With Vice President Kamala Harris now the main candidate to succeed President Joe Biden because the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, many are speculating about who she is going to select as her working mate within the 2024 presidential race.

Harris, who arrived at Biden’s marketing campaign headquarters in Delaware on Monday, hasn’t hinted on who she is going to select. Consultants have nonetheless named potential picks nevertheless, together with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Shapiro was requested in regards to the hypothesis whereas he spoke at an occasion in Pittsburgh on Monday.

“I’m not going to interact in hypotheticals,” Shapiro mentioned. “This can be a deeply private choice that the Vice President will make. She’s going to make it on her personal timetable and her personal timeline. She wants to decide on somebody that she’s ready to control with. Marketing campaign with. And somebody that she feels most comfy with and that call must be made freed from any form of political stress.”

Shapiro went on so as to add that he’s at present targeted on doing his job in Pennsylvania.

Gov. Shapiro’s political profession

Shapiro, 51, is midway via his second yr as Pennsylvania’s governor after simply profitable his final election by trouncing a far-right, Trump-endorsed candidate.

Shapiro has additionally been a surrogate for Biden, backing the president in appearances on cable networks, and has years of expertise making Trump the main target of his assaults, first as state legal professional normal and now as governor.

He has received three statewide races — two as legal professional normal, one as governor — with a tightly scripted, disciplined marketing campaign type, providing voters one thing of a lower-key different to the state’s brash political star, Sen. John Fetterman.

As governor, Shapiro has begun to shed a buttoned-down public demeanor and grow to be extra assured and plain-spoken. In a single latest MSNBC look, he mentioned Trump ought to “give up whining” and cease “sh— speaking America.”

Shapiro, who’s Jewish, has aggressively confronted what he seen as antisemitism cropping up from pro-Palestinian demonstrations and has professed solidarity with Israel in its drive to get rid of Hamas.

He’s a staunch proponent of abortion rights in Pennsylvania and routinely promotes his victories in court docket in opposition to Trump, together with beating again challenges to the 2020 election outcomes.

He additionally has positioned himself as a average on vitality points within the nation’s No. 2 pure fuel state and performs up the necessity for bipartisanship within the politically divided state authorities.

Vice President Harris made her first public remarks since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, endorsing her in his place. “I’m first-hand witness that every single day, our president, Joe Biden, fights for the American folks and we’re deeply, deeply grateful for his service to our nation.”

Shapiro’s ties to Pennsylvania

Whereas Shapiro was born in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, he has deep ties to Pennsylvania, significantly Montgomery County. He grew up in Higher Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, and at present lives in Abington Township.

Montgomery County residents spoke with NBC10 about the potential for somebody from their space turning into a Vice Presidential nominee.

“As a lot as I do like Josh Shapiro, and I believe he shall be a presidential candidate sometime, I don’t know if all people is aware of as a lot about him as we do, fairly frankly,” Ed Friedland of Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania, advised NBC10.

No matter whether or not Harris in the end chooses Shapiro, Michelle Gill, of Higher Dublin’s Dresher group, says she’s proud that somebody from her city has achieved a lot already within the political enviornment.

“It’s fairly cool,” she mentioned. “We’ve got a really vibrant space in Higher Dublin and Dresher itself, with quite a lot of historical past. So realizing that somebody with such civic mindedness got here from this space I believe it feels actually good.”

We overlook generally that politicians are individuals, and in doing so, we misjudge their capacity to manipulate as a result of we base our assist on the politics as a substitute of the individual.

When Vice President Kamala Harris turns into the Democratic Get together’s presidential nominee, the politics will inform her she’d be nicely served to pick out Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly as a operating mate.

Fighter pilot. Astronaut. Profitable businessman. Centrist U.S. senator.

She’d be even higher served, nonetheless, by wanting on the individual.

Mark Kelly has experience that few others have

I’ve experience in precisely not one of the abilities and tenacity required to achieve any of Kelly’s dynamic professions.However throughout a troublesome stretch of years, I got here to be an authority on a trait not listed on resumes, however one that claims lots concerning the individual. Maybe, the whole lot.

That’s: The willingness to take a seat subsequent to a mattress in a hospital or care facility and maintain a affected person’s hand. For hours.

And hours.

And hours.

Kelly did that after Jan. 8, 2011, when his spouse, then U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, was shot in an assassination try that took the lives of six others and wounded 13.

Kelly was in coaching for an area shuttle mission on the time. He rushed again to Tucson and sat along with his gravely wounded spouse.

For hours.

Holding Giffords’ hand for hours reveals character

I’d guess to those that’ve by no means accomplished such a factor, this doesn’t seem to be an accomplishment. They’d say it’s one thing a partner ought to do. Need to do. Want to do.

And whereas all of that’s true, it’s nonetheless one thing. And it may be … the whole lot.

Overlook Mark Kelly:This GOP senator must be Harris’ VP

Throughout an interview with reporters after his spouse was out of hazard, however nonetheless in want of fixed care, Kelly spoke of how his skilled coaching had ready him for the non-public disaster.

He mentioned, “In a really odd method, this feels lots like an area shuttle mission. Lots of choices, lengthy days, quite a lot of chaos all of sudden.

“Issues that aren’t working proper, aren’t going proper, you must repair, groups of individuals you must speak to, considerably worrying, dangerous — not for me, however for Gabby.”

Kelly is aware of what must be a high precedence

While you sit for hours and hours subsequent to a mattress, holding somebody’s hand, you’re pressured into a mirrored image you’d by no means tried earlier than, and wouldn’t have accomplished so even in case you did have time.

And it units you straight. It reorders your notion of first considerations. It teaches you that what’s vital, what will be — and must be — a Number one precedence, is sitting subsequent to a mattress, holding somebody’s hand.

For hours.

It doesn’t matter what different abilities or accomplishments a politician would possibly convey to elected workplace, I’d say there’s none higher than that.

