The Daily Signal - Media Silence over Charlotte Murder, Trump Warns Foreign Manufacturers | Sept. 8, 2025

Starting point is 00:00:00 A brutal, unprovoked attack on a Charlotte, North Carolina train is met with media silence. President Trump warns foreign manufacturers after a major illegal immigration raid at a Hyundai facility in Georgia, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune prepares to go nuclear over a huge swath of Trump nominees. I'm Tony Kennett, host of The Daily Signals Tony Kennett cast, syndicated nationally at 7 p.m. Eastern. It is Monday, September 8, 2025. This is the Daily Signal's top news. in 10. National outrage after left-leaning media outlets in the legacy sphere, along with major Democrat officials in both North Carolina and the rest of the country, have stayed conspicuously

Starting point is 00:00:45 silent after the August 22nd murder of a Ukrainian refugee by a 35-year-old black man. Irana Zarutzka, age 23, was stabbed to death on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the horrifying surveillance footage was just released over the weekend, showing the moment the unsuspecting young woman was brutally attacked unprovoked. DeCarlos Brown Jr. aged 35, pulls out a pocket knife, gets out of his seat behind the young lady, and then the video cuts just as he prepares to plunge the blade into her, according to the coverage from the New York Post,

Starting point is 00:01:20 one of the only mainstream outlets that has covered this event whatsoever. Infuriatingly, DeCarlos Brown Jr. had previously been arrested 14 times before Judge Teresa Stokes let this career criminal out of jail with a, quote, written promise he would appear in court, end quote. As a reminder, in the case of veteran Daniel Penny coming to the defense of an individual on the New York City subway and ending up preventing a homeless individual from attacking others on the train, leading to the death of the man that Daniel Penny had put in the chokehold, every major media outlet around the country was covering that story within hour. of that situation occurring and then covered that through Daniel Penny's arrest until he was later let off.

Starting point is 00:02:08 As of the time, we are recording the top news in 10. Right now, 825 Eastern on Sunday evening, September the 7th, the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, NPR USA Today, Reuters, Axios, ABC News, and PBS have not covered the situation regarding the murder in Charlotte despite covering the Daniel Penny story the day it occurred. This has been covered by the New York Post two weeks ago and then again updated today.

Starting point is 00:02:36 Additional outrage, however, has come after some of the horrible statements and surrounding cultural narratives during this entire event of the video being released. A statement by Charlotte's Democrat Mayor Vi Liles is receiving considerable scorn for suggesting that the city of Charlotte cannot, quote, arrest our way out of issues, end quote, and failed to mention the victim. Irana Zerutska at all, appearing to show more concern for the murderer's homeless status. Additionally, thousands are reported to be actively canceling their Netflix subscriptions over Netflix concurrently running an advertisement encouraging people of the blackened brown

Starting point is 00:03:18 persuasion, whatever brown means in that particular instance, to avoid white people on public transportation. While there's no evidence that this particular ad has anything to do with the murder in Charlotte on the 22nd, it does fit a common cultural theme of those on the perhaps more media left coastal side of things, treating instances of violence one way in the media. We'll talk about this more on the Tony Kenned cast later this evening. At Desjardin, we speak business. We speak startup funding and comprehensive game plans. We've mastered made to measure growth and expansion advice, and we can talk your ear off about transferring your business when the time comes.

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Starting point is 00:04:35 raid in the United States history. A couple of revelations have resulted in what may be a shift in U.S. manufacturing policy. First of all, this is the facility in which the Biden administration facilitated $2.1 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to the Hyundai Motor Group, after the South Korean automaker and partner had announced an investing plan of $2 billion at that particular electric vehicle complex during the Biden administration. Additionally, President Trump released a statement yesterday evening saying, quote, following the immigration enforcement operation on the Hyundai battery plant in Georgia, I am hereby calling on all foreign companies investing in the United States to please respect our nation's immigration laws.

