The Democratic National Committee should drop its plan to nominate President Joe Biden for reelection before the Democratic Party’s convention next month, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said Wednesday, as the DNC said the early nomination plan wouldn’t move as quickly as some Democrats feared. “Fast-forwarding the nomination process is no way to convince the many … Read more
The Democratic National Committee should drop its expedited plan to nominate Joe Biden before the party’s convention next month, Rep. Lloyd Dogget (D-Texas) said Wednesday. “Fast-forwarding the nomination process is no way to convince the many unconvinced voters in the growing number of battleground states,” Doggett said in a press release. Doggett’s statement is significant … Read more
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) left critics scratching their heads after he argued that Donald Trump, a convicted felon who inspired a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, stands with police and against criminals. “Donald Trump stands with the people and the police, our men and women in blue, not with the criminals and rioters,” the … Read more
Movie star Anthony Hopkins was asked about former President Donald Trump’s apparent fixation on and repeated praise for the fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter, who Hopkins won an Oscar for portraying in the 1991 horror film “The Silence Of The Lambs.” The cannibalistic Lecter has “come up a lot during this election campaign here in … Read more
Van Jones on Tuesday offered a blistering critique of two speeches given on the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The CNN commentator also named which conservative speaker he believed was “incredibly compelling.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, said Jones, was “terrible.” “Ron was terrible,” Jones repeated. “He just sounded like ChatGPT for … Read more
MILWAUKEE — She once called Donald Trump unstable and unfit to serve a second term in the Oval Office. He once questioned the former president’s age and stamina, mocking him for losing to Joe Biden in 2020. But on Tuesday, the second day of the Republican National Convention, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and … Read more
Eric Trump was accused of amping up the divisive rhetoric again just days after an assassination attempt on his father sparked widespread calls for Americans to cool down the political climate. “Since when he went down to that escalator, they tried to impeach him, they’ve gone after us, they’ve gone after me,” Eric Trump said … Read more
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) joined “The Late Show” on Tuesday in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Host Stephen Colbert asked his guest what he’s looking for in Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday. “Everyone is talking, understandably, about lowering the temperature,” Colbert said. “What would … Read more
Former President Donald Trump greeted right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson before he even shook hands with his vice-presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Trump, wearing a white bandage over his right ear that was injured in the assassination attempt he suffered over the weekend at his rally in … Read more
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) examined how GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s selection of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his 2024 running mate reflects on Vance’s character. Vance has turned from being one of Trump’s fiercest critics to one of his staunchest supporters and now claims he didn’t realize how great a president he’d turn … Read more
