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New York Post
an hour ago
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- New York Post
Carville says Dems ‘betrayed' working-class voters by not including them in ‘too-cool-for-school' coalition
Veteran Democratic Party strategist James Carville warned on Thursday that Democrats need to acknowledge how they took part in the decades-long betrayal of white, working-class voters. Since the Democratic Party's historic loss in November, many have been trying to chart a path forward to reclaiming their coalition. Advertisement While some have doubled-down on controversial far-left identity politics, some have worked to reclaim working-class men they alienated in recent years, particularly white men. On the Politics War Room podcast, hosts Carville and Al Hunt addressed a comment from a listener, who suggested that rather than being reconciliation, MAGA supporters deserve to be 'beaten badly at the voting booth and then told just to suck it up.' 'Oh God, who doesn't have that instinct?' Carville responded, but nonetheless warned that politics comes down to winning elections, and that means persuading voters. 'It is not the most satisfying way, but what in the end are we trying to do? We're trying to do one thing, win elections.' He proceeded to warn against the 'temptation that says 'I can't believe how godd–n stupid you were.' Advertisement 3 Strategist James Carville urged Democrats to reconnect with working-class white voters in order to win elections. Getty Images While he said he has no temptation for the 'corporate a—wipes' who voted for Trump to become richer, the strategist nicknamed the Ragin' Cajun expressed some sympathy for working-class whites he says have been betrayed by both parties. 'I have an iota of sympathy for somebody whose life hadn't turned out right,' he said. 'The brilliant thing about MAGA is it gives you an explanation other than yourself of why your life didn't turn out the way you wanted it, and we should say to these people 'We kind of understand what you were trying to say but you were betrayed.'' 3 Carville argued that white, working-class people were excluded from Democrats' 'too-cool-for-school' coalition. Getty Images Advertisement 3 Trump secured an Electoral College blowout over former VP Kamala Harris during the 2024 election. Christopher Sadowski 'Let's also face it, Democrats acted like these people didn't exist alright? They just did, and don't come back and say-We acted like working-class, particularly working-class non-college whites were not part of our too-cool-for-school group,' he continued. 'There were some real high-end people that kind of bought in to that s—.' He returned to the listener's question and reasserted his point that it's better to reconcile with working-class white voters, even if he understands being frustrated with them. 'I can see it, but the best thing to do is not punch him in the mouth but to say, 'You know man I could hear where you're coming from you just got betrayed, and we betrayed you somewhat, and we now have learned our lesson,'' he said.
The National
5 hours ago
- Politics
- The National
Casual threats of annihilation from Trump are not reality TV stunts
The spectacle is as grotesque as it is predictable. Here we have a man whose entire career is built on graft and bluster, a conman who has spent decades swindling contractors, stiffing workers, and peddling conspiracy theories, now playing at empire with the lives of millions. READ MORE: Donald Trump on whether US will strike Iran: 'I may do it' His rhetoric – equal parts mob boss and megalomaniac –would be laughable if it weren't so dangerous. When he boasts of 'complete and total control of the skies over Iran' and casually threatens to assassinate the country's supreme leader, one half-expects him to segue into a plug for Trump Steaks or a rant about 'fake news.' But this is no reality TV stunt. The consequences of Trump's bloodlust are horrifyingly real. The US military, that vast engine of imperial violence, is surging bombers, warships, and God knows what else into the region, while Trump all but dares Tehran to retaliate so he can justify an even greater bloodbath. His demand that Tehran's citizens 'evacuate' carries the unmistakable whiff of nuclear menace – a threat as reckless as it is depraved. READ MORE: Angela Rayner does not rule out following US into war with Iran Of course, the usual suspects are lining up to cheer this madness. The G7, that club of imperialist powers, has dutifully parroted the lie that Iran – not the nuclear-armed Israel, not the US with its endless regime-change wars – is the 'principal source of regional instability'. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, ever eager to prove its bipartisan commitment to militarism, has offered its full-throated support. Adam Schiff, that perennial windbag of the liberal establishment, has already greenlit further aggression, proving once again that when it comes to war, there is no opposition party in America. The truth is, this war is not about nukes, or terrorism, or any of the other threadbare pretexts trotted out by Washington. It is about oil, about empire, about the desperate flailing of a capitalist system in terminal decay. Trump, that bloated avatar of American decline, is hurtling toward catastrophe because he – like the oligarchs he serves – has no other cards left to play. Alan Hinnrichs Dundee IRAN doesn't want nukes to destroy Israel, it wants nukes to deter the West from doing to Iran what it has done to the rest of the Middle East. Who can blame Iran? Iran is one of the world's oldest countries, and whether they have proxies in other countries or do bad things to their people, the fact is that Iran has had one war in the last 200 years and it was started by Saddam's Iraq. Google how many wars the USA has had in its 320 or so years, then google how many military bases the USA has around the planet. READ MORE: Kelly Given: Israel's aggression makes mockery of self defence claims The fact is, it's the West that is the warmongering terrorist. Israel attacks Iran out of hate, the USA helps due to its liking for other countries' oil. The UK tags along trying to look like a continent, but like Trump, ends up looking incontinent. Scotland AND England need independence from these warmongering British nationalists who keep power and who have sold their souls to the donor at the expense of the voter. They can't feed or heat pensioners, who already have the worst pensions in the developed world, but here we are fighting two proxy wars against Russia and Iran. British nationalism and its unaffordable world stage must go. The UK must return to being independent countries. The days of England's huge Westminster majority controlling everything must be brought to an end. British nationalism is a disease, and there is a cure. Independence. Bill Robertson via email THE US-Israel war against Iran (Trump using 'we' on Tuesday confirms this) is reminiscent of the Iraq war, where the smokescreen of imaginary weapons of mass destruction was really about regime change. Deja vu! Trump and his administration lack the diplomatic nous to prevent wars and genocide. Trump declared there would have been no Ukraine invasion if he had been in power, bravado chest-beating but he has failed to stop it or reign in Israel's war in Iran and genocide in Palestine, so it is unlikely he would have stopped the Ukraine war – not until his good friend Putin had achieved his objectives, just like now. A Wilson Stirlingshire I AM writing in response to Peter Thomson's letter in Wednesday's National. I made no comment on Peter's letter of the 16th in my letter, my comments referred to Leah Gunn Barrett's from the 16th. Norman Robertson via email
Daily Mail
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
The View host reveals wild new details about Kamala Harris interview that 'took down the Democratic Party'
Sonny Hostin said she feels 'terrible' that she 'took down the Democratic Party ' by asking Kamala Harris to name what she would have done different to Joe Biden in the White House. Harris infamously told the liberal gabfest that there was nothing she would change from how her boss governed. 'There is not a thing that comes to mind,' Harris said. Harris justified her reason for keeping to Biden's record by noting: 'I've been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.' Speaking to the show's producer Brian Teta on its 'Behind the Table' podcast, Hostin claimed she was right to ask the question but hated the impact it had on the election. Teta asked if she expected it to become a viral moment, to which Hostin answered: 'I knew it instantly when she answered it.' The left-leaning host admitted she desperately flailed to try and save Harris with another question on the subject. 'Which is why I asked the follow-up question, 'is there one thing?' Because I knew, I could see the soundbite and I knew what was going to happen, but I thought it was a really fair question and I thought it was a question that she would expect.' Hostin, who was openly rooting for Harris, felt even worse when she learned the anecdote ended up in Jake Tapper's bombshell book about the cover-up of Biden's senility. 'And now Jake Tapper wrote it in his book? I feel terrible.' Hostin refused to say it cost Harris the election but Alyssa Farah Griffin, one of the show's conservative panelists, disagreed. 'The Trump campaign put so much ad money behind that specific clip and what they were trying to do is tie her to Biden's unfavorabilities, but more than that, just simply the right-track, wrong-track of the election… They used it to say, 'Well, she's not going to do anything different,'' Griffin said. Appearing on the popular daytime show just a month before the elections during her truncated campaign, Harris was unsteady in several of her media appearances. Her comments were made to the hosts of ABC's The View when she appeared on the show in October for a softball interview where she was fawned over. Whoopi Goldberg introduced her as 'the next president of the United States.' The Democratic nominee was just as friendly, posing for pictures with the hosts during commercial breaks. On the view, her advisor Stephanie Cutter was floored when Harris got asked if there was anything she would have done differently than Biden. 