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Follow: Tim Walz See your latest updates Video Ad Feedback Walz fighting nerves ahead of debating Vance, sources say 01:09 - Source: CNN Walz fighting nerves ahead of debating Vance, sources say 01:09 Politics of the Day 11 videos Video Ad Feedback Walz fighting nerves ahead of debating Vance, sources say 01:09 Now playing - Source: CNN Walz fighting nerves ahead of debating Vance, sources say 01:09 Video Ad Feedback Trump falsely claims Ukraine started war with Russia 02:08 Now playing - Source: CNN Trump falsely claims Ukraine started war with Russia 02:08 Video Ad Feedback Brianna Keilar presses White House adviser on whether Elon Musk is in charge of DOGE 02:17 Now playing - Source: CNN Brianna Keilar presses White House adviser on whether Elon Musk is in charge of DOGE 02:17 Video Ad Feedback Pollster shares what voters are telling him about President Trump 01:41 Now playing - Source: CNN Pollster shares what voters are telling him about President Trump 01:41 Video Ad Feedback Trump administration ‘absolutely committed’ to NATO, Secretary General says 01:58 Now playing - Source: CNN Trump administration ‘absolutely committed’ to NATO, Secretary General says 01:58 Video Ad Feedback Legal experts explain why removing Eric Adams is easier said than done 03:08 Now playing - Source: CNN Legal experts explain why removing Eric Adams is easier said than done 03:08 Video Ad Feedback Axios senior contributor on what we know about controversial quote Trump shared 04:03 Now playing - Source: CNN Axios senior contributor on what we know about controversial quote Trump shared 04:03 Video Ad Feedback Expert has theory on Trump's strategy behind his attendance at big sporting events 03:12 Now playing - Source: CNN Expert has theory on Trump's strategy behind his attendance at big sporting events 03:12 Video Ad Feedback Dana Bash presses Tom Homan on alleged quid pro quo with Eric Adams 04:02 Now playing - Source: CNN Dana Bash presses Tom Homan on alleged quid pro quo with Eric Adams 04:02 Video Ad Feedback Author reacts to RFK Jr. becoming HHS secretary 03:35 Now playing - Source: CNN Author reacts to RFK Jr. becoming HHS secretary 03:35 Video Ad Feedback Honig on ‘incalculable damage on DOJ’ 01:40 Now playing - Source: CNN Honig on ‘incalculable damage on DOJ’ 01:40 See More Videos CNN  —  Tim Walz is telling people he’s just as nervous about facing JD Vance as he was the Sunday afternoon in August when he warned Kamala Harris in his running mate interview that he was a bad debater. Maybe more nervous, according to multiple people who’ve spoken to him. And the pressure is even higher, when for the first time in modern campaign history, the vice presidential debate Tuesday is likely to be the last marquee event before Election Day. With many voters still saying they don’t know enough about Harris, it could be up to Walz to help convince them to trust a vice president he barely knew himself before she picked him. Talking to the aides who have coalesced around him in Minnesota and other supporters, Walz constantly comes back to how worried he is about letting Harris down, according to close to a dozen top campaign staffers and others who have been in touch with the governor and his team. He doesn’t want Donald Trump to win. He doesn’t want Harris to think she made the wrong choice. He feels genuine contempt for and confusion over what he views as Vance’s abandonment of their common roots, and for flipping so many of his positions to fit with Trump. The digs he takes at Vance by saying he didn’t know many Midwesterners who went to Yale are a glimpse into his anxiety that his opponent learned to be a sharp debater there, according to people who know Walz. And aides insist this isn’t just about setting expectations. “He’s a strong person,” said Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who’s known Walz since they were each first elected to Washington in 2006. “He’s just not a lawyer-debater type. It’s not like he was dreaming of debates when he was in first grade.” Walz is confident in Harris’ vision. But the governor fears he won’t make his case as well as he needs to, according to people who have been speaking with him. “How’s debate prep going?” one person at an exclusive high-dollar fundraiser asked Walz as he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in megadonor Alex Soros’ penthouse living room in Manhattan on Monday. “As teachers, we are trained to answer the question, and we train our students to answer the questions,” the person recalled Walz saying. “That’s not how this goes.” Inside Walz’s debate strategy In long sessions that have gone late into the night and through weekends, Walz and his team have been balancing managing the Minnesota governor’s headspace, watching videos of Vance and holding mock sessions with stand-ins for the moderators, with Pete Buttigieg playing the Ohio senator. (Though the Transportation secretary is not going as method as Harris’ Trump stand-in did and growing out a beard.) The plan for Tuesday night, several people involved told CNN, will be to largely skip Vance and go right at Trump – but to also squeeze the senator between his attempts to appeal to undecided voters and the always tricky task of satisfying America’s most prominent audience of one. If they get their way, Trump will be triggered into a storm of anger, jealousy and pique as easily as he was when Harris poked him at their debate. Their goal is for Walz to lean into his likability to hammer Vance over “Project 2025” and for “selling his soul to Donald Trump,” as Walz put it at another New York fundraiser. People involved say Walz may even try a line that originated when Harris was preparing for a vice presidential debate before Joe Biden dropped out: asking Vance what promises he made to Trump so the former president wouldn’t send an angry mob after him with a gallows, like Mike Pence experienced on January 6. Walz and his team want commonsense indignation to come across, according to several in the know. Their worry is that Vance is going to eviscerate the governor’s hand-to-his-heart, dad-joke persona and make Walz come across as either a moron or a raging bull, or even an out-of-whack liberal vouching for another out-of-whack liberal. Attendees listen to Walz speak at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on September 5, 2024. