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MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | 1ftawhn | https://newrepublic.com/post/186544/maga-political-violence-reaction-nude-trump-statue | 2024-10-01T00:16:35 | ewzetf | politics | 620 | 220 |
MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | The New Republic
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Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | 1ftawhn | https://newrepublic.com/post/186544/maga-political-violence-reaction-nude-trump-statue | 2024-10-01T00:16:35 | ewzetf | politics | 620 | 220 |
MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | The New Republic
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Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | 1ftawhn | https://newrepublic.com/post/186544/maga-political-violence-reaction-nude-trump-statue | 2024-10-01T00:16:35 | ewzetf | politics | 620 | 220 |
MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | The New Republic
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Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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But I have to say it would not be nice or polite to have a similar giant nude statue of her. Imagine the outcry if neocons put one up like that.
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MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | 1ftawhn | https://newrepublic.com/post/186544/maga-political-violence-reaction-nude-trump-statue | 2024-10-01T00:16:35 | ewzetf | politics | 620 | 220 |
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The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | 1ftawhn | https://newrepublic.com/post/186544/maga-political-violence-reaction-nude-trump-statue | 2024-10-01T00:16:35 | ewzetf | politics | 620 | 220 |
MAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump Statue | The New Republic
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Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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Skip NavigationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New RepublicLATESTBREAKING NEWSPOLITICSCLIMATECULTUREMAGAZINENEWSLETTERSPODCASTSGAMESThe New Republic The New Republic The New RepublicBreaking News Breaking Newsfrom Washington and beyondMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/5:38 p.m. ETShare This StoryMAGA Is Claiming “Political Violence” Over a Giant Nude Trump StatueConservatives are properly freaking out over a debut of a 43-foot-tall statue of a naked Donald Trump.RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Saturday, a 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump was installed near Interstate 15 just outside of Las Vegas, immediately drawing a backlash from the former president’s supporters. The foam-and-rebar art installation, weighing about 6,000 pounds, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to travel to other cities, although dates and cities for the tour have not been announced, according to The Wrap. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe artists behind the “anatomically correct” statue, who want to stay anonymous, said in a statement that the former president’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.” But Republicans, as one might expect, are livid. “While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement, according to The Telegraph. Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong posted on X that Trump, if elected president, “should jail everyone who was a part of this effigy’s creation.” Fellow right-wing conspiracy theorist Catturd (real name Phillip Buchanan) called the people behind the statue “demons,” piggybacking on yet another right-wing influencer’s post calling the art piece “POLITICAL VIOLENCE.” While these right-wing figures are freaking out, this isn’t even the first instance where a nude Trump statue has been erected. In 2016, just before the election, five small naked Trump statues went up on street corners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seattle, and New York City, only to be taken down by local authorities because the artist didn’t secure a permit. The artists behind this latest art project are pretty tight-lipped, so there’s no word on whether they secured a permit themselves. On a related note, Trump on Sunday told supporters in Wisconsin that if he wasn’t campaigning, “I could’ve been sunbathing on the beach. You have never seen a body so beautiful. Much better than Sleepy Joe.” He probably won’t like this statue, though, and definitely won’t add it to his NFT trading card collection.Share This StoryMore on conservatives losing it:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:59 p.m. ETShare This StoryHypocrite MTG Now Demanding Hurricane Relief Funds She Tried to BlockMarjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly all for government spending.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesGeorgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the federal government to urgently “send the funds” to help the American Southeast recover in the wake of Hurricane Helene, even though she herself stood in the way of emergency relief funds just last week.“The storm was supposed to come directly across my district, but when it came through Georgia, it went to the east, and we mainly just got a lot of rain,” Greene told Real America’s Voice’s Terrance Bates. “When we go back to Washington, we will be working hard to make sure that states like Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina get the funding that they need.”Greene was one of 82 Republicans who voted last week against a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. If she had been successful, the government would have been in shutdown mode from Tuesday onward, preventing any region from receiving the critical assistance.“We’ve already signed a letter,” Greene told Bates. “We sent that letter to Joe Biden requesting relief that Brian Kemp, our governor, has already requested. So our entire delegation in Georgia has signed onto that letter.”“We need them to step in and send the funds and the relief that these people deserve,” she added.But Greene’s public demands ring a little hollow. During the storm, she was spotted gleefully attending a football game alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while Kemp revealed earlier Monday that President Joe Biden had called him over the weekend to assess the state’s needs. Greene also took the opportunity to take a stab at the Biden administration, even while lobbying for federal aid from the executive branch.“President Trump is a man of action,” she told the right-wing network. “We don’t need a sleepy Joe in the White House. We don’t need Kamala Harris, who they’re propping up.”Share This StoryRead about Biden’s response:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/4:58 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Pushes Hurricane Helene Lie Even After Republicans Debunk HimDonald Trump continues to insist that Democrats have abandoned areas affected by Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesDonald Trump flailed Monday when asked to produce any evidence to support his claim that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were purposefully withholding aid from people affected by Hurricane Helene. Trump suggested in a Truth Social post earlier Monday that he’d received “reports” from North Carolina claiming that the Biden administration and Democratic Governor Roy Cooper were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The western region of North Carolina is currently experiencing severe flooding. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake attempted to press Trump during a stop in Valdosta, Georgia, asking him what, if any, evidence he had to back up his outlandish claim.“Take a look,” Trump responded, walking away. Haake translated the flippant response to mean, “essentially, I’ve got nothing to show you right now, why don’t you go find it yourself.”So in short, Trump has absolutely no evidence, and these so-called “reports” seem even less legitimate than the debunked ones claiming that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ pets.In a second post about hurricane relief, Trump claimed that Biden and Harris had “left Americans to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.”Trump also claimed that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, with whom he has his own uneasy alliance, had a “hard time” reaching Biden to discuss disaster relief, and that the president had been “very non-responsive.” That was also a lie. Kemp said that he’d already spoken to Biden. “The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him, and called him right back,” Kemp said Monday. “And he just said, ‘What do you need?’”It’s taken the Republican nominee no time at all to pull focus away from disaster relief, trying instead to enrage voters in two key battleground states responding to a deadly natural disaster.Share This StoryRead about the conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/4:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning RulingA Fulton County judge has said abortions in the state must resume as they did when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesA Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney quoted “liberty” in a ruling that rejected the controversial ban outlawing abortion after six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant. Abortions in the state will now be allowed until 22 weeks, as they were before the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, when Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the six-week ban. McBurney had some choice words for politicians in his ruling, writing, “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.” He added, “our higher courts’ interpretations of ‘liberty’ demonstrates that liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”The state law prohibited abortions after six weeks, based on the misleading notion that a “heartbeat” could be detected in an embryo around that time. In reality, an embryo does not have a heart at six weeks, let alone cardiac activity. A fetus is also not viable outside the body till much later in a pregnancy.McBurney got the chance to rule on the law after it was sent back to Fulton County court by the state Supreme Court last year. Georgia’s restrictive abortion ban killed at least two women since its passage and caused Georgia’s monthly abortion totals to drop by roughly half. This story has been updated.Share This StoryMore on Georgia:Georgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/4:25 p.m. ETShare This StoryWatch: Trump Appears Not to Understand How Hurricanes WorkDonald Trump, who wants to dismantle storm prediction services, seemed caught off guard by the completely predictable Hurricane Helene.