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DNC vice chair slams Trump as 'would-be dictator' at PA town hall, as he, David Hogg face potential ouster
A Democratic National Committee (DNC) vice chairman fired up a crowd outside Philadelphia on Saturday after calling President Donald Trump a “punk” and accusing his administration of modern-day book burning – as he and fellow DNC vice chair David Hogg are on the cusp of being ousted from their party leadership positions.
“There is a strategy of authoritarians and would-be dictators and punks like Donald Trump,” Malcolm Kenyatta said at a town hall in Levittown that was officially targeting swing-district Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.
As part of that strategy, “one of the first things they go after is history,” said Kenyatta, who, along with Hogg, saw his election voided by the DNC in a credentials committee vote Monday. Committee member Christine Pelosi said the development had nothing to do with the men’s performance, and instead was about “a violation of parliamentary procedure.”
Kenyatta told the crowd in Pennsylvania: “We know that before, they used to take the books, put them in a little pile and burn them. Now they try to delete stuff off of our federal websites. But the effect is the same: They want us to forget what we are made of,” he went on.
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President Trump and Malcolm Kenyatta (Getty|IMAGN)
Trump has overseen agencies altering or removing content relating to DEI, climate change and gender ideology since taking office.
“Donald Trump is not the first bully or would-be authoritarian that Americans have taken on. We know it here in Pennsylvania. We don’t have a good relationship with kings,” he said, as Penn’s Woods was founded by Quakers and other religious exiles fed up with European authoritarians. “I’m not bowing to a king.”
Kenyatta is also the state representative for the Temple University area of North Philadelphia, and the first openly gay person of color to serve in Harrisburg.
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He added that “people like Fitzpatrick” lack the “guts” to stand up to Trump.
At another recent appearance in Berks County – which includes Reading and Hamburg – Kenyatta railed against the arrest of Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka at an ICE detention facility there.
“He was peacefully protesting and speaking up for his constituents and his neighbors. He wasn’t inciting an insurrection… because if he was doing that, they might have offered him a position in the Cabinet,” Kenyatta said.
Kenyatta notably finished third in the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate primary won by Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and unsuccessfully ran for auditor general in 2024 against GOP incumbent Timothy DeFoor.
White House spokesperson Harrison Fields responded Monday, telling Fox News Digital that Kenyatta is a “no-name state representative who was trounced in the Pennsylvania Senate primary due to his radical and unserious positions.”
“The prominence the Democrat Party affords him reflects the party’s disarray and desire to satisfy its radical base,” Fields said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Fitzpatrick for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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This is in response to the recent story about not worrying about tick bites and allergies to red meat. I have been diagnosed with AGS — Alpha Gal Syndrome — which is indeed being allergic to red meat from a tick bite. Studies now are indicating that the blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, can carry this also.
I’m now in my third year with this allergy and the case has been medically confirmed with my VA doctor and documented with the CDC. The tick definitely originated from Vassalboro with no out-of-state travel done during this time period. I do self-checks every time out but managed to miss this one between my pinky toe and the fourth toe. I did not seek medical treatment thinking that it was a dog tick and I watched the bite site for weeks.
When in doubt, remove the tick safely and save it for the doctor’s visit.
Robert Rooney
Vassalboro
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