Republicans are starting to ramp up pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to appear in more unscripted settings as they seek to end the political honeymoon she’s enjoyed since taking over the Democratic ticket.

Harris’s public presence has increased in the two weeks since she announced her run for president as she attends a series of rallies, fundraisers, and other campaign events. Meanwhile, the White House has given her a more prominent role at official events, including her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week.

However, in terms of her availability to the press, the Harris campaign has been more cautious. She has so far only engaged in a couple of on-the-record interactions with reporters. Republicans have accused her of “hiding” from public scrutiny.

Harris’s early rollout has energized Democrats following a three-week fight over whether President Joe Biden still had the mental acuity to challenge Donald Trump effectively. Biden ultimately bowed out of the race, endorsing Harris to run against the former president instead.

Republicans are hoping to end what several Democrats are describing as a “sugar high” seen in polling and fundraising once she begins to speak more extemporaneously.

The Harris campaign is keeping the vice president “in the basement because she has a history of word salads and California-lefty buzz words,” according to Republican strategist Brad Todd.

“They know she is at her best when voters can project whatever they want on her candidacy and not have to confront what it actually is,” Todd told the Washington Examiner.

Already, Republicans are mocking her first interactions with the press. Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), said Harris “sounds like a third grader giving a book report on a book she didn’t read” after she and Biden welcomed home U.S. citizens who had been wrongly detained in Russia.

“This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances,” Harris told reporters. “It’s an incredible day. And I got to see it in the families and in their eyes and in their cries.”

Harris has long leaned on her prosecutorial experience as a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general to deliver viral moments, from her questioning of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearing in 2018 to her exchange with Biden on bussing during their first Democratic primary debate in 2019, when she was still a Golden State senator.

However, it has been in interviews, such as her sit-down with NBC in 2021 when she was asked why she had not been to the southern border as vice president, and town halls where she has been perceived as her weakest in the past.

“And I haven’t been to Europe,” she told Lester Holt at the time. “I don’t understand the point that you’re making.”

Interviews will be especially significant this election cycle in the absence of a traditional primary process, with the Harris campaign so far relying on statements to disseminate her policy positions.

For now, it is “smart” for the Harris campaign to build up to media appearances, according to David Greenberg, a professor of history, media studies, and journalism at Rutgers University.

“In time, however, she’ll hit some bumps and will probably find a need to do live interviews and, of course, a debate with Trump,” he told the Washington Examiner. “For those, she’ll need to know her own mind on controversial issues that matter to swing voters.”

Despite its strategy since July 21, when Biden announced he was stepping down as the 2024 Democratic nominee, the Harris campaign has underscored how the vice president has participated in 80 interviews this year.

“Since becoming the candidate, Vice President Harris has been blitzing the country, talking directly to voters, and mobilizing a historic coalition that’s ready to win in November,” a Harris campaign spokesperson told the Washington Examiner. “Trump is doing none of that. On the rare occasion he addresses people outside his MAGA base, he’s putting his foot in his mouth, turning off the voters he needs to win, and talking about anything but a positive vision for the future — ranting about black jobs, attacking journalists, and promising to pardon insurrectionists.”

Trump has been permitting more access through a call with reporters concerning immigration and by attending this week’s National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago, though he, too, has fumbled with his media appearances.

During his NABJ interview, he falsely accused Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian heritage, of “becoming a black person,” prompting days of outcry and squirming from Republicans.

Nonetheless, Trump has doubled down on the remarks in public and on social media.

Trump has a tendency to play “to his base, whether that is his audience or not,” according to Sandy Maisel, professor emeritus of government at Colby College. 

“That is the only possible explanation of his NABJ interview,” Maisel told the Washington Examiner. “His ego does not allow him ever to admit a mistake, so he doubles down and his base loves it. Whether that serves him in the broader electorate seems less certain.”

Greenberg, of Rutgers, agreed that Trump “has good instincts about how to reclaim the spotlight” and that “even his absurd and offensive comments to the black journalists had the effect of winning him attention.”

In response, Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt reiterated that Harris is relying on Biden’s so-called basement strategy from 2020 “to hide her weakness and extremist agenda because she knows that opening her mouth will bring her disapproval ratings to a new low.”

“Kamala will keep hiding while the fake news media rewrites history and lets her staffers walk back her radical policies,” Leavitt told the Washington Examiner. “Voters didn’t like dangerously liberal Kamala when she ran in 2020, and after four years of destroying America, they certainly won’t like her this time around.”

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While Brian Rosenwald, a political and media historian at the University of Pennsylvania, would have granted interviews for Harris “to capitalize on the intense interest, as well as to get her message out at a time they didn’t have ads up,” he said he understood why they have not been “a top priority.”

“People forget how massive of an undertaking a presidential campaign is,” Rosenwald told the Washington Examiner. “So to take one over abruptly with this little time before Election Day, I have to assume Harris has been preoccupied with staffing and messaging decisions, maybe filming for ads, overseeing a vice presidential vetting and selection process, etc. … She’s got to take care of the big behind-the-scenes stuff ASAP, because that, more so than any interview, will determine whether she wins or not.”

2024-08-04 11:00:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3108705%2Fharris-gop-pressure-stop-hiding-press%2F?w=600&h=450, Republicans are starting to ramp up pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to appear in more unscripted settings as they seek to end the political honeymoon she’s enjoyed since taking over the Democratic ticket. Harris’s public presence has increased in the two weeks since she announced her run for president as she attends a series,

Republicans are starting to ramp up pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to appear in more unscripted settings as they seek to end the political honeymoon she’s enjoyed since taking over the Democratic ticket.

Harris’s public presence has increased in the two weeks since she announced her run for president as she attends a series of rallies, fundraisers, and other campaign events. Meanwhile, the White House has given her a more prominent role at official events, including her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week.

However, in terms of her availability to the press, the Harris campaign has been more cautious. She has so far only engaged in a couple of on-the-record interactions with reporters. Republicans have accused her of “hiding” from public scrutiny.

Harris’s early rollout has energized Democrats following a three-week fight over whether President Joe Biden still had the mental acuity to challenge Donald Trump effectively. Biden ultimately bowed out of the race, endorsing Harris to run against the former president instead.

Republicans are hoping to end what several Democrats are describing as a “sugar high” seen in polling and fundraising once she begins to speak more extemporaneously.

The Harris campaign is keeping the vice president “in the basement because she has a history of word salads and California-lefty buzz words,” according to Republican strategist Brad Todd.

“They know she is at her best when voters can project whatever they want on her candidacy and not have to confront what it actually is,” Todd told the Washington Examiner.

Already, Republicans are mocking her first interactions with the press. Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), said Harris “sounds like a third grader giving a book report on a book she didn’t read” after she and Biden welcomed home U.S. citizens who had been wrongly detained in Russia.

“This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances,” Harris told reporters. “It’s an incredible day. And I got to see it in the families and in their eyes and in their cries.”

Harris has long leaned on her prosecutorial experience as a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general to deliver viral moments, from her questioning of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearing in 2018 to her exchange with Biden on bussing during their first Democratic primary debate in 2019, when she was still a Golden State senator.

However, it has been in interviews, such as her sit-down with NBC in 2021 when she was asked why she had not been to the southern border as vice president, and town halls where she has been perceived as her weakest in the past.

“And I haven’t been to Europe,” she told Lester Holt at the time. “I don’t understand the point that you’re making.”

Interviews will be especially significant this election cycle in the absence of a traditional primary process, with the Harris campaign so far relying on statements to disseminate her policy positions.

For now, it is “smart” for the Harris campaign to build up to media appearances, according to David Greenberg, a professor of history, media studies, and journalism at Rutgers University.

“In time, however, she’ll hit some bumps and will probably find a need to do live interviews and, of course, a debate with Trump,” he told the Washington Examiner. “For those, she’ll need to know her own mind on controversial issues that matter to swing voters.”

Despite its strategy since July 21, when Biden announced he was stepping down as the 2024 Democratic nominee, the Harris campaign has underscored how the vice president has participated in 80 interviews this year.

“Since becoming the candidate, Vice President Harris has been blitzing the country, talking directly to voters, and mobilizing a historic coalition that’s ready to win in November,” a Harris campaign spokesperson told the Washington Examiner. “Trump is doing none of that. On the rare occasion he addresses people outside his MAGA base, he’s putting his foot in his mouth, turning off the voters he needs to win, and talking about anything but a positive vision for the future — ranting about black jobs, attacking journalists, and promising to pardon insurrectionists.”

Trump has been permitting more access through a call with reporters concerning immigration and by attending this week’s National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago, though he, too, has fumbled with his media appearances.

During his NABJ interview, he falsely accused Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian heritage, of “becoming a black person,” prompting days of outcry and squirming from Republicans.

Nonetheless, Trump has doubled down on the remarks in public and on social media.

Trump has a tendency to play “to his base, whether that is his audience or not,” according to Sandy Maisel, professor emeritus of government at Colby College. 

“That is the only possible explanation of his NABJ interview,” Maisel told the Washington Examiner. “His ego does not allow him ever to admit a mistake, so he doubles down and his base loves it. Whether that serves him in the broader electorate seems less certain.”

Greenberg, of Rutgers, agreed that Trump “has good instincts about how to reclaim the spotlight” and that “even his absurd and offensive comments to the black journalists had the effect of winning him attention.”

