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Собаки лают, а караван идет: Турция жестко ответила на ультиматум путляндии и Египта
Собаки лают, а караван идет: Турция жестко ответила на ультиматум путляндии и Египта
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By Vyborec | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
«Його час спливає». Що думають в путляндії про можливе обрання ображеного карлика пукіна?
У разі прийняття поправок до Конституції, які обнулять президентські терміни ображеного карлика пукіна, він зможе обиратися і в 2024-му, і в 2030 році, тобто залишатися на своєму посту до 2036 року. Як ставляться до такої перспективи росіяни, наші колеги із телепроєкту дізнавалися на вулицях Москви
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By Vyborec | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Майже тисяча за добу: Україна наблизилась до абсолютного рекорду приросту нових випадків COVID-19
В Україні станом на ранок 25 червня виявлено 994 нових випадки інфікування коронавірусом за добу, 349 хворих на COVID-19 одужали, 16 – померли, вказують дані системи моніторингу поширення епідемії коронавірусу РНБО.
Днем раніше повідомлялося про 940 нових хворих на COVID-19 за добу, 23 червня було 833 інфікованих, 22 червня – 681.
За минулу добу найбільшу кількість підтверджених випадків зараження COVID-19 зафіксовано у Львівській області (204), Одеській (95), у Закарпатській області і у Києві (85 випадків).
Згідно з повідомленням, кількість інфікованих з початку пандемії наразі складає 40 008 людей, одужали – 17 758, померли – 1067.
За даними Університету Джонса Гопкінса, у світі станом на 25 червня зафіксовано 9 430 384 випадки інфікування коронавірусом, померли 482 752 людей, одужали понад 4,7 мільйона.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Дитячі табори в Києві працювати не будуть щонайменше до кінця липня – КМДА
У Департаменті молоді та спорту Київміськдержадміністрації заявили про недоцільність відкриття дитячих закладів оздоровлення та відпочинку у столиці найближчим часом у зв’язку з показниками поширення коронавірусної інфекції.
«Це означає, що на період дії карантину, до 31 липня 2020 року, забороняється діяльність цих закладів. Проте на відповідних територіях гарантуватимутьбезпечні умови, а також дотримання відповідних санітарних і протиепідемічних заходів для подальшого відкриття», – повідомили у КМДА.
За даними столичної влади, на території Києва налічується 8 дитячих таборів, що розташовані в позаміській зоні. Повідомляється, що для подальшого відкриття готові 7 закладів: МДЦ «Артек», ДОЗ «Хвиля», ДОТ «Сокіл», ДОК «Антей», ОТ «Лідер», ДОТ «Лісовий», ДПЗОВ «Пуща-Водиця».
«ДЗСТ «Жовтень», який є підрозділом дочірнього підприємства «Клінічний санаторій «Жовтень», відкриватися в 2020 році не планує», – повідомили в КМДА.
Станом на 25 червня у Києві виявили 4609 випадків захворювання на COVID-19, одужали – 1473, померла 101 людина.
Раніше президент України Володимир Зеленський наголосив на необхідності проведенння аудиту літніх таборів для відпочинку. За даними Міністерства охорони здоров’я, щороку в літніх таборах України відпочиває 1-1,2 мільйона дітей.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Kamala Harris Says Democrats Need to Listen to Young Voters
Sen. Kamala Harris of California says that Democrats need to listen to young voters seeking change and that she won’t “be played” by Republicans when it comes to police reform legislation.She’s a top contender to be presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s running mate. But she won’t directly address whether she thinks Biden should choose a Black woman as his vice president.Harris spoke Tuesday with The Associated Press about her efforts and the Democratic Party’s relationship with Black voters. The following Q&A has been edited for clarity and length.AP: Do you think that swift compromise is still possible (on police reform legislation)? And if you do have to compromise, what do you think are the pieces in your bill that have the most potential to save lives?HARRIS: The problem is that we have American lives that have ended at the hands of excessive force and police brutality. And we need to address it, and (Democrats’) bill, the Justice in Policing Act, is frankly quite narrowly tailored to specifically address the need for accountability and consequences when there is the situation where police officers have broken the rules and broken the law. You have the Republican leader, (Mitch) McConnell, essentially saying that he is not going to invite any kind of conversation or discourse before a vote (on the Republican bill) Wednesday. The two lead senators on the Justice in Policing Act, Sen. Cory Booker from New Jersey and myself, both serve on the Judiciary Committee. The Judiciary Committee was designed just for this type of issue. So if there was an intent to have a meaningful dialogue and discussion toward real solutions that have teeth, it should have gone there. And instead it’s “We’re in leadership, we hold all the cards, you take it. You take what we’re offering you even if it’s crumbs on the table.” Well, we’re not going to go for that. And frankly, I will speak for myself, I’m not going to be played that way.AP: Some of these things that are in the Justice in Policing Act are things that are either still allowed in California or were only recently reformed. Could you have pushed harder for some of these things to happen earlier in California?HARRIS: The point of your question actually speaks to the issue at hand, which is even in a state like California, which has been a leader on reforming the criminal justice system, we still aren’t where we need to be. And it speaks to the fact that I know well that there are a lot of folks and a lot that is invested in the status quo, it is deeply rooted. Within the system, there is a real hesitance, if not hostility, to reform and change.One of the greatest, I think, counterforces to that status quo … has been Black Lives Matter and the brilliance of that movement and its leaders. That has created this kind of counterforce, so that those who are within a system can have greater leverage to force or compel change. But there’s still so much more to do and that speaks to exactly our bill, the Justice in Policing Act, which is these are the things we need to institute at a national and at a federal level.AP: Vice President Biden has overwhelming support among older Black voters, but he’s struggled to gain more widespread support from young Black and Latino progressive voters. What do Democrats need to do to get those voters energized and come out in November?HARRIS: We need to listen. The strength and the beauty of this movement around policing is, I think, an extension of what I know from being on the campaign trail for a year, which is that there are a lot of issues that are impacting so-called younger voters that have gone unaddressed. One of the