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Category: Election 2024
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
May 30, 2024
Election 2024

DATA: Arab Americans Prefer Trump Over Biden by 14 Points.

A new poll from the Arab American Institute reveals that former President Donald J. Trump holds a substantial lead over the Democrat incumbent Joe Biden among Arab Americans in crucial battleground states. The survey, published on Thursday, indicates that 32 percent of Arab Americans in Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia would choose Trump, compared to 18 percent for the 81-year-old Biden, reflecting a 14-point advantage for the Republican presidential nominee.

Among the respondents, 25 percent indicated they were “not sure” about their vote, surpassing the number of Biden supporters. Notably, 59 percent of Arab Americans said they had voted for Biden in the 2020 election, signaling a significant shift in voter sentiment.

In state-specific results, Trump leads substantially in Florida, with 44 percent support against Biden’s 8 percent. In Michigan, Trump garners 28 percent compared to Biden’s 15 percent. Pennsylvania shows a 44 to 29 percent lead in favor of Trump. In Virginia, the race is tight, with both candidates at 22 percent, while “not sure” accounts for 23 percent of the responses.

The poll highlights that 79 percent of Arab Americans who identify as Republicans support Trump, while just 46 percent of Arab American Democrats back Biden. Among independents, 27 percent support Trump, 13 percent favor Biden, and 33 percent remain uncertain.

The survey reveals that Biden‘s support is notably weak among young and foreign-born Arab Americans, with just 8 percent of individuals aged 18 to 34 and 10 percent of foreign-born Arab Americans expressing support for Biden. The primary concern for Arab Americans is the ongoing conflict in Gaza, with 60 percent identifying it as their top issue. Only 5 percent of respondents approve of Biden’s handling of the situation.

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A new poll from the Arab American Institute reveals that former President Donald J. Trump holds a substantial lead over the Democrat incumbent Joe Biden among Arab Americans in crucial battleground states. The survey, published on Thursday, indicates that 32 percent of Arab Americans in Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia would choose Trump, compared to 18 percent for the 81-year-old Biden, reflecting a 14-point advantage for the Republican presidential nominee. show more
May 30, 2024
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Fulton County Sued by Election Board Member Over 2024 Data Access Denial.

Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County, Georgia, Board of Elections, has filed a lawsuit against the county, the board, and the county’s election director, Nadine Williams. The lawsuit, filed last week, alleges that Adams was denied access to critical election information during this year’s primary elections, hindering her ability to prevent election fraud.

Adams claims that Williams consistently obstructed her from performing her duties as a board member. “Over the years, the Board has purportedly delegated core BRE responsibilities to an appointed Election Director. Plaintiff swore an oath to ‘prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse’ in Fulton County elections and to ‘make a true and perfect return,'” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit further emphasizes that Adams’ obligations are “frustrated by the repeated and continuing refusal to allow Plaintiff access to, and direct knowledge of, the information Plaintiff reasonably believes she needs to execute her duties faithfully and thoroughly.”

Adams asserts that Williams denied her requests for access to election-related materials and documents. Williams argued that these materials undergo a “rigorous validation process” and should “simply be trusted.” As a result, Adams voted against certifying the results of the state-level congressional primary held on May 21. She cited her inability to access necessary information as the reason she could not fulfill her responsibilities on the board.

Adams seeks a ruling from Fulton County Superior Court to clarify the role of the county’s election director and to grant her access to election materials. This lawsuit follows recent issues regarding election integrity in Fulton County, including the double counting of approximately 3,075 ballots in the 2020 presidential election.

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Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County, Georgia, Board of Elections, has filed a lawsuit against the county, the board, and the county's election director, Nadine Williams. The lawsuit, filed last week, alleges that Adams was denied access to critical election information during this year's primary elections, hindering her ability to prevent election fraud. show more
May 30, 2024
Election 2024

TikTok Influencers Fuel Progressive Revolt Against Joe Biden.

Since taking office in 2021, Joe Biden and his Democrat allies have sought favor with social media influencers — especially on the Chinese-owned video app TikTok. Biden campaign officials see TikTok as a powerful tool to influence and energize the youth vote for the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent, especially among the app’s more progressive users. However, following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, TikTok has increasingly become a source of anti-Biden content — especially among young progressives.

According to Pew Research, around one-third of adults under the age of 30 receive their news from videos on the TikTok app. Progressive influencers like Kahlil Greene wield huge audiences on the platform — something the Biden campaign had hoped would boost youth support for the octogenarian incumbent. Instead, the platform’s powerful progressive content creators have turned on Biden.

Analysis conducted by CredoIQ — a marketing firm specializing in social media’s political influence — reveals that more than 20 percent of top left-leaning TikTok influencers have posted anti-Biden content, amassing over 100 million views in the first four months of this year. The Israel-Hamas war and possible TikTok ban make up a bulk of the anti-Biden content.

“What I would be concerned about is kind of the wildfire anti-Biden movement leaping from anti-Biden progressives to a larger group of young people,” Ben Darr, president and founder of CredoIQ, said of his firms’s analysis. Several national presidential polls appear to corroborate Biden’s TikTok problem, with the Democrat incumbent virtually tied with his Republican challenger, Donald J. Trump, among voters under 30.

Despite Biden approving a potential ban on TikTok in late April, his presidential campaign has remained active on the Chinese-owned app. Additionally, The National Pulse reported in January that Priorities USA, a Democrat-aligned SuperPAC, will drop $1 million to boost pro-Biden messaging by top influencers on the app.

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Since taking office in 2021, Joe Biden and his Democrat allies have sought favor with social media influencers — especially on the Chinese-owned video app TikTok. Biden campaign officials see TikTok as a powerful tool to influence and energize the youth vote for the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent, especially among the app's more progressive users. However, following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, TikTok has increasingly become a source of anti-Biden content — especially among young progressives. show more