Vice President Kamala Harris did not let former President Donald Trump‘s comments about her biracial background go unaddressed Wednesday night.

During a keynote speech at a Houston event commemorating a historically black sorority, Harris underscored how Trump’s remarks earlier in the day that she “turned black” were “the same old show.”

“We all here remember what those four years were like, and today, we were giving yet another reminder,” Harris told the crowd. “This afternoon, Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, and it was the same old show, the divisiveness and the disrespect, and let me just say: The American people deserve better.”

“The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth, a leader who does not respond with hostility and anger when confronted with the facts,” she said. “We deserve a leader who understands that our differences do not divide us. They are an essential source of our strength.”

During his lengthy Q&A session at the conference in Chicago with three black journalists, including Fox News‘s Harris Faulkner, Trump asserted falsely that Harris had presented herself as an Indian woman and only later in her career identified as black. Harris’s father was Jamaican and her mother was Indian American.

“I’ve known her a long time, indirectly, not directly, very much and she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” Trump said Wednesday afternoon. “I didn’t know she was black, until a number of years ago when she ran [as] black, and now she wants to be known as black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she black?”

“I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and … she became a black person,” he added.

Harris was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus during her time in the Senate and years before that a member of a black sorority at a historically black college.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Trump’s comments during her briefing while his panel was still ongoing.

“What you just read out to me is repulsive, it’s insulting, and, you know, no one has any right to tell someone who they are, how they identify. That is no one’s right. It is someone’s own decisions,” Jean-Pierre told reporters after it was relayed to her what Trump said. “I’ll add this, only she can speak to her experience. Only she can speak to what it’s like. She’s the only person that can do that.”

Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler was also quick to excoriate Trump, contending the former president “lobbed personal attacks and insults at black journalists the same way he did throughout his presidency.”

“Today’s tirade is simply a taste of the chaos and division that has been a hallmark of Trump’s MAGA rallies this entire campaign,” Tyler wrote in a statement. “It’s also exactly what the American people will see from across the debate stage as Vice President Harris offers a vision of opportunity and freedom for all Americans. All Donald Trump needs to do is stop playing games and actually show up to the debate on Sept. 10.”

The Trump campaign similarly focused on Trump’s at-times confrontational dynamic with his questioners, who, aside from Faulkner, included ABC’s Rachel Scott and Semafor’s Kadia Goba.

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“Members of the media need to make a decision, and answer if their goal is to unite the country or further divide us, because based on the unhinged and unprofessional commentary directed toward President Trump today by certain members of the media, many media elites clearly want to see us remain divided,” Trump campaign senior adviser Lynne Patton, who herself is black, wrote.

“Today’s biased and rude treatment from certain hostile members of the media will backfire massively,” she added. “You would think that the media would have learned something from their repeat episodes of fake outrage ever since President Trump first came down the escalator in 2015, but some just refuse to ‘get it.’ This will be their undoing in 2024.”

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Vice President Kamala Harris did not let former President Donald Trump‘s comments about her biracial background go unaddressed Wednesday night.

During a keynote speech at a Houston event commemorating a historically black sorority, Harris underscored how Trump’s remarks earlier in the day that she “turned black” were “the same old show.”

“We all here remember what those four years were like, and today, we were giving yet another reminder,” Harris told the crowd. “This afternoon, Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, and it was the same old show, the divisiveness and the disrespect, and let me just say: The American people deserve better.”

“The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth, a leader who does not respond with hostility and anger when confronted with the facts,” she said. “We deserve a leader who understands that our differences do not divide us. They are an essential source of our strength.”

During his lengthy Q&A session at the conference in Chicago with three black journalists, including Fox News‘s Harris Faulkner, Trump asserted falsely that Harris had presented herself as an Indian woman and only later in her career identified as black. Harris’s father was Jamaican and her mother was Indian American.

“I’ve known her a long time, indirectly, not directly, very much and she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” Trump said Wednesday afternoon. “I didn’t know she was black, until a number of years ago when she ran [as] black, and now she wants to be known as black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she black?”

“I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and … she became a black person,” he added.

Harris was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus during her time in the Senate and years before that a member of a black sorority at a historically black college.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Trump’s comments during her briefing while his panel was still ongoing.

“What you just read out to me is repulsive, it’s insulting, and, you know, no one has any right to tell someone who they are, how they identify. That is no one’s right. It is someone’s own decisions,” Jean-Pierre told reporters after it was relayed to her what Trump said. “I’ll add this, only she can speak to her experience. Only she can speak to what it’s like. She’s the only person that can do that.”

Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler was also quick to excoriate Trump, contending the former president “lobbed personal attacks and insults at black journalists the same way he did throughout his presidency.”

“Today’s tirade is simply a taste of the chaos and division that has been a hallmark of Trump’s MAGA rallies this entire campaign,” Tyler wrote in a statement. “It’s also exactly what the American people will see from across the debate stage as Vice President Harris offers a vision of opportunity and freedom for all Americans. All Donald Trump needs to do is stop playing games and actually show up to the debate on Sept. 10.”

The Trump campaign similarly focused on Trump’s at-times confrontational dynamic with his questioners, who, aside from Faulkner, included ABC’s Rachel Scott and Semafor’s Kadia Goba.

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“Members of the media need to make a decision, and answer if their goal is to unite the country or further divide us, because based on the unhinged and unprofessional commentary directed toward President Trump today by certain members of the media, many media elites clearly want to see us remain divided,” Trump campaign senior adviser Lynne Patton, who herself is black, wrote.

“Today’s biased and rude treatment from certain hostile members of the media will backfire massively,” she added. “You would think that the media would have learned something from their repeat episodes of fake outrage ever since President Trump first came down the escalator in 2015, but some just refuse to ‘get it.’ This will be their undoing in 2024.”

, Vice President Kamala Harris did not let former President Donald Trump‘s comments about her biracial background go unaddressed Wednesday night. During a keynote speech at a Houston event commemorating a historically black sorority, Harris underscored how Trump’s remarks earlier in the day that she “turned black” were “the same old show.” “We all here remember what those four years were like, and today, we were giving yet another reminder,” Harris told the crowd. “This afternoon, Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, and it was the same old show, the divisiveness and the disrespect, and let me just say: The American people deserve better.” “The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth, a leader who does not respond with hostility and anger when confronted with the facts,” she said. “We deserve a leader who understands that our differences do not divide us. They are an essential source of our strength.” During his lengthy Q&A session at the conference in Chicago with three black journalists, including Fox News‘s Harris Faulkner, Trump asserted falsely that Harris had presented herself as an Indian woman and only later in her career identified as black. Harris’s father was Jamaican and her mother was Indian American. “I’ve known her a long time, indirectly, not directly, very much and she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” Trump said Wednesday afternoon. “I didn’t know she was black, until a number of years ago when she ran [as] black, and now she wants to be known as black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she black?” “I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and … she became a black person,” he added. Harris was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus during her time in the Senate and years before that a member of a black sorority at a historically black college. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Trump’s comments during her briefing while his panel was still ongoing. “What you just read out to me is repulsive, it’s insulting, and, you know, no one has any right to tell someone who they are, how they identify. That is no one’s right. It is someone’s own decisions,” Jean-Pierre told reporters after it was relayed to her what Trump said. “I’ll add this, only she can speak to her experience. Only she can speak to what it’s like. She’s the only person that can do that.” Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler was also quick to excoriate Trump, contending the former president “lobbed personal attacks and insults at black journalists the same way he did throughout his presidency.” “Today’s tirade is simply a taste of the chaos and division that has been a hallmark of Trump’s MAGA rallies this entire campaign,” Tyler wrote in a statement. “It’s also exactly what the American people will see from across the debate stage as Vice President Harris offers a vision of opportunity and freedom for all Americans. All Donald Trump needs to do is stop playing games and actually show up to the debate on Sept. 10.” The Trump campaign similarly focused on Trump’s at-times confrontational dynamic with his questioners, who, aside from Faulkner, included ABC’s Rachel Scott and Semafor’s Kadia Goba. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER “Members of the media need to make a decision, and answer if their goal is to unite the country or further divide us, because based on the unhinged and unprofessional commentary directed toward President Trump today by certain members of the media, many media elites clearly want to see us remain divided,” Trump campaign senior adviser Lynne Patton, who herself is black, wrote. “Today’s biased and rude treatment from certain hostile members of the media will backfire massively,” she added. “You would think that the media would have learned something from their repeat episodes of fake outrage ever since President Trump first came down the escalator in 2015, but some just refuse to ‘get it.’ This will be their undoing in 2024.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/trump-harris-race.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,

The White House dismissed concerns about President Joe Biden‘s light public schedule, with the president hosting no public events for the second consecutive day.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was repeatedly pushed Wednesday on Biden’s schedule since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him as the 2024 Democratic nominee last week.

“No, he’s not done governing at all. I think that appearance would be false,” Jean-Pierre told reporters.

Since stepping up, Harris provided a statement last week after her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Biden did not after his own sit-down. In addition, Harris will deliver a eulogy for Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Thursday, a responsibility Biden has assumed in the past. Biden has also not addressed Hamas‘s claim political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in the middle of Gaza ceasefire talks, risking peace in the Middle East.

Jean-Pierre reiterated how Biden spoke with reporters on the South Lawn at 1 a.m. Tuesday after he returned from his own trip to Texas on Monday.

On Wednesday, Biden received his intelligence briefing, known as the “president’s daily brief,” or PDB, and was updated on the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act before having lunch with Harris. He is also scheduled to meet with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker. All four items on his agenda were not permitted to be covered by members of the press.

During her own briefing, Jean-Pierre could not say when Biden and Harris would appear publicly for the first time together since Biden stood down.

“That’s a good question. I don’t have anything for you now,” she said.

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But she did add that Biden was “proud” of his decision to step down as the Democratic nominee as Harris draws large crowds and fundraising contributions.

“Wouldn’t you feel reassured?” she said.

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The White House dismissed concerns about President Joe Biden‘s light public schedule, with the president hosting no public events for the second consecutive day.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was repeatedly pushed Wednesday on Biden’s schedule since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him as the 2024 Democratic nominee last week.

“No, he’s not done governing at all. I think that appearance would be false,” Jean-Pierre told reporters.

