2016 Election

Ted Cruz Shrugs Off This Weekend’s Appearance At Event Run By “Death To Gays” Pastor [VIDEO]

Every day for the last two weeks Right Wing Watch has pointed out that Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, and Bobby Jindal are scheduled to speak this weekend at a “religious liberty” event run by Pastor Kevin Swanson, who regularly calls for gays to be executed. Yesterday CNN’s Jake Tapper finally confronted Cruz about it and you’ll be shocked to learn …

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Ben Carson: Create Trans-Only Bathrooms [VIDEO]

Yesterday Ben Carson told reporter Jorge Ramos that trans people “make everybody uncomfortable” so they should be forced to use trans-only bathrooms. Via Fusion: Questioned about Houston voters’ rejection of a law banning LGBT discrimination this week, Carson said: “How about we have a transgender bathroom?” “It is not fair for them to make everybody else uncomfortable,” Carson said of …

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Fox Boots Huckebee & Christie From Next Main Debate, Graham & Pataki Don’t Even Make The Kids Table

Fox Business has announced the lineups for next week’s GOP debate and their decision could mean more GOP candidates dropping out of the race. CNN reports: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee have failed to qualify for the prime time Republican debate on November 10, making them the first top-tier candidates to be relegated to the …

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Dominionist Preacher: God Has Given Donald Trump The Anointing To Run The Government [VIDEO]

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Last month, we noted that Donald Trump had met with dozens of right-wing Christian leaders, many of whom are so far out on the fringe that they are “considered by mainstream evangelicals to be heretics,” according to Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention. Today, we discovered that Lance Wallnau was among those …

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Ben Carson Issues Rapping Radio Ad [AUDIO]

“Vote and support Ben Carson / For our next president he’d be awesome / If we gonna get America back on track / We gotta vote Ben Carson matter o’fack.” Carson and awesome don’t exactly rhyme, much less belong in the same sentence, but whatever. The ad launches this weekend in major markets. Listen below.

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Ben Carson: The Pyramids Weren’t Tombs, They Were Built By Biblical Joseph To Store Grain

According to Ben Carson, Egypt’s pyramids were built by the biblical Joseph to store grain. The Washington Post reports: On Wednesday, a 17-year-old video surfaced of Ben Carson claiming that the Old Testament figure Joseph built the Egyptian pyramids to store food. “My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain,” Carson said in a 1998 …

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SNL Issues Hastily Edited Trump Promo Clip [VIDEO]

Interestingly, the clip below has already been edited to remove a dig at Ben Carson. Rolling Stone reports: In a series of promos posted online — then quickly taken down — Wednesday, Saturday Night Live offers a sneak-peek of what it has in store when GOP presidential candidate and famous gazillionaire Donald Trump returns as host of the show Saturday. …

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Trump Melts Down On CNN [VIDEO]

Donald Trump had one of his patented meltdowns on CNN this morning, raging at host Chris Cuomo because the network failed to show the “yuuuge lines stretching to Park Avenue” at yesterday’s book signing at Trump Tower. Trump and Cuomo sparred for more than 20 minutes about polls and how everybody is being so terribly unfair to Donald Trump. By …

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Hillary Clinton Hits Back At Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: Equality IS One Of My Values, Vote YES In Houston

This afternoon Hillary Clinton hit back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who yesterday rallied his haters to vote against retaining Houston’s LGBT rights ordinance. Early voter turnout was heavy and the polls close at 7PM local time. I’ll be reporting the returns tonight until we get a final result.

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Rafael Cruz: Hillary Will Destroy America [VIDEO]

Rafael Cruz, who last week declared that gay activists want to legalize pedophilia, says that if Jeb Bush gets the nomination, Hillary Clinton will become president “and this country will be destroyed.” So Christians need to “take their country back!”

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Obama Rips GOP Crybabies: If They Can’t Handle CNBC, How Can They Handle Putin? [VIDEO]

Ah, satisfying. CNN breaks it down: President Barack Obama tore into Republican presidential candidates Monday night at a Democratic fundraising event in New York, saying their complaints about CNBC’s debate moderation aren’t an encouraging preview for their governing abilities. “Have you noticed that everyone of these candidates say, ‘Obama’s weak. Putin’s kicking sand in his face. When I talk to …

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POLL: Hillary Retakes Slim Lead In New Hampshire

USA Today reports: Hillary Clinton has regained the lead over Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, site of next year’s first Democratic primary, according to a new poll released Tuesday. Clinton leads Sanders 48% to 45%, according to the Monmouth University Poll. Sanders, a Vermont senator, held a 7-point lead in the same poll in September when Vice President Biden, Lincoln …

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Al Franken: Democrats Can Flip The Senate In 2016

Sen. Al Franken has launched a year-long battle to help Democrats flip the five Senate seats needed to assume the majority in 2016. Politico reports: In a rare interview in his Capitol office, the Minnesotan described his most ambitious effort yet to help elect Democrats in his more than six years in Washington. Franken is using his celebrity to help …

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Trump Sabotages GOP Debate Revolt

The Hill reports: Donald Trump threw the Republican presidential campaigns for a loop on Monday, announcing that he’d break from a group seeking to gain control over the debate process and go it alone. Representatives from nearly every campaign — including Trump’s — gathered at a Washington-area hotel on Sunday night to hash out a list of demands they hoped …

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Breitbart Headline Of The Day

Above is the top headline on Breitbart this morning. According to several anti-gay activists quoted by columnist and anti-gay hate group leader Austin Ruse, Teabagistan will turn on Marco Rubio over the new support of billionaire marriage equality advocate Paul Singer. He writes: “It gives me pause, because Singer has a deep commitment to flipping the Republican party on gay …

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Carson Leads Trump In Another National Poll

While Donald Trump continues to lead in some state polls, he again trails Ben Carson in the latest WSJ/NBC national poll. NBC News reports: Ben Carson has surged into the lead of the Republican presidential race, getting support from 29 percent of GOP primary voters, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. That’s the highest percentage any GOP candidate …

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POLL: Rubio Surges In New Hampshire, Triples Number

Marco Rubio has more than tripled his polling number in New Hampshire following a strong performance at last week’s CNBC debate. The Hill reports: The Florida senator surged to third place, behind real estate mogul Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, in the Monmouth University poll of the state’s likely Republican primary voters. While Rubio trails Trump by 13 …

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This Is The Actual Cover Of Donald Trump’s New Book

GRRR! Billionaire hulk AAANGRYYYYY! The book comes out tomorrow when there will be a signing at, where else, Trump Tower.

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Bush Launches New Slogan: Jeb Can Fix It

Gone is the “Jeb!” ABC News reports: Jeb Bush launches his “Jeb Can Fix It” tour today. The embattled GOP presidential candidate is beginning the tour in his home state of Florida, traversing the state with three events in three different cities. He’ll begin with remarks in Tampa, head to an event near Orlando and end with a town hall …

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Donald Trump Vs John Oliver [VIDEO]

John Oliver appeared on CBS this weekend where he declared that he has no interest in interviewing Donald Trump. This afternoon Trump responded in typical fashion by falsely claiming that he’d rejected Oliver’s invitation to appear on his show. The Late Show immediately called him out on the lie on social media, but even if Trump’s supporters see that, they …

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