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House Republican runs into fact-check buzz saw on CNN defending Trump election claims

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) got a quick fact check during a CNN interview when he tried to avoid answering questions about former President Donald Trump's election conspiracy theories.

Donalds, a right-wing Republican and Donald Trump ally, attacked CNN anchor Boris Sanchez right off the bat when he asked about Trump's repeated lies about the 2020 presidential election, which are being used to justify a new Republican-backed bill requiring proof of citizenship as a precondition of being able to register to vote.

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'Off the chart': Maddow pinpoints reason she says Trump gets away with 'bizarreness'

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow claimed Tuesday that Donald Trump's erratic behavior gets downplayed because, inevitably, he follows it with more unhinged behavior while the media "sane washes" his statements to be more benign.

Joining "The View" ahead of the debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Maddow said that little is known about how Harris may debate.

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J.D. Vance says in 2020 he wouldn’t certify election: ‘Let the country have the debate’

Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, the Republican vice presidential candidate, said Monday that if he were in former Vice President Mike Pence's place, he would not have certified the election on January 6, 2021.

Speaking as part of a panel on the All-In Podcast, Vance told cohost Jason Calacanis the issue wasn't necessarily Pence deciding not to "overturn the election results," but rather that "Mike Pence could have done more to sort of surface some problems."'

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War Room host accuses Kamala Harris of 'ethnic cleansing of Americans' in 'MAGA counties'

A guest host on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast accused President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of the "ethnic cleansing of Americans" in "MAGA counties."

Natalie Winters made the claim Monday after baseless Republican allegations accused Haitian migrants of eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

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Don Jr. confronted by restaurant owner who lost half of customers over Trump support

Donald Trump Jr. was confronted by a restaurant owner who said he lost half of his customers because he supported his father's presidential bid.

During a live chat on his Triggered podcast, Trump was caught off guard as he read a message from Allen Brenycz, who owns a restaurant in Minnesota.

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'Melts down after about 15 minutes': Ex-Trump aide shares debate prediction with Harris

An ex-aide to former President Donald Trump advised Vice President Kamala Harris that he has a 15-minute time limit at Tuesday's debate — and then he'll lose it.

"The View" co-hosts began their show by predicting how Trump and Harris's first and possibly only debate would go.

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'Spare your outrage': J.D. Vance shrugs off fury over false claim that immigrants eat pets

Sen. J.D. Vance doubled down Tuesday on his debunked and criticized claim that Haitian immigrants have been stealing and eating pets in his state.

Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate, wrote a defensive and lengthy X post in which he slams journalists for not giving "a s---" about a problem he admitted he has no evidence exists.

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Trump gets smacked in the face by key ally in new 'Apprentice' movie trailer

The newly released trailer for a controversial Donald Trump biopic includes a shocking moment when a key ally smacks him in the face.

The official trailer for "The Apprentice," which stars Sebastian Stan as Trump, was released on YouTube Tuesday revealing new details about the film the former president has taken legal action to try and prevent from hitting theaters.

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'Chaotic, belligerent, vague': Conservative doesn't hold back in Trump debate appraisal

Former President Donald Trump's debating prowess was lambasted by an influential conservative columnist just hours before a historic contest against Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to begin.

National Review senior editor Charles C. W. Cooke warned Republicans Tuesday morning to expect a "bad" performance from their presidential nominee and unofficially stripped Trump of a debate win against President Joe Biden in late June.

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'What information?' CNN host cuts in as Lara Trump tries to backtrack Trump claim

Lara Trump, daughter-in-law to the Republican Party's presidential candidate and co-chair of its national committee, received a check on CNN Tuesday morning when she tried to backtrack misleading Truth Social messaging from her father-in-law.

Anchor Kasie Hunt demanded the Republican National Committee leader explain what exactly former President Donald Trump meant when he wrote Sunday that "20% of the Mail-In Ballots in Pennsylvania are fraudulent" — a claim he cited to an undated interview with an unnamed expert.

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Walz tells Texas Democrats a U.S. Senate race win is within reach

"Walz tells Texas Democrats a U.S. Senate race win is within reach" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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'Cacophonous buffoon' Trump will 'weaken our national security': Brigadier general

A top retired general publicly derided former President Donald Trump and urged Americans to "step up" and "understand what's going on."

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House," retired Brigadier General Steve Anderson shredded Trump as a danger to American national security.

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Nicolle Wallace: It’s past time to stop ignoring 'angry, bitter, and delusional' Trump

An MSNBC host on Monday sounded the alarm on new threats from former President Donald Trump.

Trump wrote on TruthSocial that he would prosecute and jail anyone who "cheated" in the election. That includes officials, poll workers, political operatives, donors and lawyers.

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