Since stepping up, Harris provided a statement last week after her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Biden did not after his own sit-down. In addition, Harris will deliver a eulogy for Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Thursday, a responsibility Biden has assumed in the past. Biden has also not addressed Hamas‘s claim political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in the middle of Gaza ceasefire talks, risking peace in the Middle East.

Jean-Pierre reiterated how Biden spoke with reporters on the South Lawn at 1 a.m. Tuesday after he returned from his own trip to Texas on Monday.

On Wednesday, Biden received his intelligence briefing, known as the “president’s daily brief,” or PDB, and was updated on the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act before having lunch with Harris. He is also scheduled to meet with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker. All four items on his agenda were not permitted to be covered by members of the press.

During her own briefing, Jean-Pierre could not say when Biden and Harris would appear publicly for the first time together since Biden stood down.

“That’s a good question. I don’t have anything for you now,” she said.

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But she did add that Biden was “proud” of his decision to step down as the Democratic nominee as Harris draws large crowds and fundraising contributions.

“Wouldn’t you feel reassured?” she said.

, The White House dismissed concerns about President Joe Biden‘s light public schedule, with the president hosting no public events for the second consecutive day. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was repeatedly pushed Wednesday on Biden’s schedule since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him as the 2024 Democratic nominee last week. “No, he’s not done governing at all. I think that appearance would be false,” Jean-Pierre told reporters. Since stepping up, Harris provided a statement last week after her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Biden did not after his own sit-down. In addition, Harris will deliver a eulogy for Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Thursday, a responsibility Biden has assumed in the past. Biden has also not addressed Hamas‘s claim political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in the middle of Gaza ceasefire talks, risking peace in the Middle East. Jean-Pierre reiterated how Biden spoke with reporters on the South Lawn at 1 a.m. Tuesday after he returned from his own trip to Texas on Monday. On Wednesday, Biden received his intelligence briefing, known as the “president’s daily brief,” or PDB, and was updated on the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act before having lunch with Harris. He is also scheduled to meet with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker. All four items on his agenda were not permitted to be covered by members of the press. During her own briefing, Jean-Pierre could not say when Biden and Harris would appear publicly for the first time together since Biden stood down. “That’s a good question. I don’t have anything for you now,” she said. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER But she did add that Biden was “proud” of his decision to step down as the Democratic nominee as Harris draws large crowds and fundraising contributions. “Wouldn’t you feel reassured?” she said., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/karine-jean-pierre-3-scaled-1024×692.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 Tuesday taunted former President Donald Trump for failing to lock in a debate against her during a star-powered rally in Atlanta.

“The momentum in this race is shifting and there are signs that Donald Trump is feeling it,” Harris told the 10,000-person crowd crammed into Georgia State University’s Convocation Center. “You may have seen he pulled out of the debate in September he had previously agreed to.”

“He won’t debate, but he and his running mate sure seem to have a lot to say about me,” she said. “Well Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage because as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.”

Harris also went on offense as Trump and Republicans politically attack her for being President Joe Biden‘s “border czar,” promising to sign the bipartisan border and national security bill that was negotiated by the Senate earlier this year. The White House and campaign remain adamant she is responsible for addressing the root causes of migration and is not Biden’s “border czar.”

“In this campaign, I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week — any day of the week, including, for example, on the issue of immigration,” Harris said.

“I was the attorney general of a border state,” she added. “Donald Trump, on the other hand, has been talking a big game about securing our border, but he does not walk the walk.”

Despite the bravado, Harris underscored former President Barack Obama‘s message in his endorsement of her last week, that she is an underdog before November’s election.

“Let’s level set,” she said. “We have a fight in front of us.”

Harris was introduced by Atlanta-born rapper and singer Quavo, with a special performance by fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

“I know my ladies in the crowd love their bodies,” Megan Thee Stallion said before she started performing her new song, “Body.” “If you want to keep loving your body, you know who to vote for.”

Although the vibe of Harris’s rally was in stark contrast to any of its Biden counterparts, her message was remarkably similar to that of the man she replaced on the 2024 Democratic ticket last week and is hoping to replace in the White House next year, including encouraging people to sit down before she started speaking.

“By many indicators our economy is the strongest in the world. But while inflation is down and wages are up, prices are still too high,” she said. “You know it and I know it … on day one I will take on price gouging and bring down costs.”

One difference included her discouraging people from chanting, “Lock him up,” something Biden did not do in Michigan earlier this month nor Harris in Wisconsin last week.

Earlier, Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock (D-GA), in addition to 2022 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, helped to warm up the audience.

“Don’t know if you all heard about it, but apparently Donald Trump is too scared to debate Vice President Harris,” Ossoff said. “The candidate dodging debates is the candidate losing.”

It was Biden’s disastrous debate against Trump on June 27 that drew widespread concern about his mental acuity and kicked off the pressure campaign among Democrats that culminated with Biden bowing out of the race on July 21.

“Some days I feel sorry for Republicans because they’ve got to figure out how to run a criminal against a prosecutor,” Warnock added. “Kamala Harris is getting ready to prosecute the case. The American people are the jury and we’re going to get the verdict right.”

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Trump told Fox News Monday night he would “probably end up debating” and that the head-to-head should be held “before the votes start being cast.”

“So the answer is yes, but I can also make a case for not doing it,” he said.

2024-07-31 00:30:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3105278%2Fharris-goad-trump-debate-atlanta-rally%2F?w=600&h=450, Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday taunted former President Donald Trump for failing to lock in a debate against her during a star-powered rally in Atlanta. “The momentum in this race is shifting and there are signs that Donald Trump is feeling it,” Harris told the 10,000-person crowd crammed into Georgia State University’s Convocation Center. “You,

Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday taunted former President Donald Trump for failing to lock in a debate against her during a star-powered rally in Atlanta.

“The momentum in this race is shifting and there are signs that Donald Trump is feeling it,” Harris told the 10,000-person crowd crammed into Georgia State University’s Convocation Center. “You may have seen he pulled out of the debate in September he had previously agreed to.”

“He won’t debate, but he and his running mate sure seem to have a lot to say about me,” she said. “Well Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage because as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.”

Harris also went on offense as Trump and Republicans politically attack her for being President Joe Biden‘s “border czar,” promising to sign the bipartisan border and national security bill that was negotiated by the Senate earlier this year. The White House and campaign remain adamant she is responsible for addressing the root causes of migration and is not Biden’s “border czar.”

“In this campaign, I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week — any day of the week, including, for example, on the issue of immigration,” Harris said.

“I was the attorney general of a border state,” she added. “Donald Trump, on the other hand, has been talking a big game about securing our border, but he does not walk the walk.”

Despite the bravado, Harris underscored former President Barack Obama‘s message in his endorsement of her last week, that she is an underdog before November’s election.

“Let’s level set,” she said. “We have a fight in front of us.”

Harris was introduced by Atlanta-born rapper and singer Quavo, with a special performance by fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

“I know my ladies in the crowd love their bodies,” Megan Thee Stallion said before she started performing her new song, “Body.” “If you want to keep loving your body, you know who to vote for.”

Although the vibe of Harris’s rally was in stark contrast to any of its Biden counterparts, her message was remarkably similar to that of the man she replaced on the 2024 Democratic ticket last week and is hoping to replace in the White House next year, including encouraging people to sit down before she started speaking.

“By many indicators our economy is the strongest in the world. But while inflation is down and wages are up, prices are still too high,” she said. “You know it and I know it … on day one I will take on price gouging and bring down costs.”

One difference included her discouraging people from chanting, “Lock him up,” something Biden did not do in Michigan earlier this month nor Harris in Wisconsin last week.

Earlier, Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock (D-GA), in addition to 2022 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, helped to warm up the audience.

“Don’t know if you all heard about it, but apparently Donald Trump is too scared to debate Vice President Harris,” Ossoff said. “The candidate dodging debates is the candidate losing.”

It was Biden’s disastrous debate against Trump on June 27 that drew widespread concern about his mental acuity and kicked off the pressure campaign among Democrats that culminated with Biden bowing out of the race on July 21.

“Some days I feel sorry for Republicans because they’ve got to figure out how to run a criminal against a prosecutor,” Warnock added. “Kamala Harris is getting ready to prosecute the case. The American people are the jury and we’re going to get the verdict right.”

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Trump told Fox News Monday night he would “probably end up debating” and that the head-to-head should be held “before the votes start being cast.”

“So the answer is yes, but I can also make a case for not doing it,” he said.

, Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday taunted former President Donald Trump for failing to lock in a debate against her during a star-powered rally in Atlanta. “The momentum in this race is shifting and there are signs that Donald Trump is feeling it,” Harris told the 10,000-person crowd crammed into Georgia State University’s Convocation Center. “You may have seen he pulled out of the debate in September he had previously agreed to.” “He won’t debate, but he and his running mate sure seem to have a lot to say about me,” she said. “Well Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage because as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.” Harris also went on offense as Trump and Republicans politically attack her for being President Joe Biden‘s “border czar,” promising to sign the bipartisan border and national security bill that was negotiated by the Senate earlier this year. The White House and campaign remain adamant she is responsible for addressing the root causes of migration and is not Biden’s “border czar.” “In this campaign, I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week — any day of the week, including, for example, on the issue of immigration,” Harris said. “I was the attorney general of a border state,” she added. “Donald Trump, on the other hand, has been talking a big game about securing our border, but he does not walk the walk.” Despite the bravado, Harris underscored former President Barack Obama‘s message in his endorsement of her last week, that she is an underdog before November’s election. “Let’s level set,” she said. “We have a fight in front of us.” Harris was introduced by Atlanta-born rapper and singer Quavo, with a special performance by fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion. “I know my ladies in the crowd love their bodies,” Megan Thee Stallion said before she started performing her new song, “Body.” “If you want to keep loving your body, you know who to vote for.” Although the vibe of Harris’s rally was in stark contrast to any of its Biden counterparts, her message was remarkably similar to that of the man she replaced on the 2024 Democratic ticket last week and is hoping to replace in the White House next year, including encouraging people to sit down before she started speaking. “By many indicators our economy is the strongest in the world. But while inflation is down and wages are up, prices are still too high,” she said. “You know it and I know it … on day one I will take on price gouging and bring down costs.” One difference included her discouraging people from chanting, “Lock him up,” something Biden did not do in Michigan earlier this month nor Harris in Wisconsin last week. Earlier, Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock (D-GA), in addition to 2022 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, helped to warm up the audience. “Don’t know if you all heard about it, but apparently Donald Trump is too scared to debate Vice President Harris,” Ossoff said. “The candidate dodging debates is the candidate losing.” It was Biden’s disastrous debate against Trump on June 27 that drew widespread concern about his mental acuity and kicked off the pressure campaign among Democrats that culminated with Biden bowing out of the race on July 21. “Some days I feel sorry for Republicans because they’ve got to figure out how to run a criminal against a prosecutor,” Warnock added. “Kamala Harris is getting ready to prosecute the case. The American people are the jury and we’re going to get the verdict right.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER   Trump told Fox News Monday night he would “probably end up debating” and that the head-to-head should be held “before the votes start being cast.” “So the answer is yes, but I can also make a case for not doing it,” he said., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Harris_Atlanta_rally_7.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,

The White House defended President Joe Biden from former President Donald Trump‘s claim that the incumbent’s rhetoric that his predecessor is a “threat to democracy” could have motivated the young man who tried to kill him.

