Tag: CNN
Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Jacob OglesJanuary 27, 2019
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said a government shutdown served as poor strategy to get border wall funding. But he said Democrats must work with President Donald Trump to further talks on immigration, and cheered the administration for recent actions regarding Venezuela. On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rubio told host Jake Tapper that he has […]

Jacob OglesDecember 28, 2018
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CNN singled out Republican Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate election effort this year as the “Best Campaign of 2018” nationwide during the just-wrapped election cycle. The Point Awards spotlighted the best and worst campaigns this year. It saw the term-limited Republican governor’s defeat of Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson — despite a national environment favoring the blue […]

Jacob OglesOctober 22, 2018
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Florida’s gubernatorial candidates took the debate stage—and met one another—for the first time in a debate hosted by CNN in Tampa. Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum traded barbs on President Donald Trump and the crime rate in Tallahassee, often delivering low blows amid high-minded policy points. DeSantis stressed his record as an Iraq […]

Jacob OglesOctober 22, 2018
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Hours before a Florida gubernatorial debate on the network, CNN released a poll showing Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum with a 12-point edge over Republican Ron DeSantis. DeSantis officials pushed back against the CNN survey, which Republicans say “polled an electorate never seen in Florida.” The same poll asked voters their stance in Florida’s U.S. Senate […]


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