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Trump welcomes Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro to White House – live
Trump welcomes Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro to White House – live
(32 minutes later)
Liz Mair, the prominent anti-Trump Republican consultant who was sued by Congressman Devin Nunes yesterday, just put out a statement.
Nunes sued both Twitter and Mair as well as two anonymous Twitter accounts for criticizing him on the Internet.
For those looking for comment from me on #DevinNunes lawsuit, here you go. Also, to support my legal defense and the ongoing, vital activities of the Swamp Accountability Fund, please donate here: https://t.co/zcYqrHn6OH pic.twitter.com/ogktKTIx4I
George Conway explained his anti-Trump tweets as a coping mechanism so he doesn’t yell at his wife, top White House aide Kellyanne Conway about the President.
He told the Washington Post: “It’s so maddening to watch. The mendacity, the incompetence, it’s just maddening to watch. The tweeting is just the way to get it out of the way, so I can get it off my chest and move on with my life that day. That’s basically it. Frankly, it’s so I don’t end up screaming at her about it.”
Trump attacked Conway this morning on Twitter as “a total loser.”
The last time a constitutional amendment was proposed to abolish the Electoral College, it passed the House but failed to reach the two thirds majority threshold to be submitted to states for ratification.
The last time a constitutional amendment was proposed to abolish the Electoral College, it passed the House but failed to reach the two thirds majority threshold to be submitted to states for ratification.
However, one likely presidential candidate did vote on the measure then. Joe Biden voted to keep the Electoral College.
However, one likely presidential candidate did vote on the measure then. Joe Biden voted to keep the Electoral College.
Bayh kept at it through the 1970s and got a floor vote for his direct popular-vote constitutional amendment in 1979 (after close Carter-Ford 1976 race). 51-48 vote well short of 2/3 needed. pic.twitter.com/UUgxkRJ4FZ
Bayh kept at it through the 1970s and got a floor vote for his direct popular-vote constitutional amendment in 1979 (after close Carter-Ford 1976 race). 51-48 vote well short of 2/3 needed. pic.twitter.com/UUgxkRJ4FZ
The press conference has just ended and Trump adds “talks with China are going very well” before he and Bolsonaro walk back into the White House.
The press conference has just ended and Trump adds “talks with China are going very well” before he and Bolsonaro walk back into the White House.
Bolsonaro says “I do believe Donald Trump is going to be re-elected, fully.”
Bolsonaro says “I do believe Donald Trump is going to be re-elected, fully.”
Trump says he doesn’t support adding additional Supreme Court justices to the court, which a number of Democratic presidential candidates have endorsed.
Trump says he doesn’t support adding additional Supreme Court justices to the court, which a number of Democratic presidential candidates have endorsed.
Trump recognizes Bolsonaro’s son in the audience before taking a second question.
Trump recognizes Bolsonaro’s son in the audience before taking a second question.
Bolsonaro approvingly cites Trump talking about his secret strategy to defeat ISIS during a presidential debate.
Bolsonaro approvingly cites Trump talking about his secret strategy to defeat ISIS during a presidential debate.
On Venezuela, Trump says “we haven’t done the toughest of sanctions yet.”
On Venezuela, Trump says “we haven’t done the toughest of sanctions yet.”
Bolsonaro says he and Trump stand together against “fake news.”
Bolsonaro says he and Trump stand together against “fake news.”
Trump says that he intends to designate Brazil as “a major non-NATO ally” or even “a NATO ally.”
Trump says that he intends to designate Brazil as “a major non-NATO ally” or even “a NATO ally.”
Trump says Maduro “is really nothing more than a Cuban puppet” when talking about Venezuela.
Trump says that he and Bolsonaro have “many views that are similar” at the top of the press conference.
Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro have now entered the Rose Garden to begin their joint press conference
Mark Salter, a longtime aide to John McCain who also been a vocal Trump critic, replied on Twitter to Trump’s attack on the late Arizona senator.
