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June 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

Black Panthers Founder Endorses Trump: A ‘Decent Man’ and ‘Friend to African-Americans.’

Black Panthers founding member David Hilliard has endorsed Donald Trump as a longtime friend and ally of black people, saying he “knew Trump when [he] was a college student in New York, and he supported the Black Panther Party” in a video posted to TikTok.

“Trump is a person who’s a decent man… He was someone who gave us money,” Hilliard explains. “Trump’s a friend of African-Americans, and I knew Trump from the 1960s,” he stresses. “He’s not a racist, fascist white man; he supported black people.”

Hilliard argues the Democrats brought their politically-motivated prosecution of Trump in New York partly because the former president “likes black folks… he’s always been a friend to black people.”

Black voters have leaned strongly Democratic for decades, although Trump achieved the most ethnic minority support of any Republican presidential candidate since 1960 in 2020.

Black Americans, along with Arab Americans and younger voters, appear set to abandon Biden in droves in November, with Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV) warning there has been “a level of disconnection… on the message, on the messengers, and on mobilization.”

Trump is also polling very strongly among Latino and Hispanic voters, with the corporate media complaining the demographic is “carry[ing] white supremacist tendencies” and buying into “anti-immigrant sentiment.”

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Black Panthers founding member David Hilliard has endorsed Donald Trump as a longtime friend and ally of black people, saying he "knew Trump when [he] was a college student in New York, and he supported the Black Panther Party" in a video posted to TikTok. show more
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June 4, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

Biden Says Trump Shouldn’t Be President ‘Whether or Not I’m Running.’

Joe Biden told donors at a Connecticut fundraiser that Donald Trump “does not deserve to be president whether or not I’m running.” The 81-year-old, who has the worst approval rating of any U.S. President of the post-war era at this stage in his presidency, resisted calls to step aside in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom, or another younger Democrat this election, but his remarks will raise speculation that a last-minute change could still take place at the Democratic National Convention in August.

Speaking to The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam in September, Donald Trump said he suspected Biden might not “get to the starting gate” in this year’s elections.

“I don’t think that Kamala gets it handed [to her],” Trump said, predicting “all of a sudden everybody would start jumping in.” The former president said Newsom would “probably” win the fight and that he did not see Michelle Obama entering the fray.

The situation in the Democratic Party has moved on since then, with Newsom abandoning his shadow campaign for the nomination and Biden winning the party primaries. His only serious competition was a “vote uncommitted” movement prompted by his position on Gaza. Nevertheless, Biden’s nomination will not be official until the Democrats’ convention.

However, swapping the 81-year-old with a new candidate less plagued by corruption allegations and cognitive decline may only worsen the Democrats’ position. Polling from February shows Trump defeating Biden by five points in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania, with increased leads of nine points over Harris and 15 points over Newsom.

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Joe Biden told donors at a Connecticut fundraiser that Donald Trump "does not deserve to be president whether or not I'm running." The 81-year-old, who has the worst approval rating of any U.S. President of the post-war era at this stage in his presidency, resisted calls to step aside in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom, or another younger Democrat this election, but his remarks will raise speculation that a last-minute change could still take place at the Democratic National Convention in August. show more
June 4, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

DATA: Trump Surges With Black Voters, Up 15% Since Manhattan Conviction.

President Donald J. Trump is surging with black voters following his New York conviction last week, with a staggering 15-point surge for the 45th President. The numbers from Rasmussen Reports show Biden dropping 14 points.

An April poll fielded by Rasmussen showed Biden receiving 61 percent of the black vote, while his Republican challenger, former President Donald J. Trump, garnered just 21 percent support. However, over just one month, black voter support for Biden has collapsed, falling to just 47 percent in the May poll. Conversely, former President Trump has seen a significant increase in support among the voter demographic, sitting at 36 percent in the latest survey.

The Biden campaign has scrambled outreach efforts to stymie the flight of black and other minority voters from the Democratic Party ahead of November’s presidential election. However, the campaign appears to have found little success, with its emphasis on Biden’s support for diversity, equity, and inclusion—among other policies—falling flat with voters.