In response, Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt reiterated that Harris is relying on Biden’s so-called basement strategy from 2020 “to hide her weakness and extremist agenda because she knows that opening her mouth will bring her disapproval ratings to a new low.”

“Kamala will keep hiding while the fake news media rewrites history and lets her staffers walk back her radical policies,” Leavitt told the Washington Examiner. “Voters didn’t like dangerously liberal Kamala when she ran in 2020, and after four years of destroying America, they certainly won’t like her this time around.”

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While Brian Rosenwald, a political and media historian at the University of Pennsylvania, would have granted interviews for Harris “to capitalize on the intense interest, as well as to get her message out at a time they didn’t have ads up,” he said he understood why they have not been “a top priority.”

“People forget how massive of an undertaking a presidential campaign is,” Rosenwald told the Washington Examiner. “So to take one over abruptly with this little time before Election Day, I have to assume Harris has been preoccupied with staffing and messaging decisions, maybe filming for ads, overseeing a vice presidential vetting and selection process, etc. … She’s got to take care of the big behind-the-scenes stuff ASAP, because that, more so than any interview, will determine whether she wins or not.”

, Republicans are starting to ramp up pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to appear in more unscripted settings as they seek to end the political honeymoon she’s enjoyed since taking over the Democratic ticket. Harris’s public presence has increased in the two weeks since she announced her run for president as she attends a series of rallies, fundraisers, and other campaign events. Meanwhile, the White House has given her a more prominent role at official events, including her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week. However, in terms of her availability to the press, the Harris campaign has been more cautious. She has so far only engaged in a couple of on-the-record interactions with reporters. Republicans have accused her of “hiding” from public scrutiny. Harris’s early rollout has energized Democrats following a three-week fight over whether President Joe Biden still had the mental acuity to challenge Donald Trump effectively. Biden ultimately bowed out of the race, endorsing Harris to run against the former president instead. Republicans are hoping to end what several Democrats are describing as a “sugar high” seen in polling and fundraising once she begins to speak more extemporaneously. The Harris campaign is keeping the vice president “in the basement because she has a history of word salads and California-lefty buzz words,” according to Republican strategist Brad Todd. “They know she is at her best when voters can project whatever they want on her candidacy and not have to confront what it actually is,” Todd told the Washington Examiner. Already, Republicans are mocking her first interactions with the press. Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), said Harris “sounds like a third grader giving a book report on a book she didn’t read” after she and Biden welcomed home U.S. citizens who had been wrongly detained in Russia. “This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances,” Harris told reporters. “It’s an incredible day. And I got to see it in the families and in their eyes and in their cries.” Harris has long leaned on her prosecutorial experience as a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general to deliver viral moments, from her questioning of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearing in 2018 to her exchange with Biden on bussing during their first Democratic primary debate in 2019, when she was still a Golden State senator. However, it has been in interviews, such as her sit-down with NBC in 2021 when she was asked why she had not been to the southern border as vice president, and town halls where she has been perceived as her weakest in the past. “And I haven’t been to Europe,” she told Lester Holt at the time. “I don’t understand the point that you’re making.” Interviews will be especially significant this election cycle in the absence of a traditional primary process, with the Harris campaign so far relying on statements to disseminate her policy positions. For now, it is “smart” for the Harris campaign to build up to media appearances, according to David Greenberg, a professor of history, media studies, and journalism at Rutgers University. “In time, however, she’ll hit some bumps and will probably find a need to do live interviews and, of course, a debate with Trump,” he told the Washington Examiner. “For those, she’ll need to know her own mind on controversial issues that matter to swing voters.” Despite its strategy since July 21, when Biden announced he was stepping down as the 2024 Democratic nominee, the Harris campaign has underscored how the vice president has participated in 80 interviews this year. “Since becoming the candidate, Vice President Harris has been blitzing the country, talking directly to voters, and mobilizing a historic coalition that’s ready to win in November,” a Harris campaign spokesperson told the Washington Examiner. “Trump is doing none of that. On the rare occasion he addresses people outside his MAGA base, he’s putting his foot in his mouth, turning off the voters he needs to win, and talking about anything but a positive vision for the future — ranting about black jobs, attacking journalists, and promising to pardon insurrectionists.” Trump has been permitting more access through a call with reporters concerning immigration and by attending this week’s National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago, though he, too, has fumbled with his media appearances. During his NABJ interview, he falsely accused Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian heritage, of “becoming a black person,” prompting days of outcry and squirming from Republicans. Nonetheless, Trump has doubled down on the remarks in public and on social media. Trump has a tendency to play “to his base, whether that is his audience or not,” according to Sandy Maisel, professor emeritus of government at Colby College.  “That is the only possible explanation of his NABJ interview,” Maisel told the Washington Examiner. “His ego does not allow him ever to admit a mistake, so he doubles down and his base loves it. Whether that serves him in the broader electorate seems less certain.” Greenberg, of Rutgers, agreed that Trump “has good instincts about how to reclaim the spotlight” and that “even his absurd and offensive comments to the black journalists had the effect of winning him attention.” In response, Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt reiterated that Harris is relying on Biden’s so-called basement strategy from 2020 “to hide her weakness and extremist agenda because she knows that opening her mouth will bring her disapproval ratings to a new low.” “Kamala will keep hiding while the fake news media rewrites history and lets her staffers walk back her radical policies,” Leavitt told the Washington Examiner. “Voters didn’t like dangerously liberal Kamala when she ran in 2020, and after four years of destroying America, they certainly won’t like her this time around.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER While Brian Rosenwald, a political and media historian at the University of Pennsylvania, would have granted interviews for Harris “to capitalize on the intense interest, as well as to get her message out at a time they didn’t have ads up,” he said he understood why they have not been “a top priority.” “People forget how massive of an undertaking a presidential campaign is,” Rosenwald told the Washington Examiner. “So to take one over abruptly with this little time before Election Day, I have to assume Harris has been preoccupied with staffing and messaging decisions, maybe filming for ads, overseeing a vice presidential vetting and selection process, etc. … She’s got to take care of the big behind-the-scenes stuff ASAP, because that, more so than any interview, will determine whether she wins or not.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris_Campaign_54612.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/, Naomi Lim,

EXCLUSIVE — Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) thinks Republicans made a mistake undercutting President Joe Biden now that he has decided to stand aside as the 2024 Democratic nominee.

But at the same time, Justice, 73, remains confident working-class voters, including those who call his state of West Virginia home, will not cast a ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris this November.

“I don’t know why that the Republicans kept pushing so hard to get President Biden out of the way,” Justice told the Washington Examiner. “I mean, he was the gift that just kept on giving. Why in the world did we push so bloomin’ hard for him to go?”

“Now what you’ve got is you’ve got a reinvigorated Democrat Party and, money, and money, and more money,” he said. “And you’ve got a candidate that, in a lot of ways, fits the bill in a lot of different areas, and everything, that can possibly make things even more difficult.”

Since Biden announced two weeks ago that he was stepping down as the Democratic nominee and endorsing Harris, the Harris campaign has disclosed raising $310 million last month, compared to Republican opponent former President Donald Trump‘s $139 million. Harris’s fundraising erases Trump’s cash-on-hand advantage, though he maintains his structural Electoral College edge.

Harris has also closed the polling gap, with she and Trump statistically tied nationwide, according to RealClearPolitics. Trump had a 3-point lead over Biden.

“I think it’ll be tougher now,” Justice said.

Harris’s rise coincides with Sen. J.D. Vance‘s (R-OH) unsteady roll-out as Trump’s vice presidential nominee. Democrats, for example, have amplified comments he made in 2021 that Harris and other Democrats were “a bunch of childless cat ladies miserable at their own lives.”

“This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-children,” Vance told Fox News The Megyn Kelly Show in his own defense.

Although he described himself as being “very supportive” of Trump’s pick, Justice, who has been governor since 2017, would have tapped former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo or former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson instead.

“If something were to happen, and God forbid, it almost happened the other day, to our president, somebody’s got to take over,” he said.

In an interview days after West Virginia’s other dominant political personality, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), was rumored to be considering re-registering as a Democrat so he could replace Biden, Justice contended, “Manchin wants to stay in the spotlight.” The deadline passed this week for Manchin, who announced last year he would not seek reelection for the Senate as he stoked speculation of a presidential bid, to file paperwork as an independent candidate so he could run to keep his seat.

Term-limited Justice will likely replace Manchin in the Senate after winning the Republican primary against Rep Alex Mooney (R-WV) in May. Justice will face Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott, a Democrat, in the fall, but is expected to become the first Republican to hold the seat since 1956.

“He knew he couldn’t beat me,” Justice said of Manchin. “If he had gotten beaten, he loses the spotlight. At the end of the day, on top of all that, I do think they think that I’ll be a critical vote and hope that the Republicans win several seats. But you know, it could get more difficult now.”

“Joe is a, you know, in some ways, he’s a friend,” he added.

During the first two years of Biden’s administration, Manchin had an outsized importance in an evenly-divided Senate, alongside Sen. Krysten Sinema (I-AZ), who has since similarly de-registered from the Democratic Party and is not seeking reelection. Democrats would have to win the Arizona, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin Senate races, as well as the White House, to retain control of the Senate.

