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Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has two faces. From one angle, the operation looks disorientingly competent and normal: The Republican nominee has pivoted to the center on various hot-button issues and sought to broaden his base with symbolic overtures to traditionally Democratic constituencies.From another angle, it looks like a deeply weird, somewhat fascistic reality star’s personality cult — because it is.The tension between these tendencies was on lurid display at this week’s Republican National Convention. At the behest of Trump and his allies, the RNC approved a new GOP platform, one free of calls for federal abortion bans or any explicit…
It was straight to business Thursday as Senate lawmakers took to the floor and presented the merits and concerns they have with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s special session agenda. During the hour-and-a-half debate, it became clear that the rift between Lujan Grisham and top Democratic legislators over the special session remained wide open, even as Republican senators praised the governor and sponsored a slate of bills. In comparison, the House only introduced one piece of legislation. House Bill 1 funds the special session but also puts money towards assisted outpatient pilot programs and provides grants and loans for wildfire response.…
MILWAUKEE — In the weeks after the 2020 election, Edward X. Young of New Jersey said he leaped into action to help his hero, Donald Trump.He searched for evidence to prove that votes had “mysteriously” appeared for Joe Biden and traveled to Philadelphia where he joined dozens of other Trump supporters who sought to stop the counting of votes. In the end, they couldn’t.Since then, Young said he has viewed Biden as illegitimate, and his suspicions of the nation’s election systems have only deepened.But now, he is confident that Trump is on the cusp of a political victory. And if…
MILWAUKEE — Prayer breakfasts. Prime-time television speeches. Meetings with early state delegations. Panels with grass-roots groups.Delegates, lawmakers and party officials at this week’s Republican National Convention were all in for Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign for the White House. But that doesn’t mean they weren’t already looking ahead to 2028. Over four days in Milwaukee, some state delegates took a break from celebrating Trump to think about whom they might support in a future presidential election.Call it the shadow campaign for the post-Trump era, with many of the GOP’s biggest names — whose stars have been somewhat dimmed by…
Published 2024-07-19 10:26 10:26 July 19, 2024 am Sen. Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee didn’t talk about it. Neither did her colleagues Sens. Steve Daines from Montana or Tim Scott from South Carolina. Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, didn’t bring it up. A top adviser to the former president, Kellyanne Conway, certainly didn’t — she’s been warning Republican lawmakers for months to be careful about how they talk about it. On the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, “everyday American” Diane Hendricks, a Wisconsin-born businesswoman who owns the roofing company ABC Supply,…
President Joe Biden speaks during the presidential debate in Atlanta on June 27. Will Lanzoni/CNN President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has been steadily advertising since his disastrous debate performance last month, even amid growing pressure from his party to step aside as the nominee. According to AdImpact data, the Biden campaign has spent $37.7 million on advertising between June 28, the day after the debate, and Friday. That’s contributed to a significant advertising gap between Democrats and Republicans over that time – including campaigns and all allied outside groups, Democrats have spent $64.3 million on advertising since the debate, while…
In recent years, the intersection of politics and cryptocurrency has become a hot topic, with Bitcoin often at the center of these discussions. One figure who has had a complex relationship with Bitcoin is former President Donald Trump. Recently, speculation has arisen about whether Trump is endorsing Bitcoin, especially in light of the evolving political landscape and the growing influence of blockchain technology. Trump’s History with Bitcoin Donald Trump’s stance on Bitcoin has been historically skeptical. In 2019, he famously tweeted, “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly…
CNN anchor Chris Wallace said former President Trump “couldn’t keep up the act” in his speech accepting the GOP nomination at the 2024 Republican National Convention late Thursday. “It seemed as if he couldn’t keep up the act,” Wallace said on CNN in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “And so, we started hearing about ‘crazy Nancy Pelosi’ and cheating on elections and talking about Biden.” “Frankly, it was a long speech, it was a rambling speech, it was a speech by an older man, and I couldn’t help but think that the people that are gonna be happiest tonight are…
MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance’s selection as Donald Trump’s running mate has Republicans considering whether the freshman Ohio senator can help them close the gap between Senate GOP candidates and the top of the ticket. Despite Trump’s narrow leads over President Joe Biden in battleground states, the Republican Senate candidates in those states are often running behind the Democratic incumbent. This is especially glaring in Rust Belt states, according to public polls. Republican senators and candidates hosted Vance here in Milwaukee on Thursday for the first time since he was announced as Trump’s vice presidential nominee. Many of them emerged…
MILWAUKEE — Soon after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt, many of his prominent supporters placed blame not on the gunman who pulled the trigger but on President Biden, other Democrats or journalists who have described the former president as a threat to democracy.Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) claimed that “Joe Biden sent the orders” because the president said days earlier that “it’s time to put Trump in a bull’s eye.” Kari Lake, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, said the shooting followed an “eight-year smear” campaign by journalists. And Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said Biden’s words portraying…