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CTV News
2 hours ago
- Business
- CTV News
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in South Carolina remarks, calls on Democrats ‘to be a little meaner'
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sought to energize activists at a Democratic state convention in South Carolina, as the party's 2024 vice presidential nominee works to keep up the high national profile he gained when Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate. Walz, a former schoolteacher who went on to serve in Congress and then became his state's governor, keynoted the South Carolina gathering in Columbia, traditionally a showcase for national-level Democrats and White House hopefuls. Speaking to convention delegates for more than half an hour, Walz used colorful language and spoke plainly as he lobbed criticism at President Donald Trump and called on his fellow Democrats to have the courage to stand up to the 'bully' in the White House. 'Maybe it's time for us to be a little meaner,' Walz said, to applause from the crowd. 'When it's a bully like Donald Trump, you bully the s—- out of him. ... This is a ... cruel man.' It was Walz's third set of large-scale remarks in less than 24 hours for Walz, who, along with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, spoke Friday night at the party's fundraising dinner, as well as an after-party fish fry hosted by Rep. Jim Clyburn. The events offered an opportunity for both Walz and Moore to test out their messages in front of hundreds of Democrats in the state that has long held the first-in-the-South Democratic presidential primary and, last year, led off the party's nominating calendar entirely. State party chair Christale Spain has said that she will renew the argument to keep the state's No. 1 position in the next cycle, but national party organizations haven't settled their 2028 calendars yet, and party officials in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada are also vying to go first. 'Donald Trump is the existential threat that we knew was coming,' Walz told the crowd Saturday morning, acknowledging that, for Democrats, 'it is going to be a challenging few years here.' As he did on Friday night, Walz praised his fellow Democrats for having the 'courage' to keep fighting in a largely Republican state, where Democrats haven't won a statewide election in about two decades and only hold one congressional seat — Clyburn's. 'Damnit, we should be able to have some fun and be joyful,' Walz said. 'We've got the guts and we need to have it to push back on the bullies and the greed.' Walz, on a long list of potential 2028 candidates who have been traveling to early-voting states, was expected to sound similar themes as a featured speaker as California Democrats gather in Anaheim on Saturday. 'We're fired up to welcome Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the Convention stage in Anaheim,' state chair Rusty Hicks said in a statement. 'He's a former teacher, a veteran, and a trailblazer who's spent his career fighting for working families and standing up for the values we all share — fairness, dignity, and opportunity for all.' Democrats have been debating since Harris lost to Trump in November over which direction the party should take. That self-examination reflects deep frustrations among Democratic voters that their leaders are failing to put up enough resistance against Trump, who has taken a much more aggressive approach to his second term in the White House. Walz hasn't officially said if he'll seek a third term in 2026, but acknowledges he's thinking about it. He said in a recent interview with KSTP-TV that he would probably wait to decide until July, after he calls a special session of the closely divided Minnesota Legislature to finish work on the state's next budget. Those negotiations have gone slowly despite his frequent meetings with legislative leaders. He's given mixed signals on a 2028 presidential run while keeping up his attacks on Trump. He told The New Yorker Radio Hour for an interview that aired in March that he would 'certainly consider that' if circumstances were right. He told CNN's 'State of the Union' last month that he was 'not thinking about running in 2028.' But he hasn't ruled it out, either, and has signaled possible interest in other ways. Following the Democratic ticket's defeat in November, Walz returned to the road in March when he went to Iowa to launch a series of town halls in competitive congressional districts represented by Republicans, after House Speaker Mike Johnson advised GOP representatives to avoid holding town halls because of protests at them. Walz's gubernatorial campaign organization, which has been actively raising money, has used his travels in 'Support Tim on the Road' fundraising pitches. 'For the past few weeks, I've been showing up where Republicans won't,' he wrote in one recent message, a theme he echoed on Saturday in South Carolina. 'I've hosted town halls in Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Texas to hear from people the GOP is neglecting.' Karnowski reported from Minneapolis. Meg Kinnard And Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Surprise 2028 pick? Democrats back unexpected candidate — and it's not Kamala Harris
Live Events FAQs (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel A new poll came out on May 30 by Atlas Intel. The poll asked Democratic voters who they want to support in the 2028 presidential primary. Ex - Vice President and Democratic candidate in 2024 Kamala Harris wasn't the top pick. Pete Buttigieg was the most popular pick among Democrats, as per the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and was also transportation secretary under Biden. 31.5% of Democrats in the poll said they would vote for him. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the second choice. 19.4% of Democrats picked her, as per MassLive Harris came in third, with 16.6% support. This result is different from other polls done in May by Echelon Insights and McLaughlin & Associates, which had Harris in first place. That's why the Atlas Intel poll stands out., as per of the top 3, Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez, or Harris, have officially said they are running for president yet. According to the CBS News report, Harris is thinking about running for California governor or trying again for Booker, U.S. Senator from New Jersey, was fourth in the poll. He got 10.4% support. California Governor Gavin Newsom came next with 7.1%. Then came Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro with 4.8%, as stated in the MassLive that, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer got 3.7%. 3.6% of Democrats said 'none of the above.' 1.4% chose Senator Raphael Warnock from Georgia. The poll was done from May 21 to May 27, and it included 3,469 U.S. adults. The margin of error is plus minus 2.2%, as mentioned in the MassLive go-to choice in the latest round of Atlas Intel poll seems to be Pete ButtigiegShe could make a run for the white House or for a governor's office.
