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Secret Service officials repeatedly denied requests for additional resources made by former President Donald Trump’s detail prior to the July 13 assassination attempt, the Washington Post reported. Trump was slightly wounded in the right ear on July 13 when a gunman fired multiple shots during the attempted assassination at the Butler County, Pennsylvania, rally, killing former volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore and wounding two other attendees. The Post reported that for at least two years prior to the deadly incident, Trump’s detail was denied resources, including counter-sniper teams for a 2023 appearance in Pickens, South Carolina, where a number of buildings surrounded…
A Democratic strategist warned Democrats that passing over Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid would be “a surefire way” for former President Donald Trump to win another term as president. Biden announced Sunday he was ending his reelection bid in a letter released on social media Sunday, following calls from Democrats to withdraw following a disastrous performance against Trump during a June 27 debate on CNN. Cornell Belcher said on MSNBC that Democrats should not disregard the will of voters. WATCH: MSNBC Guest Warns Dems It Would Be ‘Absolute Suicide’ To Bypass Kamala Harris…
Former President Barack Obama declined to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday in a lengthy statement on President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race. Obama praised Biden’s career and time in office as president, and called him “a patriot of the highest order” following the former vice president’s decision to bow out of the 2024 presidential race. Shortly after announcing he would not seek the Democratic nomination, Biden endorsed Harris. But rather than endorsing Harris, Obama wrote that he was confident Democratic leadership would “create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges” at the upcoming Democratic…
Republicans began calling for President Joe Biden to resign the presidency after the president ended his reelection bid Sunday. Biden announced he would not accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in a Sunday afternoon post on X, following it up by endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination. Republicans responded to Biden’s decision to drop out by demanding he resign the presidency. At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election. Having invalidated the…
A federal grand jury has indicted an alleged foreign neo-Nazi “murder cult” leader for plotting a mass casualty terrorist attack, as well as hate crimes, in New York City, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday. Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Commander Butcher,” allegedly solicited an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent to carry out a mass casualty attack that involved an individual dressing up as Santa Claus and giving out poisoned candy to children attending Jewish school in Brooklyn as well as racial minorities during New Year’s Eve 2023, according to a court document. Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian…
President Joe Biden claimed that border crossings are down more than at “any time” during the Trump administration during a Tuesday interview, but a review of border data confirms this isn’t accurate. Speaking during an interview with Speedy Mormon, a host of youth culture news outlet Complex, Biden touted the recent results of an executive order he issued last month, which aims to crack down on the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. At one point during the interview — which was conducted on Friday and aired Tuesday — the Democrat president said, “Guess what? The number of…
CNN dedicated an entire segment Wednesday to talking about Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s facial hair. “Inside Politics” host Dana Bash noted Vance would be the first vice president since former Vice President Charles Curtis, who served in former President Herbert Hoover’s administration. Vance has become a major topic of conversation in the media since former President Donald Trump chose him as his running mate in a Monday Truth Social post. “But now I want to get to something really important,” Bash began. “Facial hair. If Trump wins in November, the Ohio senator would become the first vice president…