'What the hell was that?' Cutter said she thought at the time. 'That's not what we practiced.' Her response was also chronicled in the new book Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House, by reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. It also tells of other key moments, like a 'cringe' video clip where Harris had to feign surprise at picking up the endorsement of Barack and Michelle Obama. Failing to identify a single issue where she parted with Biden yoked her even more to the president, who had bowed out after his debate disaster but was also unpopular in opinion polls going back years. It denied her the opportunity to hold up a policy difference that might define her as something different beyond being a younger alternative. 'It provided the money shot' for negative ads that would tie link Harris and Biden. 'And it was her own bad moment.' 'When she gave us the gift of the View interview, we were able to anchor her to the Biden administration in her own words, which is something we were trying to do anyway,' a Trump advisor told the authors. Donald Trump, Jr. was even more forceful, as reported at the time. 'And just like that, Kamala's entire bull**** campaign about being a 'change agent' collapses. You can't call yourself a change agent when you not only agree with every single disaster Joe Biden is responsible for, but you brag about being involved in all those decisions!,' he wrote on X. Aides had given Harris a list of items that made her 'proud of her work with Biden.' It came as party leaders were in a bind, feeling the need to build up Biden for having relinquish power, even while racing to build up Harris's bio for her run on her own after a brief and unsuccessful primary campaign in 2020.
Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fact Check: Marjorie Taylor Greene posted rifle photo after news of Minnesota lawmaker shootings. Here's context
Claim: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted a photo showing her aiming a rifle soon after news broke of the shootings involving Minnesota Democratic Party lawmakers in June 2025. Rating: Context: Greene, or a member of her staff, posted the picture on her official House representative social media pages, along with three other photos showing her participating in the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary event in Washington on the morning of June 14 — several hours after the shootings occurred. News had broken locally in Minnesota about the shootings at that hour, but many prominent national news outlets had not yet reported on them. A spokesman for Greene did not say whether she was aware of the shootings at the time. She later shared a post calling the shootings "horrific" and saying she was praying for victims' families and friends, adding, "Political violence must end in America." A rumor that circulated online in June 2025 claimed U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted a photo on her official social media accounts showing her aiming a rifle soon after news broke of shootings involving Minnesota Democratic Party lawmakers. Snopes received reader mail asking, for example, "It's being shared on Facebook that Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a picture of herself firing an assault rifle in response to the news of the political assassinations in MN. Can you verify or debunk? Thanks." Another reader emailed, "Did MTG really post this right after the Minnesota assassinations?" For example, on June 14 — the day of the shootings — a manager of the Feminist News Facebook page posted (archived) in part, "Minutes after news broke that two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota were targeted for assassination in separate attacks, Marjorie Taylor Greene posted this." Users shared this rumor on Bluesky (archived), Facebook (archived), Threads (archived) and X (archived). (Feminist News/Facebook) It is true that Greene shared that photograph in the hours after the Minnesota shootings, but the timeline of her posts and the news about the shootings requires context. Greene posted the picture, as well as three others, in support of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary event, the commemoration featuring a military parade attended by President Donald Trump, held in Washington on June 14 — the same day as the shootings. She, or a member of her staff, shared the photos on social media after some news outlets, particularly those based in Minnesota, reported the early details of multiple targeted shootings. At the same time, her posts appeared before some prominent national outlets, including The Associated Press, Fox News, Reuters and others, broke the news of the victims' high-profile