October 31, 2022

One-Sided Violence

October 31, 2022 Buck Banks

Violent rhetoric is like a rising tide,
And it’s put our democracy in a downward slide.
Republicans say, “Look,
That guy was a kook!”
But where is the violence on the Democrats’ side?

Obama: Now Is No Time to ‘Tune Out’

October 31, 2022 Buck Banks

“I understand why you might be worried about the course of the country. Sometimes it’s tempting just to tune out, watch football, watch ‘Dancing With The Stars.’ I’m here to tell you tuning out is not an option.”

— Barack Obama, quoted by the Detroit News.

Clinton: Hold GOP Accountable for Results of Violent Rhetoric

October 31, 2022 Buck Banks

“The Republican Party and its mouthpieces now regularly spread hate and deranged conspiracy theories. It is shocking, but not surprising, that violence is the result. As citizens, we must hold them accountable for their words and the actions that follow.”

— Hillary Clinton

Majority Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction

October 31, 2022 Buck Banks

74%

A new PRRI poll finds that 74% of Americans say things in this country are going in the wrong direction, compared with 24% who say the country is moving in the right direction. Large majorities of Republicans (93%) and independents (76%) say the country is moving in the wrong direction, compared with a narrower majority of Democrats (53%).

De$antis Kept Money from Illegal Campaign Donation

October 31, 2022 Buck Banks

$213,000

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “has millions at his disposal, yet his campaign has not returned $213,000 in contributions from a fugitive charged with making illegal straw donations,” the Miami Herald reports.

Trump Was Going to Announce Prez Run Before Midterms

October 31, 2022 Buck Banks

“Donald Trump was seriously considering announcing a week from today before the election because he thought Republicans are gonna win the House, gonna win the Senate, and he wanted to take credit for it. … He’s now backed away from it. He may deny it, but he told people who raise money for him, he told political people that this is what he was going to do.”

Day: October 31, 2022

One-Sided Violence

Obama: Now Is No Time to ‘Tune Out’

“I understand why you might be worried about the course of the country. Sometimes it’s tempting just to tune out, watch football, watch ‘Dancing With The Stars.’ I’m here to tell you tuning out is not an option.”

— Barack Obama, quoted by the Detroit News.

Clinton: Hold GOP Accountable for Results of Violent Rhetoric

“The Republican Party and its mouthpieces now regularly spread hate and deranged conspiracy theories. It is shocking, but not surprising, that violence is the result. As citizens, we must hold them accountable for their words and the actions that follow.”

— Hillary Clinton

Majority Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction

74%

De$antis Kept Money from Illegal Campaign Donation

$213,000

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “has millions at his disposal, yet his campaign has not returned $213,000 in contributions from a fugitive charged with making illegal straw donations,” the Miami Herald reports.

Trump Was Going to Announce Prez Run Before Midterms

— Republican pollster Frank Luntz told Fox News that Donald Trump “was seriously considering” announcing a presidential bid before the midterms.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%