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Report: Top Democrats Hesitant To Commit To Certifying Potential Trump Victory

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Several top Democrats, including House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), have indicated that they may not commit to certifying the 2024 presidential election results if former President Donald Trump secures a victory. This reluctance was revealed during discussions with Axios, raising questions about the partyโ€™s stance on the upcoming election certification process.

Per Breitbart:

Raskin denied Trump won the 2016 election when he objected to Trumpโ€™s electors in 2017.

If Trump โ€œwon a free, fair and honest election, then we would obviously accept it,โ€ Raskin said, assuming the election was free, fair and honest. โ€œI definitely donโ€™t assume that,โ€ he added. โ€œDemocrats donโ€™t engage in election fraud and election fabrication.โ€

A video surfaced in September of a panel discussion in February 2024 in which Raskin speculated that Congress would invalidate a Trump election victory, even though it could be at the risk of โ€œcivil war.โ€

โ€œIt is not clear whether Raskin was actually outlining a plan of action, or rather using a hypothetical to argue that the U.S. Supreme Court was placing what he considered an undue burden on Congress to keep Trump out of office,โ€ Breitbart Newsโ€™s Joel Pollak reported.

House Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) echoed Raskinโ€™s concerns, telling Axios that Democrats would certify a Trump victory โ€œassuming everything goes the way we expect it to โ€ฆ We have to see how it all happens.โ€

McGovern also objected to Trumpโ€™s electors in 2017.

The uncertainty among Democrats comes amid heightened political tension with 24 days until the presidential election. Raskin, who has been an outspoken critic of Trump, previously called the former presidentโ€™s legacy โ€œAmerican carnage.โ€

In response to Thursdayโ€™s development, former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark criticized the Democratsโ€™ position. Taking to X, Clark expressed frustration with what he sees as a double standard in how objections to election certifications are perceived:

Do you see how this works? If youโ€™re a Republican in Congress and you object to certifying a President, youโ€™re called an insurrectionist. But if youโ€™re a Democrat like Jamie Raskin, you can object all you want, and itโ€™s โ€œprotecting our democracy.โ€

Election certification has been a contentious issue since the unfounded claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential race, with Democrats consistently emphasizing the need to safeguard democracy. However, their reluctance to fully commit to certifying a potential Trump win could deepen mistrust on both sides of the political aisle.

Article Published With The Permission of American Liberty News.

Democrats Get Dramatic After Kamala Loss – Blame Biden

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    Democrats are still reeling after Donald Trump’s landslide victory…

    Democrats are turning on Joe Biden after Vice President Kamala Harris‘ loss to the former President.

    They say his advancing age, questions over his mental acuity and deep unpopularity put Democrats at a huge disadvantage. According to reports from Politico, Democrats are livid that they were forced to embrace a candidate who voters had made clear they did not want โ€” and then stayed in the race long after it was clear he couldnโ€™t win.

    โ€œHe shouldnโ€™t have run,โ€ said Jim Manley, a top aide to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. โ€œThis is no time to pull punches or be concerned about anyoneโ€™s feelings. He and his staff have done an enormous amount of damage to this country.โ€

    โ€œHeโ€™s a good man who can be proud of his accomplishments. But his legacy is in tatters,โ€ Manley said. โ€œThe country is headed in a very dangerous direction and itโ€™s due in part to his arrogance.โ€

    โ€œShe ran an extraordinary campaign with a very tough hand that was handed to her,โ€ Mark Longabaugh, a Democratic strategist and former adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), said of Harris. โ€œThe truth of the matter is, Biden should have stepped aside earlier and let the party put together a longer game plan.โ€

    โ€œThere was a Biden weariness,โ€ James Zogby, a three-decade veteran of the Democratic National Committee, said of the shift among the electorate in recent years. โ€œAnd he hung on too long.โ€

    Senior Harris campaign advisor David Plouffe also seemingly blamed Biden for Kamala’s poor Election Day performance.

    In what many perceived as a swipe at Biden, Plouffe wrote on X: โ€œWe dug out of a deep hole but not enough. A devastating loss.โ€

    Plouffe dismantled his X account late Wednesday after receiving backlash for his remarks.