best ways to actually address those issues is to listen and let the people tell you their needs and tell you what they want. We have to listen to them, and we have to respond to their needs in a way that we provide them with their rightful role of leadership as opposed to expecting them to just follow. AP: Beyond policing, what do you think needs to be done to address inequalities that have been laid bare in the Black community as a result of the COVID-19 crisis that we’re in? Do you think that the Democrats need a more robust agenda when it comes to Black America?HARRIS: There’s a lot that needs to be addressed, and it relates to everything from public health and long-standing disparities based on race. It is about what we need to do around the economy, it is about what we need to do around education. It’s about environmental policy and environmental justice and a number of other issues. One of the things that we need to do is obviously fight to keep the Affordable Care Act. But we also need to address the long-standing disparities that exist when we know that African Americans are 20% more likely to have asthma, 40% more likely to have high blood pressure, that Black women are three times more likely to have lupus than white women, when we know that Black women are three to four times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than other women. So there’s a lot of work to do there, and it is about accessibility, it is about affordability, it is about bias in the health care delivery system — racial bias, institutional and systemic racism. I have proposed the Racial Disparities Act. It would track where these disparities exist as we continue to deal with the coronavirus pandemic because we still are at a place where hundreds of people are dying in our country a day.AP: A lot of voices in your party have begun to say Biden needs to have a Black woman on the ticket. Do you think that is what is necessary to kind of rise to the occasion of this moment? HARRIS: I will tell you and I say this with all sincerity and honesty and candor: I want Joe Biden to pick whoever is going to help him win. Period. He has to win. There is too much at stake in our country right now. Donald Trump has been a failure as a president on almost every level. He came into office trying to sow hate and division among us. He has been dishonest with the American people tens of thousands of times. He has failed to lead on the greatest public health crisis and therefore economic crisis we’ve seen in generations, where he was in abject denial and then basically tried to muzzle the health care experts and mislead the American people. We need a president of the United States who has in their DNA the ability and the desire to lift up the condition and the spirit of the American people. And I know Joe Biden can do that, and he needs to win.
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By Polityk | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Sharp Words Show Deep Divisions Between US & China
A June 17 meeting between the top diplomats from the U.S. and China was so low key, no photos were released. Diplomatic sources say China asked for the meeting. It came at a time of heightened tension between the countries over many issues. VOA’s Steve Redisch has more.
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By Polityk | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Democrats Accuse Attorney General Barr of Political Meddling in US Justice System
U.S. House Democrats blasted Attorney General William Barr at a hearing on Wednesday over accusations he had improperly meddled in criminal cases and antitrust probes for political gain, but they stopped short of pledging to take any steps to try and oust the nation’s top law enforcement official.
“Mr. Barr’s work at the Department of Justice has nothing to do with correcting injustice. He is the president’s fixer,” said Jerrold Nadler, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
“He has shown us that there is one set of rules for the president’s friends, and another set of rules for the rest of us.”
FILE – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 21, 2020.Nadler had mulled subpoenaing Barr to appear before the panel for a future hearing, but a Justice Department spokeswoman on Wednesday tweeted that Barr would voluntarily appear to testify on July 28.
Wednesday’s contentious hearing featured testimony from two current Justice Department employees who took the unusual step of publicly blowing the whistle against their own employer.
The hearing came at a time when Barr has come under growing scrutiny after he intervened in two prosecutions involving Trump allies, fired a federal prosecutor whose office is investigating Trump’s personal attorney, and oversaw the use of force by federal law enforcement officers against peaceful protesters in historic Lafayette Square.
Federal prosecutor Aaron Zelinksy testified on Wednesday that the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington was pressured from the “highest levels” of the Justice Department to scale back its sentencing recommendation for Trump’s longtime friend, Roger Stone.
“Roger Stone was being treated differently from every other defendant. He received breaks that are, in my experience, unheard of,” said Zelinsky, who withdrew from the case after senior department officials filed a new sentencing memo that backed away from the original recommendation of seven to nine years in prison.
Stone, 67, who was convicted of obstruction, witness tampering and lying to Congress during its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Republicans on the panel criticized Zelinsky, who admitted he had not directly spoken with Barr or the then-Acting U.S. Attorney Tim Shea about their reasons for scaling back the sentencing recommendation.
Zelinsky told lawmakers that Shea’s office declined his request for a meeting, and that J.P. Cooney, who supervises public corruption cases in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington, had told him that political motivations were behind the abrupt shift.
The second employee to testify on Wednesday was antitrust attorney John Elias, who spoke about the about the politicization of antitrust probes into marijuana companies and the auto sector.
With less than five months before U.S. elections, the partisanship displayed during the House Judiciary hearing was on display throughout the Congress. During the hearing, legislation to stop excessive force by police departments fell victim to partisan infighting in the Senate.
Donald Ayer, the former Deputy Attorney General under George H.W. Bush who also testified before the committee Wednesday, said he feared Barr’s misbehavior was only accelerating as the election draws closer.
“The drum beat of his misbehavior is accelerating,” he said. “I don’t know what’s next, but I’m scared to think about what it might be,” he said.
