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Published 2024-06-26 09:31 9:31 June 26, 2024 am COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s longest-serving female senator was defeated by her primary runoff challenger, attorney Carlisle Kennedy. Sen. Katrina Shealy conceded Tuesday night to Kennedy, the son of a former legislator, who won by 25 percentage points. The race got nasty in misleading mailings, billboards, a website and TV ads that accused Shealy of no longer being a conservative. Shealy said she’s not sure what she’ll do next, but she plans to relax after 12 years of working hard for her constituents, then “find my passion and dive in. “Will it be Alzheimer’s or children’s…
Stephen K. Bannon — the sometime adviser to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and influential podcast host who will report on Monday to serve a four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress — predicted that President Biden’s debate performance will force him out of the race, denying Republicans their weakest opponent.“The campaign is starting to wake up after spiking the football, I think wrongly,” Bannon, who ran the final months of Trump’s 2016 campaign, said in an interview Sunday.“Trump’s Thursday was a Pyrrhic victory. … You’re going to take out a guy you know you can beat and beat badly,…
2024-06-28T20:10:42-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNTQ2XC8wMDFcLzE3MTk2MDQ3MDBfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX192024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump spoke to supporters at a rally in Chesapeake, Virginia. It was his first public appearance following the CNN presidential debate in Atlanta, the first of the cycle. 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump spoke to supporters at a rally in Chesapeake, Virginia. It was his first public appearance following the CNN presidential debate in Atlanta, the first of the cycle. This article was originally published by a www.c-span.org . Read the Original article here. .
June 30, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Senator Ted Cruz released the following:U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the IVF Protection Act to ensure that states do not prohibit access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) services. Reps. Scott Perry (R-Penn.-10) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.-1) are have now introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Upon the House introduction, Sen. Cruz said, “IVF is a medical miracle that has brought the joy of parenthood to millions of families nationwide who may have never otherwise had the experience of having a child. I was proud to…
North Dakota’s GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, who is widely considered to be on the short list to be former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee, on Sunday said that President Joe Biden is “not capable of serving” as commander in chief.“Biden … you know, isn’t capable of serving right now,” Burgum told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” speaking days after Biden and Trump met for the first presidential debate of the election cycle.“All of America saw,” Burgum said, adding that “our adversaries saw it. Putin saw it. Xi saw it. The ayatollah saw it. I mean, the nation — we…
The memo said the new platform would reflect Trump’s political stances.June 29, 2024, 4:37 PM ET• 4 min readDonald Trump’s top advisers are planning to overhaul and shorten the Republican Party’s platform so that it will be “in line” with the former president’s “vision for America’s future,” according to a memo sent to the party’s platform committee that was obtained by ABC News.The memo comes as some more socially conservative RNC members — along with some anti-abortion groups — have expressed concern that the platform this cycle might adopt Trump’s stance on reproductive rights, which would lift the call for…
Republican members of the U.S. Senate striving for a takeover of their chamber in the November elections have a wish list for what they’d like to see in Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. A “little calmer” than Trump. Confident. Conservative. Military experience. Good relationships with senators. Ready to take over as chief executive if needed, they told States Newsroom in interviews. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has held off on revealing his pick. But he’s dropped tantalizing compliments about a few of the short-list candidates, producing non-stop headlines about the veepstakes in advance of the Republican National Convention…
Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the US Presidential poll, has been busy with the 2024 US Election Campaign. But if the 78-year-old becomes the President, he might not see his wife Melania Trump much in action.Melania Trump has made a deal with the former US President, reported Page Six.“Melania has made a deal with her husband that if he wins the presidency she will not have to be on first lady duty 24/7,” a source was quoted as saying. The report added that the former First Lady has made the deal as she wants to spend more time with her…
An ex-NBA player has sparked outrage on social media after proudly displaying who he is going to vote for later this year in the US presidential elections during a Big3 league game.The 33-year-old pro was allowed to have ‘TRUMP 2024’ Sharpied on his head while playing for ‘Power’ in Baltimore after the MAGA Republican candidate debated Joe Biden for the first time this year.He was drafted by the Houston Rockets but never played for them before a stint on the Sacramento Kings. Last year, the former player announced his campaign to run a senatorial campaign in Minnesota. He is running as a Republican. The 6-ft-8, 260-pound ‘point’ forward has had some…
Yesterday, the Massachusetts State Senate voted to have the state jump into the energy abyss. They voted in favor of blackouts and brownouts by banning the use of natural gas — coming in the next five years. It boggles the mind. Their vote (if confirmed by the House, which is a given) will destroy thousands of jobs related to the natural gas industry in the Bay State. You know, we don’t feel a bit sorry for the people living in Massachusetts for the energy Armageddon they are about to experience. Of note, there were two patriots who voted against this…