Nan Tolson

"Elaine from Atlantic, white girl with a hat and notepad. She’s interviewing people in the crowd. She’s a top-notch hater and will spin. She needs to leave."

On the contrary, I am for the death penalty for the same reason I’m against abortion: I value innocent life. In Genesis 9:6, which is pre-Israel and pre-law, God demands the death penalty for murder, and He roots the command in a reason that is still true today: man is made in His image. It is because humans are so uniquely valuable that God says the only proportionate punishment for murdering one of us is death. It is out of his great love and care for people—not cruelty—that God gives this dictate. Even if one disagrees with the death penalty being applied in America today, saying that it is “not pro-life” is calling God not pro-life, since, at the very least, He commanded it in the Old Testament. (Romans 13 also gives the government this authority). He doesn’t change or evolve; He was just as just then as He is today. Remember, Christian, we are not nicer than God. The most loving thing we can always do is agree with Him.

The death penalty is inconsistent with a pro-life worldview.

Texas Democrat US Senate candidate James Talarico claims the Bible is pro-choice: “The Angel comes down and asks Mary if this is something she wants to do. To me, that is an affirmation in one of our central stories.”

Sen. John Fetterman: “Let’s everybody turn the temperature down, honestly. Whether that’s some of the kinds of rhetoric from Secretary Noem, or the President, or the Mayor, or the Governor.”

I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City. Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law. This blatant pursuit of regime change doesn’t just affect those abroad, it directly impacts New Yorkers, including tens of thousands of Venezuelans who call this city home. My focus is their safety and the safety of every New Yorker, and my administration will continue to monitor the situation and issue relevant guidance.