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/File Making people feel ‘joyful and hopeful’ Traditionally, running mates serve as attack dogs. For the past six weeks of calibrated campaign appearances, Walz has been more emotional support animal for his party – whether, according to people who’ve been with them, that’s Harris feeling buoyed by his energy and vindicated by voters’ reactions to her pick (she was the one who suggested calling him “Coach” as they got ready for their first joint rally) or the voter who waited half an hour on a rope line last week for a fist bump and walked away squealing to a friend, “That’s all I needed.” “People assume that he is a walking permission structure for rural, exurban, White male hunters,” said a senior campaign aide. “Yes, for the 1 or 2 points of those we want to move. But it’s much deeper than that: He’s a walking permission structure for people to feel joyful and hopeful themselves.” That appears to be working: whether it’s the Human Rights Campaign black-tie gala in Washington, where his remarks drew tears from many at the high-priced tables (he changed into his tuxedo in the convention center bathroom after flying in wearing a sweatshirt) or the stuffy gym at the conveniently named Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where people like retired federal government worker Ana Gallardo said they loved Walz even if they couldn’t say why. Asked to name her favorite thing about the governor she was so thrilled to see, Gallardo paused. “I really don’t know,” she said. “I’m going to listen closer today.” What Walz highlights about Harris – and what he is careful not to With his 12 years in the House and nearly six so far as governor, Walz has more government experience and a deeper record than many men who’ve served as president. But he’s leaned into the feeling of being a guy who just wandered in wide-eyed to find thousands of people cheering for him and his name on the logo. Jamming this guy into a campaign that Harris had to suddenly take over, with different camps among the staff competing for dominance, has been tricky. While some on the campaign have been eager to milk as many different appearances and fundraisers as they can out of an unexpectedly in-demand running mate, others have questioned why he is not being kept focused on the necessary basics of appealing to White men in what aides on the day he was picked were calling the “Blue Walz” states. This also plays out in day-to-day engagement: a governor who until six weeks ago was one of the most eagerly accessible Democratic politicians in the country and who essentially manifested himself as the running mate with a few spicy TV appearances has done only a few interviews since being picked, all lower profile. He doesn’t take questions from reporters and rarely comes to chat off the record on his campaign plane. Aides declined requests for even a brief interview with CNN. As they monitor how Vance has been fencing with reporters in Q&As after his many events, Walz aides know their approach risks Walz getting rusty. Their hands are tied, multiple people involved acknowledge: The vice president’s staff doesn’t want a contrast that would highlight how few unscripted events Harris has done. Walz, though, has reminded staffers that he wasn’t the head football coach back in Minnesota. He was the assistant coach and defensive coordinator, and that’s the experience he’s turning to now. Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz visit with members of the marching band at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Georgia, on August 28, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images/File Walz very deliberately – and without being told by Harris or her inner circle – never asks a crowd to elect him vice president. He never talks about what he’d do on the job. He doesn’t even talk about electing “us” or what a Harris-Walz administration would be. He talks about Harris, how important it is to get her into the White House and how excited he is to see what she’ll do on the job. “The guy is reclaiming old White dude masculinity away from toxicity,” said one person who’s spoken with Walz often since he was picked. To Adrian Fontes, the Democratic secretary of state in Arizona, that’s the difference between what he calls the “machito” of the Republican ticket and true machismo, in a way that he believes will ripple well beyond the people who look and sound like Walz. “Tim Walz epitomizes the Latino dad. He loves his family. He loves families generally. He’s got a good sense of humor. He’s warm. …. He’s just there to support, and he takes great pride in the success of others,” Fontes said. “‘Machito’ – it’s less mature. It has sort of to do with the big trucks and the loud music version of the Latino men. And there’s plenty of those guys out there, don’t get me wrong. But we grow out of that pretty quickly.” Fontes said that distinction is reinforced by “the physical appearance that this is sort of a dad here who’s super proud of his daughter.” Walz has maintained that relatable demeanor, even as he seems to still be wrapping his head around how much his life has changed – and might even more. “What’s it been like the past six weeks?” he said at the beginning of his speech in Pennsylvania. “Pretty strange.” Up on the 36th floor of the InterContinental Hotel in Manhattan in a suite where most of the seats were filled by billionaires and the refreshments were a thick wooden box of macadamia nut cookies and brownies kept under a glass dome, Walz deflected when one of the hosts said how excited she was to have the next vice president with them. “That still sounds really weird,” he said, shaking his head. “I know, but we’ve got to keep saying it,” she said. Behind the scenes and on the stump Behind the scenes, the man who goofs around through doughnut shops and convenience stores can also be the harder-nosed politician who won a longtime Republican US House seat by hustling around a district that didn’t have its own major media market. Walz, according to people familiar with the internal discussions, was the one whom Jimmy McCain, the late Sen. John McCain’s son, first reached out to when he wanted to endorse Harris. Walz was the one put on the phone with Joe Manchin when the West Virginia senator was demanding to talk to Harris as a pre-condition for an endorsement. (Manchin has since said he was not endorsing Harris.) Walz has also, according to people who have been talking with him, been the conduit for former House colleagues and labor leaders, including conversations with firefighters’ union president Ed Kelly that the Harris campaign is optimistic will soon help land an endorsement. Or he’s the one calling digital influencers to thank them for their posts about the campaign. Walz spent part of a recent weekend replacing the seals on the washers and dryers in the house he’s living in while the governor’s mansion in St. Paul is being remodeled. Inspired to learn as they met a marching band on their August bus tour in Georgia that Harris had played the French horn in high school, Walz has mused to aides that that who they really should be going after is high school band kids and alumni – trust him, he says, that’s the group with the best-organized infrastructure and email lists in a school. Whatever Walz does, no one on his staff or Harris’ believes he can move the needle much during Tuesday’s debate, especially not with a line or two. More than anything over those 90 minutes in the CBS studio in New York, his aides just want him to keep giving off that feeling of joy and reassurance. To Tim Ryan, the former Ohio congressman who was lauded for his performance in two 2022 debates against Vance in a Senate race he went on to lose, that’s the advice he relayed to Walz’s team without talking to his old House colleague directly. “If I was Tim, I wouldn’t be the least bit intimidated by (Vance),” Ryan told CNN. “Just be who you are. Everyone is enjoying seeing you and seeing who you are. Just be that guy.” This story’s headline has been updated. 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'It's very complex': Biden struggles with being out of the national conversation

