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Leak Reveals Trump Planning ‘Mic-Drop’ Showdown With Media At WHCA Dinner

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WASHINGTON โ€” A leaked report indicates President Donald Trump is preparing a high-profile confrontation with the press at this weekendโ€™s White House Correspondentsโ€™ Association dinner, signaling a return to direct engagement after years of boycotting the event.

According to the report, Trump plans to deliver a sharply critical speech targeting media outlets he believes have treated his administration unfairly โ€” particularly coverage of the ongoing Iran conflict โ€” before making a quick exit from the event.

Planned โ€˜Mic-Dropโ€™ Moment

Sources familiar with the plan say Trump intends to use the traditionally lighthearted dinner as a platform for a more combative message, aimed at what he has frequently described as hostile or biased coverage.

The strategy reportedly includes:

  • Direct criticism of specific outlets
  • A short, pointed address rather than a traditional speech
  • Leaving immediately afterward โ€” before awards and entertainment begin

That approach would break with longstanding tradition, where presidents typically remain for the full program and participate in a comedic back-and-forth with the press.

Timing and Optics

The reported plan comes as tensions between the administration and the media remain elevated, particularly over coverage of military operations involving Iran.

Trump has long accused broad swaths of the press of unfair reporting, while journalists have defended their coverage as part of standard scrutiny of government actions.

His expected appearance would mark his first attendance at the annual dinner as president after previously skipping it during both terms.

Breaking With Tradition

The WHCA dinner has historically served as a symbolic โ€” if sometimes tense โ€” moment of interaction between the presidency and the press corps.

In recent years, the event has evolved:

  • Comedians, once a staple, have been replaced or scaled back
  • The tone has shifted away from direct political roasting
  • Attendance by presidents has become less consistent

This yearโ€™s program reportedly features a mentalist rather than a comedian, reflecting efforts to avoid controversy tied to past appearances.

Political Context

The planned speech also carries broader political implications.

A direct confrontation with the media โ€” especially in a high-visibility setting โ€” could energize supporters who view press coverage as adversarial, while further straining relations with journalists already at odds with the administration.

What Comes Next

It remains unclear whether Trump will follow through exactly as outlined in the leaked plan.

But if he does, the dinner could shift from a ceremonial event into a high-stakes political moment โ€” one likely to reverberate beyond a single evening in Washington.

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Professor Placed On Leave After Flipping Out On College Republicans: Watch

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A jaw-dropping display…

The chair of the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly flipping the College Republicans’ table on campus Tuesday morning.

UW-Eau Claire Interim Provost Michael Carney confirmed the incident with Fox News.

“I am deeply concerned that our studentsโ€™ peaceful effort to share information on campus on election day was disrupted,” Carney said in a statement. “UW-Eau Claire strongly supports every personโ€™s right to free speech and free expression, and the university remains committed to ensuring that campus is a place where a wide variety of opinions and beliefs can be shared and celebrated.”

He added that “civil dialogue is a critical part of the university experience, and peaceful engagement is fundamental to learning itself.”

“We are working with the Universities of Wisconsin and the Office of General Counsel, which is conducting a comprehensive investigation of this matter. The faculty member involved has been placed on administrative leave pending that investigation,” Carney said.

The UW-Eau Claire College Republicans identified the faculty member on Instagram as English Department Chair Josรฉ Felipe Alvergue.

Tatiana Bobrowicz, UW-Eau Claire College Republicans chair, said in a video posted to the chapter’s Instagram page that she had just finished setting up a table on Election Day.

“A professor came up and flipped our table in a violent attack towards us. This is unacceptable,” Bobrowicz said in a statement posted to the UW-Eau Claire College Republicans Instagram account on Tuesday. “The university has since confirmed that this attacker was the chair of the university’s English Department. Once again, this type of violent attack will not be tolerated.”

UW director of media relations Mark Pitsch told Fox News in a statement that university staff “appreciate that UW-Eau Claire has taken swift action, and we will be working with them to conduct the investigation.”

