Month: September 2020

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE on Tuesday fêted outgoing White House press secretary Sarah HuckabeeSarah Elizabeth SandersMcEnany stamps her brand on White House press operation Sanders mocks NY Times urging DNC to investigate Biden allegations: ‘I thought it was an Onion headline’ Donald Trump: The Boomer TV president MORE Sanders at a rally where he officially announced his 2020 reelection campaign.

Trump invited Sanders onstage just under an hour into his speech in Orlando, Fla., to a deafening ovation, calling her a “warrior” who would make a good governor of her home state of Arkansas.

“We’re going to miss her,” Trump said.

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Sanders, who is making her final presidential trip, said that serving as press secretary “has truly been an honor of a lifetime” and predicted Trump would win a second term.

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“He made America great again and continues to make America great,” she said. “He’s going to have an incredible six more years.”

Trump announced that Sanders was leaving her post after a turbulent two-year run as the president’s top spokeswoman. She presided over the end of the daily White House press briefing but became a star among Trump supporters for her fierce defense of the president in past briefings and on cable news.

Sanders also appeared onstage with Trump at a campaign rally in April, when the president joked he would have to fire her because she was becoming “too popular.”

Her two rally appearances in the past two months outnumber the number of formal press briefings she has held in that time. The last White House press briefing occurred on March 11.

Trump’s White House staff has come under scrutiny for violating the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from engaging in political activities in the course of their official duties. A federal watchdog recommended that Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayGeorge Conway group hits Ernst in new ad George Conway group contrasts Trump, Eisenhower in battleground states ad Sunday shows preview: Protests against George Floyd’s death, police brutality rock the nation for a second week MORE be fired for repeated violations.

Other White House staffers were reprimanded for using the president’s “Make America Great Again” slogan on their official Twitter accounts.

It’s unclear whether Sanders’s appearance would pose any issues.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s decision to break decades of precedent by moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem sparked anger on both sides of the aisle — but among Democrats running against Trump, there is little appetite to move it back.

Several candidates running for the right to face Trump next year have said they see no point in what some called a symbolic gesture. And foreign policy experts say Trump’s move effectively took what had always been a complicated decision off the table.

“I think what’s done is done,” South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE told Axios on HBO this weekend. “I don’t know that we’d gain much by moving it to Tel Aviv.”

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The politics of Israel and the Palestinian territories are fraught under normal circumstances.

Previous presidents have walked the fine line between publicly supporting moving the embassy to Jerusalem and quietly signing waivers every six months that left it in Tel Aviv.

Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama all signed the waivers to a 1995 law calling for the embassy to move, even as they publicly declared that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital.

Few Democratic candidates this year seem willing to even entertain moving back the embassy. Aides to former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE, Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.), Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.), Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.), Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Democrats demand Republican leaders examine election challenges after Georgia voting chaos Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-Minn.) and Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.) and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

But those who did echoed Buttigieg’s assessment.

“I believe that the embassy should stay in Jerusalem, which will remain (in whole or part) the capital of Israel under the two-state solution which I (and every prior American president) have supported,” former Colorado Gov. John HickenlooperJohn HickenlooperGun control group rolls out first round of Senate endorsements The Hill’s Campaign Report: Republicans go on attack over calls to ‘defund the police’ Hickenlooper ethics questions open him up to attack MORE (D) said in an emailed statement. “Moving the embassy back to Tel Aviv at this point would be counterproductive and a symbolic gesture of support at best for a two-state solution. I would rather focus my energy on negotiating a real two-state solution.”

Hickenlooper said he would reopen the U.S. Consulate in east Jerusalem, the primary point of contact between the American government and the Palestinian Authority, which the Trump administration shuttered.

In a brief interview, Sen. Michael BennetMichael Farrand BennetSome realistic solutions for income inequality Democratic senators kneel during moment of silence for George Floyd 21 senators urge Pentagon against military use to curb nationwide protests MORE (D-Colo.) declined to say whether he would consider moving the embassy if he becomes president. But he criticized the Trump administration for the unilateral decision.

“They shouldn’t have moved it without it being part of the broader discussion,” Bennet told The Hill.