Justice argued he will be “an asset” to the Senate, particularly if Harris wins in three months time and plans to continue Biden’s policies regarding inflation, crime, and the “weaponization of the federal government.”

“[If] you could very well be the vote to flip the Senate and get this nation maybe, just maybe on the right path, would you do it? You’d probably say, ‘Yeah, I’d step up. I’d do it,’” he said. “I’ll do a good job to really do everything I possibly can to try to help get this nation on the right foot.”

Justice reiterated his answer, regardless of allegations concerning his family businesses’s debts and unpaid mining fines of reportedly more than $300 million becoming a campaign issue. In addition to agriculture and mining businesses, Justice’s family, own luxury five-star resort, the Greenbrier Hotel, which this week was put up for auction because of their debts.

“You have bumps in the road and in your businesses, and everything, and then everybody jumps up and says, ‘Well, what about this? What about this? What about this? And then at the end of the day I tell people just calm down for crying out loud,” he said before the auction notice became public. “From time to time, we may be late on something or stub our toe and everything as a family, I mean, that happens. But at the end of the day, I think we celebrate thousands of employees employed.”

Last month, Justice addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, but it was his English bulldog, Babydog, who received louder applause when she accompanied him onstage at the Fiserv Forum.

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For Justice, who had Babydog at his feet for the interview and asked an aide to lift her up onto his lap at the end, the response was not a surprise.

“When you get out of the car and the Secret Service says, ‘I want a picture with Babydog,” he said, recalling one interaction. “Then later on, when we had to get Babydog to some grass where she could pee, the Secret Service said, ‘Hold on, stop the traffic.’ And they stopped the traffic and let her go across the road and everything. So, it’s good. It’s good stuff. It makes us smile and makes us happy, and why not be that way? This journey’s tough enough.”

2024-08-04 10:00:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fcongressional%2F3107940%2Fjim-justice-says-republicans-should-regret-pushing-so-hard-to-get-rid-of-biden%2F?w=600&h=450, EXCLUSIVE — Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) thinks Republicans made a mistake undercutting President Joe Biden now that he has decided to stand aside as the 2024 Democratic nominee. But at the same time, Justice, 73, remains confident working-class voters, including those who call his state of West Virginia home, will not cast a ballot for,

EXCLUSIVE — Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) thinks Republicans made a mistake undercutting President Joe Biden now that he has decided to stand aside as the 2024 Democratic nominee.

But at the same time, Justice, 73, remains confident working-class voters, including those who call his state of West Virginia home, will not cast a ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris this November.

“I don’t know why that the Republicans kept pushing so hard to get President Biden out of the way,” Justice told the Washington Examiner. “I mean, he was the gift that just kept on giving. Why in the world did we push so bloomin’ hard for him to go?”

“Now what you’ve got is you’ve got a reinvigorated Democrat Party and, money, and money, and more money,” he said. “And you’ve got a candidate that, in a lot of ways, fits the bill in a lot of different areas, and everything, that can possibly make things even more difficult.”

Since Biden announced two weeks ago that he was stepping down as the Democratic nominee and endorsing Harris, the Harris campaign has disclosed raising $310 million last month, compared to Republican opponent former President Donald Trump‘s $139 million. Harris’s fundraising erases Trump’s cash-on-hand advantage, though he maintains his structural Electoral College edge.

Harris has also closed the polling gap, with she and Trump statistically tied nationwide, according to RealClearPolitics. Trump had a 3-point lead over Biden.

“I think it’ll be tougher now,” Justice said.

Harris’s rise coincides with Sen. J.D. Vance‘s (R-OH) unsteady roll-out as Trump’s vice presidential nominee. Democrats, for example, have amplified comments he made in 2021 that Harris and other Democrats were “a bunch of childless cat ladies miserable at their own lives.”

“This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-children,” Vance told Fox News The Megyn Kelly Show in his own defense.

Although he described himself as being “very supportive” of Trump’s pick, Justice, who has been governor since 2017, would have tapped former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo or former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson instead.

“If something were to happen, and God forbid, it almost happened the other day, to our president, somebody’s got to take over,” he said.

In an interview days after West Virginia’s other dominant political personality, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), was rumored to be considering re-registering as a Democrat so he could replace Biden, Justice contended, “Manchin wants to stay in the spotlight.” The deadline passed this week for Manchin, who announced last year he would not seek reelection for the Senate as he stoked speculation of a presidential bid, to file paperwork as an independent candidate so he could run to keep his seat.

Term-limited Justice will likely replace Manchin in the Senate after winning the Republican primary against Rep Alex Mooney (R-WV) in May. Justice will face Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott, a Democrat, in the fall, but is expected to become the first Republican to hold the seat since 1956.

“He knew he couldn’t beat me,” Justice said of Manchin. “If he had gotten beaten, he loses the spotlight. At the end of the day, on top of all that, I do think they think that I’ll be a critical vote and hope that the Republicans win several seats. But you know, it could get more difficult now.”

“Joe is a, you know, in some ways, he’s a friend,” he added.

During the first two years of Biden’s administration, Manchin had an outsized importance in an evenly-divided Senate, alongside Sen. Krysten Sinema (I-AZ), who has since similarly de-registered from the Democratic Party and is not seeking reelection. Democrats would have to win the Arizona, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin Senate races, as well as the White House, to retain control of the Senate.

Justice argued he will be “an asset” to the Senate, particularly if Harris wins in three months time and plans to continue Biden’s policies regarding inflation, crime, and the “weaponization of the federal government.”

“[If] you could very well be the vote to flip the Senate and get this nation maybe, just maybe on the right path, would you do it? You’d probably say, ‘Yeah, I’d step up. I’d do it,’” he said. “I’ll do a good job to really do everything I possibly can to try to help get this nation on the right foot.”

Justice reiterated his answer, regardless of allegations concerning his family businesses’s debts and unpaid mining fines of reportedly more than $300 million becoming a campaign issue. In addition to agriculture and mining businesses, Justice’s family, own luxury five-star resort, the Greenbrier Hotel, which this week was put up for auction because of their debts.

“You have bumps in the road and in your businesses, and everything, and then everybody jumps up and says, ‘Well, what about this? What about this? What about this? And then at the end of the day I tell people just calm down for crying out loud,” he said before the auction notice became public. “From time to time, we may be late on something or stub our toe and everything as a family, I mean, that happens. But at the end of the day, I think we celebrate thousands of employees employed.”

Last month, Justice addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, but it was his English bulldog, Babydog, who received louder applause when she accompanied him onstage at the Fiserv Forum.

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For Justice, who had Babydog at his feet for the interview and asked an aide to lift her up onto his lap at the end, the response was not a surprise.

“When you get out of the car and the Secret Service says, ‘I want a picture with Babydog,” he said, recalling one interaction. “Then later on, when we had to get Babydog to some grass where she could pee, the Secret Service said, ‘Hold on, stop the traffic.’ And they stopped the traffic and let her go across the road and everything. So, it’s good. It’s good stuff. It makes us smile and makes us happy, and why not be that way? This journey’s tough enough.”