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By Polityk | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Nominee to Be CIA Watchdog Says He’ll Stand Up to Trump
President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the CIA’s chief watchdog is pledging independence, saying he will perform his role “in an unbiased and impartial manner, free of undue or inappropriate influences” by Trump or anyone else.Peter Thomson, a New Orleans attorney and former federal prosecutor, faced skepticism about his ability to ward off presidential interference at a nomination hearing Wednesday.Thomson’s nomination as CIA inspector general comes as Trump is attacking the inspector general and whistleblower system. Trump has fired or replaced inspectors general across the federal government in recent months, including the former watchdogs for the intelligence community and State Department.Trump’s moves, made with little or no explanation, have drawn bipartisan criticism and spurred fears that the Republican president is moving to dismantle a post-Watergate network of watchdogs meant to root out corruption, fraud and other problems inside federal agencies.”The job of an inspector general … and protecting whistleblowers has never been more important,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. “But just doing that job can get you fired.”Thomson’s ability to ignore those threats “and aggressively pursue investigations wherever the facts may lead is at the heart of this confirmation process,” Wyden said at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.Thomson assured Wyden and other senators that he will be independent, even if it means he eventually gets fired. “If I was fired for doing my job in a lawful way, in an appropriate way, then I would be fired,” Thomson said.In a testy exchange with independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, Thomson denied that Trump or anyone else had asked him to pledge loyalty to the president. The White House Counsel’s office interviewed him before his nomination, but he did not speak personally with Trump, Thomson said.”I never perceived any kind of loyalty test at all with regard to the president,” Thomson said.King said Thomson’s job is especially important now, following the removal of Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community IG, and Steve Linick, the State Department watchdog. Atkinson, who was fired in April, advanced a whistleblower complaint that resulted in Trump’s impeachment. Linick told Congress he was conducting investigations tied to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s use of government resources as well as Pompeo’s decision to approve a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia.”This president has made plain his desire to politicize the intelligence agencies — that he doesn’t like the intelligence agencies,” King said, citing a list of officials Trump has removed, including the acting and deputy directors of national intelligence.”All you can do is tell me that you will stand up to that, but I certainly hope that you will, because it’s important for the country,” King said.”If any such pressure was brought on the office to alter its product, or how it evaluates something, I would consider that very serious,” Thomson replied, adding that he would report such interference to the CIA director and the Intelligence panel.While he and King don’t really don’t know one another, “I think within a short period of time after working with me … you would be absolutely convinced that I’m not going to give in to any kind of under inappropriate pressure; that I will always, always stand firm to my convictions,” Thomson said.The CIA has been without a Senate-confirmed inspector general since 2015. Former Acting IG Christopher Sharpley, who was nominated by Trump for the permanent post in 2017, withdrew in 2018 after his nomination stalled in the Senate. Two former CIA employees complained that Sharpley and other managers retaliated against them after they alerted congressional committees and other authorities about alleged misconduct at the agency.Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., acting chairman of the intelligence panel, told Thomson that after listening to his testimony and reviewing his record, he’s confident that “you would never endanger your 37-year career in public service and private practice for any reason,” including pressure from the president.Thomson replied that he is “a straight shooter,” adding that his reputation “means everything to me, as well as the rule of law.”
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By Polityk | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
У Празі померла українська скульпторка Марія Леонтович-Лошак
У столиці Чехії 24 червня на 94-му році життя померла Марія Леонтович-Лошак – відома скульпторка, майстриня декоративного мистецтва, по лінії батька племінниця українського композитора Миколи Леонтовича – автора всесвітньо відомого «Щедрика».
Марія Леонтович-Лошак упродовж років була активним членом української громади. У період комуністичного режиму пережила репресії, що стосувалися її родини, зокрема, батька Івана Леонтовича (1893 – 1970) – перекладача, стенографіста Центральної Ради (1918 р.), але рідної мови і звичаїв не зрадила. До останніх днів любила наспівувати мелодії українських пісень, «Щедрика» в тому числі.
Марія Леонтович-Лошак у 1952 році закінчила Українську студію пластичного мистецтва в Празі, була ученицею відомого скульптора Костя Стаховського, від якого перейняла захоплення анімалістичною пластикою. Навчання продовжила в празькій Академії мистецтв, яку закінчила в 1953 році. Була членом об‘єднання чеських образотворчих митців «Манес» і празького об‘єднання жінок-художниць «Феміна». Співала в празькому українському хорі святого Володимира.
Твори Марії Леонтович-Лошак експонувалися на багатьох виставках, одна з останніх за присутності авторки відкрилась у музеї міста Розтоки біля Праги в 2018 році.
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By Gromada | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Senate Democrats Block Debate on Republican Police Reform Proposal
A key vote advancing major police reform legislation in the U.S. Senate failed Wednesday, after Congressional Democrats blocked debate on a Republican proposal they called “flawed.” U.S. lawmakers have been racing to craft legislation that would address demands heard in weeks of nationwide protests in response to the May 25 death in police custody of George Floyd. The Democratic-majority U.S. House is set to vote later this week on the Justice in Policing Act but efforts to pass the Republican proposal by the chamber’s only black Republican senator, Tim Scott, appears to be stalled.Democrats blocked the procedural move to advance the Republican bill to a process that would have allowed debate on the bill by a vote of 55-45.FILE – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 19, 2020.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer argued on the Senate floor Wednesday shortly ahead of the vote that Democrats could not salvage the bill.”The harsh fact of the matter is the bill is so deeply, fundamentally and irrevocably flawed, it cannot serve as a useful starting point for meaningful reform,” he said. If they had voted to advance debate on the bill, Democrats would have had the option to offer amendments altering the measure.In a letter Tuesday to Senate Republicans, Schumer and Senate Democrats laid out five points of concern about the legislation.Democrats said they objected to the measure’s failures to put accountability and transparency measures in place in police departments, to sufficiently address collection of data on policing, and to create a national standard for use of force. In the letter, Democrats also wrote the justice act “does nothing to end harmful policing practices, like racial and religious profiling, no-knock warrants in drug cases and the use of chokeholds and carotid holds.”No-knock warrants were a factor in the death of 27-year-old Breonna Taylor earlier this year, while police use of chokeholds came under renewed scrutiny after a procedure utilized by officers who detained George Floyd.Call for amendmentsScott said Democrats’ concerns about the legislation could have been addressed by advancing the bill to the debate stage.FILE – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 17, 2020.”My response was a simple one,” Scott said on the Senate floor just ahead of the vote. “Let’s have five amendments on those things. If we can get the votes on these two sides of the chamber, we should include that in the legislation. I met with other senators on the other side who said that there are more than five things that we need to have a conversation about. So I said let’s include an amendment for every single issue you have.”Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Scott’s proposal “a straightforward plan based on facts, data, and lived experience. It focuses on improving accountability and restoring trust. It addresses key issues like chokeholds and no-knock warrants. It expands reporting, and transparency in hiring, and training for de-escalation.”House Democrats’ Justice in Policing Act leverages federal funding to encourage the de-militarization of police forces, while ending the legal doctrine shielding police officers from civil prosecution for their actions. An end to the so-called “qualified immunity” doctrine was already deemed a “non-starter” by the White House.Pelosi commentsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi has previously signaled she was open to a reconciliation process for the Senate and House proposals but drew Republican condemnation for comments she made in a CBS Radio interview Tuesday.”For something to happen, they’re going to have to face the reality of police brutality, the reality of the need for justice in policing, and the recognition that there are many, many good people in law enforcement, but not all and that we have to address those concerns,” Pelosi said. “So far, they’re trying to get away with murder, actually. The murder of George Floyd.”FILE – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky bump elbows in greeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 12, 2020.McConnell called the rhetoric around the bill “political nonsense elevated to an art form.” Addressing Pelosi’s remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, he said, “Two weeks ago, it was implied the Senate would have blood on our hands if we didn’t take up police reform. Now, Democrats say Senator Scott and 48 other Senators have blood on our hands because we are trying to take up police reform.”Pelosi said Wednesday she would not apologize for her remarks.Senate Democrats had called for McConnell to bring police reform legislation to the Senate floor for a vote before the chamber departs town for a two-week Independence Day holiday recess. Lawmakers are running out of time to reach an agreement on any legislation. Both the Senate and the House are in session for only a handful of weeks in July before departing once again for their traditional summer recess through the first week of September.The chances of passing ambitious legislation on this controversial topic will be very small as lawmakers shift their attention in the fall to reelection races and the presidential election.
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By Polityk | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
In US, Election Night Becomes Election Week, With Delayed Results
In the United States, Election Night is turning into Election Week, with results in high-profile contests delayed because of the extended time needed to count the hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots by voters who did not want to risk contracting the coronavirus at polling stations.
The election outcome was unknown Wednesday of the high-profile Democratic Senate primary in the southern state of Kentucky between former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath and state lawmaker Charles Booker.
Results will not be known until June 30 which candidate will challenge Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the November election.
McGrath held a 44% to 39.6% lead over Booker in the votes counted Tuesday night. But none of the results had been posted for the state’s biggest city, Louisville, considered to be a Booker stronghold.
Election officials said 161,238 people voted in-person on Tuesday. By Tuesday morning, 530,196 of the 867,842 ballots sent out before Election Day had already been returned.
The Democratic victor will face a tough contest against 78-year-old McConnell, a fixture in Kentucky and the Washington power structure. He has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s legislative proposals and his appointment of conservative judges. Trump is popular in Kentucky, which he won by about 30 percentage points in 2016.Voting stations are seen in the South Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center for voters to cast their ballots in the Kentucky primary, in Louisville, Kentucky, June 23, 2020.In another key election, New York Congressman Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, appeared in trouble in his bid for a 17th two-year term in the House of Representatives, although a final vote count could be days away.
Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman, who had never run for office, held a lead of 61% to 36% over Engel with in-person voting counted.
New York election officials cautioned that a large number of mail-in ballots will not be counted until next week, delaying the outcome.
Bowman expressed confidence about the eventual result to his supporters late Tuesday.
“I cannot wait to get to Congress and cause problems for the people in there who have been maintaining a status quo that is literally killing our children,” he said.
Engel said in a statement, “With so many absentee ballots outstanding and many still coming in, we know that the full results in the primary won’t be known for some time.”
Engel has represented New York’s 16th congressional district for 16 terms. Bowman is a more liberal candidate who drew the backing of prominent progressives, including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who herself won an upset victory over a veteran congressman in 2018.Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in New York’s primary election at a polling station inside Yonkers Middle/High School, in Yonkers, New York, June 23, 2020.Mail-in ballots will also decide another New York district, with Democrat Carolyn Maloney, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, in a race that is too close to call with lawyer and activist Suraj Patel. With all precincts reporting, but no mail-in ballots included yet, Maloney held a 41% to 40% lead.
Ocasio-Cortez was among the New York incumbents in contested races who easily won their primaries Tuesday. Others include congressmen Gregory Meeks and Joseph Morelle, and congresswomen Grace Meng and Nydia Velazquez.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and Congresswoman Yvette Clark had large leads, but their races have not yet been called with mail-in ballots outstanding.
Trump endorsed two New York Republicans, Claudia Tenney and Nicole Malliotakis, who each won their primaries Tuesday and will try to unseat incumbent Democrats in November.
Republican state Sen. Chris Jacobs defeated Democrat Nate McMurray as voters in New York’s 27th congressional district decided a special election to select a representative to fill out the remaining half year of the term of former Congressman Chris Collins, who resigned in September shortly before pleading guilty to insider stock trading charges.
Jacobs and McMurray will face off again in November in an election for a full two-year term.
In North Carolina, newcomer Madison Cawthorn notched an upset win in a Republican House primary over Lynda Bennett, the candidate Trump endorsed. If Cawthorn wins in November, he would become the youngest member of Congress at age 25.
In Virginia, retired Army lieutenant colonel Daniel Gade won a three-way race in the Republican Senate primary. He will face two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Warner in November.
Republican Scott Taylor won a three-way primary in Virginia’s 2nd congressional district and will go up against incumbent Congresswoman Elaine Luria. The two candidates faced each other in a 2018 congressional election, with Luria winning 51% to 49%.
Incumbent House Democrats Donald McEachin and Gerry Connolly easily won their contested primaries in Virginia on Tuesday.
There were also House primaries in Kentucky, where Republican incumbents Brett Guthrie, Thomas Massie, Harold Rogers and Andy Barr all easily won.