Foreign policy experts said Democratic candidates risk exacerbating a partisan split that has already opened over America’s close relationship with Israel.

A Pew Research Center poll conducted last year shows 46 percent of Americans surveyed sympathize with the Israelis over the Palestinians, including 79 percent of Republicans and just 27 percent of Democrats, the widest gap recorded since the question was first asked in 1978.

Views of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE are equally split along partisan lines.

More than half of Republicans, 52 percent, see him favorably, compared with just 18 percent of Democrats. Almost 4 in 10 Democrats view him unfavorably, far more than the 15 percent of Republicans who said the same.

“They have to be very careful in responding to [the situation in the Middle East], whether it’s the Jerusalem embassy move or if you look at the Golan Heights policy declaration,” said Brian Katulis, a senior fellow who studies national security at the Center for American Progress.

“I see more downside in trying to turn the U.S.-Israel relationship into a partisan issue and trying to fight fire with fire,” Katulis said. “In the long run, it’s not good for either country.”

There is little consensus to move back the embassy among Democrats in Congress, most of whom opposed Trump’s decision at the time.

“That would only aggravate the situation even more,” said Rep. Bill PascrellWilliam (Bill) James PascrellDemocrats call for special prosecutor to investigate clearing of protesters outside White House Multiple N.J. homes for veterans see dozens of coronavirus-related deaths Washington Post fact-checks Kimmel on edited Pence video: ‘Certainly a phony tale’ MORE (D-N.J.), who opposed Trump’s move initially. “Trump is good at stirring up things — not making them better but stirring them up. But I think it would be even more stirred up if we go back and reverse [Trump’s move] and play tit-for-tat.”

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Rep. John YarmuthJohn Allen YarmuthEx-CBO director calls for more than trillion in coronavirus stimulus spending Rep slams ‘vulgar images’ and ‘racist words’ that disrupted virtual youth anti-violence event Unemployment to remain above 9 percent into 2021: CBO MORE (Ky.), a Jewish Democrat who also opposed moving the embassy, said the embassy could become a bargaining chip in future talks.

“I think it could be an element of negotiation,” said Yarmuth. “Who knows what’s possible, but I would definitely put it back on the table.”

Rep. Pramila JayapalPramila JayapalBiden’s right, we need policing reform now – the House should quickly take up his call to action Defense bill turns into proxy battle over Floyd protests Top progressive lawmaker unveils bill requiring national police training standards MORE (D-Wash.), who heads the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said she wants the next president to move the embassy back.

“I think this is just completely the wrong direction and I hope that when we get a new president that we move the [embassy] and that we retain our adherence to the United Nations agreements, and to the idea that the United States is actually trying to arbitrate between some very difficult tensions and get to a two-state solution,” Jayapal said. “We need to go back to the United States actually being perceived as a potential arbiter of tensions in the Middle East.”

The lack of cohesion reflects the tensions that exist over America’s close relationship with Israel and the decades-long effort to reach a lasting peace.

But some observers said Trump’s move has had more of an impact in the United States, where America’s relationship with Israel has become a partisan flashpoint, than in Israel, where the stalemate between Israelis and the Palestinians continues.

“In some ways, Trump’s move of the embassy has not paid off. It hasn’t paid dividends in the region, and it hasn’t created stability,” Katulis said. “It’s actually opened up a more political debate about Israel than I think we’ve ever seen before.”

Alex Bolton contributed to this story.

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A spokesperson for White House hopeful Julián Castro’s campaign said in a new interview that they aren’t bothered by the possibility of President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE live-tweeting Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate.

“We don’t give a shit about that at all,” Sawyer Hackett told Vice News when asked how they’ll respond if Trump criticizes Castro on stage.

Hackett added that the campaign is “not dedicating any staff resources to what he’s thinking about.”

“This is not the point of the debate,” he said, adding that they are focused on Castro’s message. “He can’t even let the Democratic process play out without inserting his ego into it.”

They asked me so I told them… https://t.co/ibiyffLgDi

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) June 26, 2019 

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The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Trump would be active on Twitter during the two Democratic primary debates in Miami, Fla. late Wednesday and Thursday.

