ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To any of the pundits or talking heads that do not give us proper credit for this great Midterm Election, just remember two words – FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 7, 2018 7:52 am […]
Category: Election
11/7/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be doing a news conference at The White House – 11:30 A.M. Will be discussing our success in the Midterms!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 7, 2018 7:36 am […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Those that worked with me in this incredible Midterm Election, embracing certain policies and principles, did very well. Those that did not, say goodbye! Yesterday was such a very Big Win, and all under the pressure of a Nasty and Hostile Media!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 7, 2018 7:07 am […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea is getting increasingly angry at the US, as talks are deadlocked and tensions between the two countries are on the rise, a source familiar with the discussions told CNN. US and foreign sources close to the talks paint a picture that’s starkly different from the image President Donald […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ron DeSantis showed great courage in his hard fought campaign to become the Governor of Florida. Congratulations to Ron and family!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 7, 2018 6:55 am […]
11//7/2018
ELECTION/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Received so many Congratulations from so many on our Big Victory last night, including from foreign nations (friends) that were waiting me out, and hoping, on Trade Deals. Now we can all get back to work and get things done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 7, 2018 6:21 am […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic Party regained control of the House of Representatives as a result of Tuesday’s [11-6-18] midterm elections, while the Republicans held firm control of the Senate. While a Democratic-controlled House now has the power to impeach the President, such a precipitous move is politically fraught, and likely will happen only if […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats were romping to victory in Tuesday’s [11-6-18] midterm elections, in a stinging defeat for President Donald Trump that breaks the GOP stranglehold on power in Washington and immediately brings the question of impeachment into play next year. The Democratic triumph could also propel Nancy Pelosi back to the […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans lost the House of Representatives in Tuesday [11-6-18] night’s midterm elections — a painful blow that will subject the Trump White House to ruthless Democratic oversight in the coming months. But to hear the president and his allies tell it, the winner of the election was President Donald Trump […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats are ready to unleash the full force of their oversight powers on the Trump administration, a political liability for the President that will come from a newly divided government in Washington. Now in the majority, Democrats are prepared to force Cabinet secretaries to testify, request President Donald […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The blue wave in Florida was trumped Tuesday [11-6-18] by red turnout. Florida’s sole statewide elected Democrat, Sen. Bill Nelson, was on track to lose his seat. The party’s exciting new candidate for governor, Andrew Gillum, conceded. Democrats running for attorney general and state chief financial officer all lost; and the […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s job as President, according to preliminary CNN exit polls. The results match his approval in recent public opinion polls, which have shown him to be under water nationally for months. But there’s much more to the story. In nearly every state with a key contested Senate […]
11/6/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans moved toward expanding their control of the Senate as Democrats took power in the House, with incomplete election results pointing toward a reaffirmation of a deeply divided nation. The Republicans flipped seats in three states — Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota — that President Trump had won by a […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican Party’s post-mortem after Mitt Romney lost his presidential bid to Barack Obama in 2012 was brutally straightforward: Expand the tent or risk extinction. ‘We need to campaign among Hispanic, black, Asian and gay Americans and demonstrate we care about them, too,’ party leaders wrote. Regardless of the results on Tuesday […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “At 11:02 a.m. on Monday [11-5-18], after the Donald J. Trump for President campaign announced that Sean Hannity would appear at his rally on the eve of the midterm elections, the prime-time star of Fox News posted a Shermanesque tweet: ‘I will not be on the stage campaigning with the president.’ […]
11/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will wake up on Wednesday [11-7-18] morning to a radically new political environment as he confronts the prospect of a two-year partisan war with a Democratic-run House armed with subpoena power and empowered to block his legislative agenda. Combative by nature, happier in a fight, the president may now have […]
11/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The vaunted blue wave that Democrats had hoped for failed to fully materialize on Tuesday [11-7-18] night, but the days of one-party control in Washington are now over. President Trump’s strength in rural areas kept the Senate in Republican control, but voters in urban and suburban districts across the country sent the […]