Additionally, a disaster just like the one Giffords and Kelly endured enhances your capacity to adapt.

At one level in Giffords’ restoration, Kelly, who was nonetheless an astronaut, was requested how he envisioned the couple’s future.

He mentioned, “Sooner or later I’ll stop my job and she or he’ll proceed hers and we’ll spend extra time collectively.”

Attain Montini at ed.montini@arizonarepublic.com.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom could have ended any hypothesis that he would search the Democratic presidential nomination this week after President Joe Biden ended his reelection marketing campaign, however he hasn’t but solely quieted rumblings that he’s a contender as Kamala Harris’ 2024 operating mate.

Biden endorsed Vice President and former California Sen. Kamala Harris because the occasion’s Democratic nominee for president Sunday, launching a fervent course of to search out and vet Harris’ vice chairman earlier than the Democratic Nationwide Conference mid-August.

But in contrast to lots of the different governors, congressmembers and Democratic figures named as potential vice-presidential picks, a Harris-Newsom ticket would wish to clear a handful of authorized hurdles and thorny strategic obstacles that election specialists and Democratic strategists say makes him an unlikely choose – if not not possible.

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Newsom eyes 2028 presidential bid

The California governor, who’s 56, has certainly turn into one of the outstanding Democratic figures over the previous couple of years. At present in his second time period as governor of the nation’s most populous and affluent state, Newsom’s popularity extends far past Sacramento. It’s extensively understood that the governor is eyeing a 2028 presidential bid.

Newsom threw his assist behind Harris Sunday in an announcement on the social media platform X.

“Robust. Fearless. Tenacious. With our democracy at stake and our future on the road, nobody is best to prosecute the case towards Donald Trump’s darkish imaginative and prescient and information our nation in a more healthy route than America’s Vice President, Kamala Harris,” he mentioned.

Newsom has been one of the vocal supporters of Biden and pushed again towards calls from members of his personal occasion for him to step apart within the 2024 election. Within the hours earlier than and after Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate efficiency towards former President Donald Trump, Newsom lorded over the spin-room, singing Biden’s praises to members of the media. His progressive insurance policies and penchant for difficult Republican speaking factors have made him a boogeyman of types to the GOP, and a nationwide chief among the many Democratic occasion.

Whereas the workplace of vice chairman is usually a springboard for the presidency, the probabilities of Newsom taking that route are slim.

Longtime nationwide Democratic strategist Bob Shrum mentioned it’s “virtually not possible” Newsom would be part of a Harris ticket. He references the twelfth Modification, which lays out how members of the Electoral School solid ballots for the presidential ticket. It states that electors “vote by poll for President and Vice-President, considered one of whom, a minimum of, shall not be an inhabitant of the identical state with themselves.”

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Authorized specialists instructed the Sacramento Bee that this implies California residents would primarily void the state’s 54 electoral votes, as Harris and Newsom preserve authorized residences and are registered to vote in the identical state.

“Gavin Newsom must transfer out of state and resign as governor,” Shrum mentioned of a risk for the 2 Californians to share the ticket. “As a result of Harris is rarely going to surrender her California residency.”

As for Newsom, it’s simply as unlikely he would forfeit his position as governor or ever relinquish his California residency. He’s a fourth-generation San Franciscan, his late father a state appeals courtroom decide, and made his thousands and thousands in wineries, eating places and motels stretching throughout the state.

Newsom nonetheless could have a task to play in 2024 election

Shrum, director of College of California’s Heart on the Political Future, mentioned he nonetheless expects Newsom to play a big position within the 2024 election.

“I believe he’ll proceed to be a really efficient surrogate and marketing campaign laborious,” he mentioned. “He’s telegenic, he’s fluent, he’s eloquent, so I believe he could make an actual contribution for Harris.”

Newsom has been a supply of sturdy assist on the difficulty of abortion rights for Democrats throughout the nation. Final yr he led a bunch of Democratic governors in 20 states aimed toward bolstering abortion entry, and earlier this yr he launched PAC to proceed that effort – primarily by operating adverts criticizing Republican abortion restrictions in GOP strongholds like Texas and Tennessee and in vital swing states like Arizona.

Abortion rights has turn into a cornerstone of Harris’ campaigning for Biden over the previous a number of months and is predicted to proceed into her bid for president.

Extra:California Democrats wager large on abortion in 2024 election

Kathryn Palmer is an elections fellow for USA TODAY. Attain her at kapalmer@gannett.com and comply with her on X @KathrynPlmr.

