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Barack Obama hailed Vice President Kamala Harris as the right person to revitalize and equalize the US economy in his keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention.In contrast, the former president warned that Donald Trump would seek to enrich his wealthy friends and oppose labor unions if he’s put back in the White House.”In this new economy, we need a president who actually cares about the millions of people all across this country who wake up every single day to do the essential, often thankless work to care for our sick, to clean our streets, to deliver our packages,” Obama…
Donald Trump has pledged to shield police officers from legal accountability if he is re-elected as president after falsely claiming the US is in the grip of a wave of violent crime that he blamed on the Black Lives Matter movement and people crossing the Mexican border.Speaking to police officers in Michigan on Tuesday, the former president sought to pin responsibility for the imagined crisis on his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, whom he characterised as among “Marxist district attorneys” with a record of being anti-police and pro-criminal during her term as the district attorney in San Francisco in the 2000s.At…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Senate President-Designate Ben Albritton, chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, celebrated multiple primary victories on Tuesday night. “I want to congratulate Tom Leek, Keith Truenow, Randy Fine and Ed Hooper on their decisive primary wins,” Albritton said. “Candidates matter, and these gentlemen have proven records of delivering for the folks they serve.” “With tonight’s results, we are eager to begin contrasting the Republican record of delivering for hard working Florida families with that of our Democrat opponents who remain out of touch and far too extreme,” he said. “Under the Republican majority, working with our governor,…
Former President Donald Trump stood before the media on Tuesday afternoon to lie about crime. This isn’t the first time he has fabricated fictions about violent immigrants streaming across the border or cities under an onslaught of criminally violent minorities, crumbling pillars of the Republican case against Vice President Kamala Harris. But it was the setting, outside the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office in Howell, Michigan, that infused his rambling with an even darker undertone than normal.I don’t remember when I first learned about Howell’s association with the Ku Klux Klan. I’m not a native of Michigan; my family moved there…
CHICAGO (AP) — Convention roll call votes can be staid and cheesy, but Democrats turned theirs into the ultimate dance party on Tuesday.DJ Cassidy stood onstage in what appeared to be a double-breasted satin suit of royal blue, spinning a special song for each state and territory awarding their delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention. What America got was a mashup of an elite karaoke night: Detroit native Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” for Michigan, Dropkick Murphys’ “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” for Massachusetts and Tupac Shakur’s “California Love” for California. DJ Cassidy speaks during Roll Call…
On Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Stephanie Grisham, the former press secretary for Donald Trump, took the stage to deliver a scathing critique of her former boss while publicly endorsing Kamala Harris. Grisham, who served as White House Press Secretary from July 2019 to April 2020, reflected on her shift from being a staunch Trump supporter to becoming a vocal critic.Grisham accused Trump of lacking morals and mocked his supporters off-camera, allegedly referring to them as “basement dwellers.” She recounted a pivotal moment after the January 6 Capitol riots, revealing that she had urged Melania Trump…
HOWELL, MI — During an interaction with a reporter, Donald Trump seemed to reject criticism of his campaign’s choice to visit a Michigan town known for having ties to white supremacy, pointing out President Joe Biden once appeared there too.Trump spoke during a campaign stop about crime and safety at the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday afternoon. He touched on numerous topics regarding safety concerns he’s been addressing throughout his campaign like immigration, border control and the importance of local police.The Trump campaign’s decision to host this event in Howell recently drew criticism from the Harris campaign and her…
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., the Sunshine State’s senior senator, successfully staved off a primary challenge Tuesday night and will be the GOP’s nominee for re-election in November.Scott, a former health care executive, also previously launched an intraparty bid to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as the Republican leader in the upper chamber.Scott barely survived a challenge from current NASA administrator Bill Nelson by about one-eighth of a percentage point in his 2018 race. U.S. Senate Candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell speaks during a press conference on June 24, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Scott now faces the winner…
CHICAGO — Eight years ago, then-first lady Michelle Obama implored fellow Democrats to take an urbane approach to battling Republicans and their presidential nominee, Donald Trump.”When they go low,” Obama told the 2016 Democratic National Convention crowd in Philadelphia, “we go high.”That was then. On the second night of this year’s Democratic convention on Tuesday, here in her native Windy City, the former first lady pivoted to a more direct confrontation with the Republican nominee that better aligns with Vice President Kamala Harris’ slogan: “When we fight, we win.””His limited and narrow view of the world made him feel threatened…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Once more, with feeling! It’s been nearly two weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris officially won the Democratic presidential nomination in an online vote, the first time a nominee was named prior to a party’s convention. But the roughly 4,700 delegates charged with picking a nominee to lead the ticket did so from locations around the globe on their laptops and devices in relative isolation from one other. There was none of the pomp and fanfare that usually accompany the selection of the party’s standard-bearer. In other words, it wasn’t very fun. WATCH: 2024 Democratic National Convention…