The leaders of the Venezuelan military reaffirmed their support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro amid a contested election that has split the country’s military.

The Venezuelan election results had Maduro winning, results Democratic Unitary Platform candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia denounced as fraudulent, claiming victory as well. Mass protests broke out in the aftermath, leading to violence. The clashes with police have brought into question the loyalties of the military, with some videos published on social media showing military units sympathizing with or even defecting to protesters.

On Tuesday, the military high command reaffirmed its loyalty to Maduro, putting the military establishment firmly behind the incumbent president.

“We reaffirm the most absolute loyalty and unconditional support to Nicolas Maduro Moros, Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Our Commander in Chief, legitimately reelected by the People’s Power,” Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in an address.

Lopez said there was a coup attempt against Maduro and that the military would move to “defeat” it.

“There is a coup in progress, so President Nicolás Maduro has stepped up to stop it again and with him the people who elected him president, all the institutions, the Bolivarian armed forces, and the democratic institutions,” he continued.

At the same time, videos emerged on social media showing soldiers interacting in a friendly manner with protesters, contrary to orders.

“If you can’t maintain order and peace, then I will have to take action myself to defend them,” a soldier told a group of protesters.

“With all due respect to the soldiers, the idea is not for the military to fight against its own people,” one of the protesters responded.

“If you respect us, we’ll respect you,” the soldier said.

Two separate videos appeared to show riot police mingling with protesters to cheers.

One video showed soldiers greeting and shaking hands with protesters to cheers.

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Most videos surfacing on social media show police, military, and pro-government paramilitaries fighting with protesters.

Maduro himself blamed the United States for the unrest, saying the “system that killed John F. Kennedy and attempted to kill Donald Trump is trying to sow civil strife in Venezuela.”

Ailin Vilches contributed to this report.

2024-07-30 22:12:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2F3105006%2Fvenezuelan-military-throws-support-behind-maduro-loyalty-questioned%2F?w=600&h=450, The leaders of the Venezuelan military reaffirmed their support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro amid a contested election that has split the country’s military. The Venezuelan election results had Maduro winning, results Democratic Unitary Platform candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia denounced as fraudulent, claiming victory as well. Mass protests broke out in the aftermath, leading to,

The leaders of the Venezuelan military reaffirmed their support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro amid a contested election that has split the country’s military.

The Venezuelan election results had Maduro winning, results Democratic Unitary Platform candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia denounced as fraudulent, claiming victory as well. Mass protests broke out in the aftermath, leading to violence. The clashes with police have brought into question the loyalties of the military, with some videos published on social media showing military units sympathizing with or even defecting to protesters.

On Tuesday, the military high command reaffirmed its loyalty to Maduro, putting the military establishment firmly behind the incumbent president.

“We reaffirm the most absolute loyalty and unconditional support to Nicolas Maduro Moros, Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Our Commander in Chief, legitimately reelected by the People’s Power,” Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in an address.

Lopez said there was a coup attempt against Maduro and that the military would move to “defeat” it.

“There is a coup in progress, so President Nicolás Maduro has stepped up to stop it again and with him the people who elected him president, all the institutions, the Bolivarian armed forces, and the democratic institutions,” he continued.

At the same time, videos emerged on social media showing soldiers interacting in a friendly manner with protesters, contrary to orders.

“If you can’t maintain order and peace, then I will have to take action myself to defend them,” a soldier told a group of protesters.

“With all due respect to the soldiers, the idea is not for the military to fight against its own people,” one of the protesters responded.

“If you respect us, we’ll respect you,” the soldier said.

Two separate videos appeared to show riot police mingling with protesters to cheers.

One video showed soldiers greeting and shaking hands with protesters to cheers.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Most videos surfacing on social media show police, military, and pro-government paramilitaries fighting with protesters.

Maduro himself blamed the United States for the unrest, saying the “system that killed John F. Kennedy and attempted to kill Donald Trump is trying to sow civil strife in Venezuela.”

Ailin Vilches contributed to this report.

, The leaders of the Venezuelan military reaffirmed their support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro amid a contested election that has split the country’s military. The Venezuelan election results had Maduro winning, results Democratic Unitary Platform candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia denounced as fraudulent, claiming victory as well. Mass protests broke out in the aftermath, leading to violence. The clashes with police have brought into question the loyalties of the military, with some videos published on social media showing military units sympathizing with or even defecting to protesters. Military personnel wait for their turn to vote in the presidential elections at Fort Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) On Tuesday, the military high command reaffirmed its loyalty to Maduro, putting the military establishment firmly behind the incumbent president. “We reaffirm the most absolute loyalty and unconditional support to Nicolas Maduro Moros, Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Our Commander in Chief, legitimately reelected by the People’s Power,” Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in an address. Lopez said there was a coup attempt against Maduro and that the military would move to “defeat” it. “There is a coup in progress, so President Nicolás Maduro has stepped up to stop it again and with him the people who elected him president, all the institutions, the Bolivarian armed forces, and the democratic institutions,” he continued. At the same time, videos emerged on social media showing soldiers interacting in a friendly manner with protesters, contrary to orders. “If you can’t maintain order and peace, then I will have to take action myself to defend them,” a soldier told a group of protesters. “With all due respect to the soldiers, the idea is not for the military to fight against its own people,” one of the protesters responded. “If you respect us, we’ll respect you,” the soldier said. | Militares venezolanos se retiran a petición popular. pic.twitter.com/TZkB6rniBw — ʜᴇʀQʟᴇs (@herqles_es) July 29, 2024 Two separate videos appeared to show riot police mingling with protesters to cheers. | URGENTE: En Barcelona estado Anzoátegui Venezuela, los guardias nacionales y la Policía del Estado entregan sus armas y escudos a los manifestantes y se unen a ellos. El estamento militar y policial está despertando y rechazando a Maduro. ¡Si esto sigue así Maduro cae! pic.twitter.com/yCgUxTYcTX — Eduardo Menoni (@eduardomenoni) July 30, 2024 A military unit has joined the protestors in Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/6TnId4BxgW — Agorist Nexus (@AgoristN) July 30, 2024 One video showed soldiers greeting and shaking hands with protesters to cheers. Venezuelan military are now greeting the protestors It’s obvious whose side they are on! FREEDOM is inevitable for the people of Venezuela pic.twitter.com/lX9xPWDpbL — The Pleb Reporter (@truckdriverpleb) July 30, 2024 CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Most videos surfacing on social media show police, military, and pro-government paramilitaries fighting with protesters. Military units have fired on & killed protestors in Venezuela . Once a dictatorship fires on its own people, the chances of protestors simply going home diminishes greatly. Now there’s a demand for vengeance.#Venezuela #VenezuelaLibre #VezezuelaLibreCarajo pic.twitter.com/jgko1JfCHq — Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) July 30, 2024 Maduro himself blamed the United States for the unrest, saying the “system that killed John F. Kennedy and attempted to kill Donald Trump is trying to sow civil strife in Venezuela.” MADURO: The same system that killed John F. Kennedy and attempted to kill Donald Trump is trying to sow civil strife in Venezuela Press conference with full security council (ONGOING) pic.twitter.com/T0ou5b7sM7 — COMBATE | (@upholdreality) July 30, 2024 Ailin Vilches contributed to this report., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Venezuela-military.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 spent most of the first year of its existence in relative obscurity, known primarily by policy wonks.

This suddenly changed shortly after the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, after which Project 2025 became synonymous with an alleged dystopian blueprint for a Trump presidency. It has since been featured in nearly every campaign speech by Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Recently, fears over the effort were featured in Harris’s campaign speech at a Thursday speech in Houston.

“And you, I’m sure, have seen their agenda, Project 2025,” Harris said to boos from the crowd. “Can you believe they put this thing in writing? Nine hundred pages in writing.”

