Republicans dominate fundraising in final weeks of Texas House battles
Across a dozen of the most competitive House races, Republicans raked in more than $11 million over the last month, compared to the nearly $3.5 million collectively raised by their Democratic counterparts.
China-linked hacking group targets phones belonging to Trump family, Biden aides: report
Hackers associated with China have targeted members of former President Trump’s family and President Biden’s aides, a new report reveals. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that hackers broke into telecommunications company systems. The Times said it was told by people “familiar with the matter.” The hackers targeted devices used by Trump, his son Eric Trump and Jared Kushner, in addition to Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign staffers. BATTLEGROUND STATE OFFICIALS SAY FOREIGN ENEMIES USING MISINFORMATION TO ‘UNDERMINE’ DEMOCRATIC PROCESS State Department officials were also targeted, the Times reported. Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI for additional information. This breaking news story is still developing. Check with us for updates.
Trump claims Harris runs ‘a campaign of absolute hate’ following backlash to Madison Square Garden rally
With one week left till Election Day, former President Donald Trump is firing back at Vice President Kamala Harris and her team for spreading “a campaign of destruction and absolute hate.” “Very simply, Kamala Harris is the worst Vice President in history…Her message to Americans is all division and hate,” Trump captioned in a video on his social media platform, Truth Social. “My message is about saving our economy, securing our border, and bringing together the greatest and broadest coalition in American history,” Trump continued. The former president addressed a room of supporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Tuesday, hours before Harris was set to deliver what her campaign has described as her closing speech on the Ellipse outside the White House, where she is expected to urge the country to turn the page on Trump. ‘AMPED’ UP ANTI-TRUMP RHETORIC IS ‘ALL’ THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN HAS WITH THE ELECTION A WEEK AWAY “She’s running on a campaign of demoralization, and really a campaign of destruction. But really, perhaps more than anything else, it’s a campaign of hate. A campaign of absolute hate,” Trump said. “I said yesterday that she’s a vessel. She is a vessel. It’s a very big powerful party with smart people … but they’re vicious, and they’re perhaps even trying to destroy our country.” “After two assassination attempts in just over three months, her lies and her slanders are very shameful and really inexcusable,” Trump described, referring to the attempts on his life. Much of the media unloaded on former President Trump’s historic Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, claiming it mirrored a Nazi rally at the famous venue in the 1930s despite an abundance of Jewish attendees and Israeli flags. Democrats including former President Bill Clinton have also held events at the famed arena. The NBA’s New York Knicks play their home games at Madison Square Garden. TRUMP’S LIFE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED BY PENNSYLVANIA MAN BEFORE RALLY Thousands of Trump supporters packed the “World’s Most Famous Arena” to hear remarks by high-profile speakers, including an address from former first lady Melania Trump, before the former president took the stage. But instead of observing a Republican nominee drawing a massive crowd in the middle of a blue city only nine days before the election, liberal pundits followed Vice President Kamala Harris’ lead of labeling Trump a fascist and comparing him to Adolf Hitler. MSNBC put a spotlight on the venue being where a pro-Nazi rally occurred in 1939, even though MSG has been rebuilt several times and the current addition wasn’t even completed until 1969. The network declared Trump’s event was “particularly chilling” because it was held in the same arena that once hosted supporters of “a different fascist leader, Adolf Hitler.” Then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt held an event at Madison Square Garden the year after the infamous 1939 event. Retired NYPD Inspector Paul Mauro called it “ridiculous” to equate Trump’s rally with what went on at MSG in 1939. “Does the fact that you played the arena somehow make you Nazi adjacent? And let me tell you, for a Nazi rally there were an awful lot of Israeli flags in that building,” Mauro said Monday on “America’s Newsroom.” MEDIA ERUPTS OVER TRUMP MSG RALLY, BUT HISTORY OF ARENA AND FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS BELIE NARRATIVE Stop Antisemitism founder and executive director Liora Rez also blasted the Hitler comparisons. “Equating either presidential nominee—or their supporters—to the Nazi regime is a dangerous trivialization of the real horrors committed by Hitler. It dishonors the millions who were murdered and the brave who fought to end his tyranny,” Rez told Fox News Digital. Harris-Walz campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond also told “America’s Newsroom” on Tuesday that “If you want to know why people call Trump Hitler, maybe you should start with JD Vance who did that.” Richmond was referring to Vance calling Trump potentially “America’s Hitler” and an “idiot” prior to the 2016 election. Vance has since said he was wrong about Trump and is now on the 2024 Republican ticket. “Fascist was an answer to a question that was asked at a town hall and it was a direct question and the vice president gave a very direct answer,” Richmond added. “And it’s consistent with the people who worked around him.” Critics have heavily criticized the Harris campaign’s lack of focus and say the “joy” isn’t resonating with voters. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, whose relatives perished during the Holocaust, said Democrats making Nazi comparisons their closing argument in the election is the “dumbest” thing they could do politically. Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman, Brian Flood, and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
George W Bush’s daughter joins Harris on the campaign trail: ‘It was inspiring’
George W. Bush’s daughter, Barbara Pierce Bush, 42, joined the Harris campaign last weekend in Pennsylvania to help knock on doors and campaign for the potential future Democratic president. Bush’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris came after her mother and father said they had no plans to endorse either candidate for office. They did not vote for either candidate in 2016, writing “None Of The Above” on their ballots. This cycle, a significant cohort of staffers from the administrations of former Presidents George W. and George H.W. Bush have thrown their weight behind Harris, including a former Cabinet member. “It was inspiring to join friends and meet voters with the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend,” Bush told People magazine Tuesday. “I’m hopeful they’ll move our country forward and protect women’s rights.” In a photo circulating online, Bush could be seen standing at the front stoop of a home with several others, while donning a “Kamala” hat. OVER 200 FORMER BUSH, MCCAIN, ROMNEY STAFFERS ENDORSE HARRIS: ‘THE ALTERNATIVE … IS SIMPLY UNTENABLE’ In 2010, Bush, who also has a twin sister, told People that she does not identify with either major political party. But in the past, Bush has supported causes sympathetic to many in the Democratic Party, such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Her mother, Laura Bush, similarly broke with her family’s Republican roots in 2010 when she, too, came out in support of abortion and gay marriage. “I am proud to stand with Planned Parenthood not only because women, regardless of where they are from, deserve to live dignified, healthy lives… because it’s a really good investment,” Bush said at the time, according to a report from The Texas Tribune. In 2009, Bush co-founded a nonprofit called Global Health Corps, which seeks to strengthen health systems through its network of qualified young leaders and health professionals. Today, Bush is a mother of two – Cora and Edward. WHITE HOUSE LAWYERS WHO ADVISED REAGAN, BUSH ENDORSE HARRIS OVER TRUMP IN 2024 SHOWDOWN Bush’s endorsement follows other GOP endorsements for Harris, including former Vice President Dick Cheney; Liz Cheney, former Wyoming congresswoman and daughter of Dick Cheney; Susan Ford Bales, the daughter of former President Gerald Ford; former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, as well as a handful of former Trump staffers. “Thank you, Barbara Bush, for standing for truth, decency, and freedom,” Cheney said, following news of the endorsement. The Harris campaign has frequently touted support from Republicans, including running advertisements with former Trump administration officials, urging Americans not to vote for their former boss because he is unfit for the presidency. Earlier this month, Harris rallied with prominent Republicans in the swing state of Pennsylvania. The Oct. 16 rally was attended by Kinzinger and former Reps. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., Jim Greenwood, R-Pa., Mickey Edwards, R-Okla., Denver Riggleman, R-Va., Chris Shays, R-Conn., and David Trott, R-Mich. Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman were also present, alongside a handful of former Trump aides. “The Vice President is bringing together voters from across the political spectrum by running a campaign about freedom, democracy, and opportunity,” Austin Weatherford, the Harris campaign’s national director for Republican engagement, said in advance of the Oct. 16 rally. “Our Republicans for Harris program is taking that unifying, inspiring message to anti-Trump Republicans, moderates, and independents.” The Trump campaign similarly insisted that it is building a “diverse political movement,” when reached for comment on this story. “President Trump is building the largest, most diverse political movement in history because his winning message of putting America first again resonates with Americans of all backgrounds,” said Trump Campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “Kamala Harris is weak, failed, and dangerously liberal and a vote for her is a vote for higher taxes, inflation, open borders, and war.” Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but did not receive a response. And efforts to reach Barbara Pierce Bush were unsuccessful.
