Former President Donald Trump condemned the Saturday attack on Israel that left a dozen children and teenagers dead, blaming “a weak and ineffective United States president and vice president.”

Trump opened his remarks at a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with condolences to the families of the victims of the attack. Israeli officials blamed Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed militant group, which denied responsibility.

“Our hearts go out to the families of these innocent children,” Trump said. “No parent should have to suffer the terrible loss of a child at the hands of terrorists or anybody else. Today’s attack on Israel cannot be forgotten.”

The Republican presidential nominee quickly shifted to campaign mode, blaming the man who replaced him in the White House and the woman hoping to prevent him from returning.

Hezbollah “wouldn’t have done this if I were the president,” Trump said. “They wouldn’t have done that, and they didn’t. With time, the situation will only get worse for our country with the kind of leadership that we have right now, which is no leadership. It’s probably worse than no leadership. It’s negative.”

Trump also moved into attacks on Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, who was dubbed the “border czar” as vice president. He called her “terrible” and “worse than [Biden] is.”

“It’s a dangerous and terrible time for the world, and it’s almost the entire fault of the Biden-Harris administration,” Trump said.

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During his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, Trump called Harris “disrespectful to Israel.” Netanyahu, who met with all of the aforementioned U.S. politicians this week, said in a statement that Hezbollah “will pay a heavy price” for the attack.

A poll released Saturday indicates that Harris is polling better against Trump than Biden was. With just over three months until the election, the vice president and the former president are within 1 percentage point of each other in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, all of which have been indicative of which candidate wins the electoral vote in recent cycles.

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Former President Donald Trump condemned the Saturday attack on Israel that left a dozen children and teenagers dead, blaming “a weak and ineffective United States president and vice president.”

Trump opened his remarks at a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with condolences to the families of the victims of the attack. Israeli officials blamed Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed militant group, which denied responsibility.

“Our hearts go out to the families of these innocent children,” Trump said. “No parent should have to suffer the terrible loss of a child at the hands of terrorists or anybody else. Today’s attack on Israel cannot be forgotten.”

The Republican presidential nominee quickly shifted to campaign mode, blaming the man who replaced him in the White House and the woman hoping to prevent him from returning.

Hezbollah “wouldn’t have done this if I were the president,” Trump said. “They wouldn’t have done that, and they didn’t. With time, the situation will only get worse for our country with the kind of leadership that we have right now, which is no leadership. It’s probably worse than no leadership. It’s negative.”

Trump also moved into attacks on Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, who was dubbed the “border czar” as vice president. He called her “terrible” and “worse than [Biden] is.”

“It’s a dangerous and terrible time for the world, and it’s almost the entire fault of the Biden-Harris administration,” Trump said.

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During his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, Trump called Harris “disrespectful to Israel.” Netanyahu, who met with all of the aforementioned U.S. politicians this week, said in a statement that Hezbollah “will pay a heavy price” for the attack.

A poll released Saturday indicates that Harris is polling better against Trump than Biden was. With just over three months until the election, the vice president and the former president are within 1 percentage point of each other in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, all of which have been indicative of which candidate wins the electoral vote in recent cycles.

, Former President Donald Trump condemned the Saturday attack on Israel that left a dozen children and teenagers dead, blaming “a weak and ineffective United States president and vice president.” Trump opened his remarks at a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with condolences to the families of the victims of the attack. Israeli officials blamed Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed militant group, which denied responsibility. “Our hearts go out to the families of these innocent children,” Trump said. “No parent should have to suffer the terrible loss of a child at the hands of terrorists or anybody else. Today’s attack on Israel cannot be forgotten.” The Republican presidential nominee quickly shifted to campaign mode, blaming the man who replaced him in the White House and the woman hoping to prevent him from returning. Hezbollah “wouldn’t have done this if I were the president,” Trump said. “They wouldn’t have done that, and they didn’t. With time, the situation will only get worse for our country with the kind of leadership that we have right now, which is no leadership. It’s probably worse than no leadership. It’s negative.” Trump also moved into attacks on Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, who was dubbed the “border czar” as vice president. He called her “terrible” and “worse than [Biden] is.” “It’s a dangerous and terrible time for the world, and it’s almost the entire fault of the Biden-Harris administration,” Trump said. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER During his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, Trump called Harris “disrespectful to Israel.” Netanyahu, who met with all of the aforementioned U.S. politicians this week, said in a statement that Hezbollah “will pay a heavy price” for the attack. A poll released Saturday indicates that Harris is polling better against Trump than Biden was. With just over three months until the election, the vice president and the former president are within 1 percentage point of each other in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, all of which have been indicative of which candidate wins the electoral vote in recent cycles., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Trump-Minnesota-rally.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/, Robert Stewart,

