CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Democratic Ohio political strategist Aaron Pickrell sees a common political thread between his former boss and President Donald Trump. "It feels weird to say it, but to a certain degree, Donald Trump was a hope and change candidate in 2016," Pickrell, who oversaw former President Barack Obama's Ohio campaign in 2008, said in an interview this week. "He went to a lot of these communities and said, 'I'm going to bring back the manufacturing jobs, I'm going to bring back the coal jobs, I'm going to blow up NAFTA... all these unattainable promises...I think Trump was able to tap into a lot of economic anxiety and say what folks wanted to hear: 'I'm going to be different.' And I think it helped him a lot." Pickrell is this week's guest on Ohio Matters, the weekly politics podcast from cleveland.com. We invited him on in advance of Obama's Thursday appearance in Cleveland with Democratic governor candidate Richard Cordray, to discuss Obama's political legacy, and how … [Read more...] about Former Obama campaign official Aaron Pickrell: ‘To a certain degree, Donald Trump was a hope and change candidate’ — Ohio Matters podcast Episode 31
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Donald Trump Still Follows Michael Cohen on Twitter, Even After His Former Lawyer Flipped
U.S. Donald Trump Russia investigation While President Donald Trump has more than 54.4 million followers on Twitter, the U.S. leader only follows a select few accounts himself–47, to be exact. Among the 47, Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, still retains the follow. It is unclear whether the follow is a conscious decision or an oversight. It may come as a surprise to some, especially after Cohen, once a key confidant to Trump, appeared to flip on the president. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a Congressional Medal of Honor Society reception, at the East Room of the White House, on September 12. Alex Wong/Getty Recommended Slideshows 76 50 Highest Paying Jobs in the United States 80 In Pictures: Top 50 U.S. Cities Ranked by Quality of Life And Average Salary 76 75 Best-Selling Albums in U.S. History While pleading guilty to two felony campaign finance violations, Cohen implicated … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Still Follows Michael Cohen on Twitter, Even After His Former Lawyer Flipped
Donald Trump’s Hurricane Florence ‘Rumor Control Page’ Retweet Backfires
POLITICS 09/14/2018 08:53 am ET Trump shared a link to a FEMA page that busts fake news about the storm, and many people noted the hypocrisy of the falsehood-spreading president. By Lee Moran President Donald Trump sparked outrage Thursday with his false claim that almost 3,000 people “did not die” as a result of back-to-back hurricanes that battered Puerto Rico last year. On Friday morning, Trump faced further backlash and accusations of hypocrisy after he retweeted a Federal Emergency Management Agency post linking to its “rumor control page” that aims to dispel fake news about Hurricane Florence. The storm made landfall in the Carolinas at around the same time. We have created a rumor control page for Hurricane #Florence that will be updated regularly. During disasters, it’s critical to avoid spreading false information. Always check with official sources before sharing. https://t.co/PAjGQZJ1Nt … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Hurricane Florence ‘Rumor Control Page’ Retweet Backfires
John Heilemann: Donald Trump ‘Is The First Puerto Rican Truther’
COMEDY 09/14/2018 07:21 am ET "It’s like the Sandy Hook truthers are going, ‘Dude, people died.'" By Lee Moran John Heilemann has hit out at President Donald Trump for denying that almost 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria last year. The host of Showtime’s “The Circus” described Trump as “the first Puerto Rican truther” on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Late Show.” “The notion that these people didn’t die was not a conspiracy theory anyone was talking about,” Heilemann told host Stephen Colbert. “Donald Trump invented that conspiracy theory today. It’s like the Sandy Hook truthers are going, ‘Dude, people died.’” Heilemann’s “Circus” cohost, CBS correspondent Alex Wagner, said Trump “decided to pick a fight with the families of 3,000 dead Puerto Ricans” instead of “putting his hands on the … [Read more...] about John Heilemann: Donald Trump ‘Is The First Puerto Rican Truther’
Donald Trump Wouldn’t Want To Know What Jimmy Carter Would Do With His Policies
POLITICS 09/14/2018 06:41 am ET If he had his time in the White House again. By Lee Moran Former President Jimmy Carter clearly has no love or respect for the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration. In fact, Carter said he would change “all of” them if he had his time in the White House again, per The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “If I were foolish enough to feel I could be president again, I think the first thing I would do would be to change all of the policies that President Trump has initiated,” Carter told students at an Emory University event in Atlanta on Wednesday. “I pray for him (Trump) fairly regularly,” the 93-year-old added. “If he answered my prayers, he’d have to change a lot of things.” Carter warned Democrats on Tuesday about relying too heavily on independent and moderate candidates to defeat Trump. Earlier this month, he called Trump’s tone-deaf reaction to the … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Wouldn’t Want To Know What Jimmy Carter Would Do With His Policies