Tag: 2022 Midterm Elections

DeSantis Criticizes Biden’s Campaign Speech as ‘Disgusting’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called President Joe Biden’s Thursday campaign speech “one of the most disgusting speeches” an American president has ever delivered, in which the 79-year-old commander-in-chief described “MAGA forces” as a threat to the nation. “It was one of the most disgusting speeches an American president has ever given,” DeSantis said Friday…


Trump Says November Elections a ‘Referendum’ on Biden

Former President Donald Trump is urging Americans to vote for Republican candidates in November, saying the midterm election results will serve as a referendum on the Biden administration. “This election is a referendum on skyrocketing inflation, rampant crime, soaring murders, crushing gas prices, millions and millions of illegal aliens pouring across our border, race and…


Civility Rates High in Tight Congressional Race In and Around Omaha

A perennially close Congressional seat covering what’s called “the blue dot” in one of the reddest states in the country, Nebraska, looks like it’ll be tight again in the November elections. Incumbent Republican Don Bacon, representing Nebraska’s second district since 2016, seeks to hold his seat against state legislator Tony Vargas, the Democratic nominee. As…


Democrat Katie Hobbs Refuses to Debate GOP’s Kari Lake in Arizona Governor Race

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is officially refusing to participate in an upcoming debate against Kari Lake, who is also vying to be Arizona’s next governor. Hobbs’ campaign announced the refusal in a Sept. 2 letter to the Citizens Clean Election Commission, which is hosting the Oct. 12 debate. The refusal stems from displeasure…


‘I Feel Less Safe as a MAGA Republican’: Carol Swain on Biden’s Speech

Dr. Carol M. Swain, distinguished senior fellow for constitutional studies at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, said Friday she was still trying to recover from watching President Joe Biden’s polarizing Thursday, prime time speech. A speech in which Biden called Republicans like Swain, who believe in America, enemies of the state and anti-democratic because she…


Latest Revelations About Mar-a-Lago Raid Unlikely to Sway Midterm Voters, Strategists Say

News Analysis The fresh controversy stoked by ongoing revelations about the FBI’s raid of the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump, including the release on Sept. 2 of a detailed inventory of documents and items retrieved in the raid, is unlikely to have a significant effect on the outcome of the November midterm elections,…


Sen. Rick Scott Decries ‘Treasonous’ Republicans for ‘Trash Talking’ GOP Senate Candidates

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), took a jab at “treasonous” Republicans for “trash talking” GOP Senate candidates. The statement seemed to be in part a response to comments from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has suggested that “candidate quality” may prevent Republicans from retaking the majority…


Biden MAGA-Bashing Speech Could Cool Democrats’ Midterm Momentum

News Analysis When President Joe Biden accused MAGA Republicans of being “a threat to this country” in his Sept. 1 primetime address at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, Democrats’ prospects of retaining control of the U.S. House and capturing the U.S. Senate in November’s midterm elections appeared to be on the upswing. Democratic candidates in congressional races…


Biden Accuses Trump, MAGA Republicans of ‘Extremism’ in Rare Primetime Address

In a rare primetime address, President Joe Biden accused former President Donald Trump and so-called “MAGA Republicans” of having an “extreme ideology” that effectively threatens “the very foundations of our republic.” In his remarks Thursday night, the Democrat urged voters to “do our duty in 2022” and “vote, vote, vote” to “protect” democracy in the upcoming…


Las Vegas Incumbent Democrat Scrambles for Seat as Blue District Goes Purple

As Floridians and New Yorkers voted in primaries on Aug. 23, House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) were in Las Vegas to boost their party’s odds of winning the chamber’s majority in the midterm elections. The House leaders were in town to double down on the bets…