11/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats harnessed voter fury toward President Trump to win control of the House and capture pivotal governorships Tuesday [11-7-18] night as liberals and moderates banded together to deliver a forceful rebuke of Mr. Trump, even as Republicans added to their Senate majority by claiming a handful of conservative-leaning seats. The […]
11/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats have won back control of the House of Representatives, slicing through Republican-held suburbs where President Donald Trump has proven toxic to undo a Republican majority once thought to be impervious until the next round of redistricting. From Florida to Texas to Illinois, Republican incumbents who survived reelection in 2016 […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Vote Red ?? MAGA ?? https://t.co/i95OiBimxA https://t.co/ncvDcAP8LZ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 1:11 pm […]
11/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: If Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi gain the majority, they will try to raise your taxes, restore job-killing regulation…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 11:25 am […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “RT @realDonaldTrump: New York, get out and VOTE for @JohnFasoNy, a great and hardworking Congressman. We need John’s voice in D.C. His oppo…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 11:25 am […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Arizona is such a Great State but it needs Border Security which @MarthaMcSally will provide, and Krysten Sinema doesn…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 11:24 am […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Thank you Macon, Georgia! Get out on Tuesday, November 6th and VOTE for @BrianKempGA as your next Governor to protect…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 11:21 am […]
11/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: If @AndrewGillum did the same job with Florida that he has done in Tallahassee as Mayor, the State will be a crime rid…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 11:20 am […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Law Enforcement has been strongly notified to watch closely for any ILLEGAL VOTING which may take place in Tuesday’s E…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 11:19 am […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @realDonaldTrump: I need @claudiatenney of #NY22 to be re-elected in order to get our big plans moving. Her opponent would be a disaster…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 11:19 am […]
11/5/2018
CABINET/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump said Monday [11-5-18] that it’s likely there will be a shakeup of his Cabinet after the midterm elections, though he declined to elaborate on any changes aside from filling the vacant U.N. ambassador post. Trump told reporters before he left Washington for his final campaign blitz that ‘administrations usually […]
11/5/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump rushed around the country on Monday [11-5-18] in a final bid to drive his voters to the polls and blunt any late Democratic momentum in the battle for control of the Senate. The president kicked off the final day of the campaign with a rally in Cleveland, where he […]
11/5/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “John James, running as a Republican for the Senate from Michigan, is a spectacular young star of the future. We should make him a star of the present. A distinguished West Point Grad and Vet, people should Vote Out Schumer Puppet Debbie Stabenow, who does nothing for Michigan!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/5/2018
COURTS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats could win the House on Tuesday [11-6-18]. They may recapture the Senate and White House in 2020. But they’re losing the federal courts for the long term, as President Donald Trump is rapidly ensconcing a conservative judiciary that will have the power to knock down liberal policies for decades to come. […]
11/5/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An epic battle for control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency was wrapping up Monday [11-5-18] as both parties made their final appeals to voters. Reprising his frantic campaigning during the final days of his 2016 race, Trump was barnstorming the country with rallies in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, […]
11/5/2018
CAMPAIGN/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Monday [11-5-18] closed out an us-against-them midterm election campaign that was built on dark themes of fear, nationalism and racial animosity in an effort to salvage Republican control of Congress for the remaining two years of his term. Mr. Trump’s fiery, invective-filled campaigning produced what may be the most […]
11/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VOTING: “In just 2 days, the people of Tennessee are going to elect @VoteMarsha Blackburn to the United States Senate to protect your jobs, defend your borders, and CONTINUE MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Get out on Tuesday [11-6-18] and VOTE for Marsha! https://t.co/BJhmItntMo“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 4, 2018 9:00 pm […]
11/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VOTING: “Thank you Macon, Georgia! Get out on Tuesday, November 6th and VOTE for @BrianKempGA as your next Governor to protect your jobs, defend your borders, fight for your values, and continue MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/Hzbqw35oNM“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 4, 2018 6:05 pm […]
11/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @realDonaldTrump: In Florida there is a choice between a Harvard/Yale educated man named @RonDeSantisFL who has been a great Congressman…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 4, 2018 10:42 am […]