THAT BREAKING NEWS IS IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DROPPING OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE FOLLOWING HIS POOR DEBATE PERFORMANCE NEARLY A MONTH AGO. DOZENS OF LAWMAKERS AND BIG DONORS HAVE BEEN CALLING ON HIM TO STEP ASIDE. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT DECISION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WRITING IN PART, MY FELLOW DEMOCRATS, I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION AND TO FOCUS ALL MY ENERGIES ON MY DUTIES AS PRESIDENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TERM, WHICH IS ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT FIVE. I’M EDIE LAMBERT AND I’M ANDREA FLORES. THOSE WHO CALLED ON HIM TO STEP ASIDE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S ABILITY TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. KCRA 3 HOUSE, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAYLA NORWOOD IS LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. SO, CAITLIN, THIS IS A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE RACE. YEAH. EDIE AND ANDREA, YOU’RE RIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN HEEDING THE GROWING CALLS TO STEP ASIDE, FORMALLY ENDING HIS BID FOR REELECTION TODAY. AND HE ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO TAKE HIS PLACE. MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DROPPING HIS BID JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE HIS EXPECTED NOMINATION AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. BIDEN POSTED A STATEMENT ON X, FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SAYING, QUOTE, WHILE IT HAS BEEN MY INTENTION TO SEEK REELECTION, I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY PARTY AND THE COUNTRY FOR ME TO STAND DOWN AND TO FOCUS SOLELY ON FULFILLING MY DUTIES AS PRESIDENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TERM. THIS COMES AFTER FACING DAILY PRESSURE FROM MEMBERS WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY TO END HIS BID. AMID. CONCERNS ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY. FOLLOWING A POOR DEBATE PERFORMANCE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, BIDEN NOW BACKING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO BE THE NOMINEE OF THE PARTY, OFFERING HIS FULL SUPPORT, SAYING, QUOTE, DEMOCRATS, IT’S TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND BEAT TRUMP. LET’S DO THIS. THAT WOULD BE A HISTORIC NOMINATION MAKING HARRIS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO LEAD A MAJOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, HARRIS SAYING IN A STATEMENT SHE’S HONORED TO HAVE BIDEN’S ENDORSEMENT, WILL WORK TO EARN AND WIN THIS NOMINATION, AND WILL DO EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND UNITE OUR NATION. WELL, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE’LL SPEAK MORE LATER THIS WEEK, WHERE HE EXPECTED TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT DECISION. ANDREA. SO, CAITLIN, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM REPUBLICANS ABOUT ALL OF THIS? ANDREA. MANY REPUBLICANS CRITICIZING THIS DECISION, SAYING IT INVALIDATES THE VOTES OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO VOTED FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, GOING AS FAR AS TO SAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD RESIGN IMMEDIATELY, SAYING IF HE’S NOT FIT TO RUN, HE’S NOT FIT TO SERVE. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, CAITLIN, THANK YOU. AND WE’LL ACTUALLY BE TALKING TO A PROFESSOR ABOUT EXACTLY THAT ISSUE. AND WE ARE ALSO JUST LEARNING THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS FORMALLY TAKING OVER THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT. SHE’S THE ONLY PERSON WHO LEGALLY CAN. NOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS OUT THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN AMENDED THE FILINGS WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION. YOU CAN SEE THAT DOCUMENT RIGHT THERE, SIGNED AND DATED TODAY. THE CAMPAIGN ALSO FILED A LETTER STATING THAT HARRIS IS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT HAD NEARLY $96 MILLION CASH IN HAND AT THE END OF LAST MONTH. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET WILL BE FORMALLY NOMINATED NEXT MONTH AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO. OBVIOUSLY, THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS DONALD TRUMP, AND HE REACTED TODAY ON ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL PAGE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT CITED THE DEBATE AS A BIG MOMENT IN JOE BIDEN’S DEMISE. HE GOES ON TO SAY, QUOTE, THAT WAS THE POINT IN TIME WHEN JOE WAS REVEALED FOR WHAT HE IS AN INCOMPETENT MAN WHO SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT. JOE BIDEN IS NOT FIT TO SERVE. TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE, SENATOR JD VANCE, ALSO RELEASED A STATEMENT FOLLOWING BIDEN’S EXIT FROM THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT. HE SAYS, QUOTE, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I ARE READY TO SAVE AMERICA. WHO’S WHOEVER’S AT THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, BRING IT ON. AND GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY SAYING, QUOTE, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY MAKING PRESIDENT A LEADER WHO HAS FOUGHT HARD FOR PEOPLE WORKING AND DELIVERING ASTONISHING RESULTS FOR ALL AMERICANS. GOVERNOR NEWSOM ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MOMENTS AGO. HE SAYS SHE’S TOUGH, FEARLESS AND TENACIOUS, ADDING, QUOTE, WITH OUR DEMOCRACY AT STAKE AND OUR FUTURE ON THE LINE, NO ONE IS BETTER TO PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP’S DARK VISION AND GUIDE OUR COUNTRY IN A HEALTHIER DIRECTION THAN AMERICA’S VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. WE’VE ALSO LEARNED NEWSOM CANCELED HIS APPEARANCE TOMORROW AT THE US NINTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO. ORGANIZERS HAVE NOT SAID WHY HE CANCELED. AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VOTERS ARE ALSO REACTING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT. YEAH, SOME EXPRESSED SURPRISE. OTHERS SAY THEY SAW