Republicans

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports: Gov. Kristi Noem told the nation Wednesday night that President Donald Trump is fighting for the United States’ liberty, security and Constitution against “Democrats and their radical supporters” in cities “overrun by violent mobs.” In a defining moment of her political career, Noem capped off months of rising national interest when she addressed the …

The Week reports: Lou Holtz, a former college football coach, caused controversy during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night when he declared that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is a “Catholic in name only.” Biden has been vocal about his faith, which he says has helped him through difficult times in his life, like when his son, Beau Biden, …

Business Insider reports: Kellyanne Conway, a top counselor to President Donald Trump, made a forceful case for the president’s reelection in a speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night. One of the president’s fiercest and longest-serving advisers, Conway attempted to humanize Trump, arguing that he’s surrounded himself with women like herself and regularly provides emotional support to struggling …

The Week reports: As Albert Einstein once notably stated, “The problem with quotes you find on the internet is they are often untrue.” Lara Trump, President Trump’s daughter-in-law, learned that the hard way on Wednesday night. During her speech at the Republican National Convention, Trump declared that Abraham Lincoln “once famously said, ‘America will never be destroyed from the outside. …

CNBC reports: Vice President Mike Pence is set to deliver the headline speech on the third night of the Republican National Convention as he and President Donald Trump fight for reelection. Pence’s wife, Karen, will also speak, as will Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. Other speakers include senior White …

The New York Times reports: Four years ago, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas delivered the most stunning speech of the Republican National Convention, conspicuously declining to endorse Donald J. Trump, his former presidential primary rival, and urging viewers instead to “vote your conscience.” This time, well. “They didn’t ask me to participate,” Mr. Cruz said in a phone interview from …

Media Matters reports: Less than two years ago, right-wing commentator and Republican House candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene shared an anti-refugee video and claimed that “this is what the UN wants all over the world.” The Greene-promoted video features anti-Muslim propaganda, quotes an anti-Semitic Holocaust denier saying that “Zionist supremacists have schemed to promote immigration and miscegenation” and, as one reporter …

ABC News reports: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Wednesday lauded first lady Melania Trump’s keynote speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC), adding “no mother in this country” wants to raise children in Democratic-led cities. Noem told Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom” host Sandra Smith that the president’s wife delivered a “powerful” speech showcasing “her mother’s heart” Tuesday night …

The Week reports: Shortly before the RNC began, a White House reporter for CBS News drew attention to two of Abby Johnson’s tweets from May in which she expressed support for “bringing back household voting,” which would give each household a single vote — and give husbands “the final say.” (Johnson doubled down on this outlandishly retrograde position on Tuesday …

NPR reports: Speaking directly into the camera to “mothers of this country,” she said she shared their concerns about social media and the use of technology. Her “Be Best” campaign has urged people to treat each other kindly, especially online — an initiative she has acknowledged sparked skepticism because of her husband’s proclivity to lash out at critics on Twitter …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump’s family will take center stage as Republicans aim to boost the president’s reelection bid Tuesday at the 2020 Republican National Convention. First lady Melania Trump will headline the speakers Tuesday. Two of the president’s children, Eric and Tiffany, will also deliver remarks earlier in the night. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will also speak, breaking …

The Daily Beast reports: Hours before she was set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, Mary Ann Mendoza took to Twitter and urged her followers to investigate a supposed Jewish plot to enslave the world. “Do yourself a favor and read this thread,” Mendoza, who is a member of the Trump campaign’s advisory board, tweeted to …

The New York Times reports: Shortly after the start of the Republican National Convention on Monday, President Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale complained that Fox News had repeatedly cut away. “Can’t believe I have to watch the convention on @CNN,” Mr. Parscale carped on Twitter. “Unbelievable.” Plenty of viewers ignored his advice. A significant portion of the convention’s TV …

The Huffington Post reports: The congressional GOP’s campaign arm is asking other Republican and conservative groups to attack Gina Ortiz Jones, the Democratic candidate for a key swing House seat in Texas, for being gay. A NRCC website outlining its preferred attacks on candidates instructs outside groups to include reminders of Jones’ sexual orientation in digital and TV advertising and …

The Associated Press reports: Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson has resigned, shortly after details of text messages he exchanged with a woman were revealed Tuesday. Clarkson submitted his resignation letter to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the governor’s office said. “Kevin Clarkson has admitted to conduct in the workplace that did not live up to our high expectations, and this is …

CNN reports: In the years before she ran for office, GOP congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote two conspiracy-laden blog posts speculating that the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to one counter-protester’s death was an “inside job” and promoting a debunked conspiracy alleging some Democratic Party leaders were running a human-trafficking and pedophilia ring — known …

Media Matters reports: Right-wing pundit and U.S. House candidate Burgess Owens, who is scheduled to speak on August 26 at the Republican National Convention, plagiarized numerous passages in his most recent book Why I Stand: From Freedom to the Killing Fields of Socialism. Owens lifted material from sources ranging from Wikipedia to a relatively obscure blog for sections on subjects …

CNBC reports: Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, slammed his former boss as a liar while appearing in a pro-Democrat group’s attack ad that is set to air during this week’s Republican National Convention. “For more than a decade, I was President Trump’s right-hand man, fixer and confidant. I was complicit in helping conceal …

The Hill reports: Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel took a swipe at actor Eva Longoria in her remarks at the Republican National Convention on Monday, contrasting her own experience as a “housewife” to Longoria’s role playing one on TV nearly a decade ago. “Democrats started their convention last week with Eva Longoria, a famous Hollywood actress who played a …

USA Today reports: Kirk is a Trump family confidant and the head of Turning Point USA, which is devoted to attracting and energizing young voters. Kirk blamed “bitter, deceitful, vengeful” opponents for the nation’s woes and described Trump as an antidote to that division. Kirk’s message offered a particularly bleak view of the nation, arguing the country is “locking up …