Banko Smith

A fierce believer in a democratic government. 🇺🇸 Anti-conspiracy theorist. A freedom and truth lover.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

I recommend MAGA supporters move there as quickly as possible to establish this new territory.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

NEW Insider Advantage POLL—Georgia Senate Race

(D) Ossoff 50%
(R) Collins 43%

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

EXCLUSIVE: I've obtained a detailed account from the attorney representing Jose Mejia Hernandez, a man who says he was violently apprehended, hospitalized with a brain bleed, and held by ICE with almost no communication to his own family for three days.

On the morning of August 11, at around 6:30 a.m., Mejia Hernandez was walking to work when a truck sped up on him and two men jumped out and ran toward him. Scared and not knowing who they were, he ran. While fleeing, he says he was hit with what he believes was a stun gun or Taser. He has no memory of anything after that, not how he was injured, not how he was transported, nothing, until he woke up in a hospital many hours later with serious facial injuries consistent with blunt force trauma.

According to his attorney, two ICE agents stayed at his bedside the entire time he was hospitalized. He was never given a private moment with his own doctors. When he asked the ICE agents what happened to him, they told him they didn't know. He says hospital staff seemed reluctant to speak openly in front of the agents, and that medical staff appeared to communicate more with ICE than with him directly. A nurse eventually told him quietly, in Spanish, that he'd suffered a brain bleed and brain swelling, but he says he never got a full explanation of his diagnosis or how he got hurt.

Meanwhile, his wife and stepchild had no idea where he was for about three days. Neither DHS nor the hospital, according to his lawyer, ever notified his family that he'd been detained, injured, or hospitalized.

When ICE decided to discharge him, he says he didn't even understand he was being released. He was driven from the hospital, given food and told to contact his family, then taken to an ICE office where they strapped a GPS ankle monitor on him and handed him a Notice to Appear.

By Friday he felt significantly worse and went back to the hospital, where he was again diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and brain bleed and stayed for two more days. His lawyer says doctors couldn't even complete the imaging they needed because of the ankle monitor. When he later went to his ISAP appointment still in pain, dizzy, with doctors saying he needed an MRI, ICE reportedly refused to remove the monitor unless he could produce a specific MRI appointment date and time, forcing him to bounce back and forth between the hospital and immigration offices just to get basic care while suffering from a brain injury.

His attorney is now demanding a full accounting: who was involved, what force was used, why his family wasn't notified, why ICE was reportedly more involved in his medical communications than he was, and preservation of every record, custody log, and communication tied to this case. Mejia Hernandez still needs an MRI and further evaluation for a serious neurological injury.

[POLITICO @politico]

Trump votes by mail again in his home state of Florida https://t.co/8S4M8PWJrl

[Banko Smith @banko_smith]

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[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

From defending her boss’s friendship with Epstein, to spinning stories about Gaza condoms, to verbally abusing journalists in the briefing room, here are  Trump's outgoing press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s worst moments in less than 2 minutes, from Zeteo:

[Banko Smith @banko_smith]

You have left a legacy full of lies and stench.

[Karoline Leavitt @karolineleavitt]

Serving as the White House Press Secretary over the past year and a half has been the honor and adventure of a lifetime. I am incredibly grateful to President Trump for granting me so many extraordinary opportunities, such as working in the West Wing and spending countless hours in the Oval Office, flying around the world and meeting foreign leaders, and traveling across our beautiful country and meeting Americans from all walks of life.

Most of all, I am thankful to the President for entrusting me with the distinct privilege of speaking on his behalf at the White House podium. I have spoken with great pride about the many historic accomplishments of this Administration, and I have relished holding the liberal media accountable and ensuring the American people hear the truth about President Trump’s successes.

Being a mother and welcoming a new baby while working in one of the most demanding jobs in the world has been the most rewarding yet challenging season of my life, to say the least. The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary — and that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life.

President Trump has asked me to continue serving as a top advisor to him on the outside, and I will always remain a vocal advocate for MAGA and the Republican Party.

Our country is facing an existential threat from an increasingly extremist Democrat Party that seeks to destroy everything great about America, and I believe it is incumbent upon all of us who care about this country to fight back against that threat. My fight is entering a new phase, but it is far from over.

Thank you again to the President, the First Lady, and the entire Trump family for your kindness and generosity over the years. Thank you to our amazing Chief of Staff Susie Wiles for empowering me since the day she hired me on the campaign, and to the President’s cabinet, my staff, colleagues, and friends at the White House who work so hard on behalf of our nation. It has been a privilege to serve alongside so many accomplished and impressive people, and I look forward to cheering them on over the next two and a half years.

And of course, thank you most especially to my loving and supportive husband and family for the sacrifices they made for me to serve in this role. ♥️🇺🇸

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

Light a candle for Karoline Leavitt as she leaves the job of WH press sec as perhaps the biggest liar of all time for Trump. Way to go! https://t.co/Jyc7VQJdIK

[Banko Smith @banko_smith]

Which mothers gave birth to these display head bopping dolls? What would be their legacy. Is it worth being remembered like this just for money?

[Banko Smith @banko_smith]

Our tax dollars going down the drain. Take a look at the Barbie.😂

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Trump just fell asleep yet again. There is no convincing me otherwise.

We need him removed from Office ASAP.

[Banko Smith @banko_smith]

And America continue to leave unproductive people take our tax money. No employer will keep you if you’re not productive.

[Ian Jaeger @IanJaeger29]

Jim Jordan has been in Congress for more than 19 years.

He has written hundreds of strongly worded letters and posts.

He has passed a total of 0 bills.

[Banko Smith @banko_smith]

Oprah only tried to help these scumbags. There’s no way she could have predicted who they truly are. Thank God the number of good people she uplifted outweighs the scumbags. People reveal their true character once they have power.

[Mark 🍁 @Markfry809]

Oprah should apologize for unleashing these two scam artist snake oil salesmen

[Jamie Raskin @jamie_raskin]

It's time for the liberals, progressives, radicals, and conservatives to come together and take America back from MAGA and Donald Trump. We must save all of the freedoms and progress we have fought for and we must keep making essential progress for our people.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

These Senators voted to confirm an Attorney General of the United States who covered up the Epstein files.

There's your political ad, Democrats.

[Auntie Smartassy @AuntSassyAss]

Black folks are NOT hanging themselves in Mississippi!

#justicefortasiafortune

[King Roy @RoyIsThaTruth]

Mississippi has a history America still struggles to confront.

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

John Gannon voted for Trump then ICE detained his Venezuelan fiancée. Now he says he deeply regrets his vote: “They’re destroying families, jobs.”

It’s amazing how quickly cruelty becomes unacceptable when it finally knocks on your own door.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

With Blanche’s confirmation, the Senate has surrendered the rule of law.
https://t.co/PudjgOjaUa

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Somehow a dead Senator voted to confirm Todd Blanche.

[Dittie @DittiePE]

Alabama’s Geneva County Circuit Clerk — the woman literally in charge of running your ELECTIONS — just got charged with a felony for allegedly paying herself $93,000+ in public funds.

Yes, she’s a Republican.

She was already barred from the courthouse in March when auditors noticed the money was missing.

The party of “election integrity” and “rooting out fraud” strikes again.

https://t.co/jNRnMrj7DC