Victor Davis Hanson Reveals He Was Approached by Fang-Fang, He Simply Wasn't Stupid Enough to Fall for It

An old clip of military historian and Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson is making the rounds on social media, as he recounts a time when Fang-Fang, the infamous spy linked to Rep. Eric Swalwell, approached him after he wrote something critical of China. Hanson said it was easy to recognize her intentions, arguing that someone would have to be a “stupid, narcissistic idiot” to fall for what he described as an obvious honeypot trap.

"I wrote some critical things of China, and Fang Fang came to see me as a consular official out of the Bay Area," Hanson said. "And I think she told me she was a political operative that monitored American politics. But when she walked in my office at the Hoover Institution, I kept the door open. I had one of my research people with me the whole time. And the way she changed accents and how she was dressed, you would have to be a stupid, narcissistic idiot to fall for that. I'm serious."

"In my case, he would say it's easier because I'm an old man," he continued. "But my point was, it was about 10 or 12 years ago. And he fell for that. And he got involved with her when he was on the House Intelligence Committee. So, end of story, with that guy...Honeypot is just a joke. Anybody could see that."  

This comes as FBI Director Kash Patel is reportedly pushing to release files from a decade-old investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell’s past ties to Christine Fang, a suspected Chinese intelligence operative who was romantically involved with Swalwell.

While Swalwell was cleared of any wrongdoing in a House Ethics investigation in 2023, questions still remain about the full extent of Fang Fang's fundraising activities, intern placements in his office, and undisclosed personal interactions with the representative.

Swalwell, the leading Democratic candidate in California’s gubernatorial race, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Patel on March 30, demanding the FBI halt any release, citing alleged violations of the Privacy Act, First Amendment protections, and DOJ rules on election interference. His attorneys argued the move is a politically motivated attempt to smear him as a critic of Trump.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/04/01/victor-davis-hanson-reveals-he-was-approached-by-fang-fang-he-simply-wasnt-stupid-enough-to-fall-for-it-n2673779

Democrat Congresswoman Posts an Absolutely Unhinged Tweet After Learning Trump is Attending Today’s Supreme Court Hearing on Ending Birthright Citizenship

Official House Portrait of Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV). Credit: Wikimedia Commons

President Trump is making a historic move this morning that is sending the left into hysterics, including at least one Democrat congresswoman.

As The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft reported , Trump is attending oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court concerning birthright citizenship, becoming the first sitting president in American history to attend oral arguments.

As TGP readers know, Trump issued an executive order last year that proclaimed that children born to illegal alien parents in the United States or temporarily present are not American citizens. But black-robed tyrants masquerading as judges have blocked the order, even after the Supreme Court rejected nationwide injunctions by rogue leftist judges at the time.

In July 2025, two rogue federal judges and a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Trump’s birthright citizenship order.

After learning about Trump’s bold move to attend today’s hearings, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) went on X and posted an absolutely unhinged tweet with several F-bombs.

“So f**king f**ked up. I’ll pray they f**k him to his face,” she wrote.

“Sorry, I say f*ck a lot these days.”

Credit: Susie Lee X

Was Lee worried that Trump would somehow influence the Court with his presence?

Lee later deleted the tweet, but the Internet is forever.

According to Trump, the 14th Amendment is being hijacked by the left to give citizenship to ‘anchor babies,’ children of illegal migrants.

Here is what the order states:

“It is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons:

(1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or

(2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.”

Trump goes on to explain in the executive order why the 14th Amendment has always excluded infants born illegally present in the United States.

“[The] Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Consistent with this understanding, the Congress has further specified through legislation that “a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is a national and citizen of the United States at birth, 8 U.S.C. 1401, generally mirroring the Fourteenth Amendment’s text,” the order reads.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/democrat-congresswoman-posts-absolutely-unhinged-tweet-after-learning/

Islamic activist organization demands Democratic senator apologize for recent Bill Maher appearance

Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin appeared on 'Real Time with Bill Maher' on Friday

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) demanded Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., apologize on Monday for appearing on "Real Time with Bill Maher" because of the host's "long history [of] anti-Muslim bigotry and anti-Arab racism."

"Your participation in Mr. Maher's show came just days after you publicly criticized a Muslim public figure for associating with Hasan Piker, whom you accused of engaging in antisemitism, which he has denied," a letter from CAIR read. "Meanwhile, Bill Maher has called Arabs dangerous to women, claimed that ISIS accurately represents most Muslims, argued that Islam itself is the 'problem' and never apologized or retracted these or other hateful remarks."

The letter continued, "Given this record, your decision to appear as a featured guest on his platform — without publicly challenging or distancing yourself from his rhetoric — sends a deeply troubling message to your Muslim and Arab constituents. It suggests a double standard in which some forms of bigotry are condemned while others are overlooked or implicitly tolerated."

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., was criticized for appearing on "Real Time with Bill Maher." 