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By Polityk | 06/25/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Мін’юст назвав найпопулярніші цього року імена новонароджених
Найпопулярнішими іменами, якими українці називали своїх новонароджених дітей у 2020 році, стали Артем і Софія, повідомляє пресслужба Міністерства юстиції України.
У Мін’юсті зазначили, що ці імена були найпоширеніші протягом року в більшості регіонів країни.
«Також батьки найбільше віддавали перевагу таким чоловічим іменам, як Матвій, Максим, Давид, Нікіта, Михайло, Данііл, Богдан, Андрій, Олександр, Іван та Василь. Серед дівочих імен доволі популярними виявилися Анастасія, Анна, Марія, Аліса, Вікторія, Вероніка, Поліна та Луна», – йдеться в повідомленні.
Раніше цього місяця Південно-західне міжрегіональне управління Міністерства юстиції України повідомило, що на Закарпатті у травні батьки назвали свого новонародженого сина ім’ям Зеленський.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Once Reluctant, GOP’s Only Black Senator Now Leads on Race
When he first ran for office in 1994, they scrawled the N-word on his lawn signs. By the time he came to Congress, he had to unplug the phone lines because callers brought the staff to tears. Even after he became a U.S. senator, the Capitol quickly became just another place where he would be stopped by the police.
Initially reluctant to focus on race, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is now a leading Republican voice, teaching his party what it’s like to be a Black man in America when the police lights are flashing in the rearview mirror.
He has been pulled over by law enforcement “more than 18 times,” Scott said in an interview with The Associated Press.
“I’m thinking to myself how blessed and lucky I am to have 18 different encounters and to have walked away from each encounter.”
As the only Black Republican in the Senate, Scott’s role is heavy with a certain weight. He is leading a task force of GOP senators drafting the Justice Act, law enforcement changes set for a test vote this week. But it’s also a historic opportunity to speak to Republicans about race — as a conservative, a Christian and a Southerner from the state where the Civil War began.
He rejects the concept of systemic racism, which puts him at odds with many Black Democrats who demand a broader police overhaul than his proposed bill. Instead, he places his faith where he says he has seen the change, in people’s hearts. He shares his experience as a Black American in the 21st century, including this year when he was pulled over for failing to signal early enough for a lane change — or, as he called it, stopped for “driving while Black.”
“I just can’t imagine the pressure he must be under, though, as the only African American Republican,” Rep. Karen Bass, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said in an interview.
“That he has to sit there with those senators and go through his experiences and hope that they have some measure of empathy,” said Bass, who is leading Democrats’ policing bill and working with Scott, whom she has known for years.
“It’s exhausting,” she said. “Racism is exhausting.”
As massive demonstrations over the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minnesota spilled into a worldwide reckoning over police tactics and racial injustice, Scott quietly approached Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the GOP senators’ weekly private luncheon.
Scott whispered in McConnell’s ear that he wanted a seat at the table drafting legislation.
“I’m the guy that actually has the experience,” he told McConnell. The leader agreed.
Broaching law enforcement changes is a new priority for the GOP, which proudly calls itself the party of Lincoln but has wrestled with race in the modern era, becoming more aligned with the “law and order” approach now embraced by President Donald Trump than a civil rights platform.
“He’s been working for this moment his whole life,” said House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.
Scott’s family — the grandfather who picked cotton as a child and grandmother who cleaned homes, and his own parents who separated when he was young, his father in the military, his mother working double shifts as a nursing assistant to provide for him and his brother — taught him to stay steady amid hardship. He acknowledges in his memoir that he almost flunked his freshman year of high school, before going on to become senior class president and attend college.
He is among a generation of Capitol Hill Republicans — along with McCarthy and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., both of whom he counts as friends — who came of age during the Reagan years, carrying a conservative’s belief in the wellspring of opportunity awaiting hard work. Elected to the House on the 2010 Tea Party wave, Scott was tapped for a vacant Senate seat in 2012 and went on to win it outright in 2014.
“He found his political legs and political wings at a unique time in this country,” said Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strategist in South Carolina. “He was able to tap into something that was not known, so he made the unknown known, a Black Republican.”
And yet, Scott can speak with authenticity about experiences of racism that transcend party. “I am going to be black for the rest of my life,” he writes in his biography.
With the 2014 Missouri death of Michael Brown, and the 2015 South Carolina killing of Walter Scott, no relation, he wrote, “It was becoming harder and harder not to speak out.”
What started as a series of Senate speeches about his experiences has led to this defining moment, drafting legislation at a time of history.
“He’s been able to diversify the conversation in America about the African American community … and how we fit into this larger pulse of what we call America,” said Stephen Gilchrist, the chairman and CEO of the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce. “And yeah, that does draw criticism because, in many respects, it does not toe the line.”
If anything, Scott objects not to those in his party learning the toll of racism, but critics from the left who question his policy decisions as a Black man. He publicly spoke out against Trump’s 2017 comments of fine people on “both sides” of the neo-Nazi protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and has since blocked some of the president’s judicial nominees over their views. He notes there are only two Black Democratic senators.
During an interview at his Washington office, Scott explained that he believes there’s value in having the person who has “gone through the pain and the misery” of bias writing the policing bills that could become law.
“Esther 4:14 says, ‘For such a time as this,'” he told the AP.
“I think it is important that, in the history of eternity, that I had the good fortune of being born in the place where the Civil War started, being elected in the seat that Strom Thurmond used to hold, to be in a position to have this serious conversation that confronts racial outcomes in this nation,” he said.
“I think it’s a blessing from God.”
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By Polityk | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Провал обиженного карлика в Ливии, готовность НАТО трахнуть старика кабаева, а также F-16 Египта в деле!
Правда о трахнутом чвк вагнер, новое вооружение США для АРМИИ И ФЛОТА Украины, операция Турции в Ираке, подбитые индийского вертолёта военными Китая и провал обиженного карлика пукина в Ливии, а также F-16 и армия Египта в деле
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Зелений карлик володимир олександрович біля розбитого корита. Свіжа соціологія.