Former President Donald Trump addressed a bitcoin conference Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, promising that the United States will become a “bitcoin-mining powerhouse” if he is elected to a second term in the White House.

The 2024 Republican presidential nominee, who had notably been skeptical of cryptocurrency, made a stop at the event before his rally with running mate J.D. Vance on Saturday night in Minnesota. The addition of the Ohio senator to the GOP ticket was a welcome development for proponents of cryptocurrency, and Trump became the first president “ever to address a Bitcoin event.”

“If I am elected, it will be the policy of my administration, United States of America, to keep 100% of all the bitcoin the U.S. government currently holds or acquires into the future, we’ll keep 100%,” Trump said. “I hope you do well, please. This will serve in effect as the core of the strategic national bitcoin stockpile.”

Trump also used the speech as an opportunity to denounce President Joe Biden, who defeated him in 2020, and Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he will likely face in the 2024 general election, for their “anti-crypto crusade”

“I pledge to the bitcoin community that the day I take the oath of office, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ anti-crypto crusade will be over,” Trump said. “The moment I’m sworn in, the persecution stops and the weaponization ends against your industry.”

The GOP nominee said the United States will become the “undisputed bitcoin-mining powerhouse” and told attendees that “you will not have to move your family to China.”

“[If] we don’t embrace bitcoin and cryptocurrency, China will,” Trump said. “I want [it] to be mined, minted, and made in the USA. It’s not going to be made anywhere else. And if bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say … I want America to be the nation that leads the way.”

Trump also noted that the federal government has almost 210,000 bitcoin, or 1% of the “total supply that will ever exist.”

“As we implement these reforms, bitcoin and crypto will grow our economy, cement American financial dominance, and strengthen our entire country long into the future. Many Americans do not realize that the United States government is among the largest holders of bitcoin.”

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The former president also reiterated his commitment, if he is elected, to commuting the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, who is serving life in prison for various charges related to his role as the owner of Silk Road, an online black market. Trump was met with applause at the Libertarian National Convention in May for pledging to commute his sentence, and the bitcoin community reciprocated that encouragement.

Trump’s second stop on Saturday is a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is his third rally since a gunman attempted to assassinate him on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.

2024-07-28 00:00:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fpolicy%2Ftechnology%2F3101972%2Ftrump-says-make-us-bitcoin-mining-powerhouse%2F?w=600&h=450, Former President Donald Trump addressed a bitcoin conference Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, promising that the United States will become a “bitcoin-mining powerhouse” if he is elected to a second term in the White House. The 2024 Republican presidential nominee, who had notably been skeptical of cryptocurrency, made a stop at the event before his rally,

Former President Donald Trump addressed a bitcoin conference Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, promising that the United States will become a “bitcoin-mining powerhouse” if he is elected to a second term in the White House.

The 2024 Republican presidential nominee, who had notably been skeptical of cryptocurrency, made a stop at the event before his rally with running mate J.D. Vance on Saturday night in Minnesota. The addition of the Ohio senator to the GOP ticket was a welcome development for proponents of cryptocurrency, and Trump became the first president “ever to address a Bitcoin event.”

