Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 5.23.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
For the GOP’s Andy Ogles, latest false claims add to his troubles
It’d be an exaggeration to say Rep. Andy Ogles’ many false claims have reached George-Santos-like levels, but the Tennessee Republican is getting there.
In docs case, Trump doubles down on absurd ‘deadly force’ claim
The problem with Donald Trump's "deadly force" claims about the FBI isn't just that he's lying. It's also that his lies might prove dangerous.
Despite his record, Rick Scott enters race to lead the Senate GOP
Sen. Rick Scott's Capitol Hill career has had plenty of pitfalls. He's running to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell as the Senate Republicans' leader anyway.
House Democrat penalized after listing Trump’s legal crises
After Rep. Jim McGovern listed a series of Trump scandals, Republicans tried to silence the Democrat. The effort had the opposite of the intended effect.
Second flag takes Justice Alito’s mess to a striking new level
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito didn’t need another damaging revelation, but he’s now confronting one anyway. Is Congress prepared to do something?
Even some in GOP won’t defend ‘Reich’ video from Trump’s platform
Donald Trump’s account on his social media platform promoted a video referencing a “unified Reich,” and Democrats weren't the only ones raising concerns.
Why did Trump reverse course on possible contraception restrictions?
Donald Trump now insists he'll “never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control.” Then why did he recently say the opposite on camera?
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 5.22.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
State-level Republican officials continue to reward fake electors
At the state level, Republican officials continue to appear quite comfortable extending rewards to those who were caught serving as fake electors in 2020.
After Mar-a-Lago search, classified docs found in Trump’s bedroom
When it comes to Donald Trump’s classified-documents scandal, discard the absurd “assassination” nonsense and consider the new revelations that matter.
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RNC’s ‘election integrity’ lawyer arraigned, charged with election crimes
In March, the RNC hired two lawyers to oversee its election-year legal efforts. One was pushed out, and the other was arraigned on election-related charges.
Why Stefanik’s new ethics complaint against Judge Merchan matters
House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik is apparently trying to corner the market in filing ethics complaints. Judge Juan Merchan is her new target.
Why Trump said he’d testify in his criminal trial — but didn’t
Donald Trump probably realizes that he’ll face mockery about “chickening out.” He also knows that testifying in his criminal case would’ve been much worse.
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 5.21.24
Today’s edition of quick hits.
Trump’s ‘Team of Felons’ isn’t done adding new members
“With Lincoln, they had a team of rivals,” Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said. “With Trump, you have a team of felons.”
Trump leaves the door open to new restrictions on contraception
The question was simple: “Do you support any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception?” Donald Trump could've replied, "No." He didn't.
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 5.21.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
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