MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday expressed surprise at the reported reason that Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) didn’t tone down the divisive rhetoric in the speech that he gave on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Johnson described the Democratic Party’s policies as a “clear and present danger to America” and said … Read more
CNN’s Van Jones said Monday that model and television personality Amber Rose’s address backing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee was “probably the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition.” Rose expressed her hope for “a better country for our children” as she said the “best chance we have … Read more
Attendees booed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after he briefly appeared on screen Monday at the Republican National Convention. HuffPost’s Igor Bobic captured the moment on the convention floor in Milwaukee when McConnell’s face appeared shortly after former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate for the 2024 election. McConnell … Read more
Former President Donald Trump was heard repeatedly telling Secret Service agents to “let me get my shoes” as they protected him on the ground in the immediate aftermath of the attempt on his life at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee explained the comment — which prompted plenty … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s children responded on social media in varying ways to the attempted assassination of their father, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, during a campaign speech in Pennsylvania at the weekend. Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., used multiple messages on X, formerly Twitter, to accuse Democrats of inciting the attempt on his … Read more
Donald Trump said he had been set to deliver a “humdinger” of a speech criticizing President Joe Biden at this week’s Republican National Convention. “Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now,” he told the Washington Examiner on Sunday, one day after he survived an assassination attempt. The former president told the newspaper … Read more
The former president told the Washington Examiner on Sunday that he wanted his audience to know he was all right and that “America goes on, we go forward, that we are strong.” In an image that has been seen around the world, Trump is being pulled off the stage after a gunman fired at him. … Read more
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), the target of a 2020 kidnapping plot, condemned the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and decried the act as part of an “alarming, years-long trend” of violence in American politics. “The shooting of former President Trump was a disgusting act of violence that caps off an alarming, years-long … Read more
In a Sunday night Oval Office address to the nation, President Joe Biden called on Americans to come together and “lower the temperature in our politics,” a day after a man shot at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. “While we may disagree, we are not enemies,” Biden said in his … Read more
The “All In” host told a panel of MSNBC hosts that he found Biden’s remarks “very striking,” adding that they gave a “window” into his thinking amid calls for the president to prove he’s up to the task to lead or step aside. “I’ve been comparing him to a World Series star starter in the … Read more
