Tag: Democrats
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Democrats flooded with cash in fight for Congress as the GOP tries to stretch its money
New fundraising reports detail just how much Democrats in competitive congressional races benefited from a wave of cash that flooded campaigns after Vice President Kamala Harris ascended to the top of the party’s ticket, leaving Republicans scrambling to stretch their money in the election’s final weeks. Democratic House and Senate candidates raised eye-popping sums from…
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Trump doubles down on calling Democrats ‘enemies from within’
CUMMING, Ga. — Former President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on his remarks over the weekend referring to Democrats as the “enemy from within.” During a taped town hall of all-women voters in Cumming, Georgia, with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner, the host asked Trump about his “enemy from within” comment, which he made during the…
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Hakeem Jeffries pitches calm governance over chaos as Democrats seek the House majority
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The way Leader Hakeem Jeffries sees it, House Democrats haven’t held the majority this Congress — but they’ve governed as if they did. From avoiding government shutdowns to raising the nation’s debt limit to passing an annual defense authorization bill, “we’ve been required to consistently rise to the occasion,” the House Democratic leader told…
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Trump claims Democrats are more dangerous than U.S. foreign adversaries
Former President Donald Trump called Democrats and others who have opposed or investigated him “the enemy from within” in an interview that aired Sunday, describing them as more dangerous than major foreign adversaries of the United States, including Russia and China. Trump specifically singled out those whom he called “lunatics that we have inside, like…
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Democrats and Republicans push to expand the Senate battleground map with long-shot races
For the last two years, the battle for the Senate has focused on a handful of closely watched states. But weeks before Election Day, Democrats and Republicans are pouring money into the edges of their battleground map, placing bets on long-shot chances to flip an extra seat into their column. And they are long-shot races,…
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In Nevada, Democrats hedge their bets on Senate control
RENO, Nev. — As union workers prepared to knock on doors to support Sen. Jacky Rosen on a sunny Thursday afternoon, the Nevada Democrat assured them that their hard work would pay off. “Those gym shoes are going to be worn out over the next 26 days … and on election night, you have helped…
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Harris is playing it safe. Some Democrats worry that could doom her campaign.
WASHINGTON — Even as polling shows the presidential race is a toss-up, Vice President Kamala Harris has been running with a measure of risk aversion that some Democratic strategists and activists worry has failed to fully capitalize on the excitement surrounding her entry into the race in July. Until this point, Harris has largely eschewed…
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Democrats lean on doctors in battleground ads on abortion — even when they’re not from the district
House Democrats need to flip just four seats to take the chamber’s majority in November, and super PACs are going all out on the airwaves in battleground districts, blasting Republicans over abortion and reproductive rights in ads. Some of the ads feature doctors speaking passionately about abortion and saying that Republican candidates shouldn’t represent “us”…
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Port strikes put Democrats in a bind just weeks ahead of Election Day
WASHINGTON — A dockworkers strike threatens to harm shipping, manufacturing, pre-holiday retail inventories — and Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency. The International Longshoreman’s Association went on strike at 14 ports along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Tuesday at midnight, just hours before Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, squares…
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Democrats sue Georgia election board over new rule requiring hand-counting of ballots
Democrats want a judge to block the Georgia State Election Board’s newly passed requirement for counties to hand-count ballots cast on Election Day, arguing the 11th-hour move is unlawful and could cause “chaos” in the battleground state. The board’s controversial 3-2 vote earlier this month “changes the rules of the game in the ninth inning,”…