Gov. JB Pritzker, here in Des Moines, on behalf of the Biden campaign: โTonight's contest is simply a question of whether you like your MAGA Trump agenda wrapped in the original packaging, or with high heels or lifts in their boots.โ Via
@dcexaminer
.
Iโve spent almost a year covering Biden on the road and Iโve never seen a line this long for one of his events. Here in Detroit, Michigan on primary eve for his rally with Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. Via
@dcexaminer
.
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg makes a cameo at the DNC's Black Caucus meeting. "I'm looking forward to continuing to stand shoulder to shoulder in this effort" of electing the "historic" Biden-Harris ticket, he says.
Joe Biden left an Iowa teacher unimpressed with his canned response to her question about collective bargaining, but what she resented more was how he abruptly seized her hands and clung onto them. Via
@dcexaminer
.
Just a friendly reminder that Biden said this last month: "There's going to be no circumstance where you're going to see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable." Via
@dcexaminer
.
โThe only reason you know who I am is that the liberals have been busy beating me up for every single decision Iโve been making for my people in South Dakota,โ she said. โMy people are happy. They are happy because theyโre free.โ Via
@dcexaminer
.
.
@NikkiHaley
dings
@joebiden
on electric vehicles during her first post-South Carolina in Michigan: โWhat about the fact that maybe we donโt want to drive an electric car? Have you seen how expensive they are?โ Via
@dcexaminer
.
Pete Buttigieg on Biden camp call of Trump and the RNCC: "I've been hearing about this remarkable man who delivered peace to the Middle East, acted swiftly to defeat COVID, and is deeply committed to empowering women. He sounds like a great guy. I hope I'll meet him someday."
.
@TulsiGabbard
gets big cheers in Davenport, Iowa, when she tells the crowd sheโs been critical of the national party for accepting fossil fuel-linked contributions.
Biden National Advisory Board co-chair Jeffery Katzenberg: โRepublicans are spending money on a race for the MAGA base without a single dime going towards the voters who will ultimately decide the general election.โ
Biden campaign spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield responds to Bannon indictment: "Look, no one needed a federal indictment to know that Steve Bannon is a fraud."
Biden after a COVID-19 vaccine briefing: "I trust vaccines, I trust the scientists, but I don't trust Donald Trump. And at this moment, the American people can't either."
SCOOPLET via
@dcexaminer
: DeSantis's name will be on Republican primary ballots in 36 states or territories, now including Wisconsin, Illinois, and Puerto Rico.
Elizabeth Warren during the DNC's Native American Caucus meeting: "With Joe Biden in office, Indian country will not need to worry about that kind of disrespect any longer." She was referring to Trump's relationship with the tribal nations.
โPeople are afraid to put up opposing yard signs because people spreading your message of unity are attacking them," a Republican told
@dcexaminer
of Biden.
"The Biden team is coming out being very aggressive,"
@SimonWDC
said. "If part of the concern about Biden was was he going to have the fight and was he going to take it to the Republicans and to Trump, I think that's been answered."
.
@BernieSanders
is joined by wife
@janeosanders
at
@SEIU
โs
#CADem19
breakfast; predicts the House will pass his national $15 minimum wage bill soon, doesnโt talk about it chances in the Senate.
Dover and surrounding Democrats brave the weather for
@PeteButtigieg
. Biggest cheers so far for the reproductive rights, same-sex marriage, and public education/anti-Betsy DeVos applause lines of his stump speech.
"Attorney General Merrick Garland has led the DOJ to repeatedly pursue power grabs that are appeasing the Leftโs agenda instead of seeking justice and fighting crime,"
@Heritage
's
@JessAnderson2
said. Via
@dcexaminer
.
A logistical nightmare for
@petebuttigieg
in Laconia? The โhouse partyโ was oversubscribed. This is the first โoverflowโ stage. Thereโs also a crowd still milling outside in the heat.