Trump Impeachment Star Witness Makes Longshot Run For Senate

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Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a former National Security Council official best known for his role in President Donald Trumpโ€™s first impeachment, announced Tuesday that he is entering Floridaโ€™s 2026 U.S. Senate race as a Democrat, challenging Republican Sen. Ashley Moody.

Vindman rose to national prominence in 2019 after testifying against President Trump over a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyโ€”testimony that became central to Democratsโ€™ first impeachment effort. That impeachment ultimately failed, with the Senate acquitting Trump in a 52โ€“48 vote largely along party lines.

In his campaign launch video, Vindman leaned heavily on footage from the impeachment proceedings, framing his candidacy as an extension of his opposition to Trump. โ€œThe last time you saw me was here,โ€ Vindman said, referring to the impeachment hearing. โ€œSwearing an oath to tell the truth about a president who broke his.โ€

Vindman went on to describe Trump as a โ€œwannabe tyrantโ€ and claimed the former president unleashed a โ€œreign of terror and retributionโ€ against him and his familyโ€”language that underscores how central anti-Trump activism is likely to be to his campaign pitch.

A political newcomer with no prior electoral experience, Vindman faces steep odds in Florida, a state that has moved decisively to the right in recent election cycles. Trump carried the Sunshine State by 13 points in November 2024, and Republicans currently hold every statewide elected office. Florida has not elected a Democratic senator since Bill Nelsonโ€™s narrow reelection victory in 2012.

Vindman, an Iraq War veteran, retired from the Army in 2020 after a decades-long military career. He later filed a lawsuit against Trump and several former aides, alleging โ€œintimidation and retaliation,โ€ but the suit was unsuccessful. His wife, Rachel Vindman, publicly criticized former President Joe Biden for declining to issue pardons to the couple at the end of his term.

โ€œWhatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed,โ€ Rachel Vindman wrote in a post on Bluesky. She added that she โ€œcannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurtโ€ she felt toward the Biden administration.

Sen. Ashley Moody, a Republican and former Florida attorney general, was appointed to the Senate by Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill the seat vacated by Marco Rubio after Rubio became secretary of state. Moody is running for reelection with the backing of President Trump and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, giving her a significant institutional and fundraising advantage.

The Cook Political Report currently rates the race as โ€œsolid Republican,โ€ its strongest rating for GOP-held seatsโ€”reflecting Floridaโ€™s recent political realignment and Democratsโ€™ continued struggles to remain competitive statewide.

The 2026 contest is a special election to serve the final two years of Rubioโ€™s term. The winner will need to run again in 2028 to secure a full six-year term.

Vindman has lived in Broward County since 2023, a Democratic stronghold in South Florida. His twin brother, Eugene Vindman, represents a safely Democratic House district in northern Virginia, further highlighting the familyโ€™s close ties to Democratic politics.

Nationally, Democrats face a difficult map in 2026 as they attempt a longshot effort to retake control of the Senate. To do so, they would need to defend vulnerable seats in states like Michigan and Georgia while flipping at least four Republican-held seatsโ€”an outcome most analysts consider unlikely.

Biden Remains Defiant In Letter Shared With Congressional Democrats

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He’s in it to win it…

Despite a bevy of public pleas, President Joe Biden informed colleagues that he would not bow out of the race according to a letter sent to Congressional Democrats.

โ€œI want you to know that despite all the speculation in the press and elsewhere, I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump,โ€ the president wrote in the letter.

Biden posted the letter himself to his X account.

Biden, 81, said heโ€™s had โ€œextensiveโ€ talks with Democrat leaders and heโ€™s heard the โ€œconcernsโ€ about his chances at beating Trump amid concerns about his age.

Numerous lawmakers have publicly called for Biden to remove himself from the ballot this November.

Texas Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett became the first sitting Member of Congress to publicly encourage Biden to step down earlier this week. In a more damning appearance, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi switched from accusing Trump of having dementia to validating questions about Bidenโ€™s mental acuity, further fueling the debate over his capacity to lead. 

Last Monday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) seemed to signal support for the idea of Biden stepping away from the race and seemed to promote himself as an alternative candidate. 