    According to Fox News White House senior correspondent Jacqui Heinrich one source in the Biden camp branded Plouffe a โ€œsanctimonious assโ€ and another told her the tweet was โ€œunproductiveโ€ โ€“ adding: โ€œJoe Biden is the President of the United States and won without [Plouffe]. He successfully beat Donald Trump โ€“ something [Plouffe] never did.โ€

    Pennsylvania Man Charged For Allegedly Threatening To Kill Trump

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    President Donald Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

    A 22-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing federal charges after allegedly making violent threats against President-elect Donald Trump just days before he was set to take office.

    According to the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Jacob Buckley of Port Matilda posted several alarming threats on TikTok under the username โ€œJacob_buckleyโ€ on January 16. His posts included, โ€œIโ€™m going to kill Trumpโ€ and other comments targeting MAGA supporters.

    He also wrote on the TikTok account,ย “Iโ€™m going to kill Trump,” and, “Bro we going into a literal oligarchy in 4 days and im going to kill Trump,” according to prosecutors.ย 

    Federal prosecutors confirmed that Buckley was charged by criminal information for threatening Trump as the incoming President. The investigation was led by the U.S. Secret Service.

    “The maximum penalty upon conviction on the Information is 5 yearsโ€™ imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, a fine, and the imposition of a special assessment,” the office added.ย 

    If convicted, Buckley could face up to five years in prison, along with fines and supervised release.

    This case comes just weeks after another manโ€”37-year-old Carl Montague of Rhode Islandโ€”was charged for allegedly threatening to kill Trump and members of his incoming administration on Truth Social. Montagueโ€™s posts included violent threats aimed at Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

    Republican Group Planning $50M Campaign To Stop Trump Re-election

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    Donald Trump via Gage Skidmore Flickr

    A coalition of anti-Trump Republicans are willing to do whatever it takes to prevent a second Trump term in the White House.

    Republican Voters Against Trump plans to spend $50 million on the anti-Trump campaign.

    The campaign is organized by Sarah Longwell, a Republican strategist and longtime Trump critic. The plan is to target โ€œmoderate Republicanโ€ and Republican-leaning voters in swing states withย testimonial videos of past Trump supporters who will share why they wonโ€™t be supporting the former president in the next election.

    According to The Hill, the ads featuring the former Trump voter testimonials will be deployed on TV, streaming platforms, billboards, radio and digital media. They will run in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.ย 

    โ€œFormer Republicans and Republican-leaning voters hold the key to 2024, and reaching them with credible, relatable messengers is essential to re-creating the anti-Trump coalition that made the difference in 2020,โ€ Longwell, the president of the groupโ€™s Republican Accountability PAC, said in a Tuesdayย statement.

    โ€œIt establishes a permission structure that says thatโ€”whatever their complaints about Joe Bidenโ€”Donald Trump is too dangerous and too unhinged to ever be president again. Who better to make this case than the voters who used to support him?โ€

    The voters who are sharing their testimonies are generally not applauding Biden or arguing why he should be reelected in 2024, but mostly sharing which incidents made them oppose the former president. 

    โ€œI voted for Donald Trump in 2020. January 6 was the end of Donald Trump for me,โ€ Ethan, a Wisconsin resident, says in theย video. He will be voting for Biden. โ€œThe peaceful transfer of power is one of the defining pieces of our democracy, and I could not believe that someone I had formerly supported would get behind an effort that would throw that under the bus โ€ฆ There is no choice.โ€

    ย The group had a similar strategy in 2020 where they shared over 1,000 testimonials during the election.

    Trump Says GOP Has a ‘Good Bench’ for 2028โ€”But Wonโ€™t Name a Successor Yet

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    President Trump says Republicans are well-positioned for the futureโ€”and that the party has a deep lineup of potential leaders ready to carry the America First agenda into 2028.

    In an interview airing Wednesday night on NewsNationโ€™s โ€œKatie Pavlich Tonight,โ€ Trump was asked whether he sees a clear successor who could continue his legacy in the White House.

    โ€œI hope so,โ€ Trump said. โ€œAnd we certainly have a good bench. We have some very talented people.โ€

    While the president acknowledged he has early favorites, he declined to name any one candidate this far out.

    โ€œI do, but itโ€™s so early,โ€ Trump told Pavlich. โ€œI donโ€™t like to [say].โ€

    Trump Highlights Key Leaders Driving the Agenda

    When pressed for names, Trump pointed to the strength of his administration and the results his team is deliveringโ€”especially on issues central to Republican voters, including border security, economic recovery, and restoring Americaโ€™s standing abroad.

