His planned stay for a ‘few days’ in the Walter Reed military hospital’s presidential suite is described as precautionary, and will allow him to keep up his official duties.
Donald Trump
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Trump opposes changing debate rules, but campaign says he’ll participate anyway
Some potential changes that have been discussed include adding opening and closing statements and shortening open discussion.
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Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules
President Trump’s reelection campaign is undertaking an aggressive, hyper-local legal strategy aimed at shaping how the Nov. 3 vote will be conducted, county by county, even before ballots are counted.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Trump cancels Wisconsin rally amid surge in COVID-19 cases
The president had scheduled 2 rallies in battleground Wisconsin on Saturday, both to be held outdoors in areas that have been identified as a ‘red zone’ for community spread of COVID-19.
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Letter: Balentine’s disdain is reader’s pet peeve
John Balentine is reliably contrary to anything that lends a hand to those in need. Like his fellow conservative trustafarians, he believes that Americans are basically lazy and disincentivized when they receive that $600 check. I suspect he has no children or close relatives whose lives have been rescued by that weekly check. He denigrates […]
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Debate commission plans to change format to avoid a second ‘embarrassment’
Moderator Chris Wallace struggled to gain control of the debate in Cleveland because of frequent interruptions, primarily by President Trump.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: While we’re sleeping or Zooming, democracy is slipping away
What would have seemed unthinkable four years ago is anything but in 2020.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump’s belligerence reduces debate to chaos as he attacks election integrity
President Trump repeatedly interrupted with personal insults, prompting Joe Biden to snap, ‘Will you shut up, man?’
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5 questions heading into Trump and Biden’s first debate
President Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, will meet on the debate stage for the first time Tuesday night in Cleveland.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Here’s Something: Mind your P’s this election season
Hard to believe it’s October already. It’s getting colder, the leaves are turning and falling and there’s only one more month until the ugly political commercials are off the air, the slanted coverage of President Trump’s every action is gone and the political left’s four-year temper tantrum is mercifully over. One can only hope. We’ll […]