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Donald Trump heads to Ohio today to campaign for Republican Sen. JD Vance, who is fighting hard to keep the state’s open Senate seat in the Republican column. Mr Trump’s appearance comes after a rowdy rally in Florida yesterday. He delivered an incoherent speech in which he mocked Nancy Pelosi – leading the crowd to erupt into chants of “lock her up!” a few days after the speaker’s husband was released from the hospital after a violent attack. At the same rally, Mr Trump appeared to rein in his attacks on Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis after a mocking new nickname for the rising Republican star angered the governor’s inner circle. He had earlier dismissed Mr. DeSantis, widely seen as a possible 2024 presidential contender, as “Ron DeSanctimonious” at a rally in Pennsylvania, reportedly angering the governor’s staff. However, in Florida on Sunday, he told the crowd that they must re-elect Mr. DeSantis tomorrow. With the former president increasingly hinting that he plans to run again, one of the most prominent potential Republican candidates, Tom Cotton, has reportedly told aides and associates he won’t run after months of laying the groundwork for a campaign.
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How and when to watch Donald Trump’s speech in Ohio
Donald Trump’s rally is underway in Ohio, with the president addressing his fans at 8pm eastern. The rally is being held in Dayton and is expected to be attended by his chosen candidate for the US Senate, JD Vance, as well as the state’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine. The Independent will broadcast Donald Trump’s remarks live on Twitter and Facebook. Stay tuned. John Bowden8 November 2022 00:06 1667862040
Trump may announce 2024 candidacy at Ohio caucus tonight ahead of midterm elections
Donald Trump is set to take the stage in a few hours for a final primary rally in Ohio, ostensibly in support of Senate candidate JD Vance. But the former president is rumored to be considering making a campaign announcement of his own tonight – his long-awaited 2024 bid for the presidency. “Stay tuned tomorrow night in the great state of Ohio,” he told fans Sunday, speaking at a similar rally in Miami. “Stay tuned.” According to The Hill’s Brett Samuels: “Confirmation that Trump has spoken with some aides about announcing a 2024 presidential bid as early as Monday night in Ohio, though nothing has been set in stone. Some aides urge an early announcement, others say wait until (at least) next week.” John Bowden November 7, 2022 11:00 pm 1667860461
Will Trump’s scandal-plagued Senate confirmations come back to bite the GOP?
Donald Trump’s efforts to reshuffle the Senate GOP caucus may end up being the reason the GOP fails to take the upper chamber tomorrow. Unwavering faith in Trump appears to have prevailed over traditional vetting processes this time around, and as a result the GOP’s chances of breaking the Democratic majority in the Senate have wobbled significantly, while their opponents are glaring at potential pickups in Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Read more in the Independent: John Bowden November 7, 2022 10:34 p.m 1667856595
‘Nonsense’: Elon Musk criticized for telling voters to back GOP hours before Election Day
On Monday morning, a day before Tuesday’s midterm elections, the Twitter owner tweeted that “shared power limits the worst excesses of both parties, so I recommend voting for a Republican Congress since the Presidency is Democratic”. But commenters on Twitter were quick to pile on the site’s new CEO, who is currently facing an exodus of advertisers and a legion of trolls mocking his every move. Read more in the Independent: John Bowden 7 November 2022 21:29 1667849426
Steele shames DeSantis for “blasphemous” ad
Ron DeSantis has been criticized by a former Republican Party chairman for “blasphemy” in one of his campaign ads, which claims the Florida governor is a “fighter” created by God “on the eighth day.” Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele appeared on MSNBC’s The Sunday Show, saying the ad was “one of the most backwards blasphemies I’ve ever heard in my life.” “It tells you what this white Christian nationalism means, that’s who it’s aimed at,” Mr Steele added on Sunday. “Sunday churchgoers, people who actually read the Bible, don’t like it. On the eighth day, really? Church much? Seriously, on the eighth day?’ Read more from Bevan Hurley and Gustaf Kilander: Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 19:30 1667847626
Why does Matt Gaetz call Trump “Daddy”?
“Time is running out on these midterm elections. The fight is on and there’s no closer politics in America than Big Daddy Don,” said GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, a conclusion that earned him a rapturous round of cheers and applause from the crowd gathered at the county fair and exhibition Miami-Dade. on Sunday. The pet name for the 45th president seemed to win the approval of the large MAGA crowd that gathered in Miami over the weekend, but the same couldn’t be said for the reception the nickname received online. Johanna Chisholm reports: Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 19:00 1667845826
ICYMI: King Charles Was ‘Furious’ At Trump’s Kate Middleton Comments
A new book claims that King Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry were so unhappy with former president Donald Trump’s comments about Kate Middleton in 2012 that they unleashed a “torrent of profanity”. Earlier this week, Newsweek reported excerpts from Christopher Andersen’s upcoming royal biography, The King: The Life of Charles III. The book, due out in the US next week and in the UK on December 8, explains what happened to the royal family after Mr Trump’s disparaging tweet about Kate Middleton. Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 18:30 1667844026
Donald Trump Jr continues Fetterman attacks
Former President Donald Trump’s eldest son on Sunday accused the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor, who is running for the Democratic Senate, of having no detectable brain activity during warm-up remarks at one of his father’s political rallies. Speaking to a crowd of supporters at a rally in Miami, Florida in support of Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump Jr. suggested that Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman is unfit for the job because of a stroke he suffered in May. He accused Democrats of wanting to “release violent offenders” from prison and cited the example of Mr. Fetterman, whom the younger Mr. Trump called “the brain-dead potential senator from Pennsylvania.” He added that Mr. Fetterman also has “a mind for brains.” Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 18:00 1667842226
DeSantis’ former students are speaking out
Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis was allegedly “passively” mean to a student because she was black and taught inaccurate information about the US Civil War when he was teaching high school early in his adulthood. The New York Times reported this week that Mr. DeSantis spent his first year after graduating from Yale University teaching at the Darlington School, one of Georgia’s oldest and largest boarding schools. At least one student from her days teaching there, Danielle Pompey, claimed she was mistreated, and she believes it was because of the color of her skin. Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 17:30 1667840426
Clyburn compares the Trump movement to Nazi Germany
Veteran Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn recently made waves when he compared aspects of the Trump trend in US politics to the rise of the Third Reich. Yesterday, he appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss his comments and refused to back down: Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 17:00
