The profile also includes several pictures of Carone and a resume that reads, "I've been modelling for years, it's my passion!". FOX 2 Detroit. Nov 10, 2022. It also cites Gonzales vote last year for a bill to codify same-sex marriage, plus his lonely vote against the U.S. House rules package in January, which made it easier to remove the speaker and made it hearder to raise taxes, among other things. Footage of her speaking before the panel has been seen tens of millions of times. It's no surprise that Melissa Carone, Rudy Giuliani's star witness at a Michigan election fraud hearing, went viral. The bills want to include any establishments that allow performers to wear clothes or makeup that exhibit a gender identity that is different than the performers gender assigned at birth. Under that definition, Schatzlines performance wearing a dress for entertainment purposes would be defined as drag. Id say that poll book is off by over 100,000. The reality is Ive taken almost 1,400 votes, and the bulk of those have been with the Republican Party, Gonzales said. Republican Mellissa Carone made a series of unverified allegations of fraud at the hearing, which was part of Donald Trump's push to have already-certified votes overturned. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Carone, who has been doing the rounds on rightwing media in recent weeks, claimed on Wednesday night she "had to get rid of social media" in the wake of her public appearances. Mellissa Carone speaks in front of the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing on Dec. 2. The release also claimed the congresswoman had a pair of abortions and said that the allegations came from an anonymous source. He was also a moderate from San Antonio. This adaptation is thought to have been crucial for tetrapod (amphibians, mammals, reptiles and birds) evolution during our transition from water to land in the Late Devonian period, some 375 million years ago. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP), When you think about human evolution, theres a good chance youre imagining chimpanzees exploring ancient forests or early humans daubing woolly mammoths on to cave walls. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images). If the vote was today, Gonzales said, I would vote twice on it if I could.. One example of a living fish that walks is the mudskipper (of the Oxudercidae family). The Texas Tribune is a member-supported, nonpartisan newsroom informing and engaging Texans on state politics and policy. Or any number of Shakespearean plays, where women are dressed as men or vice versa?, Hajinazarian said GOP lawmakers are drawing attention to drag queens to rile up their base over what he describes as nonissues., Talk about performance, Hajinazarian said. THIS MUST STOP! The page reads, Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom #trump2020 #boymom #girlmom #cybersecurity. The page shared a photo of a Time Magazine cover showing Biden, writing, What a joke- clearly Time Magazine isnt credible. Fox News reported that the woman identified by the PAC in the photo on the sugar daddy website as Boebert was actually Melissa Carone, a woman who worked with Rudy Giuliani as he pushed voter. Her script tattoo on her abdomen is on full display in some snaps, Carone became a viral sensation during a hearing with Rudy Giuliani last week where she gave a belligerent, bizarre and widely discredited testimony detailing her claims of election fraud, Two snaps show her ringside at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit in January 2012, walking around a cage with a sign raised and posing in a bejeweled bikini with a wrestling belt slung over her shoulder, The page featured a dozen photos of herself in bikinis and bodycon dresses with teased, curled hair, She has since denied that she was drunk during the hearing, despite her apparent slurred speech, and has refused to quarantine as ordered by the state due to Giuliani testing positive for Covid-19, In the suit, filed late on Monday in the name of the State of Texas, its attorney general Ken Paxton argues that Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia violated the Constitution's Elections Clause with their dramatic expansion of mail-in ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic. A day earlier, Roy was one of only four Republicans to oppose a bill to require estimates of the inflationary impact of President Joe Bidens executive orders. "If that was who I am today then it would be different, maybe I wouldn't be credible," she continued. I witnessed countless workers rescanning the batches without discarding them first which resulted in ballots being counted 4-5 times. . Carone is currently running for lieutenant governor on the U.S. Taxpayers Party ticket. Humans refined these locomotor powers, evolving numerous adaptations that make us one of the most efficient and capable running species on the planet. The party is