Новости за 23.08.2020

A Wall Street Journal report details the heavy-lift President Donald Trump’s campaign has in trying to get white working-class voters who support Trump but didn’t vote in 2016 to the polls this November. While Trump doubles-down on his supporters, who lack diversity, he also struggles to get low propensity voters to show up for him. […]

In a column for the Washington Post, conservative commentator Jennifer Rubin said, should Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden win in November, he should commit to having his Justice Department look into any Donald Trump appointee who has been accused of committing perjury during the past four years. According to the never-Trumper, the first thing the […]

President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at two of his favorite news networks after national polls showed him trailing Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “Actually, I think I’m leading in the polls,” the president wrote, directing a tweet to conservative outlets Fox News and OAN. Actually, I think I’m leading in the Polls! @FoxNews @OANN […]

Workers in Donald  Trump’s campaign are being forced to assure Republican voters that it is okay to vote by mail because the president is making them afraid that their vote won’t count. According to CNN, “While President Donald Trump continues to attack mail-in voting, the massive political machine trying to get him reelected is working […]

During a panel discussion on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” conservative commentator, Amanda Carpenter warned the major cable networks to not air every moment of the Republican National Convention if the president begins lying about life and death matters. According to the Republican who once wrote speeches for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the president should be fact-checked […]

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway insisted over the weekend that President Donald Trump’s poor poll numbers do not reflect the support of “hidden” voters. Conway made the remarks while speaking to TV host Greta Van Susteren. “I don’t want anyone to interfere in our election,” the president’s adviser said when asked about Russian election interference. […]

A Republican voter explained to RNC spokesperson Elizabeth Harrington on Sunday why she no longer supports President Donald Trump because of his response to COVID-19. During an appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal program, a woman from Texas named Rosie admitted that she had voted for Trump in 2016. “I feel right now that this young […]

Former Republican National Committee head Michael Steele went off on supporters of Donald Trump on Sunday morning, saying they are “stupid” for continuing to stand by him after three and a half years. Sitting in on a panel with MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, the normally staid Steele was asked about the upcoming Republican National Convention […]

Appearing on CNN on Sunday Morning, White House adviser Jared Kushner was pulled up short by host Fareed Zakaria when he attempted to dismiss voluminous reports concluding massive voter fraud is a myth with an anecdote about a friend in New Jersey who received two ballots in the mail. Noting the Trump administration’s complaints that […]

Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Republicans will regret backing Donald Trump for over three years, telling host Jake Tapper the GOP lawmakers have “major doggy doo on their shoes.” Addressing attempts by Republicans — led by Trump — to suppress voting in November, the Democrat said […]

Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller noted on Sunday that President Donald Trump employs a number of “solid people” who have not been arrested or convicted during his presidency. While appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd questioned Miller about the arrest of former Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon, who has been accused of […]

Fox News host Chris Wallace confronted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday over President Donald Trump’s praise of “hate group” QAnon. During an interview on FOX News Sunday, Wallace noted that Trump was recently asked about the group at a White House press conference. “The president was asked this week about QAnon, […]

In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, acting Department of Homeland Security head Chad Wolf repeatedly refused to say if he has discussed Russian election meddling with Donald Trump. With the “State of the Union” host sharing a clip of former DHS Chief of Staff Miles Taylor stating Russia was off-limits when speaking with the […]

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday sought to smear the President Donald Trump’s sister, retired federal Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, after she was heard on audio calling him a liar. “His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God,” Barry can be heard saying in audio recorded by the president’s niece. “It’s the […]

CHICAGO — Hours before the University of Notre Dame suspended in-person classes to quell a growing COVID-19 outbreak among students, Clay Goldman walked into a campus testing center that didn’t have enough chairs for everyone awaiting results.Goldman, a first-year law student, went to the center inside Notre Dame’s famed football stadium Tuesday afternoon because three […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The weekend before the start of Monday’s Republican National Convention in Charlotte opened Friday night on an unsettling note, as demonstrators skirmished with police and officers reportedly made multiple arrests.The turnout in uptown Friday night was small compared to the outpouring of marchers who flooded into uptown following the Minneapolis police killing […]

PHILADELPHIA — Standing in Philadelphia before an image of the Constitution, former President Barack Obama, known for his even temperament, laid out a dramatic argument: The survival of the democracy founded here depends on the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.“I want to talk as plainly as I can about the stakes in this election,” […]

Donald Trump loves recounting how everyone told him he wouldn’t win in 2016, but he now has his work cut out to prove the doubters wrong a second time on November 3. Pollsters are more wary than four years ago, not least because this time the variables are off the chart. Election season got into […]

Robert Pattinson showcased “The Batman” footage and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hyped up his new anti-hero movie “Black Adam” as Hollywood A-listers and their comic-book alter-egos hosted a sprawling online event Saturday. The virtual “DC FanDome” from Warner Bros comes after real-world extravaganzas beloved by comic-book fans — such as Comic-Con — were canceled this […]

Video app TikTok said Saturday it will challenge in court a Trump administration crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned platform, which Washington accuses of being a national security threat. As tensions soar between the world’s two biggest economies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 6 giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business […]

President Donald Trump on Sunday sought to suppress the use of election drop boxes after complaining that the states — not the federal government — “controls” them. “So now the Democrats are using Mail Drop Boxes, which are a voter security disaster,” Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday morning. “Among other things, they make it possible […]

South Korea ramped up coronavirus restrictions on Sunday to try to contain a growing outbreak, as many countries around the world battled worrying surges in infections. The pandemic has killed more than 800,000 people globally, and continues to unleash destruction with areas such as Western Europe detecting spikes in infections not seen for many months. […]

London’s famous Tower Bridge remained closed to traffic on Sunday after its two middle sections, which lift to allow tall ships to pass along the Thames river, became stuck open.”Tower Bridge remains open to pedestrians only at present,” tweeted the Corporation of London, which owns the bridge.The bridge’s visitor attractions, including a high-level walkway, remained […]

According to a report at the Daily Beast, Donald Trump has added the American public’s desire to legalize marijuana to the list of topics that could cripple his chances at re-election. At issue are states that are crucial to his electoral hopes including initiatives to allow recreational use of weed on the ballot — which […]

It has been declared illegal, inappropriate, vague and not his job, but there was Donald Trump again this week promising to send an army of armed sheriffs, off-duty police, attorneys general to loom over physical voting – a hedge, he said, against the voter fraud he can never show. What? Until now, Trump’s been decrying the widespread […]