BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans lost dozens of House seats and the majority in that chamber Tuesday [11-6-18], while simultaneously expanding their control of the Senate. At least one factor in those countervailing results is Brett Kavanaugh. While now-Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh, like Trump, was not popular in the country as a whole — […]
Category: GOP
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats wanted a base of power in Donald Trump’s Washington and they got it. They also wanted to wake up Wednesday [11-7-18] morning to a radically changed country. They wanted permission to dismiss the past two years as a fluke of history, a hallucination now fading. And they wanted something more: to […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In New Jersey, voters slashed the number of Republicans in Congress from five down to two, and possibly only one. In New York, Democrats declared victory in three congressional races in President Trump’s home state, ejecting the last remaining Republican from New York City. And in the six other states […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats didn’t catch a blue wave. But they managed the next best thing: Divided government in the Trump era. House Democrats won back the majority for the first time since the 2010 elections. Helped by President Donald Trump, Republicans captured Senate seats in Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota to maintain […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s intense focus on immigration in the run-up to the midterms appears to have stemmed GOP losses in Tuesday’s [11-6-18] election, according to a POLITICO analysis of 34 close House, Senate and gubernatorial races. Democrats took control of the House, as predicted, but Republicans were on track to expand their […]
11/7/2018
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 […]
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/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 […]
11/6/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans’ loss of control of the U.S. House of Representatives leaves the party with a more conservative congressional caucus that is even more bound to President Donald Trump and more united around his provocative rhetoric and hardline agenda. Although some moderate Republicans who remain in the House may view the […]
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
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 […]
11/5/2018
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
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/OHIO/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SENIORS: “The Democrat plan would obliterate Medicare and eliminate Medicare advantage for almost 900,000 Ohio seniors who depend on it. Republicans will protect Medicare for our great seniors who earned it and, by the way, who paid for it. They paid for it. And Republicans will always protect patients with preexisting conditions, always, always.“ […]
11/4/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: I love you Missouri! Under Republican leadership, America is BOOMING, America is THRIVING, and America is WINNING – be…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 4, 2018 10:27 am […]
11/3/2018
CRIME/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “If you want to protect criminal aliens – VOTE DEMOCRAT. If you want to protect Law-Abiding Americans – VOTE REPUBLICAN! https://t.co/0pWiwCHGbh https://t.co/2YoXSWT0Px“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 3, 2018 8:46 pm […]
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
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans believe our Country should be a Sanctuary for law-abiding Americans – not criminal aliens. And Republicans will ALWAYS stand with the HEROES of @ICEgov, @CBP, and Law Enforcement! https://t.co/jmnmO26Yb3“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 2, 2018 7:49 pm […]
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
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 […]
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
CONGRESS/GOP/MIDDLE CLASS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and the top Republican tax-writer in Congress, House and Ways Means Chair Kevin Brady of Texas, conceded on Wednesday [10-31-18] there was zero chance that middle-class Americans will see their taxes cut this year. It was the first time the White House had returned to a last-ditch campaign […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “It is outrageous what the Democrats are doing to our Country. Vote Republican now! https://t.co/0pWiwCHGbh https://t.co/2crea9HF7G“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2018 3:18 pm […]
10/31/2018
GOP/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#JOBSNOTMOBS! VOTE REPUBLICAN NOW!! https://t.co/wso9ZHIvyF“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2018 2:25 pm […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans will protect people with pre-existing conditions far better than the Dems!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2018 10:28 am […]
10/31/2018
CITIZENSHIP/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [10-31-18] the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to citizenship to everyone born in the country, an assertion that runs counter to the long-established legal interpretation of the document…The Constitution’s 14th Amendment, added after the Civil War, grants citizenship to anyone born on American soil […]
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
CENTRAL AMERICA/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As he barnstorms the country trying to help Republican allies, President Trump has offered voters this fall a litany of misleading statements and falsehoods that exaggerate even legitimate accomplishments and distort opponents’ views beyond the typical bounds of political spin. In the past couple of weeks alone, the president has […]