normally required to remain neutral in intraparty contests. "I have stacks of contracts, witnesses of bribes, victims of threats, proof of promised seats bring it on! Evidence has not backed him up; and a recent Washington Post review of 10 swing states found that counties that used the Dominion machines overwhelmingly voted for Trump. Watch on. The county, which is west of San Antonio, is home to Raul Reyes, Gonzales 2020 primary runoff opponent, who remains a bitter critic. Gonzales does not plan to attend the meeting Saturday. DailyMail.com revealed shortly after her testimony that she had only finished probation in September after being charged with a computer crime. AUSTIN Melissa Carone, the voting systems IT contractor who served as a "witness" during a Michigan state House hearing last week, has responded after video of her testimony went viral . Rep. Madison Cawthorn was targeted by the American Muckrakers PAC in his primary election. Anthony G. Forlini, a Republican who is the Macomb County clerk, said on Wednesday that his office had been following the law and that the disqualification of Ms. Carone was not politically motivated. "Defendant's statements about plaintiff, Stanley Grot, were made with reckless disregard to the truth," Grot's lawsuit said. Melissa Carone is a Behavioral Health Technician at Lifewell Behavioral Wellness based in Phoenix, Arizona. Explore Talent only provides Internet exposure, resources, and tools for you to match your talent with auditions and casting directors. Just like Trump's paid crowd of actors applauding him as he descended the escalator in 2016. Giuliani helped to lead the Trump campaign's legal effort to contest the 2020 election, filing lawsuits that purported to expose ballot fraud and staging public hearings in the swing states where Trump lost narrowly. The counters (which were trained very little or not at all), were handed a batch (stack of 50) of mail-in ballots in which they would run through the tabulator. Read the original article. You can go to prison for this. So far, none of the bills define what kinds of clothes or makeup lawmakers consider to be exhibitive of which gender. Melissa Carone is an actress, freelance IT administrator and the star witness for the 2020 Donald Trump election challenge legal team, featuring Rudy Giuliani. A big question about vertebrate evolution is: what genes are important for developing the muscles that enable walking? The event was an MMA night promoted by Joseph Donfrio. At another point, he asks, Are we saying that the poll book is either wildly off or that they are filling in names?, Its wildly off. Liberals have been quick to jump on the seedy allegations, which spread like wildfire across social media. Beyond Carone, the Trump's campaign's attempts to throw out Biden's victory over their fraud case have caused a stir before. 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Lives in Macomb, Michigan Mellissa Carone See Photos Works at Member of Michigan Conservative Coalition Lives in Lake Orion, Michigan Mellissa Carone See Photos Melissa Carone Steinhauser See Photos Melissa Carone See Photos Melissa Caron 'This is what they do to Trump,' she said. Phone Number: (734) 812-****. She then went home to get a few hours sleep and worked again at the TCF Center from 10 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. on November 4th. She claimed she witnessed nothing but fraudulent actions take place.. The little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) is a cartilaginous fish related to rays and sharks (as opposed to bony fish, including sarcopterygians). And illegals voted, says Carone, who asks at another point, I signed something that says if Im wrong, I can go to prison. Rep. Lauren Boebert is threatening legal action against a PAC making seedy allegations against her. Dominion software was created to cheat. All Rights Reserved. She came off as too brazen and overconfident to be authentic in front of lawmakers. But her plans were short-circuited on Tuesday, when the Michigan Department of State disqualified Ms. Carone, 35, a former election contractor, as a Republican primary candidate for a State Senate seat outside of Detroit. Melissa Carone, who was working for Dominion Voting Services, speaks in front of the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Michigan, on Dec. 2, 2020. 