Heard on the Hill
What we're hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill
MCCORMICK ON PENN: Sen Dave McCormick (R., Pa.) wants the University of Pennsylvania to take “immediate, decisive action” after Michael Mann, a senior administrator at the school, called Charlie Kirk the “head of Trump’s Hitler Youth.” Penn did not respond to a request for comment.
WRIGHT ON CLIMATE: The Wall Street Journal praised Secretary of Energy Chris Wright for his work that is “the first from Washington in years that deviates from the narrative of a climate headed for catastrophe.”
TOM COTTON AL JAZEERA: Senator Tom Cotton (R., AR) was confronted by an Al Jazeera reporter in the Senate and asked about Israel’s war against Hamas. Al Jazeera’s reporter may have intended a “gotcha” interview, but with a smile Senator Cotton dismantled the reporter’s talking points and asked him, “what do you say about working for a terrorist-supporting network?” Mark Levin and others praised Senator Cotton for standing up for the US-Israel relationship.
AMPLIFYING LIGHT: The Washington Reporter attended Angel Studios’ red carpet world premiere of their new film, The Senior, in Bedford, Texas. The film tells the story of Mike Flynt, who at 59 years old walked onto the Sul Ross State University football team in 2007 to play out his final year of NCAA eligibility. Angel Studios co-founder and CEO Neal Harmon told the Reporter Flynt’s story is “fascinating” and that, after the screening, one of the Angel Guild members in the audience called her assistant at work “and asked her to buy 1,000 tickets for every employee” at her company to see the movie opening night. “That’s the kind of impact this movie is having on people,” Harmon added. At a Q&A session after the screening, Flynt and Chiklis received the Gridiron Coaches Foundation’s Stay in the Game Award from the foundation’s Bob Beaudine. Attending the premiere were stars Michael Chiklis and Rob Corddry; director Rod Lurie; Angel Studios Head of Strategic Relationships Bethany Harper; the Reporter’s Houston Keene and his wife Abby Keene; and the man of the hour, college football legend Mike Flynt.