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Pelosi: Trump following GOP lawmakers’ lead with hateful language

September 16, 2016

There is nothing that Donald Trump has said that congressional Republicans have not, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed Friday, whether it’s about President Barack Obama’s birthplace, immigrants, Muslims or women. “None of the things that he has said that members of Congress haven’t said over and over again on the Republican side,” Pelosi said […]


Sanders: I’ll ‘try to overcome my depression’ if Trump wins

September 16, 2016

Bernie Sanders does not even want to contemplate the possibility of a President Donald Trump, as the Vermont senator looks to boost the candidacy of former rival Hillary Clinton as Trump rises in the polls. Appearing on CNN’s “New Day,” Sanders reaffirmed the nuances of his support for Clinton while facing questions from anchor Chris […]


Trump Jr. grilled on ‘blind trust’ arrangement

September 16, 2016

Donald Trump Jr. insisted Friday that his father would place his business holdings in a blind trust managed by his adult children, who are executives at his company, defending the proposed arrangement against pushback that it would not truly be a “blind trust.” “We’re not going to be involved in government. We wouldn’t be involved […]


Nerdcast 2016: Trump can win

September 16, 2016

It’s time for Episode 20 of the 2016 Nerdcast, POLITICO’s podcast on the race for the White House. Tune in each week to geek out with us as we dive deep into this amazing presidential race, the latest numbers that actually matter, plus backstage dope on how politics really works. We’re the people who spend […]


Trump Jr.: ‘I’ve never even heard of Pepe the Frog’

September 16, 2016

Donald Trump Jr. has no idea what Pepe the Frog is, the eldest son of the Republican presidential nominee remarked Friday, as he also defended himself after some accused him of referring to the Holocaust using the term “gas chamber” in a radio interview earlier this week. Rejecting that he was making a Holocaust reference, […]


Trump Jr. acknowledges gas chamber remark as ‘poor choice of words, perhaps’

September 16, 2016

While calling his “gas chamber” comment earlier this week a “poor choice of words, perhaps,” Donald Trump Jr. on Friday sharply rejected the idea that it was a reference to the Holocaust. Speaking to a Philadelphia radio station on Wednesday, Trump’s eldest son remarked that the media has let Hillary Clinton get away with “every […]


Exclusive: Reid hits back at Trump

September 16, 2016

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid punched right back at Donald Trump for poking fun at his grisly eye injury, calling the GOP presidential nominee a “con artist” and rapping Republican leaders for not getting answers from the New York billionaire. “Donald Trump can make fun of the injury that crushed the side of my face […]