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn just three days, Hurricane Helene gas killed at least 119 people as it trailed its way along the Southeast, making it one of the deadliest storms in modern U.S. history.The real scope of devastation is difficult to define before such an unprecedented hurricane hits land, but it’s not impossible to predict a storm’s scale, timing, and general path. Somehow, that information isn’t obvious to Donald Trump, who, after surveying some of the storm’s devastation in Georgia, told reporters Monday that “nobody” could have forecast Helene.“That’s a big one. And the devastation wrought by this storm is incredible,” Trump said during a presser in Valdosta, Georgia. “It’s so extensive, nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for the hurricanes.”Trump: Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes pic.twitter.com/tnLCkwKSXM— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2024 It is, of course, not late in the season for hurricanes: September tends to be the most active month in the calendar year for the superstorms.But Trump’s own policy proposals are likely to keep him—and every other American—from obtaining such life-saving weather forecasts and emergency weather alerts in the future. Trump has touted elements of Project 2025, a 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto that proposes completely demolishing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose responsibilities as a federal agency include tracking the weather and predicting hurricanes.“The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories,” the far-right proposal reads on page 664.That would effectively privatize weather forecasts, forcing U.S. citizens to pay for weather subscriptions that would include crucial national weather alert systems for emergencies such as flash flooding, extreme heat, earthquakes, or otherwise.Trump has spent months trying to distance his campaign from Project 2025, but a flurry of the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments, which include supporting demolishing the Department of Education, have practically glued himself to its policy points.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s hurricane response:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/4:05 p.m. ETShare This StoryRudy Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Harris in Dire Warning on TrumpCaroline Rose Giuliani wrote a harrowing piece on how Donald Trump ruined her relationship with her dad—and how he could ruin the country next.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRudolph Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, endorsed Kamala Harris Monday, writing for Vanity Fair about how she has watched her father’s life “crumble since he joined forces with [Donald] Trump.” Caroline Giuliani wrote an article for the magazine warning of the dangers of another Trump presidency, saying his first term “was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.” “The consequences will only be more severe—and irreversible—a second time around. Thanks to the extremist Supreme Court he stacked, Trump would take office with full immunity: no checks on his power whatsoever,” Giuliani said. “If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass.”The article carries the headline “Trump Took My Dad From Me. Please Don’t Let Him Take Our Country, Too,” and Giuliani not only mentions the danger that Trump presents to the country, but also how her father’s work for the former president and convicted felon has brought him down and hurt their relationship. “I spent a lot of my life wishing my father had less power. But I never wanted it to happen like this. And selfishly, the deeper my dad gets stuck in the quicksand of his problems, the more fleeting our opportunities to connect as father and daughter become,” Giuliani said, alluding to her father’s financial and legal difficulties. “After months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too,” Giuliani wrote. Giuliani also praised Harris for her understanding of the climate crisis and her support for reproductive rights, calling the vice president “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.” Endorsing Harris is a big step for the daughter of a close confidant of Trump who also served as his lawyer. But as she wrote, Rudy Giuliani’s work for Trump has indeed imploded his life. He has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York state. He’s on the verge of losing his assets thanks to a defamation lawsuit from Georgia poll workers and is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for election interference, as well as a pending sexual harassment lawsuit from one of his former assistants. Now, his daughter is openly expressing her sadness and shame over his support for Trump and where it has taken him. Will he listen to her?Share This StoryMore on Politics:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostPaige Oamek/September 30, 2024/3:52 p.m. ETShare This StoryGeorgia’s Republican Governor Shuts Down Trump’s Hurricane ConspiracyDonald Trump is trying to spread a new lie about Hurricane Helene—but Georgia Governor Brian Kemp isn’t playing games.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesIn the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Donald Trump is eager to spread rumors about President Joe Biden’s inaction. The problem is, at least one Republican politician on the front lines is willing to call Trump out on his lies. On Monday, Trump visited Georgia, one of the six states seriously hit by the natural disaster, and claimed that while Governor Brian Kemp was “doing a very good job,” he was “having a hard time getting the president on the phone.”“I guess they’re not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive,” he continued. “They’re having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He won’t get on it.” While it’s true that the federal response to the hurricane leaves much to be desired, Trump was stretching the truth when he said that Kemp hadn’t heard from Biden.Just a few hours earlier on Monday, Kemp told press that Biden called yesterday afternoon and asked the Georgia governor what further support his state needed. Biden last week also declared a state of emergency in Georgia, approving federal disaster assistance for the state.Has Trump told Gov. Kemp, who said this today?"The President just called me yesterday afternoon." "And he just said ‘hey, what do you need?’" "He offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that." https://t.co/ABiE0AE0GS pic.twitter.com/Y9WcwULJes— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) September 30, 2024 As Trump tours Georgia and North Carolina, Republicans continue to slam Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not showing face in disaster zones. But perhaps while roads remain closed and many remain without power, it’s a better use of resources for the federal government to provide actual disaster relief, rather than divert resources for a tour bus. At least, that’s what many residents in Georgia thought about Trump’s publicity stunt Monday.Share This StoryMore on this dangerous conspiracy:Trump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyMost Recent PostEdith Olmsted/September 30, 2024/2:37 p.m. ETShare This StoryEric Adams’s Idiot Lawyer Just Undermined His Own DefenseAlex Spiro appeared to admit that the New York City mayor accepted bribes.Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer is trying to get his federal bribery allegations dismissed by arguing that even if the mayor did accept gifts and favors from one Turkish official for years, it didn’t constitute bribery because it happened before Adams was elected mayor. Alex Spiro, Adams’s attorney with a long list of celebrity clients, argued in a filing Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dismissed. He argued that the alleged scheme did not satisfy the definition of bribery because Adams’s agreement to receive free and discounted travel and accommodations from a senior Turkish official was not quid pro quo in exchange for an official act.Rather, Spiro argued that Adams’s indictment simply alleged that he had “agreed to generally assist with the ‘operation’ or ‘regulation’ of a Turkish consulate building in Manhattan, where he had no authority whatsoever, in exchange for travel benefits.”Spiro cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v. United States in June, which found that it is not illegal under federal anti-bribery law for state and local officials to accept gratuities for acts they have already taken. This decision, which overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor, substantially weakened the government’s ability to pursue federal anti-bribery complaints and challenge corruption.According to the indictment, Adams had been receiving benefits in the form of travel perks and straw-man donations long before the Turkish official allegedly tried to cash in on them. But Spiro argued that because one favor did not directly result in another, Adams’s alleged behavior does not constitute bribery, as the government accused in the indictment. During a press conference Monday, Spiro tried to downplay the allegations against Adams, while seeming to confirm that the mayor had in fact received travel perks, as alleged. “In the events in question, Mayor Adams was the Brooklyn borough president. He was not the mayor, he wasn’t even the mayor-elect, and the position of Brooklyn borough president does not have vast powers,” Spiro said. “It has, frankly, very little.”Spiro made no mention of allegations that those very same Turkish officials, who had allegedly given Adams so many freebies, had helped to illegally fund his ascendancy to a higher office. Adams, who was once lauded as the future of the Democratic Party, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals. He was also charged with one count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, and one count of bribery.Share This StoryRead more about Eric Adams:Eric Adams’s Press Conference on Charges Goes Totally Off the RailsMost Recent PostHafiz Rashid/September 30, 2024/1:32 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Decides Hurricane Helene Is Perfect Time to Start New ConspiracyAs people are dying, Donald Trump has begun pushing a menacing, self-serving conspiracy theory about the hurricane response.Emily Elconin/Getty ImagesHurricane Helene has devastated much of the American Southeast, and yet Donald Trump thinks it’s a good time to push a new conspiracy theory against Democrats. The former president posted a long message on Truth Social Monday that he was headed to Georgia “to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State.” But he added an unproven accusation to the end of that message, claiming that he received reports of “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina], going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Trump didn’t elaborate on where these “reports” were coming from, which don’t seem to have any factual basis. Much of North Carolina votes Republican, so it would be near impossible for any relief efforts to occur that would neglect conservatives. