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Democratic Candidates React to Kobe Bryant’s Death While Campaigning in Iowa

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Reactions and statements on the death of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant from former vice president Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

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Joe Biden: As I was getting off the bus, the command, uh, I heard about Kobe Bryant. I didn’t know him well, I only met him a couple times, but uh, you know it makes you realize that you gotta make every day count. Every single day count.

Amy Klobuchar: I just read President Obama’s statement about Kobe Bryant and how, just tragic that is, losing his daughter in that same helicopter crash. And so our thoughts and prayers are with their family.

Pete Buttigieg: As somebody who affected so many fans and supporters and, just very difficult to believe. And, of course, we’ll be thinking of, not just his family, but everybody who’s gonna be impacted and mourning base on that news.

Full Video: Pete Buttigieg Fox News Town Hall From Iowa (Jan. 26)

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Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg joined Chris Wallace on the Fox News Channel for a town hall event from Des Moines, Iowa, just days before the 2020 Iowa caucuses.

Fox News Town Hall w/ Pete Buttigieg
Air Date: Sunday, January 26, 2020
Location: River Center in Des Moines, Iowa

Watch the full video of the event below in four parts courtesy of YouTube/Fox News:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

The Iowa Caucuses take place Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.

Highlights From Week 1 of President Trump Senate Impeachment Trial

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Highlights from the first week of President Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. Scroll down for highlights from each day from week 1 of the trial.

Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 (Day 1)

Day one of US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began with House managers, including Representatives Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler, holding a news conference.

 

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 (Day 2)

Day two of US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began with Senator Lindsey Graham holding a press conference outside the Senate in which he claimed that “When it comes to Donald Trump” Democrats were “Willing to destroy the institution of the office in the name of getting him”

Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 (Day 3)

On day three of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate, House Democrats have begone to wrap up their arguments against the President. House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff has accused Donald Trump of putting his own interests above those of the United States and insisted Rudi Juliani was a “hand-grenade”.

Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 (Day 4)

Day four highlights of the Senate Impeachment trial against President Trump.

Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 (Day 5)

On day five of the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump and the Republican defense council have commenced their arguments in the Senate. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone started the proceeding by claiming the Democrats had put forward no evidence and had “fallen far short” of the burden of evidence. He pressed the seriousness of removing a president from office and urged senators to reflect on the precedents being set.

Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow referenced the Mueller Report and stressed how it’s finding failed to establish a link between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russian interference.

The trial resumes on Monday, Jan. 27.

Full Video: President Trump Speaks at “March For Life” Rally in Washington

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Full remarks from President Trump addressing the annual “March for Life” anti-abortion rally in Washington, DC.

What: President Trump’s full speech at the March for Life rally
Date: Friday, January 24, 2020
Location: The National Mall in Washington

More reporting from CNN:

President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his support for tighter abortion restrictions, pledging at the annual March for Life rally in Washington that “unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House.”

Trump, making history as the first President to attend the event since it began nearly a half-century ago, looked to strengthen his ties to a key coalition of his political base, which he’ll need as he seeks reelection this year. He used his remarks to not only express support for the movement but to paint those supportive of looser abortion laws as radicals, often employing language that mischaracterized the views of most Democrats.

“Together we are the voice for the voiceless. When it comes to Democrats — and you know this — you’ve seen what’s happened. Democrats have embraced the most radical and extreme positions taken and seen in this country for years and decades and you can even say for centuries,” Trump said.

The Trump administration has consistently worked to regulate or restrict abortion access, appointed two Supreme Court justices seen as holding anti-abortion views and on Friday announced it will take legal action against California over the state’s mandate that insurers, including private health insurance policies, cover abortions.

“Why, Why, Why?” – Joe Biden Snaps at CBS News Reporter

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CBS News reporter Ed O’Keefe asked Joe Biden about his feud with Sen. Bernie Sanders and a tense exchange followed with the vice president asking “why, why, why” and telling O’Keefe to “calm down.”

Gayle King: Vice President Biden may want to avoid the impeachment trial but he’s not backing away from his feud with Bernie Sanders. Ed O’Keefe caught up with him in Des Moines, and they had, how do we describe this, Ed? This “remarkable” exchange is the word?

Ed O’Keefe: That’s one way of putting it, Gayle. We wanted to ask the Vice President why he’s feuding again with Bernie Sanders. Remember, earlier this week he told us he accepted Sanders’ apology after one of his supporters called the former vice president “corrupt.” But, within hours, both camps were out with dueling attack videos.

Biden calling out “Bernie’s negative attacks” and Sanders raising questions about Biden’s previous willingness to fiddle with federal benefits. While Sanders is in Washington dealing with impeachment, Biden was out here talking to voters. So, we wanted to ask him, why this change in strategy? Take a look.

O’Keefe (yelling question at Biden): Yesterday you said you accepted Bernie’s apology, now you’re attacking him. Why are you doing that? Why wasn’t his apology enough, Mr. Vice President? Why attack Sanders?

Joe Biden: Why, why, why, why, why, why… you’re getting nervous, man. Calm down, it’s OK. He apologized for saying that I was corrupt. He didn’t say anything about whether or not I was telling the truth about Social Security.

