Rubio canvasser brutally assaulted in Florida, senator says

Ryan King

October 24, 03:59 PM October 24, 03:59 PM

A canvasser rallying voters on behalf of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was brutally beaten Sunday night while donning conservative outerwear, the senator announced on Monday.

The campaign staffer was wearing a T-shirt bearing Rubio's name and a Gov. Ron DeSantis hat when he was assaulted, leaving him with a broken jaw and internal bleeding, according to Rubio.

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"Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood in #Hialeah #Florida," Rubio wrote in a tweet. "He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw & will need facial reconstructive surgery."

In photos of the young man provided by Rubio, he was seen with blood running down his face and a swollen jawline in an ambulance. His eyes also appeared to be swollen shut.

Charlie Crist, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, who was bested by Rubio in their 2010 Senate showdown, sent out a tweet condemning violence in politics.

"There’s no place for violence in politics. Senator Rubio, your canvasser is in our prayers and we look forward to those responsible being brought to justice," he tweeted.

Hialeah is a city nestled in Miami-Dade County with a population of over 220,000 residents. Rubio tweeted that the city was ready for a Republican surge in the midterm elections.

"Early in-person voting has begun in much of #Florida and #Hialeah is ready for a red wave #Sayfie," he wrote.

The Washington Examiner reached out to a Rubio spokesperson for additional information. The Washington Examiner is also reaching out to police for comment.

Rubio is vying for a third term in the Senate and is facing off against Rep. Val Demings (D-FL). He is favored to win the race by forecasters including the Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight. The incumbent senator also touts a lead in most polling. Voters head to the polls for in-person voting on Nov. 8. Early voting began Monday for dozens of counties.

Girl fires again at Herschel Walker, statements she is mom of just one of his youngsters

Brady Knox

Oct 05, 10:09 PM October 05, 10:31 PM

The woman who created headlines by professing that Ga GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for her abortion is now coming ahead with a declare that she also has a kid with the Republican hopeful.

However below anonymity, the woman spoke to the Every day Beast at the time yet again right after Walker fervently denied the story about the 2009 abortion and said he has no clue who she is. The lady sought to dispel the latter declare, asserting that she experienced a a lot further romance with Walker than beforehand reported — that she is the mother of a person of his youngsters.

“Sure, I was shocked, but I guess it also does not shock me that probably there are just so a lot of of us that he truly doesn’t remember,” she said. “But then all over again, if he definitely forgot about it, that suggests something, far too.”

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The woman manufactured it crystal clear that her son is just one of the 3 Walker has acknowledged obtaining out of wedlock, not a new, beforehand unfamiliar child.

“I’ve been extremely civil so much. I continue to keep my mouth shut. I really do not result in any difficulties. I stay in the background. But I’m also not gonna get operate about time and time once more,” she said. “That’s outrageous.”

The girl solid doubt on the authenticity of Walker's beliefs, saying he was privately professional-abortion rights and not an specially devout Christian regardless of the repeated public invocations of his religion.

“I do not imagine there is any place in the Bible where it suggests, ‘Have four youngsters with four various women although you are with one more female.’ Or in which it praises not getting a existing mum or dad. Or that an abortion is an Ok factor to do when it’s not the suitable time for you but a awful factor for anybody else to do when you are jogging for Senate. He picks and chooses in which it is hassle-free for him to use that religious crutch,” she said.

Even though he did not comment to the Day-to-day Beast on the new statements, Walker has insisted that the lady is generating the whole story up about his paying out for her abortion as a political assault versus him, stressing her anonymity. Walker is managing to unseat Sen. Raphael Warnock (D).

“They see me as a large menace, and I know that, and I realized it when I obtained into this race. But they really don't comprehend that I imagine they came for the completely wrong 1. They energized me,” he explained to Fox News's Brian Kilmeade. “They energized me due to the fact I know how they definitely want to consider to keep this seat.”

Republicans gain floor in midterm elections as Biden's approval slumps: Poll

Ryan King

September 28, 01:50 PM September 28, 01:50 PM

A poll suggests Republicans are attaining floor on Democrats immediately after a tough summertime just weeks prior to the midterm elections.

Democrats' edge above the GOP has continued to slip and is now hovering all over the margin of error in a recent Politico/Early morning Seek the advice of poll. Registered voters surveyed favor Democrats about Republicans 45% to 43%, with the Democrats' guide down 2 points from a prior poll by the group.

Some 12% of respondents claimed they were being doubtful or did not have an belief on which social gathering they want to win the midterm elections. The poll surveyed 2,005 registered voters from Sept. 23-25 and had a margin of error of as well as or minus 2 share details.

