Political jokes: too soon? The answer from many quarters at midweek was a resounding yes, days after an assassination attempt against Republican former president Donald Trump rattled the nation over political violence that has been brewing in the United States for decades. Several late-night shows that thrive on political comedy changed plans immediately, with Comedy … Read more
“Daily Show” guest host Ronny Chieng tossed to a RNC supercut on Wednesday featuring Republicans criticizing Biden’s “violent crime crisis” and knocking Democrats for tearing “down this great country.” He later asked Kosta what happened to the “unity” talk just days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. “It’s boring, so they stopped,” … Read more
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Eight years after warning that Donald Trump might be “America’s Hitler,” Ohio Sen. JD Vance on Wednesday night nevertheless officially accepted the offer to serve as his right-hand man. But the man who addressed thousands of delegates on day three of the GOP convention couldn’t have sounded more different from the MAGA … Read more
MILWAUKEE — Stacey Goodman was not hurt. But to show her support for former President Donald Trump in the wake of a bullet appearing to graze the tip of his right ear, Goodman tucked a small square of white gauze into the band of her red “Make America Great Again” cap. “We stand in solidarity … 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
Donald Trump was celebrated Tuesday at the Republican National Convention by former rivals who just months ago leveled harsh critiques about him, a show of unity that contrasts with the divisions increasingly ripping through the Democratic Party. Nikki Haley, the former U.N. ambassador who was Trump’s final challenger in the GOP primary, directly addressed her … 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
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
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) painted a vision of an America in the hands of violent migrants during his speech at the Republican National Convention. Cruz was one of several former presidential candidates to take the stage in Milwaukee on Tuesday night to speak to the theme of the RNC’s second day, “Make America Safe Once … 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