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Biden struggles with being out of the national conversationIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentNBC News LogoTrump adminPoliticsLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & TrendsShare & Save —My NewsManage ProfileEmail PreferencesSign OutSearchSearchProfile My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticuttvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLatest StoriesTrump adminPoliticsU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & Trends2024 Election'It's very complex': Biden struggles with being out of the national conversationBiden wants Harris to win at all costs, but privately, he's had to adjust to how quickly his party has moved on from him, six sources tell NBC News.Get more newsLiveonBy Carol E. Lee, Natasha Korecki, Courtney Kube and Monica AlbaWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has privately complained to allies that his name and his accomplishments have virtually disappeared from the national conversation and about how quickly the party that he has served for more than five decades appears to have moved on from him, according to six people familiar with his comments. Biden has noted at times that Vice President Kamala Harris, who took his place at the top of the Democratic ticket in July, hasn’t been mentioning him in her campaign speeches lately, including when she talks about an economy he believes his policies set on a positive trajectory, these people said.And he was particularly stung by one of the recent notable times when she did talk about him — during this month’s debate with former President Donald Trump, three of the people familiar with his comments said.“Clearly, I am not Joe Biden,” Harris said at the time, adding: “And I am certainly not Donald Trump. And what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.” She made the remark in response to Trump’s contention that “she is Biden” as he tried to make the case that Harris’ and the president’s economic policies are no different.Details of Biden’s mixed feelings about the messaging of a campaign he painstakingly abandoned offer a window into how he has been settling into his extraordinary decision to step aside from seeking the Democratic nomination and endorse his vice president. His private comments also reflect a transition in Harris’ campaign while she’s staking out her own ground as a candidate and navigating a key question voters have about her candidacy: how she would differ from Biden. This account of the president's private comments is from 12 people with knowledge of the dynamic between Biden and Harris, including administration and campaign officials, as well as allies who have been involved with the transition of his campaign to his vice president. They were granted anonymity to speak freely about the inner workings of the campaign and the White House. All of them made it clear that Biden wants Harris to win in November — a development that he believes would also shape his legacy — and that he plans to do whatever he can to help her. According to a senior campaign official and another person familiar with the dynamic, the president has personally, and repeatedly, relayed that to Harris.“He always just says to her, ‘The most important thing is that you win,’” the senior campaign official said, adding that Harris and Biden had a productive lunch together last week and saying her campaign is about “looking forward.”“We have to tell people who she is and what she would do,” the campaign official said. “There wasn’t a real interest in hearing about his accomplishments when he was running. That’s still the case.” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement responding to this article, “These uninformed claims are the polar opposite of the truth.” “President Biden welcomes the strong response the American people are having to Vice President’s Harris’ leadership and to policies that move us into the future, away from dangerous agendas from the past like MAGAnomics and abortion bans,” he added.The six people with knowledge of Biden’s private comments said he gets the political reasoning behind shifting campaign messaging away from running on his record, even if it frustrates him at times.“He understands completely the general lack of mentioning ‘Bidenomics’ and ‘Joe Biden.’ Politically he gets that,” one of the people familiar with the dynamic said.A senior Biden aide said the president asks daily whether there’s anything more he could do to help Harris and that the two of them speak regularly.“He wants nothing more than to do everything we possibly can to support her,” the senior Biden said. “He’s 100% in.”When Biden stepped aside from the top of the ticket, he quickly endorsed Harris, his vice president, to take his place.Michael Reynolds / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBut while Biden is attuned to political realities, he also has expressed a range of emotions about his exit from the race — from feeling his legacy rests on a Harris victory to anguishing over his imprint’s vanishing from the national stage, according to the people familiar with his private comments. They described a president who feels loyal to his vice president — and she to him — and less bitter than he was in the immediate aftermath of his exit from the race, when he felt pushed out by people he thought were his friends, but also at times feeling left behind.“It’s very complex,” a person familiar with his thinking said.In the month after she declared her candidacy on July 21, Harris regularly talked about Biden while campaigning — repeatedly opening her rallies by saying she brought “greetings” from the president. Those mentions have tapered off in her campaign speeches in recent weeks, though she praised Biden at a White House event last week and appeared with him Sept. 14 when they both addressed the Congressional Black Caucus’ Phoenix Awards Dinner. The two also appeared together at a Labor Day rally this month.“History will show what we here know,” Harris said at their Sept. 2 event. “Joe Biden has been one of the most transformative presidents in the United States that we have ever witnessed. And it comes from his heart.” Harris, however, didn’t mention Biden’s name once in a 40-minute campaign speech about the economy last week in Pittsburgh. And while she used to say things in her campaign speeches like “our country has come a long way since President Biden and I took office,” Harris now routinely says “we” when she talks about work the Biden-Harris administration has done.“Over the past 3½ years, we have taken major steps forward to recover from the public health and economic crisis we inherited,” she said, for instance, in her economic speech last week.By contrast, Biden — who is expected to headline events for Harris in October — and members of his administration have dramatically increased how often they mention her publicly since she became a presidential candidate.“She has to become her own person,” a Harris campaign official said. “She needs to do that to win.”While Harris led Trump on the question of which presidential candidate better represents change in a new NBC News poll this month, 40% of registered voters said they were more concerned that she would continue the same approach as Biden (compared with 39% who were more concerned that Trump would continue the same approach from his first presidential term).Harris feels genuine affection toward Biden, and their relationship has remained strong during their 3½ years in the White House together, people familiar with their relationship said. They said Biden has expressed his appreciation for her loyalty, especially through the most difficult times when he was under pressure to drop out of the presidential race and felt other leaders of the Democratic Party had turned on him.“She loves the president. She adores the president. She’s proud of the record that they have,” a person familiar with Harris’ strategy said. “But I think the difficult part for a lot of people is that this will be the Harris administration. It won’t be Biden Part Two.”Since Harris declared her candidacy, her campaign advisers have discussed how to navigate the question of whether she would be an extension of Biden’s agenda, and she has broken with him on some policies. But her and her team’s focus has been on how to win in November, and much of that is tied to explaining who Harris is, independent from Biden.Some of her advisers believe Harris needed to say “I am not Joe Biden” rather than “I am not the president,” because the latter could leave the perception that she wasn’t capable of doing the job, four people with knowledge of discussions said. “So she has to say ‘I’m not him.’ She can’t say ‘I’m not the president,’ because people will say she’s not ready to do this,” one of them said. “He gets that. It still doesn’t sting any less.”Harris repeated the line several days after the presidential debate when she was asked in a radio interview how she differs from Biden. “Well, I’m obviously not Joe Biden,” she said. “I offer a new generation of leadership.”Appearing on ABC’s “The View” last week, Biden insisted he would have defeated Trump had he remained in the race. “I never fully believed the assertions that somehow there was this overwhelming reluctance to my running again,” Biden said. “The fact of the matter is my polling was always in range of beating this guy.”Three of the people interviewed for this article attributed any discomfort with Harris’ campaign to Biden’s former inner circle, saying they had done him a disservice by not being realistic enough about his chances of victory even in the face of stubbornly low approval numbers.Since Biden dropped out after his disastrous debate performance in June, however, polling has shifted in Harris’ favor. While the race between Harris and Trump overall remains tight, Democrats’ map has expanded since Biden’s departure, putting North Carolina in play, as well as Nevada, Georgia and Arizona. Enthusiasm has surged across the party since Harris took the reins from Biden on July 21. She’s filling venues like Biden never did across battleground states, attracting tens of thousands of new volunteers and inspiring eye-popping fundraising numbers. Allies, however, said that in the end, Biden will feel vindicated not just by the unselfishness of his decision to step aside for Harris but by what Democrats see as a four-year term rich with achievements.“I’m sure reality is hitting him,” John Morgan, a longtime Biden ally and Democratic donor, said of Biden’s watching the Democratic campaign evolve without him. “But the great reality for Joe Biden is when we sort through all of this, his four years were a masterpiece.” Carol E. LeeCarol E. 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Biden said he wouldn't send troops to Middle East day before deployment