Mom of murdered Rachel Morin sends open letter to Harris with border demands: ‘Act now and save lives’
FIRST ON FOX: The mother of a woman who was allegedly killed by a Salvadoran illegal immigrant has written to Vice President Kamala Harris calling on her to “take immediate action” to close the border and require the removal of millions of illegal immigrants. “I demand that you take immediate action today and sign an executive order closing our southern border. Furthermore, require every single person who has entered our country illegally over the past three and half years to return to their home countries,” Patty Morin says in a letter to Harris, first obtained by Fox News Digital. “The time for decisive action is now. This is about protecting our citizens and ensuring that the immigrants who come to America are here to contribute to our great society.” ‘OUR PEOPLE ARE DYING’: RACHEL MORIN’S MOM SOUNDS ALARM ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AFTER DAUGHTER’S MURDER Morin’s daughter Rachel was killed while jogging in Bel Air, Maryland, last year. Police found Rachel’s body stuffed in a culvert and, after a months-long investigation, identified her suspected killer as an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who is also accused of murder in his home country and raping a mother and her 9-year-old daughter in Los Angeles. He made three unsuccessful attempts to enter the United States before making it across the border on Feb. 13, 2023, near El Paso, Texas, authorities said. The case is one of a number of high-profile crimes involving illegal immigrants, drawing additional attention to the ongoing effects of the crisis at the southern border, which saw record numbers come into the U.S. under the Biden administration. Critics blame the crisis on the policies of the administration. In her letter, Morin described Rachel as a “bright light, an American mom who adored her family and devoted her life to her five children.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE “While we can’t bring Rachel back, we can protect other American women, children, and families. This type of violence perpetrated by illegal immigrants can easily be prevented,” she says, also reading the letter in a video. In her letter, she tells Harris that she has “the opportunity to act now and save lives.” “The American people are watching and will remember if this opportunity for change is met with silence or indifference,” she says. TOP HOUSE COMMITTEE SHREDS BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN ON BORDER CRISIS IN NEW REPORT: ‘ASSAULT ON THE RULE OF LAW’ Immigration and border security is a top issue in the 2024 election, and polling shows former President Trump leading Harris on the issue among voters. Trump has promised to restart border wall construction, which was halted by the Biden administration, and launch a mass deportation program if elected to the White House. Harris has thrown her support behind a bipartisan border security bill that would increase funding to the border and limit some entries into the U.S. She has hammered Trump for not supporting it, accusing him of torpedoing the bill for political purposes. She has promised to sign the bill if elected to the White House. Conservatives have said the bill would enshrine high levels of illegal immigration, and have instead pushed legislation passed in the House last year that would also increase funding but would drastically limit asylum and end the use of parole by the administration. While the administration has overseen a record number of border encounters, it has recently pointed to a sharp drop by more than 55% since the summer to a presidential proclamation signed by President Biden that limited asylum claims into the country, bringing numbers down to levels not seen since 2020. Fox News’ Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over listing freshwater mussels as endangered
The lawsuit claims the endangered designation for six mussel species is a misuse of environmental law that threatens Texas’ economy.
