Georgia Senate advances pair of bills to ban gender-transitioning treatment for minors, inmates
Georgia’s Senate passed two bills to ban most gender-transitioning treatment for minors and inmates in state prisons, with some Democrats joining Republicans in supporting the measures. Lawmakers voted 34-19 on Monday for a bill to ban most gender-transitioning treatments, including puberty blockers, for anyone under the age of 18, even for people already on treatment. In 2023, the state banned most gender-transitioning surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender children unless they were already receiving treatment. “You’re asking [minors] to make changes that will have changes to the rest of their lives,” GOP Sen. Ben Watson, the bill’s sponsor, said Monday. “It is not a fair decision to them. It is not a fair decision to the parents.” A second bill — sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Randy Robertson — that would ban most gender-transitioning treatment for inmates in state prisons passed 37-15. SENATE DEMS FACE BACKLASH AFTER BILL TO PREVENT BOYS FROM PLAYING GIRLS’ SPORTS FAILS TO BREAK FILIBUSTER Opponents of the measures accused Republicans of playing politics by targeting transgender people and argued that lawmakers should focus on more pressing issues. They said both bills infringe on the rights of transgender people and their families to make decisions about gender-transitioning treatment. “This body has promulgated bill after bill attacking trans people with the ultimate goal of making trans folks disappear. We’ve been here before,” Senate Minority Whip Kim Jackson, a Democrat who is openly lesbian, said Monday. At least 26 states have enacted laws restricting gender-transitioning treatment for minors, although most have been slapped with lawsuits. TEXAS LAWMAKER PROPOSES BILL TO BAN GENDER TRANSITION TREATMENT FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING ADULTS Jackson and other Democrats proposed an amendment to Watson’s bill that would have allowed minors already receiving gender-transitioning treatment to continue to avoid the medical and emotional risks of stopping in the middle of treatment, but the amendment failed. Democrat Sens. Elena Parent and Sonya Halpern reaffirmed their commitment to protecting the rights of transgender people but bucked party lines to vote for Robertson’s bill, saying they do not believe taxpayers should be burdened with the cost of gender-transitioning treatment for inmates. Parents proposed an amendment to make an exception for inmates already undergoing hormone replacement therapy, but that amendment also failed. “I will not let my party be dragged into an argument that makes us look out of touch with the very people we claim to represent,” Halpern said. Democrat Sen. Sally Harrell, who has two transgender children, said she wanted “to remind people that we are talking about very real people — parents, children, families.” Sen. Freddie Powell Sims was the lone Democrat who voted for both bills, while four Democrats supported the bill banning gender-transitioning treatment for inmates. Last month, the Senate passed bills to ban biological boys from playing in girls’ sports and stripped public funding for gender-transitioning treatment for adults. The four bills will now head to the House. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
‘Would have lost us the Cold War’: Slotkin blasts Trump’s foreign policy in response to Congress address
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., blasted President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda Tuesday after the president addressed Congress, claiming that Trump would have lost the Cold War if he’d been president in the 1980s. Slotkin’s remarks come after Trump delivered an address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday in a speech similar to the annual State of the Union, where he declared that “America is back” and that the “American dream is surging.” “We all want an end to the war in Ukraine, but Reagan understood that true strength required America to combine our military and economic might with moral clarity,” said Slotkin, who was tapped to deliver the official Democratic Party response to Trump’s address. “As a Cold War kid, I’m thankful it was Reagan and not Trump in office in the 1980s. Trump would have lost us the Cold War.” TRUMP PROMISES ‘THIS WILL BE OUR GREATEST ERA’ IN JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS Slotkin zeroed in on Trump’s tense Friday exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, where Trump and Vice President JD Vance sparred with Zelenskyy over whether diplomacy was the best avenue to bring peace to end the conflict. Trump and Vance said Zelenskyy wasn’t grateful to the U.S., and the exchange stalled peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine and put a pause on a rare-earth minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv. However, Trump revealed in his speech to Congress Tuesday that Ukraine was ready to resume peace negotiations, and was ready to sign a minerals agreement that would allow the U.S. access to Ukraine’s minerals in exchange for U.S. support in the country. While Trump has touted he seeks to achieve peace through strength, a term coined by former President Ronald Reagan, Reagan must be “rolling in his grave” following the “spectacle” between Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, Slotkin said. Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who worked at the Pentagon and the White House under both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, also attacked the administration’s efforts to whittle down the federal government workforce. “The mindless firing of people who work to protect our nuclear weapons, keep our planes from crashing, and conduct the research that finds the cure for cancer — only to re-hire them two days later? No CEO in America could do that without being summarily fired,” Slotkin said. DEMOCRAT REMOVED FROM HOUSE CHAMBER AFTER DISRUPTING TRUMP’S SPEECH TO CONGRESS The Trump administration sent a memo in February instructing agencies across the federal government to launch plans for “large-scale reductions in force” and construct reorganization plans by mid-March. Slotkin did signal that Republicans and Democrats should work together on immigration, after Trump touted Tuesday that his administration has “launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history.” “Every country deserves to know who and what is coming across its border. Period,” Slotkin said. “Democrats and Republicans should all be for that.” On Tuesday, Trump said that he’d sent Congress a detailed funding request laying out how to eliminate threats and carry out the “largest deportation operation in American history,” and urged Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to pass such a measure so he could sign it into law quickly. Slotkin also encouraged U.S. citizens to remain engaged and hold their elected officials accountable — a task she described as “American as apple pie.” “Hold your elected officials, including me, accountable,” Slotkin said. “Watch how they’re voting. Go to town halls and demand they take action.”
Social media explodes after Dems do not stand for 13-year-old cancer survivor: ‘Truly sick people’
Most Democrats appeared to remain sitting as a 13-year-old brain cancer survivor was asked to be made an honorary Secret Service agent, which led to swift criticism on X Tuesday night. “A terminally ill child with brain cancer is given an honorary Secret Service award and the Democrats refuse to stand or clap for the child,” Trump administration official Ric Grennell tweeted regarding the interaction between the 13-year-old and the president. “Democrats refused to stand for the brain cancer surviving kid! How awful can one party be?” Outkick founder Clay Travis tweeted. TRUMP INTRODUCES ELON MUSK TO GOP OVATION BEFORE RATTLING OFF SEVERAL DOGE VICTORIES: ‘WE APPRECIATE IT’ “Democrats didn’t even stand for the boy who survived brain cancer,” Republican activist Scott Pressler posted on X. “Democrats refused to stand or clap for a little boy fighting cancer,” Libs of TikTok posted on X. “Truly sick people.” “Can’t believe the lousy Democrats can’t even applaud a little boy with brain cancer or a Kennedy who wants to Make America Healthy Again,” New York Post columnist Miranda Devine posted on X. However, others highlighted the overall importance of the moment. “This is the first time I can remember crying during a state of the union. Thank you President Trump,” Meghan McCain posted. “This is so beautiful. Anyone who has been impacted by brain cancer knows how special this is.” DEMOCRAT REMOVED FROM HOUSE CHAMBER AFTER DISRUPTING TRUMP’S SPEECH TO CONGRESS: ‘TAKE YOUR SEAT’ McCain’s father, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., died of brain cancer in 2018. Others explained why they were skeptical of the interaction. “Trump is using a kid who had brain cancer as a prop. He wants to be a cop so he made him an honorary member of the secret service,” liberal commentator Kyle Kulinski posted to X. SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER HOUSE DEM AL GREEN INTERRUPTED TRUMP’S ADDRESS: ‘EMBARRASSING THEMSELVES’ Some Democrats protested at the start of Trump’s speech on Tuesday night, which even led to the removal of Rep. Al Green by the Sergeant of Arms at the request of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-V.T., also exited the speech early.
