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☆ Former Trump aide said he and other staffers couldn't imagine Trump marching to the Capitol on January 6 because he'd 'never seen the man walk across a golf course without a golf cart'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some White House staffers heard that Trump wanted to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and laughed it off. Judd Deere told the committee he hadn't seen Trump "walk across a golf course without a golf cart." "I was 100 percent confident that we were not doing an additional movement," Deere told investigators. Deere's testimony suggests that many White House officials were unaware of Trump's plan. "I have heard rumor of that," Deere told investigators, saying he couldn't recall who he had heard it from.

☆ Kellyanne Conway slams GOP senators who didn't stump for Herschel Walker ahead of the Senate runoff: 'Why weren't you in Georgia?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kellyanne Conway last week criticized GOP senators who didn't stump for Republican Herschel Walker. "Where were the other senators to say, 'I want Herschel Walker, not Raphael Warnock in the Senate with me?'" In last month's general election, Warnock edged out Walker 49.4%-48.5% statewide, which triggered a runoff as neither candidate hit the requisite 50% of the vote to declare victory. Warnock on Tuesday won the runoff over Walker 51.4%-48.6%. I don't like it because it's not Election Day, it's election season, election trimester.

☆ Fox News ends Lara Trump's employment following father-in-law Donald Trump's 2024 announcement
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lara Trump, Eric Trump's wife, will no longer be a paid contributor for Fox News, per the Los Angeles Times. The decision was made after former President Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential bid. In a statement provided to Insider, a Fox News spokesperson said: "We appreciate Lara's valuable contributions across FOX News Media programming." The network decided that Lara Trump is directly connected to her father-in-law's campaign, the Los Angeles Times said. There is a precedent for such decisions; Sarah Huckabee Sanders had her paid contributor deal terminated when she announced she was running for governor of Arkansas.

☆ As House Republicans plan an anti-Biden oversight blitz, supporters urge caution: 'Don't get too far ahead of yourselves'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

House Republicans are planning a slew of investigations now that they've reclaimed the majority. Supporters say GOP leaders need to be "deliberative" and "organized" about the promised probes. Matt Mackowiak, a former Senate GOP staffer who is now a Texas-based political consultant, advised House Republicans to focus on what matters most to voters. Rep. Connolly urged Republicans to tread carefully, vowing to "push back against any efforts that we believe are purely political and non-factual." Aides for McCarthy and Jordan did not immediately respond to requests for comment about any GOP calls to tread carefully next year.

☆ Fox News cut away from Trump's rambling presidential announcement speech after 40 minutes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

During his rambling, hourlong speech, Fox News cut away from his live remarks. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyDuring his rambling, hourlong speech on Tuesday, Fox News cut away from Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign announcement after approximately 40 minutes. Fox News briefly returned to Trump's remarks near the one-hour mark of the former president's approximately 67-minute-long speech, then cut away for more analysis by host Laura Ingraham. CNN also aired Trump's long-anticipated announcement live, cutting away after he formally announced his candidacy. MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and CBS opted for regularly-scheduled programming and skipped airing Trump's speech entirely.

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Donald Trump said he would make a third bid for the U.S. presidency, in an announcement that was carried live on Fox News' “Hannity” show Tuesday. Trump received an upbeat response from host Sean Hannity, a longtime supporter who has interviewed the former president on myriad occasions, and guests including Fox contributor Mike Huckabee and “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Pete Hegseth. “He is the preeminent fighter for freedom, for America First, of our generation,” said Hegseth in remarks after Trump’s announcement. The show’s enthusiasm about Trump’s candidacy runs counter to some of the harsher criticism that Fox and other news outlets controlled by Rupert Murdoch have levied against Trump in the days since the midterm elections. On midterm election night, some Fox News analysts singled out Trump for criticism when the "red wave" that was expected to sweep Republican candidates into office amounted to a trickle.

Christopher Gregory/Getty ImagesDonald McGahn, Trump campaign counsel: I was at the top. Trump's 2016 campaign aides said they paid about 50 people, including part-time actors, to appear as supporters for his 2016 campaign announcement. Corey Lewandowski, Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski: I called my wife just as we were getting onto the plane. Stuff that would be from Mars on any other campaign was perfectly normal for the Trump campaign. Mark J. Terrill/AP photo Show less Trump at the Republican National Convention while Cruz speaks on July 20, 2016.

☆ How media outlets covered Trump’s misinformation-laced 2024 announcement
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The big three broadcast networks, to no surprise, ignored Trump and didn’t interrupt normal programming to carry the speech. While MSNBC decided not to take the speech live, Fox News and CNN both aired large portions of Trump’s fairly low-energy and misinformation-peppered announcement. Hannity, whose show hyped Trump’s announcement throughout the event in the chyron, turned to pro-Trump commentators Pete Hegseth and Mike Huckabee for analysis. It’s also worth noting how print and digital outlets covered the speech. Instead, Trump joked he would not “use the term ‘fake news media’” because he wanted to keep the event “elegant.”We’ll see how long that lasts.

