North Dakota
Fact check: Republican North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer supports some exceptions to abortion bans
The declare: Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer mentioned there must be no exceptions to abortion bans, that “fetus is price dropping the mom’s life”
Within the flood of debate on social media that adopted the leak of a draft Supreme Court docket opinion suggesting the excessive court docket will overturn Roe v. Wade, one unverified, unsourced declare in regards to the supposed place of a Republican senator prompted widespread outrage.
“NEW: Republican U.S. Senator from North Dakota Kevin Cramer says the fetus is price dropping the mom’s life, says there isn’t any exceptions,” reads a May 5 tweet from Chris Evans (@notcapnamerica) that was later deleted.
Evans’ tweet, which appeared to be the origin of the declare, was retweeted greater than 11,000 instances and reshared on Instagram, Fb and Twitter by quite a few political accounts and figures, together with Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.
“These pretend righteous are simply as eager to let kids die in poverty, hungry, with no medical care,” reads an Instagram publish from liberal activist web page That is Not Proper that features a screenshot of the tweet. “That is singularly about controlling girls’s place in society, and punishing them for any sexuality outdoors their excessive evangelical idea.”
The publish has accrued greater than 3,700 likes since Could 5.
However the unfold of the declare is yet one more instance of how outrage and different robust feelings can go hand-in-hand with misinformation: USA TODAY discovered no proof that Cramer, who opposes abortion however has expressed help for some exceptions to a complete ban on the process, made the assertion circulating on Twitter.
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USA TODAY reached out to a number of customers who shared the declare for remark. Gallego deleted the tweet after studying it was inaccurate, his spokesperson, Jacques Petit, wrote in an e-mail to USA TODAY.
Cramer helps some exceptions, by no means made assertion claimed in publish
Neither USA TODAY nor different fact-checking retailers discovered proof that Cramer has made a press release resembling the one within the publish, and no proof has emerged to help the declare.
The senator’s spokesperson, Molly Block, known as the declare “false info” and famous its origin was “a random tweet from a non-news supply with completely zero attribution,” in an e-mail to USA TODAY.
Cramer, who has served in Congress since 2013, has constantly voted for and supported restrictions on abortion. He earned an A+ for this record from the Susan B. Anthony Listing, which charges politicians primarily based on their opposition to abortion.
Nonetheless, he helps exceptions to abortion bans in instances of mortal hazard to the mom, based on his latest file and public statements. Cramer strengthened this place in a podcast launched Could 6.
“If you happen to’re pro-life, you’re going to be pro-the-mom’s-life, in addition to the unborn youngster’s life,” Cramer mentioned in an episode of Plain Speak with Rob Port. “Saving the mom’s life is a really apparent exemption.”
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Cramer’s latest file traces up with these statements.
In 2021, he co-sponsored the Defending Life and Taxpayers Act, which bans the usage of federal funds for abortion besides in instances of mortal hazard to the mom, rape or incest. He additionally co-signed a friend-of-the-court temporary in help of Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of being pregnant, which makes an exception for instances by which the mom’s doctor certifies she can be in mortal hazard with out an abortion.
Our score: False
Based mostly on our analysis, we price FALSE the declare that Cramer mentioned there must be no exceptions to abortion bans and {that a} “fetus is price dropping the mom’s life.” Cramer’s spokesperson mentioned he made no such assertion, and USA TODAY discovered no proof that Cramer has mentioned something to that impact. Cramer has mentioned he helps exceptions in instances of mortal hazard to the mom and co-sponsored laws in 2021 that additionally had exceptions for rape and incest.
Our fact-check sources:
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Congress.Gov, accessed Could 10, S.2270 – Defending Life and Taxpayers Act of 2021
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Verify Your Truth, Could 9, Truth Verify: Did North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer Say Saving A Fetus Is Value Shedding The Mom’s Life?
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InForum, Could 6, Plain Speak: Sen. Cramer talks Roe v. Wade, Jan. 6, meals shortages, and Ukraine
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Sen. Kevin Cramer Press Launch, Feb. 22, Press launch: Sen. Cramer Votes In opposition to Abortion On Demand Till Delivery Act
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Sen. Kevin Cramer, July 30, 2021, Press launch: Sen. Cramer Joins Over 200 Members of Congress to File Amicus Transient Urging Supreme Court docket to Uphold Mississippi Professional-Life Regulation
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Molly Block, Could 10, Electronic mail assertion to USA TODAY
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Sen. Kevin Cramer, Jan. 19, Tweet
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USA TODAY, Could 3, Supreme Court docket verifies authenticity of leaked opinion in abortion case however says determination not closing
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USA TODAY, Dec. 1, 2021, Supreme Court docket indicators help for Mississippi 15-week abortion ban with Roe v. Wade in steadiness
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This text initially appeared on USA TODAY: Truth verify: Viral publish misattributes view to Sen. Kevin Cramer
A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens on Friday called on President Joe Biden to designate nearly 140,000 acres of rugged, scenic Badlands as North Dakota’s first national monument, a proposal several tribal nations say would preserve the area’s indigenous and cultural heritage.