Trump tells high school senior of West Point acceptance during joint address to Congress
President Donald Trump made a high school senior’s dream come true during his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening. In a speech that focused on how hot topics across the country have impacted Americans personally, Trump began talking about Jason Hartley, whose dream is to “carry on the family legacy of service” by joining the U.S. military. Hartley’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather all served the country in the military. His father, who died in August 2018, also worked as a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. His dream was to be accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and, as a high school senior, Hartley had already applied for the prestigious school. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DECLARES ‘AMERICA’S MOMENTUM IS BACK’ IN JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS Trump bragged on Hartley during the speech, mentioning his accolades as a six-letter varsity athlete and a “brilliant student” with a 4.46 grade point average. Both feats were met with lots of applause from the chamber. Trump’s praise for the teenager led to a very exciting announcement, where he let Hartley know his dream of attending West Point would be coming true. “That’s a hard one to get into, but I am pleased to inform you that your application has been accepted,” Trump said, surprising Hartley and his mother. In a touching moment of congratulations, Hartley was approached by D.J. Daniel, a 13-year-old cancer survivor and aspiring police officer who Trump had sworn in as an honorary Secret Service agent. 13-YEAR-OLD CANCER SURVIVOR EARNS STANDING OVATION AS HE BECOMES SECRET SERVICE AGENT DURING TRUMP SPEECH Daniel could be seen tapping Hartley on the shoulder and giving him a high five before returning to his seat a few feet away. Hartley and Daniel were just two of many everyday Americans that Trump honored during his speech Tuesday night. After the address was over, FOX News hosts deemed the moments involving the two young men as some of the best of the entire night.
Trump proclaims that ‘wokeness is dead,’ calls to permanently ban sex changes for minors
President Donald Trump proclaimed that “wokeness is gone” during his joint address to Congress Tuesday night. Speaking to a bipartisan crowd in the U.S. Capitol building, Trump touted his administration’s early efforts to roll back “wokeness” in the U.S., taking aim at “gender-affirming” procedures for minors. “I want Congress to pass a bill permanently banning and criminalizing sex changes on children, and forever,” Trump said during his speech. “Ending the lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body. This is a big lie. And now a message to every child in America is that you are perfect, exactly the way God made you.” “Because we’re getting wokeness out of our schools and out of our military, and it’s already out and it’s out of our society,” he continued. “We don’t want it. Wokeness is trouble. Wokeness is bad. It’s gone.” TRUMP’S ELECTION COULD EXPOSE NAMES IN JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S ‘BLACK BOOK’ Trump’s comments come over a month after he signed an executive order to restrict “chemical and surgical” sex-change procedures for minors. “Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions,” the order, entitled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” stated. “This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end.” PEDO ACT: LAWMAKER MOVES TO PROTECT EPSTEIN FILES, ACCUSES ‘CERTAIN FBI AGENTS’ OF TRYING TO DESTROY DOCS Though Trump’s order has been resisted by hospitals and medical practitioners in Democratic-run areas, other hospitals have begun to comply with the order. In February, the University of Virginia Health Hospital announced it would begin to stop providing transgender treatments to new patients as young as 11 years old. “Common sense and medical ethics have prevailed,” Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., wrote in a post on X at the time. “I’m grateful to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors for its action today to stop harmful transgender treatments for minors and to transfer existing patients to other providers,” the governor added. Fox News Digital’s Aubrie Spady contributed to this report.
