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We had to be prepared to endure a multiyear, multifaceted nationally coordinated effort to enable those who tried and failed to undo the results in 2020 to succeed in 2024.”
When the Democrat spoke to TIME’s Charlotte Alter, she made this prescient observation
Mom, I thought that man was going to kill you,
Benson recalls her son sayingThey have already started cheating in Lancaster,
Trump said in the final march in Pennsylvania, perhaps the closest and most consequential swing stateIf we were to give in to those attempts to sway us, to intimidate us out of our roles, what type of message would that send?”
she asksMy determination to lead our state’s election system through this challenging time became etched in granite,
she saysThe ACA is so deeply ingrained, we need massive reform to make this work, and we got a lot of ideas on how to do that.”
But he seemed to caveat that statement by telling supporters
The United States is now an occupied country,
Trump said at a recent rally in AtlantaWith your vote this November, we’re going to fire Kamala and we are going to save America,
Trump said at his recent rally in State College, PennsylvaniaI’m wondering whether or not with RFK if we’ll see a little bit of what I could call ‘the Nikki Haley effect’,
Tamas saidMuslims are split. They’re not all voting third party, but let’s imagine a third are: then you’ve got up to 50,000 votes that had traditionally gone to the Democrats moving away. So if the margin is as slim as it was last time, it may affect the Democratic party,
Sediqe saidThe margins of Michigan have been so slim in the prior elections,
said Nura Sediqe, an assistant professor in American politics at Michigan State UniversityJill Stein, I like her very much,
Trump said at a campaign rally in Philadelphia earlier this yearThe thing to keep in mind from these folks that are concerned third party is they’re trying to send policy signals to the Democrats to not have their vote taken for granted,
she saidIt’s frustrating, certainly, that we are still fighting Trump but it is also this moment where we have the chance to beat him with the very forces that he is so contemptuous of.”
Greenberg addedThe population that is really pissed off is women. I mean really, really, really. The anger that women feel towards this guy is immense and it’ll show up in this election.”
Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution thinktank in Washington, said
It is in many ways a choice between whether or not we will provide world leadership or whether we will hide in isolationism and basically withdraw from the rest of the world into an America First approach. That will have serious consequences in terms of America’s place in the world or certainly will have an impact in terms of our relationship with the international community.”
Leon Panetta, a former defence secretary and CIA director, saidThe approach of leaning into a toxic masculinity-themed campaign at a time when women’s rights are literally under assault in America is indicative of the absolute regressive and draconian worldview that Donald Trump brings to politics. They have doubled and tripled down on it, appealing to the worst instincts and lowest common denominator in the country.”
Tara Setmayer, a former Republican communications director on Capitol Hill, saidWe won’t. None of us will. We know he didn’t lose in 2020 either.”
Kathy Holesapple, 56, an entrepreneur, pilot and aircraft mechanic, said at a rally in Henderson, Nevada, last weekMore recently ... You have to give voters a second act. You have to give them a second reason to listen and, in her case, she’s not telling them what they want to know or need to know.”
Luntz said, adding
This time, I venture to say, is a real Armageddon election,
John Zogby, an author and pollster, told reporters at the Foreign Press Centers in Washington