“If I am elected, it will be the policy of my administration, United States of America, to keep 100% of all the bitcoin the U.S. government currently holds or acquires into the future, we’ll keep 100%,” Trump said. “I hope you do well, please. This will serve in effect as the core of the strategic national bitcoin stockpile.”

Trump also used the speech as an opportunity to denounce President Joe Biden, who defeated him in 2020, and Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he will likely face in the 2024 general election, for their “anti-crypto crusade”

“I pledge to the bitcoin community that the day I take the oath of office, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ anti-crypto crusade will be over,” Trump said. “The moment I’m sworn in, the persecution stops and the weaponization ends against your industry.”

The GOP nominee said the United States will become the “undisputed bitcoin-mining powerhouse” and told attendees that “you will not have to move your family to China.”

“[If] we don’t embrace bitcoin and cryptocurrency, China will,” Trump said. “I want [it] to be mined, minted, and made in the USA. It’s not going to be made anywhere else. And if bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say … I want America to be the nation that leads the way.”

Trump also noted that the federal government has almost 210,000 bitcoin, or 1% of the “total supply that will ever exist.”

“As we implement these reforms, bitcoin and crypto will grow our economy, cement American financial dominance, and strengthen our entire country long into the future. Many Americans do not realize that the United States government is among the largest holders of bitcoin.”

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The former president also reiterated his commitment, if he is elected, to commuting the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, who is serving life in prison for various charges related to his role as the owner of Silk Road, an online black market. Trump was met with applause at the Libertarian National Convention in May for pledging to commute his sentence, and the bitcoin community reciprocated that encouragement.

Trump’s second stop on Saturday is a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is his third rally since a gunman attempted to assassinate him on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.

, Former President Donald Trump addressed a bitcoin conference Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, promising that the United States will become a “bitcoin-mining powerhouse” if he is elected to a second term in the White House. The 2024 Republican presidential nominee, who had notably been skeptical of cryptocurrency, made a stop at the event before his rally with running mate J.D. Vance on Saturday night in Minnesota. The addition of the Ohio senator to the GOP ticket was a welcome development for proponents of cryptocurrency, and Trump became the first president “ever to address a Bitcoin event.” “If I am elected, it will be the policy of my administration, United States of America, to keep 100% of all the bitcoin the U.S. government currently holds or acquires into the future, we’ll keep 100%,” Trump said. “I hope you do well, please. This will serve in effect as the core of the strategic national bitcoin stockpile.” Trump also used the speech as an opportunity to denounce President Joe Biden, who defeated him in 2020, and Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he will likely face in the 2024 general election, for their “anti-crypto crusade” “I pledge to the bitcoin community that the day I take the oath of office, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ anti-crypto crusade will be over,” Trump said. “The moment I’m sworn in, the persecution stops and the weaponization ends against your industry.” The GOP nominee said the United States will become the “undisputed bitcoin-mining powerhouse” and told attendees that “you will not have to move your family to China.” “[If] we don’t embrace bitcoin and cryptocurrency, China will,” Trump said. “I want [it] to be mined, minted, and made in the USA. It’s not going to be made anywhere else. And if bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say … I want America to be the nation that leads the way.” Trump also noted that the federal government has almost 210,000 bitcoin, or 1% of the “total supply that will ever exist.” “As we implement these reforms, bitcoin and crypto will grow our economy, cement American financial dominance, and strengthen our entire country long into the future. Many Americans do not realize that the United States government is among the largest holders of bitcoin.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The former president also reiterated his commitment, if he is elected, to commuting the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, who is serving life in prison for various charges related to his role as the owner of Silk Road, an online black market. Trump was met with applause at the Libertarian National Convention in May for pledging to commute his sentence, and the bitcoin community reciprocated that encouragement. Trump’s second stop on Saturday is a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is his third rally since a gunman attempted to assassinate him on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Donald-Trump-bitcoin.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/, Robert Stewart,

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump implored Christian conservatives gathered Friday night to vote in the November election, telling them that “in four years, you don’t have to vote anymore.”

