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Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate immediately in a joint virtual fundraiser.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, claims he could have beaten founding father George Washington in an election. He also incorrectly described his election as ‘going up like a rocket ship’. The latest Monmouth University interview put former Vice President Biden by 10 points – beyond the margin of error.
The president also reiterated on Tuesday that Covid-19 tests produced “more cases” because he criticized the so-called “China Plague!” Declared, he admitted that he had changed his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping in an interview with Fox Sportradio.
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A viral video of Protestants burning a Bible in Portland may have been reinforced as part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
In the video, a couple of Protestants appear to be throwing a Bible on a fire. Although other Protestants in the area did not appear to be responding to the incident, the video, captured and shared by Russia Today owned by video recorder Ruptly, became a sensation among right-wing media pundits and politicians as proof that the Protestants are wicked book burners.
The video was shot several nights by Ruptly and became a leading story on the news site Russian-government-owned Russian Today.
While it was true that a few Protestants burned at least one Bible, the story was misunderstood to depict the scene as a mass group of Protestants burning a stack of Bibles.
Graig Graziosi reports.
The California senator is uniquely positioned to influence policy initiatives on women’s issues, civil rights, police reform, and more, writes US political correspondent Griffin Connolly
Trump weighs in on Harris vs. Pence
“He is respected by every religious group, whether it is evangelical, or it is another group they respect for Mike Pence. He has been a great vice president and I will take him over to Kamala.”
In response to Biden’s choice for VP, Trump said he was surprised, given how “disgusting” she was during the Democratic primary.
“She was probably nastier than even Pocahontas for Joe Biden,” Trump said, referring to Elizabeth Warren. “She was very respectful of Joe Biden and it’s bad to choose someone who is that disrespectful.”
“When she said things during the debates, the Democrats had primary debates that were terrible about Sleepy Joe,” he added.
In response to a question about comments Harris made during the Democratic primary, Trump said she has lied many times.
“She read, she said things that were not true, she’s a person who told a lot, a lot of stories that were not true,” Trump said.
The context of Harris singing about taking marijuana while listening to Snoop Dogg is disputed.
Trump today again called on Collee to start football.
“These are young strong people, they will not have a big problem with the China virus,” Trump said.
“Most of them will never get it, statistically.”
Trump now announced three vaccine candidates in the final stage of clinical trials, with and agreeing with Moderna to produce 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate.
“Enormous promise in every single one of them, and we have a lot of them, and they are years ahead of schedule,” Trump said.
“Three vaccine candidates are now in phase three tears already, the final stage of clinical trials.”
Another 500 million vaccine doses would be produced after the first batch of 100 million rolls of the production line.
“These acts of destruction are not isolated incidents, but demonstrate the pattern of violent left-wing extremism,” Trump said.
“Under any rational definition, the arson attack on police territory in Portland would be considered an act of left-wing domestic terrorism.” He went on to say, “I urge the Department of Justice to stop these anarchists.”
“The Democrats, like the radical left Democrats, who are both because they become one and the same. If you look at election results, the Democrats are taken over by the radical left,” Trump said.
“Mayor Bill de Blasio must immediately withdraw all police who were fired, without justification, they were fired. I think this is part of the police being defunct by the Democrats, they should hire the nicest back of New York City,” he said. said Trump.
Trump begins his press conference today by addressing the violence in democratically controlled cities of New York, Portland, Chicago and Seattle.
The moment Biden told Harris about Zoom
As posted on Instagram by Adam Schultz, photographer for the Biden campaign.
Also out with their first Biden / Harris themed ad – The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project, the political action group of anti-Trump Republicans, wasted no time in getting both ads out.
Note: The Vice Presidential Candidate Debate is scheduled for October 7 in Utah, according to the previously announced debate schedule.
Trump campaign launches first ad: ‘Meet phony Kamala Harris’
“With Harris as Joe Biden’s political will to live ‘, he is handing over control of our nation to the radical mob with promises to raise taxes, fund police, kill jobs for energy and open our borders.”
Spouses of candidates ready to go
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to comment in Delaware
On Wednesday, August 12, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware on working together to restore the nation’s soul and fight for working families to advance the country.
Time: TBD
Biden grabs Kamala Harris as a running mate
Former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate – the first woman of color to run as a vice president on a ticket from a major political party.
Read our profile of Kamala Harris below.
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