The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Winsome Sears Slams Randi Weingarten’s ‘Pandemic Amnesty’, Venezuelans Attack Border Patrol, Capitol Police Chief on Political Climate, DC Council Vote on COVID Vaccine, Trump Tax Returns | Nov. 1

Episode Date: November 1, 2022

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears bashes Randi Weingarten for “pandemic amnesty.”  Venezuelans cross into U.S. and attack Border Patrol agents   U.S. Capitol Police Chief says we need more resources to protect lawmakers D.C. Council to vote on COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadline for students Chief Justice John Roberts delays handover of Trump’s tax returns Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm Gillian Richards. I'm Virginia Allen. And this is the Daily Signal Top News for Tuesday, November 1st. Here are today's headlines. Virginia Lieutenant Governor, Winsom Sears, a Republican, bashed the American Federation of Teachers President Randy Weingarten for her support of pandemic amnesty. Weingarten tweeted this Monday that she agreed with an article in the Atlantic, which argued we should forgive and forget the things we did to each other during the COVID pandemic. But Sears slammed Weingarten for this tweet.

Listen to the comments Sears made on Fox and Friends today. This is what they do. She was one of the major proponents of closing our schools. And unfortunately, most of these Democrat governors listened to her and did exactly that. And now they're saying, oh, you know, just forget about it. No, the problems are existing where our children did not learn. And a matter of fact, they did not log in. not one time, quite a few of them.

So what they're saying also is that the children did not have access to log on. And we as parents are saying it is time for us to take back education. And in fact, we are going to do that because we're going to elect different leaders so that we can get full responsibility again. Fox News reports that a horde of illegal immigrants crossed into El Paso, Texas, weaving a Venezuelan flag on Monday. Customs and border protection say the migrants attacked Border Patrol agents before they were pushed back into the river. Border Patrol says these were Venezuelans protesting along the Rio Grande River.

The agency said one of the protesters assaulted a Border Patrol agent with a flagpole and another threw rocks at the agents. U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a Tuesday statement that law enforcement will need more resources to protect lawmakers, due to the rocky political climate. Manger wrote, Friday's attack against Paul Pelosi is an alarming reminder of the dangerous threats elected officials and public figures face during today's contentious political climate.

He added, with the increasing number of threats against elected officials, our work to further our efforts to protect the members of Congress becomes increasingly urgent. The D.C. Council is voting on whether to extend the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for D.C. students today. Under the current policy, D.C. has mandated students ages 12 and up to get the COVID shot by January 3rd of next year. The new policy was introduced by two council members and would push this deadline to next year. Stay tuned for updates.

In other news, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts delayed the handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee. Robert's order gives the Supreme Court time to weigh the legal issues in Trump's appeal. And that'll know for today's episode. Thanks so much for listening to The Daily Signals Top News. And if you haven't gotten a chance, please be sure to check out our morning show right here in this podcast feed, where we interview lawmakers, experts, and leading conservative voices. Join me tomorrow morning for the Daily Signal's interview edition.

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