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FEMA sending Starlink satellites, search-and-rescue teams to aid Helene’s victims

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'Donald Trump is also the person who said women should be punished': Kamala Harris reminds women that Trump can't be their 'protector' when it comes to reproductive rights

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'Donald Trump is also the person who said women should be punished': Kamala Harris reminds women that Trump can't be their 'protector' when it comes to reproductive rights | The Mary Sue News Movies & TV Big on the Internet Gaming Books Newsletter Search Light Mode Dark Mode Login Expand Menu Close Menu Clear Search Cancel Light Mode Dark Mode Login News Movies & TV Big on the Internet Gaming Books Comics Space Light Mode Dark Mode Login About Us & Contact Store rss twitter facebook instagram youtube (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images) Category: Big on the Internet ‘Donald Trump is also the person who said women should be punished’: Kamala Harris reminds women that Trump can’t be their ‘protector’ when it comes to reproductive rights Sarah Fimm | Published: Sep 30, 2024 11:53 am Donald Trump recently claimed at campaign rally that he would be a “protector” of women, which is rich coming from a man who was found civilly liable for rape, and who bragged that he could grab women “by the p*ssy” without consequence. Donald, you’re the thing women need protection from, and Kamala Harris recently reminded the country of that fact. Recommended Videos In a press conference on Wednesday, Kamala Harris stressed that women don’t need a presidential “protector,” but a president who trusts them to make their own decisions concerning their bodies. This statement comes on the heels of Trump’s assertion that women “will no longer be thinking about abortion” should he be elected president. When asked to elaborate on her statement, Harris reminded the press that Donald Trump is the same man who suggested that women who undergo abortions should face “some form of punishment” during his 2016 election campaign. She went on to say that his decision to appoint the Supreme Court justices responsible for the 2022 overturning of Roe vs. Wade is “a result of that perspective that he has about women.” “The thing about Donald Trump is that, you know, I don’t think the women of America need him to say he’s going to protect them. The women of America need him to trust them.” Harris added, going on to say that governmental mistrust of women is contributing to the passage of laws “punish women” in multiple states. Sometimes these punishments are lethal, as was the case with two women who died preventable deaths due to state abortion bans in Georgia. Should Donald Trump become president, Harris warns, women in the United States will suffer for it. 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MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | The New Republic You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browserand improve your visit to our site. Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote.  Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.”  Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. 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Texas GOP uses photo of trans man forced to compete against girls in 'boys competing with girls' mailer. They can’t seem to get their bigotry right.

