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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has finalized plans to endorse 30 House Democrats, raising tensions among members of the right-leaning organization, according to a new report. While the Chamber has spent over $100 million backing Republican candidates in the past decade, it is set to endorse nearly two dozen freshmen Democrats this election, its largest …
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Democrats fear they may be losing traction in swing states as news of looting and violent rioting in Kenosha, Wis. after the police shooting of Jacob Blake stokes public safety concerns. It had already been a turbulent summer in America before unrest broke out in Kenosha, as cities nationwide saw widespread protests and riots in …
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I am a lifelong resident of New York state and spent over a decade living and working in New York City, but I fled over four years ago — as many others are doing now — because I could see the writing on the wall. I saw first-hand what happens when we elect Democrats. Despite the …
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The pro-abortion group EMILY’s List and a PAC run by allies of Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) funded a Democrat-linked PAC that attempted to boost Kris Kobach in the Kansas GOP Senate primary, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission. Kobach, the former attorney general for the state of Kansas, lost the primary …
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House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Thursday rejected a request by some House Democrats to vote to extend unemployment benefits through a smaller coronavirus relief package, saying it could undercut negotiations on other Democratic funding priorities. More than 100 House Democrats had urged party leaders to allow a vote on a bill on Saturday …
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden slammed President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic during his speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, vowing that his first action if he is elected president will be to “get control of the virus that has ruined so many lives.” “Our current president has failed in his most …
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Senator Tammy Duckworth (D., Ill.) accused President Trump of cowardice in her speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, adding that Trump is easily manipulated by “tyrants” such as Vladimir Putin. U.S. soldiers “have a coward-in-chief, who won’t stand up to Vladimir Putin, read his daily intelligence briefings, or even publicly admonish adversaries for …
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Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on Thursday extended an olive branch to voters who cast their ballot for President Trump in 2016, saying that he understands their decision because “many politicians promise and then fail to deliver.” “If you voted for Trump or didn’t vote at all back in 2016, I get it,” Yang …
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday addressed the Democratic National Convention and vowed to over come Republican obstruction by securing Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress in November. Pelosi said Democrats in the House have passed and sent bills to the Senate dealing with health care costs, raising paychecks, voting rights, police reform, immigration, …
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Former president Barack Obama accused Republicans of counting on voters’ cynicism to limit voter turnout and aid their effort to “take away your democracy” in his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. In a live address delivered from Philadelphia, the former president asked voters to “embrace your own responsibility as citizens to …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has finalized plans to endorse 30 House Democrats, raising tensions among members of the right-leaning organization, according to a new report. While the Chamber has spent over $100 million backing Republican candidates in the past decade, it is set to endorse nearly two dozen freshmen Democrats this election, its largest …
