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The Democrats’ social media account criticized after claiming Biden won debate
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The Democrats’ social media account criticized after claiming Biden won debate

Join Fox News for access to this content You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. The Democrats' social media account got roasted in the comment section after asserting President Biden won Thursday night's presidential debate."The winner of tonight’s debate," The Democrats declared in a X post Thursday night following the first presidential debate. The post included an image — notably not from the debate — of a grinning President Biden wearing his signature aviator sunglasses.Voters quickly to...
Vince Fong brings Asian representation to central California as McCarthy’s replacement
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Vince Fong brings Asian representation to central California as McCarthy’s replacement

Over the past year, Roy Sekine volunteered and helped organize fundraisers to ensure that Vince Fong became the first Asian American congressman to represent his hometown of Bakersfield in California’s 20th District, which covers the state’s deeply conservative farm belt.Sekine, who’s Japanese American and a retired technology services supervisor, said he believes Fong embodies the changing values and politics of an Asian electorate that’s increasingly concerned with rising crime rates and costs of living and has become disillusioned with the state’s ruling party.“Most Asians in Congress are Democrats. They always talk about Trump but they never talk about crime,” Sekine, 64, said. “I hate Asian elderly being targeted. I want an orderly society.”Fong, a former California State Assembly me...
Another oops: Campaign text invokes James Carville, though strategist predicted Biden would drop out
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Another oops: Campaign text invokes James Carville, though strategist predicted Biden would drop out

James Carville, the longtime Democratic strategist known as the “Ragin’ Cajun,” said in an interview published Saturday that he does not think President Biden will be on the ticket come Election Day. But hours after the story was published, the Biden campaign sent a fundraising message invoking his name.“Hi, it’s James Carville. I need you and Democrats everywhere to make a contribution to the Biden-Harris campaign ASAP. Help them defeat Donald Trump,” the text said.Carville told The Post that he “never signed off on that.”Hours before the campaign text was sent, Carville was quoted in an Axios story examining who would play a role in influencing whether Biden would step aside in the wake of his halting presidential debate performance.Carville, who was the lead strategist for Bill Clinton...
Major Democratic Donors Ask Themselves: What to Do About Biden?
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Major Democratic Donors Ask Themselves: What to Do About Biden?

The Democratic Party’s perennially nervous donor class descended into deep unease on Friday, as some of the wealthiest people in America commiserated over President Biden’s weak debate performance and puzzled over what, if anything, they could do to change the course of the race.There were discussions with political advisers about arcane rules under which Mr. Biden might be removed from the ticket against his will and replaced at or before the Democratic National Convention, according to a person familiar with the effort.In Silicon Valley, a group of megadonors, including Ron Conway and Laurene Powell Jobs, were calling, texting and emailing one another about a situation they described as a possible catastrophe. The donors wondered about whom in the Biden fold they could contact to reach ...
Ted Cruz Drops Big Prediction About Replacing Biden and Who It Will Be – RedState
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Ted Cruz Drops Big Prediction About Replacing Biden and Who It Will Be – RedState

In the wake of Joe Biden's debate implosion, there's a lot of panic going on in the Democratic Party. CNN's John King encapsulated it on Thursday night:“VERY AGGRESSIVE PANIC IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!” pic.twitter.com/yE0vbKiClJ— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 28, 2024 "Very aggressive panic," he termed it. In the immediate wake of the debate, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke with Ben Ferguson on their podcast, "The Verdict," about the debacle. As Rebecca Downs at our sister site Townhall reported:Cruz agreed with King that "Joe Biden did unbelievably badly, that the degree of dementia he is facing right now, it has escalated to a point that it is unrecognizable," adding "I think there are a great many Democrats who are looking at this saying 'we cannot nominate this man, he is not capable, ...
Biden-Harris campaign claims it raised $27M since debate
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Biden-Harris campaign claims it raised $27M since debate

The re-election campaign for President Biden says it has raised a whopping $27 million since his rocky debate performance against former President Trump.From the day of the debate through Friday evening, the Biden-Harris campaign told Fox News that it had raised $27 million.The updated figure comes after the campaign said on Friday that it raised $14 million in "a sign of strength of our grassroots support" on debate day and the morning after.The campaign also noted Friday that 11 p.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday – the first hour after the debate – was the single best hour of fundraising since the campaign's launch in April 2023.BIDEN AIMS TO CHANGE NEGATIVE NARRATIVE AFTER ROUGH DEBATE WITH TRUMP The re-election campaign for President Biden says it has raised $27 million since his rocky deb...