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor since 2017, has deployed the National Guard and undertaken statewide efforts to help those affected by the hurricane, which has hit his state hardest, killing nearly 50 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. President Biden has pledged “every available resource, as fast as possible, to your communities, to rescue, recover, and to begin rebuilding,” and even plans to visit communities affected by the hurricane later this week. On Sunday, Biden approved disaster declarations for both Florida and North Carolina, which allows immediate access to emergency funds for recovery efforts. Trump is clearly attempting to play politics with a natural disaster in a state where Kamala Harris is polling neck and neck with him. It’s a disturbing and familiar move for the former president, who, while in office, sought to withhold federal help from areas where people didn’t support him. As president, Trump deliberately downplayed the damage from wildfires in Oregon and California, and said he didn’t want “another single dollar going to [Puerto Rico],” even as the U.S. territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria. Perhaps he doesn’t think the public remembers how he handled those disasters and thinks projecting his old actions onto Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats is a winning strategy. In any case, it does nothing to help people trying to recover from Hurricane Helene. Share This StoryMore on Hurricane Helene:MTG Dragged for Ditching Georgia as Hurricane Helene Hits the StateMost Recent PostEllie Quinlan Houghtaling/September 30, 2024/12:54 p.m. ETShare This StoryTrump Ally Forced to Make Embarrassing Admission on Health Care PlanDonald Trump has no clue what he’s doing on health care policy.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesAfter spending nine years on the campaign trail and four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump still doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive health care plan for the American people—at least, that’s according to some of the Republican presidential nominee’s own allies.Speaking with Fox Business on Monday, Republican Representative Greg Murphy claimed that attacks by the Democrats on the MAGA leader’s health care plans were futile, almost entirely because Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, don’t actually have a “full, fleshed-out plan.”“The Harris campaign has just released this new report, it came out this morning, they’re calling it ‘The Trump-Vance Concept of Healthcare: A plan to rip away coverage from people with preexisting conditions and raise costs for millions,’” said guest host Cheryl Casone. “We’re now starting to have that conversation about health care, which is still a main issue for voters across this country. What do you make of the campaign doing this?”“Well, Kamala and her crew, it’s absolute nonsense. There’s not a full, fleshed-out plan by the president or J.D. Vance, and for them to come out with a book of fiction, they’re just a bunch of damn liars,” Murphy retorted.“We’re going to have to go through—what’s happened since Obamacare has come out, care is infinitely more access—expensive, it’s less accessible, and it’s been an absolute disaster,” he continued, calling for tighter regulation of the medical industry. “The only people who have benefited are insurance companies.”GOP Rep. Greg Murphy admits that Trump doesn't have a "fully fleshed out" healthcare plan (He's been campaigning for 9 years and was president for four of them!) pic.twitter.com/Fk2RcuXSew— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2024 Obamacare—also known as the Affordable Care Act—provided more than 20 million Americans with health care coverage. For impact reference, that’s millions more people than live in any state other than New York, Florida, Texas, or California.Share This StoryRead more about Trump’s health care plan:“Concepts of a Plan”: Trump Roasted for Having No Clue What He’s DoingView More PostsRead More: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Economic Inequality, Taxes, WashingtonBREAKING NEWS POLITICS CLIMATE CULTURE MAGAZINE PODCASTS GAMESEventsTravelBookstoreDonateAdvertiseFAQPressJobsSubmissionsSubscribe to The New RepublicSign Up for Our Newsletters Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie SettingsCopyright 2025 © The New Republic. All rights reserved.
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqlwp3 | BurstSwag | t2_eqgqc | Real talk. Cheney endorsing Allred is quite the shocker.
I understand why she would endorse Kamala. The choice for president is binary, and she spent many months investigating Trump's Jan 6 crimes.
But a Democratic Senate candidate? That's a step further than I imagine anyone imagined she'd go. | null | 1,444 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqlxon | scepticusa | t2_p0tdqft5 | Her endorsement means nothing. She lost her own primary. | null | -27 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqly7h | Mephisto1822 | t2_d1sxkm8i | The Cheney name is persona non grata in Republican circles IMO. Pretty sure what Liz and daddy Darth are doing endorsing Kamala and her endorsement of Allred is just their way of hitting back. They don’t really have any other recourse | null | 7 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqmnnl | TurboSalsa | t2_59sco | These people literally cannot comprehend the idea of choosing party over country, or the extent to which Trump has abandoned what used to be the core tenets of the Republican party.
And people like Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu are secretly jealous that Liz Cheney jumped off the clown car years ago and no longer has to waste her time trying to rationalize all of his treasonous and nonsensical statements, or worry about having to out-kook some Trump-worshipping kook who's coming for her job. | null | 70 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqmqjj | DogsandCatsWorld1000 | t2_67qmfs4c | >“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqnytz | LuvKrahft | t2_3afh8 | Ted Cruz tried to steal everybody’s votes on behalf of Trump. As a Texan I say you may remain rankled, republicans. | null | 99 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqp9ly | UltravioletAfterglow | t2_d5mquwod | Good. I imagine that’s the point — upset the Republicans who go along with the anti-democracy train wreck their party has become. | null | 16 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqpnya | winkelschleifer | t2_8yq7j | Rankle, rankle, rankle. Go Liz Go. High time that someone does a sanity check on the former Republican Party, now Trump's family business. Sold their souls, too late now. | null | 7 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. 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> "You can understand some people don't like the way Trump tweets or don't like his behavior. However, now she's endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate."
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqpt2k | Illustrious_Map_3247 | t2_81t97d46 | Cruz can get rankled. | null | 5 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqw2x4 | LouDiamond | t2_4j0qh | I agree with this terrible person who voted against democrat policies her whole career until she left congress and tries to stay relevant | null | 2 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpqxuzu | GwendolynHa | t2_8bx27se7 | Ok THIS Is actually a surprise. Zodiac Ted is her kind of Republican. | null | 3 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpr4hmu | dallasdude | t2_36k7o | Ted Cruz was neck deep in sedition and pushed to deny certification of the vote on January 6. He spearheaded the Senate effort to overturn the election.
He should have resigned, his entire staff should have resigned. He has no respect for this country, for the rule of law or the constitution.
And Liz Cheney knows it.
And- she probably knows a lot more than we do about his involvement in January 6. | null | 64 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpr6maz | jedaffra | t2_48mii1oz | Her and her father are partly responsible for what happened to the “Republican” party in the first place. It’s like.. having no horses to ride into town, after opening the barn door and firebombing the barn… | null | 3 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpr8wp6 | katieleehaw | t2_3m7vl5db | I have to give her credit where it’s due. Allred is better for Texas and the US than Cruz. Ted Cruz is a toxic presence in our federal government. | null | 38 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpr92v8 | HiroProtaginest | t2_64juic7f | Never liked any Cheney. But damn lady, maybe you can resurrect the party formerly know as republicans. | null | 2 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpramnw | _nibelungs | t2_84nr1fe6 | No bid contracts. She’s evil by association. | null | -2 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lprcn3k | march_rogue | t2_3r8n5mz5 | This ... is ... amazing. Ted Cruz is such a scumbag and he 100% knows better for everything he does. Even his dog hates him. Liz Cheney -- just, wow. | null | 5 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lprfiaa | needlestack | t2_391yr | Guys, you all hate Trump too. You all know he’s a giant piece of shit. Wouldn’t you rather be the minority party for four years and get out from under his thumb? Why are you still Stanning for this guy? Just rip off the band-aid. Endorse Harris, tell Trump to fuck off, and come back in four years with a re-vamped, quality Conservative Party.