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Snowflake' Trump Mercilessly Mocked As His Newest Legal Claim Backfires Spectacularly
President Donald Trump's critics are seizing on two words in his latest legal filing: 'mental anguish.' The president is suing CBS News over a '60 Minutes' interview last year with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump claims the network made 'deceptive' edits and accused it of 'voter interference.' In new court documents filed this week, Trump's attorneys claimed the interview 'led to widespread confusion and mental anguish of consumers, including plaintiffs.' Trump and Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) are the only plaintiffs listed in the filing. Trump reportedly turned down a $15 million settlement offer from Paramount Global, which owns CBS News. He is seeking $20 billion. Trump's critics mocked the president for claiming he suffered 'mental anguish' from watching a TV show: Snowflake. — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 29, 2025 America suffers mental anguish every day it sees Trump on TV. — Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) May 30, 2025 Can I sue because Trump causes me mental anguish every day? — David Doney (@David_Charts) May 30, 2025 He is so soft. — ThisBoomerHitsDifferent (@BoomerHitsDiff) May 30, 2025 Any "alpha males" want to chime in here?The "libtards are snowflakes" people?The "fuck your feelings" crowd?Anybody? No? — The Dens 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@FoxBrambleFarm) May 30, 2025 Donald Trump suffered 'mental anguish' from CBS News' editing of a '60 Minutes' interview with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris last fall, his lawyers are arguing in court papers-APWhat a snowflake — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) May 29, 2025 Ah….poor whiny baby TACO @POTUS suffers from mental anguish cause he's a psycho right wing lunatic — Some Velvet Blog (@somevelvetblog) May 30, 2025 These are the things that give Trump mental anguish. But he has no problem cutting USAID, which means babies around the world will starve. — Yankees101 (@SmartOne8927) May 30, 2025 Trump's 'mental anguish' — The Right Is Wrong (@therightiswron6) May 29, 2025 Wow, snowflake doesn't come close to describing Deranged Despot Donnie #TACOTrump. Strongman? Mob boss wannabe? HA. @POTUS@realDonaldTrump#TrumpIsUnfitForOfficehttps:// — Paul Rolfes (@prolfes) May 29, 2025 If he is that delicate — Diane Schulz (@dihicobra) May 30, 2025 A soft shell taco — Tamara McMillan (@wafflemum) May 29, 2025 Big baby — Jon MAGA is a CULT (@howsthat1959) May 30, 2025 Lawrence O'Donnell Makes Bold Prediction For 'Irreversibly Stupid' Trump's Next Big Loss 'How Does It Feel?': Jimmy Kimmel Gives Trump A Taste Of His Own Bitter Medicine House Republican Wants Americans To Get Aboard This Bizarre Trump Idea
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
I'm a journalist. Democrats made my job harder by hiding Biden's health decline.
