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02-05-2025
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If they had to do it over again, Black Trump voters tell CNN they'd still vote for him
Three Black voters who voted for President Donald Trump told CNN this week they would still vote for him if they had to do it over again. "One thousand percent, absolutely yes," Kyasia Kraft, a young Black woman, who voted against Trump in 2016 and then for him in 2020, told CNN's Van Jones in a segment that aired Thursday on "Anderson Cooper 360." Another Black voter, Detra German, who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 but then voted for Trump in 2020, told Jones, who spoke with the voters in South Carolina, that she also would vote for Trump all over again. Focus Group Of Black Trump Supporters Say They Think Of Democrats As 'Liars' Who Are Attacking 'Our Children' "Now, in the future, I am not a die-hard Democrat or die-hard Republican," German said. "If there were a Democratic candidate who was more aligned for me, than I would vote Democrat." The third voter, Seth Dawkins, who wasn't always a Republican and whose family was "super Democratic," said that if he were to do it over, he'd still vote for Trump. Read On The Fox News App "For me, I like the border," Dawkins said. "I just don't like the idea of someone coming here illegally and getting benefits that can serve my community. So that's the reason why I support him on that border policy." Trump ran on reforming the crisis at the southern border and has made it a focus of his second presidency. Illegal border crossings have dropped dramatically since he took office. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) numbers released for March showed 7,180 recorded illegal crossings, a strong contrast to the monthly average of 155,000 crossings under former President Joe Biden. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture "When you think about the border, you think about people coming here who are getting more help than people who live here, who are born here?" Jones asked Dawkins. Dawkins told Jones he learned about the border issue from social media. "I got that perspective not from news channels, I got it from social media," Dawkins said. "TikTok is like a holy grail. We even see it with the things that we learn about the United States government outside of the United States. People are showing Americans, hey, look at what's going on. Do y'all know that your government is doing this? Have you seen this? Have you looked at it from this perspective?" Kraft, who voted against Trump in 2016 but for him in 2020, said that she is "sick and tired of seeing Black people sit there and complain about something," but not taking steps to make article source: If they had to do it over again, Black Trump voters tell CNN they'd still vote for him
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02-05-2025
- Politics
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If they had to do it over again, Black Trump voters tell CNN they'd still vote for him
Three Black voters who voted for President Donald Trump told CNN this week they would still vote for him if they had to do it over again. "One thousand percent, absolutely yes," Kyasia Kraft, a young Black woman, who voted against Trump in 2016 and then for him in 2020, told CNN's Van Jones in a segment that aired Thursday on "Anderson Cooper 360." Another Black voter, Detra German, who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 but then voted for Trump in 2020, told Jones, who spoke with the voters in South Carolina, that she also would vote for Trump all over again. "Now, in the future, I am not a die-hard Democrat or die-hard Republican," German said. "If there were a Democratic candidate who was more aligned for me, than I would vote Democrat." The third voter, Seth Dawkins, who wasn't always a Republican and whose family was "super Democratic," said that if he were to do it over, he'd still vote for Trump. "For me, I like the border," Dawkins said. "I just don't like the idea of someone coming here illegally and getting benefits that can serve my community. So that's the reason why I support him on that border policy." Trump ran on reforming the crisis at the southern border and has made it a focus of his second presidency. Illegal border crossings have dropped dramatically since he took office. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) numbers released for March showed 7,180 recorded illegal crossings, a strong contrast to the monthly average of 155,000 crossings under former President Joe Biden. "When you think about the border, you think about people coming here who are getting more help than people who live here, who are born here?" Jones asked Dawkins. Dawkins told Jones he learned about the border issue from social media. "I got that perspective not from news channels, I got it from social media," Dawkins said. "TikTok is like a holy grail. We even see it with the things that we learn about the United States government outside of the United States. People are showing Americans, hey, look at what's going on. Do y'all know that your government is doing this? Have you seen this? Have you looked at it from this perspective?" Kraft, who voted against Trump in 2016 but for him in 2020, said that she is "sick and tired of seeing Black people sit there and complain about something," but not taking steps to make changes.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Politics
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‘Flat-Out Wrong': Stephen Miller Slapped Down by CNN Legal Expert
