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Donald Trump has tapped Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic Hawaii representative, to help prepare him for next month’s presidential debate with Kamala Harris.The selection of Gabbard as rehearsal stand-in for the vice president, first reported by the New York Times, suggests that despite denials, the former president may be planning to prepare for the 10 September clash with greater-than-usual diligence.Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran, had been floated as a potential Trump vice presidential pick. The former Democrat fell out with her party after standing in the 2020 presidential primaries after being smeared by Hillary Clinton as a “Russian asset”.That generated…
“How do you distance yourself from an unpopular president while also running on his policies?”Courtesy of Washington Week With The AtlanticAugust 17, 2024, 3:25 PM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here.This week, Joe Biden gave his first speech alongside Kamala Harris since announcing that he would not continue seeking reelection. This appearance comes just days ahead of the Democratic National Convention, where Biden will speak to delegates in what, by the end…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The chair of a key West Virginia state legislative committee was removed from his position by chamber leadership Wednesday after being charged with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct.Republican Sen. Mike Maroney, who led the state Senate Health and Human Resources Committee, was arrested Tuesday on the two misdemeanors after an Aug. 4 incident at Gumby’s Cigarette & Beer World in Glen Dale.Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Canestraro said employees on surveillance video allegedly saw Maroney “committing an act of sexual gratification” about 1 p.m. in the establishment’s video lottery room. Maroney was the only person in the room at…
Donald Trump is gearing up to rally voters on Saturday in northeastern Pennsylvania, aiming to secure the support of conservative, white working-class voters in a region close to President Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton. Trump is banking on this area of the pivotal battleground state to boost his chances of reclaiming the White House.Trump dominated his Democratic opponents in the 2016 and 2020 elections in Luzerne County, home to the blue-collar city of Wilkes-Barre.This Rust Belt region, also home to Biden’s native Scranton, provides a glimmer of hope for Trump as he seeks to capitalize on perceived Democratic vulnerabilities following…
BYRON CENTER, Mich. — When it comes to the crucial battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, long known as the Democrats’ ‘blue wall’ states, Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance is optimistic they’re “going to be the red wall in November.””We’re going to make sure that Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan go red,” former President Trump’s 2024 running mate emphasized in an exclusive national interview with Fox News Digital on the campaign trail in southwestern Michigan this past week.Democrats reliably won all three working-class states in presidential elections for nearly a quarter-century before Trump narrowly carried them in capturing the…
Amid this year’s presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump in three pivotal swing states, according to four national poll aggregators on Saturday.Harris, who entered the presidential race nearly 100 days before November’s election after President Joe Biden stepped down from the race on July 21, has been performing better in most national aggregate polls than Trump, the GOP’s presidential nominee.However, while national polls indicate popular vote, theydon’t necessarily translate to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to clinch the White House. That’s why candidates focus intensely on swing states, aiming to sway voters in these…
Food prices have surged by more than 20% under the Biden-Harris administration, leaving many voters eager to stretch their dollars further at the grocery store. Vice President Kamala Harris said she has a solution: a federal ban on price gouging across the food industry. “My plan will include new penalties for opportunistic companies that exploit crises and break the rules,” Harris said at a campaign event. CNN’s Amara Walker talks to Ken Rogoff, professor of economics and public policy at Harvard University about Harris’ economic vision. This article was originally published by a www.cnn.com . Read the Original article here. .
On the day after he handily won the official Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, Eric Hovde held forth at a Madison lunch Wednesday to discuss his policy priorities in the race and defend former President Trump’s White House record. Along the way he railed against Democrats for innumerable “lies” in their campaign messaging and at the press for glossing over them. Hovde is running to unseat Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is seeking her third term. In a one-hour interview with Jeff Mayers of WisPolitics, Hovde dismissed Baldwin as a “career politician,” but with few exceptions spent little time discussing…
Aug 17, 2024 07:12 PM IST Trump said on Thursday that the civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, is “actually much better” than Medal of Honor Donald Trump is facing severe backlash for his controversial remark on the prestigious Medal of Honor. The former president left veterans furious after saying that the Presidential Medal of Freedom is “much better” than the highest US military decoration. Kamala Harris’ campaign also condemned his remarks in a statement, saying Trump “knows nothing about service to anyone.” Kamala Harris’ campaign slammed Donald Trump’s Medal of Honor remark(AP) Trump’s Medal of Honor remark leaves…
Two gubernatorial challengers to Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) formed an alliance in a bid to unseat the popular incumbent Utahn. Utah state Reps. Phil Lyman and Brian King are on opposite sides of the aisle. They are even competitors in a bid to knock Cox out of office. But in a new campaign pitch, they teamed up to tell voters there is one thing they agree on. “Spencer Cox should not be our next governor,” the two proclaimed in unison during a 30-second ad released Wednesday. The video is a play on a 2020 ad Cox and his Democratic opponent, Chris…