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This is a symbolic victory. I don’t think any offices go along with symbolic victories for Republicans by cutting it close in New Jersey,
Democratic strategist Dan Bryan told the outlet It’s impossible not to see that last night’s national defeat was also very much a NY story,
Democratic Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said The Democratic Party talks about helping the poor, but if you talk about Hudson County, it’s segregated and the working class, and the liberal enclaves are basically the people who are supporting Wall Street in the places they can’t afford the rent. There’s no affordable housing,
Jose Arango, Republican Party chairman of Hudson County, told Politico They came from all quarters,
Trump said in his Florida victory speech My heart is full today, full of gratitude,
I know many people feel like we're entering a dark time,
We will never give up the fight for our democracy, the rule of law, of the rule of justice and the sacred idea that every one of us, no matter who we are or where we start out, have certain fundamental rights and freedoms that must be upheld,
Perhaps they would have had a presidential or VP nominee with appeal in one of the battleground states,
Joe Biden made a promise to the American people when I was sitting in this seat four years ago,
Christie told an ABC News panel They saw their worst fears on that debate stage, and many voters felt that they had been somewhat deceived about what [Biden's] condition was, and I don't think there would have been anything that Joe Biden or his campaign could have done to change that,
I wouldn't be running again if I did not absolutely believe I was the best person to beat Donald Trump in 2024." ... I beat [Trump] once, and I will beat him again."
Three days later, on July 8, he wrote a letter to congressional Democrats, telling them ... Three days after that, Biden vigorously defended his ability to serve a second term again during a press conference, telling reporters We'll never know what the rest of that campaign would have looked like, ... but voters already had major concerns about voting for Joe Biden because of his age ad they were confirmed during the debate."
There were things about Trump [that undecided voters] didn't like, but also things about Harris they weren't sure of,
Carter Wrenn, a veteran Republican strategist who managed Ronald Reagan's campaign in North Carolina during the GOP primaries, told Newsweek Democratic enthusiasm for Harris was sincere, but borne of desperation,
She's not going to be able to do that,
Harris would have been a far better candidate if she had gone through a tough primary first,
The deposing of Biden will remain a great source of controversy within the Democratic party,
Steven Schier, a political scientist and analyst, told Newsweek Now my focus is to the immigration side. Now we have a real battle on our hands, not with Trump,
I care about one thing, and that’s the money in my pocket,
said Danny Martinez, 18, a first-time voter who considered himself a Democrat but voted for Trump For me, it’s work. It’s the economy. It’s groceries,
said Cruz, who's of Puerto Rican descent and was waiting to vote at the John B. Stetson Middle School in Northern Philadelphia