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lprif4i | Tainuia_Kid | t2_12j8pugeoa | George W Bush coming out for Allred and against Cruz might actually make a big difference in Texas. I’m not sure how much they will listen to Liz. | null | 5 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lprk3wm | GingerKitty26 | t2_a5w4lcim | When the rioters on Jan.6th rifle thru your personal papers as they ransack congress, and say on video “He’s good he’s good, he’s one of us, he’s one of us”. You know they’re fucked up. | null | 5 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lprlyd8 | keefe007 | t2_slqtd | Liz Chaney is a war mongering neo-con.. both parties would be wise to stay far away from her. Her family has a history of shooting people in the face too, so there's that. | null | -1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lprmgo4 | neutralityparty | t2_qq80f | I think she wants maga out. Time for the voters now to make to either reject or embrace maga. | null | 3 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lprp1ot | Brief_Amicus_Curiae | t2_f922zsimk | She was co-chair if the Jan 6 Committee. She knows what Cruz did. She knows. | null | 19 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpryiyu | misterpeppery | t2_1bnyt5t | I'd be surprised if a Liz Cheney endorsement is worth three votes in Texas. | null | -1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lprz76k | Paperdiego | t2_bmrwi | heR eNdOrsMeNt dOeSn'T MaTtEr | null | 1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpshpf0 | fattmarrell | t2_4zluw | I can't read the article on mobile it's paywalled like a 90's site | null | -1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpsoqmd | sunkmonkey1208 | t2_7f3u5 | Allred already has my vote. | null | 1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpsr2ly | Zythen1975Z | t2_3jbnaeqz | I also bet Liz and or Kinzinger have been told they will get a position in the administration | null | -2 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpsuago | ShadowStarX | t2_z9x06 | This seems more like a kiss of death in all honesty. | null | 0 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpsuxb4 | baltinerdist | t2_k00e6bu | Does it really though? How many Republicans legitimately care about Liz Cheney‘s opinion anymore? Certainly the voting base doesn’t, are there undecided Republicans on the fence that will see this and be swayed to vote? I think the media loves this narrative, but I think it’s way over blown. | null | 1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpt042z | FlexFanatic | t2_qx4eg | This is all about revenge for Congressman that kept their mouth shut or took no action against Trump and the other loonies. I like it. | null | 4 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpt2m4c | StreamBoat_Slinky | t2_tqmf5m1xt | Cruz is a craven piece of garbage and needs to be out of politics | null | 1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpt36jh | Ok-Rhubarb-5774 | t2_sfp78moh | Rankles them. Just some rankling news… | null | 1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lptaskm | jedrider | t2_2wiisl6s | For Wyoming, I guess Liz Cheney is sort of a Democrat. | null | 0 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lptbj9e | CurrentlyLucid | t2_84s56jvi | Very few real republicans left, most became maga. | null | 1 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. October 1, 1885Advertise With UsAutosClassifiedsJobsObituariesPublic NoticesBuyArchiveBack CopiesDMN StoreLicensingPhoto ReprintsToday's PaperCompanyAbout The Dallas Morning NewsAccessibilityCareersContent Removal ReviewDo Not Sell My Personal InformationPrivacy PolicySite MapProductsePaperePaper (Al Día)NewslettersPodcastsSubscriber ServicesContact UsDelivery IssuesHelp CenterManage Your Digital SubscriptionManage Your Print SubscriptionMember RewardsTerms of ServiceVacation StopCopyright © 2025 The Dallas Morning News. All rights reserved. | lpuil0r | misterfistyersister | t2_a38l8u9h | Now come across the border and endorse Tester. | null | 2 |
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Liz Cheney endorsement in Texas rankles Republicans | 1ftb67i | https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/30/liz-cheney-and-colin-allred-an-unlikely-alliance-with-political-repercussions/ | 2024-10-01T00:29:42 | aslan_is_on_the_move | politics | 3,834 | 185 | Liz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions
Skip to Main ContentSkip to footerSectionsSearchTDMNNewsBusinessSportsHigh School SportsArts & EntertainmentFoodGo See DFWOpinionSign InManage AccountePaperSubscribeSubscribe TodayStarting at 25¢Discover HoroscopesBest in DFWLife & Loss In Dallas AbodeThings to Do Podcasts ePaper ObituariesPublic NoticesHelp Center18°F26°18°AdvertisementThis is member-exclusive contenticon/ui/info fillednewsPoliticsLiz Cheney and Colin Allred: An unlikely alliance with political repercussions By endorsing a Democrat, Cheney faces questions about the right to call herself a Republican.By Gromer Jeffers Jr.political writerSep. 30, 2024|Published 5:00 a.m.|5 min. readFormer U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, left, endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Ted Cruz. They are photographed together in Dallas, Sept. 16, 2024.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)If you woke from an eight-year slumber and saw the recent photo of conservative Liz Cheney smiling with Colin Allred, her preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, you’d likely figure someone got it twisted.The picture is real, and it’s a sharp reminder of how the Donald Trump era has made for strange bedfellows and reshaped the Republican Party.The GOP has embraced Trump’s populism and moved more to the right. Republicans who have publicly disavowed the former president have been driven from the party, losing not only their elected offices but their relevance in Republican ranks.Such is the saga of Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and not so long ago a leading Republican in Congress who represented deep-red Wyoming.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.SIGN UPOr with: GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment. Four did not seek reelection and four were defeated in the 2022 primaries, including Cheney, who lost to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Cheney remains a vocal critic of Trump. She endorsed Kamala Harris for president, as did her father. She upped the ante against today’s GOP by backing Allred over Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in the Nov. 5 Senate race.AdvertisementRelated:Liz Cheney is not a fan of Ted Cruz, the junior senator from TexasDallas-based conservative talk radio host Mark Davis said Cheney has forfeited her Republican credentials.“You can have reservations about Trump, but once he’s the nominee, anything that helps Kamala Harris win is an abandonment of conservatism,” Davis said.Advertisement“The obvious truth is that the Trump agenda contains much of what they have always wanted — stronger borders, lower taxes, a more sensible regulatory environment, environmental sanity,” he said.AdvertisementDavis sees Cheney’s backing of Allred as a betrayal.“This shows that it’s more than just a revulsion for Trump,” he said. “It is, in fact, a backlash against staunch conservatism. … Why in the world would she want to lose Ted Cruz in the Senate if she is conservative as she says she is?”Video: Where Ted Cruz and Colin Allred stand on key issues ahead of the 2024 U.S. Senate RaceIncumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a challenge from Democrat Colin Allred in the 2024 General Election.AdvertisementOther moderate Republicans are finding trouble fitting in with the Trump-era party.Former Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu said Cheney has taken the Republican path less traveled.“At the moment they are not relevant,” she said. “That’s not necessarily a good thing, it’s just the truth.”Stoddard-Hajdu lost her reelection as Dallas County chair in March to former Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West. He’s also a former Florida congressman and 2022 primary candidate against Gov. Greg Abbott.AdvertisementStoddard-Hajdu is considered more moderate than West and was voted out of the party’s leadership because of it.