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☆ Trump faithfuls Roger Stone and Mike Lindell were at his 2024 announcement, but very few members of Congress made an appearance
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Friends and family close to former President Donald Trump were present for his 2024 announcement. Also absent were three of Trump's children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Tiffany Trump. Trump loyalists in attendance included his former adviser Roger Stone and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. Also in attendance were Trump family members Barron Trump, Eric Trump and his wife Lara, and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who were all seen walking into the event together. Eric Trump, Lara Trump, Jared Kushner, and Barron Trump enter Mar-a-Lago where Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign on November 15, 2022.
☆ Don Jr. missed Trump's 2024 campaign launch because he was hunting and couldn't get a flight, report says
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Former President Donald Trump launched his 2024 bid at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night. His eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was notably absent despite being a major supporter. Former President Donald Trump formally launched his 2024 bid for the Republican nomination at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday evening. Don Jr. tweeted clips of his father's campaign announcement on Tuesday evening, and his fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, was at the launch party in Mar-a-Lago. Kushner did attend the presidential campaign launch on Tuesday night.
☆ Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is trailing with most votes counted in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Rep. Lauren Boebert, an outspoken right-wing freshman lawmaker, is in a tight battle for reelection. Democrat Adam Frisch is facing off against her in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. Boebert's been a thorn in the Democratic Party's side while in office. Voters elected Boebert into office in 2020, and the representative from Rifle, Colorado, has used her position to be a thorn in the Democratic Party's side. Since taking public office, she's denied the 2020 presidential election results, interrupted President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech, and denigrated a Democratic member of Congress over their religion.
☆ 25-year-old Maxwell Frost will be the first Gen Z member of Congress
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Progressive activist Maxwell Alejandro Frost, 25, will officially become the first Gen Z member of Congress after winning his race to represent Florida's 10th Congressional District. "Central Florida, my name is Maxwell Alejandro Frost, and I'm going to be the first Generation Z member of the United States Congress!" He quit his previous job in order to run for Congress and drove for Uber to pay rent while on the campaign trail. He's passionate about gun reform, often referring to Gen Z as the "school shooter generation." The 2022 midterms were the first time members of Gen Z could run for Congress, which Pew Research Center defines as people born between 1997 and 2012.
☆ Stroke survivors speak out about John Fetterman's debate struggles
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Benjamin Ryan | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +8 min
For stroke survivors interviewed by NBC News, the test Fetterman faced was not just political, but deeply personal. Sheth differentiated between the intellectual and cognitive capacities of stroke survivors and their ability to process language and communicate. Some stroke survivors said that just as people with learning disabilities are given extra time on standardized tests, the debate rules should have allotted Fetterman longer periods to speak. Accordingly, some stroke survivors said that at the end of the hourlong debate, Fetterman seemed worn out. Others said they hoped that the attention focused on Fetterman’s recovery might inspire greater empathy and understanding of what stroke survivors go through.
☆ How obscure government documents foreshadowed divorce for Kanye West, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Madison Cawthorn
  + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, for one, puts her marriage first among her qualifications for elected office. "Marjorie Taylor Greene is a conservative wife, mother of three, a successful business woman and job creator. (Marjorie Taylor Greene, too, has sometimes herself invested in companies that clash with her social sensibilities.) Months later, Cawthorn would reveal in his annual personal financial disclosure that he and Bayardelle, despite their splashy nuptials, had never pooled their finances or jointly owned reportable assets. From billionaire to billionaire, Michael Bloomberg could teach Kanye West a lesson about how to hide one's personal finances when running for president.
☆ These 5 former House candidates might've been the next AOC, but entrenched politicians blocked their path
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +17 min
Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam competed in this year's Democratic primary for North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. And we need to have an infrastructure like that on the Democratic Party side. Former House candidate John Isemann faced ex-state lawmaker Tom Kean Jr. in the Republican primary for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. Jay Nixon and also worked for the Missouri Democratic Party — decided to jump into the race himself. "We talk about the Democratic Party being a big-tent party," she said.
☆ Some of Congress' youngest members have famously flamed out. Can a candidate be too young to serve?
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +16 min
More youthful representation would better serve the country, young members of Congress say. But members of Congress, political scientists, and strategists generally don't blame age for these downfalls — leaders both young and old are prone to controversy. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made history in 2019 as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, at 29. "I was always accustomed to being the youngest," Schatz told Insider at the Capitol. The nation needs "more principled members of Congress," Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, 35, told Insider, adding: "It doesn't matter their age."
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