Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton zeroed in on China, saying China is “rooting” for Biden and alleging that Biden “aided and abetted China’s rise for 50 years with terrible trade deals that closed our factories and laid off our workers.”Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani continued to It’s a frequent talking point for Republicans, but a tricky argument to navigate when the violence they criticize is taking place now, with Trump in the White House. 14 in the UK in late 1986. “Our hearts go out to the Blake family and the other families who’ve been impacted by the tragic events in Kenosha,” he said, before shifting to the administration’s usual line on the protests calling for racial justice and police reform. Welcome to the land of confusion. Donald Trump is falling to pieces by the minute. Overall, 54 percent of U.S. adults disapprove of the job Trump is doing in office, compared to 39 percent who approve, according to a PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist Poll from August. Mick Mulvaney has been serving as the “Acting” White House Chief of Staff for the past few months because no one else wanted the job, and of course now Mulvaney has one foot in the unemployment line, or should we say one foot in prison.Welcome to the land of confusion. 4 in the U.S. and No. But he touted his administration’s handling of the pandemic — which has been heavily criticized for being delayed, inconsistent, and insufficient — while defying public health guidelines promoted by his own government meant to slow the spread of the virus. The majority of Americans want him gone already. The odds of him getting to finish this term keep dropping accordingly. In their honor, we will unite.
Land of Confusion: The Religious Right, Trump, and “Post-Truth” America by Rob Boston • 21 February 2017 IF WE LEARNED nothing else from the 2016 election cycle, we certainly learned this: the religious right is morally bankrupt—utterly and profoundly so. “Joe Biden is not the savior of America’s soul,” Trump said.
And I know his tweets can feel a bit unfiltered,” she said. Hotel rooms have been prepared, events scheduled and name tags have been printed. All Rights Reserved.Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter Recognizing that threat, Trump and RNC speakers have gone on the attack throughout the convention, using fear as a means to fuel Trump’s base.The closely packed, largely maskless crowd at Trump’s acceptance speech was a striking sight amid a coronavirus pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 180,000 people in the U.S. Trump in his speech expressed sympathy for the thousands who have lost their lives to the virus. On Wednesday, the Trump campaign offered a response with a diverse cast of former Democratic voters who will support Trump in November.Among them was New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who notably switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican after becoming a vocal opponent of Trump’s impeachment last winter and voting against both articles of impeachment, one of only two House Democrats to do so.“I vote ‘no’ on impeachment, and it was an easy call. He did not mention the killing of two Kenosha demonstrators, nor the white teen charged with homicide for their shooting deaths, whose social media accounts promoted the police and Trump’s reelection. President Donald Trump officially accepted his party’s renomination during the final night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday in front of a crowd of hundreds of people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House.The theme of the night was a “land of greatness,” but the overarching focus was on tearing down Joe Biden’s decades-long career in politics. "Land of Confusion" is a song by the English rock band Genesis from their 1986 album Invisible Touch. It also reached No. Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. “Joe Biden may claim he is an ‘ally of the light,’ but when it comes to his agenda, Biden wants to keep you completely in the dark.”Trump noted Biden’s many years in government and accused him of going against the interests of the American public, making a string of misleading or exaggerated claims about Biden’s record.Polling numbers indicate Biden leading over Trump in some battleground states and among key demographic groups.
By ignoring the root problem at the heart of the protests, Trump was able to play to his base with his usual tough on crime, “law and order” rhetoric, but he missed an opportunity to make a broader appeal to voters who may be less sure about him.A key feature of the Democratic convention last week was a showcase of numerous longtime Republican voters and former officials urging the country to vote for Biden. The odds of him getting to finish this term keep dropping accordingly. And the United States is stuck in a nightmare limbo until it finally happens.Bill Palmer is the publisher of the political news outlet Palmer Report But amid the attacks on Biden and broad appeals to his base more on principle and personality than policies, he laid out a few goals for his second term, among them: ban sanctuary cities, create 10 million jobs in 10 months, hire more police and continue defending the Second Amendment.As the not-socially-distanced, largely maskless crowd cheered at the White House and chanted for four more years, protesters just blocks away blew horns and carried signs criticizing Trump’s coronavirus response and demanding an end to police brutality and systemic racism, which didn’t get a mention in the president’s speech.The police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, added fuel to the still simmering unrest that has roiled the country all summer.