King: Ed, I wasn’t sure where that was going, what were you thinking?

O’Keefe: Look, we ask the candidates questions, how they respond is up to them. Clearly, in this case, Biden, a little touchy. He’s sensitive to this charge that he wants to change up Social Security. Yes, as a Senator in the 1990s he was open to making changes to federal benefits to balance the budget, but now as a presidential candidate, he says he wants to preserve and expand Social Security in part because seniors are living longer.

How exactly we would pay for it is a detail to be sorted out later. But, look, with Biden and Sanders either tied or first and second here in Iowa and across the country, this is a feud that is likely to continue with eleven days until the Iowa caucus.

King: First it seemed like he didn’t want to answer, but he turned around so I give him credit for that.

Elizabeth Warren: Trump Judges Are Homophobic, Racist, and Sexist

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaking about the federal judiciary and President Trump’s judicial appointments at the “We the People 2020” democracy forum in Des Moines, Iowa on January 19, 2020.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren: I think what’s at the heart of it is who do you ask to be a judge, who do you want on your list to be a judge? I’ll tell you what the answer has been for Donald Trump because I’ve seen this, guys.

Homophobic? That’s in. Racist? That’s in. Uh, Sexist? Oh, yeah, most definitely. And, anti-voter, that’s been a big qualification.

He has named one person after another who, and I don’t mean we have kind of a sense that that’s who those people are. I mean, look at their written records. Look at the activities they’ve already engaged in.

Look at the fights they’ve been in and which side they were on. Our answer has to be that we have the judiciary that truly respects the rule of law and respects every single human being in this country.

That is the job of the judiciary. It is there to protect individual rights. It’s not there to protect corporate rights. It’s not there to protect folks with money. It’s there to protect individual rights.

Elizabeth Warren Blasts Mike Bloomberg For Delaying Financial Disclosures

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks about the influence of money in politics and directly blasts former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for spending $200 million on the presidential campaign so far. From Jan. 19, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren: And understand this, it’s going on right now, in the primaries. We’ve got billionaires who think they can just buy an election. Case and point, Michael Bloomberg has already dropped $200 million to make his voice heard, and drown out every other voice in this Democratic primary.

Think about what that means, and he plans to skip the democracy part of the election, that is, coming to places like Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, and meeting people.

Instead, it’s all going to be set up for TV, running his TV ads to make it work. And, here comes the latest parts. It just comes out that he has applied to the Federal Election Commission to delay making his federally required financial disclosures.

When does he want to delay it to? Until after Super Tuesday, and we have picked, very possibly, have picked our candidate by then. So think about that. If he has entanglements with China, serious conflicts of interest, business interests in other parts of the world, or corporations.

When are we going to know about this? Not until after Super Tuesday. That is not how democracy is supposed to work and we need to shut that down.

I’m so glad to be here with all of you because today, this is our big chance in 2020. To build a grassroots movement, to make our voices heard across this nation, to say we don’t want a government that just works for billionaires. We don’t want a government that just works for giant corporations. We don’t want a government that just works for corporate executives. We want a government that works for the people. That’s what democracy is about and that’s what we can do in 2020. Thank you all! Thank you!

Tulsi Gabbard Sues Hillary Clinton Over “Russian Asset” Claims

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In a report from Fox Business with Neil Cavuto, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is suing Hillary Clinton for $50 million alleging defamation over claims that Gabbard is a Russian asset.

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Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: She and her minions are trying to smear me, smear my character, and undermine my campaign, labeling me as a foreign agent, as a trader to my country.

Neil Cavuto: So, now she’s suing. Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard filing a $50 million lawsuit against Hillary Clinton for defamation. Hillary Vaugn has the very latest, Hillary.

Hillary Vaughn: Hey Neil, well Hillary Clinton still is not running for president but she is still stirring the pot in the Democratic primary by firing shots at candidates still in the race and now her meddling could end up costing her millions after Tulsi Gabbard filed a $50 million lawsuit against Clinton for saying this:

Hillary Clinton: She’s a favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far. And, that’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she’s also a Russian asset. Yeah, she’s a Russian asset.

Vaughn: In the lawsuit filed today, Gabbard says Clinton has a personal vendetta against her because she endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2016, so she’s accusing Clinton of defamation that cost her millions in potential donors and also potential voters, writing in the lawsuit, “Clinton got exactly what she wanted by lying about Tulsi, she harmed her political and personal rival’s reputation and ongoing presidential campaign and started a damaging whisper campaign based on baseless, but vicious, untruths.”

We reached out to Clinton’s spokesperson for comment and are awaiting a response, but Clinton also fired fresh attacks against Bernie Sanders, saying in a new documentary, “nobody likes him.” Clinton is brushing off her Bernie blast tweeting last night, she thought everyone wanted her “authentic and unvarnished views,” but Neil, some of those views may be getting her into trouble in court.