Harris says what she’s doing is ‘not new,’ but as president she would take a ‘new approach’ in puzzling answer
Vice President Kamala Harris gave a puzzling and often meandering answer when asked how she would respond to people who accuse her of pandering — eventually admitting that what she’s doing now is “not new,” but if she were president she would take a “new approach” to that job. Harris was interviewed by Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast this week. Sharpe expressed frustration with what he claimed was a disparity in how Black candidates are treated when they lay out their policies. He said they are often accused of “pandering.” “The problem that I have with that is it just seems like only Black people pander,” Sharpe said. NEWT GINGRICH SOUNDS OFF ON KAMALA HARRIS’ ‘WORD SALAD’ INTERVIEWS, ‘INSANE’ POSITION ON ISRAEL-HAMAS He said when other candidates go on shows and lay out their “elaborate plan of what they’re going to do,” they’re not pandering. He said, when Harris lays out what she is going to do if she’s elected president, she’s accused of pandering. Sharpe asked how she plans to “get through to those” that accuse her of pandering and how she can make it clear what she intends to do if she’s elected. Harris told the host if people look at facts instead of misinformation, they will see that almost everything she has done is based on a foundation she built for years. For instance, she said she has worked on the economic empowerment of Black communities for years, and as vice president, she has been responsible for getting billions of dollars into community banks to increase access to capital for minorities and other small business owners. JUDGE REJECTS GOP BID TO RESTRICT OVERSEAS BALLOTS IN PENNSYLVANIA “What I’m talking about doing right now is based on long-standing work,” Harris said. “It’s not new. But as president of the United States, part of why it is important is it is a new approach to that job. “It is about a new way that is based on a new generation of leadership that is based on new ideas and, frankly, a different experience that brings my commitment to the work I am talking about into being,” she added. The Trump campaign seized on the puzzling answer — sharing a clip on X. The clip triggered a flurry of responses from users. “Did anyone understand what she just said?” one user asked. HARRIS CAMPAIGN PLEDGES MORE MEDIA INTERVIEWS AS VOTERS STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HER POLICIES “So, it’s [not] new…but it’s new…but it’s the same…but it’s new. OK, got it. Thanks for clearing that up, Kamalaladingdong,” another user wrote. Still, one more user wrote, “She fails again to explain anything.” The Democratic presidential nominee has continued to storm through battleground states in her bid to become the leader of the free world. Critics have accused her of serving up a series of “word salad” answers to questions that lack any real substance. Last month, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich issued a warning about Harris during an appearance on “Hannity.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Part of this may be psychological, and she may not be capable of uttering a clear, coherent policy position,” Gingrich said. “But whatever the reason, the more we get these word salads, the more obvious it is that she either doesn’t know what she’s saying or she can’t articulate it, or she’s trying to hide. These things all hurt her.”
Walz says Trump, Vance need classes on ‘how to talk to women’
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said his Republican rivals do not know “how to talk to women” during a campaign event Tuesday. Walz mocked former President Trump and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, during a speech in Savannah aimed at motivating Georgia voters to cast ballots before Election Day on Nov. 5. “They want to talk about things that don’t impact you,” Walz said of the GOP presidential ticket. “The things that impact you, those young folks in here too – where are you going to find child care… How are you going to afford it?” “Now, they asked JD Vance where we should get child care, and he said, ‘Ask grandma to do it,’ because God knows grandma is not doing anything else like having a career and living her life and doing things like that.” GEORGIA GOP CHAIR SHARES 2-PRONGED ELECTION STRATEGY AS TRUMP WORKS TO WIN BACK PEACH STATE He was referring to an interview Vance did with conservative activist Charlie Kirk in early September, though the Ohio Republican’s comments did not focus on women alone but rather grandparents as a unit. He said getting “grandma or grandpa” to help with child care was “one of the ways you might be able to relieve a little bit of pressure on families who are paying so much for day care.” Walz, however, mocked it, “We should offer classes to these guys to learn how to talk to women so they can get this right, because they don’t know how to do it.” He said of the Democrats’ plan for child care, “We’re talking about making sure we’re hiring more people to work in child care, and we’re incentivizing and being able to subsidize some of the costs so that folks can get out and work. That makes a difference.” GEORGIA DEMS CHAIR REVEALS MESSAGE TO UNDECIDED GOP VOTERS AS HARRIS WORKS TO BUILD BROAD BASE Outreach to women of all races, as well as economic and political backgrounds, has been a cornerstone of the Harris-Walz