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'I don't know who Harry is': CNN conservative mystified by latest Trump rally rant

A conservative commentator was baffled by Donald Trump's extended rant at a New York rally about a most-likely fictitious voter named "Harry."

The former president and Republican nominee spoke to supporters in Nassau County, Long Island, in his characteristic discursive style, including a riff on his appeal to "patriotic New Yorkers" to "get your a---- out to vote" that included an apparently imagined dialogue between a wife and her shiftless husband.

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Trump's new claim about debate raises fresh questions about his mental health

A claim by Donald Trump on Fox News that the crowd who attended the debate between himself and Vice President Kamala Harris "went absolutely crazy" when he was fact-checked led to both amusement and new questions about his mental decline on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Thursday.

The big issue? There was no crowd.

Speaking with Fox host Greg Gutfeld, Trump complained that the debate moderators never corrected his opponent before mentioning the nonexistent crowd's reaction and, after they shared the clip, "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski couldn't help but mock him.

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With co-host Willie Geist laughing, Scarborough joked, "Well, I mean, yeah. You know, the stagehands were going crazy. "

"What debate is he talking about?" Brzezinski asked.

"Is he confusing the debate with a Taylor Swift concert?" Scarborough quipped.

Turning more serious, MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire noted recent comments by the former president, who seemed to confuse Alaska with Afghanistan, after Scarborough asked him, "He doesn't remember from week to week. What's with that?"

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‘Straight up fascist project’: Vance slammed for vowing to call legal immigrants ‘illegal’

J.D. Vance, the junior Republican U.S. Senator who represents the people of Ohio, is on his tenth day of attacking the twelve to fifteen thousand legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield, after he spread the lie that 20,000 "illegal migrants" from Haiti were dropped on the city and started to steal the pet cats and dogs of its residents, and eat them.

The claims have been so thoroughly debunked that The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday published a report: "How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants—After Being Told They Weren’t True."

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'He's a loser!' Ex-RNC spokesperson in disbelief as fellow Republican flatly rejects Trump

Georgia's Republican ex-lieutenant governor sparred with a former spokesperson for the Republican National Committee on CNN on Wednesday night, as the former flatly rejected that Trump did "anything good" while in the White House — citing Jan. 6 and even "death threats" against his family.

Geoff Duncan joined a panel on "NewsNight" with anchor Abby Phillip, who played a clip of former President Donald Trump repeating the "Big Lie" that he actually won the 2020 election and noted that his support for a GOP-led government shutdown is at odds with what's best for down-ballot candidates in his party.

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'It's already unlawful': CNN anchor spars with Republican who refuses to switch topics

A New York Republican battled internet connection woes as he sparred with a frustrated CNN anchor on Wednesday night, who tried to point out that Republicans may shut down the federal government over the failed inclusion of legislation targeting a rare crime that's already unlawful.

Rep. Mike Lawler joined Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" to discuss House Speaker Mike Johnson's flopped government funding bill.

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'Disgusting': MSNBC host unloads on Republican's 'rank bigotry' after Senate hearing

An MSNBC host called for consequences for a Republican senator from Louisiana who launched into a racially charged line of questioning against the head of the Arab-American Institute — during a hearing aimed at discussing the prevalence of hate crimes.

Chris Hayes took a couple of minutes out of his show, "All In," on Wednesday to tell viewers that Sen. John Kennedy doesn't get the same level of notoriety or criticism as other "attention-thirsty" firebrand lawmakers such as Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) or Josh Hawley (R-MO), but he ought to.

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He 'assembled a mob': Senator finds Trump's rhetoric complaints 'quite odd'

Former President Donald Trump has sought to use the second assassination attempt against himself in two months to go after Vice President Kamala Harris and her supporters, claiming without any evidence that they incited the plots by criticizing his agenda as dangerous to American democracy.

But this makes no sense coming from Trump, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday — particularly since on Jan. 6, Trump whipped up a crowd into a frenzy with election conspiracy theories, just as a mob was preparing to storm the Capitol and attack police officers to stop the election certification, and he took hours to make any kind of statement calling them off.

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'Say all the offensive things': Journalist theorizes why GOP is leaning into 'red meat'

A journalist and women's rights activist hit back against Gov. Sarah Huckabee's Sanders — who attacked Vice President Kamala Harris this week, saying Harris has nothing keeping her "humble" because she doesn't have biological children — and revealed her theory as to what's driving the GOP's "offensive" attacks.

Gretchen Carlson, an author and advocate for women's rights known for her role in the #MeToo movement following her high-profile sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper that the parents of stepchildren are the real people who deserve a so-called "humble award."

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Lauren Boebert compares government funding bill to a 'Diddy freak-off'

Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Wednesday touted a doomed GOP-backed bill that would require people to prove their citizenship when registering to vote and blasted a proposed temporary funding measure by comparing it to parties held by accused sex trafficker and music star Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Speaking to far-right former law clerk Mike Davis on Steve Bannon's "War Room" show, Boebert begged for donations for her and fellow Republicans, citing impending standoffs with Democrats over a temporary funding bill to avert a government shutdown and the so-called SAVE Act, which would add proof of citizenship requirements for voting.

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Lauren Boebert: God will stand up a 'mighty army' to save Colorado from the left

Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) said Wednesday she expects God will send a "mighty army" to stop the left in Colorado and help her and fellow Republicans succeed.

Boebert, who following a surprisingly narrow re-election in 2022 jumped to a more conservative district on the opposite side of the state, made the comments to far-right former law clerk Mike Davis on Steve Bannon's "War Room" show.

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'They want to ban books': Melania Trump's defense of nude modeling befuddles MSNBC panel

An MSNBC panel left with more questions than answers after former first lady Melania Trump posted a video Wednesday that hit back at those criticizing her nude modeling.

Speaking about it, the panel weighed in that their confusion wasn't over Melania Trum's nudity so much as the Republican's opposition to anything similar.

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Trump demand put Mike Johnson in 'jam' — and he may face MAGA leader's 'wrath': reporter

Former President Donald Trump has put House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in an impossible position with his demand to either pass an already-dead government funding bill laden with provisions to make it harder to vote or let the government shut down.

That's according to CNN congressional correspondent Manu Raju, who spoke with CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Wednesday.

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Trump calls it a 'great honor' after Teamsters decline to endorse

Former President Donald Trump said it was "a great honor" after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse a presidential candidate for the 2024 election.

While visiting a Bitcoin bar in New York City on Wednesday, Trump was asked about the trade union's decision not to issue an endorsement.

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