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Mike Pence ditches reporters in Ohio after Trump ‘hot mic’ story breaks: ‘We’re not doing this’

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Pool reporters were ditched by Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate Mike Pence this afternoon as the news was breaking about Trump’s “hot mic” moment talking about women in vulgar terms. Reporters have been shocked and disgusted as have Republicans, who are coming out to denounce it.

As the story was breaking, Pence was shaking hands at a local restaurant in Toledo, Ohio, where it is customary for famous people to autograph a hot dog bun. Pool reporters followed Pence into the restaurant to take photos and throw out a few questions. According to CNN’s Brianna Keilar, the staffer with Pence was leading reporters back to the back where Pence was. The staffer then stopped, had pool reporters stay where they were, and went back to say something to Pence.

“You know what, we’re not doing this,” the aide said, returning to reporters.

Reporters asked if they could get photos of Pence leaving the restaurant, where they also might be able to ask questions and they were told no. Pence fled from there.

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Russia likely targeted elections systems in all 50 states: Senate Intelligence Committee

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The Senate Intelligence Committee has released its first major report about Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, and they show that Russia's efforts to compromise the United States' election infrastructure may have extended to all 50 states.

As flagged on Twitter by Los Angeles Times reporter Chris Megerian, the Senate Intelligence Committee writes that the Department of Homeland Security found no discernible pattern to the way that Russian intelligence operations targeted elections systems, which the committee says lends "credence to DHS's later assessment that all 50 states probably were scanned."

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Even though ‘he’s racist as f*ck’: Black MAGA supporters explain why they still back Trump

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CNN did a panel of Pennsylvania voters that included one young Black man who voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 and said that he intended to do so again in 2020 because "business is good." But when it came to the topic of Trump's racist "go back" attacks on congresswomen of color, the young man said it made him feel like he didn't belong in the movement anymore.

He said that most of his like-minded conservative friends have abandoned Trump due to the racism and are now supporting Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) or former Vice President Joe Biden.

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‘The next Obama’: Why GOP operatives think Trump should be terrified of Kamala Harris

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With the second round of the Democratic debates coming next week, the horse race analysis is reaching peak levels. Should Democrats pick Joe Biden in the hopes of peeling off working class white voters? Is it time to go with a woman or a person of color?

Writing in Vanity Fair, journalist David M. Drucker writes that Trump's biggest fear should be Sen. Kamala Harris, a view affirmed by her tough and effective attacks on Biden at the last debate.

Drucker says that Harris would be a tough opponent because she might drive up the black vote. Additionally, she might appeal to suburban female voters turned off by Trump's style.

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