    โ€œLook, we have great people,โ€ Trump said. โ€œIโ€™m not just talking about one or twoโ€”we have so many great people.โ€

    Asked again who specifically stood out, Trump singled out several of the most prominent figures in his circle:

    • Vice President JD Vance, whom Trump credited with strong leadership and loyalty to the MAGA coalition
    • Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a familiar and experienced voice on foreign policy
    • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has been a key figure in Trumpโ€™s economic team

    Trump also praised officials leading the administrationโ€™s crackdown on illegal immigration and security efforts:

    • Tom Homan, Trumpโ€™s border czar and a longtime advocate of tougher enforcement
    • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has taken a visible role in administration security priorities

    โ€œI could name 20 people that are phenomenal,โ€ Trump added.

    A Sign of Confidenceโ€”and a Message to Voters

    Trumpโ€™s remarks are being read by many Republicans as a clear message: the GOP is not just a one-man movement. While Trump remains the dominant figure in conservative politics, his comments suggest the broader America First bench is expandingโ€”a sign of stability and staying power for the party beyond any single election cycle.

    In recent years, Republican voters have increasingly prioritized candidates who will:

    • fight the administrative state rather than manage it
    • take border enforcement seriously
    • resist โ€œforever warโ€ foreign policy
    • challenge corporate-media narratives instead of courting them

    Trumpโ€™s list reflects that shift and highlights Republicans who have gained credibility with the base through real governance and public-facing leadership.

    Midterms: Republicans Eye a Comeback in 2026

    The comments come as Republicans begin gearing up for the 2026 midterms following setbacks in last yearโ€™s elections. Democrats and their allied media have tried to portray those results as a long-term trendโ€”yet history suggests otherwise.

    Trump himself addressed the challenge in an earlier Fox News interview, noting that the party in power โ€œalways losesโ€ seats in midterm elections. That pattern has been true for decades and reflects voter turnout dynamics and backlash politics more than any permanent realignment.

    A new Emerson College poll shows Democrats leading a hypothetical generic ballot matchup at 48.1% to 41.7%, with 10.2% undecided. But Republicans caution that early pollingโ€”especially this far from Election Dayโ€”often fails to capture likely-voter turnout, local issues, and late-breaking shifts that typically determine midterms.

    Bottom Line

    Trump may not be naming a successor yet, but heโ€™s signaling something important: the Republican Party has depth, talent, and rising leaders ready to keep building on the movement voters started in 2016.

    For Republicans focused on winning in 2026โ€”and holding the line against Democratsโ€™ spending agenda, cultural policies, and bureaucratic overreachโ€”Trumpโ€™s message was simple: the team is strong, and the fight isnโ€™t slowing down.


    Amanda Head: OUTRAGEOUS! Steve Bannon Will Serve Time In Prison

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    On Friday, Judge Carl Nichols sentenced former Trump strategist Steve Bannon to pay a $6,500 fine and serve four months in prison.

    Watch Amanda break down the shocking news below:

    Leading GOP Candidate In Georgia Governorโ€™s Race Sues Trump-Backed Opponent

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    Billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, his Republican primary opponent in the stateโ€™s 2026 gubernatorial race.

    The lawsuit, filed in Fulton County Superior Court, alleges that Jones made three separate defamatory statements about Jackson on social media over the past week. Jacksonโ€™s campaign confirmed the filing Monday morning.

    โ€œBurt Jones is learning real fast that the days of him doing and saying anything for his own benefit are coming to an end,โ€ Jackson campaign spokesman Dave Abrams said in a statement provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation on Monday. โ€œRick Jackson is holding self-serving politician Burt Jones accountable for his words and his actions.โ€

    In the complaint, Jackson argues that Jones has resorted to personal attacks rather than campaigning on his own record.

    โ€œRather than standing on his record, fighting like an honest man, and earning the trust and support of Georgians, Burt Jones is resorting to what he knows best: cheap and dirty politics,โ€ the complaint states.

    Jonesโ€™ campaign dismissed the lawsuit and defended the remarks.

    โ€œRick Jacksonโ€™s thin skin is showing,โ€ Kayla Lott, a spokesperson for Jonesโ€™ campaign, told the DCNF in a statement Monday. โ€œWhy is Rick so embarrassed to have received a billion dollars in state contracts, helped Planned Parenthood recruit, and staff a pediatric doctorโ€™s office that serves โ€˜transgender patients.โ€™ He should be proud Georgia knows how his company made its money.โ€

    The dispute centers on a March 5 post by Jones on X, where he claimed Jackson โ€œmade his fortune recruiting for Planned Parenthood, helping doctors perform transgender procedures on minors, and pocketed over $1 billion in state contracts on the backs of Georgia taxpayers,โ€ adding โ€œGeorgiaโ€™s not for sale.โ€

    The lawsuit escalates an already contentious Republican primary race.