Trump made the remark toward the end of his hourlong speech at The Believers Summit, a three-day event hosted by Turning Point USA in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was talking about “the most important election ever,” which he said Republicans “must win,” before calling on attendees to cast ballots.

“Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Trump said. “You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you. Get out — you’ve got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote anymore. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote”

The clip has gone viral and sparked controversy in the hours since his speech. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s campaign released a statement Saturday condemning what it called a promise “to end American democracy.”

“When Vice President Harris says this election is about freedom she means it,” the statement reads. “Our democracy is under assault by criminal Donald Trump. After the last election Trump lost, he sent a mob to overturn the results. This campaign, he has promised violence if he loses, the end of our elections if he wins, and the termination of the Constitution to empower him to be a dictator to enact his dangerous Project 2025 agenda on America.”

Since she became the favorite for the Democratic nomination, Harris has continued President Joe Biden’s line of attacks on Trump, including his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, for which he has been indicted; his March comment that “it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country” if he does not get elected; and Project 2025, a blueprint for a conservative administration spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation.

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Trump spent plenty of time in his Friday speech attacking his new likely opponent, too. The former president called Harris “a bum,” slamming her for her “border czar” role as vice president at a time when immigration has become a top concern for voters, according to a Statista poll published July 5.

Harris is poised to officially become the Democratic nominee at the Democratic National Convention, which is set to begin Aug. 19, about 2 1/2 months before the Nov. 5 general election. A Fox News poll released Friday shows the vice president and Trump within 1 percentage point of each other in the “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, all of which have voted for the winner of the last four presidential elections.

2024-07-27 22:09:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3101962%2Ftrump-you-wont-have-to-vote-anymore%2F?w=600&h=450, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump implored Christian conservatives gathered Friday night to vote in the November election, telling them that “in four years, you don’t have to vote anymore.” Trump made the remark toward the end of his hourlong speech at The Believers Summit, a three-day event hosted by Turning Point USA in West Palm,

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump implored Christian conservatives gathered Friday night to vote in the November election, telling them that “in four years, you don’t have to vote anymore.”

Trump made the remark toward the end of his hourlong speech at The Believers Summit, a three-day event hosted by Turning Point USA in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was talking about “the most important election ever,” which he said Republicans “must win,” before calling on attendees to cast ballots.

“Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Trump said. “You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you. Get out — you’ve got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote anymore. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote”

The clip has gone viral and sparked controversy in the hours since his speech. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s campaign released a statement Saturday condemning what it called a promise “to end American democracy.”

“When Vice President Harris says this election is about freedom she means it,” the statement reads. “Our democracy is under assault by criminal Donald Trump. After the last election Trump lost, he sent a mob to overturn the results. This campaign, he has promised violence if he loses, the end of our elections if he wins, and the termination of the Constitution to empower him to be a dictator to enact his dangerous Project 2025 agenda on America.”

Since she became the favorite for the Democratic nomination, Harris has continued President Joe Biden’s line of attacks on Trump, including his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, for which he has been indicted; his March comment that “it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country” if he does not get elected; and Project 2025, a blueprint for a conservative administration spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation.

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Trump spent plenty of time in his Friday speech attacking his new likely opponent, too. The former president called Harris “a bum,” slamming her for her “border czar” role as vice president at a time when immigration has become a top concern for voters, according to a Statista poll published July 5.

Harris is poised to officially become the Democratic nominee at the Democratic National Convention, which is set to begin Aug. 19, about 2 1/2 months before the Nov. 5 general election. A Fox News poll released Friday shows the vice president and Trump within 1 percentage point of each other in the “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, all of which have voted for the winner of the last four presidential elections.

, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump implored Christian conservatives gathered Friday night to vote in the November election, telling them that “in four years, you don’t have to vote anymore.” Trump made the remark toward the end of his hourlong speech at The Believers Summit, a three-day event hosted by Turning Point USA in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was talking about “the most important election ever,” which he said Republicans “must win,” before calling on attendees to cast ballots. “Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Trump said. “You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you. Get out — you’ve got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote anymore. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote” The clip has gone viral and sparked controversy in the hours since his speech. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s campaign released a statement Saturday condemning what it called a promise “to end American democracy.” “When Vice President Harris says this election is about freedom she means it,” the statement reads. “Our democracy is under assault by criminal Donald Trump. After the last election Trump lost, he sent a mob to overturn the results. This campaign, he has promised violence if he loses, the end of our elections if he wins, and the termination of the Constitution to empower him to be a dictator to enact his dangerous Project 2025 agenda on America.” Since she became the favorite for the Democratic nomination, Harris has continued President Joe Biden’s line of attacks on Trump, including his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, for which he has been indicted; his March comment that “it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country” if he does not get elected; and Project 2025, a blueprint for a conservative administration spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Trump spent plenty of time in his Friday speech attacking his new likely opponent, too. The former president called Harris “a bum,” slamming her for her “border czar” role as vice president at a time when immigration has become a top concern for voters, according to a Statista poll published July 5. Harris is poised to officially become the Democratic nominee at the Democratic National Convention, which is set to begin Aug. 19, about 2 1/2 months before the Nov. 5 general election. A Fox News poll released Friday shows the vice president and Trump within 1 percentage point of each other in the “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, all of which have voted for the winner of the last four presidential elections., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Trump-West-Palm-Beach.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/, Robert Stewart,

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign, citing “unacceptable operational failures” that have come to light since the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Boyle, who represents a suburban Philadelphia district, became the first congressional Democrat to join numerous voices in the Republican Party who have asked Cheatle to step down since last weekend’s shooting that wounded Trump’s ear, killed one man, and injured two others.

“I am calling on Director Cheatle to resign immediately following last weekend’s shooting of a Presidential candidate in Western Pennsylvania,” Boyle said in a statement. “The evidence coming to light has shown unacceptable operational failures. I have no confidence in the leadership of the United States Secret Service if Director Cheatle chooses to remain in her position.”

The Pennsylvania congressman’s statement came within hours of the Washington Post reporting that the Secret Service had “repeatedly denied requests” from the former president’s security detail for “additional resources and personnel.” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the New York Times in a statement that while the agency did deny some requests, it did not for last weekend’s rally. Another New York Times story indicated that the Secret Service “expected the sizable contingent of officers from local law enforcement agencies to contain any threats outside of the secured zone but assigned almost all those officers to work inside it.”

In the hours after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, just over 300 miles from his district, Boyle condemned political violence in a post on X in which he expressed gratitude for “everything the men and women in law enforcement do to keep Americans safe” and that Trump was OK.

Boyle joins several elected Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who have called for Cheatle’s resignation. Earlier in the week, she vowed not to step down.

Cheatle and several other senior officials at the Department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement Saturday defending women who work in law enforcement, including the Secret Service.

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“In the days following the attempted assassination of former President Trump, some people have made public statements questioning the presence of women in law enforcement, including in the United States Secret Service,” the statement reads. “These assertions are baseless and insulting.”

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee subpoenaed Cheatle on Wednesday, and she has agreed to comply. She is scheduled to testify before the panel on Monday.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump poked fun at Vice President Kamala Harris during a rally Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his first since he was nearly assassinated last week.

As Trump began to talk about taking back the White House in November, he went on a tangent about Harris and the way she laughs.

“I call her Laughing Kamala,” Trump said. “You ever watch her laugh? She’s crazy. You know, you can tell a lot by a laugh. No, she’s crazy. She’s nuts.”

Trump contended that Harris is “not as crazy as” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) before telling his audience that the former speaker of the House “turned on [Joe Biden] like a dog,” a reference to her changing stance on whether the president, 81, should remain in the race.

Last week, Pelosi encouraged Biden “to do whatever he decides to do” — a comment she made after the president declared he would stay in the race. This week, she told him that polling shows he cannot defeat Trump.