Зелений карлик володимир олександрович біля розбитого корита. Свіжа соціологія.
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Найкращі пропозиції товарів і послуг в Мережі Купуй!
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Приструнить обиженного карлика пукина: США меняют расклад сил в Черноморском регионе…
За последние десять дней произошел ряд знаковых событий, играющих немаловажную роль в сфере безопасности для Украины. Вашингтон активно помогает повышать обороноспособность Украины и создавать некомфортные условия для чрезмерной активности путляндии с целью вернуть карлика пукина в рамки международного правового поля
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Космические отмазки лидеров, которые отказались приезжать на парад к карлику пукину! Смеялись всем Госдепом!
Последние новости путляндии и мира, экономика, бизнес, культура, технологии, спорт
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Экономика рухнула, остались скрепы, парад и пожизненный обиженный карлик пукин
Росстат опубликовал блок макростатистики за май, который показал ещё большее ухудшение в состоянии российской экономики после апрельского обвала
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Appeals Court Orders Dismissal of Michael Flynn Prosecution
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn.The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in a 2-1 ruling that the Justice Department’s decision to abandon the case against Flynn settles the matter, even though Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to prosecutors in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan had declined to immediately dismiss the case, seeking instead to evaluate on his own the department’s unusual dismissal request. He appointed a retired federal judge to argue against the Justice Department’s position and to consider whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.Flynn was the only White House official charged in Mueller’s investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. He pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI days after the president’s January 2017 inauguration about conversations he had had during the presidential transition period with the Russian ambassador.The Justice Department moved to dismiss the case in May as part of a broader effort by Attorney General William Barr to scrutinize, and even undo, some of the decisions reached during the Russia investigation, which he has increasingly disparaged.In its motion, the department argued that Flynn’s calls with the Russian ambassador — in which they discussed sanctions the Obama administration imposed on Russia for election interference — were appropriate and not material to the underlying counterintelligence investigation. The department also noted that weeks before the interview, the FBI had prepared to close its investigation into Flynn after not finding evidence of a crime.But the retired judge appointed by Sullivan, John Gleeson, called the Justice Department’s request a “gross abuse” of prosecutorial power and accused the government of creating a pretext to benefit an ally of the president.Wednesday’s 2-1 opinion was authored by Judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee, and joined by Karen LeCraft Henderson, who had asked skeptical questions of lawyers for Flynn and the Justice Department during arguments earlier this month.
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By Polityk | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Кличко уточнив розміри допомоги постраждалим мешканцям будинку на Позняках
Міська влада ухвалила рішення про надання матеріальної допомоги постраждалим мешканцям будинку на Позняках, де стався вибух, і визначила розміри персональних виплат, повідомив мер Києва Віталій Кличко.
«Усі постраждалі родини отримають по 50 тисяч гривень. Тим, хто отримав тяжкі травми, виділять по 80 тисяч. Мешканцям із ушкодженнями середньої важкості виплатимо по 70 тисяч гривень. Ті ж, у кого легкі травми, отримають по 60 тисяч. А люди, які втратили близьких, отримають по 100 тисяч гривень за кожного загиблого. Я підписав відповідне розпорядження і найближчим часом люди отримають ці кошти», – повідомив Віталій Кличко.
Раніше Кличко вже заявляв, що столична влада готова виділити з міського бюджету 30 мільйонів гривень людям, які втратили житло через вибух на Позняках.
Вранці 21 червня в десятиповерховому житловому будинку в Дарницькому районі Києва стався вибух, який зруйнував кілька поверхів. П’ятеро людей загинули. 23 червня пошуково-рятувальні роботи на місці вибуху в Києві були завершені. Попередньою причиною називають вибух газоповітряної суміші.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Мінінфраструктури розповіли, як стихія у західному регіоні вплинула на залізничний рух
Міністр інфраструктури України Владислав Криклій повідомив, що працівники транспорту другу добу працюють над ліквідацією наслідків повеней у західному регіоні, в результаті чого постраждали і об’єкти залізниці.
«Пошкоджено залізничну інфраструктуру на перегонах Яремче-Микуличин та Микуличин-Ворохта. Тому відучора було тимчасово призупинено рух приміських поїздів № 6402/6401 Івано-Франківськ-Ворохта-Івано-Франківськ», – повідомив Криклій.
За його словами, з 24 червня не курсуватимуть і 4 приміські поїзди: Коломия-Снятин, Снятин-Коломия, Ворохта-Івано-Франківськ та Івано-Франківськ-Ворохта. З 25 червня «Укрзалізниця» скасувала курсування трьох поїздів: Снятин-Коломия, Коломия-Снятин, Ворохта-Івано-Франківськ.
За даними Держслужби з надзвичайних ситуацій, через негоду зруйновано 110 кілометрів автодоріг, 1850 метрів берегоукріплень та 90 мостів у Івано-Франківській області. Пошкоджено 429,7 кілометрів автодоріг та 130 мостів загалом у Івано-Франківській, Львівській та Чернівецькій областях. Порушено транспортне сполучення із 34 населеними пунктами. Крім офіційно підтверджених 3 жертв, ще одна людина вважається зниклою безвісти.
На сьогодні заплановане засідання Державної комісії з питань техногенно-екологічної безпеки та надзвичайних ситуацій. У західний регіон вилетіла урядова делегація на чолі з прем’єр-міністром Денисом Шмигалем.
