Today, Donald Trump’s vice presidential contenders are humiliating themselves in Atlanta to promote Trump’s baseless lies during and around the presidential debate. In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:
“Donald Trump’s potential running mates are humiliating themselves in Atlanta tonight for one reason only: to prove to Trump that they will put his failed agenda, his deranged orders, and his MAGA extremism ahead of the American people. No matter what. From banning abortion to denying elections to cutting health care and benefits to defending Trump’s hateful rhetoric, the MAGA agenda that Trump and his lackeys are pushing is deeply unpopular and out of touch with voters—and no amount of desperate talking points from his running mates will change that. As Trump’s running mates turn to the far right to try to pass his MAGA litmus test, President Biden and Vice President Harris will remain focused on continuing to deliver for the American people.”
Here’s what to expect tonight from the vice presidential contenders as they desperately try to pass the litmus test of Trump’s MAGA veepstakes:
Election denial, mitigation of January 6 violence, and anti-democratic rhetoric as Trump vows to be a dictator from “day one.”
NBC News: “Burgumlike other candidates, refused to say whether he would accept the results of the 2024 elections.”
HuffPost: “(J.D. Vance) said he would only accept a Biden victory if he considered the election legitimate.
New York Times: “Senator Marco Rubio “The Florida senator, who has been touted as a possible running mate for former President Donald J. Trump, refused Sunday to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 presidential election and repeated conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.”
Washington Post: “Senator. Tim Scott The Republican candidate (R-S.C.) was asked at least six times during a television interview Sunday whether he would accept the results of next November. He repeatedly refused to do so.
NBC News: “During an appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” in January, Stephanie refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 elections.”
Laura Coates, CNN: “Will you accept the results of the 2024 election, regardless of who wins, yes or no? »
Ben Carson:”I will accept the results if they are established in a fair and transparent manner. … let me put it this way: in the 2020 election, there were a lot of irregularities.”
Abby Phillip, CNN: “If Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, will you accept the results of that election?”
Byron Donald: “My response was very clear on this subject.”
Phillip: “It’s a yes or no question.”
Donalds: *refuses to commit to accepting the results*
Daily Beast: “Sen. Tom Cotton He says he will accept the results of the 2024 elections, under certain conditions
The hill: “J.D. Vance says he is ‘skeptical’ that Pence’s life was in danger on January 6th.
Newsweek: “They had no chance of overthrowing the government,” he said. Rubio“I also don’t think people should be misled into thinking that this was about to overthrow the government.” Rubio also explained another reason why the events of January 6 should not be considered an insurrection.
Tim Scott“Ninety-nine percent of the people who showed up were there to exercise their First Amendment rights. What I said then, I say again today. I don’t hold those people responsible.”
Policy : “Elise Stefanik calls January 6 defendants “hostages”
Associated Press: “Noème ‘He defends Trump’s legacy and blames Capitol mob’
Roll call: “Senator Tom Cotton “The Arkansas senator has consistently taken a tough stance against crime during his tenure in the Senate, but he and other congressional Republicans sided with defendants in a Supreme Court case regarding January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. »
Efforts to cover up their extreme, anti-choice attacks on reproductive freedoms.
CBS News: “Bourgum enacted one of the nation’s strictest anti-abortion laws, a ban on abortion that allows limited exceptions up to six weeks of gestation, and only in cases of medical emergency at any other time during pregnancy .
Information week: “JD Vance Supports ‘national standard’ for abortions
Business Insider: “Senator Marco Rubio supported banning almost all abortions in newly discovered 2010 questionnaire »
Washington Post: “If I were president of the United States, I would literally sign the most conservative pro-life bill Congress could pass.” Scott added, regarding a federal ban.
Byron Donald: “As we celebrate this Holy Week and reflect on its true meaning, we recognize the profound dignity of EVERY human life, from the womb to the grave. Today, @GovRonDeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban, protecting Florida’s unborn children and our most important God-given right: LIFE.
