‘Extremely Alarmed’: Strategists Break Down Major Red Flag For Democrats In Latest Polling


Reagan Reese
White House Correspondent
May 17, 2024 9:35 PM ET


A polling anomaly in the latest numbers from the New York Times and Siena College has Republican strategists predicting more good news to come for the GOP.

The NYT and Siena released a survey Monday showing former President Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden across five key swing states: Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Of registered voters, 33% said they would vote for Biden if the election was held in May with Trump getting 40% of the vote.

But while Biden trails Trump by a healthy margin, the down-ballot races are a different story. Senate Democrats are doing much better across the same states states, with 45% of voters choosing Democrats as opposed to 40% of voters choosing Republicans.

The numbers could paint a rosy picture for Senate Democrats, but several strategists told the Daily Caller it could be fool’s gold, adding that an unpopular Biden could affect Democrats down ballot as the election goes on.

“It shows you the depths of disappointment that most voters have with Biden, whether they’re Democrats or Republicans. There’s just a lot of disappointment in Biden. If I were Biden, I would be extremely alarmed by this gap that you’ve got voters out there saying, ‘yeah, I’d like to vote for this Democratic senator, but not Joe Biden.’ That is a huge red flag for them,” longtime Kentucky Republican strategist Scott Jennings told the Daily Caller.

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https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/17/joe-biden-donald-trump-polls-senate-2024-elections-swing-states/

The looming Biden tax hike
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Washington Examiner
May 18, 2024 12:01 am
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Democrats will use a misleading Congressional Budget Office report earlier this month to argue against extending 2017 tax cuts that jump-started the economy. Congressional Republicans would be wise to push back.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging them to do just that, writing that failure to renew the tax cuts “would be disastrous for the American people.”

“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created instant income growth for hardworking Americans, generated millions of new jobs, and brought back billions of dollars to the United States,” Pence wrote. “Household incomes saw real gains before Bidenomics took effect, and federal tax revenue has never been higher.”

Each of those claims is true. The 2017 bill cut individual income tax rates across the board, increased family tax credits, and, of huge importance, flattened corporate tax rates. It also simplified the tax code while eliminating loopholes.

Most of the cuts are set to expire at the end of 2025. Unless they are renewed, almost every working American effectively will see a punitive tax hike, while expiration of some business tax breaks will cause many firms to raise prices, slash jobs, or both.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3005395/the-looming-biden-tax-hike/

Biden Rejects More Trump Debates: ‘No More Games’

Wendell Husebø 17 May 2024

President Joe Biden on Friday rejected participation in more debates, which former President Donald Trump said Biden agreed to attend.

NBC News and Telemundo would have hosted the first presidential event, NBC News confirmed, while Fox News at Virginia State University would have hosted a vice presidential debate at a historically black college.

Trump announced the now-defunct agreement Friday. “I have accepted a fourth Presidential Debate against Crooked Joe Biden, this time with NBC & Telemundo,” Trump said:

    It is important as Republicans that we WIN with our Great Hispanic Community, who Biden has devastated with Crippling Inflation, High Gas Prices, Crime in our Streets, and Border Chaos. This Fourth Debate will go along with our previously accepted Presidential Debates on CNN, ABC, and Fox. This is all in addition to our accepting an invitation from Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum of Fox News to host the Vice Presidential Debate at Virginia State University, or another venue, in Virginia, to be named later. These are the Debates that Voters have been asking for, and these are the Debates that Voters will get!

Biden quickly rejected the debates.

“The debate about debates is over,” a Biden campaign official told NBC News. “No more games.”

Biden preferred CNN to host at least one presidential debate, he said Wednesday. The Biden campaign said the president would debate Trump only in June and September, without live audiences present. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will co-host the first event.

Trump accepted Biden’s invitation and urged the president to debate him earlier and more often.

“I’m ready to go…The dates that they proposed are fine…Let’s see if Joe can make it to the stand-up podium,” Trump reportedly told Fox News Digital. “The proposed June and early September dates are fully acceptable to me. I will provide my own transportation.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/17/biden-rejects-more-trump-debates-no-more-games/