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
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An ebullient Lindsey Graham hopped off the stump here after revving up a room full of conservative voters, reliving his furious defense of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearings and making clear he was on President Donald Trump’s side. After streams of voters lined up to take selfies […]
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
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 […]
10/29/2018
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. […]
10/28/2018
GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News is doing everything in their power to blame Republicans, Conservatives and me for the division and hatred that has been going on for so long in our Country. Actually, it is their Fake & Dishonest reporting which is causing problems far greater than they understand!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
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
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican-led U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday [10-24-18] held the second of two unusual hearings during a congressional recess in an aggressive push to confirm President Donald Trump’s conservative judicial nominees including to a liberal-leaning California-based court he often criticizes. Democrats, who mounted an unsuccessful effort to block Senate confirmation this month of […]
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
DEMS/GOP/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday {10-24-18] claimed that Democrats are threatening to endanger patients with pre-existing conditions while Republicans will protect them — an assertion at odds with his administration’s own persistent efforts to dismantle Obamacare…Public health experts say his claims are inaccurate, given his administration’s moves to roll back the […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 7:45 am […]
10/23/2018
GOP/MIDDLE CLASS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump couldn’t get Obamacare repeal, an infrastructure plan or a border wall, but there’s one big wish-list item he’s succeeded in conjuring into reality: tax cuts. The greatest policy success of his first year in office was passing a landmark tax reform, something the Republican Party hadn’t been able […]
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
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 […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is betting that his ubiquitous role in the midterm elections — all Trump, all the time — will pay off for Republicans trying to hang onto their perilous majorities in Congress. Trump’s campaign said Tuesday it will spend more than $20 million on the November elections, including $6 million […]
10/23/2018
FEDERAL RESERVE/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s decision to nominate Nellie Liang, a seasoned financial regulator, to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors is eliciting a rare show of public opposition from some Senate Republicans, who want the Fed to loosen its grip on large banks. Those Republicans, including members of the Senate Banking Committee, have continued […]
10/22/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump repeated Monday [10-22-18] that he plans to offer a new tax cut plan before the midterms, even though no one seems to know what it will look like or how it might get through a Congress that only barely managed to pass his signature plan last year…The GOP has […]
10/22/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is racing to address one of the Republican Party’s biggest challenges of the midterm elections: the massive number of open seats created by an exodus of GOP House members. President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-25-18] will host a Washington fundraiser for three Republican candidates vying for […]
10/22/2018
GOP/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lisa Brewer wanted to get to President Trump’s rally early. She did, and then some — she and her daughter-in-law set down their chairs in line at 10 a.m. Sunday [10-21-18], more than 32 hours before the president was scheduled to step on stage at a downtown Houston arena on Monday […]
10/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Not that long ago, it wasn’t hard to imagine moderate Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) breaking with President Donald Trump in his reelection campaign, given Nevada’s swing-state status and Heller’s refusal before the 2016 election to say whether he’d vote for Trump. But on Saturday [10-20-18], the two were acting like old […]
10/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A contentious conversation about politics is quietly happening in America’s suburbs among college-educated white men who hold opposing views of President Trump…Mr. Ikins and others like him were responding to a recent Times article reporting that, ahead of the midterm elections, many affluent suburban white men are warming up to or sticking […]
10/19/2018
GOP/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is what it is all about for the Republican Party! #JobsNotMobs https://t.co/8OabccPec5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 6:47 pm […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [10-19-18] he doesn’t regret praising a Republican congressman who body slammed a reporter…Trump had praised Gianforte for assaulting a reporter during his campaign last May, saying ‘any guy who can do a body slam … he’s my guy’ and made a gesture mimicking a body slam. […]
10/19/2018