, EXCLUSIVE — Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) thinks Republicans made a mistake undercutting President Joe Biden now that he has decided to stand aside as the 2024 Democratic nominee. But at the same time, Justice, 73, remains confident working-class voters, including those who call his state of West Virginia home, will not cast a ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris this November. “I don’t know why that the Republicans kept pushing so hard to get President Biden out of the way,” Justice told the Washington Examiner. “I mean, he was the gift that just kept on giving. Why in the world did we push so bloomin’ hard for him to go?” “Now what you’ve got is you’ve got a reinvigorated Democrat Party and, money, and money, and more money,” he said. “And you’ve got a candidate that, in a lot of ways, fits the bill in a lot of different areas, and everything, that can possibly make things even more difficult.” Since Biden announced two weeks ago that he was stepping down as the Democratic nominee and endorsing Harris, the Harris campaign has disclosed raising $310 million last month, compared to Republican opponent former President Donald Trump‘s $139 million. Harris’s fundraising erases Trump’s cash-on-hand advantage, though he maintains his structural Electoral College edge. Harris has also closed the polling gap, with she and Trump statistically tied nationwide, according to RealClearPolitics. Trump had a 3-point lead over Biden. “I think it’ll be tougher now,” Justice said. Harris’s rise coincides with Sen. J.D. Vance‘s (R-OH) unsteady roll-out as Trump’s vice presidential nominee. Democrats, for example, have amplified comments he made in 2021 that Harris and other Democrats were “a bunch of childless cat ladies miserable at their own lives.” “This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-children,” Vance told Fox News The Megyn Kelly Show in his own defense. Although he described himself as being “very supportive” of Trump’s pick, Justice, who has been governor since 2017, would have tapped former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo or former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson instead. “If something were to happen, and God forbid, it almost happened the other day, to our president, somebody’s got to take over,” he said. In an interview days after West Virginia’s other dominant political personality, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), was rumored to be considering re-registering as a Democrat so he could replace Biden, Justice contended, “Manchin wants to stay in the spotlight.” The deadline passed this week for Manchin, who announced last year he would not seek reelection for the Senate as he stoked speculation of a presidential bid, to file paperwork as an independent candidate so he could run to keep his seat. Term-limited Justice will likely replace Manchin in the Senate after winning the Republican primary against Rep Alex Mooney (R-WV) in May. Justice will face Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott, a Democrat, in the fall, but is expected to become the first Republican to hold the seat since 1956. “He knew he couldn’t beat me,” Justice said of Manchin. “If he had gotten beaten, he loses the spotlight. At the end of the day, on top of all that, I do think they think that I’ll be a critical vote and hope that the Republicans win several seats. But you know, it could get more difficult now.” “Joe is a, you know, in some ways, he’s a friend,” he added. During the first two years of Biden’s administration, Manchin had an outsized importance in an evenly-divided Senate, alongside Sen. Krysten Sinema (I-AZ), who has since similarly de-registered from the Democratic Party and is not seeking reelection. Democrats would have to win the Arizona, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin Senate races, as well as the White House, to retain control of the Senate. Justice argued he will be “an asset” to the Senate, particularly if Harris wins in three months time and plans to continue Biden’s policies regarding inflation, crime, and the “weaponization of the federal government.” “[If] you could very well be the vote to flip the Senate and get this nation maybe, just maybe on the right path, would you do it? You’d probably say, ‘Yeah, I’d step up. I’d do it,’” he said. “I’ll do a good job to really do everything I possibly can to try to help get this nation on the right foot.” Justice reiterated his answer, regardless of allegations concerning his family businesses’s debts and unpaid mining fines of reportedly more than $300 million becoming a campaign issue. In addition to agriculture and mining businesses, Justice’s family, own luxury five-star resort, the Greenbrier Hotel, which this week was put up for auction because of their debts. “You have bumps in the road and in your businesses, and everything, and then everybody jumps up and says, ‘Well, what about this? What about this? What about this? And then at the end of the day I tell people just calm down for crying out loud,” he said before the auction notice became public. “From time to time, we may be late on something or stub our toe and everything as a family, I mean, that happens. But at the end of the day, I think we celebrate thousands of employees employed.” Last month, Justice addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, but it was his English bulldog, Babydog, who received louder applause when she accompanied him onstage at the Fiserv Forum. Gov. Jim Justice’s dog, Babydog, at the Republican National Convention on July 16, 2024. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner) CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER For Justice, who had Babydog at his feet for the interview and asked an aide to lift her up onto his lap at the end, the response was not a surprise. “When you get out of the car and the Secret Service says, ‘I want a picture with Babydog,” he said, recalling one interaction. “Then later on, when we had to get Babydog to some grass where she could pee, the Secret Service said, ‘Hold on, stop the traffic.’ And they stopped the traffic and let her go across the road and everything. So, it’s good. It’s good stuff. It makes us smile and makes us happy, and why not be that way? This journey’s tough enough.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AP24026703919558-1024×683.jpg, 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/, Naomi Lim,

Electability and personal connection are among Vice President Kamala Harris‘s top considerations as she contemplates her second-in-command short list.

While candidates such as Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) could help Harris win their battleground home states, her histories with them and the other men who are reportedly vice presidential finalists are relatively sparse.

Harris’s working relationship with Shapiro, for example, dates back to 2006 when the pair both participated in a young politician fellowship program, according to CNN. But although their relationship has been long, it is not necessarily deep. Shapiro, alongside other contenders such as Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), and Tim Walz (D-MN), also attended a listening session held at her residence, the Naval Observatory, in February to provide feedback on President Joe Biden‘s campaign.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, with whom she has served in Biden’s administration and met for 90 minutes on Friday, stepped in to play former Vice President Mike Pence, who, like Buttigieg, hails from Indiana, as part of her preparation for her 2020 debate against him.

Harris was California‘s attorney general during Beshear’s first year in the same role in Kentucky, though she was running to become one of the Golden State’s senators at the time. She later served in the same chamber as Kelly for two weeks in 2021 before she was inaugurated as vice president.

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Harris is reportedly sitting down with her vetting team this weekend to receive in-depth reports on her potential vice presidential nominees, according to CNN, with former Attorney General Eric Holder, whose law firm is spearheading the process, spotted arriving at her residence on Saturday.

Harris’s self-imposed deadline to make a decision is next Tuesday. Her campaign announced this week that she and her running mate would embark on a five-day, seven-state swing starting in Philadelphia on that day.

2024-08-03 20:14:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3109913%2Fharris-grapples-with-vp-short-list%2F?w=600&h=450, Electability and personal connection are among Vice President Kamala Harris‘s top considerations as she contemplates her second-in-command short list. While candidates such as Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) could help Harris win their battleground home states, her histories with them and the other men who are reportedly vice presidential finalists are relatively sparse. Harris’s,

Electability and personal connection are among Vice President Kamala Harris‘s top considerations as she contemplates her second-in-command short list.

While candidates such as Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) could help Harris win their battleground home states, her histories with them and the other men who are reportedly vice presidential finalists are relatively sparse.

Harris’s working relationship with Shapiro, for example, dates back to 2006 when the pair both participated in a young politician fellowship program, according to CNN. But although their relationship has been long, it is not necessarily deep. Shapiro, alongside other contenders such as Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), and Tim Walz (D-MN), also attended a listening session held at her residence, the Naval Observatory, in February to provide feedback on President Joe Biden‘s campaign.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, with whom she has served in Biden’s administration and met for 90 minutes on Friday, stepped in to play former Vice President Mike Pence, who, like Buttigieg, hails from Indiana, as part of her preparation for her 2020 debate against him.

Harris was California‘s attorney general during Beshear’s first year in the same role in Kentucky, though she was running to become one of the Golden State’s senators at the time. She later served in the same chamber as Kelly for two weeks in 2021 before she was inaugurated as vice president.

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Harris is reportedly sitting down with her vetting team this weekend to receive in-depth reports on her potential vice presidential nominees, according to CNN, with former Attorney General Eric Holder, whose law firm is spearheading the process, spotted arriving at her residence on Saturday.

Harris’s self-imposed deadline to make a decision is next Tuesday. Her campaign announced this week that she and her running mate would embark on a five-day, seven-state swing starting in Philadelphia on that day.

, Electability and personal connection are among Vice President Kamala Harris‘s top considerations as she contemplates her second-in-command short list. While candidates such as Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) could help Harris win their battleground home states, her histories with them and the other men who are reportedly vice presidential finalists are relatively sparse. Harris’s working relationship with Shapiro, for example, dates back to 2006 when the pair both participated in a young politician fellowship program, according to CNN. But although their relationship has been long, it is not necessarily deep. Shapiro, alongside other contenders such as Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), and Tim Walz (D-MN), also attended a listening session held at her residence, the Naval Observatory, in February to provide feedback on President Joe Biden‘s campaign. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, with whom she has served in Biden’s administration and met for 90 minutes on Friday, stepped in to play former Vice President Mike Pence, who, like Buttigieg, hails from Indiana, as part of her preparation for her 2020 debate against him. Harris was California‘s attorney general during Beshear’s first year in the same role in Kentucky, though she was running to become one of the Golden State’s senators at the time. She later served in the same chamber as Kelly for two weeks in 2021 before she was inaugurated as vice president. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Harris is reportedly sitting down with her vetting team this weekend to receive in-depth reports on her potential vice presidential nominees, according to CNN, with former Attorney General Eric Holder, whose law firm is spearheading the process, spotted arriving at her residence on Saturday. Harris’s self-imposed deadline to make a decision is next Tuesday. Her campaign announced this week that she and her running mate would embark on a five-day, seven-state swing starting in Philadelphia on that day., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kamala-harris-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/, Naomi Lim,

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has done his part as former President Donald Trump‘s vice presidential nominee to amplify his attempts to goad Vice President Kamala Harris into a debate.

Vance described Trump’s proposal for a debate on Fox News in Pennsylvania on Sept. 4 before a “full arena audience” as a “masterstroke.”

“The Kamala campaign has been saying for a long time that President Trump is afraid to debate Kamala Harris, which of course is absurd because the last time he debated their nominee, that nominee withdrew two weeks later,” Vance told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with Matt Boyle. “The thing that we’ve learned about Kamala, Matt, over the last four years is she’s incredibly bad if she’s not scripted, right?”

Trump “feeds off of human beings, which is like natural and normal for a political leader,” according to Vance.

“You’re supposed to lead people and to lead people you actually have to sort of like people and engage with them well,” Vance said. “So him having a crowd for this debate, I think is really important because it will show his natural leadership ability. And it also shows, frankly, that people are kind of turned off by Kamala Harris.”

“Hopefully, it happens, and hopefully, Kamala Harris agrees to it,” he added. “If she doesn’t, then clearly, she’s the one who’s afraid to debate.”

The Trump and Harris campaigns have been posturing regarding a debate after Trump agreed to a match-up on ABC on Sept. 10 when President Joe Biden was the Democratic nominee before he started signaling last week that he would prefer for it to take place on Fox News and that he could also “make a case for not doing it.” On Friday night, Trump declared his agreement with Biden had been “terminated” because the president is no longer his party’s standard-bearer.

“I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest,” he added on social media, alluding to George Stephanopoulos. “The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party.”

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Meanwhile, the Harris campaign insists the vice president will appear on ABC on Sept. 10 “one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience.”