Starting point is 00:05:22 Your investments are welcome and we encourage you to, in all caps, legally. Bring your very smart people with great technical talent to build world-class products. And we will make it quickly and legally possible for you to do so. What we ask in return is that you hire and train American workers. Together, we will all work hard to make our nation not only productive, but closer in unity than ever. before. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America. One additional note on this Hyundai story, 300 of the individuals who were detained in this DHS operation at Hyundai in Georgia were South Korean, and federal law enforcement is

Starting point is 00:06:03 planning to deport these individuals back to South Korea under an agreement between the South Korean government and the Trump administration. And lastly, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is set to invoke the nuclear option as soon as Monday to fast-track President Trump's over 100 nominees through the Senate after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had spent the last couple of months stonewalling and bringing up every single legal and precedential procedure for every single nomination, which has not occurred in any administration that we can find record of here at the Daily Signal. Mr. President, it's been a very busy year here in the United States Senate from confirming

Starting point is 00:06:43 President Trump's nominees to repealing burdensome Biden administration regulations to passing the one big, beautiful bill to prevent a massive tax hike on hardworking Americans, Republicans have been hard at work delivering on the mandate we received from the American people. The Senate has taken so far 499 votes this year, more than in any Congress at this point in the last 35-plus years. In fact, we've taken more votes in 2025 already in eight months than the Senate has taken in a full 12 months for most, all but two of the past 36 years. But we have a lot more work to do, and we're going to get it done.

Starting point is 00:07:31 That starts this week with consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, one of the most important pieces of legislation that we consider every year. That will be followed by continued appropriations work so that we can get the government funded by the September 30th deadline. We've already done some good work on appropriations. In fact, for the first time in years, we went into August having passed three of the 12 appropriations bills. The last time that happened, a single appropriations bill passed before the August break

Starting point is 00:08:03 was 2017. But needless to say, there's a lot more to do. And I hope, Mr. President, that our Democrat colleagues will resist the calls from within for a shutdown and work with us to fund the government. Ms. President, along with the National Defense Authorization Act and funding the government, we have another important task to accomplish in the coming weeks. And that is making major headway on confirming more of President Trump's nominees. Thanks to a lot of hours here in the Senate to overcome Democrat obstruction,

Starting point is 00:08:38 we went into August having confirmed 135 of the President's civilian nominees. more than had been confirmed by this point in his first term. But there are a lot more nominees to go. And I'm here to tell my Democrat colleagues that their historic obstruction cannot continue. Mr. President, when voters elected president, that comes with certain expectations. One of which is that a president will be able to fill up his or her administration with his or her nominees. And historically, the Senate has reflected that by confirming most of a president's civilian nominees by unanimous consent or voice vote, which means without obstruction, blocking. President George H.W. Bush had 98% of his civilian nominees confirmed by unanimous consent or voice vote here in the Senate.

Starting point is 00:09:40 So did President Clinton. President George W. Bush and President Obama both had 90% of their civilian nominees confirmed by unanimous consent or voice vote. But things changed during the First Trump administration. Democrats started obstructing nominees. According to comments provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation from an aid in the senior Republican leadership over at the Senate, this particular nuclear option would allow for the simultaneous confirmation of lower-level executive branch nominees. Now, according to the DCNF article, quote, Thune has warned since July that Republicans would move to reform the upper chamber

Starting point is 00:10:27 rules to circumvent Democrats' nomination blockade if Schumer did not agree to speed up the confirmation process. And quote, now also according to the article, a little asterisk as might be, quote, the proposed rule change is also expected to exempt judges and cabinet-level nominees. It's unclear, according to this article, whether Senate Republicans will allow executive branch nominees from multiple committees to be confirmed in one grouping. Before you go, head down to the description and make sure you're subscribed to the Tony Kennedcast. And we'll see you tonight at 7 p.m. for Roundup of the Day's News and Nonsense and a couple of updates on these developing stories. It's going to be a busy week and you're going to want to spend it with us. I'm Tony Kinnett, and this has been the Daily Signals Top News in 10.

Starting point is 00:11:12 Take care.

The Daily Signal - Media Silence over Charlotte Murder, Trump Warns Foreign Manufacturers | Sept. 8, 2025

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