“So Project 2025 is a plan to return America to a dark past,” she continued. “Donald Trump and his extreme allies want to take our nation back to failed economic policies, back to union busting, back to tax breaks for billionaires. Donald Trump and his allies want to cut Medicare and Social Security, to stop student loan forgiveness for teachers and other public servants.”

Project 2025 is not a new or novel concept — the Heritage Foundation has produced a list of policy suggestions for every Republican president or presidential candidate, starting with Ronald Reagan. Though the project itself encompasses a variety of things, including education and preparing personnel for a presidential transition, most critics focus on the book it produced — “Mandate for Leadership – the Conservative Promise.”

The Washington Examiner spoke with one of the co-editors of the book, Steven Groves, to discuss the backlash to the project. He encouraged everyone to follow Biden’s oft-repeated advice — to go read the 900-page document.

“Well, the part that everyone’s been talking about, and the Left has been lying about, is our book, very forward. The book is available online. Every word of it can be downloaded for free,” he said. “Every recommendation that Project 2025 has ever made on any topic is right there in those 900 pages. There’s plenty of conservative things in there that the Left and Biden and Harris criticized, but they’ve decided to go a different route, which is to lie.” 

“Their interest is not in taking on a conservative think tank project,” he continued. “Their interest is in lying about that project and then attributing extreme policies to their political opponent, in this case, President Trump. So that’s why you saw a spike in activity about the book after the debacle of a debate.”

Steve pointed out that the book was published in April 2023, with work beginning long before any candidate declared their candidacy. It even received largely neutral, if limited, media coverage prior to the debate. 

“It wasn’t until it was crystal clear to everyone that Biden was going to lose and lose big that the Left, Biden, and Kamala decided to make a target out of the project, and then, by lying about it… try to tie it to President Trump,” Groves said. “President Trump doesn’t have anything to do with this project.”

Nearly all the criticisms from the Democrats, he argued, were created “out of thin air.”

Groves pointed to one viral graphic that gained widespread traction when shared by actor Mark Hamill. 

The graphic includes a list of the supposed agenda of Project 2025, including a complete abortion ban, banning contraceptives, ending no-fault divorce, eliminating labor protections, raising taxes on the working class, cutting Social Security and Medicare, condemning single mothers, banning gay marriage, raising prescription drug prices, ban books and curriculum about slavery, and ending civil rights protections in government.

Of the 31 items listed, Project 2025 said only five were true or partially true — eliminating the Department of Education, using taxpayer money for religious schools, increasing Arctic drilling, deregulating big businesses and big oil, and expediting capital punishment. The rest of the items were labeled false, mostly false, or misleading.

“It’s easy enough to go to our book that’s online,” Steve said. “Do Control F… if you want to put in Control F: abortion; Control F: marriage, you can find everything that we’ve written about those topics.”

Despite the repeated denials, Democrats remain adamant that Project 2025 both includes radical policy proposals and is intricately linked with Trump.

“Trump is so desperate to distance himself from Project 2025 as the American people are grappling with the terrifying truth about his second term agenda that he and his team overhauled the Republican platform process to keep the public and the press in the dark, all caps-ed 20 bullet points behind closed doors, and blasted it out to divert attention from his real plans: a national abortion ban, handouts for his billionaire donors on the backs of middle-class Americans, cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and to be a dictator on ‘day one,’” DNC National press secretary Emilia Rowland said in a statement earlier this month.

Project 2025 also doesn’t serve as a manifesto, often including contradictory policy proposals, with different authors putting forward their beliefs. For the book, the Heritage Foundation “cast a wide net,” with about two-thirds of contributing authors not being a part of the organization.

“Within many of the chapters you’ll see, let’s call them minority views, because there wasn’t just the author for most of the chapters — the author had teams of 10, 20, 30 people also contributing,” Groves said. “And so the views of the chapter don’t always reflect that of the … single author of that chapter. And so you’ll find some … majority and minority views within some of the chapters … the Department of Labor comes to mind. But then there were some issues that really kind of split where conservatives are.”

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Though Project 2025 now spends most of its time deflecting criticism, Groves said that they’re sticking “to their guns,” and urged Republicans to disregard Democratic criticisms.

“We’re all on the same team,” he said. “Don’t listen to the Left’s lies about Project 2025, don’t listen to Biden and [Harris’s] lies about Project 2025. If the Left and [Harris] are lying about it, then you have to realize that we’re over the target. We all have the same goals, which is to support the next conservative president.”

2024-07-29 11:00:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2F3101296%2Ffear-over-project-2025-created-out-of-thin-air-editor-argues%2F?w=600&h=450, The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 spent most of the first year of its existence in relative obscurity, known primarily by policy wonks. This suddenly changed shortly after the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, after which Project 2025 became synonymous with an alleged dystopian blueprint for a Trump presidency. It,

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 spent most of the first year of its existence in relative obscurity, known primarily by policy wonks.

This suddenly changed shortly after the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, after which Project 2025 became synonymous with an alleged dystopian blueprint for a Trump presidency. It has since been featured in nearly every campaign speech by Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Recently, fears over the effort were featured in Harris’s campaign speech at a Thursday speech in Houston.

“And you, I’m sure, have seen their agenda, Project 2025,” Harris said to boos from the crowd. “Can you believe they put this thing in writing? Nine hundred pages in writing.”

“So Project 2025 is a plan to return America to a dark past,” she continued. “Donald Trump and his extreme allies want to take our nation back to failed economic policies, back to union busting, back to tax breaks for billionaires. Donald Trump and his allies want to cut Medicare and Social Security, to stop student loan forgiveness for teachers and other public servants.”

Project 2025 is not a new or novel concept — the Heritage Foundation has produced a list of policy suggestions for every Republican president or presidential candidate, starting with Ronald Reagan. Though the project itself encompasses a variety of things, including education and preparing personnel for a presidential transition, most critics focus on the book it produced — “Mandate for Leadership – the Conservative Promise.”

The Washington Examiner spoke with one of the co-editors of the book, Steven Groves, to discuss the backlash to the project. He encouraged everyone to follow Biden’s oft-repeated advice — to go read the 900-page document.

“Well, the part that everyone’s been talking about, and the Left has been lying about, is our book, very forward. The book is available online. Every word of it can be downloaded for free,” he said. “Every recommendation that Project 2025 has ever made on any topic is right there in those 900 pages. There’s plenty of conservative things in there that the Left and Biden and Harris criticized, but they’ve decided to go a different route, which is to lie.” 

“Their interest is not in taking on a conservative think tank project,” he continued. “Their interest is in lying about that project and then attributing extreme policies to their political opponent, in this case, President Trump. So that’s why you saw a spike in activity about the book after the debacle of a debate.”

Steve pointed out that the book was published in April 2023, with work beginning long before any candidate declared their candidacy. It even received largely neutral, if limited, media coverage prior to the debate. 

“It wasn’t until it was crystal clear to everyone that Biden was going to lose and lose big that the Left, Biden, and Kamala decided to make a target out of the project, and then, by lying about it… try to tie it to President Trump,” Groves said. “President Trump doesn’t have anything to do with this project.”

Nearly all the criticisms from the Democrats, he argued, were created “out of thin air.”

Groves pointed to one viral graphic that gained widespread traction when shared by actor Mark Hamill. 

The graphic includes a list of the supposed agenda of Project 2025, including a complete abortion ban, banning contraceptives, ending no-fault divorce, eliminating labor protections, raising taxes on the working class, cutting Social Security and Medicare, condemning single mothers, banning gay marriage, raising prescription drug prices, ban books and curriculum about slavery, and ending civil rights protections in government.