“We’re happy to discuss further debates after the one both campaigns have already agreed to,” Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler wrote Saturday in a statement. “Mr. Anytime, anywhere, anyplace should have no problem with that unless he’s too scared to show up on the 10th.”

2024-08-03 19:52:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3109902%2Fvance-says-harris-scared-debate-because-bad-unscripted%2F?w=600&h=450, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has done his part as former President Donald Trump‘s vice presidential nominee to amplify his attempts to goad Vice President Kamala Harris into a debate. Vance described Trump’s proposal for a debate on Fox News in Pennsylvania on Sept. 4 before a “full arena audience” as a “masterstroke.” “The Kamala campaign,

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has done his part as former President Donald Trump‘s vice presidential nominee to amplify his attempts to goad Vice President Kamala Harris into a debate.

Vance described Trump’s proposal for a debate on Fox News in Pennsylvania on Sept. 4 before a “full arena audience” as a “masterstroke.”

“The Kamala campaign has been saying for a long time that President Trump is afraid to debate Kamala Harris, which of course is absurd because the last time he debated their nominee, that nominee withdrew two weeks later,” Vance told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with Matt Boyle. “The thing that we’ve learned about Kamala, Matt, over the last four years is she’s incredibly bad if she’s not scripted, right?”

Trump “feeds off of human beings, which is like natural and normal for a political leader,” according to Vance.

“You’re supposed to lead people and to lead people you actually have to sort of like people and engage with them well,” Vance said. “So him having a crowd for this debate, I think is really important because it will show his natural leadership ability. And it also shows, frankly, that people are kind of turned off by Kamala Harris.”

“Hopefully, it happens, and hopefully, Kamala Harris agrees to it,” he added. “If she doesn’t, then clearly, she’s the one who’s afraid to debate.”

The Trump and Harris campaigns have been posturing regarding a debate after Trump agreed to a match-up on ABC on Sept. 10 when President Joe Biden was the Democratic nominee before he started signaling last week that he would prefer for it to take place on Fox News and that he could also “make a case for not doing it.” On Friday night, Trump declared his agreement with Biden had been “terminated” because the president is no longer his party’s standard-bearer.

“I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest,” he added on social media, alluding to George Stephanopoulos. “The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party.”

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Meanwhile, the Harris campaign insists the vice president will appear on ABC on Sept. 10 “one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience.”

“We’re happy to discuss further debates after the one both campaigns have already agreed to,” Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler wrote Saturday in a statement. “Mr. Anytime, anywhere, anyplace should have no problem with that unless he’s too scared to show up on the 10th.”

, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has done his part as former President Donald Trump‘s vice presidential nominee to amplify his attempts to goad Vice President Kamala Harris into a debate. Vance described Trump’s proposal for a debate on Fox News in Pennsylvania on Sept. 4 before a “full arena audience” as a “masterstroke.” “The Kamala campaign has been saying for a long time that President Trump is afraid to debate Kamala Harris, which of course is absurd because the last time he debated their nominee, that nominee withdrew two weeks later,” Vance told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with Matt Boyle. “The thing that we’ve learned about Kamala, Matt, over the last four years is she’s incredibly bad if she’s not scripted, right?” Trump “feeds off of human beings, which is like natural and normal for a political leader,” according to Vance. “You’re supposed to lead people and to lead people you actually have to sort of like people and engage with them well,” Vance said. “So him having a crowd for this debate, I think is really important because it will show his natural leadership ability. And it also shows, frankly, that people are kind of turned off by Kamala Harris.” “Hopefully, it happens, and hopefully, Kamala Harris agrees to it,” he added. “If she doesn’t, then clearly, she’s the one who’s afraid to debate.” The Trump and Harris campaigns have been posturing regarding a debate after Trump agreed to a match-up on ABC on Sept. 10 when President Joe Biden was the Democratic nominee before he started signaling last week that he would prefer for it to take place on Fox News and that he could also “make a case for not doing it.” On Friday night, Trump declared his agreement with Biden had been “terminated” because the president is no longer his party’s standard-bearer. “I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest,” he added on social media, alluding to George Stephanopoulos. “The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party.” I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th. The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George…— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 3, 2024 CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Meanwhile, the Harris campaign insists the vice president will appear on ABC on Sept. 10 “one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience.” “We’re happy to discuss further debates after the one both campaigns have already agreed to,” Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler wrote Saturday in a statement. “Mr. Anytime, anywhere, anyplace should have no problem with that unless he’s too scared to show up on the 10th.” Our statement on Donald Trump backing out of the debate he already agreed to pic.twitter.com/r8VrZRI0q8 — Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 3, 2024, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Vance.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/, Naomi Lim,

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is downplaying reports that she led the pressure campaign to push President Joe Biden to step down as the 2024 Democratic nominee.

“No, I wasn’t the leader of any pressure [campaign],” Pelosi told CBS in a clip of an interview that aired on Saturday. “Let me say things that I didn’t do: I didn’t call one person. I did not call one person. I could always say to him, ‘I never called anybody.’”

In the snippet, Pelosi also responded to reports Biden was “furious” with her regarding her role in the pressure campaign and not publicly supporting him, with Democrats, including close allies to her, such as Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), instead encouraging him to stand aside.

“He knows that I love him very much,” she said, declining to share other details of her discussions with Biden.

Despite Pelosi’s denials, ones her aides have made before, many Democrats interpreted her comments on MSNBC after Biden’s debate with former President Donald Trump as providing a permission structure for them to express concerns about Biden’s age, mental acuity, and electoral prospects.

“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” Pelosi told the network shortly after Biden said he had no intention of dropping his reelection bid. “We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. The, I think, overwhelming support of the caucus, it’s not for me to say. I’m not the head of the caucus anymore, but he’s beloved, he is respected, and people want him to make that decision. Not me.”

“He has made the decision,” MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire said. “He has said firmly this week he is going to run. Do you want him to run?”

“I want him to do whatever he decides to do, and that’s the way it is,” she replied. “Whatever he decides, we go with.”

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Pelosi spoke with Biden at least twice amid the pressure campaign, reportedly telling him during one call that he could lose the House for Democrats. In response, Biden became defensive, with Pelosi asking Biden adviser Mike Donilon to present her with positive data for the president.

Although Pelosi may not have made any calls related to Biden, she reportedly was on the receiving end of several, including from former President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is downplaying reports that she led the pressure campaign to push President Joe Biden to step down as the 2024 Democratic nominee.

“No, I wasn’t the leader of any pressure [campaign],” Pelosi told CBS in a clip of an interview that aired on Saturday. “Let me say things that I didn’t do: I didn’t call one person. I did not call one person. I could always say to him, ‘I never called anybody.’”

In the snippet, Pelosi also responded to reports Biden was “furious” with her regarding her role in the pressure campaign and not publicly supporting him, with Democrats, including close allies to her, such as Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), instead encouraging him to stand aside.

“He knows that I love him very much,” she said, declining to share other details of her discussions with Biden.

Despite Pelosi’s denials, ones her aides have made before, many Democrats interpreted her comments on MSNBC after Biden’s debate with former President Donald Trump as providing a permission structure for them to express concerns about Biden’s age, mental acuity, and electoral prospects.

“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” Pelosi told the network shortly after Biden said he had no intention of dropping his reelection bid. “We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. The, I think, overwhelming support of the caucus, it’s not for me to say. I’m not the head of the caucus anymore, but he’s beloved, he is respected, and people want him to make that decision. Not me.”

“He has made the decision,” MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire said. “He has said firmly this week he is going to run. Do you want him to run?”

“I want him to do whatever he decides to do, and that’s the way it is,” she replied. “Whatever he decides, we go with.”

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Pelosi spoke with Biden at least twice amid the pressure campaign, reportedly telling him during one call that he could lose the House for Democrats. In response, Biden became defensive, with Pelosi asking Biden adviser Mike Donilon to present her with positive data for the president.

Although Pelosi may not have made any calls related to Biden, she reportedly was on the receiving end of several, including from former President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is downplaying reports that she led the pressure campaign to push President Joe Biden to step down as the 2024 Democratic nominee. “No, I wasn’t the leader of any pressure [campaign],” Pelosi told CBS in a clip of an interview that aired on Saturday. “Let me say things that I didn’t do: I didn’t call one person. I did not call one person. I could always say to him, ‘I never called anybody.’” “I did not call one person.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with Lesley Stahl about her role in President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race. https://t.co/BtvgDUKdYf pic.twitter.com/cnJ8ywR5sU — CBS Sunday Morning (@CBSSunday) August 3, 2024 In the snippet, Pelosi also responded to reports Biden was “furious” with her regarding her role in the pressure campaign and not publicly supporting him, with Democrats, including close allies to her, such as Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), instead encouraging him to stand aside. “He knows that I love him very much,” she said, declining to share other details of her discussions with Biden. Despite Pelosi’s denials, ones her aides have made before, many Democrats interpreted her comments on MSNBC after Biden’s debate with former President Donald Trump as providing a permission structure for them to express concerns about Biden’s age, mental acuity, and electoral prospects. “It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” Pelosi told the network shortly after Biden said he had no intention of dropping his reelection bid. “We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. The, I think, overwhelming support of the caucus, it’s not for me to say. I’m not the head of the caucus anymore, but he’s beloved, he is respected, and people want him to make that decision. Not me.” “He has made the decision,” MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire said. “He has said firmly this week he is going to run. Do you want him to run?” “I want him to do whatever he decides to do, and that’s the way it is,” she replied. “Whatever he decides, we go with.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Pelosi spoke with Biden at least twice amid the pressure campaign, reportedly telling him during one call that he could lose the House for Democrats. In response, Biden became defensive, with Pelosi asking Biden adviser Mike Donilon to present her with positive data for the president. Although Pelosi may not have made any calls related to Biden, she reportedly was on the receiving end of several, including from former President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nancy-pelosi-speech-israel.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/, Naomi Lim,

Kellyanne Conway is now a lobbyist for Ukrainian businessman and oligarch Victor Pinchuk’s philanthropic foundation.