“The president has always been very clear: When it comes to violent political rhetoric, there’s no place, no place here in this country, in our nation, for it,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday. “He’s always spoken about that. He’s spoken about that for the past, you know, the past several years, throughout his career.”

Jean-Pierre also cited Biden’s Oval Office address after the assassination attempt earlier this month in Butler, Pennsylvania, as a more recent instance, underscoring how he called for “lowering the temperature” as his campaign suspended his ads, in addition to his calls for an independent investigation into how Trump was shot, the bullet grazing his ear.

“We saw how the president spoke against Jan. 6,” she said. “When Paul Pelosi was attacked by a hammer, the president also spoke out about violent political rhetoric. … So if anything, this is a president [who] has been constantly and proactively called out on all Americans to come together and oppose political violence, regardless of our views.”

Jean-Pierre’s response comes one day after some Republicans expressed concern that Biden told reporters en route to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, for remarks commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act that House Speaker Mike Johnson was “dead on arrival.” Earlier in the day, Johnson had described Biden’s Supreme Court reforms as “dead on arrival” in his chamber of Congress. During his address, Biden clarified that Johnson’s thinking was “dead on arrival.”

“I would just refer you to the president himself,” Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday.

“So he misspoke?” a reporter asked.

“I don’t think he misspoke,” the press secretary replied.

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During a rally last week in North Carolina, Trump suggested that Democrats criticizing him as a “threat to democracy” could have contributed to the 20-year-old gunman trying to kill him.

“Such a distressed, sick world but you know what could be caused when they call you a threat to democracy,” Trump said. “You never know what causes it. I’m a threat to them. They’re a threat to democracy. They’re a threat. They’re a threat to our country, period.”

2024-07-30 20:24:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3104807%2Fwhite-house-distances-biden-threat-democracy-rhetoric-trump-assassination-attempt%2F?w=600&h=450, The White House defended President Joe Biden from former President Donald Trump‘s claim that the incumbent’s rhetoric that his predecessor is a “threat to democracy” could have motivated the young man who tried to kill him. “The president has always been very clear: When it comes to violent political rhetoric, there’s no place, no place,

The White House defended President Joe Biden from former President Donald Trump‘s claim that the incumbent’s rhetoric that his predecessor is a “threat to democracy” could have motivated the young man who tried to kill him.

“The president has always been very clear: When it comes to violent political rhetoric, there’s no place, no place here in this country, in our nation, for it,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday. “He’s always spoken about that. He’s spoken about that for the past, you know, the past several years, throughout his career.”

Jean-Pierre also cited Biden’s Oval Office address after the assassination attempt earlier this month in Butler, Pennsylvania, as a more recent instance, underscoring how he called for “lowering the temperature” as his campaign suspended his ads, in addition to his calls for an independent investigation into how Trump was shot, the bullet grazing his ear.

“We saw how the president spoke against Jan. 6,” she said. “When Paul Pelosi was attacked by a hammer, the president also spoke out about violent political rhetoric. … So if anything, this is a president [who] has been constantly and proactively called out on all Americans to come together and oppose political violence, regardless of our views.”

Jean-Pierre’s response comes one day after some Republicans expressed concern that Biden told reporters en route to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, for remarks commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act that House Speaker Mike Johnson was “dead on arrival.” Earlier in the day, Johnson had described Biden’s Supreme Court reforms as “dead on arrival” in his chamber of Congress. During his address, Biden clarified that Johnson’s thinking was “dead on arrival.”

“I would just refer you to the president himself,” Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday.

“So he misspoke?” a reporter asked.

“I don’t think he misspoke,” the press secretary replied.

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During a rally last week in North Carolina, Trump suggested that Democrats criticizing him as a “threat to democracy” could have contributed to the 20-year-old gunman trying to kill him.

“Such a distressed, sick world but you know what could be caused when they call you a threat to democracy,” Trump said. “You never know what causes it. I’m a threat to them. They’re a threat to democracy. They’re a threat. They’re a threat to our country, period.”

, The White House defended President Joe Biden from former President Donald Trump‘s claim that the incumbent’s rhetoric that his predecessor is a “threat to democracy” could have motivated the young man who tried to kill him. “The president has always been very clear: When it comes to violent political rhetoric, there’s no place, no place here in this country, in our nation, for it,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday. “He’s always spoken about that. He’s spoken about that for the past, you know, the past several years, throughout his career.” Jean-Pierre also cited Biden’s Oval Office address after the assassination attempt earlier this month in Butler, Pennsylvania, as a more recent instance, underscoring how he called for “lowering the temperature” as his campaign suspended his ads, in addition to his calls for an independent investigation into how Trump was shot, the bullet grazing his ear. “We saw how the president spoke against Jan. 6,” she said. “When Paul Pelosi was attacked by a hammer, the president also spoke out about violent political rhetoric. … So if anything, this is a president [who] has been constantly and proactively called out on all Americans to come together and oppose political violence, regardless of our views.” Jean-Pierre’s response comes one day after some Republicans expressed concern that Biden told reporters en route to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, for remarks commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act that House Speaker Mike Johnson was “dead on arrival.” Earlier in the day, Johnson had described Biden’s Supreme Court reforms as “dead on arrival” in his chamber of Congress. During his address, Biden clarified that Johnson’s thinking was “dead on arrival.” “I would just refer you to the president himself,” Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday. “So he misspoke?” a reporter asked. “I don’t think he misspoke,” the press secretary replied. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER   During a rally last week in North Carolina, Trump suggested that Democrats criticizing him as a “threat to democracy” could have contributed to the 20-year-old gunman trying to kill him. “Such a distressed, sick world but you know what could be caused when they call you a threat to democracy,” Trump said. “You never know what causes it. I’m a threat to them. They’re a threat to democracy. They’re a threat. They’re a threat to our country, period.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jean-Pierre.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,

President Joe Biden has embarked on his long goodbye to the White House, calling for the Supreme Court to be reformed one week after stepping down as the 2024 presumptive Democratic nominee.

“I have great respect for our institutions and the separation of powers laid out in our Constitution, but what’s happening now is not consistent with that doctrine of separation of powers,” Biden told a crowd Monday afternoon at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. “Extremism is undermining the public confidence in the court’s decisions.”

Biden’s Supreme Court reform announcement Monday had been delayed amid calls for him to stand down as the Democratic nominee. But he used his speech in Texas, part of the library’s commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, to also criticize former President Donald Trump and Project 2025, in addition to promoting Vice President Kamala Harris, now his party’s presumptive standard-bearer.

“The president is no longer constrained by the law,” he said. “The only limits on abuse of power will be self-imposed by the president alone. That’s a fundamentally flawed view and a fundamentally flawed principle.”

Biden’s Supreme Court reforms include term limits and a binding code of conduct for justices, as well as a constitutional amendment ensuring former presidents are not immune from prosecution for crimes committed in office, a direct response to the court’s decision in Trump v. United States.

Biden opened by praising Johnson, whose footsteps he followed last week when he, like Johnson before him in 1968, delivered an Oval Office address confirming that, as an incumbent president, he would not seek reelection months before voters begin casting their ballots.

“As a kid coming up, I always admired President Johnson for his public service, whether as a school teacher in South Texas, a master of the United States Senate, a historic vice president and president,” he said. “His philosophy was simple: in a great society, no one, no one should be left behind.”

Biden was warmly welcomed by the audience and detoured from his prepared remarks to speak at length about his decision to pursue politics.

Biden was supposed to appear at the library on July 15, but the event was rescheduled due to the attempt on Trump’s life the weekend before. Instead, the president taped an interview with NBC‘s Lester Holt before being diagnosed with COVID-19 later that week.

The White House conceded en route to Texas that Biden’s reforms would be difficult to turn from recommendations into reality, particularly as some would require congressional approval and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has already described them as “dead on arrival.”

“We’re going to have to count on members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, outside of the aisle, listening to the constituents here,” Office of Public Engagement Director Steve Benjamin told reporters on Air Force One.

At Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Biden told the same reporters the White House and congressional Democrats would find “a way” to pass the reforms. At the library, he added Johnson’s thinking was “dead on arrival.”

In an opinion piece published by the Washington Post, Biden wrote that, as a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he has a “great respect for our institutions and separation of powers.”

“What is happening now is not normal, and it undermines the public’s confidence in the court’s decisions, including those impacting personal freedoms,” Biden wrote Monday morning. “We now stand in a breach.”

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“We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power,” he continued. “We can and must restore the public’s faith in the Supreme Court. We can and must strengthen the guardrails of democracy. In America, no one is above the law. In America, the people rule.”

Harris has also expressed support for Biden’s reforms, indicating she would advocate them next year if she becomes president.

2024-07-29 22:42:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3103280%2Fbiden-dings-supreme-court-trump-lbj%2F?w=600&h=450, President Joe Biden has embarked on his long goodbye to the White House, calling for the Supreme Court to be reformed one week after stepping down as the 2024 presumptive Democratic nominee. “I have great respect for our institutions and the separation of powers laid out in our Constitution, but what’s happening now is not,

President Joe Biden has embarked on his long goodbye to the White House, calling for the Supreme Court to be reformed one week after stepping down as the 2024 presumptive Democratic nominee.

