2016 Election

REPORT: Senior Republican Officials Are “Actively Exploring” Options If Trump Should Drop Out [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: On Good Morning America Wednesday, ABC’s Jon Karl reported that senior officials in the GOP are now actively strategizing and having conversations about the process to replace Donald Trump atop the party’s ticket should he drop out. This, after another disastrous day on the campaign trail for the real estate titan turned politician, who recently said that he …

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Newt Gingrich Tells Sean Hannity: Democrats Have A Long Tradition Of Stealing Elections [VIDEO]

Last night Newt Gingrich appeared on Fox News to back Donald Trump’s claim that the November election will be “rigged.” According to Gingrich, the “Democratic machine” has a long tradition of stealing elections. Watch below. Gingrich: “What really matters is for Republicans to recognize that and organize enough poll watchers and recruit enough attorneys and not allow that to happen.”

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REPORT: Donald Trump Asked Advisor, “If We Have Nuclear Weapons, Why Can’t We Use Them?” [VIDEO]

“Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on an international level went to advise Donald Trump and three times he [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked, ‘If we have them, why can’t we use them?’ That’s one of the reasons why he just doesn’t have foreign policy experts around him. Three times in an …

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BOY BYE: CNN Panelist Goes Beyonce On Corey Lewandowski After He Goes Full Obama Birther [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: CNN contributor and former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski went full birther tonight in a panel segment that really went off the rails. Lewandowski and Angela Rye were fighting over President Obama calling Trump unfit to be president, with Rye bringing up birtherism and how Trump was demanding to see Obama’s college records. Lewandowski decided to ask …

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Trump Continues Claims Of Rigged Elections: People Will Vote 10 Times Without Voter ID Laws [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Donald Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric about the general election being rigged, saying in an interview on “The O’Reilly Factor” on Tuesday that he is concerned people are going to “vote 10 times” without voter ID. “You don’t have to have voter ID to now go in and vote, and it’s a little bit scary, and I’ve heard …

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Anti-Gay US Rep. Tim Huelskamp Loses Primary

Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), who relentlessly flogged the Federal Marriage Amendment and attended NOM’s hate marches, was defeated in yesterday’s GOP primary. The New York Times reports: Huelskamp, who was elected to Congress in 2010 and quickly earned a reputation for frustrating Republican leaders, was defeated by Roger Marshall, an obstetrician from Great Bend, in the primary for the First …

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STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Hillary Retweets Slam Of Donald Trump Made By Sarah Palin’s Son-In-Law

Dakota Meyer, Medal Of Honor recipient and current husband to Bristol Palin, this afternoon demanded that Donald Trump apologize to the Khan family. And then Hillary Clinton retweeted that demand. Charles Dudley Warner would be happy.

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Trump Turns On Top GOP Candidates, Refuses To Endorse Paul Ryan And John McCain For Primaries

This, perhaps obviously, is revenge for Ryan’s trolling of Trump with the Constitution photo and for McCain’s comments on the Khan controversy. Via the Washington Post: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is refusing to back House Speaker Paul D. Ryan in his upcoming primary election, saying in an interview Tuesday that he is “not quite there yet” in endorsing his …

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TWO HOURS LATER: Trump Melts Down After Obama’s “Unfit” Comment, Issues Whiny Statement

It took the notoriously thin-skinned Donald Trump just two hours to issue a reaction to Obama calling him “unfit to serve as president.” From Trump’s Facebook page: “Obama-Clinton have single-handedly destabilized the Middle East, handed Iraq, Libya and Syria to ISIS, and allowed our personnel to be slaughtered at Benghazi. Then they put Iran on the path to nuclear weapons. …

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Trump Rips “Phony” Polls Showing Him Behind

When Trump is leading in the polls, he can’t praise them enough. When he’s behind? The Hill reports: Donald Trump cast doubt on general election polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton, calling those polls “phony.” “I see some great polls — I see one from the Los Angeles Times, just came out, where were ahead by 4 or 5 …

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Eric Trump: My Strong Powerful Sister Would Never Let Herself Be Sexually Harassed At Work [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: If Ivanka Trump was being sexually harassed at work, she should take it to human resources, her brother Eric Trump said Tuesday — adding that it likely wouldn’t get to that point because she’s “a strong powerful woman” who wouldn’t “allow herself to be subjected to that.” The vice president of the Trump Organization was speaking to …

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Obama: Trump Is Unfit To Be President [VIDEO]

BOOM. From the New York Times: In his strongest denouncement of Donald J. Trump so far, President Obama on Tuesday said Mr. Trump was “unfit to serve as president” and urged the leaders of the Republican Party to withdraw their backing for his candidacy. Mr. Obama said the Republican criticisms of Mr. Trump “ring hollow” if the party’s leaders continue …

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Trump Busted In Lies About Vietnam Draft Deferments

Yesterday the New York Times issued a lengthy report on the five draft deferments Donald Trump received during the Vietnam War. As is always the case with Trump’s memory and the facts, the story is rife with contradictions. From the Times: For many years, Mr. Trump, 70, has also asserted that it was “ultimately” the luck of a high draft …

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NEW YORK: Rep. Richard Hanna Becomes First GOP Member Of US House To Switch To Supporting Hillary

Talking Points Memo reports: Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) on Tuesday became the first Republican member of the House to openly say that he plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November. Hanna, who is not running for re-election this year, told Syracuse.com in an interview published Tuesday that Donald Trump is “unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this …

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Paul Ryan Digs At Trump With Constitution Photo

Politico reports: Paul Ryan’s office has released a series of “must-see photos” featuring a shot of the House speaker holding up the Constitution. “Speaker Ryan holds up a pocket Constitution as a reminder that Congress’ first responsibility is to support and defend the Constitution,” the caption reads. Although Ryan has been pictured holding up copies of the Constitution in the …

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Trump Slams New York Times: “They Don’t Write Good”

“You look at The New York Times, I mean, the fail — I call it ‘The Failing New York Times’ because it won’t be in business for another, probably more than a few years unless somebody goes in and buys it and wants to lose a lot of money. But The New York Times is so unfair. I mean they …

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NEVADA: Military Mom Booed At Pence Rally [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: Mike Pence just can’t escape the controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s critical remarks about the parents of fallen soldier Capt. Humayun Khan. Taking questions from the audience at a rally in Carson City, Nev., the Indiana governor was asked how he could “tolerate” Trump disrespecting military families. “Time and time again Trump has disrespected our nation’s armed forces …

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BOUNCES: Hillary +8 In NBC Poll, +9 In CNN Poll

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton leads rival Donald Trump by 8 points following the Democratic National Convention, according to the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll. Clinton has 50 percent support to Trump’s 42 percent in the poll released early Tuesday. Clinton’s support has grown while Trump’s has decreased since last month’s poll, which had her ahead by 1 point, 46 to …

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Todd Starnes: Does Trump WANT To Lose? [VIDEO]

Todd Starnes, of ALL people, is over Trump’s lies. He writes: My readers have a question for Donald Trump: does he really want to win the White House? It’s a legitimate question. Truth be told, the Trump campaign seems to be doing their best to drive people away from their cause. Let’s start with the recent front pages of the …

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Trump: The Election Will Be Rigged Against Me [VIDEO]

The Wall Street Journal reports: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday cast doubt on the legitimacy of the November general election, expanding on his long-running theme that the political process is stacked against him. “I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest,” Mr. Trump told a rally in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Trump spent …

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