Tag: comments
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Harris’ campaign launches new ad seizing on Trump ally’s racist comments
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is seizing on racist comments made by an ally of Donald Trump this weekend about Puerto Ricans to launch a new digital ad targeting Latino voters that argues they “deserve better” than what the former president has to offer. The paid media blitz follows derogatory remarks from comedian…
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Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ sue Trump for defamation after debate comments
The five men who comprise the Central Park Five, and now call themselves the Exonerated Five, have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for defamation in connection with his remarks during the presidential debate. The lawsuit focuses on the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Pennsylvania where Trump said that the five men — Antron McCray,…
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Substitute teacher accused of re-enacting George Floyd murder and making ‘racially harmful comments’ in Minnesota classrom
An off-duty Wisconsin police officer working as a substitute teacher is under investigation after he allegedly re-enacted the murder of George Floyd, made “racially harmful comments,” and twisted a student’s arm behind the child’s back during classes at a Woodbury, Minnesota, high school. The incident occurred Monday during four English classes at Woodbury High School,…
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Harris blasts Arkansas governor’s comments about her lack of biological children
Vice President Kamala Harris hit back at Arkansas GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ comments that Harris “doesn’t have anything keeping her humble” because she doesn’t have children. “I don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble,” Harris told “Call Her Daddy”…
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Economy, health care, and defending past comments
Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz clashed Tuesday on everything from economic and gun policy to immigration and school shootings in the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election. The Ohio senator and Minnesota governor largely kept things cordial personally, even appearing chummy at times and saying they could work with…
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Penn Law suspends professor for one year over comments on race
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania law school says it is imposing a one-year suspension at half-pay and other sanctions along with a public reprimand on a tenured professor over her comments about race in recent years. The university said Professor Amy Wax — who has questioned the academic performance of Black students, invited a…
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Democrats launch new ad push to tie Trump to Mark Robinson following reported porn website comments
Less than 24 hours after CNN published a bombshell report on comments that it said Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, made on a pornographic website, the Democratic National Committee unveiled new advertisements linking him to former President Donald Trump. The DNC plans to launch a new digital advertisement and nearly…