IT COMING AND MANY ARE TRYING TO PROCESS THIS NEWS AND WONDERING WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT. I DON’T THINK SHE HAS ANY CHANCE, AND I THINK THAT WAS A HORRIBLE DECISION ON BIDEN’S PART. HE’LL BE A LONG, HARD ROAD FOR THE DEMOCRATS THIS TIME AROUND. BUT ANYWAY, IT’S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. BUT, UH, I VOTED FOR HIM THE LAST TIME, SO WE’LL SEE WHO TAKES HIS PLACE AND WE’LL MAKE UP OUR MINDS. HONESTLY, KIND OF INDIFFERENT, BUT IF I HAD TO BE A LITTLE HONEST, BASED ON WHAT I DO KNOW AND WHAT I’VE SEEN BASED ON JOE BIDEN’S LIKE, STATE OF MIND, PROBABLY THINK IT’S FOR THE BEST. WE WANT TO BRING IN OUR POLITICAL ANALYST AND FORMER POLITICAL REPORTER KEVIN RIGGS NOW. AND AT THIS POINT, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE PARTY IS COALESCING BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, SOON TO BE THE MAYBE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. DO YOU SEE ANY COMPETITION FOR HER AT THIS POINT? WELL, THE NOMINATION IS NOT AUTOMATIC, OF COURSE, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, FROM WHAT I SEE, IT’S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL OPPOSITION AT THIS POINT. SHE HAS SEVERAL KEY ADVANTAGES. SHE’S ALREADY RUN ON A NATIONAL TICKET. SHE HAS NAME ID AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, SHE CAN ALSO INHERIT THAT SIZABLE WAR CHEST THAT THE BIDEN TEAM HAS ALREADY PUT TOGETHER. SO THOSE ARE ALL REASONS THAT THAT SHE IS LIKELY NOT TO RECEIVE ANY, ANY SERIOUS OPPOSITION. THE OTHER THING I THINK ABOUT IS, GIVEN THE CHAOS OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS, HOW MANY DELEGATES GOING TO CHICAGO ARE GOING TO HAVE THE STOMACH FOR A BLOODY FLOOR FIGHT, THE KIND OF THING WE HAVEN’T SEEN IN DECADES? SO COULD THERE BE A CHALLENGE? OF COURSE. IT’S THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. BUT SOMEHOW OR OTHER, I DON’T THINK SO. ALL RIGHT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHO’S ON THE SHORT LIST TO BE HER RUNNING MATE. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF FACTORS WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT A CAMPAIGN IN THE CHOICE FOR A VP AS A RUNNING MATE? IF IF HARRIS IS THE NOMINEE, SHE’S GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A VP THAT, SIMPLY PUT, BALANCES THE TICKET. THAT IS THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF THE VP. SO SHE’S GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO CAN BALANCE THE TICKET, BOTH GEOGRAPHICALLY AND POLITICALLY. SO SHE’S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT KEY SWING STATES. THAT’S WHY GOVERNOR SHAPIRO’S NAME APPEARS SO OFTEN. SHE MAY WANT TO LOOK FOR A DEMOCRAT WHO DOES VERY WELL IN A REPUBLICAN STATE, LIKE ANDY BESHEAR OF KENTUCKY. SHE MAY LOOK AT GOVERNOR RON COOPER OF NORTH CAROLINA TO SHORE UP SUPPORT IN THE SOUTH. SO THOSE ARE ALL FACTORS GOING INTO THE PICK OF A VP. AND I JUST WILL TELL YOU BOTH TO TO DO AWAY WITH ANY KIND OF INTERESTING SPECULATION. SHE WILL NOT CHOOSE GAVIN NEWSOM AS HER RUNNING MATE, NUMBER ONE ON ALL CALIFORNIA TICKET WOULD BE TOXIC ON A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LEVEL, AND SECONDLY, SHE COULDN’T DO IT ANYWAY. UNDER THE 12TH AMENDMENT, THE ELECTORS AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CANNOT VOTE FOR BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FROM THE SAME PARTY, SO COULDN’T HAPPEN ANYWAY FROM THE SAME STATE. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SO OBVIOUSLY I THINK REALLY EVER SINCE THE DEBATE, WE’VE SEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN KIND OF SHARPEN THE ATTACKS AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, ANTICIPATING THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING NOW AFTER THIS DRAMATIC SHIFT TODAY IN TERMS OF CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES ON BOTH SIDES? WELL, THE DONALD TRUMP CLEARLY WANTED TO TAKE ON KAMALA HARRIS. HE WAS REALLY IN MANY RESPECTS, HOPING THAT SHE WOULD BE THE OPPONENT. SO HE IS GOING TO GO AFTER HER PRETTY HEAVILY ON A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT HE WOULD HAVE ATTACKED. PRESIDENT BIDEN ON IMMIGRATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS A BIG PART OF HER PORTFOLIO AS VP. SO THAT’LL BE A BIG PART OF HIS ATTACK. HE ALSO WILL GO AFTER THE FACT THAT SHE RAN A FAIRLY POOR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BACK IN 2020. YOU’LL RECALL, SHE ANNOUNCED FOR PRESIDENT IN OAKLAND IN 2019, TEN MONTHS LATER, SHE FOLDED HER CAMPAIGN. HE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN HER CASE, SHE’S OBVIOUSLY GOT STRONG APPEAL TO WOMEN VOTERS, TO BLACK VOTERS, WHICH ARE KEY IMPORTANT VOTING GROUPS FOR THE DEMOCRATS. SO SHE’LL HAVE TO FOCUS ON THAT. BUT IT’S A THREE MONTH SPRINT FOR HER IN PARTICULAR. IF SHE’S THE NOMINEE AND THAT MEANS SHE’S GOING TO BE TESTED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. IT’S A LOT TO GET DONE AND LIKE YOU SAID, A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME RIGHT? SO DO WE EXPECT TO SEE A DEBATE BETWEEN MR. TRUMP AND KAMALA? THAT’S INTERESTING. I THINK PROBABLY AT THIS POINT DONALD TRUMP IS ON SUCH A ROLL THAT AND IS FEELING SO CONFIDENT THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF A DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. I THINK HE FEELS PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT. I THINK KAMALA HARRIS AND HER BACKGROUND AS A PROSECUTOR PROBABLY WOULD DO A REALLY GOOD JOB IN A DEBATE. IT MIGHT SURPRISE. I THINK THOSE WHO MIGHT SELL HER SHORT IN THAT REGARD. SO I IF I HAD TO GUESS, I THINK THERE PROBABLY WILL BE AT LEAST ONE DEBATE. YEAH, I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET SHE IS A FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THAT’S RIGHT. AND HAD THAT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO. UM, OKAY. SO I’M JUST BEING TOLD WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL CHECK BACK WITH YOU IN OUR 6:00 HOUR. AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE. YOU BET. THANK YOU FOR THE INSIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS CALLING FOR UNITY IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT, RUSTY HICKS