Of the 31 items listed, Project 2025 said only five were true or partially true — eliminating the Department of Education, using taxpayer money for religious schools, increasing Arctic drilling, deregulating big businesses and big oil, and expediting capital punishment. The rest of the items were labeled false, mostly false, or misleading.

“It’s easy enough to go to our book that’s online,” Steve said. “Do Control F… if you want to put in Control F: abortion; Control F: marriage, you can find everything that we’ve written about those topics.”

Despite the repeated denials, Democrats remain adamant that Project 2025 both includes radical policy proposals and is intricately linked with Trump.

“Trump is so desperate to distance himself from Project 2025 as the American people are grappling with the terrifying truth about his second term agenda that he and his team overhauled the Republican platform process to keep the public and the press in the dark, all caps-ed 20 bullet points behind closed doors, and blasted it out to divert attention from his real plans: a national abortion ban, handouts for his billionaire donors on the backs of middle-class Americans, cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and to be a dictator on ‘day one,’” DNC National press secretary Emilia Rowland said in a statement earlier this month.

Project 2025 also doesn’t serve as a manifesto, often including contradictory policy proposals, with different authors putting forward their beliefs. For the book, the Heritage Foundation “cast a wide net,” with about two-thirds of contributing authors not being a part of the organization.

“Within many of the chapters you’ll see, let’s call them minority views, because there wasn’t just the author for most of the chapters — the author had teams of 10, 20, 30 people also contributing,” Groves said. “And so the views of the chapter don’t always reflect that of the … single author of that chapter. And so you’ll find some … majority and minority views within some of the chapters … the Department of Labor comes to mind. But then there were some issues that really kind of split where conservatives are.”

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Though Project 2025 now spends most of its time deflecting criticism, Groves said that they’re sticking “to their guns,” and urged Republicans to disregard Democratic criticisms.

“We’re all on the same team,” he said. “Don’t listen to the Left’s lies about Project 2025, don’t listen to Biden and [Harris’s] lies about Project 2025. If the Left and [Harris] are lying about it, then you have to realize that we’re over the target. We all have the same goals, which is to support the next conservative president.”

, The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 spent most of the first year of its existence in relative obscurity, known primarily by policy wonks. This suddenly changed shortly after the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, after which Project 2025 became synonymous with an alleged dystopian blueprint for a Trump presidency. It has since been featured in nearly every campaign speech by Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Kristen Eichamer holds a Project 2025 fan in the group’s tent at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Project 2025 effort is being led by the Heritage Foundation think tank. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Recently, fears over the effort were featured in Harris’s campaign speech at a Thursday speech in Houston. “And you, I’m sure, have seen their agenda, Project 2025,” Harris said to boos from the crowd. “Can you believe they put this thing in writing? Nine hundred pages in writing.” “So Project 2025 is a plan to return America to a dark past,” she continued. “Donald Trump and his extreme allies want to take our nation back to failed economic policies, back to union busting, back to tax breaks for billionaires. Donald Trump and his allies want to cut Medicare and Social Security, to stop student loan forgiveness for teachers and other public servants.” Project 2025 is not a new or novel concept — the Heritage Foundation has produced a list of policy suggestions for every Republican president or presidential candidate, starting with Ronald Reagan. Though the project itself encompasses a variety of things, including education and preparing personnel for a presidential transition, most critics focus on the book it produced — “Mandate for Leadership – the Conservative Promise.” The Washington Examiner spoke with one of the co-editors of the book, Steven Groves, to discuss the backlash to the project. He encouraged everyone to follow Biden’s oft-repeated advice — to go read the 900-page document. “Well, the part that everyone’s been talking about, and the Left has been lying about, is our book, very forward. The book is available online. Every word of it can be downloaded for free,” he said. “Every recommendation that Project 2025 has ever made on any topic is right there in those 900 pages. There’s plenty of conservative things in there that the Left and Biden and Harris criticized, but they’ve decided to go a different route, which is to lie.”  “Their interest is not in taking on a conservative think tank project,” he continued. “Their interest is in lying about that project and then attributing extreme policies to their political opponent, in this case, President Trump. So that’s why you saw a spike in activity about the book after the debacle of a debate.” Steve pointed out that the book was published in April 2023, with work beginning long before any candidate declared their candidacy. It even received largely neutral, if limited, media coverage prior to the debate.  “It wasn’t until it was crystal clear to everyone that Biden was going to lose and lose big that the Left, Biden, and Kamala decided to make a target out of the project, and then, by lying about it… try to tie it to President Trump,” Groves said. “President Trump doesn’t have anything to do with this project.” Nearly all the criticisms from the Democrats, he argued, were created “out of thin air.” Groves pointed to one viral graphic that gained widespread traction when shared by actor Mark Hamill.  The graphic includes a list of the supposed agenda of Project 2025, including a complete abortion ban, banning contraceptives, ending no-fault divorce, eliminating labor protections, raising taxes on the working class, cutting Social Security and Medicare, condemning single mothers, banning gay marriage, raising prescription drug prices, ban books and curriculum about slavery, and ending civil rights protections in government. Of the 31 items listed, Project 2025 said only five were true or partially true — eliminating the Department of Education, using taxpayer money for religious schools, increasing Arctic drilling, deregulating big businesses and big oil, and expediting capital punishment. The rest of the items were labeled false, mostly false, or misleading. “It’s easy enough to go to our book that’s online,” Steve said. “Do Control F… if you want to put in Control F: abortion; Control F: marriage, you can find everything that we’ve written about those topics.” Despite the repeated denials, Democrats remain adamant that Project 2025 both includes radical policy proposals and is intricately linked with Trump. “Trump is so desperate to distance himself from Project 2025 as the American people are grappling with the terrifying truth about his second term agenda that he and his team overhauled the Republican platform process to keep the public and the press in the dark, all caps-ed 20 bullet points behind closed doors, and blasted it out to divert attention from his real plans: a national abortion ban, handouts for his billionaire donors on the backs of middle-class Americans, cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and to be a dictator on ‘day one,’” DNC National press secretary Emilia Rowland said in a statement earlier this month. Project 2025 also doesn’t serve as a manifesto, often including contradictory policy proposals, with different authors putting forward their beliefs. For the book, the Heritage Foundation “cast a wide net,” with about two-thirds of contributing authors not being a part of the organization. “Within many of the chapters you’ll see, let’s call them minority views, because there wasn’t just the author for most of the chapters — the author had teams of 10, 20, 30 people also contributing,” Groves said. “And so the views of the chapter don’t always reflect that of the … single author of that chapter. And so you’ll find some … majority and minority views within some of the chapters … the Department of Labor comes to mind. But then there were some issues that really kind of split where conservatives are.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Though Project 2025 now spends most of its time deflecting criticism, Groves said that they’re sticking “to their guns,” and urged Republicans to disregard Democratic criticisms. “We’re all on the same team,” he said. “Don’t listen to the Left’s lies about Project 2025, don’t listen to Biden and [Harris’s] lies about Project 2025. If the Left and [Harris] are lying about it, then you have to realize that we’re over the target. We all have the same goals, which is to support the next conservative president.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Project-2025-2.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

Former President Donald Trump and his allies are outspending the Harris campaign by a 25-1 margin in radio and television ads.

The major discrepancy, under a week into the new campaign, reported by the Associated Press, presents an uphill battle for the Harris campaign. An analysis of data compiled by AdImpact for the outlet found that from the period starting Monday through the end of August, Trump and company have spent more than $68 million for Republicans, against just $2.6 million for Democrats.

The initial blitz reflects a concerted strategy by Republicans to get ahead of the narrative on the relatively lesser-known Harris, painting her as a weird, far-left radical.

Sarah Longwell, co-founder of Republican Voters Against Trump, warned that the initial blitz could be decisive.