Biden has become more receptive to the idea of withdrawing from the race, fueling speculation about who could replace him. Given her status as vice president, Harris may be the leading candidate.

The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Trump up nearly 2 percentage points on Harris, a better sign for Democrats than his 3-point advantage over the incumbent.

After Trump picked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate, Harris released a video in which she called her opponent a “rubber stamp for [Trump’s] extreme agenda.”

“Make no mistake,” Harris said. “J.D. Vance will be loyal only to Trump, not to our country. And unlike Mike Pence, Vance said he would have carried out Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 election.”

Before Trump took the stage Saturday, Vance hit back at Harris.

“Kamala Harris said something to the effect that I have no loyalty to this country,” Vance said. “Well, I don’t know, Kamala. I did serve in the United States Marine Corps and built a business. What the hell have you done other than collect a check?”

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When the Trump and Biden campaigns agreed in May to two presidential debates, they also agreed to one vice presidential debate, either July 27, Aug. 13, or Aug. 14. However, amid the uncertainty within the Democratic Party, Trump campaign senior adviser Brian Hughes said in a statement that “we can’t lock in a date before their convention,” which is scheduled for Aug. 19-22.

“To do so would be unfair to … whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate,” Hughes said.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) is scheduled to visit the site of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Monday, according to a press release from the committee.

Green and 10 other committee members will tour the grounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump held a campaign rally that was quickly interrupted by a gunman who took aim at the former president, grazing his right ear, killing one person, and injuring two more.

“This Committee continues to seek answers from DHS and Secret Service for the security lapses resulting in the near-assassination of former President Trump and the tragic murder of Corey Comperatore,” Green said in the release. “We will visit the site on Monday morning to better understand how this near-assassination took place.”

The committee members’ visit to Butler will come after Green invited Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, and FBI Director Christopher Wray to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

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Wray declined his invitation to testify. Mayorkas has yet to respond and has since been subpoenaed by the committee. Cheatle received a subpoena, with which she has agreed to comply, from the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, before which she is scheduled to testify Monday.

The Butler visit is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Monday, and Green will address the media at 12:45 p.m. “to inform the public of the Committee’s oversight investigation into the security lapses of that day,” according to the release.

The Department of Homeland Security released a statement Saturday defending the presence of women in law enforcement, which has been increasingly scrutinized in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, and nine other senior DHS officials called “public statements questioning the presence of women in law enforcement,” including the Secret Service, “baseless and insulting.”

“Every single day, in communities big and small across our great country, women are serving in federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and campus law enforcement,” the statement reads. “They are highly trained and skilled professionals, who risk their lives on the front lines for the safety and security of others. They are brave and selfless patriots who deserve our gratitude and respect.”

The Secret Service has drawn the ire of many people after a shooter fired at Trump during his rally last weekend in Butler, Pennsylvania. The gunman shot six times before a Secret Service countersniper “neutralized” him. The former president, who has since accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third consecutive cycle, thanked the “Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response” to the shooting in a post on Truth Social in the hours after it happened.

Cheatle, the second female Secret Service director in the agency’s 159-year history, has faced many calls to resign in the week after the assassination attempt, including from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). She has vowed not to step down.

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“We in the United States Department of Homeland Security — the largest law enforcement organization in the federal government — will, with great pride, focus, and devotion to mission, continue to recruit, retain, and elevate women in our law enforcement ranks,” the DHS officials said. “Our Department will be the better for it, and our country more secure.”

In the week after the shooting, Trump attended the four-day Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, and he held his first rally with running mate J.D. Vance on Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to the president in the Obama White House, warned that Saturday’s Trump rally shooting could invigorate Republican National Convention attendees next week.

Former President Donald Trump, “assuming he is up for attending, and I assume he will be, will be greeted as a kind of martyr of this event and I think it could be angrier or could be more somber,” Axelrod said on CNN. “But it’s certainly not going to be the same.”

Axelrod, who is also a political commentator for the network, made the comment just hours after Trump was shot at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Just minutes into his rally, the former president fell to the ground before Secret Service agents rushed him off the stage to safety.

