good evening, trace. a real surprise to be sure. just four years ago, lori lightfoot win every word in the runoff and made history becoming the first black and openly gay female mayor and the city s history. he s on her way to becoming the first windy city mayor to his reelection in about 40 years. paul vallas, with more than 30 percentage points. he will advance the runoff. he was billed as a tough on crime candidate, and he also has the backing of the city police union. he s expected to face brandon johnson, the current county commissioner, former schoolteacher has the endorsement of the chicago teachers union, and as you see, just about 20% of the vote going his way. lori lightfoot, meanwhile, who famously tingled with the teachers union, came in third with just more than 16% of the vote. we will have a safe chicago. we will make chicago the safest city in america. [cheers and applause] no matter where you live, no matter what you look like, you deserve to have a bet
yes, sir. conservative entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy officially launches his 2024 g.o.p. campaign. we are going to need to rediscover that national identity that we all share. ashbury university is planning to end its 24/7 religious revival. over 50,000 people have traveled to the area to participate. when so many people gather with this much love in their hearts, it s amazing. i m getting those good vibes i m living this good life i m breathing on god s time and i ain t going to waste one breath i m soaking in. steve: live from new york city on this 22nd day of fen, february, currently 33. going for a daytime high of 43 later on in the day on this, the first day of lent. it is ash wednesday. and welcome. ainsley: that s right. steve: welcome to hour two of fox & friends. it s a holiday here around the world. and ainsley, appropriately enough, you are in ashbury university in kentucky for something that we have been watching for the last, what, cl
folks, three days. three days man. until one of the most important elections, one of the most important elections in the lifetime is going to shape the outcome is going to shape outward the country for the decades to come. and the power to shape that outcome is in your hands. two years ago, two years ago, you use that power to make donald trump not only a former president but you made him a defeated president. president obama also urging voters to head out to the polls, worried about the future of democracy under gop leadership. fundamental rights are on the ballot. truth and facts, and a logic, and reason, and basic decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot. the stakes are high! biden and obama rallied voters in philadelphia, former president trump also made a pitch to voters in the keystone state. he s in western pennsylvania stumping for his hand hit candidates. and as voters head to the polls, they re gonna determine which party controls congres
support of ohio republican senate candidate one j.d. vance. at one point, trump spoke over a song that was all but identical to an anthem of the qanon movement. attendees responded, this is real, guys, that picture s real. they responded with that one finger salute you see on your screen. new york times reports this, quote, it was the first time in the memory of some trump aides that such a display had occurred at one of his rallies. the song played at the rally was a song called mirrors and it was selected for use at a video trump paid at the cpac meeting and posted on his social media site truth social. but it also sounded striingly like the qanon theme song. regardless of what song was played, adherence of the qanon conspiracy understood what was happening and loud and clear. for those looped into qanon, the odds of missing trump s apparent outreach are about nil, particularly given that its aims and trump s are in sync, returning him to power. a year s long flirtation
University has just felt better. One thing we do in our message for unite is to bring truth. Truth and hope. You flew here, was it worth it. Its so worth it. Its a privilege to be here. Rains. Ainsley the second hour of fox friends begins right now. And, remember, mornings are better with friends. We are just six months out from election day and President Biden is expected to speak on the rise of antisemitism tomorrow as antiisrael protests continue at colleges all across our country. Brian meanwhile politico reporting that some of the groups behind the demonstrators demonstrations are receiving significant financial backing from High Profile Biden donors. Charlie shocking, shocking. Peter doocy joins us live from the white house. Peter . Peter good morning, and we are learning over the weekend that some of the wealthiest liberal families in this country may not be getting much bang for their buck, donating both to President Bidens reelection effort and also to groups that are supporti