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By Gromada | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Veteran Democrats Risk Losing Congressional Seats as US Awaits Primary Election Results
Several high-profile Democrats are facing the prospect of losing their seats in Congress after voters in four U.S. states cast ballots in primary elections Tuesday.Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman, who had never run for office before, held a lead of 61% to 36% over Congressman Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, with in-person voting counted.New York election officials have cautioned that with a large number of mail-in ballots, which will not be counted until next week, final results from Tuesday’s voting will take some time.Bowman expressed confidence about the eventual result to his supporters late Tuesday, saying, “I cannot wait to get to Congress and cause problems for the people in there who have been maintaining a status quo that is literally killing our children.”Engel said in a statement, “With so many absentee ballots outstanding and many still coming in, we know that the full results in the primary won’t be known for some time.”Engel has represented New York’s 16th congressional district for 16 terms. Bowman is a more liberal candidate who drew the backing of prominent progressives, including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who herself won an upset victory over a veteran congressman in 2018.Mail-in ballots will decide another New York district, with Democrat Carolyn Maloney, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, in a race that is too close to call with lawyer and activist Suraj Patel. With all precincts reporting, but no mail-in ballots included yet, Maloney held a 41% to 40% lead.Ocasio-Cortez was among the New York incumbents in contested races who easily won their primaries Tuesday. Others include Congressmen Gregory Meeks and Joseph Morelle, and Congresswomen Grace Meng and Nydia Velazquez.House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and Congresswoman Yvette Clark had large leads, but their races have not yet been called with mail-in ballots outstanding.Volunteers for and supporters of longtime U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., gather outside Clarke’s campaign headquarters, June 23, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, as they awaited the arrival of the congresswoman.Trump endorsed two New York Republicans, Claudia Tenney and Nicole Malliotakis, who each won their primaries Tuesday and will try to unseat incumbent Democrats in November.Republican Chris Jacobs defeated Democrat Nate McMurray as voters in New York’s 27th congressional district decided a special election to select a representative to fill out the remaining months of the term of former Congressman Chris Collins, who resigned in September shortly before pleading guilty to insider trading charges. Jacobs and McMurray will face off again in November in an election for a full term.North Carolina, Virginia
In North Carolina, newcomer Madison Cawthorn notched an upset win in the Republican primary over Lynda Bennett, the candidate who had earned Trump’s endorsement in the race. If Cawthorn wins the general election in November, he would become the youngest member of Congress at age 25.In Virginia, retired Army lieutenant colonel Daniel Gade won a three-way race in the Republican Senate primary. He will face incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Warner in November.Republican Scott Taylor won a three-person primary in Virginia’s 2nd congressional district and will go up against incumbent Congresswoman Elaine Luria. The two candidates faced each other in a 2018 congressional election, with Luria winning 51% to 49%.Incumbent Democrats Donald McEachin and Gerry Connolly easily won their contested primaries in Virginia on Tuesday.Kentucky
In Kentucky, with more than half of precincts reporting, former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath held a 45% to 36% lead over state lawmaker Charles Booker in the Democratic race to face Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the November election.The final result is not expected for days due to a high number of mail-in ballots. Election officials said they received requests for about 883,000 such ballots and that more than 452,000 were turned in by Monday afternoon.Whichever Democrat wins will face a tough contest against the 78-year-old McConnell, a fixture in Kentucky and the Washington power structure. McConnell has been a staunch supporter of Trump’s legislative proposals and his appointment of conservative judges. Trump is popular in Kentucky, which he won by about 30 percentage points in 2016.There were also House primaries in Kentucky where Republican incumbents Brett Guthrie, Thomas Massie, Harold Rogers and Andy Barr all easily won.
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By Polityk | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Fear of Trump Led to Reversal on Stone Sentencing Memo, Prosecutor Says
The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trump’s friend Roger Stone received “heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of Justice” to ease its sentencing recommendation, career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress, according to his prepared remarks.Zelinsky, who withdrew from the Roger Stone case in protest, will testify on Wednesday before the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives Judiciary Committee about political pressures that he said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia faced.He will add that Tim Shea, the acting U.S. attorney at the time who was appointed by Attorney General William Barr, ultimately caved into the pressure because he was “afraid of the President.”Zelinsky’s testimony never explicitly says who pressured Shea, but he said he was told that Shea “was receiving heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of Justice to cut Stone a break.””I was explicitly told that the motivation for changing the sentencing memo was political, and because the U.S. Attorney was ‘afraid of the President,'” Zelinsky said.Republicans are expected to push back on his testimony, saying he is confusing politicization with policy disagreements.Zelinsky said career prosecutors never got to see the draft of the revised memo, which Shea filed after Trump blasted the office on Twitter for its original recommendation of a seven-to-nine-year term.The Republican president called the recommendation “horrible” and a “miscarriage of justice.” Stone’s friendshipwith Trump dates back decades.Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement that Zelinsky had not had any discussion about the sentencing with Barr or other members of the department’s political leadership and his allegations were based on his own interpretation and hearsay.Barr had not discussed Stone’s sentencing with Trump or anyone else at the White House, and had made the decision to revise the filing before Trump’s tweet, Kupec said.Stone, 67, who was convicted of obstruction, witness tampering and lying to Congress during its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, is due to report to prison later this month to begin serving his three years-and-four-month sentence. He is seeking an extension due to concerns about contracting COVID-19.
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By Polityk | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Одна людина зникла безвісти, Дністер розлився на 7 метрів. Урядовці здійснили обліт над заходом України
У Держслужбі з надзвичайних ситуацій повідомили, що у середу урядовці, які вирушили з Києва, здійснили повітряний моніторинг найбільш затопленіших районів Західної України.
«Прем’єр-міністр України Денис Шмигаль, міністр внутрішніх справ Арсен Аваков, голова ДСНС Микола Чечоткін та командувач Національної гвардії Микола Балан здійснили обліт найзатопленіших територій Івано-Франківської області з метою моніторингу наслідків негоди. Крім цього, заплановане засідання Державної комісії з питань техногенно-екологічної безпеки та надзвичайних ситуацій», – йдеться в повідомленні.
Як повідомив міністр МВС Арсен Аваков, наразі Дністер розлився майже на 7 метрів, – рівень стихії 2008 року.
За його словами, підтоплених населених пунктів наразі понад 200, до 29 селищ немає проїзду.
