Threatening a quote, blood blood blood bath if he doesnt win in 2024. That was just one weekend, the first full weekend since the general election matchup became official, and it all happened in the course of a Single Campaign rally. Here is trump in ohio. We are going to put a 100 tariff on every single car that comes across the line and youre not going to be able to sell those. If i get elected. Now, if i dont get elected, itll be a bloodbath, that will be the least of it. Itll be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it but they will not sell those cars. Trumps bloodbath, and comes amid a campaign in which he has vowed to be a, quote, dictator to rivals and to seek, quote, retribution which is why his critics are skeptical that campaigns Cleanup Effort claiming trump was trying to say, quote, bidens policies would create an economic bloodbath for the economic industry and the autoworkers. The campaign was forced to respond because the bloodbath comments were a big s
Today, in a unanimous decision, the justices ruled that its not up to states to bar trump from their ballots under the 14th Amendment, so he gets to stay on the ballot in colorado, where the primary is tomorrow, maine, and illinois. They cant kick him off either. This decision is significant because the Supreme Court has never had to rule before on whether or not states have the power to disqualify a candidate, even an insurrectionist. This outcome is not necessarily surprising. The moment most legal experts heard the Oral Arguments and, specifically the back and forth with the justices, most of them predicted the court wouldnt take the step of barring the republican front runner from the ballot, that they would find a way out, and they did. Now, would a different outcome have sent a stronger message that you cannot foment an insurrection and be allowed to run for federal office . Yes, it would have. Would it be better for the prospects of president bidens reelection if donald trump go
From their ballots under the 14th Amendment, so he gets to stay on the ballot in colorado, where the primary is tomorrow, maine, and illinois cant kick him off either. This decision is significant because the Supreme Court has never had to rule before on whether or not states have the power to disqualify a candidate, even an insurrectionist. This outcome is not necessarily surprising. The moment most legal experts heard the Oral Arguments and, specifically the back and forth with the justices, most of them predicted the court wouldnt take the step of barring the republican front runner from the ballot, that they would find a way out, and they did. Now, would a different outcome have sent a stronger message that you cannot foment an insurrection and be allowed to run for federal office . Yes, it would have. Would it be better for the prospects of president bidens reelection if donald trump got kicked off the ballot given the fact that he attempted to overturn the last election . Yes, th
decision. just a few days ago cbs news ran a pole asking americans about this very issue. 70% responded that colleges should not be allowed to use race in college admissions. a new york times poll recently found 60% of democrats also oppose race as a factor in admissions. americans across the country have rejected affirmative action at the ballot box too, even in blue state california. in the 2020 election democratic leaders in the state put affirmative action on the ballot. the pro- affirmative action activist, the governor, u.s. senators and the golden state warriors pushed voters to support the initiative. they out bid opponents of affirmative action by 19-1. in the end, nearly 60% of californians voted to kill affirmative action. it didn t work. no matter how hard the democratic party tries, no matter how much money they spend, the american people have rejected the view that we should be judged on our skin color. so if anyone is trying to hold on to the past like the demo
morning joe: weekend. it was another monumental week of news, and here are some of the key conversations that you might have missed. despite donald trump s win in new hampshire s republican primary on tuesday, and it s simple suggests major problems i had for donald trump if he goes on to the general election. according to analysis by fox news, 39% of gop voters in the granite state says that they will not vote for trump if he was the nominee in november. assembler question was asked of nikki haley for the voters in new hampshire. 94% on cnn. they would be dissatisfied if trump wins a nomination. among that same group, 83% said they would consider trump unfit for office if he is convicted of a crime by election day. it s crazy, i, mean he is talking about terminating abortion, terminating roe v. wade. the poll there showed that that issue also weighed heavily on the lines of new hampshire voters and so there you have 66%. george conway, so, you know. even before the democra