status as Democratic Party politicians and their spouses. Later on June 14, Greene posted a statement about the shootings on her social media accounts. The statement (archived) read in part, "The politically motivated assassinations of Minnesota lawmakers is horrific. I'm praying for their families and friends. Political violence must end in America." Snopes emailed a representative for Greene asking if they wished to comment about this claim, including inquiring about whether or not the congresswoman was aware of the shootings at the time the photos were published. Spokesman Alec Ernst said it was "DISGUSTING" to suggest that the photos were posted in connection with the Minnesota shootings and reiterated that Greene was taking part in the Army anniversary event that day, "joining members of the Army on the National Mall for demonstrations of their equipment and workout routines." He did not say whether Greene knew about the shootings when the posts were made. We also contacted a manager of the Feminist News Facebook page to ask about their post, in light of the timeline of when news broke nationally about the shootings. We will update this story if we receive more information. On June 16, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Vance Luther Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, Minnesota, with stalking and murdering Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, in addition to stalking and shooting Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office in Minnesota announced Boelter also faces state charges on two counts of second-degree intentional murder and two counts of second-degree attempted intentional murder. The state said it intended to seek first-degree murder charges, and that the reason authorities filed second-degree charges was "to secure a warrant as quickly as possible." The New York Times reported the shootings, occurring on June 14, began at around 2:00 a.m. CDT at the Hoffman residence in Champlin, then ended with a suspect running from law enforcement officers at the Hortmans' Brooklyn Park home about 3:30 a.m. At 2:43 a.m., a manager of the MN Crime X account (@MN_CRIME), which posts about crimes around the state's capital and other areas, began a thread (archived) sharing early news of the Hoffmans' shooting. Then, at 4:33 a.m., another post in the same thread reported victims' statuses as state politicians. The post (archived) read, "Per radio dispatches, there have been shootings at a State Senator's house in Champlin and a State Representative's home in Brooklyn Park. We don't have any information on the second shooting incident, nor confirmed updates on the victims' condition." Just before 5:30 a.m., Minnesota officials broadcast an "emergency alert" message (archived) with the status of "extreme," stating that the Brooklyn Park Police Department issued a "shelter in place order" to some residents for an "emergent event" involving "multiple targeted shootings." The message did not mention any details about the victims' status in state politics. Local news media outlets began (archived) reporting (archived) these early details about the developing story around the same time. At 8:36 a.m. — 9:36 a.m. in Washington — Greene posted (archived) four photos on her official House representative X account — including the rifle picture — showing her enjoying festivities at the Army's 250th anniversary event, including giving attendees an up-close look at military vehicles and weapons. The post featured American flag emojis and read, "Happy 250th Anniversary to the @USArmy !! The National Mall is hosting the coolest and most patriotic celebration today and I can't wait for the parade this evening!! Today, let's celebrate AMERICA!! God bless the USA!!" A short time later, at 9:02 a.m. CDT, Juliette Kayyem, CNN's senior national security analyst, reported on the cable news TV channel that someone had targeted two Democratic legislators, and their spouses, in their homes. At 9:20 a.m., Greene posted the same photos and message on her House representative Facebook (archived) and Instagram (archived) accounts. Then, at 9:24, she appeared live (archived) on the Real America's Voice channel for an interview from the same grounds in Washington that offered attendees a chance to see and experience the military equipment. MSNBC then reported the news, including specifically mentioning the Democratic lawmakers, on air at 9:30 a.m., followed by Fox News' TV channel at 9:32 a.m. The Associated Press published the news on X (archived) at 9:40 a.m., followed by an article (archived) on the Fox News website at 9:44 a.m. Reuters reported (archived) the news on X at 9:45 a.m. At 9:46 a.m., Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced the names of the victims at a news conference. For further reading, a previous fact check confirmed the claim that Greene bought shares of Palantir Technologies days before the Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a $30 million contract with the company. "After