Trump reveals top terrorist behind Abbey Gate attack apprehended, facing ‘swift sword of American justice’
President Donald Trump revealed that the top terrorist suspect behind the 2021 Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. service members has been apprehended. “Tonight, I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity,” Trump revealed during his speech before a joint Congress. “And he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of American justice.” The suspect was identified as Muhammed Sharifullah, Fox News confirmed. “And I want to thank, especially, the government of Pakistan for helping arrest this monster,” he said. “This was a very momentous day for those 13 families, who I actually got to know very well.” The Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members — eleven Marines, one Navy corpsman and one sailor — defending the Kabul airport, while hundreds of Americans and tens of thousands of Afghan allies were left in the country under Taliban rule. At least 170 Afghan civilians were injured in the attack, according to the U.S. military’s investigation of it. Conservative critics, such as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the withdrawal paved the way for adversaries such as Russia to invade Ukraine. The Taliban claimed control of Afghanistan following the withdrawal. GOLD STAR FAMILIES DEVASTATED BY BIDEN’S BOTCHED AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL ENDORSE HEGSETH FOR SECDEF “I spoke to many of the parents and loved ones, and they’re all in our hearts tonight,” Trump said. “I spoke to them on the phone. We had a big call. Every one of them called. And everybody was on the line and they did nothing but cry with happiness. They were very happy. As happy as you can be under those circumstances. Their child, brother, sister, son, daughter was killed for no reason whatsoever.” DEM SENATOR’S ‘LIES AND STUPIDITY’ AT HEGSETH HEARING ROASTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘CLOWN SHOW’ HARRIS LEAVES OUT DEADLY BOTCHED AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL IN SOARING PRO-MILITARY DNC SPEECH The families who lost loved ones during the botched withdrawal have previously and repeatedly slammed former President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over their deaths, including launching a scathing defense attack against Harris — when she was running for president — after the anniversary of the withdrawal in 2024. Parents and other loved ones claimed that the “administration killed my son” and that they “have not seen any support from you or your administration.” “What a horrible day,” Trump continued in his remarks. “Such incompetence was shown that when Putin saw what happened, I guess he said, ‘well, maybe this is my chance.’ That’s how bad it was. Should have never happened.”
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13-year-old cancer survivor earns standing ovation as he becomes Secret Service agent during Trump speech
A 13-year-old boy who survived cancer named DJ Daniel stole the show during President Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night when the president introduced him to the audience and officially swore him in as a member of the Secret Service. “Joining us in the gallery tonight is a young man who truly loves our police,” Trump told the crowd. “His name is DJ Daniel is 13 years old, and he has always dreamed of becoming a police officer. But in 2018, D.J. was diagnosed with brain cancer. The doctors gave him five months at most to live. That was more than six years ago.” Daniel received a standing ovation from a majority of the crowd although some Democrats were seen on camera sitting at various times while Trump was speaking about the 13-year-old. Trump explained that Daniel and his dad, who was in the crowd and held him up at one point during Trump’s remarks, have been on a “quest” to make his dream of becoming a police officer come true and explained that he has been made an honorary member of local police departments. ‘HE’S BACK’: TRUMP’S JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS TO BE BLANKETED WITH 6-FIGURE AD BUY TOUTING TAX PLAN Trump then surprised Daniel with the news that his dream was becoming a reality on an even bigger stage. “Tonight, DJ, we’re going to do you the biggest honor of them all,” Trump said. “I am asking our new Secret Service Director, Sean Curran, to officially make you an agent of the United States.” TRUMP SET TO CONTINUE UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF ACTIONS, ADDRESS CONGRESS IN 7TH WEEK BACK IN OFFICE Curran then walked over to Daniel and presented him with a customized Secret Service badge. “Thank you, DJ,” Trump said after the crowd started chanting the young boy’s name. Some viewers on social media took notice that some Democrats did not appear moved by Daniel’s story. “If the Ds can’t clap for a beautiful 13-year old boy who wants to become a cop, there’s something really wrong with them,” former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer posted on X.
