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CNN commentator Van Jones criticized politicians on Trump's former VP shortlist on Monday for dodging questions about whether they would accept the results of the 2024 election. Multiple candidates thought to be finalists for Trump’s presidential ticket, like Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), and Rep. Elise Stefanik…
Van Jones from CNN expressed concern about new polls showing that former President Trump is ahead of President Biden in five out of six important states, and he believes it should make the Democrats pay attention. The New York Times poll published Monday found Trump with a slight lead in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and with significant leads in…
Only 5 percent of registered voters say the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 or former President Trump's alleged election subversion efforts are their most prominent memory from his time in the White House, according to an analysis of a survey released Monday. Pollsters for The New York Times and Siena College asked…
Most Americans say democracy is important to the United States’s identity, but that the nation’s democratic system is not functioning well, according to a new poll. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found 76 percent of Americans said “a democratically elected government” is extremely or very important to the country’s identity. Only…
Former President Trump shared articles critical of Judge Juan Merchan and his family on Wednesday, appearing to test the bounds of the gag order placed on Trump in his New York hush money case. Merchan expanded the gag order Monday to prevent Trump from discussing his family, after the former president made comments critical of…
Republican strategist Karl Rove urged Democrats to “go hard” at former President Trump’s rhetoric surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, calling the former president’s pledge to free imprisoned rioters a “critical mistake.” “If they were smart, they’d take the Jan. 6 and go hard at it. And they would say, ‘He wants…
Former President Trump advised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resolve the conflict in Gaza quickly and “get back to normalcy,” warning that Israel was doing poorly in the public relations battle with its war against Hamas. Trump called into conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt’s show Thursday morning, where he was…
An effort to alter Nebraska to a “winner-take-all” Electoral College system failed a crucial procedural vote late Wednesday, despite endorsement by former President Trump, Gov. Jim Pillen (R-Neb.) and Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.). Changing Nebraska’s Electoral College vote distribution in the Republican-dominated state would bring it in line with much of the rest of the country…
Former President Trump narrowly beat President Biden in a new national poll by only 1 point. The Emerson College survey, released Thursday, found that 46 percent of voters support the former president, compared to Biden’s 45 percent. Roughly 8 percent of respondents said they were undecided ahead of the November’s general election. Trump’s razor-thin lead is…
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