Two-Day Manhunt, Suspect Charged with Shooting Two Minnesota Lawmakers and Their Spouses." United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, 16 June 2025, @AP. X, Beno, Leah. "#Breaking: A Shelter in Place Order Has Been Put into Effect in Part of Brooklyn Park. We Are Actively Working to Confirm Various Details, Calls Coming into Our Newsroom." X, @LeahBenoFox9, 14 June 2025, "Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene." Facebook, Dominguez, Leo, and Ashley Cai. "How the Minnesota Shootings, Manhunt and Suspect's Arrest Unfolded." The New York Times, 15 June 2025, Dorgan, Michael. "Minnesota Lawmaker, Spouse, Shot Dead in 'Politically Motivated Assassination': Gov. Walz." Fox News, 14 June 2025, Haworth, Jon, et al. "Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman Killed, State Sen. John Hoffman Wounded in 'Targeted Political Violence.'" ABC News, 14 June 2025, "Hennepin County Attorney's Office Confirms Multiple Charges against Vance Luther Boelter, Will Seek First-Degree Murder Charges." Hennepin County, Minnesota, 16 June 2025, "LIVE | Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings News Conference." YouTube, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, 14 June 2025, @MN_CRIME. X, @Reuters. X, "TV News Archive." Internet Archive, Yamat, Rio, and Hallie Golden. "Many Lawmakers Named in Writings of Suspected Minnesota Shooter Vow Not to Bow Down." The Associated Press, 17 June 2025, June 19, 2025: This story was updated to correct a mention of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's party affiliation.
Politico
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Politico
Wes Moore accuses Trump of ‘a lack of seriousness' in dealing with Iran
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a combat veteran who led troops in the Army's 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan, accused President Donald Trump of displaying 'a lack of seriousness' in dealing with the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. 'As someone who has worn this uniform, and you know, along with my fellow service members risked my life in defense of this country, to see such a free-wheeling conversation about issues of life and death is disappointing,' Moore said in an interview Thursday. Moore's comments come a day after Trump said at the White House that he delivered an 'ultimate ultimatum' to leaders in Tehran about disarming their nuclear program while also telling reporters 'I may do it, I may not do it' with regard to the U.S. striking Iran's nuclear sites. On Thursday, the White House said Trump will make a decision on whether to strike Iran within two weeks. Moore, seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party and a potential 2028 presidential contender, emphasized the huge stakes at play in the ongoing and escalating Mideast conflict. 'These are serious issues and these are very serious times,' Moore said. 'The lack of seriousness that is surrounding these conversations, the whole 'will I-won't I' playing games is not helpful to this larger conversation. … These are people's lives on the line.' The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The first-term governor has been sharpening his critiques of the Trump administration after previously saying he was 'not the leader of the resistance.' Moore had previously railed against the Trump administration's issuing pink slips to federal workers and said those moves posed a threat to the nation's national security and global competitiveness. Moore's comments come as the nation is observing Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the official end of slavery in the nation and a day where the governor unveiled a series of actions, including one that makes some 7,000 people convicted for simple cannabis possession eligible for pardon. The nation's only Black governor, who is up for reelection in 2026, has been criticized by some in his party over a decision to veto a reparation's bill passed by Maryland's Democratic-controlled state Legislature. The measure called for a yearslong study of race-based inequality in the state. Recently, Moore has been raising his national profile ahead of a potential bid for the White House — even as he continues to publicly deny he's running. He was in early primary state South Carolina last month delivering a brief speech at Rep. Jim Clyburn's annual fish fry, and also served as the keynote speaker at a South Carolina Democratic Party dinner and fundraiser — both must-attend events for Democratic White House hopefuls. In early May, Moore traveled to Pennsylvania, one of the nation's most important swing states, to deliver a commencement address at Lincoln University, a historically Black college, while also appearing on 'The View.' In March, he served as the headliner at the annual Gridiron Club dinner. When asked Thursday whether his time in South Carolina changed his mind about launching a presidential run, he responded: 'The reception was very good. And I'm still not running.'