SAYING, QUOTE, NOW IT IS TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO UNITE AROUND OUR COMMON CALLING, DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP, RETAKING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND PRESERVING OUR DEMOCRACY. AND THE CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY RELEASED THIS STATEMENT READING IN PART, REPUBLICANS ARE UNITED BEHIND PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WILL BE READY FOR WHOEVER THE DEMOCRATS DECIDE IS THEIR BEST BAD OPTION TO SUPPORT RIGHT NOW ON OUR KCRA NEWS APP, WE HAVE MORE REACTION FROM CALIFORNIA POLITICIANS. YOU CAN READ THAT REACTION BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. OR YOU CAN JUST GO DIRECTLY TO KCRA.COM AND INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F KENNEDY JR SPOKE TO REPORTERS. JUST HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED THAT HE’S DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE DURING THE SPEECH, HE REINFORCED THAT HE STILL BELIEVES HE IS THE BEST PRESIDENTIAL OPTION FOR AMERICANS. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN STOP FEEDING INTO THE VITRIOL, STOP FEEDING INTO THE ANGER, STOP FEEDING INTO THE MARGINALIZATION, THE POLARIZATION. AND WHO CAN FIND THOSE VALUES THAT BRING AMERICANS TOGETHER? RFK JR DROPPED HIS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BID LAST YEAR AND LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN AS AN INDEPENDENT AND UC DAVIS POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR JAMES ADAMS JOINS US NOW. HIS WORK FOCUSES ON ANALYZING ELECTION STRATEGIES, CROSS PARTY HOSTILITY AND DISTRUST IN GOVERNMENT, AND WE WANT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO WE WANT TO START FIRST WITH THE STRATEGY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WHERE DO THE DEMOCRATS START AT THIS POINT WITH THIS CHANGE AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, JUST ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION, AS WE JUST HEARD FROM KEVIN RIGGS, IT’S GOING TO BE A SPRINT, RIGHT? WELL, WE’RE IN VERY UNCHARTED TERRITORY. UM, AND THE FIRST QUESTION CLEARLY IS GOING TO BE, WILL THERE BE A CONTESTED PROCESS FOR WHO REPLACES A PRESIDENT BIDEN AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE? KAMALA HARRIS HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL BE A CANDIDATE TO REPLACE PRESIDENT BIDEN. UM, GAVIN NEWSOM HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS THROWING HIS SUPPORT BEHIND KAMALA HARRIS. WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR PLAYERS FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UH, JOE MANCHIN HAS, UH, MADE NOISES ABOUT HOW HE MIGHT POSSIBLY THROW HIS HAT IN THE RING. WE DON’T KNOW, FOR CERTAIN ABOUT GRETCHEN WHITMER, JOSH SHAPIRO, AND SOME OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES. ALTHOUGH EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THEY’RE NOT GOING TO RUN. SO QUESTION NUMBER ONE WILL BE WILL THERE BE A CONTESTED PROCESS IF THERE IS? QUESTION TWO, OF COURSE, IS WHO WILL THE DEMOCRATS ULTIMATELY PICK? AND A CRUCIAL ELEMENT GOING FORWARD WILL BE CAN THE DEMOCRATS PICK A CANDIDATE WHILE REMAINING UNIFIED? AS YOU MENTIONED, IT’S A VERY SHORT TIME UNTIL ELECTION DAY. AND IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SEEN AS HAVING A SOMEWHAT CHAOTIC AND DIVIDED PROCESS, THAT WILL SURELY WEAKEN WHATEVER CANDIDATE THEY EVENTUALLY SELECT, I WOULD SIMPLY MENTION ONE KEY UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT, UH, WHICH IS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT’S VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO’S CHOSEN IS JUST HOW EFFECTIVE THAT PERSON WILL BE WHEN THEY MAKE THE CASE FOR THEMSELVES TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HISTORY IS LITTERED WITH, UH, PEOPLE WHO LOOKED ON PAPER AS IF THEY WOULD BE TERRIFIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LIKE RICK PERRY, RUDY GIULIANI, AND JEB BUSH. BUT WHO, WHEN IT EXPOSED TO THE GLARE OF THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT, TURNED OUT TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE. CAMPAIGNERS THAN MANY EXPECTED. SO THERE’S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. AND A LOT OF HOSTILITY. AND I KNOW THAT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU LOOK AT BETWEEN THE PARTIES. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR RIGHT NOW AND EXPECTING THE ATTACKS TO LOOK LIKE ON BOTH SIDES? WELL, I THINK A KEY QUESTION HERE IS WHETHER THE POLITICIANS ON BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN SIDE WILL BEGIN TO DIAL BACK SOME OF THEIR MORE HOSTILE AND FRANKLY, RECKLESS ATTACKS OF COURSE, WE’RE JUST ONE WEEKEND REMOVED FROM THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND THERE WAS SOME TALK IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS. AND INDEED, PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE A NATIONAL NATIONALLY TELEVISED SPEECH WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIALING BACK ON THESE ATTACKS AND TREATING OUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS AS IF THEY’RE OPPONENTS, BUT NOT OUR ENEMY. WE’LL SEE WHETHER THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS OR NOT. UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP, DURING THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF HIS, UH, ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, DID APPEAR TO BE DIALING BACK HIS ATTACKS. SINCE THEN, HIS RHETORIC HAS REVERTED TO SOMETHING MORE LIKE WHAT WE’VE SEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I’LL BE LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT THAT ON BOTH SIDES. AND AS SOMEONE WHO STUDIES POLITICAL ANGER AND DISTRUST AND HOSTILITY ACROSS PARTY LINES, I AM CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT OUR POLITICIANS WILL LOWER THE TEMPERATURE. THE DANGER IS THAT IF WHEN OUR POLITICIANS RAISE THE TEMPERATURE, YOU SIMPLY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE IN TERMS OF ANGER, ALL THE WAY UP TO POSSIBLY POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AS WE SAW LAST WEEKEND. YEAH, WE JUST HAD A VERY STARK EXAMPLE OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU

What California Gov. Gavin Newsom has mentioned a few attainable presidential bid

On Sunday, Newsom endorsed VP Kamala Harris because the Democratic nominee

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President Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he’ll not proceed his 2024 reelection bid thanked Vice President Kamala Harris for being “an distinctive associate.”He then endorsed her as his successor. “My very first choice because the occasion nominee in 2020 was to select Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been one of the best choice I’ve made,” Biden mentioned. “In the present day I need to provide my full help and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our occasion this 12 months. Democrats — it’s time to come back collectively and beat Trump. Let’s do that.”Biden mentioned he would converse to the nation intimately subsequent week. Democrats are set to assemble in Chicago to select who will run towards Republican former President Donald Trump beginning on Aug. 19. (Earlier political protection in video above: California Gov. Newsom speaks about wildfire season, solutions query about Biden marketing campaign.)Some have talked about California Gov. Gavin Newsom as a attainable selection for president, although Newsom has mentioned prior to now he wouldn’t run towards Harris. Newsom on Sunday known as Biden an “extraordinary, history-making president — a frontrunner who has fought arduous for working individuals and delivered astonishing outcomes for all Individuals. He’ll go down in historical past as probably the most impactful and selfless presidents.”Later within the day he endorsed Harris for President in a submit on X. Earlier than Biden’s announcement, a spokesperson for Newsom’s marketing campaign had instructed KCRA 3 on Friday he was anticipated to proceed his work as a prime surrogate for the Biden-Harris marketing campaign.Newsom confirmed earlier this month he wouldn’t run towards Harris in any presidential marketing campaign. “In fact,” he mentioned when requested if that was nonetheless his plan after first making the assertion on “Meet the Press” final fall.It is not clear but precisely what position if any he’ll have in Harris’ marketing campaign. On Sunday, Newsom canceled an look at a Ninth Judicial Convention the place he had deliberate to make remarks on Monday. Neither his marketing campaign nor his workplace would say why as of Sunday night time.On Monday, Newsom’s marketing campaign spokesperson Nathan Click on mentioned Newsom is just not interested by being Vice President. “From his perspective, he has one of the best job on this planet,” Click on mentioned. “He seems ahead to supporting VP Harris and whomever she picks as her operating mate.”Newsom for years has repeatedly mentioned he’s not interested by operating for president, whereas additionally making a number of efforts to lift his nationwide profile. The governor has been out and in of California during the last a number of months, straddling state enterprise whereas stumping for Biden. He most just lately visited Michigan and Pennsylvania to marketing campaign for the president in the course of the Fourth of July weekend. Newsom additionally traveled to help him in Washington, D.C. in a gathering with Democratic governors following the president’s poor debate efficiency. Days earlier than that, he made his rounds with the media within the spin room of the very first presidential debate between Biden and Trump.Apart from his work as a surrogate, Newsom has positioned himself on the forefront of nationwide political debates, particularly on points associated to weapons and abortion. Newsom launched his federal Marketing campaign for Democracy to advertise Democratic causes throughout the nation. As of June 30, the marketing campaign had raised $10.3 million. That marketing campaign has funded a collection of abortion-related advertisements in Republican-led states with restrictive insurance policies. By his Marketing campaign for Democracy, he has additionally known as for a Constitutional Conference on gun management, which hasn’t gained any floor since he launched the hassle final summer time.Newsom final winter additionally participated in a “Purple State versus Blue State” showdown in a televised debate with Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis. Previous to that, he promoted Democrats within the spin room of one of many Republican presidential debates. No outstanding Democrats have publicly said Newsom needs to be thought of for the nomination ought to Biden drop out.In the meantime, Harris as of Friday had been on the middle of a plan being crafted by some Democrats to raise her to the highest of the ticket, based on NBC Information. Harris had not accredited the plan and was publicly and privately supporting Biden remaining within the race as of Friday.Outstanding California leaders have been selling her. Rep. Adam Schiff instructed “Meet the Press” earlier this month that she could be a “phenomenal president” and will win “overwhelmingly.” Schiff this week known as on Biden to drop out of the race. California Deliberate Parenthood CEO and DNC Delegate Jodi Hicks additionally has reportedly been pushing for her to be the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris has served as a trailblazer for girls in California and nationwide politics.Previous to changing into the primary girl to ever function vice chairman in 2021, Harris was California’s U.S. senator from 2017 to 2021. She was the primary South Asian American and second African-American girl to serve within the U.S. Senate. (Video beneath: Supporters greet Vice President Kamala Harris in Sacramento.)Previous to her time within the Senate, Harris was California’s first- and to date solely -woman, African-American and South Asian American to function lawyer basic. Harris, who’s initially from Oakland, additionally served as San Francisco’s district lawyer. (Earlier protection: Kamala Harris meets with state lawmakers, fundraises for reelection in Sacramento)Harris tried to run for president in 2020, however dropped out of the race earlier than the Democratic major elections started. –KCRA 3’s Daniel Macht contributed to this story.

President Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he’ll not proceed his 2024 reelection bid thanked Vice President Kamala Harris for being “an distinctive associate.”

He then endorsed her as his successor.

“My very first choice because the occasion nominee in 2020 was to select Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been one of the best choice I’ve made,” Biden mentioned. “In the present day I need to provide my full help and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our occasion this 12 months. Democrats — it’s time to come back collectively and beat Trump. Let’s do that.”

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My fellow Democrats, I’ve determined to not settle for the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the rest of my time period. My very first choice because the occasion nominee in 2020 was to select Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been one of the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024

Biden mentioned he would converse to the nation intimately subsequent week. Democrats are set to assemble in Chicago to select who will run towards Republican former President Donald Trump beginning on Aug. 19.

(Earlier political protection in video above: California Gov. Newsom speaks about wildfire season, solutions query about Biden marketing campaign.)

Some have talked about California Gov. Gavin Newsom as a attainable selection for president, although Newsom has mentioned prior to now he wouldn’t run towards Harris.

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Newsom on Sunday known as Biden an “extraordinary, history-making president — a frontrunner who has fought arduous for working individuals and delivered astonishing outcomes for all Individuals. He’ll go down in historical past as probably the most impactful and selfless presidents.”

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President Biden has been a rare, history-making president — a frontrunner who has fought arduous for working individuals and delivered astonishing outcomes for all Individuals. He’ll go down in historical past as probably the most impactful and selfless presidents.

