PoliticsThe WeekTrump campaign loses another 2 ballot counting battles in Michigan and Pennsylvania
The Trump campaign is continuing to lose its legal campaigns around the country. Thursday afternoon marked the end of Republicans' challenge to mail-in votes in Montgomery County outside Philadelphia, where the GOP wanted to invalidate absentee ballots that were "cured" after they were submitted. In Pennsylvania and much of the country, people who submit ballots early are allowed to fix, or "cure," their ballot if an elections official finds a problem with it — a missing signature or an unsealed envelope, for instance.
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PoliticsSalonMitch McConnell is already preparing to torpedo Joe Biden's Cabinet picks
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images As a stream of key swing state votes begins to turn the election in presidential nominee Joe Biden's favor, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. wasted no time in signaling that he would block potential progressive nominees for Cabinet positions if the GOP keeps its grip on the upper chamber. A source close to the majority leader told Axios that a Republican-controlled Senate would work with Biden to confirm centrist nominees but reject so-called "radical progressives" or other individuals who rankle conservatives.
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Democrats raised more than $315 million to decisively lose 6 Senate races
Democrats raised an unprecedented amount of money to challenge Republicans' Senate majority. Democratic Senate candidates set fundraising record after fundraising record throughout 2020, bringing in a combined $315 million as they tried to flip races in Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, South Carolina, and Texas. Democrat Jaime Harrison led the 2020 fundraising charge as he tried to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), bringing in a huge $107.5 million only to lose by about 14 points, early results indicate.
“Accepting a deal on coronavirus aid might undercut Trump’s main campaign talking point: That everything is fine.”
“Pelosi’s fear is being ‘soft on Trump.’ In the Trump era, that’s the worst accusation one can make against a Democrat.”
“In reality, Senate Republicans are the ones who could be the roadblock to a deal.”
“Democrats are wary of passing a stimulus bill because it would hand President Donald Trump a political victory.”
“Despite the dire need, Trump, the great dealmaker, has been unable to get his own Republicans to accept a new stimulus.”