“I have great respect for our institutions and the separation of powers laid out in our Constitution, but what’s happening now is not consistent with that doctrine of separation of powers,” Biden told a crowd Monday afternoon at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. “Extremism is undermining the public confidence in the court’s decisions.”

Biden’s Supreme Court reform announcement Monday had been delayed amid calls for him to stand down as the Democratic nominee. But he used his speech in Texas, part of the library’s commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, to also criticize former President Donald Trump and Project 2025, in addition to promoting Vice President Kamala Harris, now his party’s presumptive standard-bearer.

“The president is no longer constrained by the law,” he said. “The only limits on abuse of power will be self-imposed by the president alone. That’s a fundamentally flawed view and a fundamentally flawed principle.”

Biden’s Supreme Court reforms include term limits and a binding code of conduct for justices, as well as a constitutional amendment ensuring former presidents are not immune from prosecution for crimes committed in office, a direct response to the court’s decision in Trump v. United States.

Biden opened by praising Johnson, whose footsteps he followed last week when he, like Johnson before him in 1968, delivered an Oval Office address confirming that, as an incumbent president, he would not seek reelection months before voters begin casting their ballots.

“As a kid coming up, I always admired President Johnson for his public service, whether as a school teacher in South Texas, a master of the United States Senate, a historic vice president and president,” he said. “His philosophy was simple: in a great society, no one, no one should be left behind.”

Biden was warmly welcomed by the audience and detoured from his prepared remarks to speak at length about his decision to pursue politics.

Biden was supposed to appear at the library on July 15, but the event was rescheduled due to the attempt on Trump’s life the weekend before. Instead, the president taped an interview with NBC‘s Lester Holt before being diagnosed with COVID-19 later that week.

The White House conceded en route to Texas that Biden’s reforms would be difficult to turn from recommendations into reality, particularly as some would require congressional approval and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has already described them as “dead on arrival.”

“We’re going to have to count on members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, outside of the aisle, listening to the constituents here,” Office of Public Engagement Director Steve Benjamin told reporters on Air Force One.

At Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Biden told the same reporters the White House and congressional Democrats would find “a way” to pass the reforms. At the library, he added Johnson’s thinking was “dead on arrival.”

In an opinion piece published by the Washington Post, Biden wrote that, as a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he has a “great respect for our institutions and separation of powers.”

“What is happening now is not normal, and it undermines the public’s confidence in the court’s decisions, including those impacting personal freedoms,” Biden wrote Monday morning. “We now stand in a breach.”

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“We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power,” he continued. “We can and must restore the public’s faith in the Supreme Court. We can and must strengthen the guardrails of democracy. In America, no one is above the law. In America, the people rule.”

Harris has also expressed support for Biden’s reforms, indicating she would advocate them next year if she becomes president.

, President Joe Biden has embarked on his long goodbye to the White House, calling for the Supreme Court to be reformed one week after stepping down as the 2024 presumptive Democratic nominee. “I have great respect for our institutions and the separation of powers laid out in our Constitution, but what’s happening now is not consistent with that doctrine of separation of powers,” Biden told a crowd Monday afternoon at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. “Extremism is undermining the public confidence in the court’s decisions.” Biden’s Supreme Court reform announcement Monday had been delayed amid calls for him to stand down as the Democratic nominee. But he used his speech in Texas, part of the library’s commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, to also criticize former President Donald Trump and Project 2025, in addition to promoting Vice President Kamala Harris, now his party’s presumptive standard-bearer. “The president is no longer constrained by the law,” he said. “The only limits on abuse of power will be self-imposed by the president alone. That’s a fundamentally flawed view and a fundamentally flawed principle.” Biden’s Supreme Court reforms include term limits and a binding code of conduct for justices, as well as a constitutional amendment ensuring former presidents are not immune from prosecution for crimes committed in office, a direct response to the court’s decision in Trump v. United States. Biden opened by praising Johnson, whose footsteps he followed last week when he, like Johnson before him in 1968, delivered an Oval Office address confirming that, as an incumbent president, he would not seek reelection months before voters begin casting their ballots. “As a kid coming up, I always admired President Johnson for his public service, whether as a school teacher in South Texas, a master of the United States Senate, a historic vice president and president,” he said. “His philosophy was simple: in a great society, no one, no one should be left behind.” Biden was warmly welcomed by the audience and detoured from his prepared remarks to speak at length about his decision to pursue politics. Biden was supposed to appear at the library on July 15, but the event was rescheduled due to the attempt on Trump’s life the weekend before. Instead, the president taped an interview with NBC‘s Lester Holt before being diagnosed with COVID-19 later that week. The White House conceded en route to Texas that Biden’s reforms would be difficult to turn from recommendations into reality, particularly as some would require congressional approval and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has already described them as “dead on arrival.” “We’re going to have to count on members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, outside of the aisle, listening to the constituents here,” Office of Public Engagement Director Steve Benjamin told reporters on Air Force One. At Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Biden told the same reporters the White House and congressional Democrats would find “a way” to pass the reforms. At the library, he added Johnson’s thinking was “dead on arrival.” In an opinion piece published by the Washington Post, Biden wrote that, as a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he has a “great respect for our institutions and separation of powers.” “What is happening now is not normal, and it undermines the public’s confidence in the court’s decisions, including those impacting personal freedoms,” Biden wrote Monday morning. “We now stand in a breach.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER   “We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power,” he continued. “We can and must restore the public’s faith in the Supreme Court. We can and must strengthen the guardrails of democracy. In America, no one is above the law. In America, the people rule.” Harris has also expressed support for Biden’s reforms, indicating she would advocate them next year if she becomes president., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/biden-supreme-court-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,

President Joe Biden appeared to put personal grievances aside to shake hands with the first member of Congress to implore him to step down as the presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee.

Biden appeared friendly toward Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who represents Austin, Texas, in Congress, when Doggett greeted Biden in his hometown Monday before the president’s address at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and call for Supreme Court reforms.

“A true statesman and patriot,” Doggett posted on X on Monday.

Doggett circulated a public statement earlier this month after Biden’s June 27 debate against former President Donald Trump, encouraging him to stand down as the Democratic standard-bearer. His statement set a precedent for others.

“My decision to make these strong reservations public is not done lightly nor does it in any way diminish my respect for all that President Biden has achieved,” Doggett wrote at the time. “Recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden’s first commitment has always been to our country, not himself, I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw. I respectfully call on him to do so.”

Later, at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Biden was asked about his Supreme Court reforms, which were announced Monday and include term limits and a binding code of conduct for justices, in addition to a constitutional amendment ensuring former presidents are not immune from prosecution for crimes committed while in office.

When asked about House Speaker Mike Johnson describing his reforms as “dead on arrival” in Johnson’s chamber, Biden responded, “That’s what he is.”

“He is?”, a reporter asked.

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“He is. Dead on arrival,” he replied.

Biden added the White House and congressional Democrats would find “a way” to pass the reforms.

2024-07-29 21:43:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3103450%2Fcongressman-first-called-bidens-ouster-welcomes-him-texas%2F?w=600&h=450, President Joe Biden appeared to put personal grievances aside to shake hands with the first member of Congress to implore him to step down as the presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee. Biden appeared friendly toward Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who represents Austin, Texas, in Congress, when Doggett greeted Biden in his hometown Monday before the president’s address at,

President Joe Biden appeared to put personal grievances aside to shake hands with the first member of Congress to implore him to step down as the presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee.

Biden appeared friendly toward Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who represents Austin, Texas, in Congress, when Doggett greeted Biden in his hometown Monday before the president’s address at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and call for Supreme Court reforms.

“A true statesman and patriot,” Doggett posted on X on Monday.

Doggett circulated a public statement earlier this month after Biden’s June 27 debate against former President Donald Trump, encouraging him to stand down as the Democratic standard-bearer. His statement set a precedent for others.

“My decision to make these strong reservations public is not done lightly nor does it in any way diminish my respect for all that President Biden has achieved,” Doggett wrote at the time. “Recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden’s first commitment has always been to our country, not himself, I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw. I respectfully call on him to do so.”

Later, at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Biden was asked about his Supreme Court reforms, which were announced Monday and include term limits and a binding code of conduct for justices, in addition to a constitutional amendment ensuring former presidents are not immune from prosecution for crimes committed while in office.

When asked about House Speaker Mike Johnson describing his reforms as “dead on arrival” in Johnson’s chamber, Biden responded, “That’s what he is.”

“He is?”, a reporter asked.

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“He is. Dead on arrival,” he replied.

Biden added the White House and congressional Democrats would find “a way” to pass the reforms.

, President Joe Biden appeared to put personal grievances aside to shake hands with the first member of Congress to implore him to step down as the presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee. Biden appeared friendly toward Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who represents Austin, Texas, in Congress, when Doggett greeted Biden in his hometown Monday before the president’s address at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and call for Supreme Court reforms. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex), the first Democratic congressman to call on Biden to end his reelection bid, wasn’t among those who flew on Air Force One. But he was already in Austin, among those greeting Biden on the tarmac. They briefly shook hands and Biden wore a smile. pic.twitter.com/cYi3O2thRL — Matt Viser (@mviser) July 29, 2024 “A true statesman and patriot,” Doggett posted on X on Monday. Great to welcome President Biden at @AUStinAirport. A true statesman and patriot. We are now making our way to the LBJ Library to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and reaffirm our commitment to a more equal and just future. pic.twitter.com/fBmmf2Umfm — Lloyd Doggett (@RepLloydDoggett) July 29, 2024 Doggett circulated a public statement earlier this month after Biden’s June 27 debate against former President Donald Trump, encouraging him to stand down as the Democratic standard-bearer. His statement set a precedent for others. “My decision to make these strong reservations public is not done lightly nor does it in any way diminish my respect for all that President Biden has achieved,” Doggett wrote at the time. “Recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden’s first commitment has always been to our country, not himself, I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw. I respectfully call on him to do so.” Later, at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Biden was asked about his Supreme Court reforms, which were announced Monday and include term limits and a binding code of conduct for justices, in addition to a constitutional amendment ensuring former presidents are not immune from prosecution for crimes committed while in office. When asked about House Speaker Mike Johnson describing his reforms as “dead on arrival” in Johnson’s chamber, Biden responded, “That’s what he is.” “He is?”, a reporter asked. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER   “He is. Dead on arrival,” he replied. Biden added the White House and congressional Democrats would find “a way” to pass the reforms., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/biden-austin-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,

There are only 100 days left of the 2024 election, and if past is prologue, anything could happen.