Read the full text of the letter below:

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR.
July 8, 2024

Fellow Democrats,

Now that you have returned from the July 4th recess, I want you to know that despite all the speculation in the press and elsewhere, I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump.

I have had extensive conversations with the leadership of the party, elected officials, rank and file members, and most importantly, Democratic voters over these past io days or so. I have heard the concerns that people have โ€” their good faith fears and worries about what is at stake in this election. I am not blind to them. Believe me, I know better than anyone the responsibility and the burden the nominee of our party carries. I carried it in 2020 when the fate of our nation was at stake. I also know these concerns come from a place of real respect for my lifetime of public service and my record as President, and I have been moved by the expressions of affection for me from so many who have known me well and supported me over the course of my public life. Iโ€™ve been grateful for the rock-solid, steadfast support from so many elected Democrats in Congress and all across the country and taken great strength from the resolve and determination Iโ€™ve seen from so many voters and grassroots supporters even in the hardest of weeks.

I can respond to all this by saying clearly and unequivocally: I wouldnโ€™t be running again if I did not absolutely believe I was the best person to beat Donald Trump in 2024.
We had a Democratic nomination process and the voters have spoken clearly and decisively. I received over 14 million votes, 87% of the votes cast across the entire nominating process. I have nearly 3,900 delegates, making me the presumptive nominee of our party by a wide margin. This was a process open to anyone who wanted to run. Only three people chose to challenge me. One fared so badly that he left the primaries to run as an independent. Another attacked me for being too old and was soundly defeated. The voters of the Democratic Patty have voted. They have chosen me to be the nominee of the party.

Do we now just say this process didnโ€™t matter? That the voters donโ€™t have a say?

I decline to do that. I feel a deep obligation to the faith and the trust the voters of the Democratic Party have placed in me to run this year. It was their decision to make. Not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors, not any selected group of individuals, no matter how well intentioned. The voters โ€” and the voters alone โ€” decide the nominee of the Democratic Party. How can we stand for democracy in our nation if we ignore it in our own party? I cannot do that. I will not do that.

I have no doubt that I โ€” and we โ€” can and will beat Donald Trump. We have an historic record of success to run on. From creating over 15 million jobs (including 200,000 just last month), reaching historic lows on unemployment, to revitalizing American manufacturing with 800,000 jobs, to protecting and expanding affordable health care, to rebuilding Americaโ€™s roads, bridges, highways, ports and airports, and water systems, to beating Big Pharma and lowering the cost of prescription drugs, including $35 a month insulin for seniors, to providing student debt relief for nearly 5 million Americans to an historic investment in combatting climate change.

More importantly, we have an economic vision to run on that soundly beats Trump and the MAGA Republicans. They are siding with the wealthy and the big corporations and we are siding with the working people of America. It wasnโ€™t an isolated moment for Trump to stand at Mar-A-Lago and tell the oil industry they should give him $1 billion and he will do whatever they want.

Thatโ€™s whose side Trump and the MAGA Republicans are on. Trump and the MAGA Republicans want another $5 trillion in tax cuts for rich people so they can cut Social Security and Medicare. We will never let that happen. Itโ€™s trickle-down economics on steroids. We know the way to build the economy is from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. We are finally going to make the rich and big corporations pay their fair share of taxes in this country. The MAGA party is also still determined to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which could throw 45 million Americans off their coverage. We will never let that happen either. Trump got rich denying rental housing to Black people. We have a plan to build 2 million new housing units in America. They want to let Big Pharma charge as much as they want again. What do you think Americaโ€™s seniors will think when they know Trump and the MAGA Republicans want to take away their $35 insulin โ€” as well as the $2,000 capon out-of-pocket prescription costs we Democrats just got them? Or what do you think American families are going to think when they find out Trump and the MAGA Republicans want to hit them with a new $2,500 national sales tax on all the imported products they buy.

We are the ones lowering costs for families โ€” from health care to prescription drugs to student debt to housing. We are the ones protecting Social Security and Medicare. Everything theyโ€™re proposing raises costs for most Americans โ€” except their tax cuts which will go to the rich.

