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Trump tells Jesse Watters that he was not warned about gunman, despite reports

Fox News host Jesse Watters recently conducted a sit-down interview with former President Trump to discuss last week’s failed assassination attempt.The interview, which will premiere on “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Monday night at 8 p.m. ET, featured both Trump and his vice presidential candidate JD Vance. Vance currently serves as a U.S. Senator representing Ohio.The three men discussed the assassination attempt against the former president last week.

Trump says he ‘took a bullet for democracy’ at massive battleground state rally alongside running mate Vance

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump declared Saturday that he “took a bullet for democracy” while firing up a crowd of voters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at his first rally since surviving an assassination attempt last week. More than 12,000 people piled into the Van Andel Arena, home to the Grand Rapids Griffins hockey team, to see him and his running mate, Ohio Sen.

DNC committee moving forward with plans for virtual roll call vote in early August

The Democratic National Convention is set to follow through on plans for an early roll call nominating President Biden as their presidential candidate next month.DNC Rules Committee members voted Friday for a virtual roll call on August 7 to certify Biden’s victory, despite widespread upset over what many call visible mental decline.The nearly 200 committee members will meet again on or before July 26 to formally adopt the virtual roll call format.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has passed away after battle with pancreatic cancer

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic cancer, her office announced Friday night.”Today, with deep grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas,” her office said in a statement.

JD Vance, others say Biden should resign presidency if he drops out of the race

Newly minted Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrote in an X post Friday that if Democrats believe President Biden doesn’t have the mental acuity to continue to run for re-election, it would be difficult to argue he should remain president until next January.”If Joe Biden doesn’t have the cognitive function to run for re-election, then he certainly doesn’t have the cognitive function to remain as Commander-In-Chief,” Vance posted.

Hawley: Briefing with Secret Service Director ‘Did Not Go Well’ — ‘She Was Not Well-Prepared’

During an appearance on FNC’s “Your World,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) called on Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle to publicly appear before the Senate Homeland Security Committee in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Joe Biden.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to next week’s blockbuster week in Congress

I started to write this essay about the pending blockbuster week on Capitol Hill. The week has been a little zany. I got distracted. I had to go back and find the proper Word document to continue. I searched for “blockbuster.”But it was mildly amusing when an essay popped up from February 27 of this year about another “blockbuster” week on Capitol Hill.BIDING TIME: TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OVERSHADOWS CALLS FOR BIDEN TO STEP ASIDEThat week was a banger.