Крім офіційно підтверджених 3 жертв, ще одна людина вважається зниклою безвісти.
Повідомляється, що загалом зруйновано 110 кілометрів автодоріг, 1850 метрів берегоукріплень та 90 мостів у Івано-Франківській області. Пошкоджено 429,7 кілометрів автодоріг та 130 мостів загалом у Івано-Франківській, Львівській та Чернівецькій областях. Порушено транспортне сполучення із 34 населеними пунктами.
«На другу половину дня очікуємо покращення погодних умов та згоду на виліт авіації МВС. Вертоліт вже завантажений продуктами харчування та необхідним обладнанням», – повідомив Арсен Аваков.
23 червня через погіршення погодних умов на Прикарпатті і Буковині оголосили «червоний» рівень небезпеки.
Раніше рятувальники попередили, що 24 червня через максимальне підвищення рівня води у річці Прут у Чернівецькій області може затопити кілька сіл, а також сільськогосподарські угіддя.
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У Чернівецькій області через паводок без газу залишились 5,5 тисяч споживачів
У Чернівецькій області через паводок без газопостачання залишились 5,5 тиссяч споживачів у 18 населених пунктах, повідомила у фейсбуці компанія «Чернівцігаз».
«Через паводок, який став причиною руйнування опор під газопроводами, що проходять над річкою Черемош, довелося припинити постачання газу», – пояснили у компанії.
Повідомляється, що найбільше пошкоджених ділянок газопроводів у Вижницькому та Кіцманському районах, де відбулося підтоплення населених пунктів та вимивання ґрунтів з цілих ділянок підземних газопроводів.
«Наразі ступінь шкоди, нанесеної критичній інфраструктурі області, з’ясовується», – додали на підприємстві.
Напередодні рятувальники попередили, що 24 червня через максимальне підвищення рівня води у річці Прут у Чернівецькій області може затопити кілька сіл, а також сільськогосподарські угіддя.
За ранковими зведеннями від ДСНС, у Чернівецькій області, що опинилася в числі найбільш постраждалих через негоду, залишаються підтопленими 15 населених пунктів. З підтоплених житлових будинків врятували 60 людей, у тому числі 11 дітей, відселили 101 особу.
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Obama Raises $7.6M for Joe Biden’s Campaign
Former President Barack Obama helped raise a record-breaking $7.6 million from more than 175,000 individual donors ahead of his first fundraiser for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “I’m here to say that help is on the way if we do the work,” Obama said during the virtual fundraiser. “Because there’s nobody that I trust more to be able to heal this country and get it back on track than my dear friend Joe Biden.” The small-dollar fundraiser Tuesday offered a fresh test of Obama’s ability to transfer his popularity to Biden, his former vice president who is now seeking the White House on his own. It was a kickoff of what Obama’s team says will likely be a busy schedule heading into the fall, as he looks to help elect not just Biden but Democrats running for House and Senate. Obama sometimes struggled to lift other Democratic candidates while he was in the White House, notably losing control of the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014. But in the era of President Donald Trump, Democrats believe Obama’s appeal, especially among Black and younger voters, can help boost energy for Biden. “There’s two groups of voters that Biden needs to move,” said Dan Pfeiffer, former White House communications director. “You have the 4 million Obama 2012 voters that sat out in ’16, Obama obviously has cache with them. And you have to persuade some number of voters who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 and either Trump or a third party candidate in 2016, and Obama obviously is very, very high-performing with those as well.” Obama endorsed Biden with a video message in April, but kept an otherwise low profile throughout the primary and largely avoided wading into national politics. In recent weeks, however, he’s reemerged publicly to speak out on policing and the civil unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Some Democrats say that, in the wake of Floyd’s killing, Obama’s voice as an advocate for Biden and a leader for the party is needed. “Biden doesn’t have the strongest record on criminal justice reform so having Obama there is helpful in reinforcing that issue,” said Ben Tulchin, who polled for progressive Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. “Given what’s going on with criminal justice reform and Black Lives Matter, having the first African American president out there publicly backing Biden is extremely helpful.”In this June 17, 2020, photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Darby, Pa.But Obama’s reemergence is not without risks for Biden. For Trump’s campaign, it offers an opportunity to resurface some of their favorite political attacks — charges that the Obama administration’s policies undermined the American middle class and U.S. interests abroad. They believe the focus on Obama will help reinvigorate Trump’s base, and remind waffling Trump voters — those considering voting for Biden, or staying home — of their dissatisfaction with the prior administration. And they see a potential opportunity to drive a wedge between Biden and his base by resurfacing issues from the Obama administration — like the high rate of deportations — that riled progressives during the Democratic primary. Trump campaign deputy communications director Ali Pardo said that together, Obama and Biden “put ‘kids in cages’ and failed to stop China from ripping off Americans while overseeing the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression and stagnant wage growth for American workers.” Trump himself has pushed unfounded conspiracy theories about Obama, hoping to taint Biden by association. Still, Democrats say Obama is eager to take Trump on to defend his legacy in a debate over whose policies have better benefited Americans. “Trump’s election just devastated the country and Obama’s legacy,” Tulchin said. “Beating Trump is important for his legacy and important for the country.” Biden’s embrace of Obama during the Democratic primary created some headaches for the former vice president within his own party as well. Biden was criticized by some opponents as too focused on returning to the status quo of the Obama years at a time when the progressive base of the party was clamoring for significant structural change. But by the end of the primary contest, at least five candidates — including Sanders — aired ads featuring praise from the former president or photos of the candidate alongside him. And both Biden and Sanders have made overtures toward progressives, with Biden embracing some of Sanders’ policies and Obama praising him by name in his endorsement video for Biden. But Stephanie Cutter, who served as Obama’s 2012 campaign manager, said that if Obama’s reemergence into the campaign raises any further debates about the policies of his administration, he’ll be prepared to respond. “There’s nobody better to answer those questions than Obama,” she said.
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By Polityk | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
