{"id":2571669,"date":"2026-02-19T21:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pardons-clay-fullers-daughter-for-joining-his-trip-to-mtgs-district\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:35:53","slug":"trump-pardons-clay-fullers-daughter-for-joining-his-trip-to-mtgs-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pardons-clay-fullers-daughter-for-joining-his-trip-to-mtgs-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump &#8216;pardons&#8217; Clay Fuller&#8217;s daughter for joining his trip to MTG&#8217;s district"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-pardons-clay-fullers-daughter-for-joining-his-trip-to-mtgs-district%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2571669&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump traveled to Georgia for a campaign event in the 14th Congressional District, were he endorsed Clay Fuller in the special election to replace Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Fuller asked Trump to pardon his daughter, Tallulah, who had detention to attend; Trump responded, \u201cTallulah, you are fully pardoned.\u201d Greene was not in attendance, continuing to clash with Trump over foreign policy.The appearance at Coosa Steel Corporation also featured a broader push for Trump\u2019s policies and a pitch to Georgia voters amid upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-morrissey-baked-alaskan-60-of-voters-cast-ballots-for-republicans-a-democrat-won\/\" title=\"Ed Morrissey: Baked Alaskan: 60% of voters cast ballots for Republicans. A Democrat won.\">jungle primaries<\/a> and runoff politics.<\/p>\n<p>During his remarks, Trump defended tariffs, arguing that 50% steel tariffs helped save Coosa Steel from bankruptcy and criticizing opponents of tariffs before a potential Supreme Court ruling on their constitutionality. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pam-bondi-clashes-with-lawmakers-in-first-house-hearing-over-epstein-files\/\" title=\"Pam Bondi clashes with lawmakers in first House hearing o...r Epstein files\">touted economic gains<\/a>,including 172,000 private-sector jobs added in January,about $18 billion in private investment announced in the first year of his second term,and a strong stock market,while arguing that affordability has improved under his leadership. He also referenced his ties to Georgia figures such as herschel Walker and Gunner Stockton, and noted the state\u2019s jungle primary system and anticipated runoff on April 7, along with the broader political fight against Democrat Jon Ossoff.The event coincided with data showing a $901.5 billion U.S. trade deficit for the previous year, which Trump linked to his tariff policies. He also highlighted his donation of his presidential salary as a point of pride.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump &lsquo;pardons&rsquo; Clay Fuller&rsquo;s daughter in pre-special election trip to MTG&rsquo;s district<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2510710\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Clay Fuller, the Trump-endorsed Republican hoping to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a>, asked the president to pardon his daughter during an appearance at an event in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\">Georgia&rsquo;s <\/a>14th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sir, the endorsement was the honor of my lifetime, but I was wondering if you could do me one more favor?&rdquo; Fuller asked President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump <\/a>before a crowd gathered at Coosa Steel Corporation for Trump&rsquo;s economic address. &ldquo;My beautiful daughter is here, Tallulah. She got detention to come and see you speak today. Could you pardon her, please?<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4464209\/tony-gonzales-accuses-dead-staffers-husband-blackmail\/\">Tony Gonzales accuses dead staffer&#8217;s husband of blackmail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4464034\/democrat-juliana-stratton-illinois-senate-trump-ad\/\">Democrat Juliana Stratton gets direct in Illinois Senate ad: &#8216;F*** Trump&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4463968\/tim-scott-georgia-gop-narrow-senate-candidates-ossoff\/\">Tim Scott urges Georgia GOP to narrow down Senate candidates in fight against Ossoff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Tallulah, you are fully pardoned,&rdquo; Trump replied. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry. Just tell the teacher I said it&rsquo;s fine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;My daughter is here&hellip; she got detention to come see you speak today. Could you pardon her?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump: You are fully pardoned. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z9q3diMKg1\">pic.twitter.com\/z9q3diMKg1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/2024612395813924929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump endorsed Fuller before the March 10 special election to fill Greene&rsquo;s seat in Congress. Greene announced her resignation in November following the disintegration of her relationship with the president over, among other things, her support for the release of files regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration o...r UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s investigation into <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Greene was not in attendance at Thursday&rsquo;s event as she has continued to be a vocal critic of Trump, particularly his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-policy\/\">foreign policy<\/a> as it pertains to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Trump&rsquo;s part, the president did not mention Greene as he embraced other high-profile Georgians, including U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas Herschel Walker, who apparently flew home for the occasion, and Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Gunner Stockton.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to vote,&rdquo; Walker said. &ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t do that, we will lose this country because men should not be in women&rsquo;s sports. I know what a woman is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Georgia has so-called &lsquo;jungle primaries,&rsquo; which means that unless the winner receives more than 50% of the vote, the two best-performing candidates next month, regardless of party, will proceed to an April 7 runoff.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Thursday also alluded to Georgia&rsquo;s other competitive elections, including this November&rsquo;s U.S. Senate race featuring Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-ossoff\/\">Jon Ossoff <\/a>(D-GA).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s easy to beat,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a real stiff. We don&rsquo;t want people like that representing Georgia. Who would think that Georgia has a stiff anyway?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s trip to Georgia coincided with new data on Thursday that found the U.S. ran a $901.5 billion <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trade\/\">trade deficit<\/a> last year, a slight decrease from 2024 but only by 0.2%, or $2.1 billion, despite the president&rsquo;s aggressive <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariff\/\">tariff policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Trump claimed his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steel\/\">50% steel tariffs<\/a> helped save Coosa Steel from bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Without tariffs, what would you do? You know what? Everybody would be bankrupt,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Everybody, the whole country would be bankrupt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also took the opportunity to criticize those challenging his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >emergency power tariffs<\/a> before the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a>, which could rule as early as Friday that his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fentanyl\/\">fentanyl<\/a> and Liberation Day duties are unconstitutional.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have to wait for this decision,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been waiting forever, forever, and the language is clear: that I have the right to do it as president. I have the right to put tariffs on, for national security purposes, countries that have been ripping us off for years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump mostly kept to his script, emphasizing last week&rsquo;s jobs report, which found 172,000 new positions were added to the private sector during January.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also cited the $18 billion in private investment he claims has been announced during the first year of his second term, in addition to a strong stock market, amid criticism about his inaction regarding the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\">cost of living<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You noticed what word have you not heard over the last two weeks? Affordability,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Because I&rsquo;ve won, I&rsquo;ve won affordability. I had to go out and talk about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although he promoted to his &ldquo;pro-job, pro-worker, pro-child&rdquo; record regarding <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\">taxes<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deregulation\/\">deregulation<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\/\">energy<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\">healthcare<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/housing\/\">housing<\/a>, and even his tax-advantaged Trump Accounts for American children through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the president did veer into unplanned territory.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Trump lamented the lack of media coverage of his decision to donate his presidential salary rather than keep it.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4461026\/trump-2-record-sparse-black-voter-policy-wins-anti-dei\/\"><\/a><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4461026\/trump-2-record-sparse-black-voter-policy-wins-anti-dei\/\"><strong>TRUMP&rsquo;S SECOND TERM RECORD SHOWS SPARSE BLACK VOTER POLICY WINS IN ANTI-DEI AGE<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had wealthy presidents in the history of our country &mdash; there&rsquo;s never been a president that waived his salary,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;A couple of million bucks. Peanuts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump pardons Fuller daughter before GA race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2571670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26050825909448.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34653,12559,74165,3634],"class_list":["post-2571669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","tag-pardons","tag-political-trip","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26050825909448.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2571669"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571673,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571669\/revisions\/2571673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}