Polling data has consistently shown black and other minority voter demographics are breaking with Biden and the Democrats over his handling of inflation, the economy, and the U.S. border crisis. The Biden campaign has, by and large, avoided these topics on the campaign trail.

The National Pulse has extensively reported on the shifting voter trends ahead of the 2024 election. Last week, Biden received significant pushback from several prominent black Democrat leaders, warning him his campaign is not doing enough to retain voters in their communities. At the start of 2024, polling data suggested Biden was facing a potential revolt among key Democrat voter blocs, driven primarily by anger over inflation and illegal immigration.

 

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President Donald J. Trump is surging with black voters following his New York conviction last week, with a staggering 15-point surge for the 45th President. The numbers from Rasmussen Reports show Biden dropping 14 points. show more

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June 3, 2024
Corruption
Election 2024

Embattled Senator Bob Menendez Ditches Dems, Will Run as Independent.

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is preparing to file paperwork to appear as an independent U.S. Senate candidate on the 2024 New Jersey election ballot amid an ongoing corruption trial. The deadline for filing signatures in New Jersey is 4PM on Tuesday, which also coincides with the state’s partisan primary elections. Independent candidates require 800 signatures to qualify for the general election ballot.

Sen. Menendez, who announced in March that he would not seek re-election as a Democrat, left open the possibility of an independent run. “I will not file for the Democratic primary this June,” he stated in a video message. “I am hopeful that my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy as an independent Democrat in the general election.”

Menendez is currently facing federal prosecution on corruption charges. The National Pulse reported that the New Jersey Democrat is accused of accepting cash, gold bars, luxury wristwatches, and other perks from New Jersey businessmen in exchange for providing official favors to benefit the businessmen and the governments of Egypt and Qatar. Menendez, 70, has fervently denied the allegations, labeling the prosecution as “overzealous.”

Rep. Andy Kim, a Democratic challenger who entered the Senate race in response to Menendez’s indictment, was critical of the incumbent’s decision. In a statement to ABC News, Kim asserted, “Americans are fed up with politicians putting their own personal benefit ahead of what’s right for the country. Everyone knows Bob Menendez isn’t running for the people of New Jersey, he’s doing it for himself. It’s beyond time for change and I’m stepping up to restore integrity back into the U.S. Senate.”

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Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is preparing to file paperwork to appear as an independent U.S. Senate candidate on the 2024 New Jersey election ballot amid an ongoing corruption trial. The deadline for filing signatures in New Jersey is 4PM on Tuesday, which also coincides with the state's partisan primary elections. Independent candidates require 800 signatures to qualify for the general election ballot. show more
May 31, 2024
Election 2024

Ohio Mandates Biden’s Inclusion on Ballot Following RINO Gov. DeWine’s Demand.

Ohio’s Republican-majority legislature has passed a bill to ensure Joe Biden’s inclusion on the state’s November ballot. This action concludes a period of partisan disputes over a deadline traditionally adjusted without controversy. The legislation was approved during a special session of the state Senate on Friday and now awaits the signature of Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, who demanded the session to address the Biden issue. DeWine is anticipated to sign the bill.

State Sen. Rob McColley, a Republican, expressed support for the measure, emphasizing that Ohioans deserve a choice in the upcoming election. “I don’t think anybody on this side of the aisle really feels like they’re going to be voting for President Biden, but at the same time, Ohioans deserve a choice in this election, and that’s what we’re seeking to give them today,” McColley said on Friday.

The bill’s approval may not halt the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) initiative to nominate Biden through a virtual roll call vote before the state’s August 7 deadline. Democratic state Sen. Bill DeMora remarked during the session that the measure could potentially eliminate the need for a virtual meeting, though he was not certain.

The DNC has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday to progress a resolution for the virtual roll call, with a full vote planned thereafter.

Historically, both parties have adjusted their late summer conventions to meet earlier state certification deadlines. Ohio adjusted its deadline four years ago for both parties without significant issues. This year, the complication affects only Democrats, as the GOP has a mid-July convention.

The bill now awaits Governor DeWine‘s decision.