campaign’s efforts. The latest push by the campaign’s allies has involved pointing out to married Republican women that they could vote for Vice President Kamala Harris over Trump without telling anyone – including their husbands. Walz is doing a multi-stop tour in Georgia on Tuesday, exactly one week until Nov. 5 marks the end of the election season. Both campaigns have dedicated significant attention to the battleground state, which President Biden won by less than 1% in 2020. In particular, both have pushed supporters to vote early in-person or absentee rather than on Election Day. ‘ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND VOID’: GEORGIA JUDGE STRIKES DOWN NEW ELECTION RULES AFTER LEGAL FIGHTS The Trump campaign’s Georgia team said on Tuesday morning ahead of Walz’s public appearances, “Since Kamala Harris said she wouldn’t have done anything different from Joe Biden, Tim Walz is campaigning for another four years of unmanaged illegal immigration, sky-high prices, and war abroad.” “Georgia voters know President Trump will fix what Kamala Harris broke and flock to the ballot box for his America First Agenda on Nov. 5,” the campaign said. When asked for comment on Walz’s remarks specifically, Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the ex-president had a better record on women and families than Harris did. “Kamala Harris may be the first woman Vice President, but she has implemented dangerously liberal policies that have left women worse off financially and far less safe than we were four years ago under President Trump,” Leavitt said. “Women deserve a president who will secure our nation’s borders, remove violent criminals from our neighborhoods, and build an economy that helps our families thrive – and that’s exactly what President Trump will do.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Vance roasts Walz over video game gaffe, needling former coach on football IQ
Ohio senator and Republican candidate for vice president JD Vance took aim at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s football IQ after the Democratic vice presidential nominee posted a confusing tweet during a livestream of himself playing Madden. “They parade Tim Walz around as some kind of football genius as a former football coach, and maybe I know more about football than Gov. Tim Walz does,” Vance said during a rally in Saginaw, Michigan on Tuesday. The comments come after Walz teamed up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to livestream a session of the two playing the Madden NFL video game against each other, an event that was reportedly an effort by the campaign to widen its appeal among young male voters. TIM WALZ FUMBLES COMMON FOOTBALL TERM, GETS SCORCHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘YOU DON’T RUN A PICK 6!’ But it was a social media post made during the livestream by Walz, who worked as a defensive coordinator at Mankato West High School, that had many questioning the Minnesota governor’s football knowledge, boasting on X that Ocasio-Cortez “could run a mean pick 6.” “And I can call an audible on the play,” Walz continued in the post, which was subsequently deleted. “We both know that if you take the time to draw up a playbook, you’re gonna use it.” Critics quickly seized on the post, noting that a “pick six” is not a play that you run but instead the result of a defensive player intercepting the ball and running it in for a touchdown, resulting in six points. KAMALA HARRIS DOWNPLAYS DIMINISHING SUPPORT FROM MALE VOTERS: ‘IT’S NOT THE EXPERIENCE I’M HAVING’ Vance joined the chorus during his Tuesday event in Michigan, arguing that the post proved the Minnesota governor’s lack of football knowledge. “Those of you that know football know that you don’t run a pick six,” Vance said. “A pick six is something that happens accidentally on the football field. You run like a spread offense or a West Coast offense.” Vance then argued that he is likely more knowledgeable at football than Walz, going on to quip that former President Trump might also “know more about working at McDonald’s than Kamala Harris does,” referencing Trump’s day serving fries at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s compared to accusations that Vice President Kamala Harris lied about having work experience at the popular fast-food chain. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Politics is a little absurd from time to time and sometimes we oughta poke fun at the absurdity of our political process,” Vance added. The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Oversight group seeks docs from Walz’s Minnesota as DOJ rebukes Virginia voter-roll maintenance