11/3/2018
ELECTION/MIKE PENCE/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is holding onto hope that his pre-midterm rally sprint will ensure the ‘blue wave’ hits a ‘red wall’ during Tuesday’s [11-6-18] elections — and he didn’t pass up an opportunity to talk up his own 2020 reelection push, either. After a brief introduction by Vice President Mike Pence […]
11/3/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In all the time I’ve been President, almost two years, never once did Senator Bill Nelson call me to ask for help for the Great State of Florida. I never see him until election time…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 3, 2018 4:12 pm […]
11/3/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rumor has it that Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana is paying for Facebook ads for his so-called opponent on the libertarian ticket. Donnelly is trying to steal the election? Isn’t that what Russia did!?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 3, 2018 4:05 pm […]
11/3/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Arizona is such a Great State but it needs Border Security which @MarthaMcSally will provide, and Krysten Sinema doesn’t even think about. If it were up to Sinema – drugs, crime and illegal traffic will be flowing into Arizona at an ever increasing pace. Vote for Martha!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 3, 2018 […]
11/3/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congresswoman Maxine Waters was called the most Corrupt Member of Congress! @FoxNews If Dems win, she would be put in charge of our Country’s finances. The beginning of the end!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 3, 2018 5:54 am […]
11/2/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sandy Sinkovich, a retired X-ray technician, was a registered Republican until she switched parties during the Obama years. She plans to vote a straight Democratic ticket in the midterms. President Trump, she said, has ‘done nothing but destroy our country.’ Dave Sweeney, who services juice machines, registered as a Republican in […]
11/2/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Feuding from a distance, President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama exchanged tough words Friday [11-2-18] as they sought to rally their parties’ base voters in the final days before the midterm elections. Obama urged Democrats in Miami to turn against ‘a politics based on division’ and expressed hope that ‘we […]
11/2/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In rally after rally, President Donald Trump exhorts throngs of red-hatted supporters to treat next week’s congressional elections as a referendum on Trumpism and the grass-roots movement that swept him to power…The plea speaks to the challenge facing the president and his supporters: With Democrats threatening to take over the House of […]
11/2/2018
ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “WITH IMMIGRATION taking such a major role in the elections, we started wondering yesterday whether there was a plan in place to fund PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S border wall. Each person we spoke to in the Capitol said they had no idea how the fight would play out, and noted that there are […]
11/1/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump delivered an urgent warning to his staunchest supporters in Florida Wednesday [10-31-18] night at a pulsating political rally: Don’t let Ron DeSantis lose the governor’s race next week. Not with Mr. Trump’s 2020 re-election plans potentially hinging on the country’s biggest presidential battleground state…That Mr. DeSantis is the Republican […]
11/1/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “He called Nancy Pelosi ‘an MS-13 lover.’ He deemed Maxine Waters a ‘low-IQ person.’ He dubbed Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas.’ President Donald Trump has never been shy about branding his female political enemies with personal and demeaning insults. But here in Missouri, where Claire McCaskill is facing off against Josh Hawley in one […]
11/1/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s closing argument is now clear: Build tent cities for migrants. End birthright citizenship. Fear the caravan. Send active-duty troops to the border. Refuse asylum. Immigration has been the animating issue of the Trump presidency, and now — with the possibility that Republicans could face significant losses in the midterm elections […]
11/1/2018
ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump hammered his hard line on immigration again on Thursday [11-1-18], but some Republicans wish he would shift focus to the economy, lest he drive away suburban voters and mobilize Latino communities against the GOP. Several Republican operatives and officials described a growing sense of fear within the party over […]
11/1/2018
AGRICULTURE/ECONOMY/ELECTION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sitting atop his combine harvester on a clear fall day, Garrett Hawkins can add up just how much President Donald Trump’s tariffs are hitting his bottom line, from the lower price he’ll get for his soybean crop to the steeper prices he’ll pay for metal grain bins and other equipment. But like […]
11/1/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years, President Donald Trump and the Republican Party accuse Democrats of plotting to help people they depict as Central American invaders overrun the nation with cop killers. The new spot, tweeted by the President five days before the midterm elections, is the […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez called President Donald Trump’s new immigration ad an example of the President ‘at his worst.’ When asked Wednesday [10-31-18] by CNN’s Chris Cuomo for his reaction, Perez called the ad an example of Trump ‘fear mongering’…The ad, tweeted by Trump on Wednesday afternoon, shows a Hispanic […]