We are protecting the freedoms of Americans. Trump and the MAGA Republicans are taking them away. They have already for the first time in history taken away a fundamental freedom from the American people by overturning Roe v. Wade. They have decided politicians should make the most personal of decisions that should be made by women and their doctors and those closest to them. They have already said they wonโ€™t stop there โ€” and are going after everything from contraception to IVF to the right to marry who you love. And they have made it clear they will ban abortion nationwide. We will let none of that happen. I have made it clear that if Kamala and I are reelected, and the nation elects a Democratic House and Senate, we will make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again. We are the ones who will bring real Supreme Court reform; Donald Trump and his majority want more of the same from the Court, and the chance to add to the right-wing majority they built by subverting the norms and principles of the nomination and confirmation process.

And we are standing up for American democracy. After January 6th, Trump has proven that he is unfit to ever hold the office of President. We can never allow him anywhere near that office again. And we never will.

My fellow Democrats โ€” we have the record, the vision, and the fundamental commitment to Americaโ€™s freedoms and our Democracy to win.

The question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now. And itโ€™s time for it to end. We have one job. And that is to beat Donald Trump. We have 42 days to the Democratic Convention and 119 days to the general election. Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us. It is time to come together, move forward as a unified party, and defeat Donald Trump.

Sincerely,

Joseph R. Biden Jr.
President of the United States of America

Report: Trump Aide Indicted In Classified Documents Investigation

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A close aide for former president Donald Trump has been indicted in Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president’s alleged mishandling of classified information.

Fox News has reported that Walt Nauta, who served as a Trump personal aide and valet in the White House and later at Mar-a-Lago, has been indicted. It’s unclear what exact charges Nauta is facing.

Sources told Fox News that Nauta was seen on surveillance video moving boxes of sensitive material from a storage area at a time when the government had sought information about those documents. At some point, he reportedly had stopped speaking with investigators.    

Nauta’s indictment comes after a Miami grand jury indicted Donald Trump on Thursday.

During an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital Thursday night, Trump said the case is “election interference” and “the greatest witch hunt of all time.” Trump said he will “of course” plead not guilty to charges in federal court on Tuesday, and said he is “totally innocent.”

“This is the most corrupt administration in historyโ€”there has never been an administration so corrupt, and theyโ€™re just starting to find it right now,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “They are trying to deflect all of their dishonesty by bringing this ridiculous boxes hoax case.”

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Senator Announces Retirement, Shaking Up New Hampshire Senate Race

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Democratย Jeanne Shaheenย ofย New Hampshireย has announcedย she will not seek reelectionย to the United States Senate next year, concluding a historic political career that includes being the first woman elected as both a governor and U.S. senator in the United States. Shaheen, who turned 78 in January, has been a significant figure in New Hampshire politics for decades, serving three terms as governor before her election to the Senate in 2008.

Her decision not to run presents a considerable challenge for Democrats aiming to regain control of the Senate, where Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority. Shaheenโ€™s departure opens up the field for potential candidates, including former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, who is considering a run for the New Hampshire seat after serving as ambassador to New Zealand in the first Trump administration.

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As The Hill reports:

Shaheen announced what she described as a โ€œdifficultโ€ decision in an interview with The New York Times.

โ€œIt was a difficult decision, made more difficult by the current environment in the country โ€” by President Trump and what heโ€™s doing right now,โ€ Shaheen, who is 78, told The Times.

Shaheen is the third Senate Democrat to announce their retirement this year. 

Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) have also said they donโ€™t plan to run for reelection in 2026. 

New Hampshire has a history of electing leaders from both parties. The state recently elected Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte, even as President Trump narrowly lost the state by less than three percentage points.

Shaheenโ€™s retirement adds to the challenging political landscape for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections, as they strive to navigate a difficult Senate map and reclaim the majority.

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Report: Trump Team Reportedly Rejected RFK Jrโ€™s Offer To Trade An Endorsement For Government Position

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A surprising development…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ย held talks withย Donald Trumpโ€™sย team about a potential endorsement and job in the former presidentโ€™s second administration, according to a report fromย The Washington Post.

The Postโ€™s Josh Dawsey and Michael Scherer, citing four people familiar with the situation, reported on Monday that conversations about a Kennedy Jr. endorsement began shortly after the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this month.

