A clip of white college students mocking a Black woman was included in a video montage praising anti-“woke” college students at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. The original video, which was filmed at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Mississippi, went viral this spring. In it, a white male counterprotester mocks a Black … Read more
Usha Chilukuri Vance, entered the spotlight this week as the wife of JD Vance, former President Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Her rise comes at a time when, across the aisle, there’s another prominent figure of South Asian descent: Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first woman and person of color in … Read more
MILWAUKEE — Not four years after Donald Trump’s eldest son boasted that the Republican Party belonged not to traditional Republicans but to his father, GOP delegates gathered at their nominating convention proved his point this week, demonstrating their obeisance to a convicted criminal who tried to end American democracy because he lost his reelection. “Tonight, … 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
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
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
Prominent members of the Christian nationalist movement have maneuvered their way into former President Donald Trump’s inner circle in recent years — and their influence is remarkably clear in the draft Republican Party platform unveiled this week. Russell Vought, a close Trump ally, served as the platform’s policy director. A former Trump administration official, Vought … Read more
North Carolina Lt. Gov Mark Robinson, the state’s Republican nominee for governor, went on a bizarre unhinged rant and declared that “some folks need killing” in speech at a church last week. “It’s time for somebody to say it. It’s not a matter of vengeance. It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s … Read more
Virginia election officials on Tuesday declared Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chairman of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, the loser in his close primary against state Sen. John McGuire. The determination came two weeks after Good’s primary and makes him the first casualty of GOP infighting this cycle. McGuire’s 374-vote margin is still slim enough that … Read more