Thanks, @JoeBiden. https://t.co/HMUMEB1fTl

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 21, 2024

Later within the day he endorsed Harris for President in a submit on X.

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Robust. Fearless. Tenacious.

With our democracy at stake and our future on the road, nobody is best to prosecute the case towards Donald Trump’s darkish imaginative and prescient and information our nation in a more healthy course than America’s Vice President, @KamalaHarris.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 21, 2024

Earlier than Biden’s announcement, a spokesperson for Newsom’s marketing campaign had instructed KCRA 3 on Friday he was anticipated to proceed his work as a prime surrogate for the Biden-Harris marketing campaign.

Newsom confirmed earlier this month he wouldn’t run towards Harris in any presidential marketing campaign.

“In fact,” he mentioned when requested if that was nonetheless his plan after first making the assertion on “Meet the Press” final fall.

It is not clear but precisely what position if any he’ll have in Harris’ marketing campaign.

On Sunday, Newsom canceled an look at a Ninth Judicial Convention the place he had deliberate to make remarks on Monday. Neither his marketing campaign nor his workplace would say why as of Sunday night time.

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JUST IN: Gov. Newsom cancels his look at a U.S. Ninth Circuit judicial convention scheduled in Sacramento tomorrow.

No purpose supplied by organizers of the occasion, ready to listen to again from his workplace.

— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) July 21, 2024

On Monday, Newsom’s marketing campaign spokesperson Nathan Click on mentioned Newsom is just not interested by being Vice President. “From his perspective, he has one of the best job on this planet,” Click on mentioned. “He seems ahead to supporting VP Harris and whomever she picks as her operating mate.”

Newsom for years has repeatedly mentioned he’s not interested by operating for president, whereas additionally making a number of efforts to lift his nationwide profile. The governor has been out and in of California during the last a number of months, straddling state enterprise whereas stumping for Biden. He most just lately visited Michigan and Pennsylvania to marketing campaign for the president in the course of the Fourth of July weekend. Newsom additionally traveled to help him in Washington, D.C. in a gathering with Democratic governors following the president’s poor debate efficiency. Days earlier than that, he made his rounds with the media within the spin room of the very first presidential debate between Biden and Trump.

Apart from his work as a surrogate, Newsom has positioned himself on the forefront of nationwide political debates, particularly on points associated to weapons and abortion. Newsom launched his federal Marketing campaign for Democracy to advertise Democratic causes throughout the nation. As of June 30, the marketing campaign had raised $10.3 million. That marketing campaign has funded a collection of abortion-related advertisements in Republican-led states with restrictive insurance policies. By his Marketing campaign for Democracy, he has additionally known as for a Constitutional Conference on gun management, which hasn’t gained any floor since he launched the hassle final summer time.

Newsom final winter additionally participated in a “Purple State versus Blue State” showdown in a televised debate with Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis. Previous to that, he promoted Democrats within the spin room of one of many Republican presidential debates.

No outstanding Democrats have publicly said Newsom needs to be thought of for the nomination ought to Biden drop out.

In the meantime, Harris as of Friday had been on the middle of a plan being crafted by some Democrats to raise her to the highest of the ticket, based on NBC Information. Harris had not accredited the plan and was publicly and privately supporting Biden remaining within the race as of Friday.

Outstanding California leaders have been selling her. Rep. Adam Schiff instructed “Meet the Press” earlier this month that she could be a “phenomenal president” and will win “overwhelmingly.”

Schiff this week known as on Biden to drop out of the race. California Deliberate Parenthood CEO and DNC Delegate Jodi Hicks additionally has reportedly been pushing for her to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

Harris has served as a trailblazer for girls in California and nationwide politics.

Previous to changing into the primary girl to ever function vice chairman in 2021, Harris was California’s U.S. senator from 2017 to 2021. She was the primary South Asian American and second African-American girl to serve within the U.S. Senate.

(Video beneath: Supporters greet Vice President Kamala Harris in Sacramento.)

Previous to her time within the Senate, Harris was California’s first- and to date solely -woman, African-American and South Asian American to function lawyer basic.

Harris, who’s initially from Oakland, additionally served as San Francisco’s district lawyer.

(Earlier protection: Kamala Harris meets with state lawmakers, fundraises for reelection in Sacramento)

Harris tried to run for president in 2020, however dropped out of the race earlier than the Democratic major elections started.

–KCRA 3’s Daniel Macht contributed to this story.

On the authorized entrance, it’s been a superb 24 hours for Fox Information.

Hours after President Biden introduced he would withdraw from his 2024 re-election bid on Sunday, Hunter Biden dropped his lawsuit towards Fox Information for airing salacious photos of his personal misconduct taken from his private laptop computer.

On Monday, a federal decide dismissed a defamation case filed by a former Biden administration official. He dominated that Nina Jankowicz’s authorized claims cited statements that had been typically correct, broadly talking, or fell into the classes of opinion or statements that would not be disproven.

“This was a politically motivated lawsuit aimed toward silencing free speech and we’re happy with the court docket’s resolution to guard the First Modification,” a press release from a Fox Information spokesperson learn. Jankowicz’s attorneys say they’ll attraction the choice.

A mock trial of the president’s son

In Hunter Biden’s case, the express photos had been included as a part of a six-part collection first posted in 2022 on its streaming service, Fox Nation. The collection staged a mock trial of the youthful Biden over his international enterprise dealings.

Hunter Biden was discovered responsible final month on felony gun costs and faces legal tax costs in September.

The Fox Nation collection remained obtainable till earlier this 12 months, when Hunter Biden made public his menace to sue the community. The photographs confirmed him consuming crack cocaine and cavorting with prostitutes.

The community took down the collection out of what a spokesperson referred to as “an abundance of warning.” Fox nonetheless strongly defended its protection, explicitly noting when the lawsuit was filed earlier this month that Hunter Biden was a public determine and a convicted felon.