Mediaite has more:

โ€œI have a lot of respect for President Trump for reaching out to me. Nobody from the DNC, high or low, has ever reached out to me in 18 months. Instead they have allocated millions to try to disrupt my campaign,โ€ Kennedy Jr. said.

The independent presidential candidate would only say about the conversations that โ€œI am willing to talk to anybody from either political party who wants to talk about childrenโ€™s health and how to end the chronic disease epidemic.โ€

According to the report from the Post, there were โ€œconcernsโ€ among Trump advisors that Kennedy Jr. could be too problematic.

โ€œPresident Trump met with RFK and they had a conversation about the issues just as he does regularly with important figures in business and politics because they all recognize he will be the next president of the United States,โ€ a Trump spokesperson said.

Fox News Host Mark Levin Skewers Trump Middle East Visit

Fox News host Mark Levin had a lot to say about President Trump’s current visit to the Middle East…

Without mentioning President Trump by name, Levin was remarkably critical of the commander-in-chief, taking to social media to blast Saudi Arabia for playing a โ€œsignificant role on the 9/11 slaughter of our people.โ€ He also condemned Qatar for having โ€œprotected the leader of the 9/11 attack from the FBI, before he was able to launch his war on America that killed our people.โ€

Levin posted on X:

Saudi Arabia played a significant role on the 9/11 slaughter of our people. I didnโ€™t hear their Crown Prince even apologize once yesterday for what they did to us. And I know the 9/11 families are reeling from this.

And Qatar protected the leader of the 9/11 attack from the FBI, before he was able to launch his war on America that killed our people. The debate about whether the plane is a legal gift is beside the point. Qatar is a terrorist regime that has murdered Americans.

I cannot let bygones be bygones and those Americans who suffered the consequences of what these monarchies did cannot either. I canโ€™t stop thinking about all the innocent people who went to work that day, and were on those planes, and all the firefighters and police officers who died horrible deaths.

As for Iran, if they get a nuclear weapon thatโ€™s on our generation. And our country will suffer the horrible consequences. These are terrorists. They donโ€™t think like us and they donโ€™t love life like us. We must have the guts and wisdom to protect ourselves.

In a separate post, Levin praised Trump, but not without dinging him for using โ€œlines used by the Soros-Koch isolationist crowd about neocons and interventionistsโ€ in his speech to the Saudis. Levin linked to a Jewish Insider article about the speech and noted via X:

Isolationism or globalism? Or both?

Actually, POTUSโ€™s speech included some of the lines used by the Soros-Koch isolationist crowd about neocons and interventionists, but the irony is that it was given in the context of a globalist outreach effort to make economic and military deals with and between Middle East monarchies/dictatorships and the biggest of Americaโ€™s globalists/internationalists/corporatists. We donโ€™t know the details but if theyโ€™re great deals for we, the people, thatโ€™s wonderful. I truly believe the President is THE best at making GREAT deals. Nonetheless, this looks like globalism wrapped in isolationist language.

Levin’s comments come as President Trump faces scrutiny overย his decision toย accept Qatarโ€™s gift of a luxurious $400 million โ€œflying palaceโ€ to serve as Air Force One. (RELATED: Trump Announces Plan To Drop Sanctions On Syria)

The prospect has drawnย bipartisan pushback, which Trump has met with indifference.ย 

“[The Qataris] said to me, ‘we would like to, in effect, we would like to make a gift. You’ve done so many things. and we’d like to make you a gift to the Defense Department,’ which is where it’s going. and I said, ‘Well, that’s nice.’ Now, some people say, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t accept gifts for the country.’ My attitude is, why wouldn’t I accept the gift? We’re giving to everybody else, why wouldn’t I accept a gift?” Trump explained to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesdsay. 

U.S. relations with Doha have come a long way since 2017, when Trump accused Qatar of harboring terrorism: “The nation of Qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level,” Trump said at the time. 

From there, Qatar became a major non-NATO ally to the U.S. in 2022 under President Biden and is home to Al Udeid Air Base, one of the U.S.โ€™ largest Middle East bases and a key hub for U.S. Central Command operations. 