“Public opinion is like cement. It’s soft at first and then it hardens,” she told the Associated Press. “The next three weeks are definitive. She needs to define herself before Trump defines her.”

Some Harris campaign officials met the news with consternation, with one “slightly exasperated campaign official” telling Politico that it had only been a few days.

“We’re working to get up ads as quickly as we can (though it’s only been 3 days) and in the meantime she’s dominating earned media,” they said.

Seeing the flip side, others believe that positive media coverage will make up for the gap.

“I think it’s lighting your money on fire to do ads when you’re getting the best and most earned media of the cycle,” Hillary Clinton campaign press secretary Nick Merrill told the outlet.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

This sentiment was backed up by Democratic strategist Josh Schwerin.

“Obviously, advertising is important and will pick up, but it’s not the only factor,” he told the Associated Press. “With Harris taking over as the presumptive nominee, she’s getting wall-to-wall largely positive coverage. … You always need to take in the context of the entire media ecosystem.”

2024-07-25 13:46:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2F3098678%2Ftrump-spending-spree-doesnt-have-harris-democrats-panicked%2F?w=600&h=450, Former President Donald Trump and his allies are outspending the Harris campaign by a 25-1 margin in radio and television ads. The major discrepancy, under a week into the new campaign, reported by the Associated Press, presents an uphill battle for the Harris campaign. An analysis of data compiled by AdImpact for the outlet found,

Former President Donald Trump and his allies are outspending the Harris campaign by a 25-1 margin in radio and television ads.

The major discrepancy, under a week into the new campaign, reported by the Associated Press, presents an uphill battle for the Harris campaign. An analysis of data compiled by AdImpact for the outlet found that from the period starting Monday through the end of August, Trump and company have spent more than $68 million for Republicans, against just $2.6 million for Democrats.

The initial blitz reflects a concerted strategy by Republicans to get ahead of the narrative on the relatively lesser-known Harris, painting her as a weird, far-left radical.

Sarah Longwell, co-founder of Republican Voters Against Trump, warned that the initial blitz could be decisive.

“Public opinion is like cement. It’s soft at first and then it hardens,” she told the Associated Press. “The next three weeks are definitive. She needs to define herself before Trump defines her.”

Some Harris campaign officials met the news with consternation, with one “slightly exasperated campaign official” telling Politico that it had only been a few days.

“We’re working to get up ads as quickly as we can (though it’s only been 3 days) and in the meantime she’s dominating earned media,” they said.

Seeing the flip side, others believe that positive media coverage will make up for the gap.

“I think it’s lighting your money on fire to do ads when you’re getting the best and most earned media of the cycle,” Hillary Clinton campaign press secretary Nick Merrill told the outlet.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

This sentiment was backed up by Democratic strategist Josh Schwerin.

“Obviously, advertising is important and will pick up, but it’s not the only factor,” he told the Associated Press. “With Harris taking over as the presumptive nominee, she’s getting wall-to-wall largely positive coverage. … You always need to take in the context of the entire media ecosystem.”

, Former President Donald Trump and his allies are outspending the Harris campaign by a 25-1 margin in radio and television ads. The major discrepancy, under a week into the new campaign, reported by the Associated Press, presents an uphill battle for the Harris campaign. An analysis of data compiled by AdImpact for the outlet found that from the period starting Monday through the end of August, Trump and company have spent more than $68 million for Republicans, against just $2.6 million for Democrats. The initial blitz reflects a concerted strategy by Republicans to get ahead of the narrative on the relatively lesser-known Harris, painting her as a weird, far-left radical. Sarah Longwell, co-founder of Republican Voters Against Trump, warned that the initial blitz could be decisive. “Public opinion is like cement. It’s soft at first and then it hardens,” she told the Associated Press. “The next three weeks are definitive. She needs to define herself before Trump defines her.” Some Harris campaign officials met the news with consternation, with one “slightly exasperated campaign official” telling Politico that it had only been a few days. “We’re working to get up ads as quickly as we can (though it’s only been 3 days) and in the meantime she’s dominating earned media,” they said. Seeing the flip side, others believe that positive media coverage will make up for the gap. “I think it’s lighting your money on fire to do ads when you’re getting the best and most earned media of the cycle,” Hillary Clinton campaign press secretary Nick Merrill told the outlet. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER This sentiment was backed up by Democratic strategist Josh Schwerin. “Obviously, advertising is important and will pick up, but it’s not the only factor,” he told the Associated Press. “With Harris taking over as the presumptive nominee, she’s getting wall-to-wall largely positive coverage. … You always need to take in the context of the entire media ecosystem.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Trump_Harris_2024_election_6325-1024×580.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

The Haley Voters for Harris group has vowed not to step down after being sent a cease and desist letter from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.

The group, formerly Haley Voters for Biden, is seeking to poach primary voters who voted for Haley over former President Donald Trump. Haley, who has thrown her support behind Trump, sent the group a cease-and-desist letter, with her campaign warning that it will alert the Department of Justice and FBI if they don’t change their name.

The letter demanded the end of “Any use by you of Ambassador Haley’s name, image, or likeness is without her permission. Ambassador Haley has been clear in her support of Harris’ opponent. Any intimation that Ambassador Haley supports Harris is intentionally false and misleading.”

“Kamala Harris and I are total opposites on every issue. Any attempt to use my name to support her or her agenda is deceptive and wrong,” Haley said in a statement to Fox News. “I support Donald Trump because he understands we need to make America strong, safe, and prosperous.”

Haley Voters for Harris was quick to respond, arguing that it was well within their rights to utilize their self-description in endorsing Harris.

“There are many other like minded Haley voters who also do not plan to support former President Trump in November,” a statement from the group read. “Our rights to engage with voters and encourage them to vote for Vice President Harris – who in our view is the clear better choice for the country – will not be suppressed.”

Haley Voters for Harris director Craig Snyder told NPR that the group’s name is “a factual statement of the way a lot of people feel and the way a lot of people intend to vote in November.”

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“Ambassador Haley’s made it clear that she’s joined the Trump train, and that’s her prerogative, but the voters that voted for her are gonna make up their own minds,” he added.

Haley was the last major candidate to stick in the Republican primary, long after it became apparent that Trump was emerging as the clear victor. Though waging a bitter primary campaign against him and delaying an endorsement, she threw her full support behind Trump during a speech at the Republican National Convention.

2024-07-24 14:25:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3096982%2Fhaley-voters-for-harris-group-vows-not-to-step-down-after-cease-and-desist-letter-from-nikki-haley%2F?w=600&h=450, The Haley Voters for Harris group has vowed not to step down after being sent a cease and desist letter from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. The group, formerly Haley Voters for Biden, is seeking to poach primary voters who voted for Haley over former President Donald Trump. Haley, who has thrown her support,

The Haley Voters for Harris group has vowed not to step down after being sent a cease and desist letter from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.

The group, formerly Haley Voters for Biden, is seeking to poach primary voters who voted for Haley over former President Donald Trump. Haley, who has thrown her support behind Trump, sent the group a cease-and-desist letter, with her campaign warning that it will alert the Department of Justice and FBI if they don’t change their name.

The letter demanded the end of “Any use by you of Ambassador Haley’s name, image, or likeness is without her permission. Ambassador Haley has been clear in her support of Harris’ opponent. Any intimation that Ambassador Haley supports Harris is intentionally false and misleading.”

“Kamala Harris and I are total opposites on every issue. Any attempt to use my name to support her or her agenda is deceptive and wrong,” Haley said in a statement to Fox News. “I support Donald Trump because he understands we need to make America strong, safe, and prosperous.”

Haley Voters for Harris was quick to respond, arguing that it was well within their rights to utilize their self-description in endorsing Harris.