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig blasted Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller's claims about the administration's deportation tactics, saying Miller was 'flat-out wrong' after the Supreme Court ruled against he administration. Miller posted on X on Sunday that the only 'process' Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was entitled to was 'deportation' after a federal judge ruled the government must return the Salvadorian to the U.S.—because, as the Trump administration has admitted, he never should have been deported in the first place. However, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that even migrants the government sought to deport under the wartime Alien Enemies Act must be given time to appeal the decision—making Miller's point wrong, Honig said. 'That's flat-out wrong by Stephen Miller,' Honig told Anderson Cooper on Anderson Cooper 360 on Monday. 'Even the six conservative justices say anyone is allowed to go into court to challenge this.' The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration was allowed to proceed with enforcing the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law that gives the executive branch more power to remove migrants it deems threats to national security. The three liberal justices and conservative Amy Coney Barrett offered dissents, and the court ruled that the migrants must be allowed to have a federal court review the deportation orders in the district where they're being held. 'The majority, the conservative justices, said, 'You have to do it through this thing called habeas,' which has to be filed in the district where the actual person is being held,' Honig said. 'The liberals wanted to give broader rights to challenge this in court more broadly, geographically and with respect to how they challenge it. Everyone agrees you can challenge this in court." Still, Trump, Miller, and a slew of national security officials heralded the decision as a win for the administration's efforts to impose sweeping deportation orders. 'This was a huge, I mean monumental victory for President Trump,' Miller said on Hannity Monday. 'Those monsters can now be hunted down and expelled from this country with speed, force, and efficiency.' Just so long, Honig said, that a court gets a say in the decision. 'All nine justices agree that any deportee under this act does have a right to go to the courts and to challenge it,' Honig said.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
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Trump Aide Reveals Staff's Withering Verdict on Tariffs Guru
A former staffer to President Donald Trump Monday claimed that Peter Navarro—the man behind the tariff rollout—was intentionally left out of White House meetings because of his incompetence. 'What I'm stunned by, I worked with Peter Navarro. I liked Peter Navarro,' said Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as Trump's director of strategic communications and assistant in 2020. 'But Peter Navarro was actively kept out of key economic meetings in the Oval Office by people like Steve Mnuchin, Larry Kudlow, and members of the NEC, because he often didn't have all the facts and all the details, and gave half-baked ideas to President Trump.' Griffin's description of the aide on CNN's 'Anderson Cooper 360″ came just before Trump's billionaire adviser Elon Musk called Navarro 'dumber than a sack of bricks, 'a 'moron,' and suggested he be called by the slur 'Peter Retarddo.' Navarro, who led the charge on Trump's tariff plan, has promised the American public that the country will not sink into recession despite the fact that markets plunged early this week and only slightly bounced back Tuesday. 'I'm not surprised to know he is a chief architect of what was a disastrous rollout of tariffs,' admitted Griffin. Trump's sweeping taxes have been met with extreme backlash from both parties who claim that the math was faulty and the exaggerated percentages will wreck the economy. Navarro tried to assure the public during a Monday interview on on Fox News's 'The Ingraham Angle.' He said the market is 'finding a bottom now, but it … look, here's the thing … it's going to shift over, and it's going to be companies in the S&P 500 who are the first to produce here. Those are the ones are going to lead the recovery.' The taxes include a 10 percent base tariff on nearly all foreign trading partners and additional higher tariffs on several U.S. allies. Griffin slammed the mixed signals coming out of the White House, saying 'they do have a messaging problem. Everyone's saying different things about the end game.' Trump defends the policy, which was calculated based on an economist who has publicly rebuked the math and claimed that it is 'very wrong.' 'We're going to get fair deals and good deals with everybody,' Trump said Monday. 'And if we don't, we're going to have nothing to do with them. They're not going to be allowed to participate in the United States.' Griffin referenced Navarro's Monday Financial Times op-ed, titled 'Donald Trump's tariffs will fix a broken system.' While his essay claimed there's 'no concessions' or 'deal to be made,' said Griffin, 'you have others saying we're open to negotiations.' 'But messaging is secondary to the policy issue here,' she added. 'These tariffs are devastating. And every traditional economist, every Republican economist, for decades would have said that this is something that would hurt wealth in this country, that would have the impact it did on the markets.' The tariff fallout has divided even the most devoted MAGA members, including conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro, who called the agenda 'pretty crazy' and 'probably unconstitutional.' Several major bankers and financial leaders, including BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, have also denounced the policy, which he said was 'destabilizing the economy.' Even DOGE leader Musk seems to distrust Navarro and has recently questioned his credentials and even broken rank with the president to stand in opposition to tariffs. The White House declined to comment on Griffin's statements but pointed the Daily Beast to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's recent response to Musk's criticism: 'Whatever. We are the most transparent administration in history, expressing our disagreements in public."
