2020 Presidential Election - Page 461

August 12, 2020

Honest Elections Project criticizes DC group for mailing unsolicited ballot applications

The self-described nonpartisan group Honest Elections Project condemned a Washington D.C. organization on Tuesday for sending out hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots to Virginia voters, who did not request them. 

August 12, 2020

Harris embraces VP nominee attack dog role, says case against Trump ‘open and shut’

Minutes after she was formally introduced by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris latched on to the traditional attack dog role of the number two on a national ticket and began to prosecute her case against President Trump.

August 12, 2020

MSNBC contributor fantasizes about Harris purging 'Trumpists' from government, helping impeach Trump judges

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., should purge "Trumpists" from the federal government like they're the "Baath Party" violently removed by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, an MSNBC political contributor suggested on Wednesday.

August 12, 2020

ABC's George Stephanopoulos says Kamala Harris is from 'middle of the road, moderate wing' of Dem party

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos is the latest member of the media to portray Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as a moderate choice as Joe Biden's running mate.

August 12, 2020

Former Kamala Harris press secretary is top Twitter communications official, announced removal of Trump clip

With Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., formally chosen as Joe Biden's running mate, her ties to a high-level official at Twitter have been raising eyebrows.

August 12, 2020

Washington Post columnist panned for calling Kamala Harris a 'small-c conservative'

The Washington Post was blasted on Wednesday for being the latest news outlet to suggest that Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif is more moderate than she actually is. 

August 12, 2020

Flashback: Harris joked about killing Trump, Pence, Sessions during 2018 'Ellen' appearance

Presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris joked in April 2018 about President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions perishing in an imagined elevator emergency.

August 12, 2020

New York Times front page fawns over Kamala Harris four years after barely mentioning Mike Pence

The New York Times fawned over presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris Wednesday with a glowing front page featuring four separate headlines – but critics on social media were quick to point out that then-candidate Donald Trump’s selection of Mike Pence didn’t receive the same treatment.

August 12, 2020

Biden, Harris appear together for first time since VP announcement: 'America is crying out for leadership'

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made their debut together as running mates Wednesday afternoon in Wilmington, Del., a day after Biden announced his choice of the California senator to join him on the 2020 Democratic ticket, with Harris vowing to prosecute the political case against the Trump-Pence ticket.

August 12, 2020

Postal worker union head says vote-by-mail is safe, calls partisan attacks against USPS 'shameful'

More Americans will be casting their ballots through the U.S. mail this year due to the strictures and health risks of the coronavirus pandemic, but the debate over whether it is feasible and safe continues to brew with a little more than 80 days till election day.