“There are many other like minded Haley voters who also do not plan to support former President Trump in November,” a statement from the group read. “Our rights to engage with voters and encourage them to vote for Vice President Harris – who in our view is the clear better choice for the country – will not be suppressed.”

Haley Voters for Harris director Craig Snyder told NPR that the group’s name is “a factual statement of the way a lot of people feel and the way a lot of people intend to vote in November.”

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“Ambassador Haley’s made it clear that she’s joined the Trump train, and that’s her prerogative, but the voters that voted for her are gonna make up their own minds,” he added.

Haley was the last major candidate to stick in the Republican primary, long after it became apparent that Trump was emerging as the clear victor. Though waging a bitter primary campaign against him and delaying an endorsement, she threw her full support behind Trump during a speech at the Republican National Convention.

, The Haley Voters for Harris group has vowed not to step down after being sent a cease and desist letter from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. The group, formerly Haley Voters for Biden, is seeking to poach primary voters who voted for Haley over former President Donald Trump. Haley, who has thrown her support behind Trump, sent the group a cease-and-desist letter, with her campaign warning that it will alert the Department of Justice and FBI if they don’t change their name. The letter demanded the end of “Any use by you of Ambassador Haley’s name, image, or likeness is without her permission. Ambassador Haley has been clear in her support of Harris’ opponent. Any intimation that Ambassador Haley supports Harris is intentionally false and misleading.” “Kamala Harris and I are total opposites on every issue. Any attempt to use my name to support her or her agenda is deceptive and wrong,” Haley said in a statement to Fox News. “I support Donald Trump because he understands we need to make America strong, safe, and prosperous.” Haley Voters for Harris was quick to respond, arguing that it was well within their rights to utilize their self-description in endorsing Harris. “There are many other like minded Haley voters who also do not plan to support former President Trump in November,” a statement from the group read. “Our rights to engage with voters and encourage them to vote for Vice President Harris – who in our view is the clear better choice for the country – will not be suppressed.” We enthusiastically supported @NikkiHaley over former President Trump in the primaries. Our rights to engage with likeminded voters and encourage them to vote for @KamalaHarris – the clear better choice for the country – will not be suppressed. Statement below: https://t.co/o6gHlFkmyZ pic.twitter.com/EhW8FAipiv — Haley Voters for Harris (@HaleyVte4Harris) July 23, 2024 Haley Voters for Harris director Craig Snyder told NPR that the group’s name is “a factual statement of the way a lot of people feel and the way a lot of people intend to vote in November.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER “Ambassador Haley’s made it clear that she’s joined the Trump train, and that’s her prerogative, but the voters that voted for her are gonna make up their own minds,” he added. Haley was the last major candidate to stick in the Republican primary, long after it became apparent that Trump was emerging as the clear victor. Though waging a bitter primary campaign against him and delaying an endorsement, she threw her full support behind Trump during a speech at the Republican National Convention., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nikki-haley-1-scaled-1024×683.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

Missouri gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel released a campaign ad featuring a Spanish translator telling illegal immigrants that they will be deported if he is elected.

The conservative state senator has distinguished himself in the legislature with his strong positions and alienation of centrists within the body over his uncompromising nature. His run for the governorship is based on his desire to cut government spending and round up illegal immigrants, something he illustrated in a new campaign ad.

“My latest TV ad is a simple message to illegal immigrants: The party’s over,” he said in a post on X. “Pack your bags. You’re getting the hell outta here.”

In the ad, a Spanish translator flanks his left, paraphrasing what he says.

“No more illegals,” the translator says in Spanish. “No more money. The party’s over.”

If elected, Eigel vowed to use a post-Civil War clause to declare an invasion of the state and use law enforcement to round up and deport illegal immigrants.

“And if I have to drive the buses myself to the border of this country, we’re going to take our state back, folks,” he said at a February campaign appearance, according to the Missouri Independent.

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Eigel leads a local chapter of the national Freedom Caucus in the state Senate, clashing heads with both Democrats and centrist Republicans. His feud with centrist Republicans cost him both his chairmanship and Capitol parking spot.

The Missouri Republican primary is scheduled for Aug. 6, and the general election will be held on Nov. 5.

2024-07-23 19:54:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fstate%2F3095933%2Fmissouri-gubernatorial-candidate-ad-promising-deport-illegal-immigrants%2F?w=600&h=450, Missouri gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel released a campaign ad featuring a Spanish translator telling illegal immigrants that they will be deported if he is elected. The conservative state senator has distinguished himself in the legislature with his strong positions and alienation of centrists within the body over his uncompromising nature. His run for the governorship,

Missouri gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel released a campaign ad featuring a Spanish translator telling illegal immigrants that they will be deported if he is elected.

The conservative state senator has distinguished himself in the legislature with his strong positions and alienation of centrists within the body over his uncompromising nature. His run for the governorship is based on his desire to cut government spending and round up illegal immigrants, something he illustrated in a new campaign ad.

“My latest TV ad is a simple message to illegal immigrants: The party’s over,” he said in a post on X. “Pack your bags. You’re getting the hell outta here.”

In the ad, a Spanish translator flanks his left, paraphrasing what he says.

“No more illegals,” the translator says in Spanish. “No more money. The party’s over.”

If elected, Eigel vowed to use a post-Civil War clause to declare an invasion of the state and use law enforcement to round up and deport illegal immigrants.

“And if I have to drive the buses myself to the border of this country, we’re going to take our state back, folks,” he said at a February campaign appearance, according to the Missouri Independent.

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Eigel leads a local chapter of the national Freedom Caucus in the state Senate, clashing heads with both Democrats and centrist Republicans. His feud with centrist Republicans cost him both his chairmanship and Capitol parking spot.

The Missouri Republican primary is scheduled for Aug. 6, and the general election will be held on Nov. 5.

, Missouri gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel released a campaign ad featuring a Spanish translator telling illegal immigrants that they will be deported if he is elected. The conservative state senator has distinguished himself in the legislature with his strong positions and alienation of centrists within the body over his uncompromising nature. His run for the governorship is based on his desire to cut government spending and round up illegal immigrants, something he illustrated in a new campaign ad. Missouri state Sen. Bill Eigel poses for a photo on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in St. Charles, Missouri. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) “My latest TV ad is a simple message to illegal immigrants: The party’s over,” he said in a post on X. “Pack your bags. You’re getting the hell outta here.” My latest TV ad is a simple message to illegal immigrants: The party’s over. Pack your bags. You’re getting the hell outta here. pic.twitter.com/YVFo6n5iY7 — Bill Eigel (@BillEigel) July 23, 2024 In the ad, a Spanish translator flanks his left, paraphrasing what he says. “No more illegals,” the translator says in Spanish. “No more money. The party’s over.” If elected, Eigel vowed to use a post-Civil War clause to declare an invasion of the state and use law enforcement to round up and deport illegal immigrants. “And if I have to drive the buses myself to the border of this country, we’re going to take our state back, folks,” he said at a February campaign appearance, according to the Missouri Independent. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Eigel leads a local chapter of the national Freedom Caucus in the state Senate, clashing heads with both Democrats and centrist Republicans. His feud with centrist Republicans cost him both his chairmanship and Capitol parking spot. The Missouri Republican primary is scheduled for Aug. 6, and the general election will be held on Nov. 5., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24201562683848.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) continued his assault on Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), saying he has “no conviction,” while former President Donald Trump “has 34.”

Beshear is widely seen as a top contender as running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. The interest has put him in the national spotlight, where he has begun campaigning against Vance, the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, with Beshear speaking as someone from the same geographical region.