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Number of voters affected by MVD citizenship proof ‘glitch’ grows to 218,000

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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans

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Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. 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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs

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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now. As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892. Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. 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Kamala Harris says insomnia hit after Biden dropped out, was sleep deprived the day of Walz pick

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Kamala Harris says insomnia hit after Biden dropped out, was sleep deprived the day of Walz pick

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Kamala Harris says insomnia hit after Biden dropped out, was sleep deprived the day of the Walz pick

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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks

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Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request

Project 2025 Contributor Seems To Address Reports He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years Ago

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Project 2025 Contributor Appears To Address Reports Of Alleged Past In Gay Porn | HuffPost Latest News Skip to Main Content×Main MenuU.S. EditionNewsU.S. NewsWorld NewsBusinessEnvironmentHealthSocial JusticeCrimePoliticsCongressExtremismOpinionEntertainmentCulture & ArtsMediaCelebrityTV & FilmBooksLifeWellnessTravelTechStyle & BeautyFood & DrinkParentingRelationshipsMoneyHome & LivingWork/LifeShoppingVoicesBlack VoicesQueer VoicesLatino VoicesIndigenous VoicesAsian VoicesWomen's VoicesHuffPost PersonalNEW: GamesHoroscopesVideoFrom Our PartnersMy 5-To-9NewslettersInternationalU.S.U.K.EspañaFranceΕλλάδα (Greece)Italia日本 (Japan)한국 (Korea)Follow UsTerms | Privacy PolicyPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2025 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×What's Hot Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. 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Here’s a simple debate question for JD Vance and Tim Walz

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Vance has aired a different view.By Jordan RubinWould you have certified the 2020 election results?It’s a simple question that moderators can ask at Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance.Indeed, it shouldn’t be a matter of debate.But here we are, thanks to Vance’s comments seeking to cast doubt on former Vice President Mike Pence’s certification of the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden.Following the failed Trump-backed effort to subvert the 2020 election, Congress strengthened federal law to make a future coup attempt less likely to succeed. And the current vice president is Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who, like her GOP predecessor, acknowledges the VP’s ceremonial role in the certification process.Follow live updates covering the 2024 vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. But while the potential for legal mischief in this election has thankfully lessened (though it’s ever present), it would still be worth asking Vance and Walz whether they would’ve done their straightforward duty like Pence, who understandably is not endorsing his former boss, who basically left him for dead on Jan. 6, 2021. It could help clarify not only their positions on this specific important issue but also how the VP hopefuls view the rule of law more broadly.On that note, Vance’s comments about election certification — fueled by debunked voter fraud claims — aren’t the only area in which he has shown a willingness to cast the law aside in pursuit of Republican partisan interests. For example, he has pushed for Trump to “fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state” and “replace them with our people. And when the courts — ’cause you will get taken to court — and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say, ‘The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.’”Putting aside the dubious sourcing of the quote popularly attributed to then-President Jackson as he defied an 1832 Supreme Court ruling favoring Native American authority, Vance’s stance aligns with a Trumpian view of the law. That is, a view that calls for strict enforcement of the law when applied to others but optional compliance when that same law is turned toward Trump and his supporters.To the extent that Vance would seek to defend his comments by arguing that the executive branch wouldn’t have to abide by illegitimate court rulings, one could raise the same objection to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling granting broad criminal immunity to Trump. So another debate question for the candidates could be: Does an administration have to abide by the immunity ruling if it runs afoul of that administration’s legal view? Presumably, both Vance and Walz would say yes. For Vance, saying otherwise would theoretically leave Trump open to fuller prosecution. As for Walz, who will take the stage as a standard-bearer for his party, the mainstream Democratic Party response to the immunity ruling has been to press for a constitutional amendment to overturn it (i.e., going through a legal process to achieve a different result). 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Well this is awkward

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Biden angrily responds to Trump on hurricane response

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What do many veterans want out of the election? Care and concern.

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Live updates: Israel launches operation in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah

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Donald Trump: ‘1 rough hour’ of policing would end crime

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Democrats are the party of the wealthy, IRS data shows

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President Jimmy Carter becomes the first US president to live to 100 years old

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Jimmy Carter, former US president, celebrates 100th birthdayNew strain in Calif. Get the USA TODAY app Start the day smarter ☀️ 🐍Year of the SnakeU.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Life Money Travel Opinion CrosswordONLY AT USA TODAY:Newsletters For Subscribers From the Archives Crossword eNewspaper Magazines      InvestigationsPodcasts Video Humankind Just Curious Best-selling Booklist LegalsOUR PORTFOLIO:10Best USAT Wine Club ShoppingBlueprint Southern Kitchen      Home Internet President Jimmy Carter becomes the first US president to live to 100 years oldFormer president and Noble Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter becomes the first United States president to live to 100 years old.Mya Vinnett More VideosKennedy Center under President Donald Trump as chairmanFrom Veterans Affairs to the CDC: Trump, Musk fire federal workersTop DOJ officials resign after ordered to drop Eric Adams' chargesTrump pushes global reciprocal tariffs, escalating trade warLinda McMahon says Dept. of Education can only be closed by Congress'People will fight back': Advocates react to Trump's 'war on DEI'White House bars AP reporter over 'Gulf of America' renamingDOJ sues New York, Gov. Hochel, more over immigration enforcementSenators cite rising Arctic threats to justify US acquiring GreenlandSenate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligenceFarmers brace for cuts to USAID and USDAAmerican school teacher Marc Fogel released from Russian prisonWatch Next  US, Russia to meet on war in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine won't attendFederal workers wonder what's next after mass layoffsWhich federal workers are out of a job?About Us Newsroom Staff Ethical Principles Responsible Disclosure Request a Correction Press Releases Accessibility Sitemap Subscription Terms & Conditions Terms of Service Privacy Policy Your Privacy ChoicesContact Us Help Center Manage Account Give Feedback Get Home Delivery eNewspaper USA TODAY Shop USA TODAY Print Editions Licensing & Reprints Advertise With Us Careers Internships Support Local BusinessNews Tips Submitting letters to the editor Podcasts Newsletters Mobile Apps Facebook X Instagram LinkedIn Threads YouTube Reddit Flipboard10Best USAT Wine Club Shopping Best-selling Booklist Southern Kitchen Jobs Sports Betting Sports Weekly Studio Gannett Classifieds Home Internet Blueprint© 2025 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC.

