The first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate says Kamala Harris “got it wrong” when she criticized Joe Biden over racial issues during a Democratic debate last week.
Carol
Moseley Braun, who represented Illinois in the Senate for one term,
from 1993 to 1999, said it was “sad” that Harris, a U.S. senator from
California, chose to attack Biden, the former vice president and U.S.
senator from Delaware.
“We can be proud of her nonetheless, but
her ambition got it wrong about Joe,” Moseley Braun said, according to
Politico. “He is about the best there is. For her to take that tack is
sad.”
“We
can be proud of her nonetheless, but her ambition got it wrong about
Joe. He is about the best there is. For her to take that tack is sad.” — Carol Moseley Braun, former U.S. senator
During
last Thursday’s debate in Miami, Harris blasted Biden’s decades-ago
work with segregationist senators, making the point personal by
explaining she was a member of only the second class of black children
in California to be bused to school in an effort to force desegregation.
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun. (Associated Press)
“That little girl was me,” Harris told the former vice president.
The
confrontation was viewed as a key moment for Harris, whom some claimed
had “won” the debate among 10 candidates. Harris’s campaign said it
raised more than $2 million in the 24 hours immediately after the debate.
Some of the money came from sales of $30 T-shirts with a photo of Harris as a child and the quote from the debate.
Biden, meanwhile, got involved in another race-related controversy the next day, when he made a remark in Chicago.
“That
kid wearing a hoodie may very well be the next poet laureate and not a
gangbanger," Biden said during a speech at the headquarters of the
Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a group of nonprofits organized by the Rev.
Jesse Jackson.
The comment drew backlash from Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and others, who took issue with Biden’s choice of words.
Moseley Braun, meanwhile, continues to stand by Biden, Politico reported. The 71-year-old Chicago native had previously endorsed Biden for president, the report said. Fox News’ Brie Stimson and Danielle Wallace contributed to this story.
Fox News' Raymond Arroyo guest hosted "The Ingraham Angle"
Tuesday and gave a concise explanation on why pride in America has
decreased in recent years and what America's past will teach citizens as
they approach the future.
"Obviously partisanship is accelerating
this dwindling pride in the country and frankly it shouldn't. No matter
who's elected president, no matter who's calling the shots in Congress
that should in no way disturb our love of country," Arroyo said
referencing a Gallup poll showing pride the country at an all time low.
"The
freedoms we enjoy, the prosperity all around us, the liberty that we
too often take for granted. Part of our problem is there's so little
that unites us today."
Arroyo criticized those that have
disparaged the founders and history of America, claiming that these
actions have eroded the one thing that united this diverse nation.
"This
was a republic founded on an ideal not blood or race but an ideal of
freedom and self governance. It was predicated on morality and common
purpose. But over the last few decades we have run down the reputation
of the founders, disparaged even the founding itself and strafed our own
history. Today we're fighting over Betsy Ross' flag," Arroyo said,
referencing a Wall Street Journal report
that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick asked Nike to shelve a
shoe featuring the Betsy Ross version of the American flag because it
was racist.
The Fox Nation personality argued that scrutinizing history would only further divide the country.
"This
self-loathing to this destructive cultural crusade to strike the memory
of any individual that fails to measure up to the shifting mores of the
day will only further divide us and hasten our forgetting of self,"
Arroyo said.
"History is made by human beings who are by their
nature flawed and broken and admit their failings are great lessons that
cannot and should not be forgotten."
Arroyo said that what makes us proud to be American is overcoming our shortcomings.
"We
owe it to our children to offer them the whole American story the good,
the bad, the sins and the glory. How else will they learn how to avoid
in the future or to emulate. And what to be proud of as Americans,"
Arroyo said.
Fareed Zakaria,
the CNN anchor, on Sunday said it “pains” him to admit it, but
President Trump was correct that the U.S. finds itself in a crisis with
asylum system and the number of new arrivals.
