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Political strategist Lucy Caldwell warned Republicans on Sunday that an impeachment of President Joe Biden was likely to bolster his re-election prospects.

Caldwell made the remarks on Fox News after host Howard Kurtz complained that the media had buried the vote that kicked off an impeachment inquiry into the president.

Reacting to Donald Trump admiringly quoting Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to a New Hampshire crowd on Saturday, CNN's Jake Tapper dryly asked, "Who needs Pravda?" before launching into a scathing attack on the former president on Sunday morning.

Saturday Trump told rallygoers, "Joe Biden is a threat to democracy. He’s a threat. Even Vladimir Putin … says that Biden’s — and this is a quote – ‘politically motivated persecution of his political rival is very good for Russia because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others about democracy.’”

Before taking up the former president's comments with his "State of the Union" panel, Tapper had a few things to say about the Republican 2024 presidential nominee frontrunner.

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"You have Donald Trump repeating Russian propaganda, Trump citing Vladimir Putin," he began. "I mean, I'm sorry, but that is just empirically stunning."

"For any major presidential candidate to be quoting approvingly Vladimir Putin smearing American democracy. I don't care if it is Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, it is absolutely stunning," he added.

In a recent interview, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley dodged a question about Donald Trump's claims of "presidential immunity."

ABC's Jonathan Karl asked Haley if she agreed Trump was immune from Jan. 6 prosecutions because he was president at the time he allegedly incited a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol.

Appearing on MSNBC early Sunday morning, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) put the Republican House leadership on notice that she is not going to sit idly by as the GOP caucus pursues an impeachment hearing against President Joe Biden.

Speaking with host Jonathan Capehart, the Texas Democrat claimed she plans to drag Donald Trump into the hearings while also making a vague threat that some of her GOP colleagues will become targets too.

"As a member of the Oversight and Accountability Committee, what role do you expect to play in this impeachment inquiry process?" the MSNBC host pressed her.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) downplayed former President Donald Trump's Nazi-style rhetoric about immigrants.

On a Sunday interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker asked Graham to react to a speech Trump gave over the weekend when he said immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our country."

With Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) deciding to not run for re-election the Republican leadership sees an easy pick-up to help them retake the Senate in 2024 but are, once again, worried about possible candidates in key states who could destroy those hopes.

According to a report from Politico, controversial candidates running in swing states could blow the party's chances at a majority and the leadership is trying to lock up nominations now before it gets out of hand.

As Politico's Ally Mutnick and Burgess Everett wrote, "The GOP is escalating its push to head off problematic nominees in a slate of critical states that could determine control of the Senate next year."

With the Democart's loss of Manchin's seat in deeply conservative West Virginia a foregone conclusion, Senate Democrats need a pick-up or two of their own to maintain control.

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As for Republicans, they have problems of their own.

"Republicans are still facing internecine battles in states like Arizona, Ohio and Montana that could upend their best-laid plans," the report states before adding, "In Arizona, some Republicans want to clear the field for Kari Lake by urging her opponent to primary a House member instead. In Ohio, GOP Sen. J.D. Vance is trying to sell party leaders on his preferred pick in a three-way contest."

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) suggested Republicans can be their own worst enemies when it comes to allowing fringe candidates to linger on the campaign trail too long.

“Usually what happens is the more extreme candidate wins. And a lot of damage is done to whoever emerges,” he explained.

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Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy slammed actor Matthew Perry after he died while suffering from depression.

On Saturday's edition of Fox & Friends Weekend, the hosts spoke to Fox News medical analyst Marc Siegel about the news that Perry died from acute effects of ketamine and drowning.

During an appearance on MSNBC, former prosecutor David Henderson claimed the massive $148 million judgment two Georgia poll workers received after winning a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani should be a red flag for Donald Trump and his inner circle.

Speaking with fill-in host Charles Coleman Jr., Henderson exclaimed, "To be, honest this isn't just a win, this is one of the biggest wins I've ever heard of."

Using that as a jumping-off point, the former prosecutor claimed the result is a "preview" of what Trump, Giuliani and others slated to be tried in Georgia on racketeering charges related to the 2020 presidential election can expect next year.

"That is an epic victory. The only thing you have to acknowledge, and this goes to your point about nationalism, it does not make up for what these two women went through," he told the host before cautioning, "Rudy Giuliani is in such a downward spiral, they're not likely to see a dime of that money."

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He then added, "The real issue here is you've got a preview from the way that the jury down in Georgia is going to receive them. Giuliani, former president Trump, and anyone in their circle should be very nervous about this outcome."

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Hours after the publishing of an article in the Washington Post that described the internal dysfunction that has plagued the 2024 presidential campaign conducted by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), the political strategist who headed the DeSantis-aligned Never Back Down PAC abruptly quit late Saturday night.

Strategist Jeff Roe walked away on Saturday night, dealing yet another blow to the DeSantis campaign that has been plagued by firings and layoffs as the Florida governor's attempt to displace Donald Trump as the face of the Republican party went nowhere with conservative voters.