Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) broke her silence on love affair with married Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), confirming that they are “happily engaged in a relationship,” the Daily Mail reports.
Trump Again Insists He’ll Win Minnesota
“Donald Trump has fixated on the idea he can expand the map in a general election that’s likely to be decided in six swing states. He has touted his rally attendance in New Jersey as evidence that he could flip the deep-blue stronghold. And he has mused about winning Virginia,” Politico reports.
“But it’s Minnesota, of all places, where Trump has been obsessed for years with leveling the Democratic Blue Wall, and where Trump has zeroed in on flipping the Upper Midwestern state. He nearly won there in 2016, coming within 2 points of Hillary Clinton, the closest of any GOP nominee since Richard Nixon.”
LGBTQ+ Identification Is Now at 7.6%
Gallup: “LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to grow, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual.”
“The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.”
AIPAC Ads Mostly Don’t Mention Israel
“The most prominent pro-Israel group in American politics has promised to pour tens of millions of dollars into this year’s elections. But it’s mostly not talking about Israel,” Politico reports.
“The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has entered several congressional races so far, attacking some candidates and boosting their own. But the topic of Israel has come up only minimally, in a handful of Republican races. And the group hasn’t talked about Israel in Democratic primaries at all.”
A Few Thoughts for the End of the Week
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First Supplies Enter Gaza Through Pier Built by U.S.
“Trucks of humanitarian aid began moving ashore into Gaza early Friday through a temporary pier built by the U.S. military, the first supplies of aid to be sent into the enclave by sea in two months, but well short of what humanitarian groups say is needed to meet the staggering levels of hunger and deprivation in Gaza,” the New York Times reports.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Builds a MAGA Paradise
Politico: “Sanders sees the concerns of Arkansans as the same as America’s, and her actions delight many Arkansans.”
“Yet there are rumblings — angry educators, cowed Republicans, a falling approval rating, the sense that Sanders is auditioning for a bigger role. During my reporting, it was hard not to notice that, less than two years into Sanders’ tenure, her governorship had disappointed some people closer to home. Arkansans who voted for her. Independents. An old guard of Republicans. Even former allies of her dad.”
Biden’s Major Debate Demand Was No Crowd
“When Donald Trump took the stage at a CNN town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, one year ago, a crowd of his supporters roared and jeered all through the event, overwhelming the moderator and effectively taking control of the event,” Politico reports.
“President Joe Biden’s advisers noticed.”
“They resolved in private that if Biden ever faced Trump on a debate stage, there would be no one in the peanut gallery.”
‘Donald, Why Won’t You Testify?’
Third Way is out with a new ad highlighting Donald Trump’s previous comments about defendants who don’t testify in their own defense.
Playbook: “The ad, titled ‘Coward,’ is launching today in Palm Beach, Florida (home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago), Dallas, Texas (where Trump is set to headline the NRA convention this weekend) and New York City.”
House GOP Slow Walks January 6 Plaque
“House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Thursday faulted Republicans for a delay in installing a plaque commemorating the officers who protected the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot,” Politico reports.
Said Jeffries: “It simply awaits a decision by the Republican majority to have an appropriate ceremony of recognition and have it placed in a location of honor here.”
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Trump Excused from Court to Attend Barron’s Graduation
“Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial is off today at Trump’s request so he can attend his son Barron Trump’s high school graduation,” USA Today reports.
Associated Press: Trump will campaign in Minnesota after attending his son Barron’s graduation.
What Trump Can and Can’t Do on Day One
NPR: “On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has made many promises about what he’d do on his first day in office, should he win again. Some are more realistic than others.”
J.D. Vance Hits Back at Mitt Romney
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) made it clear Thursday that he didn’t appreciate Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) criticizing his appearance at former President Trump’s trial as “embarrassing” and advised his colleague from Utah to focus more on his legislative work than passing judgment on fellow Republican senators, The Hill reports.
Said Vance: “Mitt Romney of all people is probably the least equipped to criticize how people have conducted themselves vis-a-vis Donald Trump,”
He added: “He attacked him and then he begged him for a job, and then he attacked them again and begged him for endorsement.”
Trump Allies Plan Immigration Crackdown
“Donald Trump’s allies are drawing up detailed proposals to implement the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s plans for an unprecedented immigration crackdown, including an effort that would deport asylum seekers to other countries,“ the Wall Street Journal reports.
“A cadre of former Trump administration officials, Trump supporters and conservative immigration wonks are writing executive orders, policy memos and other documents in a bid to transform campaign rhetoric into policy. The goal, the people said, is to be ready on the first day of a Trump presidency to stem the flow of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, unwind President Biden’s immigration agenda and lay the groundwork for what the former president has said would be the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.”
Biden’s Urgent Push to Win Black Voters Starts Now
“President Biden is courting Black voters this weekend in a flurry of high-profile events, in a bid to reclaim support among a once-reliable voting bloc now showing a lack of enthusiasm,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The marquee event is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the prestigious, all-male historically Black college and the alma mater of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday. After his speech at Morehouse, the president is flying to Detroit to speak at a large NAACP chapter dinner there.”
CNN: Biden makes fresh appeals to Black voters, hoping they can return him to the White House.
The Race to Succeed Gavin Newsom
“The contest to succeed Gavin Newsom in the nation’s biggest, bluest state is already turning bitter. And it’s still more than two years away,” Politico reports.
“California’s gubernatorial sweepstakes are well underway in a stampede for early blessings from powerful insiders, scheming among the growing field of contenders and hushed conversations with major donors.”
“The tortuous path to 2026 — when Newsom’s term ends — started last year and is among the longest-running electoral battles in America given the immense challenge of nurturing a statewide profile. It’s also a revealing snapshot of California in the 21st century: Candidates are engaged in a race to the left where all of the competition is in the Democratic Party, no political giants are lying in wait and none of the candidates have more than a regional base of support.”
McConnell Hits GOP Over Rightward Drift in Foreign Policy
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell opened a new front in his battle to shape the Trump-era GOP this week when he torched Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and called out Republicans who have sought to boost the far-right strongman,” Punchbowl News reports.
“Fresh off his victory on Ukraine aid, McConnell is making clear he isn’t finished trying to blunt what he sees as a dangerous foreign policy doctrine taking hold in the Republican Party under Donald Trump.”
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