13. This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/02/tony-gonzales-republican-censure-texas/. Do you even know the answer to that? He won by double digits. At one point during her testimony, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani even tried to shush her. Carone became a viral sensation during a hearing with Rudy Giuliani last week where she gave belligerent, bizarre and widely discredited testimony detailing her claims of election fraud. Colorado statute expressly prohibits the circulation of knowingly or recklessly false information meant to influence an election," Anderson wrote. And many studies show that walking and running are crucial to our wellbeing and physical health. Mellissa Carone, who went viral following her eccentric performance at the Michigan House Oversight Committee in December, is running for a seat in the Michigan State House, according to a local. Confirmed and Rumored Republican and Democratic Candidates, Viral and 'SNL' -Parodied Trump Election Witness Disqualified from Michigan GOP Primary, One Month Ahead of Midterms, Election Officials Are Preparing for Potential Confrontation, What to Know About the Georgia Grand Jury Subpoenaing Trump Allies, Including Rudy Giuliani and Lindsey Graham. "That poll book is completely off," Carone alleged. However, we reached out to Ford Motor Company. People have pictures of people carrying ballots out of that place., Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2020, Im convinced that Trumps Star Witness Melissa Carone is a SNL Character #TrumpsCircus pic.twitter.com/E3djWtZqpi. Theres a whole bunch of things that dont fit neatly into the definition of drag but would fall under the purview of this bill, Gooch said. Our sarcopterygian ancestor evolved lungs and other air-breathing mechanisms, bony limbs, and a stronger spinal column before venturing on to land. Rep. Lauren Boebert was targeted by the American Muckrakers PAC with "false and disgusting" claims of being an "unlicensed paid escort. Carone said she would not be quarantining as ordered by the state following the hearing but would do so if the suggestion came directly from Trump. The Detroit Metro Times reports that Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot filed a lawsuit in Macomb County Circuit Court late last week that accused Carone of making repeated defamatory statements about him, including claims that he conducted "illegal elections," and took money from "an illegal immigrant to turn in a lottery ticket.". Those include his rejection of a border security proposal by his fellow Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, and his support of a bill defending same-sex marriage protections and a bipartisan gun law that passed in response to the Uvalde school shooting in his district. I have it all in emails. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Address:***** Neff Rd, Grosse Pointe, MI. ', 'I wasn't drunk,' Carone told Inside Edition as she remained unfazed by the criticism she has received. "Partisan organizations putting out blatantly false and disgusting accusations wont stop me from advancing freedom and conservative values," Boebert told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday statement. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Headless Body of Missing Model Found in Refrigerator of Hong Kong Slaughter House as Police Arrest Ex-Husband and Father-In-Law, Who Was Jack Snyder? Find someone else to play Carone. He told me we are here to do assist with IT work, not to run their election. or redistributed. A Wayne County judge found her allegations "simply are not. Carone has done an internship at Ford Motor Company as a cybersecurity analyst. She claimed that Carone sent pornographic videos of herself and her current boyfriend, the father of the other womans child, and then told police the other woman had hacked into her email and stolen the videos. House Bill 1266 was assigned to the House State Affairs Committee on Friday, two days after a video of Schatzline wearing a dress surfaced. Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot, an influential Republican in Macomb County, has filed defamation lawsuits against outspoken election critic Mellissa Carone and three others, alleging they made false statements about him. 'It's not going to work with me. Carone had already been deemed "not credible" by a Michigan judge but that did not stop Giuliani from parading her before the Michigan House hearing. At one point, Carone seemingly grew so exasperated that Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani could be seen attempting to calm her. Millie Weaver gets an exclusive interview with whistleblower Melissa Carone who worked for Dominion Voting Systems as an IT assistant during the 2020 election in Wayne County, Michigan.. Mellissa Carone, who gained notoriety as a witness for Rudy Giuliani during a Michigan election-fraud hearing early this month, has been hit with a cease-and-desist letter from Dominion Voting. The state party said it believes that the only other time it approved a censure under this method was against former state House Speaker Joe Straus in 2018. "I know what I saw, I know what I saw," she raged, raising her eyebrows. This is a violation of the Constitution of the United States. Another post read, But Biden won?!? Carone told the hearing that she saw poll workers running ballots through voting machines "thousands of times", which the judge later ruled was "not credible". Gonzales defended his support for