Jimmy Carter Turns 100 Tomorrow!

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Tim Waltz flips off students!

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Biden admin's FEMA 'equity' plan faces backlash amid historic hurricane damage: 'What an embarrassment'

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All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Recommended 10:22 Harris Faulkner: Trump, Musk interview showcases everything Biden admin couldn't do 01:48 Peter Doocy: DOGE is trying to 'reboot the whole system' 05:04 Sen. Tim Scott: DOGE's spending cuts are helping 'America win' 11:13 Bret Baier says Elon Musk's DOGE team 'finding a lot' of federal waste 12:04 Pro-Palestinian protesters target Jewish NYC neighborhood 05:28 Elon Musk responds to attacks from the left: 'What they are doing is unconstitutional' 08:29 Trump, Musk open up about their partnership, DOGE efforts amid backlash 03:20 Sen. Rick Scott baffled by DOGE treasury findings: 'It makes no sense to anybody' 05:23 Guy Benson: It's 'very obvious' media, Democrats are trying to drive Trump, Musk apart 02:50 'Tremendous opportunity': Alaska governor praises Trump's call for US sovereign wealth fund 04:50 Trump, Musk fire back at Democrats for claims of unconstitutionality 04:15 Trump White House to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations 04:19 Democrats’ stance on DOGE is ‘political suicide,’ ‘teeing up glorious victory’ for GOP, commentator says 01:28 Trace Gallagher: The lies and hate have become ‘untenable’ 06:04 Trump has some of the 'best and brightest' working at DOGE, says Caroline Sunshine 04:44 Playboy is back after their woke rebrand: Gutfeld 15:08 Gutfeld: Americans like that Trump gets things done 03:42 Jordan Belfort says you don’t leave money records blank ‘by accident’ 14:23 How could anybody be against giving money back to the people?: Watters 11:13 Elon Musk and President Trump expose 'comedy sketch' of wasteful government spending Hurricanes Biden admin's FEMA 'equity' plan faces backlash amid historic hurricane damage: 'What an embarrassment' FEMA states on their website that 'diversity, equity, and inclusion cannot be optional' By Aubrie Spady Fox News Published September 30, 2024 5:02pm EDT Facebook Twitter Flipboard Comments Print Email close Video How Hurricane Helene could impact American homeowners FOX Business' Cheryl Casone on how the massive storm could impact the private insurance industry and as a result homeowners and costs. The Biden-Harris administration's disaster relief agency is facing backlash after its unearthed emergency management blueprint went viral amid the destructive hurricane that recently ravaged the southern U.S. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website lists a set of three goals as part of their strategic plan to "address key challenges" in emergency management. The number one goal listed in the agency's priorities is to "instill equity as a foundation of emergency management." The second goal is "Lead Whole of Community in Climate Resilience" and the third goal is "Promote & Sustain a Ready FEMA & Prepared Nation." According to FEMA's plan, "Diversity, equity, and inclusion cannot be optional."  HURRICANE HELENE WREAKS HAVOC ACROSS ASHEVILLE, NC; NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED, 119 RESCUED Deanne Criswell, FEMA administrator, speaks during a news conference at the White House on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Al Drago/Getty Images) "This requires that FEMA’s leadership and workforce demonstrate an increased commitment to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion in delivering the agency’s mission. FEMA must draw upon its staff’s diversity and range of experiences to consistently inform programming, policy, and decision-making," the FEMA plan continued. "Through investment in diversity and inclusion efforts – including Employee Resource Groups and multicultural training – FEMA can increase its employees’ involvement and participation in cultivating a culture of inclusion."After Hurricane Helene broke out, leaving over 100 dead across six states and millions without power, social media users began criticizing FEMA’s strategic plan in the midst of the damage. "I’m sure people who’ve lost loved ones, lost their homes and now see their town underwater feel really great knowing that FEMA’s #1 goal is to be woke. Everything about their terrible response makes sense now. What an embarrassment," conservative activist Robby Starbuck said in a post on X."Our government is broken," wrote author and scientist Robert Malone, M.D., of the agency's plan. "I heartily disagree – the first priority of FEMA should be emergency response management." "If FEMA response for #HurricaneHelene is slower, it could be attributed to the agency making equity a ‘foundation of emergency management,’" Gabriella Hoffman, an Independent Women's Forum's director, said on X. "Yikes." FEMA, however, denies that the agency's strategic plan has interfered with hurricane disaster relief."That is a lie. We help all people regardless of background as fast as possible before, during and after disasters. That is our mission and that is our focus," director of public affairs Jaclyn Rothenberg told Fox News Digital. "We care about people, all people. We take our responsibility very seriously to help all communities regardless of background, so that we understand where people are coming from and what their need is so we can provide life-saving and life-sustaining support."FOX CORPORATION LAUNCHES DONATION DRIVE FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF EFFORTS "In case you’re wondering why the response to Hurricane Helene has been a disaster… Fema’s goal 1 is to instill equity as a foundation of emergency management. This is real," Libs of TikTok, an influential conservative account known for reposting far-left content, said in a post. The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina, after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28, 2024. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)"Other government agencies have declared DEI to be part of the scientific process, and therefore beyond the reach of elected officials," Russ Greene, a senior fellow for economic progress at Stand Together Trust, wrote on X.President Biden got defensive Monday during a press conference when he was pressed by a reporter on who was in command over the weekend to direct hurricane response since he was at his beach home in Delaware. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "I was commanding it," Biden declared from the doorway. "I was on the phone for at least two hours yesterday and the day before as well. I command it. It's called a telephone and all my security people."Biden turned again to leave as the reporter began to ask, "Is it not important for the country to see?"  The president left and the door closed mid-question.At the start of his remarks, Biden assured that he and his team were "in constant contact with governors, mayors and local leaders" regarding Hurricane Helene.  Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed reporting. Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital. 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Trump accuses Kamala Harris of staging Hurricane Helene briefing photo: ‘You have to plug the cord into the phone for it to work!’

