Election 2024 live: Trump appoints Tom Homan as border czar to oversee deportations and mocks Harris for supporting Cheney

In another post on Truth Social, Trump mocked his losing election rival Kamala Harris for running with disaffected Republican Liz Cheney, calling the tactic “a HUGE mistake” that only served to anger conservatives and leave Democrats “simply astonished.” “It left me scratching my head.” .

Donald Trump has announced that Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will serve as border czar in his new administration and assume responsibility for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants that he promised during the campaign.

The president-elect wrote on his Truth Social platform overnight that Homan would be responsible for “the southern border, the northern border, all maritime and air security.”

He added: “I have known Tom for a long time and there is no one better at monitoring and controlling our borders.

“Similarly, Tom Homan will be responsible for all deportations of illegal aliens back to their country of origin.

“Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt that he will do a fantastic and long-awaited job.”

If you don't know Homan, here's a taste.

The former ICE director was involved in the Heritage Foundation's infamous Project 2025 proposal for Trump's second term and told the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July that he had “a message for the millions of illegal aliens that Joe Biden has blocked from entering the country.” “Violation of federal law – start packing because you're going home.”

At a panel discussion on immigration policy that same month, Homan said: “Trump is coming back in January, I will be on his heels when he returns and lead the largest deportation force this country has ever seen.”

And last Thursday, he told Fox News that he had “not taken any political action or asked for a Cabinet position” and that no offer had been made, but added: “President Trump knows whether he wants help securing this border needs, I’m here to help.”

“If he needs help carrying out a deportation operation, I’ll be there to help.”

Bernie Sanders has doubled down on his scathing comments that the Democratic Party has “abandoned” working-class voters, despite criticism from his longtime friend and ally Nancy Pelosi.

The veteran senator from Vermont reiterated that the US working class is “angry” but rejected the idea that this election cycle has been about the party's “messages.”

In a statement after Donald Trump claimed victory over Kamala Harris, Sanders wrote: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party that has failed the working class would find that the working class has failed them .”

Former House Speaker and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi then criticized his comments, saying she disagreed with them and “didn't respect” them.

In conversation with MSNBC Meet the press Regarding Pelosi's comments, he said: “Nancy is a friend of mine and we have worked together on a lot of issues, but here's the reality, I have to tell Nancy, in the last two years we in the Senate have not even done one.” Legislation proposed to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, even though about 20 million people in this country work for less than $15 an hour.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Sunday allayed fears that Donald Trump would use the federal government as a weapon against his political enemies, despite Trump himself publicly promising to do so.

Jordan was at CNN State of the Union On Sunday, he was presented with a list of Democrats who Trump had said at various points in his campaign that he would push the Justice Department to prosecute. Notably, the President has never had the power to initiate such politically motivated criminal investigations or unwarranted prosecutions of his enemies.

But the Ohio congressman brushed aside concerns, declaring that Trump “didn't do that in his first term” and pointing out that he doesn't have the Justice Department despite his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton's pledge to “lock her up.” actually instructed him to do so at any point in his first presidency.

“I know, but I'm talking about Donald Trump's second term. “Move forward,” Bash urged.

“I don’t think anything like that will happen because we are the party that is against political prosecution,” Jordan replied.

President-elect Donald Trump reportedly advised Russian President Vladimir Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine in a phone call the day after the presidential election, a new report says.

As one of his first unofficial orders as president-elect, Trump spoke to Putin on Thursday in a telephone conversation conducted from his home in Florida, sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.

The special counsel signals the end of a years-long investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

He'll probably get away with it Alex Woodward Reports:

In the wake of Donald Trump's stunning victory, Republicans are turning their attention to those in the justice system who took on the president-elect in court.

Speaking on Fox News on Sunday, Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Cory Mills of Florida floated the idea that criminal charges could be filed against Judge Juan Merchan – and his daughter Loren Merchan.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who is vying for Senate majority leader, agreed with Donald Trump that the next Senate leader should allow the president to make Cabinet appointments during recess.

“It is unacceptable for Senate leaders to block the President [Trump’s] Cabinet appointments. If they do, we stay in session, even on weekends, until they relent. “Furthermore, the Constitution expressly gives the President the authority to set recess dates,” Cornyn said hours after Trump called for it on Truth Social.

Recess appointments allow the president to appoint people to his Cabinet during the Senate recess, bypassing the typical confirmation process.

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God weighed in on Vice President Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign, saying he believes Harris failed to deliver a consistent message, which ultimately hurt her in the polls.