Trump promises ‘this will be our greatest era’ in joint address to Congress
President Donald Trump vowed in a speech to Congress and the U.S. that his administration would work to take “America’s destiny into our own hands” and promised that “this will be our greatest era” where he would fight to forge the most free civilization. Trump’s remarks came as he delivered an address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday in a speech similar to the annual State of the Union, where he declared that “America is back” and that the “American dream is surging.” Trump unveiled in his speech that Ukraine is prepared to sign off on a rare-earth minerals deal and continue peace negotiations to end the war with Russia, and that his administration has caught the terrorist behind an attack in Afghanistan that resulted in the death of 13 U.S. troops. He also promised he would drive down inflation costs and would “wage a war” on drug cartels as he bragged about his administration’s accomplishments already in the past six weeks — including driving down illegal immigration crossings. Specifically, Trump urged lawmakers Tuesday to beef up funding for border security to foot the bill for deportations and construction of a border wall along the U.S. southern border, and touted that his administration has “launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history.” “The cartels are waging a war on America, and it’s time for America to wage a war on the cartels, which we are doing,” Trump said Tuesday. TRUMP ADMIN REVEALS LIST OF CARTELS AND GANGS TO BE DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS Trump said that he’s sent Congress a detailed funding request laying out how to eliminate threats and carry out the “largest deportation operation in American history.” “Americans expect Congress to send me this funding without delay, so I can sign it into law,” Trump said, urging Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to pass such a measure so he could sign it into law quickly. Furthermore, Trump also said Tuesday his administration inherited an “economic catastrophe,” while accusing the Biden administration of allowing the egg prices to get “out of control.” “Among my very highest priorities is to rescue our economy and get dramatic and immediate relief to working families,” Trump said. “As president, I am fighting every day to reverse this damage and make America affordable again.” The consumer price index shows consumer prices increased roughly 20% under former President Joe Biden’s administration, and that egg prices have soared nearly 37% in the past year. DEMOCRAT REMOVED FROM HOUSE CHAMBER AFTER DISRUPTING TRUMP’S SPEECH TO CONGRESS Trump also defended his administration’s new tariffs, comments that come after the U.S. imposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports, and raised existing tariffs on Chinese products to 20%. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that Canada would slap tariffs on more than $100 billion of American goods, and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico would unveil its own retaliatory tariffs on Sunday. Americans remain split along party lines regarding the outlook of the economy in the next year. While 73% of Republicans said they expect the economy to improve a year from now, 64% of Democrats said they predict the economy will worsen, according to the Pew Research Center survey. TRUMP PAUSES AID TO UKRAINE AFTER FIERY MEETING WITH ZELENSKYY Trump also said that he would continue to work to end the war in Ukraine, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and after negotiations stalled on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington Friday amid negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, and was poised to sign a minerals agreement that would allow the U.S. access to Ukraine’s minerals in exchange for U.S. support in the country. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said Tuesday hours before Trump’s address that Ukraine is now prepared to “come to the negotiating table” and said “it is time to make things right” in a post on X. He also called the exchange on Friday “regrettable,” and that Ukraine is prepared to sign a minerals deal. Trump said Tuesday he received a letter from Zelenskyy stating that Ukraine is ready to negotiate and resume peace talks, and would sign the minerals deal. “It’s time to end this senseless war,” Trump said, noting that it’s important to talk to both sides to end wars. Special guests who attended the Tuesday address included Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, the former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director; Noa Argamani, who suffered captivity from Palestinian militant group Hamas after the group attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023; and hockey legends Buzz Schneider and Rob McClanahan, who were inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003 and were part of the U.S. hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics. While all lawmakers are typically invited to the president’s annual address, Democrats including Sens. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Patty Murray of Washington, along with Reps. Don Beyer of Virginia and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York chose to opt out of attending the speech this year. Freshman Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is slated to deliver the Democratic party’s official response to Trump’s speech Tuesday. Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who worked at the Pentagon and the White House under both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, previously served several terms representing her state in the U.S. House of Representatives before joining the Senate.