“There are a lot of Republicans who are more moderate” than those leading the Republican Party, she said. “I’m one of the casualties of this kind of thing.”Stoddard-Hajdu was perplexed by Cheney’s endorsement of Allred.Cruz is locked in a close race with Allred, who would need the backing of some Republican and independent voters to win. Cruz has been in tough races before, including his narrow 2018 win over Democrat Beto O’Rourke.Advertisement“That takes it [a] step further,” Stoddard-Hajdu said. “You can understand some people don’t like the way Trump tweets or don’t like his behavior. However, now she’s endorsing Colin Allred over Ted Cruz, and Ted Cruz is a beloved figure in the Republican Party, and Texas Republicans believe he is doing a very good job in the Senate.”Cheney told The Dallas Morning News she’s backing Allred because she believes Cruz can’t be trusted. She mentioned his attempt to block the 2020 election results from being certified by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was a combination of things in this particular race, the fact that I know both of these candidates, and Colin is just head and shoulders above Ted Cruz in terms of the kind of person he is, and in terms of the kind of senator he is going to be,” Cheney said.FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS)AdvertisementShe said she hasn’t gone down a list of issues to determine if she has more in common with Cruz than Allred.“I have been Republican my whole life. The first vote I ever cast was for Ronald Reagan in 1984,” Cheney said. “When you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, he’s shown that he’s willing to abandon what I think is the most important conservative principle, which is being faithful to the Constitution, and so I think there’s an extremism there that certainly people, leaders of our party in the past, would not have endorsed, would not have supported.”Cruz campaign spokesperson Macarena Martinez said, “No one takes Cheney’s endorsements of candidates seriously.”“She was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Wyoming two years ago, just like Colin Allred will be … by Texas voters,” she said.AdvertisementWhen asked whether her push for Allred is a tough sell in Texas, Cheney said, “So many voters in Texas and across the country are exhausted by the toxic battles that go on and exhausted by politics.”Related:National Democrats pour advertising dollars into Colin Allred’s challenge to Ted CruzShe conceded many Republicans who oppose Trump are in tough positions. Cheney lamented Trump’s impact on the GOP.“What happened to the Republican Party around the country, nationwide — I think it’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are many, many millions of people around this country, some of whom have traditionally been Republicans, some who are independents, but who won’t stand for that.”Advertisement“We need two strong parties, where both parties believe in the Constitution,” Cheney added. “Then you can begin debating substance and policy issues. We don’t ever get the chance to have those debates about policy issues if we’re in a situation where you elect somebody at the top of the ticket who’s really dangerous, someone who’s unstable, somebody who said he’s going to terminate the Constitution.”Many moderates, including those from the era of President George W. Bush, are trying to find a way to stay in the conservative fight.Supporters Chris Johnson, left, of Arlington and Kim Garrett of Dallas take a selfie in front of the banner during the Dallas County Republican Party watch party at Smoky Rose on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)Stoddard-Hajdu has started a political action committee called Dallas County Republicans United. She said the group will, among other things, focus on the May municipal elections in Dallas.AdvertisementThough these are nonpartisan races, Stoddard-Hajdu hopes to elect conservatives who will do a good job in local government and, perhaps, rise to higher office.“We have to approach things collectively,” she said. “We have to all start talking together, not only Republicans and Democrats, but Republicans who don’t agree.”That approach is particularly important in Dallas County, a Democratic Party stronghold, Stoddard-Hajdu said.“We have to recognize where we are, what the demographic makeup is, and what we can do to change what’s happening today,” she said. “Pushing something too far one way is not the right way.”ex.co script has been added to the pageMore about:Donald TrumpTexas Politics2024 Presidential ElectionBy Gromer Jeffers Jr.The Howard University graduate and Chicago native has covered four presidential campaigns and written extensively about local, state and national politics. Before The News, he was a reporter at The Kansas City Star and The Chicago Defender. You can catch Gromer every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5's Lone Star Politics.Connect:AdvertisementMost Popular1Power outages drop after over 5,000 people in D-FW were without power Wednesday morning2Southwest Airlines exec key to turnaround effort is leaving3How this Dallas restaurateur changed the history of the margarita4Mack Brown says North Carolina exit ‘probably more political than anything else’5What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winterAdvertisementAdvertisementTDMNTexas' Leading News SourceEst. 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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqlup3 | redmambo_no6 | t2_jfh4i4j | Are we sure he’s even American at this point? | null | 4 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqmo9n | Dianneis | t2_unsw6d3g | Trump on American history:
[President Trump Said Revolutionary War Troops ‘Took Over the Airports’ in His Fourth of July Speech](https://time.com/5620936/donald-trump-revolutionary-war-airports/)
[Trump reportedly doesn't know what happened at Pearl Harbor](https://theweek.com/speedreads/889647/trump-reportedly-doesnt-know-what-happened-pearl-harbor)
[Trump on the Civil War: ‘Why Could That One Not Have Been Worked Out?’](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/trump-andrew-jackson-fact-check.html)
>“People don’t realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why?”
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqmxzs | Metal-Dog | t2_gdmjq | Once again, he proves that he has no idea what the word "tariff" means. | null | 30 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqnlp4 | a_little_hazel_nuts | t2_lo9xy5jb | Doesn't Trump have one friend that is logical. Or atleast a speech writer that can give him facts and tell him not to say stupid shit because people are listening. I don't understand how Trump is so popular. He talks about Hannibal Lectar, electric sharks, and windmills. His crowd eats it up. Do they not realize he is running to lead the country? We need sensible policies that work for everyone, not tariffs. | null | 6 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqnm6f | ElephantDungAndRice | t2_281oryqj | We have the best tariffs, huge tariffs. Everybody is always taking about ours. | null | 1 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqos38 | RamonaQ-JunieB | t2_i2czpuny | But he has an uncle who was a professor at MIT or somewhere so this can’t possibly be true. | null | 7 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqq9u5 | Dianneis | t2_unsw6d3g | So after skimming the article and then reading the [transcript](https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/trump-event-in-warren-michigan)... Jesus Christ, that man is demented. Lo and behold:
QUESTION:
\[M\]y question is about immigration. Illegal immigrants are hurting American workers like me who are just starting off. How will you stop this invasion?
ANSWER:
Well, very easy. We’re going to close the wall and we’re going to close the border. I built hundreds of miles. Nico, I built hundreds of miles of wall and did it well. And we had the best numbers we ever had four years ago. And now we have the worst numbers in the history of the world, not just this country. **At least 21 million people came in during their term** and as we just said, a lot of them are real bad people, real rough people. But they’re also taking a lot of jobs from Americans, probably happened with you, and as the small number of jobs they created were all taken by illegal immigrants in the last short period of time. And we’re going to make that change. You look like you’d be great. I’d like to have you make the motor of the engine, the motor of my car.
We’re going to be lowering taxes, we’re going to be doing a lot of things, but we’re lowering taxes. We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. Our country in the 1890s was probably, Marsha, probably the wealthiest it ever was because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things, **he was really a very good businessman and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions.**
But we were a very wealthy country and we’re going to be doing that now. We’re going to do it, where we keep… Our enemies and our friends too, they’ve taken advantage of us for years on trade and year by year, all the time, we’re losing our companies that make our cars, make the autos. A lot of them are going to Mexico now. And it’s Mexico through China because China owns the factories. They’re building big factories. They wouldn’t have done it with me. They’re building big factories, the biggest in Mexico, and they think **they’re going to make the cars and sell them in and close up Detroit, close up everything in this area, close up South Carolina**. And it’s not going to happen because we’re going to put very heavy tariffs on those cars coming across the border. And we’re not going to let that happen. We’re not going to let it happen.