In the last month alone, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debated, leading to Biden heeding appeals from members of his own party to step down as their nominee and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the next standard-bearer as he recovered from COVID-19. Meanwhile, Trump walked away from an assassination attempt the weekend before the Republican convention, where he announced his own vice presidential pick.

But as Trump, Harris, and their aides prepare for an upended race, it is expected to become a no-holds-barred campaign, complete with more legal challenges.

It is hardly original to describe this election as “chaotic,” but it has been, according to presidential historian David Pietrusza.

Since Biden launched his reelection campaign in April 2023 and Trump did the same the previous November, Trump has been found civilly liable for sexually abusing and defaming author E. Jean Carroll and guilty of 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial, making him the first former president to become a convicted felon and the first to have his mug shot on merchandise. He and other Trump Organization executives were also fined $364 million in their civil fraud case for inflating the value of their assets, pending appeals.

But Trump has had wins in court, with the Supreme Court repealing Colorado‘s decision to strip the former president from its ballot and then providing him with immunity from prosecution over official acts undertaken while in office. The latter ruling has had repercussions for his federal election subversion case, as his federal classified documents matter has been dismissed on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed. His Georgia election racketeering trial, too, has been sidetracked by a sex scandal involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Meanwhile, Biden contended with primary challenges from the likes of Democrat-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy, Rep. Dean Philips (D-MN), and Marianne Williamson, in addition to an impeachment inquiry of his own over his family’s business interests. Then Biden had to deal with his son Hunter‘s own guilty verdict in his drug-fueled federal gun case before his tax matter goes to trial in September after his plea deal dramatically collapsed under scrutiny from a judge.

“Beyond that, scarily, as Al Jolson used to inform audiences, ‘You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!’” Pietrusza, the historian, told the Washington Examiner. “That may very well be the case today. A ton happened in FDR’s ‘First 100 Days.’ A ton may yet transpire in Biden’s next 100 days.”

This has been the “most unprecedented and volatile political season of my lifetime,” according to Republican strategist Cesar Conda.

“But now that the Democrats have settled on Harris as their nominee, the race will settle into a more conventional rhythm after Labor Day weekend,” Conda told the Washington Examiner.

Those could become famous last words, with Harris and Trump already feuding over the second debate, which Biden and Trump had agreed would be broadcast by ABC on Sept. 10, a week before the former president is due to be sentenced in his New York trial. Trump has started advocating Fox to have the debate instead.

“He is backpedaling,” Harris told reporters this week. “I’m ready and I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage.”

Despite Trump telling reporters this week he would debate Harris more than once, campaign communications director Steven Cheung circulated a statement underscoring that “it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds.”

Harris creates “a serious problem” for Republicans because they spent “millions” of dollars “saying how bad it is to have an old president and now their candidate is the old guy in the race running against a younger and quite vibrant woman,” according to Darrell West, Brookings Institution former Governance Studies vice president and director.

“Trump still is figuring out how to attack Harris and don’t have a consistent message the way they did against Biden,” West told the Washington Examiner. “Harris already has risen several percentage points in national polls and the campaign is dead even between her and Trump. Democrats are united and have raised $130 million in just a few days. She is well positioned to do well in the November election.”

Early polls should be regarded carefully because they capture a Harris honeymoon and Trump’s post-assassination increased popularity. But as strategists wait for more information, Trump has been trying out monikers, such as “Lyin’ Kamala” to “Laughin’ Kamala,” for reactions during his most recent rallies in Michigan and North Carolina, calling her ”crazy” and a “radical left lunatic” as he criticizes her immigration and prosecutorial record in an effort to make the election about the border, crime, and the economy. The Trump campaign has expressed confidence concerning its ability to define Harris.

In response, Harris, who is not as well known as Trump or Biden, has been trying to leverage at least that prosecutorial experience by attempting to frame the election, not as a referendum on the Biden administration but as a choice between a prosecutor and a felon, the future and the past, and freedom and chaos.

When asked to predict what the next 100 days could hold, aside from Harris’s own vice presidential selection and the Democratic National Convention, Reagan biographer Craig Shirley speculated that the 2024 election would be about by how “tectonic plates are shifting for the two parties,” arguing, “If the Republicans run an issue campaign, they will clean up.”

“The GOP is becoming more populist, more commonsense conservative, more antiestablishment, more economic conservative,” Shirley told the Washington Examiner. “The Democrats are the elites. They favor the coastal elites, the big cities; the rule of law does not interest them.”

Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt added, “Team Trump has never been more confident that the American people will re-elect President Donald J. Trump on Nov. 5.”

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The Harris campaign will mark 100 days until the election this weekend with a weekend of action, including deploying more than 100,000 volunteers for upward of 2,300 battleground events.

“With a popular message, a strong record, multiple pathways to 270 electoral votes, and unprecedented funding and enthusiasm on her side, the vice president is in a strong position to take on Donald Trump and win in 100 days,” the campaign wrote in a statement.

2024-07-27 11:00:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3100654%2F100-days-until-election-day%2F?w=600&h=450, There are only 100 days left of the 2024 election, and if past is prologue, anything could happen. In the last month alone, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debated, leading to Biden heeding appeals from members of his own party to step down as their nominee and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as,

There are only 100 days left of the 2024 election, and if past is prologue, anything could happen.

In the last month alone, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debated, leading to Biden heeding appeals from members of his own party to step down as their nominee and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the next standard-bearer as he recovered from COVID-19. Meanwhile, Trump walked away from an assassination attempt the weekend before the Republican convention, where he announced his own vice presidential pick.

But as Trump, Harris, and their aides prepare for an upended race, it is expected to become a no-holds-barred campaign, complete with more legal challenges.

It is hardly original to describe this election as “chaotic,” but it has been, according to presidential historian David Pietrusza.

Since Biden launched his reelection campaign in April 2023 and Trump did the same the previous November, Trump has been found civilly liable for sexually abusing and defaming author E. Jean Carroll and guilty of 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial, making him the first former president to become a convicted felon and the first to have his mug shot on merchandise. He and other Trump Organization executives were also fined $364 million in their civil fraud case for inflating the value of their assets, pending appeals.

But Trump has had wins in court, with the Supreme Court repealing Colorado‘s decision to strip the former president from its ballot and then providing him with immunity from prosecution over official acts undertaken while in office. The latter ruling has had repercussions for his federal election subversion case, as his federal classified documents matter has been dismissed on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed. His Georgia election racketeering trial, too, has been sidetracked by a sex scandal involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Meanwhile, Biden contended with primary challenges from the likes of Democrat-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy, Rep. Dean Philips (D-MN), and Marianne Williamson, in addition to an impeachment inquiry of his own over his family’s business interests. Then Biden had to deal with his son Hunter‘s own guilty verdict in his drug-fueled federal gun case before his tax matter goes to trial in September after his plea deal dramatically collapsed under scrutiny from a judge.

“Beyond that, scarily, as Al Jolson used to inform audiences, ‘You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!’” Pietrusza, the historian, told the Washington Examiner. “That may very well be the case today. A ton happened in FDR’s ‘First 100 Days.’ A ton may yet transpire in Biden’s next 100 days.”

This has been the “most unprecedented and volatile political season of my lifetime,” according to Republican strategist Cesar Conda.

“But now that the Democrats have settled on Harris as their nominee, the race will settle into a more conventional rhythm after Labor Day weekend,” Conda told the Washington Examiner.

Those could become famous last words, with Harris and Trump already feuding over the second debate, which Biden and Trump had agreed would be broadcast by ABC on Sept. 10, a week before the former president is due to be sentenced in his New York trial. Trump has started advocating Fox to have the debate instead.

“He is backpedaling,” Harris told reporters this week. “I’m ready and I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage.”

Despite Trump telling reporters this week he would debate Harris more than once, campaign communications director Steven Cheung circulated a statement underscoring that “it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds.”

Harris creates “a serious problem” for Republicans because they spent “millions” of dollars “saying how bad it is to have an old president and now their candidate is the old guy in the race running against a younger and quite vibrant woman,” according to Darrell West, Brookings Institution former Governance Studies vice president and director.

“Trump still is figuring out how to attack Harris and don’t have a consistent message the way they did against Biden,” West told the Washington Examiner. “Harris already has risen several percentage points in national polls and the campaign is dead even between her and Trump. Democrats are united and have raised $130 million in just a few days. She is well positioned to do well in the November election.”

Early polls should be regarded carefully because they capture a Harris honeymoon and Trump’s post-assassination increased popularity. But as strategists wait for more information, Trump has been trying out monikers, such as “Lyin’ Kamala” to “Laughin’ Kamala,” for reactions during his most recent rallies in Michigan and North Carolina, calling her ”crazy” and a “radical left lunatic” as he criticizes her immigration and prosecutorial record in an effort to make the election about the border, crime, and the economy. The Trump campaign has expressed confidence concerning its ability to define Harris.

In response, Harris, who is not as well known as Trump or Biden, has been trying to leverage at least that prosecutorial experience by attempting to frame the election, not as a referendum on the Biden administration but as a choice between a prosecutor and a felon, the future and the past, and freedom and chaos.

When asked to predict what the next 100 days could hold, aside from Harris’s own vice presidential selection and the Democratic National Convention, Reagan biographer Craig Shirley speculated that the 2024 election would be about by how “tectonic plates are shifting for the two parties,” arguing, “If the Republicans run an issue campaign, they will clean up.”

“The GOP is becoming more populist, more commonsense conservative, more antiestablishment, more economic conservative,” Shirley told the Washington Examiner. “The Democrats are the elites. They favor the coastal elites, the big cities; the rule of law does not interest them.”

Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt added, “Team Trump has never been more confident that the American people will re-elect President Donald J. Trump on Nov. 5.”