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☆ 8 races that made history on Election Day
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Several candidates made history during the 2022 midterms, breaking state and national barriers. Among them are Maura Healey, Wes Moore, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders, at the gubernatorial level. Several candidates made history during Tuesday's midterm elections by winning their respective races and broke barriers on both the state and national levels. States across the country saw voters elect firsts in gender, sexual identity, and also in age brackets. While not all races across the country have been called, here are some of the candidates who have made history so far during the election:

☆ DeSantis dominated the Florida governor's race just days after Trump attacked him, establishing him as the former president's chief rival
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ron DeSantis won Florida by wide margins — a turnaround from four years ago. In contrast, Trump twice won Florida, but his margins in 2020 against President Joe Biden were substantially smaller at 3.4-points. He didn't all-out endorse the governor at the event, instead telling the crowd only to "reelect Ron DeSantis as your governor." During the 2018 gubernatorial run, DeSantis leaned heavily on Trump's endorsement, which helped him win the GOP nomination. DeSantis raised an astounding amount of cash for a gubernatorial race, setting a record with more than $200 million raised through his political action committee, Friends of Ron DeSantis.

☆ DeSantis crushed his opponent in the Florida governor's race just days after Trump attacked him, establishing him as the former president's chief rival
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

☆ Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders faces off against Democrat Chris Jones in Arkansas' gubernatorial election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders is running against Democrat Chris Jones in Arkansas' gubernatorial race. Sanders, a former Trump administration official, is the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Election 2022 Arkansas Results Explore more election results Alaska Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Virginia Washington WisconsinRepublican Sarah Huckabee Sanders faces off against Democrat Chris Jones in Arkansas' gubernatorial election. Arkansas' gubernatorial candidatesSanders is the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Jones, Sanders' opponent, is a nuclear engineer with a Ph.D. in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders ran against Democrat Chris Jones in Arkansas' gubernatorial race. Senate Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Governor Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Statehouse Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders defeated Democrat Chris Jones in Arkansas' gubernatorial election, becoming the state's first elected woman governor.

☆ Here are the states voting on marijuana legalization on Election Day
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A recreational marijuana smoker indulges in smoking weed on April 14, 2020 in the Bushwick section of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota could join 19 other states and the District of Columbia, which have already legalized recreational marijuana. A 6% sales tax on recreational marijuana would go toward facilitating automatic expungements for people with certain non-violent marijuana offenses on their records, veterans' health care, substance misuse treatment and the state's public defender system. North DakotaMarijuana legalization failed to pass in North Dakota when it appeared on ballots in 2018, losing by a margin of 41% to 59%. This election, New Approach North Dakota got a revised proposal back on the ballot.

☆ Get them on social media and keep it authentic, Gen-Z consultants advise candidates
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Irie Sentner | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“The Gen Z electorate can make or break the election in some of our key races,” said Ashley Aylward, 26, a research manager at HIT Strategies, a Washington-based public opinion research firm focusing on youth and minority voters. The firm was started in 2019 “because we were seeing so many political operatives kind of just dismissing the emerging electorate — young people, people of color,” she said. As more of Gen Z reaches voting age, experts have advised candidates to change their strategies to appeal to new voters. Experts said social media — and TikTok specifically — are key in strategizing for the Gen Z vote in the 2022 election. Experts emphasized that Gen Z cares about authenticity and casualness; candidates can “miss the mark” when they “don’t use the language that young people do," Aylward said.

☆ How Diverse Are the Candidates in the Midterm Elections?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Maggie Astor | Eleanor Lutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

The House of RepresentativesThere are at least 403 people of color, women or nonbinary candidates running for seats in the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Incumbent Democrat Republican White men women Black men women Hispanic men women Other and multiple race men womenThere are 11 Senate candidates who are Black this year. Democrat Black candidates Republican Ga. Raphael Warnock Ala. Will Boyd Ark. Incumbent Democrat Republican White men women Black men women Other and multiple race men womenThere are 25 women nominated for governor — 16 Democrats and nine Republicans. Democrat Black candidates Republican Ala. Yolanda Flowers Ark.

Brian Kemp to become the state’s first Black governor — she’d also be the first Black woman in the country’s history to hold a governor seat. In Maryland, Rep. Anthony Brown could be the state’s first Black attorney general if he defeats Republican Michael Peroutka. Smaller historic races include Rep. Karen Bass’ bid to become Los Angeles’ first Black woman mayor. Flowers would be the first Black woman to hold the office in Alabama, and she’s already made history as the first Black woman from either major party to win the nomination for governor. If successful, she would be the first Black woman elected to the chamber in the state’s history.

☆ Florida migrant-moving company gave GOP cash, has ties to DeSantis' immigration 'czar' and Rep. Matt Gaetz
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Vertol is based in the Florida Panhandle city of Destin, in Gaetz’s congressional district, and near Keefe’s home city as well. State and federal campaign finance data show Vertol contributed $2,500 to the North Florida Neighbors super PAC backing Gaetz’s first congressional bid in 2016. After DeSantis was elected, Vertol in 2019 contributed another $10,000 to the Republican Party of Florida, which is ultimately controlled by the governor. And Vertol contributed another $1,000 in June to state Rep. Jay Trumbull Jr.’s state Senate campaign. His father, Jay Trumbull Sr. had been appointed by DeSantis to the Florida Transportation Commission, which oversees the Florida Department of Transportation, the agency in charge of the Vertol contract.

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