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Ohio’s Republican-majority legislature has passed a bill to ensure Joe Biden’s inclusion on the state’s November ballot. This action concludes a period of partisan disputes over a deadline traditionally adjusted without controversy. The legislation was approved during a special session of the state Senate on Friday and now awaits the signature of Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, who demanded the session to address the Biden issue. DeWine is anticipated to sign the bill. show more
May 31, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

Biden Lawfare Backlash: GOP Rakes In Cash Following Trump Verdict.

The Republican Party is setting fundraising records following the guilty verdict issued against former President Donald J. Trump in his Manhattan-based hush money trial on Thursday. Small-dollar donors have flocked to the Trump presidential campaign, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in response to the Democrat lawfare efforts against the presumptive Republican nominee.

On Friday, the NRCC announced it had raised $300,000 following Thursday’s verdict, its best fundraising day of the 2024 cycle so far. A spokesman for the NRCC noted that 22 percent of the money raised came from new, first-time donors to the campaign committee. Likewise, the NRSC raised $360,000 in under 24 hours. The committee said online donations tripled after the jury issued the guilty verdict.

Meanwhile, former President Trump‘s 2024 campaign committee raked in nearly $35 million by Friday morning. Fueled by small-dollar donations, Trump’s fundraising haul almost doubled the previous single-day record on the WinRed platform. The Trump campaign highlighted that 29.7 percent of the donors were first-time contributors.

The NRCC’s post-verdict fundraising blew past the $175,000 it raised when Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected Speaker of the House. The NRSC’s fundraising also edged out the $325,000 it posted on Super Tuesday.

“The American people hate how the justice system was weaponized to convict President Trump,” NRCC spokesman Will Reinert said in a statement announcing the record contribution numbers. He added: “They are opening up their wallets to protest Joe Biden and House Democrats’ kangaroo court, and they will deliver the final verdict with their votes this November.”

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The Republican Party is setting fundraising records following the guilty verdict issued against former President Donald J. Trump in his Manhattan-based hush money trial on Thursday. Small-dollar donors have flocked to the Trump presidential campaign, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in response to the Democrat lawfare efforts against the presumptive Republican nominee. show more
May 31, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Trump To Hold Town Hall on X With Elon Musk.

Former President Donald J. Trump has agreed to hold a town hall event on X (formerly known as Twitter) with billionaire Elon Musk, the social media company’s owner. While the Trump presidential campaign and Musk have agreed to the event, in principle, a date for the town hall has yet to be set.

The town hall will be live-streamed on Musk‘s social media platform, with former President Trump fielding questions submitted by X users. In addition, the event will be broadcast on NewsNation. The X users participating in the town hall will be required to submit their questions to the event moderators, who are presumably Musk and a representative from NewsNation.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has also agreed to a similar event with X and Musk. Meanwhile, Joe Biden, the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent, declined Musk’s invitation to hold a town hall event on his social media platform.

Trump was suspended by Twitter, the predecessor to X, over three years ago following the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riots. The planned town hall would mark only the second time Trump has engaged with the platform since his suspension was lifted after Musk purchased Twitter in late 2022. Trump’s first X post since his suspension came on August 24, 2023, following his arrest and processing in Fulton County, Georgia, over alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election.

The National Pulse previously reported that Trump and Musk‘s former chilly relationship has thawed in recent months. Trump, for his part, has even floated the idea of a possible role for Musk in his presidential administration should he retake the White House in November.

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Former President Donald J. Trump has agreed to hold a town hall event on X (formerly known as Twitter) with billionaire Elon Musk, the social media company's owner. While the Trump presidential campaign and Musk have agreed to the event, in principle, a date for the town hall has yet to be set. show more
May 31, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Lawfare

RFK Jr. Accuses ‘Profoundly Undemocratic’ Democrats of ‘Weaponizing’ Courts Against Trump.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is accusing the Democrats, his former party, of adopting a strategy of trying to “beat President Trump in the courtroom rather than the ballot box.” He argues this is not only “profoundly undemocratic” but “will backfire in November.”

“America deserves a President who can win at the ballot box without compromising our government’s separation of powers or weaponizing the courts,” RFK Jr. wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

“You can’t save democracy by destroying it first. The Democrats are afraid they will lose in the voting booth, so instead they go after President Trump in the courtroom.”

