Month: September 2020

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE will travel to Iowa for the second time as a 2020 presidential contender on Tuesday, overlapping with President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s visit to the Hawkeye State.

Although the two men are not expected to meet face-to-face, their dueling campaign stops are drawing attention as a possible preview of the 2020 general election.

Biden will make stops in Ottumwa, Mount Pleasant and Davenport on Tuesday, and will travel to Clinton on Wednesday.

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Meanwhile, Trump on Tuesday will travel to Council Bluffs to tour the Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy facility and tout his administration’s agriculture policies.

The president will then attend a fundraiser for the Iowa Republican Party in West Des Moines.

Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Biden, branding him as “Sleepy Joe,” and predicting that he will be the 2020 Democratic nominee.

The president even criticized the former vice president during a trip to Japan last month.

Trump’s apparent focus on Biden has led many to believe he is worried about the former vice president’s front-runner status in the Democratic field. 

A Des Moines Register poll released last week showed Biden leading the Democratic pack in the state with 24 percent of likely Iowa caucusgoers, followed by Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) at 16 percent, and Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) at 15 percent.

Trump is also facing less-than-favorable approval ratings in the state that he won by nearly 10 points in 2016. 

A recent survey from Morning Consult shows Trump’s approval rating at 42 percent in the state, while his disapproval rating sits at 54 percent.

The state is crucial to both men, given it’s the first contest in the Democratic Party’s nominating process, and is a state that Trump flipped from blue to red in 2016. 

The twin visits come after 2020 Democratic hopefuls descended on the state last weekend for the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual Hall of Fame celebration.

Biden was notably absent from the gathering, citing his granddaughter’s high school graduation. 

The candidates took opportunities to indirectly criticize Biden’s campaign strategy, warning that it could lead to another four years of the Trump administration.

The candidates took thinly veiled shots at Biden’s “middle-ground strategy,” his ties to big donors, and his recent reversal on the Hyde Amendment, which blocks federal money from going toward abortions except to save the life of the woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape.

Andrew YangAndrew YangGeorge Floyd protests show corporations must support racial and economic equality Andrew Yang discusses his universal basic income pilot program Andrew Yang on the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis MORE was the only candidate to mention Biden by name, joking that he “must really not like to travel.”  

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White House hopeful Beto O’Rourke unveiled a plan he said would create 200,000 new businesses run by women and people of color within eight years.

“As someone who started and owned a small business, Beto recognizes the challenges facing small businesses across the country every day — and that these challenges are only amplified for women business owners and people of color,” the former Texas congressman’s campaign said in a press release.

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“Drawing on the conversations he’s had with entrepreneurs across the country and from his own experiences, Beto’s plan would inject capital and demand into America’s small businesses, root out institutional racism and sexism and increase federal investment in minority and women owned businesses.” 

The plan, which was announced at the Black Economic Alliance Presidential Forum in South Carolina, has three main points. 

First, the plan would direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to confront discrimination against women entrepreneurs and communities of color by creating a public credit reporting agency to make access to credit fairer and more equitable and triple investment in the Minority Business Development Agency to provide more resources and mentorship to minority small business owners.

It would also simplify the tax code to make it easier for small businesses overall to start and grow. 

Second, the plan would double the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and create a $10 billion small business credit initiative to help drive growth in companies in economically distressed areas across the country.

Lastly, the plan would direct $100 billion in government contracts away from large corporations and toward small businesses, with over half designated for minority and women owned businesses. It would also triple funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a public-private partnership that seeks to help small- and medium-sized businesses expand their reaches.

“We have an economy that works too well for too few and not at all for too many, and it is only further broken as this country continues to block capital for entrepreneurs that have been effectively shut out of the business community,” O’Rourke said. 

“We must leverage the full force of our government to confront this inequity, invest in resources to root out racism and sexism in our lending markets, and ensure entrepreneurs have the opportunity to do what they do best: grow their businesses, create jobs, and further contribute to our communities.”

The plan’s unveiling comes one day after Sen Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.), another presidential contender, announced her own $7 billion proposal to help boost minority-owned businesses. Warren said her plan would support 100,000 new minority-owned businesses and create about 1.1 million jobs.

O’Rourke, who has stagnated near the middle of the primary pack in polls and was criticized early in his campaign for supposedly being light on specifics, has released numerous detailed policies to break out of the crowd.

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.) hit back on Wednesday against former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE’s defense of using his relationship with two segregationist senators as an example of civility, calling Biden’s remarks “deeply disappointing.” 

“Vice President Biden shouldn’t need this lesson,” Booker told CNN’s Don LemonDon Carlton LemonCNN’s Lemon accuses Trump officials of ‘white-mansplaining’ on systemic racism Webb: The modern age of dissent versus riot Birdwatcher questions whether response to woman who called police on him was ‘proportionate’ MORE. 

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“At a time when we have in the highest offices in the land divisiveness, racial hatred and bigotry being spewed, he should have the sensitivity to know that this is time I need to be an ally, I need to be a healer, I need to not engage in usage of words that harms folks,” he continued. “This is deeply disappointing.” 

