The 2023 elections could be a prelude to the 2024 elections. During the 2023 election, Democrats had many victories in Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, etc. In my state of Virginia, Democrats have now projected control of the state House and the state Senate. That is very historic. Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia wanted a 15-week abortion ban. There are rumors that he might run for President in 2024 or 2028. Ohio voters decided to have a constitutionally protected right to abortion with the passage of a ballot measure. In Kentucky, the Democratic governor Andy Beshear defeated his Republican challenger Daniel Cameron (who was a state attorney general with ties to former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell). President Biden is struggling in the polls because a certain number of Americans are ageist, support MAGA cult views, are closet racists, many Democrats have done a bad job in showing their messages to the people, desire a bourgeois fake society where rights are restricted (except for a select few), and incumbents in general struggle in re-election campaigns historically. 2024 is a long way to go, so we shall see what the future holds. Democrat Gabe Amo became the first black person to represent Rhode Island in the state in Congress. In Philadelphia, former councilmember Cherelle Parker became the first woman to be the city's mayor. She will be the city's fourth black mayor and the 100th in Philadelphia's history. In Virginia, Michael Feggans won a victory in Virginia Beach for the state House defeating Republican Karen Greenhalgh. Joshua Cole defeated Republican Lee Peters in the state House election too.
There is many political news in the world. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has decided to not run for re-election. Joe Manchin is not just a far-right person. He has been involved with Sinema and the GOP to put 5 million children back into poverty by blocking the extension of the expanded Child Tax Credit (the Child Tax Credit has been proven to enrich the lives of millions of Americans for years). Manchin proved that moderation in the face of injustice is no virtue. Manchin also opposed Build Back Better, denying millions of Americans help. Nikki Haley admitted that the GOP candidates want to go after Social Security and Medicare. In less than 10 days, the government will shut down again if nothing is done. Tim Scott falsely said that cutting taxes alone will increase revenue. The Bush and Trump tax cuts together have cost an estimated $10 trillion since they were enacted.
The third Republican debate in Miami is finally over. There were a lot of bizarre events during the debate too. One thing that is true is that Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy crossed the line multiple times. Vivek criticized Nikki Haley over the TikTok issue (which is fair game), but he went over the line by talking crazy about Haley's daughter involving her liking TikTok. Her daughter has nothing to do with this debate, and Haley's daughter shouldn't be invoked in that discussion about TikTok and censorship. Haley defended her daughter and called Vivek scum. The debate focused heavily on foreign policy because of the events in Ukraine and in the Middle East. The candidates supported Israel and opposed Hamas, Iran, and China. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley wanted consensus on the issue. South Carolina's Tim Scott wants a 15-week federal abortion ban. Ron DeSantis said that Trump is a different person now than in 2016, and Haley said that Republicans shouldn't chase past glories. Chris Christie continued to criticize Trump as an incumbent leader and not worthy to run for President in 2023.
On foreign policy, all Republican candidates are hawkish and support the far-right extremist Benjamin Netanyahu. They were divided on the issue of Ukraine. Vivek Ramaswamy is overt in criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky. He accused Zelensky of harboring Nazism and anti-democratic ideas. This isn't true as only a minority of Ukrainian far right-wing extremists support Nazis. Zelensky rejects Nazism as he is Jewish. DeSantis and Scott want a more strict situation involving border issues. Ramaswamy wanted to come out desperately for broke. He attacked the media, Haley, the debate moderators, the Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, and DeSantis's boots. Vivek (who made a sexist remark about Haley wearing 3-inch heels) claims not to be a neo-con as most Republican candidates are. This debate represented what most of the Republicans advance which are cutting Social Security, banning TikTok (in violation of the First Amendment), shooting certain people at the border, striking Iran, and other retrograde views.
Ivanka Trump took the stand in the New York civil fraud trial. Ivanka Trump talked about her role in negotiating loans for Trump's purchases of Doral and the Old Post Office. The attorney general of New York, Letitia James, rested its case Wednesday afternoon. Trump and the Trump organization are being sued for $250 million. Judge Arthur Engoron had already ruled before the start of the trial that Donald Trump and his co-defendants committed, "persistent and repeated" fraud. The judge is now considering how much the Trumps have to pay in damages for the profits they've allegedly garnered via fraudulent business practices like inflating Donald Trump's worth on financial statements. Donal Trump was already fined 2 times totaling $15,000 for violating his gag order forbidding anyone from commenting about his staff. The former President criticized Engoron's law clerk.
By Timothy
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