    After launching his campaign relatively late on Feb. 3, Jackson has spent nearly $16 million on advertisingโ€”almost six times the amount spent by Jonesโ€”according to NBC News, citing data from AdImpact.

    Recent polling suggests Jackson currently leads the GOP field. A JMC Analytics and Polling survey of likely Republican primary voters released Monday found 37% support Jackson, while 22% backed Jones.

    A Quantus Insights poll conducted in February found Jackson leading with 32.6% support among likely GOP primary voters, compared to 16.9% for Jones.

    However, an Emerson College poll released March 5 showed a tighter race. The survey found 21% of voters supporting Jones and 20% backing Jackson.

    The poll also found Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffenspergerโ€”known for clashing with Trump over the 2020 presidential electionโ€”receiving 11% support, followed by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr at 6%, while 38% of respondents remained undecided.

    Among voters who said President Donald Trumpโ€™s endorsement makes them more likely to support a candidate, Jones led with 31% support compared to Jacksonโ€™s 21%, according to the Emerson poll.

    Under Georgia law, if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the May 19 Republican primary, the top two finishers will advance to a runoff election scheduled for June 16.

    The defamation lawsuit marks the second legal clash between the candidates this year. In February, Jackson and his campaign committee filed a separate lawsuit against Jones challenging a state campaign finance law that Jackson argued gives Jones an unfair advantage in the primary, CBS News reported.

    Is Bidenโ€™s DOJ Out to Get Trump? Or Did Trump Do This to Himself?

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    In an event unprecedented in American history, a former U.S. president, protected by U.S. Secret Service agents, and currently running for president, was booked on federal criminal charges Tuesday by U.S. Marshals at the U.S. federal courthouse in Miami, before being taken to be fingerprinted and processed.

    Donald Trump pled ‘not guilty’ to all charges.

    The charges relate to Trump taking a lot of highly classified documents from the White House after he left office. And once discovered, he gave multiple bizarre reasons for having them.

    According to the indictment, the highly sensitive materials Trump kept included documents about overseas nuclear weapons holdings and various military plans.

    But they are really all about the fact that he refused to turn many of them over for upwards of 18 months. And I have criticized Trump for doing that.

    So, did Hillary Clinton get treated differently? Of course! And is Joe Bidenโ€™s Department of Justice (DOJ) out to get Trump?

    Absolutely! Thatโ€™s a given.

    But Trump could still have avoided all this had he behaved differently, before and after he got caught. And thatโ€™s important too.

    As with Richard Nixon and Watergate, it was about the cover up.

    The 37 charges against Trump include violations of the Espionage Act or the willful retention of national security information as well as one count of โ€œconspiracy to obstruct justice,โ€ one count of โ€œwithholding a document or record,โ€ one count of โ€œcorruptly concealing a document or record,โ€ one count of โ€œconcealing a document in a deferral investigation,โ€ one count of โ€œscheme to concealโ€ and one count of โ€œfalse statements and representations.โ€

    Based on the evidence represented in the indictment, and from his own words and deeds, it seems that he did do most of the things he is accused of, despite the Team Trump calls that this is only a political prosecution.

    I have said before that Trump basically dared the Justice Department to come after him. And I still believe that had Trump simply turned over all the classified materials when they were first requested, this would have likely ended last year without any criminal proceedings.

    But Trump didnโ€™t.

    The FBI then conducted a very showy surprise raid on the ex-presidentโ€™s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, on August 8, 2022. That raid, and the documents recovered there, eventually led to the 37-count indictment that now put Trump where he is.

    THE FBI RAID ON MAR-A-LAGO

    Many condemned the FBI raid that launched all this as unprecedented and wrong, including me. I argued that it sent a horrible message to the world and looked highly political. (As does the indictment, arrest, and potential trial).

    Apparently, the FBI had doubts about the raid as well.

    Steven Dโ€™Antuono, who left the FBI late last year, explained the FBI-DOJ disagreements over the planning and execution of the Mar-a-Lago search during an interview last week with the House Judiciary Committee.