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The Harris campaign will mark 100 days until the election this weekend with a weekend of action, including deploying more than 100,000 volunteers for upward of 2,300 battleground events.

“With a popular message, a strong record, multiple pathways to 270 electoral votes, and unprecedented funding and enthusiasm on her side, the vice president is in a strong position to take on Donald Trump and win in 100 days,” the campaign wrote in a statement.

, There are only 100 days left of the 2024 election, and if past is prologue, anything could happen. In the last month alone, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debated, leading to Biden heeding appeals from members of his own party to step down as their nominee and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the next standard-bearer as he recovered from COVID-19. Meanwhile, Trump walked away from an assassination attempt the weekend before the Republican convention, where he announced his own vice presidential pick. But as Trump, Harris, and their aides prepare for an upended race, it is expected to become a no-holds-barred campaign, complete with more legal challenges. It is hardly original to describe this election as “chaotic,” but it has been, according to presidential historian David Pietrusza. Since Biden launched his reelection campaign in April 2023 and Trump did the same the previous November, Trump has been found civilly liable for sexually abusing and defaming author E. Jean Carroll and guilty of 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial, making him the first former president to become a convicted felon and the first to have his mug shot on merchandise. He and other Trump Organization executives were also fined $364 million in their civil fraud case for inflating the value of their assets, pending appeals. Browser not supported. Visit www.270towin.com But Trump has had wins in court, with the Supreme Court repealing Colorado‘s decision to strip the former president from its ballot and then providing him with immunity from prosecution over official acts undertaken while in office. The latter ruling has had repercussions for his federal election subversion case, as his federal classified documents matter has been dismissed on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed. His Georgia election racketeering trial, too, has been sidetracked by a sex scandal involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Meanwhile, Biden contended with primary challenges from the likes of Democrat-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy, Rep. Dean Philips (D-MN), and Marianne Williamson, in addition to an impeachment inquiry of his own over his family’s business interests. Then Biden had to deal with his son Hunter‘s own guilty verdict in his drug-fueled federal gun case before his tax matter goes to trial in September after his plea deal dramatically collapsed under scrutiny from a judge. “Beyond that, scarily, as Al Jolson used to inform audiences, ‘You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!’” Pietrusza, the historian, told the Washington Examiner. “That may very well be the case today. A ton happened in FDR’s ‘First 100 Days.’ A ton may yet transpire in Biden’s next 100 days.” This has been the “most unprecedented and volatile political season of my lifetime,” according to Republican strategist Cesar Conda. “But now that the Democrats have settled on Harris as their nominee, the race will settle into a more conventional rhythm after Labor Day weekend,” Conda told the Washington Examiner. Those could become famous last words, with Harris and Trump already feuding over the second debate, which Biden and Trump had agreed would be broadcast by ABC on Sept. 10, a week before the former president is due to be sentenced in his New York trial. Trump has started advocating Fox to have the debate instead. “He is backpedaling,” Harris told reporters this week. “I’m ready and I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage.” Despite Trump telling reporters this week he would debate Harris more than once, campaign communications director Steven Cheung circulated a statement underscoring that “it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds.” Harris creates “a serious problem” for Republicans because they spent “millions” of dollars “saying how bad it is to have an old president and now their candidate is the old guy in the race running against a younger and quite vibrant woman,” according to Darrell West, Brookings Institution former Governance Studies vice president and director. “Trump still is figuring out how to attack Harris and don’t have a consistent message the way they did against Biden,” West told the Washington Examiner. “Harris already has risen several percentage points in national polls and the campaign is dead even between her and Trump. Democrats are united and have raised $130 million in just a few days. She is well positioned to do well in the November election.” Early polls should be regarded carefully because they capture a Harris honeymoon and Trump’s post-assassination increased popularity. But as strategists wait for more information, Trump has been trying out monikers, such as “Lyin’ Kamala” to “Laughin’ Kamala,” for reactions during his most recent rallies in Michigan and North Carolina, calling her ”crazy” and a “radical left lunatic” as he criticizes her immigration and prosecutorial record in an effort to make the election about the border, crime, and the economy. The Trump campaign has expressed confidence concerning its ability to define Harris. In response, Harris, who is not as well known as Trump or Biden, has been trying to leverage at least that prosecutorial experience by attempting to frame the election, not as a referendum on the Biden administration but as a choice between a prosecutor and a felon, the future and the past, and freedom and chaos. When asked to predict what the next 100 days could hold, aside from Harris’s own vice presidential selection and the Democratic National Convention, Reagan biographer Craig Shirley speculated that the 2024 election would be about by how “tectonic plates are shifting for the two parties,” arguing, “If the Republicans run an issue campaign, they will clean up.” “The GOP is becoming more populist, more commonsense conservative, more antiestablishment, more economic conservative,” Shirley told the Washington Examiner. “The Democrats are the elites. They favor the coastal elites, the big cities; the rule of law does not interest them.” Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt added, “Team Trump has never been more confident that the American people will re-elect President Donald J. Trump on Nov. 5.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The Harris campaign will mark 100 days until the election this weekend with a weekend of action, including deploying more than 100,000 volunteers for upward of 2,300 battleground events. “With a popular message, a strong record, multiple pathways to 270 electoral votes, and unprecedented funding and enthusiasm on her side, the vice president is in a strong position to take on Donald Trump and win in 100 days,” the campaign wrote in a statement., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Trump_Harris_race_13.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,

The White House dismissed speculation that aides have purposely hidden any age-related slippage of President Joe Biden.

“There’s been no cover-up,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday. “I know that is the narrative you all want.”

Jean-Pierre also downplayed calls from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), for Biden to resign as “ridiculous.”

Biden “didn’t step down from campaigning or from running because he didn’t believe he could serve,” she said, repeating that it had “nothing to do with his health.”

While previewing Biden’s address to the nation on Wednesday night, Jean-Pierre recounted the day before he made his decision to step aside as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, 100 days before the election, and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor amid mounting pressure from members of his own party concerned about his age, mental acuity, and electoral prospects. In those critical hours, “he met with a small group of advisers on Saturday evening and with his family” before coming to his conclusion on Sunday afternoon, speaking with aides, and then circulating the letter, per Jean-Pierre.

The press secretary underscored that Biden had “no regrets” about how he handled the post-debate debacle and denied that he was “bullied” into making his announcement.

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“We don’t see ourself as a lame duck presidency,” she said.

Biden’s prime-time address is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.

2024-07-24 20:28:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fwhite-house%2F3097981%2Fno-coverup-biden-health-white-house%2F?w=600&h=450, The White House dismissed speculation that aides have purposely hidden any age-related slippage of President Joe Biden. “There’s been no cover-up,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday. “I know that is the narrative you all want.” Jean-Pierre also downplayed calls from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), for Biden to resign as “ridiculous.”,

The White House dismissed speculation that aides have purposely hidden any age-related slippage of President Joe Biden.

“There’s been no cover-up,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday. “I know that is the narrative you all want.”

Jean-Pierre also downplayed calls from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), for Biden to resign as “ridiculous.”

Biden “didn’t step down from campaigning or from running because he didn’t believe he could serve,” she said, repeating that it had “nothing to do with his health.”

While previewing Biden’s address to the nation on Wednesday night, Jean-Pierre recounted the day before he made his decision to step aside as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, 100 days before the election, and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor amid mounting pressure from members of his own party concerned about his age, mental acuity, and electoral prospects. In those critical hours, “he met with a small group of advisers on Saturday evening and with his family” before coming to his conclusion on Sunday afternoon, speaking with aides, and then circulating the letter, per Jean-Pierre.

The press secretary underscored that Biden had “no regrets” about how he handled the post-debate debacle and denied that he was “bullied” into making his announcement.

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“We don’t see ourself as a lame duck presidency,” she said.

Biden’s prime-time address is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.

, The White House dismissed speculation that aides have purposely hidden any age-related slippage of President Joe Biden. “There’s been no cover-up,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday. “I know that is the narrative you all want.” Jean-Pierre also downplayed calls from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), for Biden to resign as “ridiculous.” Biden “didn’t step down from campaigning or from running because he didn’t believe he could serve,” she said, repeating that it had “nothing to do with his health.” While previewing Biden’s address to the nation on Wednesday night, Jean-Pierre recounted the day before he made his decision to step aside as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, 100 days before the election, and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor amid mounting pressure from members of his own party concerned about his age, mental acuity, and electoral prospects. In those critical hours, “he met with a small group of advisers on Saturday evening and with his family” before coming to his conclusion on Sunday afternoon, speaking with aides, and then circulating the letter, per Jean-Pierre. The press secretary underscored that Biden had “no regrets” about how he handled the post-debate debacle and denied that he was “bullied” into making his announcement. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER “We don’t see ourself as a lame duck presidency,” she said. Biden’s prime-time address is scheduled to start at 8 p.m., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Biden-health-cover-up.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‘s ascendance to the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination has shaken up the electoral map, according to Democrats.

Under President Joe Biden, battleground states Arizona and Georgia were at risk of becoming out of reach due to mounting concerns over his age despite him flipping them for the first time in decades only four years ago. But with Harris replacing him at the top of the ticket, Democrats are arguing those states, in addition to a third, Nevada, are back in play.

Tharon Johnson, a senior adviser to Biden’s 2020 campaign in Georgia, described Peach State Democrats as having their “swagger back” after Biden announced his decision not to seek reelection and to endorse Harris as his successor last weekend. Prior to the announcement, former President Donald Trump had an average 4-point advantage over Biden in the state, according to RealClearPolitics.

Harris’s early polling among white voters, particularly those without a college degree, is poised to make sure that this November’s election remains a close contest, while Rust Belt states Biden had found success in, such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, could be harder for her to win. But Democrats are betting Harris, the first black and South Asian woman to become vice president, will be able to speak to young, minority, and female voters in a way Biden, an 81-year-old white man, could not.

“Now that she’s at the top of the ticket, now she is the presidential nominee, there’s going to have to be a robust reassessment of which demographic groups will be more appealing and some that they will need to persuade,” Johnson told the Washington Examiner. “For instance, the African American support for Vice President Harris will expeditiously increase.”

“I’m not saying that President Biden did not have support in the African American community,” he said. “It’s just, I believe, going to be even more significant now that she’s at the top of the ticket, particularly with black women.”