Trump has not personally said he would tweet during the debates, but said Wednesday morning that he would watch during his flight to Japan for the Group of 20 summit.

He has repeatedly attacked several of the top Democratic contenders on Twitter during the primary cycle.

A spokesperson for Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) campaign told Vice that they would be “focused on the audience of voters.”

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Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE defended his civil rights record Friday after a bruising exchange with Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.) during Thursday night’s primary debate, when Harris highlighted Biden’s past stance on school busing and recent comments about working with segregationist senators. 

“I know and you know, I fought my heart out to ensure that civil rights and voting rights, equal rights are enforced everywhere,” Biden told the Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention, hosted by the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

“I want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice, including busing. I never, never, never ever opposed voluntary busing. And that’s a program that Senator Harris participated in, and it made a difference in her life,” he said.

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“I did support federal action to support root causes of segregation in our schools and our communities, including taking on the banks and redlining and trying to change the way in which neighborhoods were segregated,” he added. “In fact, I cast the deciding vote in 1974 against an amendment called the Gurney Amendment, which would have banned the right of the federal courts to use busing as a remedy.”

Biden was on defense Friday after he and Harris clashed the previous night when she slammed his recent remarks recalling a sense of “civility” working with segregationist Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.) in the 1970s.

Harris also blasted Biden’s past opposition to busing black students to predominantly white schools, describing how she herself benefited from school busing as a child.

“I do not believe you are a racist and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground,” she told Biden on Thursday night. “But I also believe, and it’s personal and I was actually very — it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country.”

“On this subject, it cannot be an intellectual debate among Democrats, we have to take it seriously, we have to act swiftly,” she added when discussing busing.

Harris on Friday doubled down on her criticism of Biden, who has led nationals polls since formally entering the White House race in April. Harris said the former vice president’s “nostalgia” for working with segregationist senators decades ago was “hurtful” and “misplaced.”

“The characterization and the nostalgia about who they were I find to be misplaced, and it was hurtful to me to hear that they would be nostalgic about people who if they had their way I would not serve in the United States Senate,” she said on MSNBC.

“On the heels of the history of extreme pain and damage, not to mention death, you have to draw the line,” she added.

Biden sought to counter the attacks in the debate, saying he opposed busing ordered by the Department of Education but supported allowing federal courts to intervene in the issue. On Friday, he continued to underline his efforts with former President Obama, who remains popular in the Democratic base, saying they worked together to expand civil rights.

“And by the way, with all due respect, I say to Chicagoans and everyone: My president gets much too little credit for all that he did — he was one of the great presidents of the United States of America. And I’m tired of hearing about what he didn’t do. This man had a backbone like a ram rod,” Biden said.

As the crowded primary field’s frontrunner, Biden was expected to be the target of attacks from the nine other Democrats on stage Thursday night. However, Harris’s attacks seeking to portray the 77-year-old former vice president as out of touch with an increasingly diverse base quickly left a dent and emerged as the debate’s most significant moment.

In an attempt to pivot away from his political past, Biden briefly went on offense against Harris on Friday, saying her attacks during a packed primary debate that covered a litany of topics oversimplified his record.

“I heard and I listened to, and I respect Senator Harris,” he said, arguing that “we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange can’t do justice to a lifetime commitment to civil rights.”

“The discussion in this race today shouldn’t be about the past,” Biden added. “We should be talking about how we can do better. How we can move forward.”

Updated: 3:20 p.m.

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Staffers for former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE (D) and Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE’s (D-Calif.) campaigns got in a Twitter feud Wednesday over the 2020 hopefuls’ comments regarding school busing.

Kate Bedingfield, deputy campaign manager and communications director for Biden, shared an article from The Associated Press characterizing Harris’s position on school busing as a method of integrating American schools that should be an option, not a mandate from the federal government.

“It’s disappointing that Senator Harris chose to distort Vice President Biden’s position on busing — particularly now that she is tying herself in knots trying not to answer the very question she posed to him!” Bedingfield said.