Biden dismissed calls from Booker and his fellow Democratic primary opponents to apologize for his Tuesday remarks about his work with former segregationist Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.). 

“At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn’t agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished,” Biden said at a Tuesday night fundraiser. 

Biden also reminisced about working with Eastland and Talmadge in the Senate, saying Eastland never called him “boy.”

Numerous 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls have condemned the remarks. 

“Apologize for what?” Biden said when asked whether he would apologize for the comments. “He knows better,” Biden added, referring to the New Jersey senator. “There’s not a racist bone in my body. I’ve been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period. Period. Period.”

“What matters to me is that a guy running to be the head of our party, which is a significantly diverse and wondrous party, doesn’t even understand and can’t even acknowledge that he made a mistake, whether the intention was there or not,” Booker said. “Instead, he’s fallen back into the defensive crouch that often people say, which is ‘Cory called me a racist’ or ‘I’m not a racist,’ which is not what I said, and not what I’m calling him.”

“This is the problem. He knows better,” he continued. “At a time when Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE never apologizes for anything and starts to create that toxic sentiment that you never apologize … I know Joe Biden. He’s better than this.” 

Biden’s campaign forcefully pushed back about the backlash earlier on Wednesday. 

“[Biden] did not praise a segregationist. That is a disingenuous take. He basically said sometimes in Congress, one has to work with terrible or down right racist folks to get things done. And then went on to say when you can’t work with them, work around them,” Symone SandersSymone SandersThe Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden seeks to tamp down controversy over remarks about black support African American figures slam Biden on ‘you ain’t black’ comments Biden regrets remarks about black support: ‘I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy’ MORE, a senior adviser for the Biden campaign, tweeted.

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Democrats who have called President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE and his policies racist are now pointing fingers at one another on issues of race. 

Allegations of racial insensitivity are flying between the 2020 Democratic contenders, as well as between House Democrats, raising concerns that internecine squabbles over identity and race are tarnishing party leaders and distracting Democrats from their goal of ousting the president in 2020. 

The racially charged controversies that have swirled around former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE, 76, and Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE (D-Calif.), 79, have also put a spotlight on the generational rift within the party.

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Longtime Democratic leaders are facing new scrutiny from their younger peers over their past records. And they’re being called out for their rhetoric, which in some cases has offended the younger generation of liberals.

Frustrated lawmakers say the backbiting over race has gotten out of control. They want to see it come to an end so Democrats can return their focus to their agenda in the House and defeating Trump at the ballot box.

“It’s damaging to this party and the internal workings of the Democratic Party,” said Rep. Wm. Lacy ClayWilliam (Lacy) Lacy ClayCalls for police reform sparks divisions in Congress The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Pence visits Orlando as all 50 states reopen The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Mnuchin, Powell: Economy may need more boost; Trump defends malaria drug MORE (D-Mo.). “I can tell you it’s not helpful.”

Tensions exploded on Capitol Hill this week after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezAttorney says 75-year-old man shoved by Buffalo police suffered brain injury How language is bringing down Donald Trump Highest-circulation Kentucky newspaper endorses Charles Booker in Senate race MORE (D-N.Y.) accused Pelosi of singling out women of color for criticism, as divisions linger over the passage of a $4.6 billion border bill.

Pelosi has been dismissive of the influence on Capitol Hill held by Ocasio-Cortez and three other rising Democratic Party stars — Reps. Rashida TlaibRashida Harbi TlaibHow language is bringing down Donald Trump Defunding the police: Put it to a vote McEnany, Ocasio-Cortez tangle over ‘Biden adviser’ label MORE (Mich.), Ilhan OmarIlhan OmarHow language is bringing down Donald Trump Biden, Democrats seek to shut down calls to defund police McEnany, Ocasio-Cortez tangle over ‘Biden adviser’ label MORE (Minn.) and Ayanna PressleyAyanna PressleyHow language is bringing down Donald Trump Over 1,400 pro athletes, coaches call on Congress to back bill ending qualified immunity Biden’s right, we need policing reform now – the House should quickly take up his call to action MORE (Mass.) — the group of freshman female lawmakers with massive followings on social media.

Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks ignited a long-simmering feud with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).

CBC members, such as Clay, exploded in anger at Ocasio-Cortez for having “used the race card” and accused progressives of seeking to oust black lawmakers by endorsing their primary challengers.

The progressive group Justice Democrats, which is closely aligned with Ocasio-Cortez, is supporting primary challengers to several longtime Democrats, including Clay and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), a Hispanic Caucus member.

Justice Democrats have also considered a challenge to House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem JeffriesHakeem Sekou JeffriesHillicon Valley: Georgia officials launch investigation after election day chaos | Senate report finds Chinese telecom groups operated in US without proper oversight IBM terminates facial recognition technology business Democrats unveil sweeping legislation in response to protests of police brutality MORE (D-N.Y.), a CBC member who is viewed by many as a potential heir to Pelosi.