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “Beto O’Rourke is a total lightweight compared to Ted Cruz, and he comes nowhere near representing the values and desires of the people of the Great State of Texas. He will never be allowed to turn Texas into Venezuela!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 12:34 pm […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House Correspondents’ Association condemned President Donald Trump Friday [10-19-18] after he lauded a lawmaker from Montana a day earlier for body slamming a Guardian reporter…Speaking Thursday [10-18-19] at a rally in Missoula, Montana, Trump praised GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte for an incident in 2017 in which an audio recording […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump reiterated his support for a Montana congressman who body-slammed a reporter last year, even as he came under criticism on Friday [10-20-18] from U.S. lawmakers and press organizations…Trump’s praise for Greg Gianforte, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who pleaded guilty to an assault charge […]
10/19/2018
AGRICULTURE/CALIFORNIA/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is jumping into Western water wars on the side of agricultural interests just weeks before the midterm elections — a major political gift for GOP incumbents in some of the most competitive House races in the country where water supply is a top campaign topic. The effort appears […]
10/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican lawmakers will next week question Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. Justice Department official who oversees a special counsel’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and links between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow, committee chairmen said on Thursday [10-18-18]. The Republican chairmen of two U.S. House […]
10/18/2018
GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-18-18] praised Rep. Greg Gianforte’s body slamming a reporter in 2017, saying that anyone who did such a thing was ‘my kind of guy’…Since he was a candidate for the presidency, Trump has complained of ‘fake news,’ harassed individual outlets and journalists on Twitter, and […]
10/18/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Thursday [10-18-18] denounced Donald Trump’s Twitter attack on Stormy Daniels earlier this week in which he referred to the adult film actress as ‘horseface’…Trump made the comment Tuesday [10-16-18] after a federal judge dismissed Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against the President for deriding Daniels’ account of […]
10/18/2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/TURKEY: “Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker warned the Trump administration on Thursday [10-18-18] that its information ‘clampdown’ on the alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi can’t go on. The Tennessee Republican said in an interview he sought to view recent U.S. intelligence on Monday and Tuesday regarding Khashoggi’s […]
10/18/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump issued a warning to fellow Republicans to support coverage of pre-existing conditions with less than 20 days until the midterm elections…The tweet is in line with a familiar refrain from Trump’s recent campaign rallies and even dating back to his debates during the Republican primary. However, it’s not […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions, and if they don’t, they will after I speak to them. I am in total support. Also, Democrats will destroy your Medicare, and I will keep it healthy and well!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 2:43 pm […]
10/18/2018
ENDORSEMENT/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @DaveBratVA7th is one of the hardest working, and smartest, people in Washington. He is strong on the Border, Crime, the Military, our Vets and the 2nd Amendment. He is a powerful vote for MAGA and loves the Great State of Virginia. Dave has my Total Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t expect Donald Trump to cop to a ‘thumpin” or a ‘shellacking’ if the midterm elections turn into a triumph for Democrats. The President, even as he races around the country animating rowdy campaign crowds and launching a full-on media blitz, is making one thing clear: if Republicans go down on November […]
10/17/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “RT @GOP: TODAY is the LAST day to register to vote in Massachusetts and Wisconsin! Register today ➡️ https://t.co/CZsNCAAomd https://t.co/3…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 12:11 pm […]
10/17/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “RT @GOP: You can cast your ballot before Election Day in: ➡️KS ➡️NC ➡️TN Get out and vote ➡️ https://t.co/YIO9A13Uio https://t.co/bxkCMApisn“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 12:11 pm […]
10/17/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans must make the horrendous, weak and outdated immigration laws, and the Border, a part of the Midterms!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 8:48 am […]
10/17/2018
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hard to believe that with thousands of people from South of the Border, walking unimpeded toward our country in the form of large Caravans, that the Democrats won’t approve legislation that will allow laws for the protection of our country. Great Midterm issue for Republicans!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 8:45 […]
10/17/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Watched the debate last night & Beto O’Rourke, who wants higher taxes and far more regulations, is not in the same league with Ted Cruz & what the great people of Texas stand for & want. Ted is strong on Crime, Border & 2nd A, loves our Military, Vets, Low Taxes. […]
10/16/2018
ELIZABETH WARREN/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Two of President Donald Trump’s top allies in the Senate joined Trump in mocking Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts over her attempt to refute Trump’s attacks on her ancestry. GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, speaking on Trump’s preferred morning show ‘Fox and Friends,’ announced Tuesday that he […]
