All posts tagged "Marc Short"

GOP strategist Marc Short called out President Donald Trump's strategy for lowering beef prices as an admission that he raised prices.

During a Thursday appearance on CNN, Short spoke about Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America and how Republican candidates are feeling about it ahead of a critical midterm race in November.

"I think there are a lot of Republicans who are facing a midterm election in less than three months, and are anxious to address some of the issues that Americans view as top priorities," Short said. "And not this."...

Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, is a long-time Republican, but on Wednesday, even he couldn't understand the strategy behind J.D. Vance's attacks on Gov. Tim Walz's (D-MN) 24-year military career.

Vance, who served four years in the military and was a reporter for the Marines in Iraq, said Walz's retirement came before his unit went to Iraq and another Minnesota man complained to the New York Post that he was sent in Walz's place. Vance attacked Walz for "stolen valor" due to the report.

Short called the comments a mistake because Vance moved the message from the purpose of his event in Michigan on Wednesday morning. ...