10/31/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gov. Rick Scott joined Ron DeSantis on Wednesday [10-31-18] night as he campaigned publicly for the first time next to President Donald Trump this year, ending a long spell when Florida’s chief executive kept some distance from the man who had long encouraged him to run for U.S. Senate. The Scott-DeSantis […]
10/31/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s policies, but not his name, dominated Tuesday [10-30-18] night’s debate in New Jersey’s hotly contested 3rd Congressional District. The president’s name was barely uttered, despite the fact Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur is Trump’s biggest ally in the New Jersey delegation, and Democrat Andy Kim’s candidacy has been boosted […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans need to hold small conservative towns like this one in southeastern Kansas if they have any hope of keeping the House majority next week. So staffers for the GOP candidate in this House race, Steve Watkins, reacted with delight when during a day of door knocking here, a […]
10/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICAID/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration Wednesday [10-31-18] granted Wisconsin’s request to impose work requirements in its Medicaid program — the first such approval for a state that has not fully expanded Medicaid. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican who is battling to keep his job, hailed the move. Health care has become […]
10/31/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump claimed that up to 15,000 US troops could be sent to the border to deal with the group of approximately 3,500 migrants heading toward the US through Mexico. The migrants, who are more than 800 miles away from the US, are weeks away from arriving at the border, where […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jon Tester would be a near lock for reelection if Montana’s Senate race came down to the classic test of which candidate voters would rather have a beer with. In fact, devouring a slice of carrot cake at a diner last week, the burly farmer-turned-Democratic senator says he could use a […]
10/31/2018
CAMPAIGN/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It used to take a fancy degree and political connections to become a presidential speechwriter. In the era of President Donald Trump, all you need is a tweet. On a Thursday morning earlier this month, a Twitter user in Georgia with 500 followers responded to a video of Trump touting the economy […]
10/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a staunch ally of Republican President Donald Trump, is locked in a tight race with state Senator Laura Kelly that could see the state elect its first Democratic governor in eight years, a Reuters poll found. The Reuters/Ipsos/UVA Center for Politics opinion poll published on […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “John Toles-Bey wants to be clear: He loves Barack Obama. Mr. Toles-Bey, a 62-year-old small-business owner, voted for the former president twice, after never participating in elections in his life. He now follows politics incessantly, an obsession he credits to Mr. Obama’s influence. He started a T-shirt company called You Can’t Trump […]
10/31/2018
CITIZENSHIP/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump attacked the Republican speaker of the House on Wednesday [10-31-18] for criticizing his position on birthright citizenship and said he should focus instead on safeguarding the party’s majority in Congress, a remarkable display of intraparty fighting six days before midterm elections in which the Republican majority is at risk…Mr. […]
10/30/2018
CITIZENSHIP/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he will seek to end the right of citizenship to children born in the United States to non-citizens and illegal immigrants in his latest bid to dramatically reshape immigration policies as he seeks to shore up Republicans ahead of next week’s congressional elections. Trump would target the citizenship […]
10/30/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With just days to go before the midterm elections, President Trump is making an economic appeal to well-off suburban voters: Elect Republicans, the president warns in tweets and a new national ad, or kiss the good economic times goodbye. That appears to be the right audience for a closing pitch, but […]
10/30/2018
COURTS/ELECTION/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Having lost in two federal courts and fearing more setbacks, the Trump administration is revising rules that allow employers to deny women insurance coverage for contraceptives based on religious or moral objections. Administration officials hope that the changes, the details of which remain unclear, will overcome the judges’ objections without fundamentally altering […]
10/30/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump appears to be throwing spaghetti against the wall in the run-up to the midterms — and seeing what he can get journalists to choke down. Earlier this month, he promised a 10 percent middle-class tax cut before the election in November, even though Congress wasn’t in session. He ordered […]
10/30/2018
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Already, President Trump has sent 1,000 military forces to the Southwest border in a decision he said will protect Americans from a caravan of migrants coming from Central America. He has pledged to deploy at least 4,000 more troops by the week’s end, as part of a last-ditch effort to galvanize […]
10/30/2018
CITIZENSHIP/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The words of the 14th Amendment are plain, and the scholarly and judicial consensus about what they mean is nearly uniform: Children born in the United States automatically become citizens of the United States. In an interview released Tuesday [10-30-18], President Trump proposed a different reading of the amendment, one he said […]
