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Here’s How Many Bernie Sanders Supporters Ultimately Voted For Trump
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont inspired millions of loyal supporters, some of whom chose not to support Hillary Clinton in the general election in 2016. Fully 12 percent of people who voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries voted for President Trump in the general election.
Pence in Florida: US won’t stand by as Venezuela crumbles
Florida Gov. Rick Scott listens at right as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meeting with members of the Venezuelan exile community, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, in Doral, Fla. less Florida Gov. Rick Scott listens at right as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meeting with members of the Venezuelan exile community, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, ... more Florida Gov. Rick Scott, left, shakes hands with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., before a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and members of the Venezuelan exile community, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, in Doral, Fla.
EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Trump AG Raked In Campaign Donations From An Oil Tycoon With Ties To Putin
One of the attorneys general who has sought probes against the Trump administration has accepted large individual campaign donations from an energy tycoon with connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has accepted more than $60,000 in small donations from Leonard Blavatnik, a Ukrainian-born energy billionaire with ties to Russian oligarchs, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation examination of the Democrat's financial disclosure reports .
Democratic representative says Trump presidency a unraveling before our eyesa
Donald Trump is facing fresh criticism over his response to the deadly violence that broke in Charlottesville last Saturday. A bipartisan group of lawmakers denounced the president's statements blaming "both sides" after counterprotesters clashed with neo-Nazis and white nationalists, leaving one dead and more than a dozen people injured.
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‘The president is becoming more isolated’: Trump’s Charlottesville…
President Donald Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville may be driving a wedge between him and Republican lawmakers, according to policy analysts, and his influence over their plans may be waning. Trump's muddled response to violence from neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville in the past few days took another turn on Tuesday when he blamed "both sides" for the violence and criticized people who did not think his initial response on Saturday was adequate.
Trump goes off notes to blame ‘both sides’ in deadly Virginia clash
President Trump's rhetoric about the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va., raises new and troubling questions about his ability to lead, even among some supporters. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Aug. 15, 2017.
Defiant Trump renews criticism of ‘both sides’ in protest
President Donald Trump defiantly blamed "both sides" for the weekend violence between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators in Virginia, seeking to rebuff the widespread criticism of his handling of the emotionally-charged protests while showing sympathy for the fringe group's efforts to preserve Confederate monuments. In doing so, Trump used the bullhorn of the presidency to give voice to the grievances of white nationalists, and aired some of his own.
Republicans Are Damned if They Do Condemn Racism and Trump, and Damned if They Don’t
There's a reason tribalism is rampant today: It works. A political maxim advises, 'You can't make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.'
Divided Democrats, Incoherent Republicansby Peter Spiliakos The…
The Democrats are united on what they want but disagree on how far they should go. The Republicans can't even agree on what they want, much less how to get it.
Trump faulted for not explicitly rebuking white supremacists new
President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats for not explicitly denouncing white supremacists in the aftermath of violent clashes in Virginia , with lawmakers saying he needs to take a public stand against groups that espouse racism and hate. Trump, while on a working vacation at his New Jersey golf club, addressed the nation Saturday soon after a car plowed into a group of anti-racist counter-protesters in Charlottesville, a college town where neo-Nazis and white nationalists had assembled for march.
Trump faulted for not explicitly rebuking white supremacists
President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats for not explicitly denouncing white supremacists in the aftermath of violent clashes in Virginia, with lawmakers saying he needs to take a public stand against groups that espouse racism and hate. Trump, while on a working vacation at his New Jersey golf club, addressed the nation Saturday soon after a car plowed into a group of anti-racist counter-protesters in Charlottesville, a college town where neo-Nazis and white nationalists had assembled for march.
Trump doesn’t rebuke white supremacists
President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats for not explicitly denouncing white supremacists in the aftermath of violent clashes in Virginia, with lawmakers saying he needs to take a public stand against groups that espouse racism and hate. Trump, while on a working vacation at his New Jersey golf club, addressed the nation Saturday soon after a car plowed into a group of anti-racist counter-protesters in Charlottesville, a college town where neo-Nazis and white nationalists had assembled for march.
George Will: ‘Republican Gothic’ in Alabama primary
Southern Gothic is a literary genre and, occasionally, a political style that, like the genre, blends strangeness and irony.
Trump: ‘Many sides’ to blame for violent clashes in Virginia
President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed "many sides" for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the "hatred and bigotry" broadcast across the country had taken root long before his political ascendancy. That was not how the Charlottesville mayor assessed the chaos that led the governor to declare a state of emergency, contending that Trump's campaign fed the flames of prejudice.
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But the president's initial response quickly appeared outdated when a Dodge Charger plowed into pedestrians, killing one woman, and injuring at least nine others. Just over an hour later, during televised remarks about a bill signing that had already been on his daily schedule, Trump addressed the intensifying situation in Charlottesville, which had been steadily covered on cable news outlets throughout the day.
Senators rip Trump for not rebuking white supremacists in speech
Several GOP senators ripped into President Trump Saturday after he delivered a tepid statement on the violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia. "Mr. President - we must call evil by its name," Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado tweeted.
Trump blames ‘many sides’ for violent clashes in Virginia
BEDMINSTER, N.J. - President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed "many sides" for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the "hatred and bigotry" broadcast across the country had taken root long before his political ascendancy.That was not how the Charlottesville mayor assessed the chaos that led ... (more)
MSNBC Republican Claims ‘Racist’ GOP Policies, Racist Rally …
On Saturday's AM Joy , recurring MSNBC guest Kurt Bardella hyperbolically claimed that the white racist rally taking place in Charlottesville, Virginia, "is the Republican party on display," and declared that "a lot of" Republican policies are "racist." He also took aim at the right-leaning Breitbart News as he alleged that the rally -- which by that point had turned violent -- "is exactly the kind of stuff that they want to have happen and they hope to spread elsewhere."