The newest Biden-focused book to hit the market pulls no punches on its central premise. It's right there in the title: 'Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.' Two other books examining Biden's awkward, ill-timed handoff to Kamala Harris and Trump's subsequent re-election were also published this spring. Though less forward in their focus, the narratives of 'Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House' and 'Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History' also — inevitably — take a close look at Biden's flagging mental fitness. 'I have fresh reporting on an hour-by-hour, day-by-day basis of Biden's final days, and obviously his decline is a major part of the story,' Chris Whipple, author of 'Uncharted,' told Politico. Meanwhile, 'Fight' reveals that Harris aides 'strategized around the possibility that Biden might die in office' while, at an event two days after the debate that sealed Biden's campaign fate, fluorescent tape was affixed to the venue's carpet, serving as 'colorful bread crumbs [that] showed the leader of the free world where to walk.' The literary flurry around Biden's health is a testament to the nature of the book industry and the arms race among the Big 5 publishers. No one wants to be scooped or outsold. But the flood of Biden books ('2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America' is set to release in July), also speaks to the gravity of the subject at hand. 'I happen to think that to call it a 'cover-up' is simplistic,' said Whipple. 'I think it was stranger and way more troubling than that.' He's right, but for reasons beyond the obvious sabotage of the 2024 election. Because let's be clear: There wasn't a single person who saw Biden or heard him speak during the last year or so of his term who honestly believed he was 100% fit to be president. So instead of an honest conversation about Biden's health and mental facilities, Americans got a constant stream of gaslighting and false assurances. Instead of an opportunity to choose, via primary, the candidate who would represent the party in the November presidential election, Democratic voters were force-fed Harris in the 11th hour. She was a welcome pick for some, to be sure, but a tragic miscalculation for others. And all of it, of course, was fueled by a White House eager to pump the media with statements and stories to counter the legitimate speculation about the president's faculties. Republican voters — near- and far-right alike — have been complaining about 'fake news' since Trump's first term, and here Democrats were, piling it on thick. As a journalist, it's infuriating. Not because I was somehow duped into believing Biden was healthy, but because I am on the front lines, writing about what's going in our world — explaining, educating, providing necessary historical context — and constantly battling readers who think I'm making it all up. Opinion: Jackie Robinson is a Civil Rights hero. DEI helped him make history Anything that makes them uncomfortable? Fake news. Anything related to ongoing racial injustice? Definitely fake news. Anything that runs counter to the narrative they've already crafted in their minds? More. Fake. News. I've written plenty of columns that anger folks on the left as well, like when I questioned the focus on appealing to a wider audience during last summer's Democratic National Convention, instead of shoring up votes among the core base. Or when I then pointed to their too-late, surface-level overtures to Black men that ultimately resulted in 21% sliding to the right in November. But the difference between Democrat and Republican pushback to my columns is that, while the former group will disagree with my take on the facts, the latter disputes the facts altogether. Indeed, disbelief in journalism on the whole is a typically Republican phenomenon. And it's one that has been undoubtedly fueled by Democrats' unwillingness to tell the truth about their former leader. Opinion: Trump voluntarily left office. Biden had to be shoved aside. That's the real sin. There are plenty who would argue that the media was equally complicit in the Biden 'cover-up,' that journalists were all too willing to abdicate their reporting responsibilities, take whatever the Biden administration served them, and run it. Maybe they don't remember that journalists were saying something. Maybe they don't remember that those protestations were drowned out by the barrage of voices who wanted — needed — to keep the White House blue. I also hear Democrats speak often about this critical moment in American history, with our very democracy on the line. They're right. But they must not remember how important journalism is in upholding any democracy. Perhaps if they did, they'd understand that the same danger that arises when a billionaire newspaper owner dictates the paper's opinion coverage is present when a group of political insiders lie to the public, and the media, about the president's health. And they'd understand that now, all of us — journalists included — have to pay for their decisions. Andrea Williams is an opinion columnist for The Tennessean and curator of the Black Tennessee Voices initiative. She has an extensive background covering country music, sports, race and society. Email her at adwilliams@ or follow her on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @AndreaWillWrite and BlueSky at @ This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Biden's health coverup by Democrats made more 'fake news' | Opinion
Washington Post
9 hours ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Sanders says Harris fell short with working class. He has a plan to fix that.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is deploying his expansive political network to elevate left-leaning candidates and ideas in the midterm elections, accusing Democrats including Kamala Harris of falling short with working-class voters and raising fresh tensions in a party divided over how to rebuild. In an interview with The Washington Post during his 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour this spring, Sanders called Harris, the 2024 presidential nominee, a friend, but added that the campaign she ran 'went around the country with Liz Cheney, had billionaires talking for her, basically did not talk to the needs of the working class of this country.'