Cavuto: Alright Hillary, thank you very much…

Joe Biden on Beau Biden’s Passing: “He Walks With Me, He’s Part of Me”

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Former vice president Joe Biden speaking with Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Wednesday, Jan. 22, reacts to a question about the loss of his son, Beau, and how he feels his presence on the 2020 campaign trail.

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Joe Scarborough: When Elijah Cummings died, Mika and I were alone with Nancy Pelosi in the Speaker’s office. She showed us an old clip of her father, someone talking about her faith. I said I bet your father would be proud of where you are right now, I bet you wish that he could see you right now, and Nancy said, “well he does, my mom does too, I’m a person of faith, they are with me every day.” It reminds me of your fallen angel Beau.

How much is he with you every day on the campaign trail? How much guidance and how much inspiration do you get from Beau? Not only his memory, but also, I know you’re a person of deep faith, having Beau walk with you every day?

Former Vice President Joe Biden: Joe, Beau should be the one running for president, not me. Every morning I get up, Joe, not a joke, I think to myself, is he proud of me? Because he’s the one who wanted me to stay engaged. He made me promise, “promise me Dad, you’ll stay engaged.” It didn’t mean I had to run for president, but he was worried I would walk away from what I’ve worked on my whole life since I’ve been 24 years old.

He is part of me, Joe, and so is my surviving son, Hunter, and Ashley. He walks with me, I know that sounds, to some people, kind of silly, but he really honest to God does, I know he’s in me, I know he’s part of me.

Joe, you’d be amazed at the number of people who come up to me in a rope line, hundreds of people, over time, and they’ll throw their arms around me, men and women, and say, “I just lost my son, I just lost my daughter, I lost my wife.” All they want to know is that you can make it.

The way you make it, is you find purpose, and you bring and you realize they’re inside you, they’re part of you, it’s impossible to separate it. That’s the really good thing. Beau, and Hunter, and Ashley got me through a lot, but particularly Beau.

You might remember those debates, I remember you kiddin’ me once, I remember walking into the vice presidential debate and presidential debate, he’d be the last guy to talk to me. He’d grab me and say “Dad, look at me, remember Dad, home base, doesn’t matter just be who you are.” I swear to God! You saw those pictures, he grabbed me by the lapel. He still grabs me by the lapel every time I walk out.

Mika Brzezinski: Former vice president Joe Biden, it is so great to catch up with you, thank you so much for sharing so generously.

Biden: Thank you, Jill sends her best, Mika, thank you!

Hillary Clinton Says “Nobody Likes” Bernie Sanders in New Documentary

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Report from CBS News on a new documentary in which former secretary of state Hillary Clinton says that nobody in Congress likes Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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Norah O’Donnell: Turning now to the presidential campaign, an extraordinarily personal attack from Hillary Clinton on Bernie Sanders, she’s accusing him of cultivating a sexist culture in his campaign. Ed O’Keefe reports tonight in Iowa.

Ed O’Keefe: Four years after Bernie Sanders nearly derailed her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton is still holding a grudge.

Hillary Clinton: There is a set of expectations out of a first lady . . .

Ed O’Keefe: In a new documentary about her life, Clinton says in Congress, “Nobody likes Sanders.” She dismisses him as a career politician and adds, “It’s all just baloney and I feel so bad people got sucked into it.”

Asked by the Hollywood Reporter if she would support Sanders if he wins the Democratic nomination, Clinton said, “I’m not going there yet.” And, that he has created a “culture” where his staff and his supporters attack his competitors, particularly, the women.

Sanders, back in Washington for the impeachment trial, tried to downplay the criticism.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: On a good day my wife likes me so lets clear the air on that one.

Ed O’Keefe: Asked why he thinks Clinton is talking about him, Sanders said . . .

Sen. Sanders: That is a good question, ask her

Ed O’Keefe: The interview came the morning after Sanders apologized to former vice president Joe Biden for an OpEd written by one of his surrogates that called Biden corrupt.

Sen. Sanders: It’s absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way, and I’m sorry that that OpEd appeared. We don’t need personal attacks, I mean our difficulty is, I appeal to my supporters, please, engage in civil discourse.

Ed O’Keefe: We caught up with Biden at a campaign event this afternoon and I asked him about Sanders’ comments, and he told me, “I accept his apology.” Norah . . .

Norah O’Donnell: Alright, from Des Moines tonight, Ed, thank you

Bernie Sanders Responds to Hillary Clinton Saying “Nobody Likes Him”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was questioned about a new documentary in which former secretary of state Hillary Clinton says “nobody likes” Bernie in Congress, and made other disparaging remarks.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders: Look, uh, right now today I’m dealing with impeachment and right now my focus is, outside of the impeachment trial, doing everything I can to defeat the most dangerous president in modern American history, that is Donald Trump and that’s really about all I have.

Reporter: But, Senator, some of the things Secretary Clinton said was about your supporters . . .

Sen Sanders: Alright, look, look, look. Secretary Clinton entitled to her point of view. My job today is to focus on the impeachment trial, my job today is to put together a team that can defeat the most dangerous president in the history of the United States of America.

Reporter: Why do you think the Secretary is still talking about 2016?

Sen. Sanders: That is a good question, ask her

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