Before the debate in Atlanta last month, University of Georgia political science professor Charles Bullock underscored that it had been “a long time” since Biden had led Trump in any Georgia poll, with Harris traveling to the state five times this year and 14 times since the start of the administration “to reel back in that black vote.”

Under Biden, Trump had made “a little bit of headway” with black voters and that was “probably” all he could have hoped for and needed “because in 2020, he got 11% of the vote, and, if he got 12%, he would have won Georgia,” Bullock told the Washington Examiner.

Johnson, the former Biden adviser, also emphasized the importance of young and “disaffected Republican college-educated women” voters to Harris in Georgia.

Biden won Georgia because “white, highly educated, affluent voters in the Atlanta suburbs moved in a pretty big way from the Republican ticket toward the Democratic ticket,” Emory University political science associate professor Zachary Peskowitz agreed.

“Stubbornly high inflation over the past year or so has led to a lot of economic anxiety and lack of confidence in economic conditions in Georgia and elsewhere, and that … unsurprisingly hurt the incumbent President Biden,” Peskowitz told the Washington Examiner.

While Harris may be able to reconnect with some of those voters over the issue of abortion access, when asked whether she would have to work to overcome Biden’s economic record, Johnson encouraged her to discuss the southern border proactively instead.

“She now has a unique opportunity to articulate to the American people, and particularly Georgia voters, about what are we going to do with this opportunity to reduce the crisis at the border,” he said. “We’ve got to call it a crisis because it is.”

For Georgia state Rep. Phil Olaleye, Biden’s problems in Georgia were about apathy and a lack of enthusiasm, which Harris could ameliorate.

“Specifically here in Georgia, where, I mean, it’s just every time you wake up, it’s election time,” Olaleye told the Washington Examiner. “There’s been a lot of fatigue and exhaustion, and that’s compounded with just the negative kind of narratives and the lack of success stories being told by the media.”

Georgia state Sen. Sonya Halpern, vice chairwoman of the chamber’s Democratic caucus, remained adamant that the Harris campaign is “in a very good position” in the state, having opened campaign offices “in places where you wouldn’t necessarily imagine.”

“If we contrast that even to 2020, this is a much more enhanced, aggressive stance for the state,” Halpern told the Washington Examiner.

Democrats are similarly excited in Arizona and Nevada, the latter of which, like Georgia, is a majority-minority state. Trump had a 6-point edge over Biden in Arizona and Nevada before the president dropped out of the race last Sunday, according to RealClearPolitics.

Arizona Democratic strategist Tony Cani insisted his state was “never out of play for Biden” and is “certainly not for Harris,” though there were “lingering questions” about the president’s age that put pressure on his polling among young and Latino voters.

“Harris as the nominee removes those doubts and puts Trump’s age instead front and center,” Cani told the Washington Examiner. “The Biden-Harris administration’s legislative achievements are very impactful for Arizonans, but just don’t know about them yet. We have a strong growing senior population that, along with their caretakers, benefited tremendously from his actions to hold down prescription drug costs. … Harris will run on those achievements.”

“One final thing on immigration,” he said. “[Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)] was one of the lead negotiators of the border bill that Trump killed for political reasons. Arizona voters are frustrated with gamesmanship on the border, and they know Trump is why that bill didn’t pass.”

The Trump campaign has already begun to attack Harris as Biden’s failed “border czar.” It released a memo on Tuesday acknowledging that Harris may see a bump in the polls but argued that as the newness of her campaign wears off, the fundamentals of the race give Republicans the edge.

In Nevada, a Democratic strategist in the state argued the vice president is tailor-made for its voters. The Silver State is home to “a strong population of black voters,” “one of the fastest growing AAPI communities,” and “a large swath of Latino voters,” as well as young voters.

“Nevada is one of the battleground states she’s visited the most this cycle, and she’s been to Nevada more than a dozen times as vice president,” the operative told the Washington Examiner. “That’s something that’s unique for states like Nevada and Arizona, where you have a candidate who comes from a Western state, so she’s naturally here more often.”

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Nevertheless, Harris launched her campaign in Milwaukee on Tuesday, asserting her path to the presidency runs through the Badger State.

“Wisconsin, I am told as of this morning that we have earned the support of enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination,” Harris said. “I am so very honored, and I pledge to you I will spend the coming weeks continuing to unite our party so that we are ready to win in November.”

2024-07-24 08:00:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2F3057150%2Fharris-democrats-swagger-states-thought-lost-trump%2F?w=600&h=450, Vice President Kamala Harris‘s ascendance to the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination has shaken up the electoral map, according to Democrats. Under President Joe Biden, battleground states Arizona and Georgia were at risk of becoming out of reach due to mounting concerns over his age despite him flipping them for the first time in decades only,

Vice President Kamala Harris‘s ascendance to the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination has shaken up the electoral map, according to Democrats.

Under President Joe Biden, battleground states Arizona and Georgia were at risk of becoming out of reach due to mounting concerns over his age despite him flipping them for the first time in decades only four years ago. But with Harris replacing him at the top of the ticket, Democrats are arguing those states, in addition to a third, Nevada, are back in play.

Tharon Johnson, a senior adviser to Biden’s 2020 campaign in Georgia, described Peach State Democrats as having their “swagger back” after Biden announced his decision not to seek reelection and to endorse Harris as his successor last weekend. Prior to the announcement, former President Donald Trump had an average 4-point advantage over Biden in the state, according to RealClearPolitics.

Harris’s early polling among white voters, particularly those without a college degree, is poised to make sure that this November’s election remains a close contest, while Rust Belt states Biden had found success in, such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, could be harder for her to win. But Democrats are betting Harris, the first black and South Asian woman to become vice president, will be able to speak to young, minority, and female voters in a way Biden, an 81-year-old white man, could not.

“Now that she’s at the top of the ticket, now she is the presidential nominee, there’s going to have to be a robust reassessment of which demographic groups will be more appealing and some that they will need to persuade,” Johnson told the Washington Examiner. “For instance, the African American support for Vice President Harris will expeditiously increase.”

“I’m not saying that President Biden did not have support in the African American community,” he said. “It’s just, I believe, going to be even more significant now that she’s at the top of the ticket, particularly with black women.”

Before the debate in Atlanta last month, University of Georgia political science professor Charles Bullock underscored that it had been “a long time” since Biden had led Trump in any Georgia poll, with Harris traveling to the state five times this year and 14 times since the start of the administration “to reel back in that black vote.”

Under Biden, Trump had made “a little bit of headway” with black voters and that was “probably” all he could have hoped for and needed “because in 2020, he got 11% of the vote, and, if he got 12%, he would have won Georgia,” Bullock told the Washington Examiner.

Johnson, the former Biden adviser, also emphasized the importance of young and “disaffected Republican college-educated women” voters to Harris in Georgia.

Biden won Georgia because “white, highly educated, affluent voters in the Atlanta suburbs moved in a pretty big way from the Republican ticket toward the Democratic ticket,” Emory University political science associate professor Zachary Peskowitz agreed.

“Stubbornly high inflation over the past year or so has led to a lot of economic anxiety and lack of confidence in economic conditions in Georgia and elsewhere, and that … unsurprisingly hurt the incumbent President Biden,” Peskowitz told the Washington Examiner.

While Harris may be able to reconnect with some of those voters over the issue of abortion access, when asked whether she would have to work to overcome Biden’s economic record, Johnson encouraged her to discuss the southern border proactively instead.

“She now has a unique opportunity to articulate to the American people, and particularly Georgia voters, about what are we going to do with this opportunity to reduce the crisis at the border,” he said. “We’ve got to call it a crisis because it is.”

For Georgia state Rep. Phil Olaleye, Biden’s problems in Georgia were about apathy and a lack of enthusiasm, which Harris could ameliorate.

“Specifically here in Georgia, where, I mean, it’s just every time you wake up, it’s election time,” Olaleye told the Washington Examiner. “There’s been a lot of fatigue and exhaustion, and that’s compounded with just the negative kind of narratives and the lack of success stories being told by the media.”

Georgia state Sen. Sonya Halpern, vice chairwoman of the chamber’s Democratic caucus, remained adamant that the Harris campaign is “in a very good position” in the state, having opened campaign offices “in places where you wouldn’t necessarily imagine.”

“If we contrast that even to 2020, this is a much more enhanced, aggressive stance for the state,” Halpern told the Washington Examiner.

Democrats are similarly excited in Arizona and Nevada, the latter of which, like Georgia, is a majority-minority state. Trump had a 6-point edge over Biden in Arizona and Nevada before the president dropped out of the race last Sunday, according to RealClearPolitics.

Arizona Democratic strategist Tony Cani insisted his state was “never out of play for Biden” and is “certainly not for Harris,” though there were “lingering questions” about the president’s age that put pressure on his polling among young and Latino voters.

“Harris as the nominee removes those doubts and puts Trump’s age instead front and center,” Cani told the Washington Examiner. “The Biden-Harris administration’s legislative achievements are very impactful for Arizonans, but just don’t know about them yet. We have a strong growing senior population that, along with their caretakers, benefited tremendously from his actions to hold down prescription drug costs. … Harris will run on those achievements.”

“One final thing on immigration,” he said. “[Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)] was one of the lead negotiators of the border bill that Trump killed for political reasons. Arizona voters are frustrated with gamesmanship on the border, and they know Trump is why that bill didn’t pass.”

The Trump campaign has already begun to attack Harris as Biden’s failed “border czar.” It released a memo on Tuesday acknowledging that Harris may see a bump in the polls but argued that as the newness of her campaign wears off, the fundamentals of the race give Republicans the edge.

In Nevada, a Democratic strategist in the state argued the vice president is tailor-made for its voters. The Silver State is home to “a strong population of black voters,” “one of the fastest growing AAPI communities,” and “a large swath of Latino voters,” as well as young voters.

“Nevada is one of the battleground states she’s visited the most this cycle, and she’s been to Nevada more than a dozen times as vice president,” the operative told the Washington Examiner. “That’s something that’s unique for states like Nevada and Arizona, where you have a candidate who comes from a Western state, so she’s naturally here more often.”

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Nevertheless, Harris launched her campaign in Milwaukee on Tuesday, asserting her path to the presidency runs through the Badger State.

