Prostitution Rumors or Porn Star Payoffs: What Was Hope Hicks Really Talking About?
Hope Hicks leaves the hearing room during a closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee June 19, 2019.Alex Wong/Getty Was a 2016 phone call about paying off a porn star, or was it about a rumor that Donald Trump had been videotaped with prostitutes? That’s the surprising distinction that may determine whether Hope Hicks, President Donald…
Trump’s Assault on Somali Refugees Goes Way Beyond Just Ilhan Omar
Somali refugee, who prefers to hide her name, in 2018.Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty During President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Wednesday, the crowd chanted, “Send her back! Send her back!” in response to his criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Trump stood back and listened for more than 10 seconds before continuing, although…
AOC, Sanders, and Warren Rally Around Ilhan Omar Following Trump’s Racist Attacks
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.Tom Williams/Zuma Following President Donald Trump’s racist tweets about four congresswomen of color and his refusal to quell supporters who chanted “send her back” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) at a campaign rally Wednesday evening, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took to Twitter to offer some words of encouragement. “To…
Trump’s Defenders Say He’s an American Exceptionalist. Not Long Ago, He Claimed the Opposite.
Alex Wong/Getty As just about everyone knows by now, President Trump tweeted on Sunday that four “progressive” Democratic congresswomen should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Following this tweet and his subsequent doubling-down on it, many have condemned his statements as racist. But many also…
Pence Staffer Says Elaine Chao Is a Better Immigrant Than Ilhan Omar
Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via ZUMA There’s a key difference between Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), according to Darin Miller, the deputy press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence: Chao is a good immigrant who “worked hard and assimilated,” but Omar “seems content to criticize America at every turn.” That’s the gist of…
Trump Insists His Racist Tweets Were “NOT Racist”
Evan Vucci/AP President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again defended his racist weekend tweets targeting four Congresswomen of color, this time insisting that he doesn’t “have a Racist bone” and accusing the lawmakers of “hat[ing] our Country.” …..Congresswomen, who I truly believe, based on their actions, hate our Country. Get a list of the HORRIBLE…