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Hurricane Helene scrambles mail and early voting plans in North Carolina

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Hurricane Helene scrambles mail and early voting plans in North CarolinaIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentNBC News LogoTrump adminPoliticsLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticutU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & TrendsShare & Save —My NewsManage ProfileEmail PreferencesSign OutSearchSearchProfile My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSectionsU.S. NewsDecision 2024PoliticsWorldBusinessSportsInvestigationsCulture & TrendsHealthScienceTech & MediaWeatherVideo FeaturesPhotosNBC SelectNBC Asian AmericaNBC BLKNBC LatinoNBC OUTLocalNew YorkLos AngelesChicagoDallas-Fort WorthPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.BostonBay AreaSouth FloridaSan DiegoConnecticuttvTodayNightly NewsMSNBCMeet the PressDatelineFeaturedNBC News NowNightly FilmsStay TunedSpecial FeaturesNewslettersPodcastsListen NowMore From NBCCNBCNBC.COMNBCU AcademyPeacockNEXT STEPS FOR VETSNBC News Site MapHelpFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinLatest StoriesTrump adminPoliticsU.S. NewsWorldBusinessEditors' picksShoppingTiplineSportsHealthScienceCulture & Trends2024 ElectionHurricane Helene scrambles mail and early voting plans in North CarolinaFlooding risks delaying or destroying mail ballots, which started going out this month in the state, and has forced the closings of several county election offices.Get more newsLiveonBy Jane C. Timm and Lindsey PipiaHurricane Helene has caused significant disruptions for election officials in North Carolina and across the Southeast, scrambling preparations for early and mail voting that have been in the works for months.In western North Carolina, one of the areas hit hardest by the storm, election officials were working Monday to evaluate what changes needed to be made in a key presidential battleground state where mail ballots started going out last week and early in-person voting is scheduled to begin in three weeks. North Carolina officials mailed 190,000 ballots last week, some of which may be delayed or destroyed by flooding. Mail service is suspended to many areas, which will halt the transport of the ballots. And there's more pressure for voters to get their ballots in early this year: State legislators recently eliminated a grace period that allowed ballots with on-time postmarks to be counted even if they arrived three days after the election.At least 14 county election offices are closed and are expected to be for several days, said Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections. “At this point in time as we know it, all the members of our elections community are safe and sound and preparing themselves to serve all eligible voters in North Carolina,” Brinson Bell said, noting that the officials were working through challenging circumstances with power outages, limited cell service and impassable roads. One staffer in Buncombe County walked more than 4 miles to work Monday, she said.Officials in Buncombe County are assessing polling sites and working to account for staff and board members. Some staffers are stranded, Corinne Duncan, the county's election services director, said in an update shared by a spokesperson. The county's election offices have power but no water, but staffers still managed to drop off 200 mail ballots at the post office Monday.The State Board of Elections voted Monday to give counties the ability to reschedule board meetings where absentee ballot applications are reviewed. Brinson Bell said state officials will soon publish a website for hurricane-related information and hold a media briefing Tuesday to outline procedures for voters to cite a natural disaster as reason they don’t have photo ID, which is required to vote in North Carolina.Even ballots sent from unaffected counties could be affected, said Gerry Cohen, a member of the Wake County Board of Elections, if they're traveling to or through the western part of the state.“Anything to or from western North Carolina is probably greatly impacted by that. It would even affect Wake County,” Cohen said (Wake County, home to Raleigh, is farther east).Cohen said voters who have been displaced by the storm or don't end up receiving their mail ballots can cancel them and request other ones, though voters will need to contact their local election offices, which may be closed, to do so. They can also opt to vote in person, a move that will "spoil" their mail ballots so they can’t be counted even if they’re returned later, according to the state's voting site.Election officials were originally scheduled to start sending mail ballots Sept. 6 but were delayed after former third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued to remove himself from the ballot. His lawsuit, which was successful, forced the state to reprint its ballots. Officials started mailing ballots to overseas and military voters on Sept. 20 and all other voters who requested them last Tuesday. Early in-person voting is scheduled to begin Oct. 17 across more than 400 locations in North Carolina. Each site in the affected counties will need to be checked for accessibility, power and water.Cohen also warned that the hurricane could cause staffing issues. Election officials will need to make sure their poll workers — many of whom he said will have already been trained — haven’t been displaced and can still work their scheduled shifts for the early voting period and on Election Day.North Carolina is among the core battleground states former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are competing in this fall. About 7% of the state's voters cast their ballots by mail in the 2022 midterm elections. The area of North Carolina hit by the hurricane tends to lean Republican politically, aside from Democrat-heavy Asheville. Election officials in other states affected by the hurricane, including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, also face challenges. Robert Sinner, communications director for the Georgia secretary of state’s office, said most counties were spared substantial impact by the storm, though the Jenkins County elections office has faced some physical damage. TJ Lundeen, a spokesman for the South Carolina State Election Commission, said is expects some early voting center and Election Day sites will need to change.Doug Kufner, spokesman for the Tennessee secretary of state, said at least six Election Day polling sites and two county election offices in northeast Tennessee have experienced damage or will have driving accessibility issues.“The election community in Tennessee is united; when one hurts, we all hurt. The heartache, shock, and devastation are massive," he said in an email. "However, we are confident that the challenges caused by the flooding will be overcome because of the planning and resilience of election officials in the impacted counties."Jane C. TimmJane C. Timm is a senior reporter for NBC News.Lindsey PipiaLindsey Pipia is an Associate Producer for the 2024 Political Desk.AboutContactHelpCareersAd ChoicesPrivacy PolicyYour Privacy ChoicesCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)NBC News SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseSelect Shopping© 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLCNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

