Tag: tough
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Obama on the campaign has one particularly tough crowd: Young Black men
TUCSON, Ariz. — If there’s a prototypical Kamala Harris voter it might seem to be Charles Johnson, a 23-year-old Black college student. Johnson is informed and politically engaged; he went to hear former President Barack Obama speak Friday at a Democratic campaign rally on the University of Arizona campus. Yet he isn’t all that impressed…
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Virginia GOP Senate candidate suggests people tolerant of drag queens aren’t tough enough for the military
Hung Cao, the Republican Senate nominee in Virginia, disparaged people who are tolerant of drag queens by implying Wednesday that they are not tough enough to serve in the military. The remarks came during a televised debate against Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine when one of the moderators asked Cao about his previous comments tying what…
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Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday it is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher, as it’s increasingly eager to show voters uneasy over immigration that it is taking a hard stance on border security. The new rules, which toughen restrictions announced in June, bar migrants from being granted asylum when…