Is Ben Carson Trump’s Pick for VP?
There was speculation Trump has made his pick for vice president, after it was revealed that the former president has started following Ben Carson on Truth Social.
“Just In: Trump Just Followed Ben Carson on Truth Social,” posted Twitter user Anthony Scott.
“As of right now, Carson is the only VP contender followed by Trump.”
Just In: Trump Just Followed Ben Carson on Truth Social.
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) July 6, 2024
As of right now, Carson is the only VP contender followed by Trump.
LOOK: pic.twitter.com/Ae7Q2VG0Wy
Reactions were broadly positive on social media.
“By far the best choice,” Tweeted one user.
“I’m OK with Carson as VP. Burgum has executive experience but I don’t trust him with his ties to Bill Gates,” Tweeted another.
Nevertheless, many were sceptical, with some noting Trump also follows South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, and others saying there are clearly better candidates for the position, especially given Carson’s age. He will be 77 by the end of a second Trump term.
Trump has remained tight-lipped about his choice of running mate. He is due to announce his pick by 15 July, the first day of the Republican National Convention, according to insiders.
The Washington Post reported on Saturday that discussions within the Trump campaign have narrowed to three possible candidates: Senators J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio, and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.
Trump has also been privately discussing other candidates, the Post added.
“Doug Burgum is the choice if you’re worried about governing,” Brad Todd, a Republican strategist, told The Post.
“J.D. Vance is the candidate if you think you’re going to win no matter what and you’re trying to shape the party going forward. Marco Rubio is the candidate you pick if you’re worried about winning the election.”
These sentiments were shared Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), who said “J.D. Vance is the future of the Republican Party.”
“There’s a great case to make him the running mate because whoever Donald Trump taps to be his vice president is immediately in contention to be president four years later which makes this decision a lot different than the decision he made in 2016.”
Trump said in June that he had decided on his pick, but that he hadn’t told them yet.
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Authorities Hiding Identities of Youths Who Attacked French Minister over Anti-Immigrant Fears
The identities of a group of young men who attacked a French minister and her campaign team have been withheld by authorities over fears their release could provoke anti-immigrant sentiment and bolster support for the French right in the country’s parliamentary election, it is claimed.
Prisca Thevenot, a junior minister in the Macron government, and her campaign team were attacked last Wednesday by four young men while putting up posters in the Parisian suburb of Meudon.
Thevenot herself escaped injury, but one member of her team suffered a broken jaw and another was beaten. Both ended up in hospital.
Thevenot told Le Parisien that she and her group were attacked when they confronted the men in the act of vandalising posters. “Everything happened very, very quickly,” she said.
In a post on Twitter, she announced an end to in-person campaigning.
“Violence is never the answer. I will end my campaign on the ground,” she posted.
Four suspects have now been arrested: an adult and three minors.
No further details of the shocking incident have been released, but journalists have claimed that information about the background of the attackers has been deliberately withheld by authorities and the minister herself, because it might prove valuable to Macron’s main opponents, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN), in the final round of the parliamentary elections, which takes place today.
“You won’t hear it on TV but one of Prisca Thevenot’s attackers is called Wacim, another is Ivorian. They will try to hide the information until Sunday. A minister who is attacked by scum… that could boost the RN,” wrote journalist Damien Rieu on Twitter.
Vous ne l’entendrez pas à la TV mais l’un des agresseurs de @priscathevenot s’appelle Wacim, un autre est ivoirien.
— Damien Rieu (@DamienRieu) July 4, 2024
Ils vont essayer de cacher l’information jusqu’à dimanche. Un ministre qui se fait attaquer par des racailles… ça pourrait faire monter le RN.
Another journalist reported that the men were a “the same people who caused the riots last year,” when far-left activists took to the street to protest the shooting of Nahel Merzouk by police.
“The residents are a bit annoyed. They don’t understand why the authorities only resort to arrests when a female politician is attacked, while they are subjected to this gang every day,” he added.
French President Emmanuel Macron suffered a trouncing in the first round of the parliamentary elections, which took place at the end of last month. Le Pen’s National Rally won 34% of the vote, well ahead of Macron Together alliance, which only managed 20%.
Macron called the snap election in response to a similarly crushing defeat in the recent EU elections. This gamble may backfire spectacularly on him, effectively sabotaging the remaining two years of his final term, but there is still plenty of room for the standard political horseplay that has prevented Le Pen père and now Le Pen fille from winning in the past.