“Wisconsin, I am told as of this morning that we have earned the support of enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination,” Harris said. “I am so very honored, and I pledge to you I will spend the coming weeks continuing to unite our party so that we are ready to win in November.”

, Vice President Kamala Harris‘s ascendance to the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination has shaken up the electoral map, according to Democrats. Under President Joe Biden, battleground states Arizona and Georgia were at risk of becoming out of reach due to mounting concerns over his age despite him flipping them for the first time in decades only four years ago. But with Harris replacing him at the top of the ticket, Democrats are arguing those states, in addition to a third, Nevada, are back in play. Tharon Johnson, a senior adviser to Biden’s 2020 campaign in Georgia, described Peach State Democrats as having their “swagger back” after Biden announced his decision not to seek reelection and to endorse Harris as his successor last weekend. Prior to the announcement, former President Donald Trump had an average 4-point advantage over Biden in the state, according to RealClearPolitics . Harris’s early polling among white voters, particularly those without a college degree, is poised to make sure that this November’s election remains a close contest, while Rust Belt states Biden had found success in, such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, could be harder for her to win. But Democrats are betting Harris, the first black and South Asian woman to become vice president, will be able to speak to young, minority, and female voters in a way Biden, an 81-year-old white man, could not. Vice President Kamala Harris is greeted by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) before boarding Air Force Two to depart on campaign travel to Milwaukee, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. (Kevin Mohatt/Pool via AP) “Now that she’s at the top of the ticket, now she is the presidential nominee, there’s going to have to be a robust reassessment of which demographic groups will be more appealing and some that they will need to persuade,” Johnson told the Washington Examiner. “For instance, the African American support for Vice President Harris will expeditiously increase.” “I’m not saying that President Biden did not have support in the African American community,” he said. “It’s just, I believe, going to be even more significant now that she’s at the top of the ticket, particularly with black women.” Before the debate in Atlanta last month, University of Georgia political science professor Charles Bullock underscored that it had been “a long time” since Biden had led Trump in any Georgia poll, with Harris traveling to the state five times this year and 14 times since the start of the administration “to reel back in that black vote.” Under Biden, Trump had made “a little bit of headway” with black voters and that was “probably” all he could have hoped for and needed “because in 2020, he got 11% of the vote, and, if he got 12%, he would have won Georgia,” Bullock told the Washington Examiner. Johnson, the former Biden adviser, also emphasized the importance of young and “disaffected Republican college-educated women” voters to Harris in Georgia. Biden won Georgia because “white, highly educated, affluent voters in the Atlanta suburbs moved in a pretty big way from the Republican ticket toward the Democratic ticket,” Emory University political science associate professor Zachary Peskowitz agreed. “Stubbornly high inflation over the past year or so has led to a lot of economic anxiety and lack of confidence in economic conditions in Georgia and elsewhere, and that … unsurprisingly hurt the incumbent President Biden,” Peskowitz told the Washington Examiner. While Harris may be able to reconnect with some of those voters over the issue of abortion access, when asked whether she would have to work to overcome Biden’s economic record, Johnson encouraged her to discuss the southern border proactively instead. “She now has a unique opportunity to articulate to the American people, and particularly Georgia voters, about what are we going to do with this opportunity to reduce the crisis at the border,” he said. “We’ve got to call it a crisis because it is.” For Georgia state Rep. Phil Olaleye, Biden’s problems in Georgia were about apathy and a lack of enthusiasm, which Harris could ameliorate. “Specifically here in Georgia, where, I mean, it’s just every time you wake up, it’s election time,” Olaleye told the Washington Examiner. “There’s been a lot of fatigue and exhaustion, and that’s compounded with just the negative kind of narratives and the lack of success stories being told by the media.” Georgia state Sen. Sonya Halpern, vice chairwoman of the chamber’s Democratic caucus, remained adamant that the Harris campaign is “in a very good position” in the state, having opened campaign offices “in places where you wouldn’t necessarily imagine.” “If we contrast that even to 2020, this is a much more enhanced, aggressive stance for the state,” Halpern told the Washington Examiner. Democrats are similarly excited in Arizona and Nevada, the latter of which, like Georgia, is a majority-minority state. Trump had a 6-point edge over Biden in Arizona and Nevada before the president dropped out of the race last Sunday, according to RealClearPolitics. Arizona Democratic strategist Tony Cani insisted his state was “never out of play for Biden” and is “certainly not for Harris,” though there were “lingering questions” about the president’s age that put pressure on his polling among young and Latino voters. “Harris as the nominee removes those doubts and puts Trump’s age instead front and center,” Cani told the Washington Examiner. “The Biden-Harris administration’s legislative achievements are very impactful for Arizonans, but just don’t know about them yet. We have a strong growing senior population that, along with their caretakers, benefited tremendously from his actions to hold down prescription drug costs. … Harris will run on those achievements.” “One final thing on immigration,” he said. “[Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)] was one of the lead negotiators of the border bill that Trump killed for political reasons. Arizona voters are frustrated with gamesmanship on the border, and they know Trump is why that bill didn’t pass.” The Trump campaign has already begun to attack Harris as Biden’s failed “border czar.” It released a memo on Tuesday acknowledging that Harris may see a bump in the polls but argued that as the newness of her campaign wears off, the fundamentals of the race give Republicans the edge. In Nevada, a Democratic strategist in the state argued the vice president is tailor-made for its voters. The Silver State is home to “a strong population of black voters,” “one of the fastest growing AAPI communities,” and “a large swath of Latino voters,” as well as young voters. “Nevada is one of the battleground states she’s visited the most this cycle, and she’s been to Nevada more than a dozen times as vice president,” the operative told the Washington Examiner. “That’s something that’s unique for states like Nevada and Arizona, where you have a candidate who comes from a Western state, so she’s naturally here more often.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Nevertheless, Harris launched her campaign in Milwaukee on Tuesday, asserting her path to the presidency runs through the Badger State. “Wisconsin, I am told as of this morning that we have earned the support of enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination,” Harris said. “I am so very honored, and I pledge to you I will spend the coming weeks continuing to unite our party so that we are ready to win in November.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/harris-wisconsin-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 rallied what was President Joe Biden‘s campaign a day ago behind her during her first public appearance at the campaign’s headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.

Before new “Kamala” signs and near a California flag, Harris was effusive in her praise of Biden and his campaign staff, telling them Jen O’Malley Dillon and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a former Harris Senate aide, would continue leading the team.

Harris took the opportunity to amplify her 2020 Democratic campaign message against former President Donald Trump, a preview of the next 100 days before this year’s election should she secure her party’s nomination, as is expected.

“I was a courtroom prosecutor,” Harris said. “In those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds: predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type.”

“Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency because we here know when our middle class is strong, America is strong,” she added. “And we know that’s not the future Donald Trump is fighting for.”

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Biden, who is still recovering from COVID-19 in nearby Rehoboth Beach, called into the event, with Chavez Rodriguez holding a phone up to the lectern’s microphone so he too could address the room.

“The name has changed the top and ticket, but the mission hasn’t,” Biden said in his first public comments since announcing last weekend he would no longer be seeking reelection. “We still need to save this democracy from Trump. Trump is still a danger to the community, a danger to the nation.”

2024-07-22 22:33:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3094985%2Fharris-sets-up-race-between-prosecutor-felon-first-campaign-stop%2F?w=600&h=450, Vice President Kamala Harris rallied what was President Joe Biden‘s campaign a day ago behind her during her first public appearance at the campaign’s headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware. Before new “Kamala” signs and near a California flag, Harris was effusive in her praise of Biden and his campaign staff, telling them Jen O’Malley Dillon and,

Vice President Kamala Harris rallied what was President Joe Biden‘s campaign a day ago behind her during her first public appearance at the campaign’s headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.

Before new “Kamala” signs and near a California flag, Harris was effusive in her praise of Biden and his campaign staff, telling them Jen O’Malley Dillon and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a former Harris Senate aide, would continue leading the team.

Harris took the opportunity to amplify her 2020 Democratic campaign message against former President Donald Trump, a preview of the next 100 days before this year’s election should she secure her party’s nomination, as is expected.

“I was a courtroom prosecutor,” Harris said. “In those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds: predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type.”

“Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency because we here know when our middle class is strong, America is strong,” she added. “And we know that’s not the future Donald Trump is fighting for.”

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Biden, who is still recovering from COVID-19 in nearby Rehoboth Beach, called into the event, with Chavez Rodriguez holding a phone up to the lectern’s microphone so he too could address the room.

“The name has changed the top and ticket, but the mission hasn’t,” Biden said in his first public comments since announcing last weekend he would no longer be seeking reelection. “We still need to save this democracy from Trump. Trump is still a danger to the community, a danger to the nation.”

, Vice President Kamala Harris rallied what was President Joe Biden‘s campaign a day ago behind her during her first public appearance at the campaign’s headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware. Before new “Kamala” signs and near a California flag, Harris was effusive in her praise of Biden and his campaign staff, telling them Jen O’Malley Dillon and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a former Harris Senate aide, would continue leading the team. Harris took the opportunity to amplify her 2020 Democratic campaign message against former President Donald Trump, a preview of the next 100 days before this year’s election should she secure her party’s nomination, as is expected. “I was a courtroom prosecutor,” Harris said. “In those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds: predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type.” President Biden calls in to campaign staffers in Wilmington, Delaware: “I know yesterday’s news was surprising and it was hard for you to hear but it was the right thing to do … The name has changed at the top of the ticket, but the mission hasn’t changed at all.” pic.twitter.com/RXqlshX8px — CSPAN (@cspan) July 22, 2024 “Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency because we here know when our middle class is strong, America is strong,” she added. “And we know that’s not the future Donald Trump is fighting for.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Biden, who is still recovering from COVID-19 in nearby Rehoboth Beach, called into the event, with Chavez Rodriguez holding a phone up to the lectern’s microphone so he too could address the room. “The name has changed the top and ticket, but the mission hasn’t,” Biden said in his first public comments since announcing last weekend he would no longer be seeking reelection. “We still need to save this democracy from Trump. Trump is still a danger to the community, a danger to the nation.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kamala-harris-1-scaled-1024×684.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,