Ok you aren't a fan. One more in a long list of things you are not. HonestBraveSmartToughDisciplinedKindGenerousPatrioticA fan of John McCain Had you been a fan, the Senator would have wondered what he had done so wrong that he earned the approval of a man he despised. https://t.co/YMXWC2Ch9E
Congressman Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, who is pondering a presidential bid, is on the trail in South Carolina. The three-term Democrat is playing coy about whether he’ll run for office.
Seth Moulton, asked whether he will run for president, says he’s looking for “the best way to serve this country.” pic.twitter.com/gA9hKKD1Ij
Donald Trump Jr has written a column on Brexit for the Daily Telegraph.
The son of President Donald Trump cites the efforts by opponents to block the UK leaving the European Union as parallel to those “establishment elites” have tried to impede Trump’s agenda in the United States.
Why is this important for us Americans? Because Brexit is an example of how the establishment elites try to subvert the will of the people when they’re given the chance.
Here in the United States, we’ve seen similar efforts to overturn legitimate election results. When my father beat the Washington establishment in a historic outcome in 2016, just a few months after the Brexit vote, we mistakenly presumed there would be a peaceful and respectful transition of power from the Democrats to the Republicans, just as there has always been in this country.
Instead, the Democrats and deep-state operatives in our justice system have been colluding to subvert the will of the American people, with high-level officials even discussing a scheme to try to remove him from office using the 25th Amendment of our constitution.
In a way, you could say that Brexit and my father’s election are one and the same – the people of both the UK and the US voted to uproot the establishment for the sake of individual freedom and independence, only to see the establishment try to silence their voices and overturn their mandates.
A controversial bill in Florida, which could undo parts of a landmark referendum that restored voting rights to millions of former felons, made its first advances in the state legislature on Tuesday.
Florida has for decades enforced some of America’s hardest felony disenfranchisement laws, blocking around 1.5 million people from voting due to prior offenses. In November 2018 a statewide referendum to amend Florida’s constitution and allow the majority of former felons to vote passed with a 65% majority. Since January eligible former convicts have registered to vote under new provisions.
But Republican lawmakers introduced a bill that advocates claim will blunt the effect of the referendum by requiring all former felons to pay back all court fees and fines before being eligible to vote again. The bill would also stop anyone with a prior felony sex offense conviction, including prostitution, from regaining the vote.
On Tuesday the bill was voted out of the Florida House Criminal Justice Subcommittee with the Republican majority voting in favour. It will now advance to a full committee hearing.
Neil Volz, political director for the Florida Rights Restoration, which played a pivotal role in grassroots organizing during the referendum, told the Guardian he was “deeply disappointed” with the outcome of today’s vote.
“Today was partisan politics being injected back into Amendment 4. And when partisan politics take over it’s always the people who lose,” Volz said.
Advocates like Volz argue the results of the referendum should mean all former felons, barring those with murder or serious sex offense convictions, should eventually have their rights restored.
Proponents of the new bill say the language of the referendum is too vague and should be clarified through further legislation.
America First Policies, an outside money group tied to Donald Trump, has launched an ad campaign to support two key Trump allies on Capitol Hill.
The group will spend $100,000 to run ads promoting Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio.
The ad asks supporters to call their congressional offices and thank them for standing with Trump.
The Washington Post profiled Beto O’Rourke and his wife Amy in an exhaustive piece that shares a sense of their marriage and how the former Texas congressman came to mount his presidential bid.
It includes details about their first date and how they came to be married as well:
Amy and Beto crossed the border, to Juarez, and ended up at a bar called Martino’s, where they drank martinis and laughed about how they both had big noses. A Mexican crew filming a commercial in the bar tried to get the couple to kiss on camera, and Beto got them out of it by saying Amy was his sister.
He proposed on April Fools’ Day, four months after they’d first met. It seemed appropriate. That’s how Amy knew him then and even now — impulsive and puckish: He told her on one of their first dates that he planned to name his first son Ulysses (which they did, about a year after marrying, followed by a Molly and a Henry). He dubbed their dog Roosevelt before realizing that the dog was a girl (who now goes by Rosie).
Trump also told reporters that he knew “exactly” what he wants to see in Venezuela. However, he did not divulge what that is, saying “all options are on the table.”