“Donald Trump has brought the question of race to the forefront of American politics, so it’s no surprise that there will be ongoing and continuous and serious and often uncomfortable public discussions on the subject,” Jeffries said. “At the end of the day, our common enemy is Donald Trump, not other members of the House Democratic Caucus.”

In the presidential race, Biden’s backers are still fuming over what they view as a dishonest characterization of his record on race by his rivals for the presidential nomination, including Sens. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.), 54, and Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.), 50.

Harris catapulted into the top tier of Democratic presidential contenders after an exchange with Biden at the first presidential debate. The California Democrat called Biden’s remarks about finding common ground with segregationist senators “hurtful,” and she attacked him for his decades-old opposition to a federal busing program aimed at integrating schools.

“I think Sen. Harris is out of control,” said Rep. A. Donald McEachinAston (Donale) Donald McEachinHouse Democrats seek to codify environmental inequality mapping tool  House coronavirus bill aims to prevent utility shutoffs OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Oil prices jump amid partial reopenings | Bill aims to block fossil fuel firms from coronavirus aid | Tribes to receive some coronavirus aid after court battle MORE (D-Va.), a CBC member who has endorsed Biden for president.

Booker had previously taken a dig at Biden, saying that the former vice president’s recollection of never having been addressed as “boy” by the segregationist senators was “hurtful” to black people and showed a “lack of understanding” about racial power dynamics.

Biden has slipped some in the polls since the first debate, but he remains the front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary in part because of his strong support from black voters.

Taken together, the controversies have Democrats shaking their heads over how they have reached the point of attacking one another over race. 

“They should be pointing the finger at [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote GOP senator to try to reverse requirement that Pentagon remove Confederate names from bases No, ‘blue states’ do not bail out ‘red states’ MORE [R-Ky.] and Donald Trump,” said Rep. Bonnie Watson ColemanBonnie Watson ColemanExclusive investigation on the coronavirus pandemic: Where was Congress? House members race to prepare for first-ever remote votes Trump orders agencies to cut regulations that ‘inhibit economic recovery’ MORE (D-N.J.), the first black woman elected to Congress from New Jersey. 

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“I don’t think anyone is calling Joe Biden a racist. I don’t think anyone has any reason to call Nancy Pelosi a racist. I think that we can have these bold discussions and people can disagree on certain issues. But this is not helpful, not helpful at all,” she added.

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Republicans are relishing the fight, describing it as the culmination of the left’s obsession with identity politics.

“Madam Speaker, welcome to the true nature of identity politics – where you’re accused of being racist for no reason at all, and where intellectually lazy insults are used against you as a way to replace substantive debate of your argument or idea,” Rep. Dan CrenshawDaniel CrenshawGOP lawmakers call for new sanctions on senior Chinese officials Michigan suspends license of barber who vowed to keep his shop open ‘until Jesus comes’ The Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Rep. Hurd says China engaged in global disinformation campaign; US unemployment highest since Great Depression MORE (R-Texas) said over Twitter.

Some liberals interviewed by The Hill described the fighting as driven by the generational divide rather than the belief that some in the party harbor racial animus.

“There’s an old guard and a new guard, and there’s going to be some friction there,” said one Democratic lawmaker who requested anonymity.

Activism around racial issues has been a hallmark of the ascendant left wing of the party, led by Ocasio-Cortez.

Cornell William Brooks, the former president of the NAACP and a current professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, said the raging debate is largely the result of a generational divide and a matter of style.

The young liberal lawmakers, Brooks said, have enormous influence on social media and have used their platform to draw attention to what they view as racial biases, whereas veterans of the civil rights movement are focused more on institutional or explicit racial inequality. 

“These young lawmakers came of age politically at a moment in the country when there has been unprecedented levels of activism,” Brooks said. “They practice politics as protest, whereas Pelosi practices it through the art of compromise in governing, so this has a lot to do with generation, not just race.”

“For younger voters, they’re used to expressing their thoughts about racial, ethnic or gender identity implications through tweeted speech, whereas the older generation is more focused on intent rather than what is implied,” Brooks added.

WWE is hyping that a “new friend” is coming to Bray Wyatt’s Firefly Fun House next Friday.

On last night’s Payback fallout edition of SmackDown, Wyatt appeared in a brief Firefly Fun House segment. He said he was down in the dumps after losing the Universal Championship at Payback, but he has something that will cheer everyone up. Wyatt then announced that a new friend is coming to the Firefly Fun House on SmackDown next week.

A backstage segment with Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross aired right after Wyatt’s appearance last night. Bliss still had her hair in pigtails after reverting back to her previous look due to the storyline where she’s been changed by her encounters with The Fiend. Bliss said she doesn’t know what came over her last week and apologized to Cross for smashing her coffee mug. Ramblin’ Rabbit from Wyatt’s Funhouse could be seen in the background of the Bliss-Cross segment.

The Fiend lost the Universal Championship to Roman Reigns in a no holds barred triple threat match at Payback. The match also included Braun Strowman. Reigns didn’t come out for the match until after The Fiend giving Strowman a superplex collapsed the ring. The Fiend ended up trying to put Reigns in the Mandible Claw, but Reigns low blowed him and then pinned Strowman.