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Associated PressSeptember 19, 2020

President Donald Trump on Saturday urged the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election. The White House was making preparations to select a nominee for the seat held by Ginsburg, who spent […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2020

Senator wouldn't take the bait, but dropped a hint.

A.G. GancarskiMay 29, 2020

President tweeted that when the looting starts, the shooting starts.

Associated PressMarch 31, 2020

The argument breaks sharply with assurances that the Trump administration made early on about the virus.

Joe HendersonJune 22, 2016

The fact Marco Rubio reneged on his vow not to run for re-election to the U.S. Senate isn’t that big of a deal. Politicians change their minds all the time. A much bigger deal — and a reality Marco apologists choose to ignore — is the fact Rubio has done a spectacularly lousy job since elected to […]

Mitch PerryJune 18, 2016

Jupiter Congressman and Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy savaged Marco Rubio at a news conference in Hollywood on Saturday, describing the fact that Rubio may use the shooting massacre in Orlando last weekend as the pretext for deciding to run for re-election to the Senate seat to which Murphy is aspiring. “”I cannot tell you […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 11, 2016

Marlon Bateman, a booker for Hugh Hewitt, has joined Marco Rubio’s campaign press team, POLITICO has reported. Bateman, a Marine combat veteran, is expected to join the campaign next week, according to POLITICO. Hewitt told POLITICO that Bateman had been with the show for more than three years, and said Bateman “is the best young man.” […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2015

The revelation that one of the men involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris entered Europe with a Syrian passport was enough evidence to convince 23 governors (all Republican, with the exception of New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan, involved in a tight bid for re-election) yesterday to say that they don’t want the federal government to expatriate […]

Mitch PerryNovember 14, 2015

In a pre-scheduled interview tapes with Salem Radio talk-show host Hugh Hewitt shortly after the news was breaking on the terrorist attacks in Paris, Jeb Bush said it’s time for America to lead and called the war on Islamic terrorist “the war on our time.” “No, I’m not surprised,” Bush told Hewitt when asked about […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 16, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush faces a pivotal moment in his presidential campaign on Wednesday when he goes into a prime-time debate needing to make a mark in a Republican race dominated by Donald Trump. Once considered a heavy favorite for his party’s nomination, Bush has been overshadowed by Trump’s bomb-throwing rhetoric. Still trailing in […]

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Donald Trump to Senate: Vote ‘without delay’ on his high court pick

Rick Scott won’t say Joe Biden is senile, but compares him to Bill Nelson

In wake of President’s ‘shooting starts’ tweet, Rick Scott sides with Donald Trump

Mitch McConnell: Impeachment ‘diverted attention’ from coronavirus

Joe Henderson: It’s not that Marco Rubio reneged; it’s that he did a lousy job in Senate

Patrick Murphy blasts Marco Rubio for using Orlando tragedy as reason to re-enter Senate race

Report: Marlon Bateman joins Marco Rubio campaign

Mitch Perry Report for 11.17.15 – No Syrian refugees, please

Jeb Bush on Paris terror attack: This is the war of our time

Jeb Bush faces key moment in U.S. presidential debate