SIX PEOPLE KAMALA HARRIS COULD CHOOSE AS HER RUNNING MATE

The Democratic governor made his attack in response to Vance criticizing Harris, remarks which were presented by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

“Well, first, he ought to call the vice president by her title. She earned it. She is Vice President Harris,” he said after Vance simply referred to her by her name. “But the second is the grasping for straws. Listen, J.D. Vance is a phony. He’s fake. I mean, he first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler, and now he’s acting like he’s Lincoln. I mean, the problem with J.D. Vance is he has no conviction, but I guess his running mate has 34.”

His latter remark was a reference to Trump’s 34 criminal convictions around his alleged hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

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Beshear later dodged criticism from Vance about his background, in which the Ohio Republican said he inherited the Kentucky governorship from his father.

“What was weird was him joking about racism today and then talking about diet Mountain Dew. Who drinks diet Mountain Dew?” he said in response to Vance’s attack. “But in all seriousness, he ain’t from here. He is not from Kentucky. This a guy who would come, maybe in the summers, for some period of time, or to weddings or funerals, and then he claims to be from eastern Kentucky, tries to write a book about it, to profit off our people. And then he calls us lazy. And this makes me angry but especially makes me angry about our people in eastern Kentucky.”

2024-07-23 02:56:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2F3095205%2Fandy-beshear-rips-jd-vance-having-no-conviction-trump-has-34%2F?w=600&h=450, Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) continued his assault on Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), saying he has “no conviction,” while former President Donald Trump “has 34.” Beshear is widely seen as a top contender as running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. The interest has put him in the national spotlight, where he,

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) continued his assault on Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), saying he has “no conviction,” while former President Donald Trump “has 34.”

Beshear is widely seen as a top contender as running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. The interest has put him in the national spotlight, where he has begun campaigning against Vance, the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, with Beshear speaking as someone from the same geographical region.

SIX PEOPLE KAMALA HARRIS COULD CHOOSE AS HER RUNNING MATE

The Democratic governor made his attack in response to Vance criticizing Harris, remarks which were presented by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

“Well, first, he ought to call the vice president by her title. She earned it. She is Vice President Harris,” he said after Vance simply referred to her by her name. “But the second is the grasping for straws. Listen, J.D. Vance is a phony. He’s fake. I mean, he first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler, and now he’s acting like he’s Lincoln. I mean, the problem with J.D. Vance is he has no conviction, but I guess his running mate has 34.”

His latter remark was a reference to Trump’s 34 criminal convictions around his alleged hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

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Beshear later dodged criticism from Vance about his background, in which the Ohio Republican said he inherited the Kentucky governorship from his father.

“What was weird was him joking about racism today and then talking about diet Mountain Dew. Who drinks diet Mountain Dew?” he said in response to Vance’s attack. “But in all seriousness, he ain’t from here. He is not from Kentucky. This a guy who would come, maybe in the summers, for some period of time, or to weddings or funerals, and then he claims to be from eastern Kentucky, tries to write a book about it, to profit off our people. And then he calls us lazy. And this makes me angry but especially makes me angry about our people in eastern Kentucky.”

, Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) continued his assault on Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), saying he has “no conviction,” while former President Donald Trump “has 34.” Beshear is widely seen as a top contender as running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. The interest has put him in the national spotlight, where he has begun campaigning against Vance, the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, with Beshear speaking as someone from the same geographical region. SIX PEOPLE KAMALA HARRIS COULD CHOOSE AS HER RUNNING MATE Kentucky Gov. Beshear on Sen. JD Vance’s comments today: “J.D. Vance is a phony, he’s fake. I mean, he first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler, and now he’s acting like he’s Lincoln. The problem with JD Vance is he has no conviction, but I guess his running mate has 34.” pic.twitter.com/TAVWUhoJ3U — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 23, 2024 The Democratic governor made his attack in response to Vance criticizing Harris, remarks which were presented by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “Well, first, he ought to call the vice president by her title. She earned it. She is Vice President Harris,” he said after Vance simply referred to her by her name. “But the second is the grasping for straws. Listen, J.D. Vance is a phony. He’s fake. I mean, he first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler, and now he’s acting like he’s Lincoln. I mean, the problem with J.D. Vance is he has no conviction, but I guess his running mate has 34.” His latter remark was a reference to Trump’s 34 criminal convictions around his alleged hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Beshear later dodged criticism from Vance about his background, in which the Ohio Republican said he inherited the Kentucky governorship from his father. “What was weird was him joking about racism today and then talking about diet Mountain Dew. Who drinks diet Mountain Dew?” he said in response to Vance’s attack. “But in all seriousness, he ain’t from here. He is not from Kentucky. This a guy who would come, maybe in the summers, for some period of time, or to weddings or funerals, and then he claims to be from eastern Kentucky, tries to write a book about it, to profit off our people. And then he calls us lazy. And this makes me angry but especially makes me angry about our people in eastern Kentucky.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Andy-Beshear-1.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

Former President Donald Trump addressed Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) anti-Trump statements in the first joint interview between the two running mates.

The interview, which aired on Fox News’s Jesse Watters Primetime, saw Trump and Vance give their thoughts on the assassination attempt against the former president and the conduct of the Secret Service. It also saw Trump address an angle of attack from Democrats against Vance, that he had made several comments disparaging Trump when he first rose to the national stage.

Watters asked why Trump chose Vance, allowing him to address the controversy.

“We’ve always had a good chemistry, and originally, J.D. was probably not for me, but he didn’t know me,” Trump said. “And then when we got to know each other, he liked me maybe more than anyone liked me, and he would stick up for me and he would fight for the worker as much as I would fight for the worker.”

“We had an automatic chemistry,” he continued. “And I endorsed him for the Senate, and he won against a tough field.”

Back when Trump first ran for office in 2016, Vance made several disparaging comments about him, including a private Facebook message where he suggested that he could be “America’s Hitler,” and openly identified as a “Never Trump guy.”

Since then, particularly as Vance ran for Senate and his views evolved, the Ohio Republican came to support Trump fully, winning his endorsement in 2021.

Elsewhere in the interview with Watters, Trump gave more details about his assassination attempt, particularly that the original plan was to take him away on a stretcher, something the former president refused.

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He also praised the Secret Service sniper who killed shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, calling it an “unbelievable shot.”

“And they did get him. I believe they got him with one shot,” Trump said. “One shot from a — an unbelievable shot. If they would have done it earlier, maybe doing it earlier is hard. It is hard to shoot somebody when you are not 100% sure. But they got him, and if they didn’t get him, it would have been a worse situation.”

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Former President Donald Trump addressed Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) anti-Trump statements in the first joint interview between the two running mates.

The interview, which aired on Fox News’s Jesse Watters Primetime, saw Trump and Vance give their thoughts on the assassination attempt against the former president and the conduct of the Secret Service. It also saw Trump address an angle of attack from Democrats against Vance, that he had made several comments disparaging Trump when he first rose to the national stage.

Watters asked why Trump chose Vance, allowing him to address the controversy.

“We’ve always had a good chemistry, and originally, J.D. was probably not for me, but he didn’t know me,” Trump said. “And then when we got to know each other, he liked me maybe more than anyone liked me, and he would stick up for me and he would fight for the worker as much as I would fight for the worker.”

“We had an automatic chemistry,” he continued. “And I endorsed him for the Senate, and he won against a tough field.”

Back when Trump first ran for office in 2016, Vance made several disparaging comments about him, including a private Facebook message where he suggested that he could be “America’s Hitler,” and openly identified as a “Never Trump guy.”

Since then, particularly as Vance ran for Senate and his views evolved, the Ohio Republican came to support Trump fully, winning his endorsement in 2021.

Elsewhere in the interview with Watters, Trump gave more details about his assassination attempt, particularly that the original plan was to take him away on a stretcher, something the former president refused.