    While he called the back-and-forth between DOJ and the FBI โ€œan everyday discussion,โ€ he noted that it still created โ€œconsternationโ€ among the law enforcement officials, reported Politico.

    According to the interview transcripts reviewed by Politico, Dโ€™Antuono said DOJ wanted the FBI to quickly seize the classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, claiming they could fall into the wrong hands. But the FBIโ€™s Washington Field Office team preferred to seek Trumpโ€™s permission, through his attorneys, to search the premises.

    The FBI even proposed a plan to surveil Mar-a-Lago in case Trumpโ€™s team tried taking any of the disputed papers offsite, according to Dโ€™Antuono.

    The FBI โ€œhad a plan in place to have surveillance around if we needed to,โ€ he said.

    โ€œAgain, no one was there. So, if they brought in โ€” they – meaning the [former] presidentโ€™s, you know, people โ€” brought in a big box truck, we would see it, right, and we would have the search warrant in hand and be able to act at that point.โ€

    In the end, DOJ got its way, and they conducted the surprise raid. Fortunately, Trump wasnโ€™t there when it occurred. And that was at least something.

    โ€œI didnโ€™t want the spectacle for obvious reasons of why weโ€™re sitting here today. … Itโ€™s a reputational risk, right, and thatโ€™s the way I looked at it from the Bureau,โ€ reported Politico.

    Unfortunately, the FBI has still suffered a great deal of reputational risk, as has the DOJ under Biden. This all stinks as political.

    But Trump has played a big part in all this as well.

    Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.

    DeSantis Dives into RNC Leadership Race

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      Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is getting involved in the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) ongoing leadership battle.

      Gov. DeSantis endorsed former Trump campaign adviser and California attorney Harmeet Dhillon in her bid to take the RNC chairmanship away from Ronna McDaniel.

      โ€œI think we need to get some new blood in the RNC,โ€ DeSantis told Charlie Kirk, the founder of conservative Turning Point USA, on Floridaโ€™s Voice

      โ€œI like what Harmeet Dhillon has said about getting the RNC out of D.C. Why would you want to have your headquarters in the most Democrat city in America? Itโ€™s more Democrat than San Francisco is,โ€ he continued, referencing a letter that Dhillon sent to RNC members about looking into regional offices while keeping their headquarters in Washington.

      The Florida governor referenced the disappointing performance of Republicans in the last three election cycles as the reason for wanting a leadership change at the RNC.

      โ€œWeโ€™ve had three substandard election cycles in a row: โ€˜18, โ€˜20 and โ€˜22. And I would say of all three of those, โ€˜22 was probably the worst. Given the political environment of a very unpopular president in Biden, huge majorities of the people think the country is going in the wrong direction โ€” that is an environment thatโ€™s tailor-made to make big gains in the House and the Senate and in state houses all across the country. And yet that didnโ€™t happen,โ€ DeSantis told Kirk.

      DeSantisโ€™s comments come just one day before the RNC committee members will hold a secret ballot vote for several positions, including their chairperson.ย 

      In addition to McDaniel and Dhillon, the pro-Trump MyPillow CEOย Mike Lindellย is also running to lead the party.

      Ivanka Trump Breaks Silence on Father’s Latest Presidential Campaign

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        Ivanka Trump via Gage Skidmore Flickr

        Donald Trump’s oldest daughter Ivanka was notably absent from his bombshell 2024 presidential campaign announcement Tuesday night.

        Ivanka, who previously served as a White House adviser, said she did not attend the Mar-a-Lago announcement because she does not plan to re-enter the political arena.

        Ivanka’s statement comes after the New York Post reported that the president โ€œspent part of daughter Tiffanyโ€™s lavish Mar-a-Lago wedding this past weekend trying to convince his much-loved elder daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner to be with him on stageโ€ when he announced tonight.

        โ€œI love my father very much,โ€ Ivanka said. โ€œThis time around, I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics.โ€

        โ€œWhile I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena,โ€ she continued. โ€œI am grateful to have had the honor of serving the American people and I will always be proud of many of our Administrationโ€™s accomplishments.โ€

        โ€œIโ€™ve had many roles over the years but that of daughter is one of the most elemental and consequential,โ€ she said. โ€œI am loving this time with my kids, loving life in Miami and the freedom and privacy with having returned to the private sector. This has been one of the greatest times of my life.โ€

        However, Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner who was instrumental in crafting the Abraham Accords was in attendance during Trump’s campaign kickoff.