So what we’re saying is, Nico, we’re going to have these companies that want to build in Mexico, they want to build in China. If they want to do business in the United States, they have to make their product, whether it’s a car or anything else, we want them to make their product, have their plant in the United States. This way, we employ our people, like Nico, we’re going to employ you, I guarantee. And we’re going to do it very fast. And then we have to keep out the competition and we’re going to make fair trade by charging them tariffs. If they want to come in and steal our wealth and steal our jobs and steal our companies, then they have to pay a price for that. And we’ve done it. And I charged, **as Marsha can tell you, China paid hundreds of billions of dollars during my term, and I had no inflation.**
We had the greatest economy in the history of our country and we were just getting started actually. But we had the greatest economy, the greatest employment for everybody, men, women, African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, everybody, young people with a diploma, without a diploma. **People that went to the best schools in the world, got PhDs. Every single class without exception was the best they’ve ever been.** And we’re going to get that back and then some. So we’re going to bring a lot of companies in and we’re going to have a lot of jobs and you’re going to have a lot of jobs to choose from. Okay? | null | 2 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqr4q8 | NegotiationSea7008 | t2_5eqwvy7m | This man, this idiotic, racist, rapist could become the president of America for the second time. World’s gone mad. | null | 15 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqtgpc | Mrekrek | t2_9f5ifyy | Maybe someone should tell him that they shot McKinley | null | 3 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqxy9g | Significant-Self5907 | t2_z29nrfay5 | For someone with "a degree" from Wharton, he doesn't seem to know how the domestic economy nor international trade work. If I were Wharton, I don't think I'd promote that they bestowed "a degree" on the stable genius. | null | 3 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpqzmao | MTDreams123 | t2_3zc1jntu | Donald says a lot of stupid crap but somehow his actions and policies are worse. His biggest action on the economy was just a tax cut for the very wealthy and [foreign investors](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/foreign-investors-big-winners-trumps-tax-law/). He ended reproductive freedom and will just double-down on these bad takes through policy or installing judges. | null | 2 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpr4ztz | PeachyCarnehand | t2_17nigcvlu4 | This is Trump across anything that would formulate some sort of policy. He is not intellectually curious and doesn't do "books", so he really has no basis for understanding why we have built some very important things over the past 100 years. Our military / foreign policy, economic policy, etc. So he walks around being a 14-year-old Joe Rogan listener looking for cheap pay-offs from dumb contrarian stances. There is not a legitimate historian, economist, etc (insert well learned specific professional here) that would endorse anything he says ever. This is why I hate Trump supporters. They need to stay in their lane. Read a book or shut the fuck up and let the adults work on these subjects. | null | 2 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpr68cv | Im_Talking | t2_zl1r4sy | Mainstream Media: Harris is struggling to counter Trumps' tariff-based economic policy. | null | 3 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lpr9htv | maxthepupp | t2_aatba | Seriously tho...at this point calling Trump out on any 'alternative facts' just seems like a new headline for daily media to put out.
Its obvious there isnt any repercussions or consequence. I just don't get it.
The next 4 months are gonna be *excruciating* | null | 1 |
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Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs | 1ftb9vn | https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/reidout/blog/rcna173323 | 2024-10-01T00:34:35 | Available_Reason7795 | politics | 556 | 31 | Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs MSNBC LogoDECISION 2024 Rachel MaddowMorning JoeInside with Jen PsakiDeadline: Legal BlogThe ReidOut BlogTrump Documents LibraryColumnistsMSNBC FilmsMSNBC LogoFeatured ShowsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMondays 9PM ETMorning JoeWeekdays 6am ETDeadline: White House with Nicolle WallaceWeekdays 4PM ETThe Beat with Ari MelberWeeknights 6PM ETThe ReidOut with Joy ReidWeeknights 7PM ETAll In with Chris HayesTUESDAY-FRIDAY 8PM ETThe Last Word with Lawrence O’DonnellWeeknights 10PM ETThe 11th Hour with Stephanie RuhleWeeknights 11PM ETAlex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ETFollow msnbcMoreMSNBC on PeacockMSNBC ColumnistsTV ScheduleMSNBC NewslettersPodcastsTranscriptsMSNBC Insights CommunityMSNBC StoreHelpTrump Trials Documents LibraryWeekday ShowsWay Too EarlyJosé Díaz-Balart ReportsMSNBC ReportsAndrea Mitchell ReportsKaty Tur ReportsSymoneThe Katie Phang ShowWeekend ShowsVelshiInside with Jen PsakiWeekends with Jonathan CapehartAlex Witt ReportsPoliticsNationAymanAboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBCNEWS.COMThe ReidOut BlogFrom The ReidOut with Joy ReidALL REIDOUTBLOG POSTSTHE REIDOUTPODCASTSFULL EPISODES Previous PostNext Post Trump flunks American history with another rant about tariffs Donald Trump’s plan for the American economy, which he touted again Friday, was adopted in the late 19th century and led to economic and political catastrophe.SHARE THIS —Sep. 30, 2024, 5:05 PM EDTBy Ja'han JonesDonald Trump’s murky economic vision for the United States is straight out of the ’90s. And not the 1990s — the 1890s.Following an event in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump faced widespread backlash for reverential remarks he made about William McKinley’s tariff plan while touting his own proposal to institute massive tariffs on imported goods. A wave of economic experts have warned that Trump’s plan would likely lead to a spike in the cost of goods for everyday Americans.But Trump continues to tout it as his top economic proposal. I suspect that the potential for these tariffs to make some of his already wealthy megadonors even richer could have something to do with that.Nonetheless, during Friday’s town hall in Michigan, Trump gushed about McKinley:We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely. You know, our country in the 1890s was ... probably the wealthiest it ever was, because it was a system of tariffs. And we had a president — you know McKinley, right? You remember Mount McKinley? And then they changed the name. But one of those things. He was really a very good businessman, and he took in billions of dollars at the time, which today it’s always trillions, but then it was billions and probably hundreds of millions. But we were a very wealthy country, and we’re going to be doing that now.
As is typical with most Trump claims, this one requires a fact check. McKinley was a member of the House — not president — when his proposal for massive tariffs was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890. And far from the economic boom Trump suggests it was, the tariffs were widely unpopular and contributed to major Republican electoral defeats in 1890 and 1892, followed by a depression known as the Panic of 1893. The 1890s also coincided with the end of the Gilded Age, a period known for extreme wealth inequality.President William McKinley.Library of Congress / Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesWhen Trump praised McKinley’s tariffs earlier this year, Princeton University historian Sean Wilintz explained the foolishness of those comments to The New Republic:[The tariffs] raised average duties across all imports from 38 percent to 49.5 percent—a big leap. It was supposed to protect American industries from foreign competition and thereby bind a labor-capital alliance. Yet while it was great for manufacturers of wool and tin-plate, it became extremely unpopular in the country, which suffered from the profiteering indulged in by American manufacturers, causing a dramatic rise in consumer prices. In part this was responsible for the GOP getting clobbered in the 1890 midterms, and helped doom Benjamin Harrison’s re-election bid in 1892.