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He also praised the Secret Service sniper who killed shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, calling it an “unbelievable shot.”

“And they did get him. I believe they got him with one shot,” Trump said. “One shot from a — an unbelievable shot. If they would have done it earlier, maybe doing it earlier is hard. It is hard to shoot somebody when you are not 100% sure. But they got him, and if they didn’t get him, it would have been a worse situation.”

, Former President Donald Trump addressed Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) anti-Trump statements in the first joint interview between the two running mates. The interview, which aired on Fox News’s Jesse Watters Primetime, saw Trump and Vance give their thoughts on the assassination attempt against the former president and the conduct of the Secret Service. It also saw Trump address an angle of attack from Democrats against Vance, that he had made several comments disparaging Trump when he first rose to the national stage. Watters asked why Trump chose Vance, allowing him to address the controversy. “We’ve always had a good chemistry, and originally, J.D. was probably not for me, but he didn’t know me,” Trump said. “And then when we got to know each other, he liked me maybe more than anyone liked me, and he would stick up for me and he would fight for the worker as much as I would fight for the worker.” Trump: Originally, JD was probably not for me but he didn’t know me. Then, when we got to know each other, he liked me. Maybe, more than anybody liked me. pic.twitter.com/8w2JUVTgZR — Acyn (@Acyn) July 23, 2024 “We had an automatic chemistry,” he continued. “And I endorsed him for the Senate, and he won against a tough field.” Back when Trump first ran for office in 2016, Vance made several disparaging comments about him, including a private Facebook message where he suggested that he could be “America’s Hitler,” and openly identified as a “Never Trump guy.” Since then, particularly as Vance ran for Senate and his views evolved, the Ohio Republican came to support Trump fully, winning his endorsement in 2021. Elsewhere in the interview with Watters, Trump gave more details about his assassination attempt, particularly that the original plan was to take him away on a stretcher, something the former president refused. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER He also praised the Secret Service sniper who killed shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, calling it an “unbelievable shot.” “And they did get him. I believe they got him with one shot,” Trump said. “One shot from a — an unbelievable shot. If they would have done it earlier, maybe doing it earlier is hard. It is hard to shoot somebody when you are not 100% sure. But they got him, and if they didn’t get him, it would have been a worse situation.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/trump-vance-michigan-scaled-1024×682.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress.

The move is likely an attempt to distance herself from the Biden administration’s stance on the war in Gaza, which has rattled the Democratic Party. By distancing herself from the heavily pro-Israel stance of President Joe Biden, she could help neuter attacks from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

Dozens of progressive Democrats are boycotting Netanyahu’s speech as well.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) will preside over Netanyahu’s speech in Harris’s stead. He is retiring at the end of the year. Cardin is also the special representative on antisemitism, racism, and intolerance for the 57-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

Harris will instead meet with Netanyahu at another more private point during the Israeli leader’s stay, according to multiple reports. Biden is expected to meet with him as well.

While supporting Biden’s stance toward Israel, Harris has, like Biden, offered some limited criticism of Israel’s tactics.

“As Israel defends itself, it matters how,” she said in December. “Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating.”

However, Harris has firmly tied herself to the Biden administration, and people familiar with the matter hold that she and Biden are in “lockstep” on Israel.

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“She and President Biden are in lockstep when it comes to Israel. There is no daylight between them to be found,” Halie Soifer, who was Harris’s national security adviser when she was a senator, told Politico.

Much like Biden has faced divisions in the United States over his handling of the war in Gaza, Netanyahu has faced fractures among his populace as well.

2024-07-23 01:23:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3095131%2Fkamala-harris-declines-attend-netanyahus-address-congress%2F?w=600&h=450, Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. The move is likely an attempt to distance herself from the Biden administration’s stance on the war in Gaza, which has rattled the Democratic Party. By distancing herself from the heavily pro-Israel stance of President Joe Biden, she could help,

Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress.

The move is likely an attempt to distance herself from the Biden administration’s stance on the war in Gaza, which has rattled the Democratic Party. By distancing herself from the heavily pro-Israel stance of President Joe Biden, she could help neuter attacks from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

Dozens of progressive Democrats are boycotting Netanyahu’s speech as well.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) will preside over Netanyahu’s speech in Harris’s stead. He is retiring at the end of the year. Cardin is also the special representative on antisemitism, racism, and intolerance for the 57-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

Harris will instead meet with Netanyahu at another more private point during the Israeli leader’s stay, according to multiple reports. Biden is expected to meet with him as well.

While supporting Biden’s stance toward Israel, Harris has, like Biden, offered some limited criticism of Israel’s tactics.

“As Israel defends itself, it matters how,” she said in December. “Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating.”

However, Harris has firmly tied herself to the Biden administration, and people familiar with the matter hold that she and Biden are in “lockstep” on Israel.

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“She and President Biden are in lockstep when it comes to Israel. There is no daylight between them to be found,” Halie Soifer, who was Harris’s national security adviser when she was a senator, told Politico.

Much like Biden has faced divisions in the United States over his handling of the war in Gaza, Netanyahu has faced fractures among his populace as well.

, Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. The move is likely an attempt to distance herself from the Biden administration’s stance on the war in Gaza, which has rattled the Democratic Party. By distancing herself from the heavily pro-Israel stance of President Joe Biden, she could help neuter attacks from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Dozens of progressive Democrats are boycotting Netanyahu’s speech as well. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) will preside over Netanyahu’s speech in Harris’s stead. He is retiring at the end of the year. Cardin is also the special representative on antisemitism, racism, and intolerance for the 57-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Harris will instead meet with Netanyahu at another more private point during the Israeli leader’s stay, according to multiple reports. Biden is expected to meet with him as well. While supporting Biden’s stance toward Israel, Harris has, like Biden, offered some limited criticism of Israel’s tactics. “As Israel defends itself, it matters how,” she said in December. “Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating.” However, Harris has firmly tied herself to the Biden administration, and people familiar with the matter hold that she and Biden are in “lockstep” on Israel. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER “She and President Biden are in lockstep when it comes to Israel. There is no daylight between them to be found,” Halie Soifer, who was Harris’s national security adviser when she was a senator, told Politico. Much like Biden has faced divisions in the United States over his handling of the war in Gaza, Netanyahu has faced fractures among his populace as well., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/harris-netanyahu-speech.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is speaking in Virginia as part of his campaign with former President Donald Trump.

Earlier on Monday, he spoke at a rally in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio.

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Vance was picked as Trump’s running mate one week ago, shortly after an assassination attempt against the Republican presidential candidate.

2024-07-22 22:46:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2F3095050%2Fwatch-live-jd-vance-speaks-virginia-rally%2F?w=600&h=450, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is speaking in Virginia as part of his campaign with former President Donald Trump. Earlier on Monday, he spoke at a rally in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Vance was picked as Trump’s running mate one week ago, shortly after an assassination,

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is speaking in Virginia as part of his campaign with former President Donald Trump.

Earlier on Monday, he spoke at a rally in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio.

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Vance was picked as Trump’s running mate one week ago, shortly after an assassination attempt against the Republican presidential candidate.

, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is speaking in Virginia as part of his campaign with former President Donald Trump. Earlier on Monday, he spoke at a rally in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Vance was picked as Trump’s running mate one week ago, shortly after an assassination attempt against the Republican presidential candidate., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/jd-vance-rally-2024-july.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,

Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 election team is embracing internet memes in an attempt to boost her election campaign.

When President Joe Biden stepped down as his party’s presidential nominee on Sunday, he endorsed his vice president, which was then followed by a flurry of endorsements from leading Democrats. Harris, however, is one of the most unpopular vice presidents in U.S. history, according to recent surveys, setting her campaign up for an uphill battle. To boost her chances, Harris’s team is enlisting the help of trends, carrying on from a similar strategy used by Biden.

