Month: May 2016
Amazingly, Chris Christie Hits a New Approval Low
26%
Of New Jersey voters have a favorable opinion of Gov. Chris Christie (R), while 64% are unfavorable towards him, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Ted Cruz Is Political ‘Liver and Onions’
Ted Cruz is the political version of liver and onions. Some people love it and can’t get enough. And some people gag at the mere thought of it.
— GOP strategist Ana Navarro, quoted by the Washington Post.
After Mike Tyson’s Conviction on Rape Charges, Trump Came out Swinging – Against Tyson’s Victim
Among the latest controversies bubbling up around the Trump campaign is the endorsement of Trump last week by former boxer and convicted rapist, Mike Tyson. This sort of unwanted attention would likely hobble a normal presidential candidate for at least a news cycle or two — but Trump, who has built his campaign on misogyny and racism, has absorbed the notorious rapist’s endorsement without missing a beat.
Now Buzzfeed has found a video clip from an NBC News report at the time of Tyson’s rape conviction in which Trump accused Tyson’s victim — an 18-year-old beauty queen — of asking for it.
Bienvenido a California, Señor Trump
From the Los Angeles Times:
Thousands of people took to the streets in the annual May Day marches in downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights on Sunday to advocate for immigration reform, police accountability and an end to racism.
The diverse array of protesters shared one thing in common: all were offended by something Donald Trump had said. The Republican presidential candidate literally loomed over one of the rallies in the form of a giant balloon effigy carrying a Ku Klux Klan hood.
“He’s plastic, he doesn’t have a heart, he doesn’t have a brain,” organizer Francisco Moreno said, as he gestured at the swaying effigy. “We’re not going to vote for Trump!”