โPeople see him as a stronger, more confident president," one expert told
@dcexaminer
. "When people hear โAmerica First,โ what they hear is that youโre going to protect our interests rather than this โendless warโ junk, which I think is really irrelevant.โ
Former President Barack Obama opens Biden fundraiser with Kamala Harris talking about President Trump: "Although we're in the midst of a big political fight, and we take that very seriously, we also want to extend our best wishes to the president of the United States."
Of Kenosha: "Donald Trump is president right now. All of this is unfolding on his watch. And honestly, after years of his fanning the flames of division and chaos, what did they expect? This president has done nothing to bring Americans together."
Pete Buttigieg on Biden camp call of Trump and the RNCC: "I've been hearing about this remarkable man who delivered peace to the Middle East, acted swiftly to defeat COVID, and is deeply committed to empowering women. He sounds like a great guy. I hope I'll meet him someday."
"Looks like lots of people are going to be surprised that the American people weren't asking for an audit, tax increase, new mail trucks, or to buy their rich neighbor an electric car,"
@HolmesJosh
tweeted. Via
@dcexaminer
.
โIt depends on the state of nature of the vaccine when it comes out and how it's being distributed,โ Biden says during the ABC town hall on whether he supports a vaccine mandate. โWe should be thinking about making a mandate.โ
What was the goal of Sec. Pompeo's address from Israel?
@naomitlim
: "The message of his speech was sort of to lay out how Americans are safer now than they were 4 years ago. He's obviously there to tout the Administration's work in terms of Middle East peace"
The federal governmentโs own lawyers "have spent weeks struggling to construct a legal justification that would stand up in court against the lawsuits that are sure to be filed,"
@jennybethm
told
@dcexaminer
.
.
@POTUS
says flying in and out of Delaware near the Major Joseph R. โBeauโ Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center leaves him with โa lump in his throat.โ
.
@BetoORourke
is first up at the Black Economic Alliance Presidential Forum here in Charleston, SC; coincides with the release a his half-a-trillion-dollar plan to boost minority- and women-run businesses.
.
@BetoORourke
steps out from behind the podium at
@SEIU
โs
#CADem19
breakfast; toggles between English and Spanish as he reiterates the need to not only fight, but win.
Biden's awkward attempt to pivot to the coronavirus only amplified his mishandling of the United States's withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. Via
@dcexaminer
.
"The reason why we have the Strategic [Petroleum] Reserve is if we have a war, if we have an oil embargo," Rubio also said. "It doesn't exist to bail you out during midterm elections, which is how [Biden's] using it." Via
@dcexaminer
.
"By picking Kamala Harris, Joe Biden gave reason to believe it is his intention to allow the left-most elements of the Democratic Party to have heavy influence on the rest of his administration," a Republican told
@dcexaminer
.
.
@RonDeSantisFL
arrives at the Shul of Bal Harbour to talk about education and Israel. โAre you glad to live in the free state of Florida?โ he asked the crowd.
While Trump has already notched up two multistate days in the week since Labor Day, Biden's team sent pool reporters home three times before 10:30 a.m. EDT. Via
@dcexaminer
.
Scenes outside Miamiโs federal courthouse before Trumpโs second arrest and arraignment, this time for his classified documents case. Via
@dcexaminer
.
Democrats need to gain three to four Senate seats for a majority. But the Michigan and Minnesota races haven't earned the national attention of some of their counterparts across the country. Via
@dcexaminer
.
With late state-based polls muddying the political landscape two days before the Nov. 3 contest, it's no wonder Democrats are worried Trump may still win a second term. Via
@dcexaminer
.
Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, in her first reelection bid, isn't the only Muslim refugee running in her Minneapolis district. Via
@dcexaminer
.
@dcexaminer
โIn 2016, Hillary Clinton lost the Electoral College but won young voters by 19 [percentage] points,โ
@Suffolk_U
's
@davidpaleologos
said. โInย 2020, Joe Biden won young voters by 24 points. In todayโs polling, if the polls are right, Biden trails among young voters.โ
"He is proposing a small, temporary gas tax holiday not because he believes in it but because his approval ratings have plunged into the basement and he needs to change the narrative," one Republican told
@dcexaminer
of Biden.