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Trump Granted Delay in Classified Documents Case
Donald Trump has been granted a pause in his Florida “classified documents” case after his legal team argued that they should be allowed to argue the merits of the US Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.
In an order issued on Saturday, Judge Aileen Cannon granted a temporary stay of three pending deadlines, to allow Trump’s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith and his team to file additional briefs in response to the Supreme Court decision.
Under the new order, the special counsel must respond to Trump’s motion by 18 July and any reply is due three days later, on 21 July.
Trump’s attorneys argued in their stay request that a delay would prevent the further misallocation of judicial resources in the case, and that the Supreme Court’s decision undermines the special counsel’s challenge to the former president’s immunity.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that former presidents, including President Trump, have “absolute immunity” from charges that relate to official acts that fall under their “core constitutional powers,” and that he enjoys “presumptive immunity” from prosecutions for other actions taken while in office.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has argued that they have not charged Trump for any official acts in this case, and that all charges relate to offences that took place after he left the White House, including retaining sensitive materials and obstructing federal officials in their attempts to reclaim them.
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UK’s New PM Assures Zelensky Of Britain’s ‘Unshakable’ Support
Britain’s new Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer has promosed President r Volodymyr Zelensky continued and ‘unshakeable’ support for Ukraine during the conflict with Russia Starmer replaced Rishi Sunak as the head of the UK government […]
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WHO Chief Congratulates Kier Starmer On UK Election Victory
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has congratulated Sir Kier Starmer on his UK election victory. Tedros said he was looking forward to working closely with the new Prime Minister and his government and to making […]
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“The Dam Has Broken:” Donors Desert Biden
Biden has almost no support among the Democrats’ crucial donor class, according to superdonor Whitney Tilson.
Tilson appeared on CNN with Erin Burnett on Wednesday and told her that Biden now has “almost no support” among big-money donors. Tilson said that for Biden, “The ship has sailed.”
Democrat mega donor calls on Joe Biden to quit the race: “The ship has sailed”
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) July 6, 2024
“There is almost no support remaining for him as a candidate.” pic.twitter.com/eyXOwMTRSI
“I think that the dam has broken and that more and more people will come out publicly. I can tell you with certainty that as recently as last Friday and Saturday after the debate, there were quite a few people who felt like it was just an off night. As of today, I can‘t find anybody—and I am a hardcore Democrat and Biden supporter.”
Tilson went on to praise Biden for his achievements as a politician, but urged him to consider his position.
“I love Joe Biden. I respect the fact that he‘s an optimist, that he‘s a fighter, and that has served him well in the 52 years since he was first elected to the Senate. But it‘s different today, I‘m afraid. The ship has sailed and there is basically almost no support remaining for him as a candidate.”
Tilson added that “Nobody thinks he can beat Trump.”
Biden remains dogged in his insistence that he will remain president. In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that aired on Friday, the President said that he would only give up his post, “If the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me that.”
Biden faced repeated questions from Stephanopoulos about his health and performance, and rebuffed them all.
“Are you the same man today that you were when you took office three-and-a-half years ago?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“In terms of successes, yes,” Biden said.
“I also was the guy who put together a peace plan for the Middle East that may be coming to fruition. I was also the guy that expanded NATO. I was also the guy that grew the economy. All the individual things that were done were ideas I had or I fulfilled. I moved on.”
“Do you dispute that there have been more lapses, especially in the last several months?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“Can I run the 100 in 10 flat? No. But I’m still in good shape,” Biden said.
There has been intense focus on the existence of a “Biden oligarchy” in recent days, after Axios admitted that a “small group of lifelong loyalists” are effectively running the President’s life and will decide for him if he drops out or not.
“This decades-long kitchen cabinet operates as an extended family, council of elders and governing oligarchy. These allies alone hold sway over decisions big and small in Biden’s life and presidency.”
The authors of the Axios piece identify this group as Biden’s wife, his younger sister, the President’s advisor Ted Kaufman and “a small band of White House advisers.”
There have also been further damaging revelations about the President’s health and the extent to which his decline has been hidden from the public. It has now emerged that Biden met a Parkinson’s specialist at the White House at least nine times since July 2023.
Although five House Democrats have now called for Biden to resign, no potential replacement has thrown their hat into the ring as yet. Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom and Michelle Obama have all denied any interest in replacing the President.
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