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Mike Pence 'knows full well' he's sticking it to Trump by campaigning for Brian Kemp: NYT
May 23, 2022
According to a report from the New York Times, former vice president Mike Pence is headed down to Georgia on Monday to rally voters for Gov. Brain Kemp (R) knowing full well that it will anger his former boss, Donald Trump.
What makes his decision even more notable is that Kemp -- despite Trump's endorsement of challenger David Perdue -- is expected to win the nomination with ease, according to the most recent polls, making Pence's visit more about separating himself from the vice president than providing a boost to the incumbent governor.
According to the Times' Jonathan Martin, "After four years of service bordering on subservience, the increasingly emboldened Mr. Pence is seeking to reintroduce himself to Republican voters ahead of a potential presidential bid by setting himself apart from what many in the G.O.P. see as the worst impulses of Mr. Trump."
While Pence has bucked the former president in a series of addresses given to conservative groups, his appearance in support of Trump nemesis Kemp, who refused to help the former president in his futile attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election, strikes a whole new note in the deterioration of their relationship.
"It is an emphatic break between the onetime running mates, who have not spoken for nearly a year but have also not publicly waged a proxy war until now. Mr. Pence, his aides say, knows full well what going down to Georgia represents and the symbolism alone will stand without him targeting Mr. Trump or even Mr. Perdue in his remarks," the Times is reporting.
The Pence appearance has not gone unnoticed by his former boss, with Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich issuing a bitter statement claiming, "Mike Pence was set to lose a governor’s race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career was salvaged. Now, desperate to chase his lost relevance, Pence is parachuting into races, hoping someone is paying attention. The reality is, President Trump is already 82-3 with his endorsements, and there’s nothing stopping him from saving America in 2022 and beyond.”
The statement made no mention of the high-profile losses of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) and Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice K. McGeachin, both of whom Trump endorsed, as well as the still-pending results in Pennsylvania where Dr. Mehmet Oz is facing a possible recount in his primary battle with David McCormick for the GOP Senate nomination.
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Jan. 6 panel will reveal bombshell evidence against Trump in six public hearings -- starting and ending in prime time
May 23, 2022
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots will hold six public hearings next month to reveal evidence that Donald Trump and his allies broke the law in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
A draft schedule shows the first and last of those hearings would be staged in television prime time, and the panel's attorneys will explain the unlawful scheme by the former president and his allies to reverse his election loss up to and including the Jan. 6 insurrection, reported The Guardian.
“We want to paint a picture as clear as possible as to what occurred,” said committee chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS). “The public needs to know what to think. We just have to show clearly what happened on Jan. 6.”
The panel has already accused Trump of breaking multiple federal laws in his attempt to remain in the White House, and the hearings -- starting and ending with 8 p.m. hearings on June 9 and June 23 -- will explain how investigators reached those conclusions.
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The select committee will also stage 10 a.m. hearings on June 13, 15, 16 and 21.
A committee member will lead each of the hearings, but top investigative lawyers who understand the evidence will primarily question the witnesses, most of whom have been subpoenaed, and they will also present texts, photos and videos detailing the attempt to overturn the presidential election.
The hearings will cover the White House-led effort to send fake electors to Congress, seize voting machines and delay the certification of Joe Biden's election win, and they will also address the "Stop the Steal" rally organized by Ali Alexander that led to the Capitol riot.
The panel also intends to show why Trump deliberately misled rallygoers by saying he would march with them to the Capitol and why he resisted requests to call them off after his supporters became violent.
The final hearing will connect Trump's political plan for Jan. 6 with violence carried out by the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, which the Select Committee believes will show the former president led a criminal conspiracy, and they believe the evidence is so compelling that they may rearrange the schedule to present those findings first.
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'They've had enough': Morning Joe reveals why Fox News and GOP voters prefer Trump's top rival
May 23, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is emerging as the favorite for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough explained why he's overtaking Donald Trump as the GOP leader.
A recent straw poll showed DeSantis leading Trump as the preferred candidate in the next presidential election, and the "Morning Joe" host said there were other signs that Republicans and conservative media are moving on without the former president.
"You look at what happened in Nebraska, the Ricketts political machine crushed Donald Trump in Nebraska," Scarborough said. "You look at Pennsylvania, they're in a run-off right now. It looks like they're going to have a recount right now. Two out of three voters in the Republican primary in Pennsylvania voted against Donald Trump's choice. Now you go to this GOP straw poll. You know, straw polls may not mean a lot, but they do in Donald Trump's party."
"Donald Trump in Wisconsin, one of the key states, is losing to a Florida governor in the straw poll, doesn't matter what year it is, that shows politicians all over the country that Trump's aura of inevitability seems to be fading rather quickly," he added.
Most importantly, Scarborough said, Fox News is looking toward DeSantis as the preferred candidate.
"What my reporting is finding is that another group of the conservative base is also very excited about Ron DeSantis," Scarborough said, "in part because they're so tired of Donald Trump. That would be the Murdoch faction of the conservative movement, telling people close to them that they are fans of Ron DeSantis and have had enough of Donald Trump."
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