Conway registered her $50,000-a-month contract with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation with the Justice Department on Friday, a requirement under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Conway will “engage U.S. lawmakers, and experts, and opinion makers, to explain the importance of Ukraine to the rules-based order and the protection of democratic principles,” in addition to “raising awareness” about “Ukrainians’ fight for freedom and the Russian illegal war of aggression,” according to the contract, which started on July 25 and will expire a week after November’s election.

Conway will also encourage stakeholders to attend the annual Yalta European Strategy meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine from Sept. 13-14

Conway did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner‘s inquiries, though the contract stipulates she cannot comment on it without the foundation’s approval.

Pinchuk, who derives his wealth from an investing and financial services firm, as well as his pipe, wheel, and steel-producing company and media properties, has well-established ties to former President Donald Trump, donating $150,000 to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 2015 before Trump appeared in a video for the Yalta European Strategy meeting that year.

Conway, who was a campaign and White House aide to Trump, denied a report this week that she was the source of negative stories regarding Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Trump’s vice presidential nominee, who has been contending with criticism of a statement in 2021 he made claiming Democrats were “a bunch of childless cat ladies miserable at their own lives.” During Trump’s veepstakes, Conway had advocated for the likes of Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), with Rubio, a high-profile member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, espousing more pro-Ukraine policy positions than Vance.

“When it comes to concerned people questioning the vetting or selection of J.D. Vance, the calls are coming in, not going out,” Conway told the Bulwark this week. “I’m not calling them and saying this is bad. People are asking me. They’re not just asking me. They’re asking lots of people.”

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Vance shares Trump’s America First approach to foreign policy, telling the Republican National Convention last month, “We will make sure our allies share in the burden of securing world peace.”

“No more free rides for nations that betray the generosity of the American taxpayer,” he said.

2024-08-03 17:17:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3109844%2Fkellyanne-conway-registers-ukraine-foreign-agent-amid-jd-vance-flap%2F?w=600&h=450, Kellyanne Conway is now a lobbyist for Ukrainian businessman and oligarch Victor Pinchuk’s philanthropic foundation. Conway registered her $50,000-a-month contract with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation with the Justice Department on Friday, a requirement under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Conway will “engage U.S. lawmakers, and experts, and opinion makers, to explain the importance of Ukraine,

Kellyanne Conway is now a lobbyist for Ukrainian businessman and oligarch Victor Pinchuk’s philanthropic foundation.

Conway registered her $50,000-a-month contract with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation with the Justice Department on Friday, a requirement under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Conway will “engage U.S. lawmakers, and experts, and opinion makers, to explain the importance of Ukraine to the rules-based order and the protection of democratic principles,” in addition to “raising awareness” about “Ukrainians’ fight for freedom and the Russian illegal war of aggression,” according to the contract, which started on July 25 and will expire a week after November’s election.

Conway will also encourage stakeholders to attend the annual Yalta European Strategy meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine from Sept. 13-14

Conway did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner‘s inquiries, though the contract stipulates she cannot comment on it without the foundation’s approval.

Pinchuk, who derives his wealth from an investing and financial services firm, as well as his pipe, wheel, and steel-producing company and media properties, has well-established ties to former President Donald Trump, donating $150,000 to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 2015 before Trump appeared in a video for the Yalta European Strategy meeting that year.

Conway, who was a campaign and White House aide to Trump, denied a report this week that she was the source of negative stories regarding Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Trump’s vice presidential nominee, who has been contending with criticism of a statement in 2021 he made claiming Democrats were “a bunch of childless cat ladies miserable at their own lives.” During Trump’s veepstakes, Conway had advocated for the likes of Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), with Rubio, a high-profile member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, espousing more pro-Ukraine policy positions than Vance.

“When it comes to concerned people questioning the vetting or selection of J.D. Vance, the calls are coming in, not going out,” Conway told the Bulwark this week. “I’m not calling them and saying this is bad. People are asking me. They’re not just asking me. They’re asking lots of people.”

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Vance shares Trump’s America First approach to foreign policy, telling the Republican National Convention last month, “We will make sure our allies share in the burden of securing world peace.”

“No more free rides for nations that betray the generosity of the American taxpayer,” he said.

, Kellyanne Conway is now a lobbyist for Ukrainian businessman and oligarch Victor Pinchuk’s philanthropic foundation. Conway registered her $50,000-a-month contract with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation with the Justice Department on Friday, a requirement under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Conway will “engage U.S. lawmakers, and experts, and opinion makers, to explain the importance of Ukraine to the rules-based order and the protection of democratic principles,” in addition to “raising awareness” about “Ukrainians’ fight for freedom and the Russian illegal war of aggression,” according to the contract, which started on July 25 and will expire a week after November’s election. Conway will also encourage stakeholders to attend the annual Yalta European Strategy meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine from Sept. 13-14 Conway did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner‘s inquiries, though the contract stipulates she cannot comment on it without the foundation’s approval. Pinchuk, who derives his wealth from an investing and financial services firm, as well as his pipe, wheel, and steel-producing company and media properties, has well-established ties to former President Donald Trump, donating $150,000 to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 2015 before Trump appeared in a video for the Yalta European Strategy meeting that year. Conway, who was a campaign and White House aide to Trump, denied a report this week that she was the source of negative stories regarding Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Trump’s vice presidential nominee, who has been contending with criticism of a statement in 2021 he made claiming Democrats were “a bunch of childless cat ladies miserable at their own lives.” During Trump’s veepstakes, Conway had advocated for the likes of Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), with Rubio, a high-profile member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, espousing more pro-Ukraine policy positions than Vance. “When it comes to concerned people questioning the vetting or selection of J.D. Vance, the calls are coming in, not going out,” Conway told the Bulwark this week. “I’m not calling them and saying this is bad. People are asking me. They’re not just asking me. They’re asking lots of people.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Vance shares Trump’s America First approach to foreign policy, telling the Republican National Convention last month, “We will make sure our allies share in the burden of securing world peace.” “No more free rides for nations that betray the generosity of the American taxpayer,” he said., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24200021203119-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/, Naomi Lim,

Despite appearing frail during wife Rosalynn’s memorial service last November, former President Jimmy Carter is determined to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris this year.

Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, shared his hope with his son Chip, according to his grandson Jason.

“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Jimmy Carter said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday.

Jason Carter, a former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee, added his grandfather was “more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza” when he spoke with his uncle Chip a couple of days ago. Pro-Gaza protesters demonstrated outside of Rosalynn’s service at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta last year, an event attended by President Joe Biden and former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, in addition to all the living first ladies, including Melania Trump.

Early voting in Georgia, a state Biden won over former President Donald Trump by about 12,000 votes, starts on Oct. 15. Democrats hope Harris can repeat Biden’s success in 100-odd days.

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The elder Carter, the longest-lived former president, has been in hospice care since February 2023 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, after deciding to decline medical treatment for an undisclosed terminal illness. He has asked Biden to deliver a eulogy at his funeral when the time comes.

A concert at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre on Sept. 17 has already been announced to celebrate Carter’s birthday, with proceeds going to the Carter Center, his not-for-profit organization.

2024-08-03 15:47:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3109795%2Fjimmy-carter-family-former-president-hanging-vote-harris%2F?w=600&h=450, Despite appearing frail during wife Rosalynn’s memorial service last November, former President Jimmy Carter is determined to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris this year. Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, shared his hope with his son Chip, according to his grandson Jason. “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala,

Despite appearing frail during wife Rosalynn’s memorial service last November, former President Jimmy Carter is determined to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris this year.

Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, shared his hope with his son Chip, according to his grandson Jason.

“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Jimmy Carter said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday.

Jason Carter, a former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee, added his grandfather was “more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza” when he spoke with his uncle Chip a couple of days ago. Pro-Gaza protesters demonstrated outside of Rosalynn’s service at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta last year, an event attended by President Joe Biden and former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, in addition to all the living first ladies, including Melania Trump.

Early voting in Georgia, a state Biden won over former President Donald Trump by about 12,000 votes, starts on Oct. 15. Democrats hope Harris can repeat Biden’s success in 100-odd days.

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The elder Carter, the longest-lived former president, has been in hospice care since February 2023 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, after deciding to decline medical treatment for an undisclosed terminal illness. He has asked Biden to deliver a eulogy at his funeral when the time comes.

A concert at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre on Sept. 17 has already been announced to celebrate Carter’s birthday, with proceeds going to the Carter Center, his not-for-profit organization.

