Meet a former GOP staffer who is 'building permission' for Republicans to vote Biden
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet a former GOP staffer who is 'building permission' for Republicans to vote Biden

NPR  

Meet a former GOP staffer who is 'building permission' for Republicans to vote Biden toggle caption Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images The Biden campaign, while struggling to drum up support from some of the key members of its coalition in 2020, is trying to gain votes from an entirely different group: Republicans who aren't interested in backing former President Donald Trump. "What I’m going be doing is building up the permission for Republican voters to vote for President Biden.” What the outreach to GOP voters looks like While there will be Biden campaign workers focused on organizing potential GOP voters for Biden, the campaign also wants the outreach to be grassroots-driven, allowing Republican voters to organize other Republicans in an authentic way. Sponsor Message "Nothing has changed for the millions of Republican voters who continue to cast their ballots against Donald Trump in the primaries," Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement the day Haley made her announcement. "They wanted to work to earn the votes of Haley voters despite some policy differences," Schwartz said of the Biden campaign during the call.

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Joe Biden just made a move that could cut into Trump's support among Republicans
7 months ago

Joe Biden just made a move that could cut into Trump's support among Republicans

Raw Story  

President Joe Biden's campaign is leaping into action with redoubled effort to court voters for former South Carolina Gov. According to The Daily Beast's Jake Lahut, "A group of Nikki Haley supporters from Vermont to Arizona met with President Joe Biden’s campaign on Wednesday night almost immediately after she announced her plan to vote for Donald Trump. In the previously …

Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump
7 months ago

Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump

Deccan Chronicle  

Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, a notable show of support given their intense and often personal rivalry during the Republican primary calendar.But Haley also made it clear that she feels Trump has work to do to win over voters who supported her during the course of the primary campaign …

Some Republicans who supported Nikki Haley are still refusing to back Donald Trump
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Some Republicans who supported Nikki Haley are still refusing to back Donald Trump

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Now that Nikki Haley has shuttered her presidential campaign, one person who voted for her refuses to back former President Donald Trump and plans to reluctantly vote for President Joe Biden. Wynstra said he’s strategically supporting Trump and the party’s platform — as a stance primarily against Biden — although he seemingly left the door open to …

Big-time Haley donors switch to backing Biden – not Trump
9 months ago

Big-time Haley donors switch to backing Biden – not Trump

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Sloan is one of several former Haley …

Ex-Trump Aide Suggests 'Spiraling' Trump Self-Sabotaged With Nikki Haley Post
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Trump Aide Suggests 'Spiraling' Trump Self-Sabotaged With Nikki Haley Post

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Donald Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin said the former president’s campaign staff probably weren’t too pleased with his gloating post about Nikki Haley’s withdrawal from the race. did not want a statement like this to go out.” “They would have liked something a bit softer to try to reach some of those Nikki Haley voters, but …

The twists and turns in Nikki Haley's failed US presidential campaign
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The twists and turns in Nikki Haley's failed US presidential campaign

Firstpost  

Nikki Haley’s evolution from a Donald Trump acolyte to arch rival in the late days of the Republican nominating race left her as the standard-bearer for the party’s dwindling anti-Trump faction Nikki Haley ended her bid for being the Republican presidential candidate on Wednesday, following a disappointing Super Tuesday. Haley’s evolution from a Trump acolyte to arch rival in the …

'I will have to vote for Trump' even though he's 'very frightening': Haley supporter
9 months, 2 weeks ago

'I will have to vote for Trump' even though he's 'very frightening': Haley supporter

Raw Story  

A supporter of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley told the Washington Post that she's going to make herself support former President Donald Trump — despite admitting that he scares her. I will have to vote for Trump.” While Stout had resigned herself to backing Trump again, other Haley voters told the Post that they were reluctantly going to back …

Nikki Haley campaign pushed to brink after Super Tuesday trouncing
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nikki Haley campaign pushed to brink after Super Tuesday trouncing

The Hindu  

Republican Nikki Haley suffered a string of significant losses on Super Tuesday, that prompted allies to believe that the end of her 2024 presidential campaign may be near. Privately, Mr. Haley’s team expected Republican rival Donald Trump to win almost every one of the so-called “Super Tuesday” contests despite their best efforts to stop him. Ms. Haley’s departure would mark …

How Biden and his allies are pushing back against a special counsel’s claims about his memory
10 months, 2 weeks ago

How Biden and his allies are pushing back against a special counsel’s claims about his memory

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies are launching an aggressive defense against a special counsel’s explosive claims that the 81-year-old president couldn’t remember major milestones in his life, trying to diminish the significance of the prosecutor’s allegations that Biden was too forgetful to be charged for mishandling classified material. They can’t make Biden any younger, and note that attacks …

Harris faces new test of political skills in 2024 campaign
1 year, 7 months ago

Harris faces new test of political skills in 2024 campaign

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — She swaggered, she jabbed, she inspired. “That is the vice president that America is going to get a chance to get to know for the first time,” said Laphonza Butler, a former adviser to Harris who leads EMILY’s List. Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster, said Harris is “probably better positioned to connect with, in an authentic way, that …

Harris faces new test of political skills in 2024 campaign
1 year, 7 months ago

Harris faces new test of political skills in 2024 campaign

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “That is the vice president that America is going to get a chance to …

Joe Biden relies on endorsement of former Republican staffers to beat Trump in key states
4 years, 3 months ago

Joe Biden relies on endorsement of former Republican staffers to beat Trump in key states

India Today  

Joe Biden, striving to win over still-undecided voters who could swing the election against Donald Trump, is sparing no effort to broadcast one of his most potent weapons: endorsements from many of his former Republican opponents. Walker, who two weeks ago told AFP she could not bring herself to vote for Trump -- "a worse president than I could have …

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