Republicans on Sunday sought to distance themselves from Donald Trump’s latest insults of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris during a rambling weekend rally in Wisconsin in which he called her “mentally disabled.” Trump escalated his personal attacks on the vice president during a self-described “dark speech” on immigration following Harris’ trip to the U.S.-Mexico border. “Joe … Read more
JD Vance, Donald Trump and other Republicans are clinging to a racist and thoroughly debunked lie that a group of legal immigrants in Ohio are abducting, killing and eating people’s pets. There’s zero truth to the claim. And yet, there’s a mountain of evidence — in the last week, month, year and half-century — that … Read more
Liz Cheney thinks conservatives might have to consider a future beyond the Republican party. During the Cap Times Idea Fest in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday, the former congresswoman from Wyoming said she’s had a hard time reckoning with what the GOP has become and wondered if it may be time for a new political party … Read more
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican activists in swing states say they have seen little sign of the teams tasked with knocking on doors and turning out infrequent voters on behalf of Donald Trump, raising concerns about the party’s presidential nominee relying on outside groups for an important part of his campaign operations. Trump and the … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Members of Congress are on edge about the possibility of more violence in this year’s presidential election, less than four years after a mob of Donald Trump supporters ransacked the U.S. Capitol seeking to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 contest. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle … Read more
With early voting fast approaching, the rhetoric by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has turned more ominous with a pledge to prosecute anyone who “cheats” in the election in the same way he believes they did in 2020, when he falsely claimed he won and attacked those who stood by their accurate vote tallies. He … Read more
The GOP is calling out every dog gone detail about Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz ― starting with his furry friend, Scout. On Monday morning, Minnesota GOP strategist Dustin Grage tried to expose Walz with two different pictures of the Minnesota governor side-by-side, each was apparently previously posted on social media. The photo on … Read more
Kamala Harris has vowed not to be silent about the suffering of Palestinians (file). Dearborn, United States: In key US swing state Michigan, Democratic voters of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage say Kamala Harris is going to have to win them back after they were alienated by President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s military offensive … Read more
CHICAGO — On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, the party tried to counter the GOP’s four-day long pitch in Milwaukee last month in a single night. The RNC featured paeans to Trump. Democrats got his former employees and supporters to belittle him. The RNC had Teamsters President Sean O’Brien deliver a speech. … Read more
Republicans had a plan for former President Donald Trump’s speech Wednesday afternoon in Asheville, North Carolina. His 2024 presidential campaign announced that the address would focus on the economy, an area where he still generally polls ahead of Democratic rival Kamala Harris, even as she’s closed the gap. It could be, the campaign clearly hoped, … Read more