, Despite appearing frail during wife Rosalynn’s memorial service last November, former President Jimmy Carter is determined to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris this year. Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, shared his hope with his son Chip, according to his grandson Jason. “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Jimmy Carter said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday. Jason Carter, a former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee, added his grandfather was “more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza” when he spoke with his uncle Chip a couple of days ago. Pro-Gaza protesters demonstrated outside of Rosalynn’s service at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta last year, an event attended by President Joe Biden and former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, in addition to all the living first ladies, including Melania Trump. Early voting in Georgia, a state Biden won over former President Donald Trump by about 12,000 votes, starts on Oct. 15. Democrats hope Harris can repeat Biden’s success in 100-odd days. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The elder Carter, the longest-lived former president, has been in hospice care since February 2023 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, after deciding to decline medical treatment for an undisclosed terminal illness. He has asked Biden to deliver a eulogy at his funeral when the time comes. A concert at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre on Sept. 17 has already been announced to celebrate Carter’s birthday, with proceeds going to the Carter Center, his not-for-profit organization., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AP23334622787829.jpg.optimal.jpg, 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/, Naomi Lim,

Former President Donald Trump‘s federal election interference case is back in action, with U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan setting a date for a status conference.

The D.C.-based federal judge has asked that attorneys for Trump and the government appear in court on Aug. 16 so they can prepare for the case to go to trial now that she has “regained jurisdiction” over United States v. Trump. Chutkan had paused proceedings last December pending Trump’s appeals regarding presidential immunity.

“By August 9, 2024, the parties shall confer and file a status report that proposes, jointly to the extent possible, a schedule for pretrial proceedings moving forward,” Chutkan wrote Saturday in a one-page order.

Trump is not required to be present on Aug. 16, she added.

In the same order, Chutkan denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case on statutory grounds, but said he could file another motion “once all issues of immunity have been resolved.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sent the election interference case back to Chutkan on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision last month that Trump and other presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts they took while in office.

Chutkan will now have to interpret and apply the Supreme Court’s ruling to special counsel Jack Smith‘s election interference case against Trump. Smith charged Trump with four counts of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., a year ago. Prosecutors allege Trump tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power by pressuring state and local officials, in an effort that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Chutkan will likely also have to determine whether the Supreme Court’s decision concerning the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, which was used in cases related to hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters, will have repercussions for Trump. There is additionally the matter of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissing Smith’s classified documents case in Florida last month after she ruled that the special counsel had been improperly appointed.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing and it is unlikely the trial will take place before November’s election.

2024-08-03 15:11:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3109798%2Fjudge-sets-court-date-trump-election-interference-case%2F?w=600&h=450, Former President Donald Trump‘s federal election interference case is back in action, with U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan setting a date for a status conference. The D.C.-based federal judge has asked that attorneys for Trump and the government appear in court on Aug. 16 so they can prepare for the case to go to trial,

Former President Donald Trump‘s federal election interference case is back in action, with U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan setting a date for a status conference.

The D.C.-based federal judge has asked that attorneys for Trump and the government appear in court on Aug. 16 so they can prepare for the case to go to trial now that she has “regained jurisdiction” over United States v. Trump. Chutkan had paused proceedings last December pending Trump’s appeals regarding presidential immunity.

“By August 9, 2024, the parties shall confer and file a status report that proposes, jointly to the extent possible, a schedule for pretrial proceedings moving forward,” Chutkan wrote Saturday in a one-page order.

Trump is not required to be present on Aug. 16, she added.

In the same order, Chutkan denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case on statutory grounds, but said he could file another motion “once all issues of immunity have been resolved.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sent the election interference case back to Chutkan on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision last month that Trump and other presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts they took while in office.

Chutkan will now have to interpret and apply the Supreme Court’s ruling to special counsel Jack Smith‘s election interference case against Trump. Smith charged Trump with four counts of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., a year ago. Prosecutors allege Trump tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power by pressuring state and local officials, in an effort that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Chutkan will likely also have to determine whether the Supreme Court’s decision concerning the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, which was used in cases related to hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters, will have repercussions for Trump. There is additionally the matter of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissing Smith’s classified documents case in Florida last month after she ruled that the special counsel had been improperly appointed.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing and it is unlikely the trial will take place before November’s election.

, Former President Donald Trump‘s federal election interference case is back in action, with U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan setting a date for a status conference. The D.C.-based federal judge has asked that attorneys for Trump and the government appear in court on Aug. 16 so they can prepare for the case to go to trial now that she has “regained jurisdiction” over United States v. Trump. Chutkan had paused proceedings last December pending Trump’s appeals regarding presidential immunity. “By August 9, 2024, the parties shall confer and file a status report that proposes, jointly to the extent possible, a schedule for pretrial proceedings moving forward,” Chutkan wrote Saturday in a one-page order. NEW: Judge Chutkan has set an Aug. 16 hearing to consider the schedule for Trump’s criminal case. She has denied his motion to dismiss on legal grounds but says he can refile once immunity issues are resolved. pic.twitter.com/EAtFRspkwV — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 3, 2024 Trump is not required to be present on Aug. 16, she added. In the same order, Chutkan denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case on statutory grounds, but said he could file another motion “once all issues of immunity have been resolved.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sent the election interference case back to Chutkan on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision last month that Trump and other presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts they took while in office. Chutkan will now have to interpret and apply the Supreme Court’s ruling to special counsel Jack Smith‘s election interference case against Trump. Smith charged Trump with four counts of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., a year ago. Prosecutors allege Trump tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power by pressuring state and local officials, in an effort that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Chutkan will likely also have to determine whether the Supreme Court’s decision concerning the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, which was used in cases related to hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters, will have repercussions for Trump. There is additionally the matter of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissing Smith’s classified documents case in Florida last month after she ruled that the special counsel had been improperly appointed. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and it is unlikely the trial will take place before November’s election., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24213848845183.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/, Naomi Lim,

Vice President Kamala Harris is still sitting down with contenders to become her No. 2, but her campaign has already tapped aides to help that person in preparation for their 100-odd day sprint to Election Day.

Aides already picked for Harris’s vice presidential choice include an alumni of President Joe Biden‘s 2020 campaign who performed a similar support role for the new 2024 Democratic nominee when Biden selected her for the position for which she is now interviewing.

A source familiar confirmed to the Washington Examiner that person is Liz Allen. Allen, who will be the running mate’s chief of staff, was most recently the State Department‘s assistant secretary for Global Public Affairs.

Campaign veterans call the process “prize patrol,” a quip alluding to the Publishers Clearing House ads in which million-dollar prizewinners are surprised at their homes on camera.

Harris is continuing to meet with vice presidential candidates this weekend at her Naval Observatory home in northwest Washington. The list includes Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), and Tim Walz (D-MN), in addition to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Harris and Buttigieg reportedly spoke for 90 minutes on Friday amid reports that aides from former President Barack Obama’s two campaigns and White House had agreed to be part of her team, including Stephanie Cutter, Jen Palmieri, David Plouffe, and Mitch Stewart.

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Harris experienced her own “prize patrol” in 2020 after the Biden campaign paired her with eventual White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as her chief of staff before Harris becoming his vice presidential nominee had even been announced.

Harris’s self-imposed deadline to make a decision is next Tuesday after her campaign announced she and her presidential understudy would embark on a five-day, seven-state swing starting in Philadelphia.

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Vice President Kamala Harris is still sitting down with contenders to become her No. 2, but her campaign has already tapped aides to help that person in preparation for their 100-odd day sprint to Election Day.

Aides already picked for Harris’s vice presidential choice include an alumni of President Joe Biden‘s 2020 campaign who performed a similar support role for the new 2024 Democratic nominee when Biden selected her for the position for which she is now interviewing.

A source familiar confirmed to the Washington Examiner that person is Liz Allen. Allen, who will be the running mate’s chief of staff, was most recently the State Department‘s assistant secretary for Global Public Affairs.

Campaign veterans call the process “prize patrol,” a quip alluding to the Publishers Clearing House ads in which million-dollar prizewinners are surprised at their homes on camera.

Harris is continuing to meet with vice presidential candidates this weekend at her Naval Observatory home in northwest Washington. The list includes Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), and Tim Walz (D-MN), in addition to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Harris and Buttigieg reportedly spoke for 90 minutes on Friday amid reports that aides from former President Barack Obama’s two campaigns and White House had agreed to be part of her team, including Stephanie Cutter, Jen Palmieri, David Plouffe, and Mitch Stewart.

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Harris experienced her own “prize patrol” in 2020 after the Biden campaign paired her with eventual White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as her chief of staff before Harris becoming his vice presidential nominee had even been announced.

Harris’s self-imposed deadline to make a decision is next Tuesday after her campaign announced she and her presidential understudy would embark on a five-day, seven-state swing starting in Philadelphia.

