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‘Nonsense’: Elon Musk slammed aft telling voters to backmost GOP hours earlier Election Day

Elon Musk has been slammed for telling “independent-minded voters” to crook retired for Republican successful the midterms.

On Monday morning, a time earlier the midterm elections connected Tuesday, the Twitter proprietor tweeted that “shared powerfulness curbs the worst excesses of some parties, truthful I urge voting for a Republican Congress, fixed that the Presidency is Democratic”. But Twitter commenters were speedy to heap connected the site’s caller CEO, who presently faces an exodus of advertisers and a legion of trolls mocking his each move.

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John Bowden7 November 2022 21:29

Steele shames DeSantis implicit “blasphemous” ad

Ron DeSantis has been slammed by a erstwhile seat of the Republican Party for the “blasphemy” successful 1 of his run ads, which claims the Florida politician is simply a “fighter” created by God “on the eighth day”.

Former RNC seat Michael Steele appeared connected The Sunday Show on MSNBC, saying that the advert was “some of the astir a**-backwards blasphemy I’ve ever heard successful my life”.

“It tells you what this achromatic Christian nationalism is each about, that’s who it appeals to,” Mr Steele added connected Sunday. “It doesn’t entreaty to churchgoing folks connected Sunday, radical who really work the Bible. On the eighth-day, really? Church much? Seriously, connected the eighth day?”

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Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 19:30

Why is Matt Gaetz calling Trump “daddy”?

“It is closing clip successful these midterm elections. The combat is on, and determination is nary person successful American authorities similar Big Daddy Don,” said GOP congressman Matt Gaetz, a decision that earned him a rousing circular of cheers and applause from the assemblage gathered astatine the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition connected Sunday.

The favored sanction for the 45th president seemed to summation the support of the heavy MAGA assemblage gathered successful Miami implicit the weekend, but the aforesaid could not beryllium said for the reception the nickname received online.

Johanna Chisholm reports:

Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 19:00

ICYMI: King Charles was ‘furious’ astatine Trump’s Kate Middleton comments

A caller publication claims that King Charles, Prince William, and Prince Harry were reportedly truthful unhappy with erstwhile president Donald Trump’s 2012 remarks astir Kate Middleton, they unleashed “torrents of profanity.”

Earlier this week, Newsweek reported connected excerpts obtained from Christopher Andersen’s upcoming royal biography, The King: The Life of Charles III. The book, which is slated for merchandise successful the US adjacent week and successful the UK connected December 8, explains what took spot wrong the royal household aft Mr Trump tweeted disparagingly astir Kate Middleton.

Jenna Amatulli reports.

Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 18:30

Donald Trump Jr continues Fetterman attacks

The eldest lad of erstwhile president Donald Trump connected Sunday accused the Pennsylvania lieutenant politician who is presently running for Senate arsenic a Democrat of having nary detectable encephalon enactment during warm-up remarks astatine 1 of his father’s signature governmental rallies.

Speaking to a assemblage of supporters astatine a Miami, Florida, rally successful enactment of Senator Marco Rubio, Donald Trump Jr suggested Pennsylvania Senate campaigner John Fetterman is not up to the occupation connected relationship of a changeable helium suffered successful May.

He accused Democrats of wanting to “release convulsive offenders” from prisons, and cited the illustration of Mr Fetterman, who the younger Mr Trump called “the encephalon dormant imaginable legislator from Pennsylvania”. He added that Mr Fetterman has “mush for brains” arsenic well.

Andrew Feinberg reports:

Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 18:00

DeSantis’s erstwhile students talk out

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was reportedly “passively” mean to a pupil due to the fact that she was Black and taught inaccurate accusation regarding the US Civil War erstwhile helium taught precocious schoolhouse aboriginal successful his adulthood.

The New York Times reported this week that Mr DeSantis spent his archetypal twelvemonth aft graduating from Yale University teaching astatine Darlington School, 1 of the Georgia’s oldest and largest boarding schools.

At slightest 1 pupil from his days teaching there, Danielle Pompey, claimed helium treated her poorly, and she believes it was due to the fact that of the colour of her skin.

Graig Graziosi writes:

Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 17:30

Clyburn compares Trump question to Nazi Germany

Veteran Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn made waves precocious erstwhile comparing aspects of the Trumpist inclination successful US authorities to the emergence of the Third Reich. Yesterday, helium appeared connected Fox News Sunday to sermon his remarks, and declined to backmost down:

Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 17:00

Analysis: The Trump-backed Republican who could extremity up moving New York

Republican Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin, who’s present moving to unseat Democratic New York politician Kathy Hochul, was among the archetypal elected GOP officials supporting Mr Trump’s statesmanlike bid, much than a twelvemonth earlier helium won the 2016 election. He voted against some of Mr Trump’s impeachments and tried to artifact the instauration of a legislature committee to analyse the Capitol attack.

Hours aft the mob breached the halls of Congress connected 6 January 2021, Mr Zeldin joined 146 different House Republicans to situation the outcome. He posted a clip of his speech connected the House level connected 6 January with the rubric “in defence of the Republic.” That night, helium streamed himself from wrong the Capitol to look connected The Ingraham Angle connected Fox News, telling big Laura Ingraham that the convulsive riots are “bigger than the president” and “bigger than 2020”.

And now, with his contention looking acold much competitory than expected, helium could beryllium connected the brink of moving 1 of the US’s largest states.

Alex Woodward looks astatine the authorities of play.

Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 16:30

What has Trump said astir Ron DeSantis?

Ron DeSantis – a apt rival for the 2024 Republican Party information should the 2 men denote their competing candidacies arsenic anticipated – portion campaigning for the GOP’s Doug Mastriano and Mehmet Oz successful Pennsylvania connected Saturday night.

“We’re winning big, big, large successful the Republican Party for the information similar nobody’s ever seen before. There it is, Trump astatine 71, Ron DeSanctimonious astatine 10 per cent,” Mr Trump told a rally assemblage successful Latrobe, pointing to canvass numbers connected a large surface arsenic helium coined a caller nickname for a antheral galore presumption arsenic his likeliest successor.

However, Mr Trump was speedy to code down his mockery the pursuing Sunday, possibly successful effect to outrage from respective salient blimpish pundits, erstwhile helium told different rally backmost successful Florida (where helium himself resides): “You’re going to re-elect the fantastic Marco Rubio to the United States Senate and you’re going to re-elect Ron DeSantis arsenic your governor.”

Joe Sommerlad writes:

Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 16:00

Oath Keepers trial: Rhodes describes forces successful DC connected Jan 6

The proceedings of starring Oath Keepers members connected seditious conspiracy charges is continuing, with founder-leader Stewart Rhodes connected the basal erstwhile again.

Along with claiming that the president of the US “has implicit powerfulness to declassify anything”, which is inaccurate, helium is besides giving details of the militia group’s beingness successful and astir Washington connected January 6, erstwhile its members participated successful the battle connected the US Capitol.

Andrew Naughtie7 November 2022 15:30

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