Up to 70 or so up gilt. Com today today on inside politics, welcome to the General Election. The two parties choices, whether you like it or not, are joe biden and donald trump. The 2020 rematch is now effectively a done deal after nikki haley made this announcement this morning, the time has now come to suspend my campaign. I said i wanted americans to have their voices heard. I have done matt. I have no regrets. And although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe it the question now, where Will Haley Voters go . Both biden and trump are making a play for their support with very different strategies. Im dana bash, lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics First Up today is day one of what will likely be a bidder and girls cooling 244 day General Election in 81 yearold incumbent president versus his seventysevenyearold predecessor. Donald trump was able to secure his spot as the Presumptive Republican nominee for the third time i
The white house communications director, inside the west wing, hoping to finalize president biden s statement, pending the approval of the president, who was we understand monitoring all of this, communicating his team from the residence. that statement hit our inboxes from the president about 10:26 p.m. and an hour later, a white house official told the president the president had been briefed by secretary of state blinken, defense secretary austin and president biden was talking to zelenskyy and he asked world leaders to speak out clearly against putin. we are waiting to hear at some point what we are expecting from the u.k. prime minister. and i know it is a long night and a long morning and a long day for the white house. talk to me about when you expect to see president biden next and what you re hearing from the sources you ve been talking, to i know as this has developed. look, hallie, the base thing
You also tweeted that vindman s opening statement, quote, surely caused some eyes to well up among viewers. i imagine you re talking about that moment where he addressed his father. his brother was also in the room yesterday to support him. looks as if he kind of glanced at his brother as well during that moment. take me for to your reaction. yeah. that statement hit home. my father is an immigrant, as children of immigrants, one of the things that emerged, the republican strategy that lieutenant colonel vindman lacked loyalty is inappropriate. they can properly question his judgment as did mr. morrison. they said they testified in some senses they questioned his judgment really how good he might have been at his job. that is acceptable on one level, but loyalty is something else that really can t be questioned especially with somebody like a background like this. a combat background in the u.s.
michael steele, i want to read you a quote from the new york times. this comes from a former aide to mitch mcconnell, josh homes. quote, this is what happens when you let reckless, incompetent idiots like steve bannon who go out and recruit candidates who have absolutely no business running for the u.s. senate. michael, do you chalk this up to the kind of collateral damage of trump, et al? yeah, i think that statement hit it is right on the head. the. they used to matter. i remember spending a lot of time as state chairman, national chairman and there were some that we stayed away from because of their so this is a real conundrum for members on the hill or shouldn t be. this level of allegations about a 14-year-old girl, 32-year-old
If. michael steele, i want to read you a quote from the new york times. this comes from a former aide to mitch mcconnell, josh homes. quote, this is what happens when you let reckless, incompetent idiots like steve bannon who go out and recruit candidates who have absolutely no business running for the u.s. senate. michael, do you chalk this up to the kind of collateral damage of trump trump, et al? yeah, i think that statement hit it is right on the head. t the. they used to matter. i remember spending a lot of time as state chairman, national chairman and there were some that we stayed away from because