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Former Rep. Katie Hill claims that “biphobia” played a major role in her resignation from Congress
pic.twitter.com/EPvd492kli— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 20, 2020
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.@SenatorTimScott to Neil: President Trump will see a 50% increase in his African American support, it will go from 8% in 2016 to a minimum of 12% in 2020 pic.twitter.com/a0eCJI70wo
— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) February 20, 2020
I&I Editorial
“…It is extremely difficult if not impossible to defeat an incumbent president when the economy is doing well. Just ask 1984 Democratic nominee Fritz Mondale, or 1996 Republican nominee Bob Dole.
In the case of Donald Trump, the economy isn’t just healthy; it’s reached unprecedented milestones. America is enjoying the longest expansion in history. Unemployment reached and remains near a 50-year low. Nearly 7 million full-time jobs have been generated under Trump, including nearly a half million manufacturing jobs, after two decades of serious manufacturing decline widely viewed as irreversible.
There are two tacks from which to choose in confronting this politically. Democrats can argue that our prosperity is grossly exaggerated. Or they can claim they deserve the credit for the Trump economy.
Which of these strategies, both decidedly dubious in their chances of success, have the Democrats picked?
Both.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn is considered a kingmaker in the upcoming Democratic primary in his home state of South Carolina, where black support is vital. “I talk to African Americans. I go to church with them. And I know they’re not doing better,” Clyburn told ABC on Sunday. “If you go with unemployment numbers to determine people’s status, then you have to say that slaves were in very good shape because they were fully employed,” the House’s number three Democrat added. Later in the week, Clyburn repeated himself to Fox’s Neil Cavuto.
What an insult to more than 19½ million of Clyburn’s fellow blacks currently working, to suggest that they’re not really laboring for themselves and that their jobs are lacking in dignity.
Similar to Clyburn’s contention that employment statistics don’t really have value as an economic indicator, Nobel economics laureate, Bill Clinton economic adviser, and “Third Way” theorist Joseph Stiglitz has actually called for the abandonment of using gross domestic product to measure economic health. Sore losers always blame the rules when their opponents win…”
Trump Wins Another Democratic Debate https://t.co/aWMLR0zbLW
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 20, 2020
Charles Hurt:
“…Welcome, Mr. Bloomberg, to the 2020 presidential campaign that you are supposed to salvage for Democrats.
It was almost painful to watch all the blows landed on the bewildered Mr. Bloomberg, the savior with the invisible campaign. Last night, Mr. Bloomberg was the Incredible Shrinking Candidate.
Which is a really terrible thing when you already start out so tiny.
The whole debate offers an astonishing indictment of the current Democratic Party that a guy like Mr. Bloomberg can rocket to the top of the heap without a single day of actual campaigning and in spite of his political record.
Just a few elections back, he endorsed former President George W. Bush, a Republican, for reelection. Heck, Mr. Bloomberg himself was a Republican more recently than that.
And in 2012, Mr. Bloomberg only begrudgingly endorsed former President Barack Obama — a Democrat — for reelection just days before the election. Today, of course, Mr. Bloomberg is running tens of millions of dollars worth of ads claiming that he was a crucial right-hand man of Mr. Obama’s during his presidency.
To understand just how devastating this crack-up of the Democratic Party is, consider this: The only candidate other than Mr. Bloomberg who has a shot at the nomination refuses to actually join the Democratic Party. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is a “Democratic Socialist.”
Even now since Mr. Bloomberg officially switched his party registration to “Democrat,” he is a curious candidate for the party to run against President Trump in November.
First is his towering arrogance. In a memo released by his campaign this week, Mr. Bloomberg’s staff wag their fingers at all the actual Democrats in the race and say they must abandon their own campaigns to make way for Mr. Bloomberg.
Of former Vice President Joe Biden (Mr. Obama’s actual right-hand man during his presidency), Mr. Bloomberg’s campaign officials warned, “his continued presence in the race — along with that of [Pete] Buttigieg, and [Amy] Klobuchar — will siphon votes away from the best performing Sanders-alternative (Mike Bloomberg) and increase the likelihood of a Sanders blowout.”
This from a guy who presently has earned exactly ZERO delegates, lecturing four people who have at least proven they can win a delegate.
And then the first words out of his mouth during his first live appearance on a debate stage, he declared that Mr. Sanders — the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic nomination — will never beat Mr. Trump in the general election.
And then there was the rest of the debate. It was almost like Mr. Bloomberg joined the stage to give Mr. Biden a hand. I mean, next to Mr. Bloomberg, Mr. Biden came off like a brain surgeon.
It was so bad, Joe Biden could actually turn around and win South Carolina next week. All thanks to Mike Bloomberg…”
Susan Crabtree:
“…LAS VEGAS — In this desert city built on hopes, dreams and neon lights, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a wild gamble to emerge from the protective bubble of his $400 million ad campaign and face five rivals for the Democratic nomination head-on in a nationally televised debate.
The high-stakes debut ended up as a bust – all under the glare of the intense media spotlight.
Bloomberg, who decided to skip the early voting primary and caucus states in favor of delegate-rich Super Tuesday, wasn’t ready for prime time. He seemed detached, unprepared, and out of touch with working-class voters. The media and financial mogul was surging before Wednesday night, but limped away from the stage having accomplished the opposite of what he set out to do.
The much-ballyhooed billionaire, touted as the savior who could rescue the Democratic Party from itself – or rather, from its insurgent socialist wing — and take the fight to Donald Trump with an endless supply of cash, took a beating from the other candidates and the debate moderators. And the end of the night it must have seemed apparent to him that he’d brought a wallet to a knife fight. Bernie Sanders, the man Bloomberg set out to stop, emerged from the night virtually unscathed…”
Sure, sweetheart. Good luck with that.
Obama: 'I Have No Memory Of Anyone Named Joe Biden' https://t.co/wLXhilcwOR
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 18, 2020
Guess which side was responsible for partisan political hackery?
Bonchie:
“…I’m fairly skeptical about the idea that people will actually be prosecuted over Durham’s investigation into the origins of Crossfire Hurricane. Even if he’s got rock-solid cases, it’s unlikely a D.C. grand jury will move to indict an anti-Trump figure. But there’s no doubt his report is going to be a big indictment of the misconduct that took place.
What’s the best way to limit the impact of his findings? The simple answer is to try to discredit him and Barr before the report drops. That’s what all this is really about. It’s not about respect for the law, concern about corruption, or any other nonsense. These are the same people who sat idly by through numerous scandals during previous presidential terms. This is simply about being deluded over Donald Trump’s mere existence and seeking to stop Barr from exposing the corruption that took place during the Trump-Russia investigation.
Barr isn’t going to resign though. He’s all in on this issue, and whether these careerists like it or not, the daylight is coming for what their department did…”