the same-sex marriage bill last year, telling The Texas Tribune that it wasnt a tough vote and that Republicans need to accept same-sex marriage if the party wants to grow. In fact, the woman in the photos cited by the PAC was identified last year as Melissa Carone, a woman who made unsupported voter fraud claims during the 2020 election that were cited by former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. She has since denied that she was drunk during the hearing, despite her apparent slurred speech, and has refused to quarantine as ordered by the state due to Giuliani testing positive for Covid-19. Fifteen other counties in Gonzales sprawling district have since approved concurring resolutions. Either way, she quickly became a meme. pic.twitter.com/3xsdquCZD8, Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) December 1, 2020, The profile picture on the Facebook page shows Carone with Giuliani. She accused Republican election officials and the partys leaders of conspiring to keep her off the ballot. She had the biggest smile on her face & feels so supported by all of your sweet msgs. Witness Melissa Carone was a contract worker for voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems at the TCF Center, where votes were tabulated. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., will take legal action against the Democrat political action committee (PAC) that claimed, without evidence, that she was an "unlicensed paid escort," Fox News Digital has learned. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, . Dominion is also widely used in battleground states, drawing Trump's ire. 120%? she says at one point to Johnson. It was her blonde updo, Midwestern accent and flippantly theatrical manner which even attorney Rudy Giuliani attempted to assuage that got the most attention, with some Twitter users saying Saturday Night Live writers could "take this week off" after she appeared. DailyMail.com revealed earlier this week that Carone used to strip at a club called the Bada Bing in 2010, apparently under her own name. pic.twitter.com/xRrZoXWLhW, The Monster (@boris3324) December 3, 2020, BREAKING NEWS: "Melissa Carone edged out this man to become Donald Trump's star witness"#Election2020 #Snark pic.twitter.com/OGJA7EPqDo, Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) December 3, 2020, I believe Melissa Carone was trying for an Elle Woods moment. Fox News Flash top headlines are here. While Trump's lawsuits have been unsuccessful in court, the president and his allies have turned to staging a series of showy, in ultimately ineffective, hearings for reporters and local lawmakers. Carone testified as a star witness for Trump lawyer Giuliani, who attended a hearing in Michigan last week where her appearance went viral after she went after lawmakers and made unsupported claims. Mellissa Carone, who went viral following her eccentric performance at the Michigan House Oversight Committee in December, is running for a seat in the Michigan State House, according to a local. The county clerk where Ms. Carone was running for office said on Wednesday that had not been the case. That bill defines the shows it seeks to restrict as those that feature "topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest, or similar entertainers." When a worker had a ballot that they either could not read, or it had something spilled on it, they would go to a table that had blank ballots on it and fill it out. 1:47. Locations: Dearborn Heights MI Possible Relatives: Krista Leann Carone, Michelle Lynn Carone. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Zero. Last December, Melissa Carone rocketed to prominence with a public display of slurred ineptitude so gloriously nuts that even Rudy Guiliani tried to hush her up. The mother-of-two, then Mellissa Wright, reportedly harassed the 42-year-old victim for a period of two years, stalking her and sending her explicit videos from an anonymous account of herself having sex with her partner, the victim's ex-husband. It might sound bizarre but the evidence is in our genes, anatomy and in fossils. President Trump's star witness in his alleged voter fraud case in Michigan used to work as a ringside girl and amateur model, DailyMail.com can reveal. Mellissa Carone, the star witness in the Trump campaign's "voter fraud" case in Michigan, has become the subject of speculation claiming she was paid to make the allegations of ballot tampering after her acting and modelling profile started being circulated across social media. And on Twitter he said, Thats not a sexually explicit drag show.. Our ancestors used running for hunting, to escape predators, and for foraging. When pressed, Carone said she "was just a kid" at the time she was alleged to have been a stripper, and that she "went a little crazy" when she turned 18. He also said its so broad that it may ensnare businesses and performances that lawmakers arent trying to regulate.