The host of “Fareed
Zakaria GPS,” was also critical of asylum rules that he called “vague,
laxed and being gamed.” Zakaria said asylum was initially intended for a
small number of people in the most extreme circumstances, not as a
process of immigration in itself. He said the rules need to be
“substantially tightened."
He pointed out that “many” current asylum-seekers often have “suspiciously similar stories” and employ “identical phrases.”
“Democrats
have spent most of their efforts on this topic, assailing the Trump
administration for its heartlessness,” he said. “Fine. But that does not
address the roots of this genuine crisis. If things continue to spiral
downward and America's southern border seems out of control, Trump's
tough rhetoric and hard-line stance will become increasingly attractive
to the public.”
A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a
Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum-seekers
locked up while they pursue their cases, saying the Constitution demands
that such migrants have a chance to be released from custody.
The
Justice Department did not immediately return an email seeking comment
from the AP, but the government was expected to quickly appeal the
decision. The Associated Press contributed to this report
Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale
isn't worried about whoever emerges as the Democratic challenger next
year and is confident the president will win four more years in the
White House.
"I think the president could beat anybody. The
momentum we're seeing right now. I mean look... one hundred five million
raised, a hundred million cash on hand. What we're seeing overall the
president success is overseas, the momentum behind this president right
now is like nothing that history has ever seen," Parscale said Tuesday
on "The Story with Martha MacCallum"
dismissing Democratic presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren, Kamala
Harris and Pete Buttigieg's rise in the polls and campaign fundraising.
The Trump campaign announced Tuesday that its re-election operation raised a whopping $105 million in the second quarter, significantly more than Democrats have been pulling in.
A Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday
showed Joe Biden at 22 percent, down 8 points from a prior poll in
June. Harris, meanwhile, soared from just 7 percent to 20 percent in the
latest survey, putting her in a statistical tie with the Democratic
powerhouse. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren held steady at 14
percent.
Parscale touted Trump's success in his presidency so far, saying that will fuel his re-election.
"We're
not even in the main portion of the campaign yet where we're already
raising large numbers, this president in the voice he has, the message
he can control, in the way he can control what's happening on the media.
No one can touch this," Parscale said.
"And I think the president is set for four more years."
MacCallum
asked the campaign manager how the president would respond to the
promises being made by Democrats including free college and health care.
Parscale gave Trump red for correcting the Affordable Care Act and said
the administration would have to talk about the "rising college
prices.
Parscale also said Republican and Latino voters looked "strong" for 2020.
"I
think the Republican Party is in a strong position with Latino voters
and other demographics. I think the Republic Party is on a straight
course to more victories win back the House lead the Senate and have
four more years of President Trump so I'm not worried about it one bit,"
Parscale said. Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is launching a massive get-out-the-vote campaign Tuesday aimed at identifying and enlisting 1 million student supporters of President Trump ahead of the 2020 election.
The
“Students for Trump” campaign will look to target students on more than
300 campuses, in what Kirk describes as the biggest operation of its
kind.
“This is the most aggressive voter identification GOTV
program targeting students on college campuses for a Republican
president ever,” Kirk told Fox News. “The road to the White House goes
straight through college campuses and the left is targeting a lot of
their messages on policy directly toward students—student loan
forgiveness, unrealistic socialist programs—we’re doing everything we
can to make sure Trump does get re-elected.” WATCH CHARLIE KIRK ON 'FOX & FRIENDS' TUESDAY AT 6:30 A.M.
The project is affiliated with Kirk's conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA.
The Students for Trump push originally was launched last election cycle
by conservative commentator Ryan Fournier, who then partnered with Kirk
and Turning Point USA to expand its reach.
Kirk told Fox News
that “Students for Trump” has a budget of $15 million, 150 staffers and a
presence on more than 1,400 college campuses due to its affiliation
with Turning Point USA. He described it as a “nationwide effort” with a
“hyper-focus” on key swing states.
