A black Trump-supporting Florida state House representative has advanced as the GOP’s nominee for the state’s 19th Congressional District after beating out eight other candidates in a tight election Tuesday. What are the details? Byron Donalds won the primary with 23,480 votes — or 22.6% — edging second-place finisher, Dane Eagle, by just 774 votes,
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The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Gun violence survivors Gabby Giffords and Emma Gonzalez led a powerful call for action at the Democratic National Convention, urging people to “vote, vote, vote”. Ms Giffords, a former Democratic congresswoman from Arizona, survived a 2011
Here’s what you need to know: Former Representative Gabrielle Giffords during a peace march in March in Oakland, Calif. “We can let the shooting continue, or we can act,” she said in a video that aired at the convention.Credit…Ben Margot/Associated Press Few Americans can make a more emotional case for the impact of gun violence
NY AG Letitia James called the NRA a ‘terrorist organization.’ ALBANY – Two years ago, Letitia James — then a candidate for New York attorney general — made a provocative campaign promise. The National Rifle Association, the nation’s preeminent guns-rights group, had a “poisonous agenda” that was “directly antithetical” to New York’s tough gun-control laws,
On Thursday, August 20th, the Richmond City Council will consider banning firearms in certain public locations. Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to OPPOSE Ordinance 2020-184. The meeting may be accessed remotely by video conference. Click here for information on attending the meeting and providing comments remotely. For decades, Virginia’s strong preemption statute has prohibited localities
The candidates change; the divide on guns remains the same. The surprise will be if the contest between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican President Trump unearths much beyond what voters have come to expect from the two major parties on gun policy in recent elections. The Democrats inevitably favor tighter restrictions on gun purchases and
Is Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris a far-left ideologue or a sober-minded centrist? Even President Donald Trump and his Republican allies seem undecided about how to define the California senator ahead of November’s election. During the Democratic party’s contest to pick its challenger to Mr Trump, Ms Harris ran to the left of the eventual
Democrats formally nominated Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the presidency on Tuesday night, anointing him as their standard-bearer against President Trump with an extraordinary virtual roll call vote that showcased the cultural diversity of their coalition and exposed a generational gulf that is increasingly defining the party. Denied the chance to assemble in Milwaukee because
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Democrats formally nominated Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the presidency on Tuesday night, anointing him as their standard-bearer against President Trump with an extraordinary virtual roll call vote that showcased the cultural diversity of their coalition and exposed a generational gulf that is increasingly defining the party. Denied the chance to assemble in Milwaukee because
Republican Florida Rep. Ross Spano lost his primary Tuesday night in an upset to Scott Franklin, a city commissioner in Lakeland. Spano trailed Franklin by 2.6% when the race was called, The New York Times reported, becoming the eighth House incumbent to lose his primary this cycle. Though Spano had touted endorsements from congressional leadership
Bill Clinton will call the Oval Office ‘a storm center’ and attack Donald Trump openly in address to Democratic Convention – hours after pictures of him with Epstein victim are revealed Bill Clinton will directly attack President Donald Trump in his convention speech ‘At a time like this, the Oval Office should be a command
Democrats formally nominated Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the presidency on Tuesday night, anointing him as their standard-bearer against President Trump with an extraordinary virtual roll call vote that showcased the cultural diversity of their coalition and exposed a generational gulf that is increasingly defining the party. Denied the chance to assemble in Milwaukee because
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Today, August 18th, is the start of the special session, which will likely last 2-3 weeks. Delegate Glenn Davis previously filed two pro-Second Amendment bills to roll back some of the anti-gun laws passed during the regular 2020 session. While no gun control bills have been filed, your NRA will be actively monitoring the session.
President Trump returned fire at several of his political foes — including the former first lady Michelle Obama and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York — after they issued a stinging indictment of his leadership during the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Facing an onslaught of criticism that his failure to contain
TOPLINE As President Trump continues to attack the integrity of mail-in voting ahead of the 2020 election, some Republicans are criticizing Democrats as hypocritical for crowding together in protests but refusing to hit the polls in-person. A group of protestors hold a demonstration in front of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s home in … [+] Greensboro,
Democrats turn to the Bill and Jill show: former president Clinton backs Joe Biden tonight despite Epstein allegations and would-be First Lady follows in footsteps of Michelle Obama’s call time arms at virtual Democratic convention Convention’s second night will combing past all-stars with rising newcomers Bill Clinton and John Kerry will speak as will Jimmy