Here are some of the main memes the Harris campaign is using in an effort to help her win in November.

Coconuts

In May 2023, at a White House event about boosting opportunities for Hispanic Americans, Harris attempted to explain the role of communities in providing opportunities for the youth.

“‘Cause none of us just live in a silo. Everything is in context. My mother used to, she would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’” she said, followed by her signature laugh. “You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”

The remarks have been mocked by Republicans for over a year since. In recent days, however, the Harris campaign has sought to embrace it, resulting in an influx of coconut memes. The idea was even embraced by some major elected Democrats.

“Madam Vice President, we are ready to help,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) said, accompanied by an image of him climbing a coconut tree.

“You think I just fell out of a coconut tree?” Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) said in a post on X, replying to a report implying that he would run for president or vice president.

Harris supporters have taken the coconut emoji as a symbol, with many adding it to their social media profiles.

The meme may have a limited shelf life, however, as some liberals view the term “coconut” as “unbelievably offensive” and racist.

Unburdened

Another one of Harris’s trademarks is her love of vague phrases, perhaps the most famous being “What can be, unburdened by what has been.” She has repeated the phrase dozens of times throughout her career.

Similar to the coconut meme, the phrase was turned from mockery to embracement. It has also gained a wider use outside of politics.

Some anti-Harris figures have also embraced the meme, however, using it to mock Harris and the campaign.

Brat

Charli XCX’s album brat turned out to be a major hit, becoming a popular anthem for the summer. Some Harris fans began making edits of Harris with the album as a background, earning an endorsement from Charli herself.

“kamala IS brat,” she wrote in a post on X.

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The campaign then fully embraced the album; the “Kamala HQ” X page adopted the aesthetics of “brat” as its header, reading “kamala hq” on the signature neon green album cover.

Supporters made edits of Harris to songs on the album.

2024-07-22 22:26:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2F3094589%2Fkamala-harris-election-team-leans-meme-campaign%2F?w=600&h=450, Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 election team is embracing internet memes in an attempt to boost her election campaign. When President Joe Biden stepped down as his party’s presidential nominee on Sunday, he endorsed his vice president, which was then followed by a flurry of endorsements from leading Democrats. Harris, however, is one of the,

Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 election team is embracing internet memes in an attempt to boost her election campaign.

When President Joe Biden stepped down as his party’s presidential nominee on Sunday, he endorsed his vice president, which was then followed by a flurry of endorsements from leading Democrats. Harris, however, is one of the most unpopular vice presidents in U.S. history, according to recent surveys, setting her campaign up for an uphill battle. To boost her chances, Harris’s team is enlisting the help of trends, carrying on from a similar strategy used by Biden.

Here are some of the main memes the Harris campaign is using in an effort to help her win in November.

Coconuts

In May 2023, at a White House event about boosting opportunities for Hispanic Americans, Harris attempted to explain the role of communities in providing opportunities for the youth.

“‘Cause none of us just live in a silo. Everything is in context. My mother used to, she would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’” she said, followed by her signature laugh. “You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”

The remarks have been mocked by Republicans for over a year since. In recent days, however, the Harris campaign has sought to embrace it, resulting in an influx of coconut memes. The idea was even embraced by some major elected Democrats.

“Madam Vice President, we are ready to help,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) said, accompanied by an image of him climbing a coconut tree.

“You think I just fell out of a coconut tree?” Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) said in a post on X, replying to a report implying that he would run for president or vice president.

Harris supporters have taken the coconut emoji as a symbol, with many adding it to their social media profiles.

The meme may have a limited shelf life, however, as some liberals view the term “coconut” as “unbelievably offensive” and racist.

Unburdened

Another one of Harris’s trademarks is her love of vague phrases, perhaps the most famous being “What can be, unburdened by what has been.” She has repeated the phrase dozens of times throughout her career.

Similar to the coconut meme, the phrase was turned from mockery to embracement. It has also gained a wider use outside of politics.

Some anti-Harris figures have also embraced the meme, however, using it to mock Harris and the campaign.

Brat

Charli XCX’s album brat turned out to be a major hit, becoming a popular anthem for the summer. Some Harris fans began making edits of Harris with the album as a background, earning an endorsement from Charli herself.

“kamala IS brat,” she wrote in a post on X.

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The campaign then fully embraced the album; the “Kamala HQ” X page adopted the aesthetics of “brat” as its header, reading “kamala hq” on the signature neon green album cover.

Supporters made edits of Harris to songs on the album.

, Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 election team is embracing internet memes in an attempt to boost her election campaign. When President Joe Biden stepped down as his party’s presidential nominee on Sunday, he endorsed his vice president, which was then followed by a flurry of endorsements from leading Democrats. Harris, however, is one of the most unpopular vice presidents in U.S. history, according to recent surveys, setting her campaign up for an uphill battle. To boost her chances, Harris’s team is enlisting the help of trends, carrying on from a similar strategy used by Biden. Here are some of the main memes the Harris campaign is using in an effort to help her win in November. Coconuts In May 2023, at a White House event about boosting opportunities for Hispanic Americans, Harris attempted to explain the role of communities in providing opportunities for the youth. “‘Cause none of us just live in a silo. Everything is in context. My mother used to, she would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’” she said, followed by her signature laugh. “You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.” The remarks have been mocked by Republicans for over a year since. In recent days, however, the Harris campaign has sought to embrace it, resulting in an influx of coconut memes. The idea was even embraced by some major elected Democrats. “Madam Vice President, we are ready to help,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) said, accompanied by an image of him climbing a coconut tree. Madam Vice President, we are ready to help. pic.twitter.com/y8baSx44FL — Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) July 22, 2024 “You think I just fell out of a coconut tree?” Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) said in a post on X, replying to a report implying that he would run for president or vice president. You think I just fell out of a coconut tree? https://t.co/fAPkYBjwGl — JB Pritzker (@JBPritzker) July 22, 2024 Harris supporters have taken the coconut emoji as a symbol, with many adding it to their social media profiles. The meme may have a limited shelf life, however, as some liberals view the term “coconut” as “unbelievably offensive” and racist. Unburdened Another one of Harris’s trademarks is her love of vague phrases, perhaps the most famous being “What can be, unburdened by what has been.” She has repeated the phrase dozens of times throughout her career. Here are four straight minutes of Kamala Harris being “what can be unburdened by what has been”#KamalaHarris2024 #breaking #unburned pic.twitter.com/zT2W5ml7hv — Genius Bot X (@GeniusBotX) July 3, 2024 Similar to the coconut meme, the phrase was turned from mockery to embracement. It has also gained a wider use outside of politics. Some anti-Harris figures have also embraced the meme, however, using it to mock Harris and the campaign. What can be: Unburdened by what has been: pic.twitter.com/TURnTEJYrz — ALX (@alx) July 22, 2024 Brat Charli XCX’s album brat turned out to be a major hit, becoming a popular anthem for the summer. Some Harris fans began making edits of Harris with the album as a background, earning an endorsement from Charli herself. “kamala IS brat,” she wrote in a post on X. kamala IS brat— Charli (@charli_xcx) July 22, 2024 CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The campaign then fully embraced the album; the “Kamala HQ” X page adopted the aesthetics of “brat” as its header, reading “kamala hq” on the signature neon green album cover. Supporters made edits of Harris to songs on the album. why did I stay up till 3am making a von dutch brat coconut tree edit featuring kamala harris and why can’t I stop watching it on repeat pic.twitter.com/hqcmerD1Pb — ryan (@ryanlong03) July 3, 2024, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kamala_Harris-WH_55.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Brady Knox,