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MILWAUKEE — A top Trump campaign official said Thursday that the 2024 presidential race will not be over until Inauguration Day, rather than after Election Day on Nov. 5 — when voters across the nation go to the polls to cast their ballots and a result normally is projected. The assertion from Chris LaCivita at a Politico event is notable given former President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to President Joe Biden, and the ensuing violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. It is also…
SENATE REPUBLICANS NEWS RELEASE On Thursday, the Special Session to address public safety adjourned after a short five hours. A single bill was passed to appropriate funds for the Special Session, wildfire relief, assisted outpatient treatment programs, and competency diversion pilot programs. The bill in full can be found here. Following the adjournment of the special session, Senate Republican Leader Senator Greg Baca (R-Belen), Senate Republican Whip Senator Craig Brandt (R-Rio Rancho), and Senate Republican Caucus Chair Mark Moores (R-Albuquerque) issued the following joint statement: “It is sad to see this opportunity to address public safety squandered. Time and time again,…
Trump formally accepts Republican presidential nomination at RNCSupport trulyindependent journalismFind out moreCloseOur mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.Donald Trump gave a nearly two-hour speech to conclude the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday evening.The former president formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination and reflected solemnly on surviving Saturday’s assassination attempt during his record-breaking address before balloons fell from the Fiserv Forum ceiling at its conclusion, amid thunderous applause.His wife Melania Trump, the former first lady,…
Washington: A senior advisor to Donald Trump said Thursday that the Republican’s White House campaign will not fundamentally change should US President Joe Biden bow to Democratic pressure and end his reelection bid.Jason Miller, one of Trump’s closest advisors, spoke to AFP on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump was set to formally accept the party’s presidential nomination in a Thursday night address.- How might a Biden withdrawal impact Trump’s White House bid? -“Nothing fundamentally changes,” said Miller, who has worked closely on the Republican’s presidential campaigns since 2016.”And the fact of the matter is…
All Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee have called on its chair, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to hold a hearing on the circumstances surrounding the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. Led by ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, they asked Durbin to hold a hearing to call U.S. Department of Homeland Security Director Alejandro Mayorkas, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Christopher Wray as witnesses. The Senate Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction and oversight authority over all three agencies; the Secret Service falls under the leadership of Mayorkas. Republicans on the U.S. Senate…
Alayna Cowan, a college student in Savannah, Ga., learned about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump from a news alert on her phone. She read the accompanying article, which reported that Trump’s health was stable. Then she opened TikTok.The first thing she saw was a TikTok edit — a video splicing different clips together — featuring images of President Biden talking about trying to reach Trump after the event set to the lovesick Chappel Roan song “Casual.” As she scrolled, she saw video after video in the same vein: The point was that there is no point.“I laughed,” said the…
Topline The Trump campaign is continuing to distance itself from the controversial Project 2025 agenda that lays out a series of extreme policy proposals for a second Trump presidency, with the ex-president’s campaign manager Chris LaCivita telling Politico on Thursday the right-wing project doesn’t speak for the campaign and denouncing it as a “pain in the ass.” Former President Donald Trump is introduced during the Republican National Convention on July 17 in … [+] Milwaukee.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key Facts Project 2025 is a multi-pronged blueprint for the next conservative administration—namely Trump’s—created by the Heritage Foundation…
CNN — A stunning scene played out at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday as a group of GOP senators chased Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle through the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, shouting that she has refused to answer questions regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “This was an assassination attempt! You owe the people answers. You owe President Trump answers!” Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn shouted at Cheatle, who continued to walk with her head down and ignore the senators’ criticism. “It’s stonewalling!” said Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 3 Senate Republican. Blackburn later posted a video of the…
CNN — Tiger Woods said he endured a sleepless flight to the Open Championship after watching coverage of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The 48-year-old golfer set off from Florida on Saturday for the 152nd edition of the major in Scotland this week, but was left weary for his first practice round at Royal Troon on Sunday after closely following developments at the former president’s rally in Pennsylvania. “I didn’t accomplish a lot because I wasn’t in the right frame of mind,” Woods told BBC Sport on Tuesday. “It was a long night (because of the assassination attempt) and…
Topline Suspected Donald Trump rally shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks posted a cryptic message to to the online gaming website Steam that read “July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds” before he opened fired at the former president and his supporters on that date at a campaign stop in Butler, Pennsylvania, multiple outlets reported. Law enforcement block a street in Bethel Park, where residence of Thomas Matthew Crooks is located.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key Facts The post was discovered as investigators continue to comb through Crooks’ digital footprint in an attempt to determine why…