In a statement after releasing the letter, CAIR called on Slotkin to denounce her appearance and Maher in support of the Muslim community.

"The double standards that American Muslims face, even from a senator who represents one of our nation’s largest Muslim populations, are truly remarkable. If consistency means anything to Senator Slotkin — and if she believes hate against any of her constituents is unacceptable — she must denounce Bill Maher’s bigotry and apologize for embracing him," CAIR said.

Fox News Digital reached out to Slotkin's office for comment. Fox News Digital also reached out to HBO for comment about CAIR's statements on Maher. 

Slotkin appeared on Maher's show Friday night, when the two discussed several topics including the ongoing war with Iran. Slotkin voiced her disapproval of President Donald Trump launching military strikes against Iran, while Maher criticized the Democratic Party's nearly uniform opposition to the war despite Iran's past actions.

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CAIR is demanding an apology from Sen. Slotkin for appearing on Maher's show without denouncing his views. 

"Iran has been attacking the West for a long time, including the ally that is our most important ally in the world, and that is Israel. It's not NATO," Maher said.

Slotkin also appeared on an "Overtime" panel with Maher, Stephen A. Smith and Laura Coates. During the episode, the panel discussed the growing level of antisemitism in the Democratic Party when Slotkin defended not taking money from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

"Long before October 7, I stopped taking AIPAC money, not because of Israel or any other issue like that, but because they were giving money to people who had been participating in January 6th... AIPAC, they give money to both Democrats and Republicans and people who had been involved in inciting January 6, they were giving money to," Slotkin said.

RISING MICHIGAN SENATOR URGES DEMOCRATS TO STOP BEING 'WEAK AND WOKE' AND 'F---ING RETAKE THE FLAG'

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., criticized President Donald Trump's military strikes on Iran on "Real Time with Bill Maher."

Maher called out the Democratic Party for refusing to push back against influencers who "don't know s---" and "learn everything about Israel on TikTok."

"Their leaders are not standing up and saying, 'Kids, you don't know what's going on here. Every war Israel has fought is a war of defense,'" Maher said.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/islamic-activist-organization-demands-democratic-senator-apologize-recent-bill-maher-appearance

Trump Just Issued His Most Consequential Executive Order Yet

President Donald Trump has just issued an executive order requiring that states impose strict restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, and has tasked the administration with creating a new database of U.S. citizens who are confirmed to be eligible to vote.

The new executive order will require the Department of Homeland Security to create a database of eligible voters in each state, utilizing data from the Social Security Administration, according to CBS News. The U.S. Postal Service will also be required to send absentee ballots to legitimate voters as indicated by the database, with only one envelope for each ballot. States who refuse to comply with the order will be cut off from federal funding.

This new order comes as the Senate has stalled on their attempts to pass the SAVE America Act, a top priority for President Trump to secure American elections.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/03/31/trump-just-issued-his-most-consequential-executive-order-yet-n2673749

Ridiculous: Judge Orders Construction Trump's White House Ballroom to Be Halted

It’s been a wild day on the courts. A judge ruled that President Trump’s order to defund PBS and NPR was unconstitutional, even though it’s already been established through the Big Beautiful Bill. Now, the president has been instructed to stop all work on the grand ballroom addition to the White House. The reason: Trump likely lacked the authority to do this without consulting Congress (via NYT): 

A federal judge ordered on Tuesday that construction be halted on President Trump’s proposed White House ballroom, to be built in place of the demolished East Wing, saying work must come to a stop until the project receives a go-ahead from Congress.

The decision delivered the first meaningful setback to the president’s increasingly audacious efforts to redesign the White House and Washington, D.C. It came after months of litigation in front of Judge Richard J. Leon, an appointee of President George W. Bush, who had previously declined to step in. 

In a 35-page opinion, Judge Leon wrote that Mr. Trump likely did not have the authority to act on his own, without consulting Congress, to replace entire sections of the White House — changes that could endure for generations. 

He also reiterated concerns he had raised for months in court: that from the start, the administration has provided shifting and questionable accounts of who was in charge of the project and under what authority private donations could be accepted to fund it. 

“Unless and until Congress blesses this project through statutory authorization, construction has to stop!” he wrote. “But here is the good news. It is not too late for Congress to authorize the continued construction of the ballroom project.” 

Judge Leon wrote that if the White House sought congressional approval, the legislature would “retain its authority over the nation’s property and its oversight over the government’s spending.” 

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The ballroom is just one item on a long list of complaints liberals have against the president, a hyperbolic tantrum that most people ignore except for the supporters and groups that benefit from the political class. Sorry, having dignitaries and VIPs use port-a-johns for state dinners is unacceptable. A new room was necessary, and Trump was trying to make it happen. 

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/03/31/ridiculous-judge-orders-construction-trumps-white-house-ballroom-to-be-halted-n2673735