Back in 2019, Matthew Yglesias wrote for Vox that Trump’s interest in the McKinkley era serves as “a powerful reminder of his unusual ability to be totally obsessed with trade policy without actually knowing anything about it — or caring to learn.”Indeed, this McKinley obsession speaks to two Trump truisms: He’s hopelessly ignorant about policy, and the policies he chooses to embrace favor the wealthy at all others’ expense.Ja'han JonesJa’han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include “Black Hair Defined” and the “Black Obituary Project.”CONTINUE READING Previous PostHow Vance and Walz represent a battle to define masculinity Next Post How Trump’s toxic masculinity threatens men’s healthLatest PostCowardly companies ditched DEI. Consumers are fighting back. AboutContactHelpCareersMSNBC StoreAD ChoicesPrivacy PolicyDo Not Sell My Personal InformationCA NoticeTerms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)MSNBC SitemapClosed CaptioningAdvertiseJoin the MSNBC Community© 2024 NBC UNIVERSALNBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo | lprukwo | Roriborialus | t2_11rdpg5tez | Maga doesnt vote for trump because they support his nonsensical policy, most of them are too dumb to even know them. They support him because they feel like they get to be the bigoted pieces of shit openly like they are behind closed doors without repercussions when he's in office. | null | 1 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks | 1ftbign | https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/josh-shapiro-no-endorsement-erin-mcclelland-20240930.html | 2024-10-01T00:46:24 | Helicase21 | politics | 0 | 16 | Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race
Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request | lpqo519 | karmaisourfriend | t2_9f52i | How childish. | null | 11 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks | 1ftbign | https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/josh-shapiro-no-endorsement-erin-mcclelland-20240930.html | 2024-10-01T00:46:24 | Helicase21 | politics | 0 | 16 | Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race
Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request | lpqo5yk | spike77wbs | t2_89f88 | hmmm, maybe Kamala made the right choice then? | null | 51 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks | 1ftbign | https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/josh-shapiro-no-endorsement-erin-mcclelland-20240930.html | 2024-10-01T00:46:24 | Helicase21 | politics | 0 | 16 | Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race
Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request | lpqo9e1 | dbag3o1 | t2_bia24 | Lesson: don’t burn bridges. | null | -6 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks | 1ftbign | https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/josh-shapiro-no-endorsement-erin-mcclelland-20240930.html | 2024-10-01T00:46:24 | Helicase21 | politics | 0 | 16 | Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race
Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request | lpqs7oi | aaronwithtwoas | t2_9bd4d | I not sure if this is the move but people pointing out this is childish or glad Kamala didn't pick him for VP, I counter with Nikki Haley, who spent the brunt of her bid for the white house taking shots from Trump. Only to endorse and go full in on Trump. Bernie took a bunch of shit from the Dems and was able to turn the other cheek. But I do wonder what the limit of that is. You don't owe anyone an endorsement, but realize the ramifications of not when you are on the cusp of national attention, those who see your meteoric rise will be the first to watch you fall. | null | 4 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks | 1ftbign | https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/josh-shapiro-no-endorsement-erin-mcclelland-20240930.html | 2024-10-01T00:46:24 | Helicase21 | politics | 0 | 16 | Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race
Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request | lpqvnay | LostSymphonies666 | t2_o573m | No surprise. He’s despised by Dems here, and we aren’t some city dwellers. He ignores my side of the state, and is the only politician, left or right, that has never contacted any of us back.
Miss me with the “but she attacked him” bullshit. Her opponent is literally an elector denier. A Governor should put petty bullshit aside and be a leader.
He’s a giant pussy, a career opportunist, and a DINO. He’s not a centrist out of necessity, he’s a true believer, and that’s the only thing that rivals my disgust for Republicans.
He’s a social conservative, and is lukewarm regarding pieces of shit like Moms for Liberty. He should be nowhere near power nationally, and the fact so many liberals are enamored with him is an embarrassment.
He won by big margins because of his opponent. His approval is because of a bridge. His idea of energy jobs is antiquated hydrogen - meanwhile TEXAS laps him on this. He presides over wage loss, population loss, no housing, etc.
He does have some shit in common with Obama actually, and it’s his complete disregard for down-ballot Democrats. If he gave a single fuck, he could have a trifecta. | null | 0 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks | 1ftbign | https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/josh-shapiro-no-endorsement-erin-mcclelland-20240930.html | 2024-10-01T00:46:24 | Helicase21 | politics | 0 | 16 | Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race
Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request | lprgki2 | hskmp | t2_ouqlv2r0h | Shitty paywall | null | 1 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks | 1ftbign | https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/josh-shapiro-no-endorsement-erin-mcclelland-20240930.html | 2024-10-01T00:46:24 | Helicase21 | politics | 0 | 16 | Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race
Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request | lpsx3fu | Gariona-Atrinon | t2_3hrrln0b | It’s not childish to withhold an endorsement from someone that was not willing to endorse you.
Are you going to say someone is perfect for a promotion after criticizing you when trying to get a promotion?
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Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talks | 1ftbign | https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/josh-shapiro-no-endorsement-erin-mcclelland-20240930.html | 2024-10-01T00:46:24 | Helicase21 | politics | 0 | 16 | Gov. Shapiro won’t endorse Erin McClelland in Pa. treasurer race
Skip to contentWednesday, February 19, 2025Today's Paper|Get Win PaperSign In / Sign UpSign inSUBSCRIBESpecial offerKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign in/Sign upSubscribeSupport local newsSign outNewsSportsBusinessOpinionPoliticsEntertainmentLifeFoodHealthReal EstatePhilly FirstObituariesJobsAdvertisementPoliticsElectionGift this article!Link IconCopy gift linkFacebook LogoGift via FacebookXGift via XEmailGift via EmailLink copied to clipboardShare IconLink IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardGov. Josh Shapiro won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for treasurer, who criticized him during VP talksShapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to Erin McClelland’s campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity.Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a watch party at the Cherry Street Pier ahead of the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographerby Gillian McGoldrick Published Sept. 30, 2024, 4:09 p.m. ETGov. Josh Shapiro will not endorse the Democratic nominee Erin McClelland for treasurer.The political outsider made waves over the summer when she criticized Shapiro while he was under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.AdvertisementShapiro, a Democrat, has chosen not to endorse any candidate in the row office race for treasurer, a spokesperson said in a statement, a notable break from political tradition. However, he is supporting the two other Democratic row office candidates: Eugene DePasquale for attorney general and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D., Philadelphia) for auditor general.Shapiro’s decision to stay out of the treasurer’s race is the latest blow to McClelland’s long-shot campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, after Garrity gained the support of key labor unions that usually support Democrats, including the Philadelphia Building Trades Council and the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.McClelland was the upset winner in the April primary election, beating the party’s endorsed candidate, State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D., Erie). But since winning the party’s nomination, she’s had little support from the party, as demonstrated by her minimal fundraising since the primary. According to campaign finance reports released last week, McClelland raised a little over $148,000 — including a $100,000 loan from McClelland to her own campaign — compared to Garrity’s nearly $1.2 million war chest.McClelland had drawn Pennsylvania Democrats’ ire when she publicly criticized Shapiro in July during the heated veepstakes when the nation’s eyes were trained on the governor, who had become a front-runner to join Harris on the ticket. Instead, McClelland, a political outsider, advocated for Harris to choose North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as her running mate over him.