“In line with the First Modification, Fox Information has precisely lined the newsworthy occasions of Mr. Biden’s personal making,” the community stated then in a press release. Fox pointed to its earlier remark after Biden dropped the swimsuit. Biden’s legal professional didn’t reply to NPR’s request for remark from her shopper.

Biden would have had a tricky slog in making a declare for defamation, given his household’s prominence, the repeated reminders all through Fox’s mock trial that the proceedings weren’t actual, and Biden’s actual and noteworthy authorized troubles.

Biden as an alternative sued below New York state’s revenge porn statutes, below which it’s unlawful to distribute sexually express photos or movies with out the consent of these depicted or “harassing, annoying or alarming” the topics of such materials by posting it or threatening to take action.

In April, Biden’s attorneys stated they’d been pressuring Fox privately to retract tales and segments selling unsubstantiated allegations that he had helped to funnel thousands and thousands of {dollars} in bribes to his father, the president, from Ukrainian pursuits. In keeping with the liberal watchdog group Media Issues, Fox stars ifeatured such claims a whole lot of occasions.

A key supply of these claims, Alexander Smirnov, has admitted that “officers related to Russian intelligence had been concerned” in circulating the allegations. He now faces federal costs of mendacity to the FBI about these very allegations. Fox stated it has lined that growth in subsequent studies.

President Biden introduced his resolution to step except for the 2024 race early Sunday afternoon. Hunter Biden praised his father in a press release launched publicly for providing “unconditional love… as a president and as a mother or father.” Hours later, in keeping with court docket information, the youthful Biden filed papers to withdraw his swimsuit.

Choose dismisses disinformation knowledgeable’s swimsuit

In Jankowicz’s case, U.S. District Courtroom Choose Colm F. Connolly dismissed every ingredient of her defamation lawsuit towards Fox. Jankowicz is a scholar who research disinformation, democracy and freedom of expression.

In spring of 2022, the Biden administration appointed her to steer the brand new Disinformation Governance Board inside the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety. Simply three weeks into the job, Jankowicz give up, saying she had been subjected to loss of life threats and instructed by a non-public safety advisor to depart her residence. The board was disbanded.

In her swimsuit, Jankowicz asserted that Fox had wrongly led viewers to imagine that she supposed to behave in live performance with main social media corporations to censor American’s on-line speech, that she had been fired moderately than left voluntarily, and that she wished to “give verified Twitter customers the facility to edit others’ tweets” — an accusation based mostly on a manipulated video phase. (She had endorsed a reform that’s very similar to the “group notes” function permitting customers so as to add context, which Elon Musk has embraced since taking up Twitter and renaming it X.)

On the time of Jankowicz’s submitting, authorized students instructed NPR it was a attain: the bar for successful defamation instances is raised considerably for public officers, as free speech traditions search to offer People sturdy operating room to criticize individuals holding vital authorities posts.

Choose Connolly held that a number of of the offending statements on Fox had been true. For defamatory claims to be upheld, these statements would have needed to be discovered damaging and false. (Moreover, Fox would have needed to know, or had purpose to know, they had been false.)

He cited dictionary entries to say the statements on Fox encompassed honest descriptions below generally understood definitions of phrases in query. And he rejected Jankowicz’s quotation of moments when commentators referred to the disinformation board with out naming her, although her picture was on display screen.

Fox celebrated the choice by Connolly, who was nominated by then-President Donald Trump and had the help of Delaware’s two senators, each Democrats. Lately, Fox has been mired in unwelcome scrutiny and authorized challenges for what it has broadcast on quite a lot of political tales – largely aiding Trump’s pursuits.

Fox Information paid $787.5 million a 12 months in the past to settle a defamation swimsuit stemming from its amplification of false claims {that a} voting machine firm had helped rig the 2020 election in favor of President Biden. It’s dealing with a multi-billion greenback lawsuit from a second voting tech firm on the identical grounds, although the community says it expects to prevail. In 2020, Fox paid thousands and thousands to the mother and father of Seth Wealthy, a slain Democratic occasion staffer, to settle their swimsuit over the community’s reporting on him, since retracted.

Slash introduced the passing of his stepdaughter, Lucy Bleu-Knight, 25, on Monday morning (July 22). In a publish, the Weapons N’ Roses guitarist and solo star posted a tribute to the younger lady he referred to as an “extremely proficient artist, a passionate dreamer, and a captivating, lovable, candy soul.”

The publish famous that Bleu-Knight, born on Dec. 6, 1998, was the “beloved daughter of Meegan Hodges and Mark Knight, stepdaughter of Samantha Somers Knight and Slash, sister of Scarlet Knight, stepsister of London and Money Hudson,” and that she died in Los Angeles on July 19; Slash’s start title is Saul Hudson and Meegan Hodges is the guitarist’s longtime girlfriend.

At press time no details about Bleu-Knight’s reason for loss of life was out there and the household requested for privateness throughout this time, including a request that “social media hypothesis be stored to a minimal as they grieve and course of this devastating loss.”

On Sunday morning (July 21), Slash additionally introduced the cancellation of 4 dates on his S.E.R.P.E.N.T. tour, asserting that “as a result of unexpected circumstances, the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. tour regrettably has to cancel the under performances.” A spokesperson for Slash had not returned Billboard‘s request for touch upon the reason for the present cancellations.

The affected reveals are:

July 22 — Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend

July 24 — Interlochen, MI @ Interlochen Middle for the Arts

July 25 — Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Middle

July 27 — Windsor, ON @ The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

The touring blues competition encompasses a headlining set from Slash and help on choose dates from the Warren Hayes Band, Keb’ Mo’, Larkin Poe, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Samantha Fish, ZZ Ward, Robert Randolph, Eric Gales and Jackie Venson. The following scheduled date on the tour is a July 28 present in Toronto on the Budweiser Stage.

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