Shortly after the Justice Department objected to, and a federal judge blocked Virginia from removing thousands of ineligible voters from its rolls, a conservative good-government group announced a lawsuit to compel document production from a similar case in the home state of Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. While attorneys for the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project said they are chiefly pursuing the documents as a matter of public interest and following a similar request from the Republican National Committee, the parallels between Virginia and Minnesota’s cases cannot be ignored. The Oversight Project’s lawsuit seeks to compel Minnesota’s Department of State and Department of Public Safety to produce records related to voter roll maintenance. In September, the public safety department informed lawmakers it had worked with the state department to inactivate 1,000 voters during a manual review of 104,000 total Minnesotans. DOJ PREVIOUSLY PRE-CLEARED LAW AT CENTER OF YOUNGKIN VOTER ROLL CULLING ORDER After Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an order laying out the culling of essentially self-identified ineligible voters under a 2006 law from then-Democratic Gov. Timothy Kaine, the feds balked and Biden-appointed Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered the reinstatement of all voters removed from the rolls under the order. On Sunday, the Fourth Circuit upheld the ruling and officials in Richmond signaled they wanted the Supreme Court to weigh in. “Let’s be clear about what just happened: only 11 days before a presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals – who self-identified themselves as noncitizens – back onto the voter rolls,” Youngkin said in a statement Friday. Comparing his case to the situation in Richmond, Oversight Project chief counsel Kyle Brosnan said that while the “Biden-Harris administration has brought ridiculous lawsuits against Alabama and Virginia for their voter roll maintenance efforts, which removed thousands of noncitizens from the voter rolls, the Justice Department is curiously uninterested in Minnesota’s voter roll maintenance efforts. We will continue fighting for transparency on this important election integrity issue.” Brosnan added that Minnesota had not responded to its original request via the state version of the federal FOIA statute, prompting legal action. APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST VIRGINIA’S EFFORT TO BLOCK REINSTATEMENT OF SUSPECTED NONCITIZENS ON BORDER ROLLS Asked about the NVRA exception given to Minnesota and other states, there are still multiple other reasons why the public should be apprised of the communications behind the Minnesota case, including the overall issue of proper voter roll maintenance. “At the core of it, you still have the Justice Department bringing an action against a state like Virginia that removes noncitizens from its ballot. And you have here a situation where noncitizens were potentially automatically registered to vote through the DMV in Minnesota. “You can find a statutory provision to prevent noncitizens from voting.” Additionally, Brosnan said an automatic registration provision at the state DMV likely led to these ineligible voters being added to the rolls in the first place – prompting public interest in the situation regardless of its comparisons with Virginia’s controversy. “These offices had brought to the secretary of state’s office’s attention that noncitizens were automatically registered through the DMV… and we filed an open-records request to get the actual number and look at why that occurred.” “You have this in the context of a wide-open border with 10 million illegal aliens flowing through under the current administration,” adding that Virginia’s case is proof that many ineligible voters are able to “slip through the cracks” of the safeguards to the voter registration process. In a 2023 interview following Walz’s signing of the “Democracy for the People Act,” Secretary of State Steve Simon spoke to Minnesota’s MPR News about the law and was asked about the risk of “undocumented people” ending up on the rolls. “It’s a very sensible question,” the Democratic official said, explaining the Department of Public Safety has experience in the field, and that, “what that means is that no one will even be put in the pile that could possibly be automatically registered.” “You won’t even go into that pile, unless there has been some demonstration of U.S. citizenship.” Brosnan, joined by attorney Neal Cornett, added of the Virginia case that the Justice Department – as any other observer – should find the idea of removing ineligible voters a good thing in terms of “sanctity of the ballot.” While Virginia has gone Democratic in federal elections, geographically, it is a 500-plus mile expanse of relatively conservative areas emanating from Democratic strongholds in Arlington-Fairfax, Norfolk, Winchester, Roanoke and Richmond. Brosnan noted that, in September, an RNC official sought information from Simon’s office about its Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) system. The general counsels for Simon’s office and that of the Department of Public Safety responded in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital in which they said individuals may only be registered through AVR if they had provided “citizenship-affirming documentation” at the time of their DMV registration. The process appears similar in Virginia. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The letter said the state completed a manual review of 103,986 records on Sept. 10 and that 1,485 records “that should not have been sent… to be registered through AVR.” “This is either because their documentation was unreadable due to poor scanning quality, missing required information, mislabel[ing] as citizenship-affirming when it was not or unable to be validated for other reasons.” The attorneys wrote that the only statewide election to be conducted under the law was the August 2024 primary, where the secretary of state’s office found no evidence of an ineligible person voting. Simon’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.