10/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Leonard Lance is a Republican congressman seeking re-election in a Republican district. But he has little to say about the Republican president. Lance’s campaign website, which outlines his positions on immigration, taxes and other hot issues, offers no statement of support for President Donald Trump. On his Twitter and Facebook accounts, […]
10/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Tuesday [10-16-18] referred to the pornographic film actress Stephanie Clifford as ‘Horseface’ in a Twitter post, as he gloated about a recent court ruling in his favor. In his tweet, Mr. Trump was referring to a federal judge’s decision to dismiss a defamation suit filed by Ms. Clifford, who […]
10/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump slapped adult film actress Stormy Daniels with a demeaning new nickname on Tuesday [10-16-18], making her the latest of several prominent women whose personal appearance he’s insulted. Trump derided Daniels as ‘horseface’ in a tweet gloating over a judge’s Monday dismissal of a defamation lawsuit Daniels, represented by her […]
10/16/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke aggressively cast Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as ‘all talk and no action’ during the second — and potentially final — debate of the Texas Senate race Tuesday [10-16-18] night. The hour-long debate showcased a major shift in tone for O’Rourke, who rarely says the names of Cruz or President […]
10/15/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has asked Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel to serve a second term. That’s according to a person familiar with the president’s decision. The decision comes as the president looks to build out his team for his re-election campaign. As head of the RNC, McDaniel leads the party’s […]
10/15/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump gazes out over his rally crowd and lets loose a stream of insults with a theatrical flourish and playful grin. He jabs at Cory Booker the ‘disaster’ mayor, Elizabeth Warren the ‘Pocahontas’ pretender and ‘sleepy’ Joe Biden…The venue may be Council Bluffs, Iowa, or Erie, Pennsylvania, or Topeka, […]
10/15/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s campaign more than doubled its spending over the past three months as the president worked to rev up the Republican base ahead of next month’s midterm elections through a series of rallies and online appeals. The increased spending — much of which was done through an opaque new corporate […]
10/15/2018
DEFICIT/GOP/SPENDING/TAXES/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s first full fiscal year in office has produced the nation’s largest budget shortfall in six years, according to Treasury Department data released Monday [10-16-18]. The U.S. deficit widened in fiscal 2018 to $779 billion, which is $113 billion more than the previous year, according to the Treasury’s widely anticipated […]
10/15/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Every Republican President walks into a bar. That could be a joke, but it’s also a painting that currently hangs at the White House. The White House is a home for temporary residents, an office building and importantly, a museum. There’s a long tradition — stretching back to the legend of Dolley […]
10/13/2018
DEMS/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to the Great State of Kentucky – Big Rally for Congressman Andy Barr – Fantastic guy, need his vote for MAGA! Strong on Crime, Tax Cuts, Military, Vets & 2nd A. His opponent will NEVER vote for us, only for Pelosi. Andy has my Strongest Endorsement!!! See you in Kentucky.” –Donald […]
10/13/2018
DEMS/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Highly respected Congressman Keith Rothfus (R) of Pennsylvania is in the fight of his life because the Dems changed the District Map. He must win. Strong on crime, borders, big tax & reg cuts, Military & Vets. Opponent Lamb a Pelosi puppet-weak on crime. BIG ENDORSEMENT FOR KEITH” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
10/12/2018
GOP/RACISM/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump praised Confederate General Robert E. Lee at a rally in Ohio Friday [10-12-18] night during a soliloquy in which he also praised a number of Ohioans, including Union General Ulysses S. Grant…Trump added that the frustrated Lincoln was forced to turn to Grant to finally deliver a victory for […]
10/11/2018
GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A leading Republican senator said Thursday [10-11-18] that he believes Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and that ‘there is no question the Saudis did this.’ Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker told CNN that the ‘intel points directly’ to Saudi Arabia for the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi […]
10/11/2018
COURTS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Democrats accepted an offer Thursday [10-11-15] from Senate Republicans to confirm 15 lifetime federal judges in exchange for the ability to go into recess through the midterms, allowing endangered Democrats to campaign. The calculation by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus was simple: That Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) […]
10/11/2018
GOP/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Eastern Kentucky University has sparked opposition at the school. Trump’s campaign is planning a rally Saturday to support Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, who’s in a tight race with Democrat Amy McGrath for the Sixth District seat. News outlets report 120 faculty and staff signed […]
10/11/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/GOP/MEDIA/RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [10-11-18] he saw no reason to block Saudi Arabian investments in the United States despite concern over a missing Saudi journalist, saying the Gulf nation would then just move its money into Russia and China. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, also […]