, Vice President Kamala Harris is still sitting down with contenders to become her No. 2, but her campaign has already tapped aides to help that person in preparation for their 100-odd day sprint to Election Day. Aides already picked for Harris’s vice presidential choice include an alumni of President Joe Biden‘s 2020 campaign who performed a similar support role for the new 2024 Democratic nominee when Biden selected her for the position for which she is now interviewing. A source familiar confirmed to the Washington Examiner that person is Liz Allen. Allen, who will be the running mate’s chief of staff, was most recently the State Department‘s assistant secretary for Global Public Affairs. Campaign veterans call the process “prize patrol,” a quip alluding to the Publishers Clearing House ads in which million-dollar prizewinners are surprised at their homes on camera. Harris is continuing to meet with vice presidential candidates this weekend at her Naval Observatory home in northwest Washington. The list includes Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), and Tim Walz (D-MN), in addition to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Harris and Buttigieg reportedly spoke for 90 minutes on Friday amid reports that aides from former President Barack Obama’s two campaigns and White House had agreed to be part of her team, including Stephanie Cutter, Jen Palmieri, David Plouffe, and Mitch Stewart. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Harris experienced her own “prize patrol” in 2020 after the Biden campaign paired her with eventual White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as her chief of staff before Harris becoming his vice presidential nominee had even been announced. Harris’s self-imposed deadline to make a decision is next Tuesday after her campaign announced she and her presidential understudy would embark on a five-day, seven-state swing starting in Philadelphia., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kamala-harris-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/, Naomi Lim,

Vice President Kamala Harris raised an eye-bulging amount of money in July, bringing in $310 million last month for a $377 million war chest before the coming fall fight.

Cresting a wave of enthusiasm since President Joe Biden endorsed her as the new 2024 Democratic nominee last week, Harris’s $310 million is more than what Biden raised from April through June. It is also more than what former President Donald Trump raised in July, with Harris’s Republican challenger bringing in $139 million for $327 million cash on hand.

Harris’s July numbers, which combine her campaign fundraising with that of the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees, mean Democrats have already raised $1 billion this election, the fastest that has happened during a cycle in presidential history. The campaign has underscored that two-thirds of July’s donors were first-time contributors and that the “vast majority” were grassroots donors contributing less than $200, so they could potentially give more this year.

“Compared to June, we saw more than 10 times the number of Gen Z donors, and more than 8 times the number of millennial donors,” the campaign wrote on Thursday. “60% of all donors in July were women.”

“Coalition groups that organized calls since launch — like Black Women for Harris, Latinas for Harris, and yes, White Dudes for Harris — raised more than $20 million for Team Harris,” it added in its memo.

Campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez described the numbers as evidence Harris’s coalition was “mobilized, growing, and ready to put in the work.” Last week, the campaign emphasized how it had welcomed more than 170,000 new volunteers and held 2,300 events in battleground states to mark 100 days before Election Day, with the help of more than 260 coordinated campaign offices and 1,400 staff.

“This is a history-making haul for a candidate who will make history this November,” Rodriguez wrote. “Our money is going to the work that wins close elections — whether it be the organizer knocking doors in DeKalb County, a rural office opening in Pennsylvania, or a college student tabling at a club fair.”

In a short statement circulated hours before the Harris camp shared the vice president’s numbers, the Trump campaign disclosed the former president’s own data.

“President Donald J. Trump and authorized committees raised $138.7 Million in the month of July providing a cash on hand total of $327 million,” Trump’s team wrote. “These numbers reflect continued momentum with donors at every level and provide the resources for the final 96 days until victory Nov. 5.”

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Biden had routinely outraised Trump until Super Tuesday, when the Republican presidential primary concluded and Trump’s campaign merged with the Republican National Committee. Even Biden’s $26 million fundraiser with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in New York in March was quickly overshadowed a couple of weeks later by a $50.5 million finance event for Trump organized by billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson in Florida. Then, months later, Trump brought in $53 million during the first 24 hours after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his hush money trial.

Enthusiasm for Harris has also been evidenced by her crowd sizes, drawing 10,000 people to Georgia State University’s Convocation Center last Tuesday for the best-attended Democratic event of the season.

2024-08-02 09:00:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3108377%2Fharris-rakes-in-310-million-erase-trump-cash-advantage%2F?w=600&h=450, Vice President Kamala Harris raised an eye-bulging amount of money in July, bringing in $310 million last month for a $377 million war chest before the coming fall fight. Cresting a wave of enthusiasm since President Joe Biden endorsed her as the new 2024 Democratic nominee last week, Harris’s $310 million is more than what,

Vice President Kamala Harris raised an eye-bulging amount of money in July, bringing in $310 million last month for a $377 million war chest before the coming fall fight.

Cresting a wave of enthusiasm since President Joe Biden endorsed her as the new 2024 Democratic nominee last week, Harris’s $310 million is more than what Biden raised from April through June. It is also more than what former President Donald Trump raised in July, with Harris’s Republican challenger bringing in $139 million for $327 million cash on hand.

Harris’s July numbers, which combine her campaign fundraising with that of the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees, mean Democrats have already raised $1 billion this election, the fastest that has happened during a cycle in presidential history. The campaign has underscored that two-thirds of July’s donors were first-time contributors and that the “vast majority” were grassroots donors contributing less than $200, so they could potentially give more this year.

“Compared to June, we saw more than 10 times the number of Gen Z donors, and more than 8 times the number of millennial donors,” the campaign wrote on Thursday. “60% of all donors in July were women.”

“Coalition groups that organized calls since launch — like Black Women for Harris, Latinas for Harris, and yes, White Dudes for Harris — raised more than $20 million for Team Harris,” it added in its memo.

Campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez described the numbers as evidence Harris’s coalition was “mobilized, growing, and ready to put in the work.” Last week, the campaign emphasized how it had welcomed more than 170,000 new volunteers and held 2,300 events in battleground states to mark 100 days before Election Day, with the help of more than 260 coordinated campaign offices and 1,400 staff.

“This is a history-making haul for a candidate who will make history this November,” Rodriguez wrote. “Our money is going to the work that wins close elections — whether it be the organizer knocking doors in DeKalb County, a rural office opening in Pennsylvania, or a college student tabling at a club fair.”

In a short statement circulated hours before the Harris camp shared the vice president’s numbers, the Trump campaign disclosed the former president’s own data.

“President Donald J. Trump and authorized committees raised $138.7 Million in the month of July providing a cash on hand total of $327 million,” Trump’s team wrote. “These numbers reflect continued momentum with donors at every level and provide the resources for the final 96 days until victory Nov. 5.”

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Biden had routinely outraised Trump until Super Tuesday, when the Republican presidential primary concluded and Trump’s campaign merged with the Republican National Committee. Even Biden’s $26 million fundraiser with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in New York in March was quickly overshadowed a couple of weeks later by a $50.5 million finance event for Trump organized by billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson in Florida. Then, months later, Trump brought in $53 million during the first 24 hours after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his hush money trial.

Enthusiasm for Harris has also been evidenced by her crowd sizes, drawing 10,000 people to Georgia State University’s Convocation Center last Tuesday for the best-attended Democratic event of the season.

, Vice President Kamala Harris raised an eye-bulging amount of money in July, bringing in $310 million last month for a $377 million war chest before the coming fall fight. Cresting a wave of enthusiasm since President Joe Biden endorsed her as the new 2024 Democratic nominee last week, Harris’s $310 million is more than what Biden raised from April through June. It is also more than what former President Donald Trump raised in July, with Harris’s Republican challenger bringing in $139 million for $327 million cash on hand. Harris’s July numbers, which combine her campaign fundraising with that of the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees, mean Democrats have already raised $1 billion this election, the fastest that has happened during a cycle in presidential history. The campaign has underscored that two-thirds of July’s donors were first-time contributors and that the “vast majority” were grassroots donors contributing less than $200, so they could potentially give more this year. “Compared to June, we saw more than 10 times the number of Gen Z donors, and more than 8 times the number of millennial donors,” the campaign wrote on Thursday. “60% of all donors in July were women.” “Coalition groups that organized calls since launch — like Black Women for Harris, Latinas for Harris, and yes, White Dudes for Harris — raised more than $20 million for Team Harris,” it added in its memo. Campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez described the numbers as evidence Harris’s coalition was “mobilized, growing, and ready to put in the work.” Last week, the campaign emphasized how it had welcomed more than 170,000 new volunteers and held 2,300 events in battleground states to mark 100 days before Election Day, with the help of more than 260 coordinated campaign offices and 1,400 staff. “This is a history-making haul for a candidate who will make history this November,” Rodriguez wrote. “Our money is going to the work that wins close elections — whether it be the organizer knocking doors in DeKalb County, a rural office opening in Pennsylvania, or a college student tabling at a club fair.” In a short statement circulated hours before the Harris camp shared the vice president’s numbers, the Trump campaign disclosed the former president’s own data. “President Donald J. Trump and authorized committees raised $138.7 Million in the month of July providing a cash on hand total of $327 million,” Trump’s team wrote. “These numbers reflect continued momentum with donors at every level and provide the resources for the final 96 days until victory Nov. 5.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Biden had routinely outraised Trump until Super Tuesday, when the Republican presidential primary concluded and Trump’s campaign merged with the Republican National Committee. Even Biden’s $26 million fundraiser with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in New York in March was quickly overshadowed a couple of weeks later by a $50.5 million finance event for Trump organized by billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson in Florida. Then, months later, Trump brought in $53 million during the first 24 hours after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his hush money trial. Enthusiasm for Harris has also been evidenced by her crowd sizes, drawing 10,000 people to Georgia State University’s Convocation Center last Tuesday for the best-attended Democratic event of the season., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kamala-harris-strategy.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/, Naomi Lim,