“Qatar is not, in my opinion, a great ally. I mean, they support Hamas. So what I’m worried about is the safety of the president,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told reporters on Tuesday.

The Constitution states that accepting a gift from an overseas power requires congressional approval. However, Trump has not requested permission to receive the plane, an offering made months after his family business agreed to develop a multi-billion dollar golf course in the Middle Eastern country.ย 

Bill Maher Open To Voting Republican – But With Some Changes

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Comedian and longtime liberal commentator Bill Maher told Fareed Zakaria on CNNโ€™s GPS that he could โ€œof courseโ€ envision voting Republican โ€” but only if the party becomes something markedly different than what it has been.

Maher, who has been a longtime critic of Donald Trump and a traditional supporter of Democrats, laid out a number of caveats before making such a move. โ€œThey would have to certainly lose the idea of โ€˜we donโ€™t concede elections,โ€™โ€ he said.

He added his biggest concern:

โ€œAnd my biggest worry is that they feel that the excesses of the left are so great, that they are so antiโ€common sense. And again, theyโ€™re not completely wrong about that โ€” that they are so โ€” never met something that was counterintuitive that they didnโ€™t embrace. That they just canโ€™t let these people take power and, therefore, even if there has to โ€” if democracy has to be sacrificed for hanging on to power,โ€ Maher said.

Maher also questioned the GOPโ€™s longโ€term commitment to democratic norms after Trump:

โ€œWill they still keep that idea that we cannot let these people take power? These people who just do not have any idea of common sense, they want to reinvent everything. They are revolutionaries in a country that is not asking for [a] revolution โ€” theyโ€™re just asking for politicians to fix things. That is my biggest concern.โ€ He noted a hope for a โ€œreturn to normalcyโ€ after Trump โ€” though he expressed skepticism.

At the same time, Maher acknowledged areas where he believes Trump was right:

He pointed out the border, DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) initiatives, and NATO contributions. โ€œHe showed that you can close the border. It wasnโ€™t something you needed congressional help for. You could just do it, and he did it. He just did it too far. And people don’t like to see people tackled at Home Depot and people they know who have been in this country for a long time.โ€

He wrapped up by hitting both parties:

โ€œWhy canโ€™t either one be normal?โ€ he asked rhetorically.


Why this matters for Republicans

Maherโ€™s comments underscore a key opportunity and challenge for the GOP: there are nonโ€traditional voices who might vote Republican โ€” but only if the party reaffirms core democratic norms and commonโ€sense governance rather than radical transformation. If Republicans continue to be associated with election denial, extreme rhetoric, or sweeping change beyond what voters ask for, they risk alienating such swing voices.

For Republican-leaning audiences focused on policy, governance, and institutional credibility, Maherโ€™s remarks are a reminder that expanding the partyโ€™s appeal may hinge more on tone and norms than just raw policy wins.

Years After Public Feud Trump Endorses South Dakota Senator

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In an unexpected move, President Trump has endorsed Sen. Mike Rounds for re-election despite vowing to “never endorse” him again years ago.

Trump previouslyย endorsedย Rounds in 2020, but later eviscerated the senator in 2022 after Rounds appeared on ABC’s “This Week” and described the 2020 election as “fair.”

“‘Senatorโ€™ Mike Rounds of the Great State of South Dakota just went woke on the Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020,” Trump declared at the beginning of a lengthy statement in January 2022.

“Even though his election will not be coming up for 5 years, I will never endorse this jerk again,” Trump later said in the statement.

“The Radical Left Democrats and RINOS, like โ€˜Senatorโ€™ Mike Rounds, do not make it easy for our Country to succeed. He is a weak and ineffective leader, and I hereby firmly pledge that he will never receive my endorsement again!” Trump asserted in that statement several years ago.

But in a surprising turnaround, President Trump is now endorsing Rounds.

In a Monday Truth Socialย post, the President called the South Dakota Senator “An America First Patriot,” declaring, “Mike Rounds has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election โ€“ HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!”

Sen. Rounds responded to Trump, thanking him for the endorsement.