Trump later confirmed he had been shot in the ear.

“Horrendous news from PA,” Axelrod wrote on X. “In America, we settle our differences through our votes, not violence. Violence is never the answer.”

Axelrod called Saturday’s events a “bracing moment for our country” during a “bitter election.”

“Hopefully a moment for reflection where everybody kind of pulls back from the abyss so we don’t see this as a recurring event,” Axelrod said.

President Joe Biden condemned the shooting, telling the nation in an impromptu address that there is “no place in America for this kind of violence.”

“It’s sick,” Biden said. “It is one of the reasons we have to unite this country. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.”

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The president also pulled his campaign ads in the aftermath of the shooting. He spoke to Trump hours later, according to a White House pool report.

The Republican National Convention is scheduled to begin Monday in Milwaukee, where Trump is set to formally accept the party’s presidential nomination.

Former President Donald Trump was rushed from a rally by Secret Service agents Saturday after an apparent assassination attempt.

As he was talking to supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, there were several pops, apparently gunshots, and Trump reached for the side of his head before ducking to the ground.

Secret Service agents rushed on stage and surrounded him, and he was soon on his feet again, raising his fist in a salute to the crowd despite having blood on his right ear and the side of his face. His campaign issued a statement that Trump is safe.

The district attorney of Butler County, Pennsylvania, confirmed that the suspected shooter and one other person have died following the rally shooting.

“An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. “The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available.”

“President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act,” Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement. “He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow.”

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) denounced the shooting and said in a statement that he had been briefed on the incident.

“Violence targeted at any political party or political leader is absolutely unacceptable,” Shapiro said. “It has no place in Pennsylvania or the United States.”

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This is a developing story and will be updated.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said Saturday that even though Democrats are not falling in line behind President Joe Biden, one thing unites the party: fear of a second Trump administration.

Crockett, who represents parts of Dallas, appeared on MSNBC’s The Katie Phang Show to discuss the president’s one-on-one interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that aired Friday. Host Katie Phang prefaced her conversation with the congresswoman with clips from the night before that featured a couple of prolonged pauses from Biden.

While five House Democrats have called on Biden to withdraw from the race, Crockett defended him, arguing that voters have spoken through the various Democratic presidential primaries so far this year.

“The ticket at this point in time is Biden and [Vice President Kamala] Harris, and so long as the president says that he can do this job, then that is our ticket,” Crockett said. “We have a democratic process, we went through the primary, and to subvert the will of the people based on polls is not what we do in a democracy.”

The freshman representative suggested that if polling was indicative of election outcomes, Trump “never would have” been president, and “we wouldn’t have Democrats overperforming by 20 points in a number of elections” in the past couple of years.

In addition to denouncing Democratic calls for Biden to step aside, Crockett addressed the motives behind them. She cited the president’s comment last month that there are likely to be two Supreme Court justice vacancies in the next four years and Project 2025, a blueprint spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation for the next conservative administration — two big concerns for Democrats.

“Even though it’s Democrats that are calling for the president to step aside, they’re not calling for the president to step aside because they think that Joe Biden’s a terrible person, because they think that he’s a failure,” Crockett said. “They’re calling for him to step aside because they are scared. One thing that I think we are all united in, no matter where you stand, is our fear: our fear that somehow Donald Trump can get back into the White House.”

Crockett pleaded with Democrats to “unite around the ticket” and “stay the course” with just under four months to go until Election Day.

“Let’s recognize who the real enemy is, let’s not give fodder to the Republicans come November by tearing each other apart,” she said.

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Crockett’s comments come as Biden’s mental acuity has been heavily scrutinized since his weak performance at the first presidential debate. He said he is “completely ruling out” exiting the race, even as some in his party express doubts that he can continue as the nominee or serve another four years as president.

Despite the doubt swirling around Biden, a new poll released Saturday showed him gaining ground against Trump in swing states.