WWNY: “Stefanik supports federal ban on most abortions after 15 weeks »
CNN: “(Kristi Noem) defends state abortion ban when asked if 10-year-olds should be forced to give birth »
Senator Lindsey Graham’s Office: ‘Graham Reintroduces 20-Week Abortion Ban’
“The legislation is co-sponsored by U.S. Senators… Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee Republican)… Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)… Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)… Bill Hagerty (Tennessee Republican)… Marco Rubio (R-Florida)… Tim Scott (R-South Carolina)…”
Tom Cotton: “Lindsey Graham proposed something that the Senate has voted on in the past, which is reasonable restrictions on late-term abortions…”
Bloomberg: “Carson Does not support exceptions for abortions in cases of rape and incest.
Promises to bring back Trump’s disastrous MAGAnomics scam that rigged the economy for the ultra-rich while leaving working families behind.
Tim Scott“We are making permanent the tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.”
Doug Burgum: “I believe in these economic policies, I think the tax bill is a good thing.”
Marco Rubio“Overall, the Republican tax cut bill was good for Americans. That’s why I voted for it.”
Tom Cotton: “Trump’s tax cuts helped create the strongest economy in recent history.”
CNBC: “Ben Carson leads prayer for tax cuts at Trump Cabinet meeting »
KOTA: “Republicans are calling President Trump’s tax plan the biggest tax overhaul in history. …Rep. Kris(ti) Noem played an important role in the development of this bill.
Fox Business: ‘Trump’s tax policies worked for all of America: Rep. Byron Donald“
Vivek Ramaswamy on a suggestion to make permanent or extend the Trump tax cuts: “I would go a little further, Larry, to be honest with you. »
Alabama political reporter: “Katie Britt released a memo Monday outlining its policy positions…(including) a bill to make individual tax cuts permanent and expand the expanded standard deduction contained in President Trump’s 2017 tax cut law and employment.
Avoiding their plans to deprive millions of Americans of affordable health care, end protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and destroy Social Security and Medicare.
HealthInsurance.org: “At the end of 2017, town and 19 other Republican governors wrote a letter to Congress, urging lawmakers to repeal the ACA.
New York Times: JD Vance said the Affordable Care Act “failed to address” high health care costs.
New York Times: Tim Scott voted for all three major Republican-led proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017.
CBS News: “Rubio Ready to Shut Down Government and Default on Debt Over Obamacare »
Presse-Républicaine: “(Stefanik) declared herself in favor of repealing Obamacare… “It’s overreach on the part of the government, and it’s costing businesses too much,” she said.”
Byron Donalds“The Affordable Care Act is a ruse by the federal government to take control of the health care and insurance industry.”
Associated Press: “Tom Cotton said he supports Senate leaders’ relief plan that calls for immediately repealing significant portions of the health care law without an immediate replacement.
Washington Times: “Ben Carson: Obamacare is the worst thing to happen to the United States since slavery”
WNAX: “SD Deputy Kristi Noem Support for the repeal of Obamacare
Vivek Ramaswamy“I think Obamacare was a disaster. »
Defend and echo Trump’s hateful, racist and downright dangerous rhetoric.
The hill: “Vance denounces comparisons between Trump’s remarks and the Nazis who “poison our blood”
“(Trump) said illegal immigrants are poisoning the blood of this country, which is objectively and obviously true”… Vance said. »
Florida Politics: “Marco Rubio defends Donald Trump’s comments that immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood’ of the United States
Policy : “Stefanik He remains silent after Trump said immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood’ of the United States, ‘because ultimately he is talking about the country, not the people.’
New York Times: “Byron DonaldsTrump running mate suggests Jim Crow era had silver lining
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “In response to a question from the crowd, Cotton said he believed marriage should be between a man and a woman. “We have 5,000 years of recorded history on this, and countless years of unrecorded history,” he said. “The best way to raise children is in a stable family of two people, a man and a woman.”
Washington Examiner: “(Kristi Noem) said she had “never supported same-sex marriage” and that “a big part of my faith has to do with that.”
Newsmax: “Rubio at the Faith and Freedom Summit: Marriage is between a man and a woman »
Newsweek: “(Tim Scott) supports the principle of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” opposes same-sex marriage and considers homosexuality to be a morally wrong choice, on a par with adultery. “We are by nature sinful,” he says ruefully. All these positions stem from what he calls “timeless principles.”
Washington Examiner: “Vivek Ramaswamy “The LGBTQIA+ movement has become a cult: it’s not a question of logic”