Trump was convicted of dubious charges in a heavily Democrat area in a prosecution brought by a Democratic District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, on Thursday. The judge overseeing the case, Juan Merchan, has strong familial links to the Democratic Party but refused to recuse himself and even imposed a gag order banning Trump from talking about his conflicts of interest.

“This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt,” Trump said following his conviction.

“They wouldn’t give us a venue change. We were at 5 percent or 6 percent in this district, in this area. This was a rigged, disgraceful trial,” he stressed, adding that the “real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people.”

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is accusing the Democrats, his former party, of adopting a strategy of trying to "beat President Trump in the courtroom rather than the ballot box." He argues this is not only "profoundly undemocratic" but "will backfire in November." show more
May 31, 2024
Election 2024
Lawfare

Trump Campaign Raises $34.8 Million After Sham Trial Verdict.

Former President Donald J. Trump announced a substantial fundraising haul of nearly $35 million on Friday, less than 24 hours after the guilty verdict against him in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s hush money case. A New York jury found Trump guilty on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records after a weeks-long trial.

The guilty verdict appears to have galvanized Trump’s supporters instead of demoralizing them as the Biden government likely hoped. The volume of traffic to the campaign‘s donation page caused it to crash temporarily late on Thursday. Meanwhile, Friday morning, the campaign announced it had raised $34.8 million in small-dollar donations, nearly doubling its previous single-day record on the WinRed platform.

“From just minutes after the sham trial verdict was announced, our digital fundraising system was overwhelmed with support,” said Trump campaign Senior Advisors Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles in a joint statement. “Despite temporary delays online because of the amount of traffic, President Trump raised $34.8 million from small-dollar donors.”

The Trump campaign highlighted that 29.7 percent of the donors were first-time contributors to the WinRed platform. “President Trump and our campaign are immensely grateful for this outpouring of support from patriots across our country. President Trump is fighting to save our nation, and November 5 is the day Americans will deliver the real verdict,” they added.

Former President Trump’s latest fundraising haul follows an announcement that his campaign — along with the Republican National Committee and affiliated SuperPACs — raised $76 million in April. Last week, the Trump campaign pulled in an additional $25 million during a fundraiser in Houston, Texas.

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Former President Donald J. Trump announced a substantial fundraising haul of nearly $35 million on Friday, less than 24 hours after the guilty verdict against him in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush money case. A New York jury found Trump guilty on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records after a weeks-long trial. show more
May 31, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Biden Campaign In Free Fall With Black Voters.

National leaders in the Black community are warning Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign that the 81-year-old incumbent is failing to generate enthusiasm among Black voters — a critical base of support for the Democrat Party. With just over 150 days until the 2024 presidential election, they warn that the Biden campaign may be out of time to shore up turnout among Black communities in several critical battleground states.

Black leaders claim that the Biden campaign has not done enough to message to the critical minority voter group. They note that the information gap has left many Black voters without an understanding of any of the Biden government’s minority-focused policy achievements.

“I’m in a battleground state. I know what has and hasn’t been done. I felt a level of disconnection earlier on the message, on the messengers, and on mobilization,” Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV) said in an interview with POLITICO. Horsford serves as the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, a powerful group of Democrat lawmakers.

Radical progressive Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) pointed to the increasing numbers of voters getting their news from social media and the Biden campaign’s lack of urgency in the medium. “I think that the way that we communicate has changed in such a way that if you don’t invest earlier, it’s going to be a problem,” she said, adding: “I’m not saying that it’s the last minute, but we are in crunch time.”

While Black leaders in the Democratic Party point to messaging as the issue, polling data suggests Biden’s inability to bring inflation under control, the lack of full-time employment, and the illegal immigration crisis is what is driving minority voters away from Democrats. Several polls have shown Biden’s approval among Black voters at around 60 percent, down from over 90 percent in 2020.

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National leaders in the Black community are warning Joe Biden's presidential campaign that the 81-year-old incumbent is failing to generate enthusiasm among Black voters — a critical base of support for the Democrat Party. With just over 150 days until the 2024 presidential election, they warn that the Biden campaign may be out of time to shore up turnout among Black communities in several critical battleground states. show more