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25-03-2025
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CNN implements new schedule without midnight show pitched to Jim Acosta, what ever happened to it?
It has been more than three weeks since CNN implemented its revamped programming lineup, but still no sign of the midnight show that was offered to former anchor Jim Acosta. In mid-January, days before President Donald Trump's inauguration, it was reported that CNN chief Mark Thompson wanted to overhaul daytime programming involving a reshuffling of its current anchors, most notably moving Wolf Blitzer and his long-running show "The Situation Room" to mornings. But little did Acosta know he was getting bumped as a result, with Blitzer and CNN's Pamela Brown set to co-anchor "The Situation Room" at Acosta's 10 a.m. ET timeslot. Thompson pitched Acosta the midnight show, stressing that he would be getting an extra hour of programming versus the single hour he previously had and would simulcast on CNN's other channels, including CNN International, reaching a global audience. Cnn Staffers In Shock About Jim Acosta's Abrupt Exit From The Network And while the proposed timeslot would run 12-2 a.m. ET, it would overlap with primetime programming on the West Coast, airing from 9-11 p.m. PT. If Acosta accepted, the shift would have involved him moving out of CNN's D.C. headquarters and into the network's Los Angeles bureau, according to reports. Read On The Fox News App In the end, Acosta walked, and in his final broadcast on Jan. 27 took parting shots at the new president, who he previously clashed with during Trump's first term in office. Fast-forward to March 3, the day CNN's new programming lineup officially launched, except there isn't the midnight show that was previously promised to Acosta. Re-airings of "Anderson Cooper 360" and "Erin Burnett Outfront" have continued to fill the two-hour slot Acosta passed over. Liberal critics at the time of Acosta's exit accused CNN of wanting to sideline him during the second Trump administration and make the liberal anchor less visible with what many in the media, like The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, called the "graveyard shift." Thompson publicly insisted, "We wanted Jim to stay," during his appearance at Semafor's media summit last month. Jim Acosta Announces He's Leaving Cnn Jim Acosta Taunts Trump As He Launches Independent Show Following Cnn Exit, Vows He Won't Be Silenced One CNN insider suspected Thompson's midnight offer to Acosta wasn't serious. "I have heard no discussion or scuttle about the slot being filled at all," the insider familiar with CNN's programming decisions told Fox News Digital. The source did believe Thompson earnestly prefers not to have re-airings post-midnight with his broader goal of 24-hour live programming as he prepares CNN to evolve in the streaming era. When asked whether they thought Thompson was actively searching for someone for the midnight slot, the CNN source replied, "I don't think he is." "Mark probably would say that he wants more live overnight, and he hoped Acosta would be first up at that, but since Acosta wouldn't, Mark will have to wait," the network insider said. A second source familiar with the discussions between Thompson and Acosta told Fox News Digital that the midnight show was specifically offered only to Acosta without anyone else at CNN being considered for it, which was why the network left the post-midnight schedule that included re-airings of other programs intact. Fox News Digital reached out to CNN for article source: CNN implements new schedule without midnight show pitched to Jim Acosta, what ever happened to it?