10/30/2018
CITIZENSHIP/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said he was preparing an executive order that would nullify the long-accepted constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship in the United States, his latest attention-grabbing maneuver days before midterm congressional elections as he has sought to activate his base by vowing to clamp down on immigrants and immigration…In fact, at least […]
10/30/2018
CITIZENSHIP/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With congressional elections a week away, President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-30-18] said he will seek to scrap the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of non-citizens and illegal immigrants as he tries again to dramatically reshape immigration policies. Reviving his support for a legally questionable theory, Trump told the Axios news […]
10/30/2018
BORDER/CITIZENSHIP/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A week before high-stakes midterm elections, President Trump and his allies are zeroing in on immigration in what critics describe as a series of stunts aimed at rallying his base. Recent moves to send more troops to the US-Mexico border, possibly overhaul asylum policy and rethink birthright citizenship are political ploys with […]
10/30/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican campaigns took a defensive approach a week before elections to determine control of the U.S. Congress, with the party spending more to try to hold on to previously secure House seats and President Donald Trump preparing a six-day trip focused on Senate races. The National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday [10-30-18] launched […]
10/30/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @KevinYoder has fought hard for the People of Kansas. Highly respected, strong on Crime, the Border, Military, Vets and Second Amendment. Kevin has my Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2018 12:38 pm […]
10/30/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@MikeDeWine will be a great Governor for the People of Ohio. He is an outstanding man who loves his State – and always produces big…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2018 12:37 pm […]
10/30/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….Richard Cordray will let you down, just like he did when he destroyed the government agency that he ran. Clone of Pocahontas, that’s not for Ohio. Mike has my Total Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2018 12:37 pm […]
10/30/2018
DEMS/ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Stock Market is up massively since the Election, but is now taking a little pause – people want to see what happens with the Midterms. If you want your Stocks to go down, I strongly suggest voting Democrat. They like the Venezuela financial model, High Taxes & Open Borders!” –Donald Trump, […]
10/30/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Kevin Brady of Texas is so popular in his District, and far beyond, that he doesn’t need any help – but I am giving it to him anyway. He is a great guy and the absolute ‘King’ of Cutting Taxes. Highly respected by all, he loves his State & Country. Strong Endorsement!” […]
10/30/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Andy Barr of Kentucky, who just had a great debate with his Nancy Pelosi run opponent, has been a winner for his State. Strong on Crime, the Border, Tax Cuts, Military, Vets and 2nd Amendment, we need Andy in D.C. He has my Strong Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2018 7:12 […]
10/29/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump set off early alarms when he signaled an interest in Kelli Ward, a right-wing candidate in Arizona’s competitive Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat. But after reviewing the polls and conferring with political advisers and Senate officials, who warned him that Ward was likely to lose, Trump […]
10/29/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In Florida there is a choice between a Harvard/Yale educated man named @RonDeSantisFL who has been a great Congressman and will be a great Governor – and a Dem who is a thief and who is Mayor of poorly run Tallahassee, said to be one of the most corrupt cities in […]
10/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For months, Republican U.S. Representative Steve Chabot was running about even with Democratic opponent Aftab Pureval in his traditionally conservative southwest Ohio district. But as the Nov. 6 elections approach, the contest has begun breaking in Chabot’s favor, one of about half a dozen races in conservative-leaning districts where improving Republican odds are […]
10/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama are scheduled to come to Georgia in the closing days of Georgia’s hotly contested governor’s election. Obama will campaign with Democrat Stacey Abrams and other Democrats at Morehouse College on Friday [11-2-18] in Atlanta. A White House official confirms Trump will be in Georgia […]
10/29/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The New Jersey Republican congressman who has stood closest to President Trump on some of his most divisive issues was sounding a familiar refrain as he tried to make his case to voters…As he seeks a third term, Mr. MacArthur embodies the challenge facing many suburban Republicans across the country who […]
10/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Tom MacArthur is doing something that’s familiar to dozens of candidates in the most fiercely contested congressional races: Tiptoeing around President Donald Trump. The Republican congressman has done more than anyone in New Jersey to help Trump. He was the only member of his delegation to vote for Trump’s tax cuts. […]
