Former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin described one element of the right-wing Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 in particular as “very, very scary” as she explained why former President Donald Trump continues to downplay his links to the playbook. There are “some very controversial parts” of the handbook that are widely expected to … Read more
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) declared on Thursday that he would not vote for his party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Cox told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that he wouldn’t vote for President Joe Biden either and instead would “write somebody in.” But in the same interview, Cox confusingly said he still … Read more
When the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled earlier this month that presidents are immune from criminal charges for laws they allegedly break while performing official duties, Adav Noti, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, thought back to the final weeks of Donald Trump’s time in the White House. Faced with an embarrassing defeat to … Read more
“Trump would rather be electrocuted than eaten by a shark, remember that whole thing, remember that?” the president asked the crowd at his Detroit, Michigan campaign rally. “Poor Donald, he can’t even watch TV this week because it’s Shark Week.” The remarks arrived as the president, who has faced calls in recent weeks to prove … Read more
DETROIT ― Kermit Williams is a political organizer with the Oakland Forward Action Fund, a grassroots organization that focuses on the Black community in some of Detroit’s northern suburbs. Following Joe Biden’s dismal performance in last month’s presidential debate, Williams said he felt pretty rattled — until he spoke to his mother. “She put it … Read more
Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Friday that former President Donald Trump’s controversial remark about “Black jobs” during the presidential debate last month was taken “out of context.” During the debate on June 27 against President Joe Biden, Trump blamed Biden’s open border policy as the cause of inflation. “His big kill on the Black people … Read more
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently texted an apology to the woman who accused him of sexual assault, saying he doesn’t recall the incident, The Washington Post reported. The woman, Eliza Cooney, provided the text from Kennedy to the Post, which verified it was sent from his phone number. “I have no memory … Read more
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) met with President Joe Biden after his NATO press conference Thursday night amid the dissension about Biden within his caucus — but didn’t reveal whether he advised Biden to stay in the presidential race. In a letter Friday morning, Jeffries said he expressed to Biden the views of House … Read more
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), whose support saved President Joe Biden’s flailing primary campaign in 2020, said Friday he believed Biden remains mentally fit enough to run for reelection but he would support Vice President Kamala Harris if the president decided to drop out. Clyburn’s vote of confidence, albeit somewhat qualified, comes on the heels of … Read more
D.L. Hughley pulled no punches when commenting on former Trump White House aide Sebastian Gorka’s racist comment about Vice President Kamala Harris, saying it was the product of “mediocre white men.” Gorka earlier this week described Harris — the first female, Black and Asian American vice president — as a “DEI hire” and “colored,” echoing … Read more
