage stall, followed by “a piece of twine tied in what appeared to be a noose” found “hanging from a tree on raceway property” at Sonoma Raceway in California.

Days later, the FBI concluded no crime had been committed and revealed that the rope in Wallace’s stall had been there since October 2019, and “nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned” to that stall.

The alleged noose turned out to be a “a garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose.”

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Dans’ platform focuses heavily on replacing Graham; his website reads, “Fire Lindsey Graham,” in a pop-up upon first visit, alongside a photo of the candidate with President Trump.

Other positions by Dans include “no more endless wars” and “obliterate the deep state.”

The candidate is well known for being the director of Project 2025, a document that drew much criticism from left-wing sources in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election. For example, the ACLU described the project as “a roadmap for how to replace the rule of law with right-wing ideals.”

However, the project’s website says it was a way to “prepare for a new conservative administration through policy, training, and personnel.”

Graham’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

The Republican primary for South Carolina takes place on June 9.

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