.
@jimmyfallon
recounts the last time he was at the
@WhiteHouse
: a summer event for which he wore โan eight-piece suit.โ Says
@BarackObama
told him: โJimmy, didn't you get the memo? It's a barbecue.โ
"His plan will immediately cost trillions while fundamentally changing American society in ways that will permanently expand the government's footprint on our lives," Heritage Action Executive Director Jessica Anderson told
@dcexaminer
.
It's the latest misstep in what's becoming an awkward dance between the pair as the administration tries to marry, divorce, and explain away the mixed messages being broadcast by its two most public voices. Via
@dcexaminer
.
SCOOPLET: Rep. Tom Rice, a fifth-term South Carolina Republican who supported former President Donald Trump's second impeachment, trails his Trump-endorsed challenger in a new internal poll. Via
@dcexaminer
.
Biden could lose his sway with suburban white women if he doesnโt balance his racial justice push with an understanding of the pull of the public safety talking points. Via
@dcexaminer
.
SCOOPLET via
@dcexaminer
: Republican presidential candidates, with the exception of Trump, will present a united front with Israel -- and each other -- before the third primary debate.
"I don't know of any other country that openly sells ambassadorships in return for campaign contributions," a former ambassador told
@dcexaminer
. "And it's a thinly veiled form of corruption that all administrations have been engaged in."
Each delegate is wearing a โsafety fobโ โ an electronic tracker that will help trace attendees who come in contact with someone later found to be infected with COVID-19. Via
@dcexaminer
.
By upping the stakes, Ellison may have set the stage for more disappointment, frustration, and rage, with local and national political ramifications. Via
@dcexaminer
.
โWhatโs up, Tarrant County?โ -
@KamalaHarris
. Tarrant County -which covers Fort Worth, Texas - went blue for
@BetoORourke
in 2018 after being reliably red for years.
@dcexaminer
Biden did take two questions this week from NBC Today weathercaster Al Roker before the White House Easter Egg Roll. But his last interview with a print publication was with the Associated Press last summer.
Ron DeSantis's stand-alone debate against Charlie Crist could be good practice for the possible 2024 presidential contender before the Republican primary begins in earnest after next month's midterm election.
Via
@dcexaminer
.
.
@MichaelBennet
recounts the โAccidental Senatorโ chapter of his book; laments the erosion of the advise and consent responsibility of the chamber &
@senatemajldr
โs role in electing
@realDonaldTrump
.
"They just swallowed the climate change, green, environmental storyline hook, line, and sinker, and the progressive Left now owns this White House,"
@mikepompeo
told
@dcexaminer
.
"It would behoove Sen. Harris to do the least amount of questioning that she can do in this case because she should not and does not want to appear to be political," one Democrat told
@dcexaminer
.
What a day. "If he continues to obstruct Congress and flout the law, Donald Trump will leave the Congress with no choice but to initiate impeachment. That would be a tragedy, but a tragedy of his own making," Biden said. Updated for
@dcexaminer
.
"As commander in chief, you cannot start pumping billions of dollars into the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and claim that will be beneficial to America's national security interest." Via
@dcexaminer
.
At the same time, Democrats disagree over how to refer to Latinos and Hispanics, with backlash over the White House and Democratic National Committee embracing the term "Latinx." Via
@dcexaminer
.
Rep. Chip Roy criticising Haley for her โcorrectโ comment to murmurings in the crowd, going on to attack her for her immigration and foreign policies. โYou don't say that and say that New Hampshire needs to correct Iowa unless you plan to get a cheap joke out of the campaign
โIf there are additional riots ... and the response by the local and state government is deemed feckless and enabling, President Trump may be able to seize upon this opportunity and create a Minnesota miracle for his party," one local told
@dcexaminer
.