Democrats Showed Off Their Spanish at Last Night’s Debate. Jackie Kennedy Did It First.
Bettmann Archive/Getty It seems that not a single Democratic presidential debate can go by without Spanish-speaking candidates flaunting their fluency. Thursday’s third Democratic debate was no exception. Regarding President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, said, “Anyone who supports this is supporting racism. Es racismo y es sencillo.” (“It’s racism…
Texas Republican Tells Beto O’Rourke, “My AR Is Ready for You”
Brian Cahn/ZUMA A Texas state representative is under fire after tweeting, “My AR is waiting for you” at Beto O’Rourke, shortly after the Democratic presidential candidate endorsed mandatory buybacks of assault-style weapons during the third Democratic debate Thursday night. “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” O’Rourke declared to the audience in…
Beto O’Rourke Tears Into Trump for Inciting Anti-Immigrant Violence
Josh Bachman/Zuma When a reporter asked Beto O’Rourke on Sunday if Donald Trump could do anything “to make this any better” following a mass shooting in El Paso that killed 20 and injured 26 others, the Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman lashed out against the president for inciting violence—and against the press for glossing over…
150 Years Later, Slavery Reparations Are on the Agenda Again
Marianne Williamson participates in the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN, on July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit.Paul Sancya/AP For a brief and all-too-rare moment in American politics, the case for slavery reparations took center stage Tuesday night, and William Darity Jr. was thrilled. Darity is a public…
Beto O’Rourke’s Vote to Lift the Oil Export Ban Looms Over His Climate Record
Now, as the United States is poised to surpass Saudi Arabia as the world’s No. 1 oil and gas exporter, his campaign has echoed that defense. In a lengthy statement to HuffPost, Chris Evans, a spokesman for O’Rourke’s presidential campaign, said former congressman believed the vote would ensure “the resources we consume—even as we work…
Beto O’Rourke Blasts Trump’s Immigration Policies in Campaign Kickoff
Beto O’Rourke greets supporters at his campaign kickoff in El Paso, Texas, Saturday.Gerald Herbert/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Beto O’Rourke officially kicked off his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president at a rally on Saturday in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, on the street that connects the…