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"REVENGE: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power"
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Alex Isenstadt
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Alex Isenstadt
@axiosalex
Axios Reporter, Author of “REVENGE: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power.” Former POLITICO Reporter
- NEWS: Nebraska RNC committeewoman Joyce Simmons has RESIGNED over committee's support for Roy Moore
- McConnell held a conference call with Senate Republicans this morning in which he pressed Hawley multiple times to explain his plans to object to the Electoral College. McConnell was met with silence, per multiple people familiar with the call. Turns out Hawley wasn’t present
- Utah Sen. Mike Lee - a Trump ally who helped to lead his impeachment strategy - is sending around a letter to senators expressing his opposition to the electoral college objection
- Confirmed - per 2 sources tonight, Trump called McConnell a "dumb son of a bitch" at RNC speech
- COTTON - a staunch Trump ally - says he's opposing the objection to the electoral college
- NEWS: Trump’s campaign says it has been hacked The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation, including a dossier on JD Vance
- BREAKING: Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien has tested positive for Covid-19
- George W. Bush spokesman Freddy Ford tells me that “we aren’t thinking about the next election cycle yet. But I do know that President Bush is planning to call VP Cheney tomorrow for two reasons: to wish him a happy 80th birthday, and to thank him for his daughter’s service.”
- BREAKING: GOP accepted $400k in donations from disgraced Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn last month, per 2 party officials
- Replying to @axiosalexMcConnell has expressed concern that GOP senators up for re-election in ‘22 will be forced to take a vote on a seemingly pointless endeavor that will imperil them either in a general or primary election
- New poll conducted by GOP firm Public Opinion Strategies for Pittsburgh Works Together shows big leads for Dems in the PA Senate and governors races. Fetterman up 18 points over Oz; Shapiro up 15 points over Mastriano
- Replying to @axiosalexLEE: "With respect to presidential elections, there is no authority for Congress to make value judgments in the abstract regarding any state’s election laws or the manner in which they have been implemented."
- The Trump campaign appears to be declaring war on the Commission on Presidential Debates in a call happening right now, describing it as biased against POTUS