Trump honors lives of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray while celebrating strides on securing border
President Donald Trump honored the lives of Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray, who were both brutally killed by illegal immigrants under the Biden administration, during his address to a joint Congress on Tuesday. “All three savages charged with Jocelyn and Laken’s murders were members of the Venezuelan prison gang, the toughest gang, they say, in the world known as Tren De Aragua. Two weeks ago, I officially designated this gang, along with MS-13 and the bloodthirsty Mexican drug cartels, as foreign terrorist organizations,” Trump said. “They are now officially in the same category as ISIS, and that’s not good for them. Countless thousands of these terrorists were welcomed into the U.S by the Biden administration. But now, every last one will be rounded up and forcibly removed from our country. Or, if they’re too dangerous, put in jail, standing trial in this country, because we don’t want them to come back ever,” he said. Trump declared during his speech that the U.S. “will never, ever forget our beautiful Laken Riley” through legislation he singed into law. TEXAS POLITICOS LAUNCH FULL-COURT PRESS AGAINST HARRIS AHEAD OF HER BORDER STATE CAMPAIGN RALLY: ‘APOLOGIZE’ “Laken was viciously attacked, assaulted. Beaten, brutalized, and horrifically murdered. Laken was stolen from us by a savage illegal alien,” Trump said during his speech. Georgia nursing student Laken Hope Riley, 22, was discovered beaten to death last year after going for a run on the University of Georgia’s campus. The Augusta University student crossed paths with an illegal immigrant, Jose Antonio Ibarra. Ibarra, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and was granted border “parole,” which allows noncitizens to temporarily enter the country due to an emergency or humanitarian reason, authorities have said. Ibarra soon made his way up to New York City, where he was arrested in August and “charged with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation,” according to ICE. TRUMP SIGNS LAKEN RILEY ACT INTO LAW AS FIRST LEGISLATIVE VICTORY IN NEW ADMINISTRATION Trump continued that Ibarra “was arrested while trespassing across Biden’s open southern border.” “And then set loose into the United States under the heartless policies of that failed administration. It was indeed a failed administration. He had then been arrested and released in a Democrat run sanctuary city, a disaster, before ending the life of this beautiful young angel. With us this evening are Laken’s beloved mother, Alison, and her sister Lauren,” he said. Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law upon taking office for a second time in January, saying that the U.S. will never forget Riley through the law that directs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal immigrants arrested or charged with theft-related crimes, or those accused of assaulting a police officer. “Since taking office, my administration has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history. And we quickly achieved the lowest numbers of illegal border crossing ever recorded. … The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation. We must have legislation to secure the border. But it turned out that all we really needed was a new president,” he continued. 7.2M ILLEGALS ENTERED THE US UNDER BIDEN ADMIN, AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN POPULATION OF 36 STATES Trump also remember the life of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was sexually assaulted and murdered by strangulation when two illegal immigrants in their 20s allegedly lured the young girl under a bridge before killing her in June of 2024. “Her precious Jocelyn walked to a nearby convenience store,” Trump said, speaking to the young girl’s mom, Alexis Nungaray. “She was kidnaped, tied up, assaulted for two hours under a bridge and horrifically murdered. Arrested and charged with this heinous crime are two illegal alien monsters from Venezuela, released into America by the last administration through their ridiculous open border. The death of this beautiful 12-year-old girl, and the agony of her mother and family touched our entire nation greatly.” Trump said that he learned of the young girl’s love of nature while getting to know her family, and revealed that he renamed a wildlife refuge in Texas in honor of Jocelyn Nungaray. “Alexis, I promised that we would always remember your daughter, your magnificent daughter. And earlier tonight I signed an order keeping my word to you. One thing I have learned about Jocelyn is that she loved animals so much. She loved nature. Across Galveston Bay, from where Jocelyn lived in Houston, you will find a magnificent National Wildlife Refuge. A pristine, peaceful, 34,000-acre sanctuary for all of God’s creatures on the edge of the Gulf of America.” “Alexis, moments ago, I formally renamed that refuge in loving memory of your beautiful daughter, Jocelyn,” he said. Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy contributed to this report.