Feb 10, 2020 | Democrats, Salon.com
Bill Maher on CNN CNN
HBO host Bill Maher told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday that President Donald Trump has an advantage over Democrats in the 2020 presidential election because they are too woke.
“Trump doesn’t have to be popular. Listen to what he always says. You have no choice,” Maher told Zakaria....
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Feb 4, 2020 | Democrats, Salon.com
Meghan McCain Getty/Salon
Meghan McCain, the co-host of “The View,” called on the state of Iowa to drop its caucus system following unprecedented delays from the state’s Democratic Party in announcing the results of the first in the nation presidential nominating contest.
“This is a disaster, and Iowa should completely remove themselves from the caucus, in general, and turn into a primary next election cycle,” McCain said on Tuesday’s broadcast....
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Feb 4, 2020 | Democrats, Salon.com
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a campaign rally at the University of Minnesotas Williams Arena on November, 3, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Over 10,000 people attended the rally, where Sanders was joined by Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar. Scott Heins/Getty Images
The campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has signaled victory in Iowa, releasing a portion of its internal numbers in the face of unprecedented delays from the state’s Democratic Party in announcing the results of the first in the nation presidential nominating contest....
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Feb 3, 2020 | Republicans, Salon.com
Rep. Rodney Garcia of Montana Montana State Legislature
A Montana stage legislator is facing backlash after claiming that the Constitution calls for socialists to be shot and jailed.
State Rep. Rodney Garcia, who represents the Billings area, asked an unprompted question after a speech by former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke at a state Republican Party gathering Saturday, according to the Billings Gazette....
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Jan 25, 2020 | Republicans, Salon.com
Jerry Nadler, Linsdey Graham, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., one of the legislators chosen by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to be an impeachment manager, cited a 1999 speech delivered by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to make the case that “high crimes” warranting impeachment are not limited to violations of criminal code — a key Republican talking point. ...
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Jan 21, 2020 | Democrats, Republicans, Salon.com
Lincoln Chafee Chafee 2020 Campaign
Lincoln Chafee is a former governor of Rhode Island, and before that was a U.S. senator from that state. He briefly ran for president in 2016 as a Democrat and is now running again, this time as a Libertarian. He told Salon last week that while he opposes most of President Trump’s agenda, he also opposes impeaching the president....
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Jan 17, 2020 | Republicans, Salon.com
Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins Getty Images/Salon
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has replaced Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as the most unpopular incumbent U.S. senator, according to the results of a new poll.
Collins’ net approval has dropped 10 points since the end of September in the quarterly tracking poll released Thursday by Morning Consult....
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Jan 15, 2020 | Democrats, Salon.com
Dave Rubin and Tucker Carlson on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Fox News
Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who previously made the false claim that white supremacy is a “hoax,” has now suggested that Democratic voters are the real racists, in part by selectively mashing up commentary from left-leaning rival MSNBC.
“They’re turning to the African-American electorate of the Democratic Party and saying you’re bigots,” Carlson said Tuesday on his primetime broadcast....
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Oct 17, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) Donald Trump has severed ties with the chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, deepening his rift with the party organization in a state he desperately needs, at a time he can ill afford to lose it. In a letter announcing the...
Oct 17, 2016 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) Democrats raised more than $13,000 in less than four hours to help rebuild the headquarters of the local Republican Party chapter in Hillsborough, North Carolina, which was firebombed on Sunday night in what is being investigated as...