Kirk told Fox News that the
goal is to “identify” Republicans on campuses and motivate them to the
polls with pro-Trump rallies, voter registration events, digital
advertising and more.
“We’re going to encourage students to vote
in the states where their campuses are,” Kirk said,
specifically referring to students at colleges in Florida, North
Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Ohio—key
states critical to a Trump victory.
“Democrats believe that this
is their path of least resistance—that they’ll be able to waltz onto
campuses, put their messages across with little to no cross-examination,
and what we’re doing is going to be a very large component,” Kirk said.
He'll have his work cut out for him.
According to a Gallup poll from March, only 28 percent of voters between the ages of 18 and 29 approve of the president’s job performance.
And
Democratic presidential candidates indeed are openly appealing to
students with student loan forgiveness programs and other promises of
free or subsidized higher education.
Kirk argued, though, that
“Students for Trump” will bring “much-needed sobriety and reality to
political promises being made by the left.”
“The probability that
these gallivanting politicians will be able to forgive massive student
loan debt and deliver free health care is quite low,” he said. “It would
add decreased economic mobility and freedom and opportunity, and adding
this type of reality is so overdue and needed.”
Kirk added that
while it is “very difficult to run up against an entire political party”
pushing for student loan forgiveness, he argued that “a large part of
the college population includes students who went to community college
first and worked their way through college.”
“The majority of
students do have student loan debt, but there are a fair amount of
students that work and have been paying off their student loans
religiously—do they get any form of reimbursement?” Kirk said. “We will
target those students in these key states that have worked their way
through college—and there are plenty of them.”
Kirk added that the
issue of student loan debt forgiveness is being used by Democrats as “a
carrot to make more students go vote for them, despite the unrealistic
nature of it.”
“We see Trump policies working for young people,
whether it be the best economy, lowest unemployment, or wages finally
going up for the middle class—we want to get that reality out there in
the face of a massive Democrat campaign,” Kirk said. “The battle of
ideas is going to be more consequential on college campuses in the next
18 months than I think ever before.”
The president's eldest son is expected to be involved with some of the group's events.
“I
am thrilled to see [Kirk] and his successful team focus on motivating
and turning our college students to help my father get reelected in
2020,” Donald Trump Jr. said in a statement.
The Students for Trump launch party is scheduled to be held next month in Las Vegas, timed with the start of the fall semester.
Just don’t do it.
That was the message ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick
delivered to Nike over the planned release of a USA-themed sneaker,
which featured a Betsy Ross flag on the heel, according to a report.
Nike
nixed the released of the Air Max 1 USA after having already sent the
sneakers to retailers because the protesting quarterback said he felt
the use of the Betsy Ross flag was offensive and carried slavery
connotations, sources told The Wall Street Journal.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Nike nixed the released of
the Air Max 1 USA after complaints from ex-NFL quarterback Colin
Kaepernick.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal’s report stated:
“After images of the shoe were posted online, Mr. Kaepernick, a Nike
endorser, reached out to company officials saying that he and others
felt the Betsy Ross flag is an offensive symbol because of its
connection to an era of slavery.”
"Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth
of July as it featured the old version of the American flag," a
spokeswoman reportedly said.
In response, a Nike spokeswoman told the Journal:
“Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of
July as it featured the old version of the American flag.”
The sneaker originally was slated to be released on Monday, and posts hyping its release said it would cost $140.
Kaepernick,
the former quarterback who famously kneeled during the National Anthem
starting in 2016, was named as the face of Nike’s latest “Just Do It”
campaign last year. After the announcement, Nike’s stock initially fell
more than 3 percent, before online sales increased.
A report from Edison Trends
said the company’s online sales grew 31 percent the week the campaign
was launched. The surge was stronger than the 17 percent increase
recorded last year during the same period, the report stated.
“There
was speculation that the Nike/Kaepernick campaign would lead to a drop
in sales but the data does not support that theory,” the company said in
a statement.
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun. (Associated Press)