Trump’s dark weekend proves his rants are becoming more incendiary, not less

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For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentMSNBC LogoLatestRachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogRACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRATrump on Trial The ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsTrump Transition Share this —SearchSearchFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETMSNBC TVWatch LiveListen LiveMoreMSNBC Live EventsMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryFollow msnbcMore BrandsToday LogoNBC News LogoMore ShowsWay Too EarlyAna Cabrera ReportsJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsChris Jansing ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanSearchSearchFacebookTwitterEmailSMSPrintWhatsappRedditPocketFlipboardPinterestLinkedinOpinionTrump’s dark weekend proves his rants are becoming more incendiary, not lessHis most recent rallies reveal a candidate seemingly intent on being more provocative, more angry, more hateful, and more supportive of violence.By Paul Waldman, author and commentatorAfter a disturbed young man attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in July, his allies quickly pinpointed the culprit: Democrats’ criticism of Trump. His opponents’ rhetoric, they said, is so inflammatory that it was bound to incite violence. “Everybody’s rhetoric just needs to change,” said Eric Trump. It was time to “turn the temperature down in this country,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson. When two months later an armed man laying in wait at Trump’s golf course was confronted by the Secret Service, JD Vance said “the left needs to tone down the rhetoric, and needs to cut this crap out.” The would-be shooter, said Trump himself, “believed the rhetoric of [President Joe] Biden and [Vice President Kamala] Harris, and he acted on it.” Yet after these appeals for a calmer political debate, with each passing week Trump is turning the rhetoric up. It’s difficult to tell if Trump believes this is a clever strategy or if, as the election nears, he is simply becoming less restrained, revealing his purest impulses in all their odiousness. Whatever the reason, his most recent rallies reveal a candidate seemingly intent on being more provocative, more angry, more hateful, and more supportive of violence than ever before.Targeting Trump’s enemies for threats and violence is now woven deeply into his movement.Over the weekend, the former president’s attacks on Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris became even more unhinged. At a rally in Wisconsin, Trump called her “a very dumb person,” claimed she was “mentally impaired” and that she “was born that way.” Even by his standards, it was a remarkably lurid attack on the competence of an opponent who soundly defeated him in the recent debate.Similarly, while it’s true that Trump has long fantasized about violence that might be committed against criminals, immigrants or his political foes (“I’d like to punch him in the face,” he said about a protester in 2016), lately his rhetoric has gotten even more intense. In the same Wisconsin rally, for instance, his usual description of immigrants as murderers included this vivid description: “They make our criminals look like babies. These are stone-cold killers. They’ll walk into your kitchen, they’ll cut your throat.” Of course, this is the fault of Kamala Harris, who is “letting in people who will walk into your house,” he said. “They’ll do anything they want. These people are animals.”At another rally the next day, Trump presented a new solution to all crime: more violence. “If you had one really violent day,” he said, the problem would be solved. “One rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word will get out and it will end immediately.” While some social media users likened this suggestion to “The Purge,” the movie series in which all crime is legalized for one day per year, Trump in fact was talking about government violence directed at members of the public, without any constraints of civil liberties and laws. If only we could unleash law enforcement for “one really violent day,” people would be sufficiently terrorized that all crime would cease. This is one part of a broader vision Trump has always had, in which America is saturated in threats and violence, which must in turn be met with even more threats and violence, from both the government and vigilantes, against those he and his supporters despise. Targeting Trump’s enemies for threats and violence is now woven deeply into his movement; if he singles you out, you can expect to live in fear, and the collateral damage is wide. We need look no farther than Springfield, Ohio, a city full of his running mate JD Vance’s constituents. After the two running mates began telling repugnant lies about Haitian immigrants there supposedly eating pets, the town was deluged with bomb threats, leading to school closures and evacuations.The lesson Trump seems to have taken from previous elections is that fear and hate are political winners.One local business owner, a Republican who voted twice for Trump, said publicly that the 10% of his employees who are Haitian immigrants are excellent and conscientious workers. In response, reported The New York Times, he faced “death threats, a lockdown at his company and posters around town branding him a traitor for hiring immigrants.”That series of events has become so common we no longer see it as remarkable: obviously if Trump targets you, or even if you’re an ordinary person who contradicts him publicly, your life will be upended with threats and harassment. Where do they get the idea that that’s how they should treat their political opponents? It’s no mystery.The stakes in this election, Trump tells them, are not merely consequential but positively apocalyptic. “If Kamala is re-elected, your town, and every town just like it,” he says, “will be transformed into a third-world hellhole,” with all the attendant rape, murder and throat-cutting. If you believed that was true, wouldn’t violence be a reasonable response?The lesson Trump seems to have taken from previous elections is that fear and hate are political winners, and the only thing he did wrong in 2016 and 2020 was to be too restrained in fomenting both. Five weeks remain until the election, and we have every reason to believe Trump will be “real rough,” as he puts it, every day between now and then. If all his rhetoric produces is the lusty cheers of a base that thrills to the prospect of violence — and is told that they have a part to play in meting it out — we should count ourselves lucky.Paul WaldmanPaul Waldman is a journalist and author whose writing has appeared in dozens of publications. He writes The Cross Section, a newsletter about politics and culture, and hosts the podcast of the same name. His latest book is "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy."AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2025 MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo

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