Month: June 2024

A chronicle of Donald Trump's Crimes or Allegations

Biden's Voice, Trump's Smile and More Body Language Tells From the Debate – POLITICO – POLITICO

Biden’s Voice, Trump’s Smile and More Body Language Tells From the Debate – POLITICO  POLITICOsource

Trump lauds debate moderators at rally: ‘They treated me very fairly’

Former President Trump said at a rally Friday that he thought CNN’s presidential debate moderators, Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, treated him “very fairly” on Thursday night. “I shouldn’t knock CNN because I actually thought they treated me very fairly last night. Very professional, both of them. Jake and Dana, they treated me very fairly,”…
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Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces – The Associated Press

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.The Supreme Court has made it harder for prosecutors to use an obstruction charge against participants in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol.FILE – Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Retired NASCAR driver Tighe Scott, his…
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'I am absolutely voting for Donald Trump': Undecided voters react to Biden's campaign performance – Reuters

‘I am absolutely voting for Donald Trump’: Undecided voters react to Biden’s campaign performance  Reuterssource

Lara Trump weighs in on Trump's debate preparations and VP pick – NBC News

Lara Trump weighs in on Trump’s debate preparations and VP pick  NBC Newssource

Key moments from Biden and Trump's first presidential debate of 2024 – WDSU New Orleans

Stay up to speed on all the latest local and national political news.President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump opened their first 2024 president debate without shaking hands and went right to mixing it up on policy Thursday night. Some key moments from their 90-minute faceoff:Their first exchange delved into the economy.Biden spoke softly,…
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McCarthy says Biden won’t step aside: ‘You can’t negotiate with him’

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he thinks President Biden won’t step aside and let the Democratic Party find a new nominee because “you can’t negotiate with him.” Biden’s shaky debate performance Thursday sparked widespread fear among liberals, leaving pundits to indicate during post-debate analysis that discussions would be had about whether Biden would step…
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See how Trump and Biden respond when asked about their age during the debate – CNN

See how Trump and Biden respond when asked about their age during the debate  CNNsource

NYT editorial board calls on Biden to drop out

The New York Times editorial board called on President Biden to suspend his campaign after his shaky debate performance against former President Trump on Thursday. “Mr. Biden has said that he is the candidate with the best chance of taking on this threat of tyranny and defeating it. His argument rests largely on the fact…
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Trump responds to question about promise to ‘go after’ political opponents – CNN

Trump responds to question about promise to ‘go after’ political opponents  CNNsource

The High-Energy Biden Missing At Thursday Night’s Debate Shows Up In North Carolina

Joe Biden vowed to “get back up” after acknowledging a weak performance against Donald Trump: “I don’t debate as well as I used to.”

Sununu blames ‘Democratic elite’ for Biden’s poor debate performance

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) took a swipe at the “Democratic elite” in an interview Friday, blaming those in leadership for President Biden’s poor performance in the recent debate. Sununu highlighted the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) decision early in the cycle to skip the New Hampshire primary and focus first on South Carolina. “Let’s…
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How Trump Shockingly Thrived With the New Debate Rules – POLITICO

How Trump Shockingly Thrived With the New Debate Rules  POLITICOsource

Trump, Biden rake in millions around debate 

President Biden and former President Trump raked in millions around the debate on Thursday, which was the first presidential debate for the 2024 cycle. Biden’s campaign raised $14 million on debate day and the morning after, it said. Additionally, the hour after the debate, between 11 p.m. and midnight, was the single best hour of…
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Trump's attacks during debate made Biden's performance even worse – POLITICO – POLITICO

Trump’s attacks during debate made Biden’s performance even worse – POLITICO  POLITICOsource

Analysis: Fact-checking the CNN Trump-Biden debate – PBS NewsHour

Support Intelligent, In-Depth, Trustworthy Journalism. PolitiFact staff PolitiFact staff Leave your feedbackThis fact check originally appeared on PolitiFact.President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive presidential nominees, shared a debate stage June 27 for the first time since 2020, in a feisty confrontation that — thanks to debate rules — managed to avoid…
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A look at international media coverage of the Biden-Trump debate – CBS News

Watch CBS News By Haley Ott June 28, 2024 / 11:33 AM EDT / CBS News London — The results of the presidential election in November will be important to U.S. allies and adversaries around the world, so there was interest worldwide in the debate between President Biden and former President Trump. Foreign media outlets’…
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Biden praises LGBTQ community at Stonewall visitor center opening

President Biden praised the LGBTQ community in remarks at Stonewall Friday, a day after his first presidential debate against former President Trump. Friday marked the 55 years since the Stonewall Riots, which were demonstrations against a police raid that took place at the Stonewall Inn and was largely considered the start of the U.S. gay…
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Watch key moments from Biden and Trump's first debate – BBC.com

Joe Biden and Donald Trump went head-to-head at the first debate of the 2024 presidential election. The pair sparred on issues like abortion, the economy and foreign policy. They shared insults as well, bringing up convictions and calling each other names. Here's what they said on stage.CCTV captured the moment the ground gave way taking…
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Abortion-rights groups rally around Biden campaign after debate performance

Prominent abortion-rights groups rallied around President Biden’s reelection campaign Friday, arguing that his administration’s record on reproductive health and the “existential” threat of another Trump administration outweigh a poor debate performance.  As Democratic lawmakers, strategists and activists spent the day panicking over Biden’s ability to lead the party heading into November, abortion-rights leaders said they’re…
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Shell-shocked House Democrats question keeping Biden at the top of the ticket

A growing chorus of alarmed House Democrats say that President Biden’s faltering performance in the debate the night before raises immediate questions about whether he should remain at the top of the ticket in this year’s presidential contest. Such criticisms were unthinkable heading into the high-stakes Thursday night event, as Democrats have rallied fiercely behind…
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A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but sparks Democratic anxiety about his candidacy – The Associated Press

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.President Joe Biden briefly appeared at a watch party in Atlanta after Thursday’s debate, greeting supporters and asking them to help beat former President Donald Trump in November. President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump went right to mixing it up on policy — and each other —…
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Biden Should Never Have Debated Trump — and CNN Did Him No Favors – Variety

By Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Should things go the way they seem to be going, the events of Thursday night may go down as the greatest unforced error in presidential electoral politics since Richard Nixon, fatigued and unshaven, went on-camera against John F. Kennedy in 1960. Joe Biden ran up against two sets of…
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Democrats backed into a corner over Biden's performance – BBC.com

Joe Biden’s campaign was prepared to come out swinging after tonight’s debate against Donald Trump.Instead, they were backed into a corner.The campaign’s top surrogates wound up pinned at one end of the debate spin room by a mob of reporters on Thursday night, fielding questions about ousting 81-year-old Mr Biden at the top of the…
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Bernie Sanders on Biden’s performance: ‘Not terribly articulate to say the least’

In his first public comments since President Biden took to the debate stage last night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the president failed to clearly articulate his achievements or vision for the future. “I have to also be very honest with you and tell you that I think the president was not terribly articulate to…
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