“I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t sweep sexual harassment under the rug,” McClelland wrote on X in July, referring to a sexual harassment scandal in Shapiro’s office last year.Shapiro’s top legislative liaison was accused of sexual harassment and the governor’s office quietly reached a settlement with the accuser for $295,000. The liaison, Mike Vereb, did not resign until months after an internal complaint was filed, records show, and Shapiro was criticized for his administration’s handling of the scandal.While Shapiro never responded to McClelland’s remarks, Sen. Sharif Street (D., Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman, said her post offended him at the time and that he planned to discuss it with her privately.“Every day when [Shapiro] gets up, he talks to Madame Speaker and Madame Pro Temp[ore],” Street said, referring to the titles of House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D., Philadelphia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R., Westmoreland), the two top officials of their respective chambers. “Gov. Shapiro has shown an effective ability to work with them, and I think a suggestion to the contrary is deeply offensive.”The treasurer’s office is Pennsylvania’s top fiscal watchdog and is responsible for saving, investing, and withdrawing $150 billion in state funds. It’s one of Pennsylvania’s three independent row offices, which are all politically elected positions that maintain mostly administrative functions.Traditionally, party operatives will endorse their favored candidate in the primary election, but will support their party’s nominee no matter who it is. But Shapiro, the top Democrat in the state, chose to stay out of the race, using his political capital to weigh in on further down-ballot races for state House, as well as his support for Kenyatta and DePasquale.“Governor Shapiro is endorsing and campaigning for candidates up and down the ballot who have asked for his support and where he can make the biggest difference in electing candidates who will deliver for Pennsylvanians,” said Manuel Bonder, Shapiro’s spokesperson.Shapiro’s lack of involvement in the race has given Garrity a chance to make the claim that he is supporting her instead.Last week, at a GOP candidate forum in a West Chester retirement community, Garrity told the crowd that in addition to the labor union support she’s received, Shapiro told her in a phone call he was “supportive” of her. This was in reference to a call between Shapiro and Garrity to plan a joint government event, in which Garrity said Shapiro told her that although they disagree on politics, he believes she’s done a good job as treasurer.McClelland’s campaign declined to comment on Shapiro staying out of the race, but that Garrity “continues to say whatever untrue things she thinks voters want to hear, like that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020.”“Stacy Garrity should show the respect to the voters that they deserve and stop refusing to debate Erin McClelland to defend her record so that all voters can make an informed decision in this race,” McClelland’s campaign manager Chuck Pascal said in a statement.Garrity has so far declined to debate McClelland ahead of the Nov. 5 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbout UsAbout The InquirerDiversity & InclusionAdvertiseContact UsLicensing & PermissionsPhoto ReprintsNewspapers in EducationJobs & InternshipsInquirer EventsAcel Moore WorkshopsNewsroom StaffHelp and FeedbackNews & InfoNewsSportsEntertainmentBusinessHealthFoodLifeOpinionPhilly FirstArchivesSpecial ReportsSite MapMarketplaceSubscribeInquirer StoreJob ListingsAll ClassifiedsDeath NoticesLegal NoticesGift Subscriptionse-EditionsThe InquirerThe Daily NewsSubscriber ServicesMobile AppsApple iOSGoogle AndroidXFacebookInstagram© 2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLCTerms of Use/Privacy Policy/Cancellation Policy/California Notice/California residents do not sell my data request | lq30c4q | hskmp | t2_ouqlv2r0h | If she becomes treasurer, she seems to have indicated that she will divest funds from Israel. 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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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Log InGo Ad-FreeNEWSPOLITICSENTERTAINMENTLIFEPERSONALVOICESSHOPPINGGAMESU.S. EditionOpen editions submenuPoliticsDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationProject 2025 Contributor Doesn’t Deny He Appeared In Gay Porn Movies 10 Years AgoCorey DeAngelis, a prominent school privatization activist, said he "was a victim of poor decisions."By Lil KalishSep 30, 2024, 08:30 PM EDTLEAVE A COMMENTLOADINGERROR LOADINGA prominent school privatization activist who has been praised by former President Donald Trump and who has contributed to Project 2025 has spoken out for the first time after videos surfaced that appeared to show his involvement in gay pornographic videos earlier this month.“As an activist for parental rights and school choice, my passion is personal,” Corey DeAngelis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning. “I was a victim of poor decisions and poor influences. I have turned that experience into the fuel that fires me to save young people from being put in the same position I was put in and to help parents protect their children.” Advertisement
Earlier this month, a blog called Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares reviews of gay porn and articles about the adult entertainment industry, first reported that a person who resembles DeAngelis appeared in several gay adult films.The performer, who appears under the name “Seth Rose,” is in at least three gay adult films on the pornography website GayHoopla, dating to 2014. In the videos, “Rose” appears masturbating solo and alongside other men.DeAngelis’ post on Monday appears to acknowledge his appearance in these films, and that he was a “victim of poor decisions.” His post went out to his 163,000 followers on X, and received praise from conservative writers like Richard Hanania and Chris Rufo, who is largely credited with fabricating the panic over critical race theory. Advertisement
DeAngelis has been a fierce critic of what he views as “pornographic” content in school literature, often referring to any education materials that include discussion of LGBTQ+ people and their experiences. The day that Str8 Up Gay Porn posted its blog, DeAngelis shared a graphic on X illustrating a satirical lesson plan of the “radical left” in 2024, including “drag queen story hours,” “mandatory pronoun recognition,” and “boys participating in girls sports.” DeAngelis did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, though he did post a screenshot of this reporter’s inquiry on X, and said that the article is “a hit piece against me because I don’t want porn in schools.” Advertisement
The self-described “school choice evangelist” is also listed as a contributor to Project 2025 on behalf of the American Federation for Children. Project 2025 is a policy roadmap for a second Trump presidency, authored by the Heritage Foundation and a network of conservative organizations. Corey DeAngelis during the 2022 Hazlitt Summit in Orlando, Florida.Gage Skidmore/ FlickrSarah Kate Ellis, the president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, told The Advocate that DeAngelis’ role as contributor to Project 2025 is “further proof that he is willing to sell out student safety to anti-LGBTQ extremists.” Advertisement
In the introduction, Project 2025 authors equate “transgender ideology” to “pornography” and call for it to be “outlawed.” The 900-page document boasts numerous policies to advance school privatization programs, while simultaneously urging to block public school officials from doing anything ― such as using a name or different pronoun ― to support trans and gender non-conforming students. The idea that the existence of trans people is synonymous with pornography is now a well-worn trope dating back to the 1970s, when anti-gay advocate Anita Bryant’s “Save the Children” campaign baselessly equated gays and lesbians with groomers and people who abuse children. DeAngelis has echoed these claims as reasons that parents should pull their kids out of public schools and opt for taxpayer funded school privatization. In his book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools,” which Trump promoted on Truth Social, DeAngelis warns that many popular books in public schools are “pushing gender ideology” that veers into “pornographic territory.” Advertisement
He has shared similar talking points on Fox News segments and criticized LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, particularly those that allow trans girls to use girls’ locker rooms and play on girls’ sports teams. Currently DeAngelis heads the nonprofit Education Freedom Institute, which promotes “school choice,” a policy championed by some conservatives to use taxpayer money to subsidize private schools. He has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, another conservative education nonprofit that was founded by Trump-appointed former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.Advertisement
But since the videos surfaced two weeks ago, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the American Federation for Children, told NBC News that DeAngelis was put on leave “as we look into this matter further.”Bydlak did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. Last year, DeAngelis supported school district policies in Chino, California, to “out” transgender students to their parents, and another in Temecula, California, to ban books that discuss LGBTQ+ people. “I can’t believe we’re at a point in America where authoritarians in power are fighting this hard to keep sexual secrets about children from their own parents,” DeAngelis, who is on the board of the Liberty Justice Center, a conservative legal advocacy group, said after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino district over its parental notification policy. RelatedDonald TrumpLGBTQEducationPornproject 2025 Go to HomepageLEAVE A COMMENTSuggest a correction|Submit a tipAdvertisement
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