The proposed Maah Daah Hey National Monument would encompass 11 noncontiguous, newly designated units totaling 139,729 acres (56,546 hectares) in the Little Missouri National Grassland. The proposed units would hug the popular recreation trail of the same name and neighbor Theodore Roosevelt National Park, named for the 26th president who ranched and roamed in the Badlands as a young man in the 1880s.
“When you tell the story of landscape, you have to tell the story of people,” said Michael Barthelemy, an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation and director of Native American studies at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College. “You have to tell the story of the people that first inhabited those places and the symbiotic relationship between the people and the landscape, how the people worked to shape the land and how the land worked to shape the people.”
The U.S. Forest Service would manage the proposed monument. The National Park Service oversees many national monuments, which are similar to national parks and usually designated by the president to protect the landscape’s features.
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Supporters have traveled twice to Washington to meet with White House, Interior Department, Forest Service and Department of Agriculture officials. But the effort faces an uphill battle with less than two months remaining in Biden’s term and potential headwinds in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
If unsuccessful, the group would turn to the Trump administration “because we believe this is a good idea regardless of who’s president,” Dakota Resource Council Executive Director Scott Skokos said.
Dozens if not hundreds of oil and natural gas wells dot the landscape where the proposed monument would span, according to the supporters’ map. But the proposed units have no oil and gas leases, private inholdings or surface occupancy, and no grazing leases would be removed, said North Dakota Wildlife Federation Executive Director John Bradley.
The proposal is supported by the MHA Nation, the Spirit Lake Tribe and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe through council resolutions.
If created, the monument would help tribal citizens stay connected to their identity, said Democratic state Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille, an MHA Nation enrolled member.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, which oversees the National Park Service. In a written statement, Burgum said: “North Dakota is proof that we can protect our precious parks, cultural heritage and natural resources AND responsibly develop our vast energy resources.”
North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven’s office said Friday was the first they had heard of the proposal, “but any effort that would make it harder for ranchers to operate and that could restrict multiple use, including energy development, is going to raise concerns with Senator Hoeven.”
FARGO — Two people were injured in a separate domestic aggravated assault and shooting Saturday, Nov. 23, and the suspect is dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Fargo Police Department said.
Fargo police were dispatched at 2:19 a.m. to a report of a domestic aggravated assault and shooting in the 5500 block of 36th Avenue South, a police department news release said.
When officers arrived, they learned the suspect had committed aggravated assault on a victim, chased that person into an occupied neighboring townhouse and fired shots into the unit.
Another person inside the townhouse was struck by gunfire, police said. Both victims were taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Officers found the suspect’s vehicle parked in the 800 block of 34th Street North by using a FLOCK camera system to identify a possible route of travel from the crime scene, the release said.
Police also used Red River Valley SWAT’s armored Bearcat vehicle to get close to the suspect’s vehicle to make contact with the driver, who was not responding to officers’ verbal commands to come out of the vehicle.
The regional drone team flew a drone to get a closer look inside the suspect’s vehicle. Officers found the suspect was dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the release said.
This investigation is still active and ongoing. No names were released by police on Saturday morning.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Red River Regional Dispatch at 701-451-7660 and request to speak with a shift commander. Anonymous tips can be submitted by texting keyword FARGOPD and the tip to 847411.
(AP) — Wenkers Wright ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns and No. 13 Illinois State knocked off North Dakota for the first time, 35-13 in the regular season finale for both teams Saturday.
The Redbirds are 9-2 (6-2 Missouri Valley Conference) and are looking to reach the FCS playoffs for the first time since 2019 and sixth time in Brock Spack’s 16 seasons as head coach.
Illinois State opened the game with some trickery. Eddie Kasper pulled up on a fleaflicker and launched a 30-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Loyd to cap a seven-play, 70-yard opening drive.
Simon Romfo tied it on North Dakota’s only touchdown of the day, throwing 20 yards to Nate DeMontagnac.
Wright scored from the 10 to make it 14-7 after a quarter, and after C.J. Elrichs kicked a 20-yard field goal midway through the second to make it 14-10 at intermission, Wright powered in from the 18 and Mitch Bartol caught a five-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Rittenhouse to make it 28-10 after three.
Seth Glatz added a 13-yard touchdown run to make it 35-10 before Elrichs added a 37-yard field goal to get the Fighting Hawks on the board to set the final margin.
Rittenhouse finished 21 of 33 passing for 187 yards for Illinois State. Loyd caught eight passes for 121 yards.
Romfo completed 11 of 26 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown with an interception for North Dakota (5-7, 2-6).
Illinois State faced North Dakota for just the fourth time and third time as Missouri Valley Conference opponents. The Redbirds lost the previous three meetings.
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