It’s disappointing that Senator Harris chose to distort Vice President Biden’s position on busing — particularly now that she is tying herself in knots trying not to answer the very question she posed to him! https://t.co/kiYYk5kg3m

— Kate Bedingfield (@KBeds) July 3, 2019

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Harris strongly supported federal mandates for school busing during the first 2020 Democratic debate last month in a fiery exchange with Biden, during which she slammed the former vice president for not supporting busing programs like the ones she benefited from as a student.

Ian Sams, Harris’s national press secretary, retweeted Bedingfield’s comment, firing back, “VP Biden said: ‘Who the hell do we think we are that the only way a black man or woman can learn is if they rub shoulders with my white child?’ He called busing an ‘asinine concept.’ C’mon. Y’all are better than this.”

VP Biden said: “Who the hell do we think we are that the only way a black man or woman can learn is if they rub shoulders with my white child?” He called busing an “asinine concept.”

C’mon. Y’all are better than this. https://t.co/usDNsgxOYu

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) July 3, 2019

Bedingfield responded, “Hi Ian! If we’re cherry-picking quotes on Twitter, what about this one from this January? Sen. Harris: ‘I think there are many people who would make a good president… I’m very fond of Joe Biden, so you’re not gonna hear me criticize Joe Biden. I think he’s a great guy.’ ”

Hi Ian! If we’re cherry-picking quotes on Twitter, what about this one from this January? Sen. Harris: “I think there are many people who would make a good president… I’m very fond of Joe Biden, so you’re not gonna hear me criticize Joe Biden. I think he’s a great guy.”

— Kate Bedingfield (@KBeds) July 3, 2019

Harris’s standout performance in the first debate has tightened up the race with Biden. In two polls released Wednesday, Biden saw his support slip while Harris has overtaken Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) to rise to third place among the slate of Democratic candidates in the 2020 primary field.

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Attorneys for President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE have posted a video of a 2016 encounter between Trump and then-campaign worker Alva Johnson that they claim refutes her allegation he forcibly kissed her.

The 15-second video “shows that Plaintiff’s allegations in the Complaint that Mr. Trump ‘forcibly’ kissed her, and kissed her ‘on the mouth,’ are entirely false,” attorney Charles Harder wrote in a court filing.

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The video was recorded by campaign volunteer Brian Hayes on his cellphone in a recreational vehicle ahead of a Tampa, Fla., rally in 2016.

“In watching the Video, the only conclusion a reasonable person could reach is that the exchange was an innocent moment between a dedicated campaign staffer and the candidate for whom she was working,” Harder added.

Attorneys for Johnson, however, claim the clip backs up her account by proving she and Trump interacted at the time she claimed.

“We are gratified and pleased that we finally have proof what Ms. Johnson has been alleging in this lawsuit,” Hassan Zavareei, an attorney for Johnson, told Politico. “It is basically exactly what Ms. Johnson has been saying.”

Zavareei told the news outlet that Johnson does not appear to react adversely in the video because she did not appreciate the gravity of the moment until the release of a 2006 recording in which Trump tells then-“Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush that his fame allows him to get away with groping women.

“Does it look dramatic? No. That does not mean it wasn’t a serious battery. It’s a battery because she didn’t want it to happen. It’s not an appropriate thing to do to another person,” he said.

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Zavareei also said the video evidence that Johnson was present on the RV contradicts a claim by Trump Florida campaign chief Karen Giorno, who said she could not recall Johnson being present on the RV.

A federal judge dismissed Johnson’s lawsuit in June and told her to refile it after excising references to allegations by more than a dozen other women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct and quotes from news reports.

The White House has denied the claims.

Ferrari’s Mattia Binotto says his team will withdraw its appeal in the case involving Racing Point’s controversial brake ducts once the FIA puts forth its 2021 anti-copying regulations.

Racing Point was fined a hefty €400,000 and docked 15 championship points for using on its 2020 car a brake design copied from Mercedes’ 2019 W11.

However, several teams – Ferrari, Renault, McLaren and Williams – appealed the verdict as they considered the punishment too lenient while Racing Point itself disputed the judgment.

But Renault, McLaren and Williams have since dropped their appeal, appeased by the FIA’s decision to draft specific regulations for 2021 that would prevent a team from blatantly copying a rival design.

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