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Only 41% of voters surveyed approved of President Joe Biden's general performance in office environment, down from 46% in the most recent prior poll from the team, indicating that Americans' temper on Biden is souring in the homestretch of the midterm election cycle.

A string of other polls has also indicated that Republicans are getting floor. The GOP now has a razor-slender .4-position edge about Democrats in generic congressional vote polling, according to the most new RealClearPolitics polling combination. The GOP has savored an upward pattern in polling above new weeks.

At the start of the summertime, Republicans experienced been intensely favored in the midterm elections. But talks of a pink wave crashed close to the summer's conclude as backlash in opposition to the overturning of Roe v. Wade set in and Democrats racked up a number of legislative victories.

FiveThirtyEight and other forecasters have since unveiled projections that favor Democrats profitable the Senate when still pegging Republicans as most likely to get the Home.

But now, polls have been transferring in favor of the GOP once more, indicating the get together could have some momentum. A string of latest polls demonstrates restricted races in Ga, Wisconsin, Ohio, and in other places that could identify the stability of power in the 50-50 Senate.

Some industry experts have cautioned that polling may possibly be skewed. For illustration, New York Occasions elections analyst Nate Cohn recently wrote a piece arguing that there are similarities involving modern polls and previous kinds that overestimated Democrats. Ari Fleischer, previous White House press secretary in the Bush administration, lately warned that polls are way too dependent on registered voters.

"Registered voters will not vote. Voters vote. And so you will need to switch to most likely voters. Probably voters normally vote more Republican than registered voters. And correct now, the media is nevertheless utilizing an overbroad pool of individuals identified as registered voters," Fleischer instructed Fox News's Laura Ingraham.

Defeated Rhode Island GOP prospect for governor endorses Democratic incumbent

Ryan King

September 23, 02:51 PM September 23, 02:52 PM

Defeated Republican gubernatorial hopeful Jonathan Riccitelli made waves in the Ocean Point out on Friday when he announced he was backing Democratic incumbent Gov. Dan McKee over his most important rival.

Riccitelli, who very long trailed his rival Ashley Kalus in the key showdown, chastised her marketing campaign as "baseless," ripped her for dishonesty, and accused her of hypocrisy for hounding McKee for debates despite refusing to debate him through the primary race.

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"While I admire her drive and aspirations, I have found the entirety of her campaign to be baseless. And to pay attention to Ms. Kalus call out the Governor (Mckee) in regards to his refusing to debate ... she blatantly refused my connect with to her as I had questioned the similar from her and her marketing campaign," he wrote in a press release.

"I guess criminals stick collectively," Kalus's Communications Director Matt Hanrahan rapidly shot back again on Twitter. He tweeted a connection to a Boston Globe write-up outlining a litany of expenses Riccitelli confronted for obstructing law enforcement over the many years. Kalus handily defeated Riccitelli 87.3% to 16.3%.

Just after some haggling about the program, both of those sides agreed to 3 debates before voters head to the polls in the midterm elections.

McKee ascended to the governorship final calendar year right after his predecessor, Gov. Gina Raimondo, vacated the post to head the Commerce Office for the Biden administration. He experienced served as lieutenant governor at the time. He narrowly evaded a most important defeat from previous CVS government Helena Foulkes, who relished a past-moment resurgence that may have been partially attributable to the backing of Dwelling Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was roommates with her mother in college or university.

Now that McKee has survived his principal, he is favored to win the governor's race in the deep-blue Ocean Point out, supplied its political dynamics.

"Governor Mckee, a lifelong resident of this state. Former Mayor, group advocate, tiny company owner," Riccitelli extra. "In no way left when former administrations produced it hard to perform organization in this article in our Point out, he rose to the occasion. Ashley Weinzeig-Kalus has nonetheless to be genuine with herself. We just will not know what to be expecting."

Riccitelli, who underscored that his endorsement of McKee will come devoid of "hesitation," is not the only Rhode Island Republican to buck the bash. Democratic congressional contender Seth Magaziner just lately rolled out endorsements from four former election Republican officers, which include former Rep. Claudine Schneider (R-RI), who was the previous Republican to maintain Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District, which Magaziner is vying for from former Cranston Mayor Alan Fung.

“The Republican Party of these days is not the one that influenced me to operate and signify the 2nd Congressional District in 1980,” Schneider wrote in a letter, the Public's Radio claimed. "It is now the celebration of insurrectionist Donald Trump."

Fung, who has been coy about his views on former President Donald Trump, is extensively regarded as one of the most aggressive Republicans to vie for the state's 2nd Congressional District in many years. He beforehand ran competitive races for governor from Raimondo in 2014 and 2018. The Cook dinner Political Report ranks the race as a toss-up.