10/29/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign released a national television ad Monday [10-29-18] that portrays the nation’s economy on the right track entering the midterm elections. But it makes no mention of Trump — a sign of Republicans’ challenge as they try to hang onto suburban House districts critical to their majority. The […]
10/26/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Fantastic evening in Charlotte, North Carolina with great PATRIOTS. Get out and VOTE for @buddforcongress and @MarkHarrisNC9! https://t.co/0pWiwCHGbh #MAGARally replay: https://t.co/bKVTylqDvE https://t.co/O1QiZSw4cU” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2018 7:58 pm […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “They’ve circled each other for eight months, shouting epithets over the airways. Republican Bob Hugin has called Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez ‘corrupt.’ Menendez has called Hugin, a former pharmaceutical executive, ‘greedy.’ But Wednesday [10-24-18] evening, for the first time, Hugin and Menendez actually spoke to each other at length, during their […]
10/24/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The three-way test of wills over Saudi Arabia’s murder of an exiled journalist has started to play out in oil markets. Each day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintains his drip feed of grisly details of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Each day, a reluctant President Donald […]
10/24/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump makes a campaign visit to Wisconsin with Republicans growing increasingly nervous about the prospects of holding onto the governor’s office, let alone picking up a Senate seat held by a well-positioned Democratic incumbent. Trump on Wednesday [10-24-18] will return to a rural part of the state he easily won […]
10/24/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The undercurrent of rage that has been driving U.S. politics for the past few years surfaced on Wednesday [10-24-18] in a series of suspected bombs sent to prominent U.S. Democrats and the news outlet CNN less than two weeks before congressional elections. None of the devices went off and no injuries were […]
10/24/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brian Kemp will be a GREAT Governor of Georgia. Stacey Abrams will destroy the State. Sooooo important, get out and VOTE for Brian!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 7:35 am […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Democrats retake the House next month, they may take a couple of opportunities to work with President Donald Trump on legislation. But don’t expect any big economic deals. In the latest POLITICO Money podcast, reporters Elana Schor and Megan Cassella discuss their recent work with Sarah Karlin-Smith and Aaron […]
10/23/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For the third week in a row, President Donald Trump is criticizing Jerome Powell, the man he picked to lead the Federal Reserve. In an interview Tuesday [10-23-18] with The Wall Street Journal, Trump said that Powell raises interest rates ‘every time we do something great.’ The Fed chair ‘almost looks […]
10/23/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “If Democrats take back the House, the Intelligence Committee will investigate questions involving Russian money laundering and President Donald Trump’s businesses, Rep. Adam Schiff of California said on Tuesday [10-23-18]. Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence panel, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on ‘The Situation Room’ that Russian money laundering is one area […]
10/23/2018
DEMS/ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Economists in the Trump White House see socialism creeping back into American public discourse, and so they’ve issued a 70-page report in an attempt to put a stop to it. The Council of Economic Advisers’ study, titled ‘The Opportunity Costs of Socialism,’ runs through the experience of socialist or Communist economies — […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises, don’t expect Congress to pass a new middle-class tax cut anytime in the near future. The President has talked up the possibility of a 10% tax cut for middle-income Americans on the campaign trail and in the White House in recent days. But the idea, which […]
10/23/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump set aside his old feud with Senator Ted Cruz on Monday [10-22-18] and headlined a packed rally to help the fellow Republican in his tight race in Texas with rising Democratic star Beto O’Rourke just two weeks before the Nov. 6 elections. During the 2016 campaign when […]
10/23/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady said Tuesday [10-23-18] he will work with the administration ‘over the coming weeks’ to develop President Donald Trump’s call for a new middle-class tax cut. The proposal appears mostly designed to rally GOP voters ahead of the midterm elections. It would face long odds […]
10/23/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As early voting began Monday [10-22-18] in Florida, Senator Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum, who is running for governor, had former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. come to Jacksonville and Tampa to urge Democrats to go to the polls in what are two of the most hard-fought races in the […]
10/23/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Earlier this month, President Donald Trump’s political team reviewed polling from congressional districts that were competitive in the 2016 election. They showed that border protection, safeguarding immigration officers and standing up to illegal immigration resonated with voters there, according to a person with knowledge of the president’s strategy. The president seized on […]