Fox News cuts off Trump rally speech to subject a number of truth checks
As Donald Trump campaigned in South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s Republican major in opposition to Nikki Haley, Fox News needed to reduce protection of a rally to subject a number of fact-checks to his speech.
Anchor Neil Cavuto prefaced the listing of corrections (for subjects together with the inventory market, fuel costs, and the 2020 election) by saying: “Even though he’s entitled to his opinion, he’s not entitled to his own set of facts.”
Earlier, the previous president issued a requirement that Alabama lawmakers “act quickly to find an immediate solution” to guard IVF within the wake of a shock state supreme courtroom ruling that halted remedies within the state, throwing medical doctors and households into authorized chaos.
Republican officers scrambled to answer the ruling with a cohesive message, whereas Democrats linked it to a years-long marketing campaign to undermine reproductive well being care and limit abortion rights.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump’s civil fraud trial verdict debt has been formally set at $464.6m with $454.2m due from him personally. Interest, which begins racking up at the moment, stands at $114,553.04/day for all defendants and $111,983.86 for him alone.
The former president is about to deal with the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday lunchtime.
Trump adviser offers blunt about RNC funds getting used for Trump authorized charges
Chris LaCivita instructed NBC correspondent Vaughn Hillyard: “F***ing no.”
Oliver O’Connell24 February 2024 14:15
What may we anticipate from Trump’s CPAC speech at the moment?
When former president Donald Trump takes to the stage on the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, anticipate him to make use of the prime time look to scrub up the Alabama Supreme Court’s mess.
Mr Trump, who has beforehand bragged about his position in “terminating” the federal proper to authorized abortion, is about to talk on the annual right-wing confab simply days after the Yellowhammer State’s highest courtroom basically outlawed in-vitro fertilisation in a shock ruling that led the state’s IVF clinics to shutter their doorways.
The ruling and its aftermath have despatched shockwaves via Republican candidates on the state and federal ranges, who’ve struggled to take care of Democratic enthusiasm on account of the backlash to the federal Supreme Court’s Dobbs choice, which overturned the half-century-old Roe v Wade ruling which had assured abortion rights nationwide.
But the ex-president appeared to offer his celebration path on Friday when he took to Truth Social to emphasize his help for “the creation of strong, thriving, healthy American families” and “fertility treatments like IVF in every State in America”.
Oliver O’Connell24 February 2024 13:45
It’s official: Trump owes greater than $455m, with curiosity
Court officers have formally permitted a last judgment in opposition to Donald Trump and his co-defendants within the sprawling fraud case in New York.
The former president, his grownup sons, two former Trump Organization executives and the entities related to the brand-building properties within the Trump actual property empire at the moment are on the hook for greater than $464m.
A complete judgment in opposition to Trump alone is almost $455m.
Post-judgment curiosity is accruing each day on the price of 9 per cent every year, or greater than $114,000 for all defendants – together with practically $112,000 only for Trump.
Alex Woodward24 February 2024 13:31
Highlights from Trump’s South Carolina rally speech final evening
Apparently windmills trigger inflation. Who knew?
“They are pumping it as much as they can under the Trump…”
Trump claims there are 5 causes the Justice Department would examine Nikki Haley… however he received’t inform us what they’re… 🤫
“High-quality person” Tim Scott should actually need to be vp:
Trump rallies may be emotionally draining experiences, particularly when the subject of tariffs comes up:
Oliver O’Connell24 February 2024 12:45
Trump lashes out at ‘loser’ Jimmy Kimmel
Writing on Truth Social on Thursday night, the Republican presidential front-runner stated of ABC, Mr Kimmel’s employers: “They could get a far more talented person, who would also get better Ratings, for 5 per cent of what they are paying this Loser!”
The put up got here in response to a The Los Angeles Times interview with Mr Kimmel, through which he hinted at his doable retirement.
Joe Sommerlad has the story:
Oliver O’Connell24 February 2024 10:45
In motions to dismiss Mar-a-Lago categorised paperwork case, Trump claims ‘immunity’
Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a late-night flurry of motions to dismiss federal expenses accusing him of illegally withholding categorised paperwork at his Mar-a-Lago property.
Among the 4 arguments throughout extra than70 pages on Thursday evening, Mr Trump’s authorized group claims that the costs ought to be dismissed on “presidential immunity” grounds, a defence he has used – and which judges have rejected – in a separate federal case surrounding his makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
He additionally has claimed that the US Department of Justice particular counsel prosecuting him is doing so illegally, that the case is marred by “unconstitutional vagueness,” and that the Presidential Records Act protects him from prosecution.
Mr Trump’s “immunity” declare has been repeatedly rejected by a federal choose and a panel of appeals courtroom judges in Washington DC, with the query probably heading to the US Supreme Court.
Alex Woodward & Maroosha Muzaffar24 February 2024 09:45
What can we anticipate in South Carolina at the moment?
With the Nevada debacle within the rear view window — an embarrassing defeat to “none of these candidates” in a major through which Donald Trump declined to take part, it’s formally time for his sole remaining challenger for the GOP nomination to show that she’s nonetheless aggressive within the literal sense, slightly that simply on cable information.
South Carolina is the sector. It’s not at all an ace within the gap, however the state the place Ms Haley was governor for eight years is the place the place she theoretically ought to be strongest. It has an open major, that means that unbiased voters can take part. And she’ll be again throughout the state this week, hitting marketing campaign stops in Myrtle Beach, the Charleston suburbs, and a former metal city.
But don’t be stunned if that is the top.
John Bowden 24 February 2024 08:45
What is Nikki Haley’s technique?
Eric Garcia explains how the previous UN ambassador is just ready out Trump…
Oliver O’Connell24 February 2024 06:45
Trump’s wild, incoherent Christian broadcasters speech causes confusion
The Republican presidential front-runner appeared flushed and visibly exhausted as he arrived to deal with the National Religious Broadcasters’ (NRB) International Christian Media Convention, tripping over easy phrases like “evangelical” throughout an deal with suffering from verbal miscues and false claims.
At numerous factors, Mr Trump declared that he had made “Israel” the capital of Israel throughout his presidency (presumably complicated the choice to maneuver its US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem), stated that he deliberate to shut down the Department of Education and praised the Capitol rioters, whom he once more characterised as political prisoners and known as “the J6 hostages”, for his or her “tremendous spirit”.
There was extra, as Joe Sommerlad stories:
Oliver O’Connell24 February 2024 04:45
Oliver O’Connell24 February 2024 03:45