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Control of the US House of Representatives hangs in the balance, with huge implications for Trump’s agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority in the U.S. House of Representatives was hanging by a thread Wednesday’s balancing act between Republican control, which might usher in a brand new era of unified GOP rule in Washington, and a turn to Democrats as the last line of resistance to Trump’s agenda for the second term of the White House.
A couple of individual seats and even one is enough determine the result. The final rating will take a while, and the decision will likely be postponed until next week – or later.
After the Republicans she made her way into the majority in the U.S. Senate, taking House Speaker seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana Mike Johnson he predicted that his chamber could be next.
“Republicans are ready to unite the government in the White House, the Senate and the House,” Johnson said Wednesday.
President-elect Donald TrumpWho he won the Electoral College and the popular vote against the Democratic vp Kamala Harrishe consolidated the growing power around his MAGA movement, supporting the newcomers to Washington and setting the stage for his own return to the White House.
Johnson said Republicans in Congress are preparing “ambitious” 100-day program with Trump, who he said is “thinking big” about his legacy.
Tax cuts, securing the southern border and passing the torch on federal regulation might be top priorities if the GOP takes the White House and Congress. Trump himself has promised mass deportations and revenge on his perceived enemies. Republicans need to push federal agencies out of Washington and retrain the government workforce with outside consultancies, Johnson said, to “get the federal government in order.”
But Johnson has struggled to manipulate the House after only a 12 months in office, and the latest Congress might be no different. Hardliners led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rep. Matt Gaetz and others continuously confronted and overthrew their very own GOP leadership in what was one of the most chaotic sessions in modern times.
If Johnson’s slim four-seat majority were to shrink even further, governing could stall.
Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the House “remains very much in the game.”
After Democrats defeated two Republicans in the House of Representatives in Jeffries’ home state of New York, he said the path to a majority now lies through pick-up opportunities in Arizona, Oregon, Iowa and California, that are still too early to call. .
“We need to count every vote,” Jeffries said.
The House contests remained a fight to the finish, with no dominant path to a majority for either side. Rarely, if ever, have the two houses of Congress turned in opposite directions.
Each party gains and loses several seats, including through the redistricting process, which is the routine redrawing of the boundaries of seats in the House. The reset process applies to North Carolina, Louisiana and Alabama.
The consequence depends largely on the West, especially in California, where several House seats are hotly contested and mailed ballots per week after the election will still be counted. Among those being watched are tight races around the “blue dot” in Omaha, Nebraska and distant Alaska.
Trump will speak early Wednesday morning at his home election night party in Florida, said the results gave Republicans an “unprecedented and powerful mandate.”
He called the Senate defeat “amazing” and praised Johnson, saying he was “doing a great job.”
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From the U.S. Capitol, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnella pointy Trump critic in private, he called it a “damn good day.”
Senate Republicans marched across the map with Trump, flipping three Democrat-held seats and staying in the race against Democratic challengers who didn’t unseat Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Rick Scott of Florida.
In West Virginia Jim Justice, the state’s wealthy governor reversed the position held by retiring senator Joe Manchin. Republicans ousted Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio along with GOP luxury automobile dealer and blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno. Republican Tim Sheehy defeated Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in Montana.
Democrats avoided total destruction by saving seats in blue wall states. Rep. Elissa Slotkin won an open Senate seat in Michigan, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin was re-elected in Wisconsin. The Pennsylvania race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and GOP challenger Dave McCormick was still undecided.
In other developments, Democrats made history by sending two black women to the Senate, Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland. There have only been three Black women in the Senate, including Harris, but never two at the same time.
All in all, Senate Republicans have the potential to win their largest majority in years, and that is proof of that McConnellwho has made a profession of charting a path to power, this time allied with Trump, whom he privately called “despicable” in the run-up to the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
During Wednesday’s news conference, McConnell declined to reply questions on his previous harsh criticism of Trump and said he viewed the election results as a referendum on the Biden administration.
He told reporters on Capitol Hill that a Republican-controlled Senate would “control the guardrails” and stop changes to the Senate rules that might end the filibuster.
“People just weren’t happy with this administration, and the Democratic nominee was part of it,” McConnell said.
It’s still unclear who will lead the latest Republican Senate as McConnell prepares to step down.
South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the No. 2 Republican, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who previously held the position, are the leading candidates to interchange McConnell in a secret ballot election scheduled for when senators arrive in Washington next week.
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Trump chooses first black cabinet member, not Byron Donalds
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen the first African-American cabinet member. Scott Turner, shall be SSecretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Trump announced Turner’s placement in a press release. Highlights Turner’s past achievements. The future HUD secretary is an NFL veteran who also supported Trump during his first term. The former House Representative from Texas served because the first executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC).
The release said Turner: “Put an unprecedented effort that has transformed our nation’s most vulnerable communities. These efforts, undertaken in collaboration with former HUD Secretary Ben Carson, were maximized by Scott’s guidance in overseeing 16 federal agencies that implemented greater than 200 policy actions to support economic development.
Turner thanked President-elect Trump and his mentor Ben Carson in X’s post.
Thank you, Mr. President. I’m excited to proceed the nice work we began during your last administration at HUD, with an incredible team. I’m deeply honored by your confidence in my nomination.
I might also like to precise my sincerest gratitude to my mentor, Secretary… pic.twitter.com/X2ZJLSrfGI
— Scott Turner (@sturnerofficial) November 23, 2024
The nomination seems to come back at the fitting time. Many media outlets and social media users are questioning the shortage of Black representation in the subsequent administration’s cabinet. Especially since many black surrogates sided with Trump through the presidential campaign.
Trump’s most significant vocal deputy was Florida Congressman Byron Donalds. CNN’s Laura Coates spoke with Donalds and asked if Trump had really useful him for a cabinet position. Donalds denied feeling disrespected and continued to support the GOP’s election. The Congressman believes that achievement trumps diversity. He argues that the Biden administration has sacrificed progress for diversity, despite the fact that it has many victories on economic and social policy.
“The election of Donald Trump is approaching bringing competence and reality back to DC. within the White House, ensuring that the work gets done on behalf of the American people, no matter race, no matter religion or creed,” he said.
Turner’s nomination could decelerate the conversation concerning the lack of Black people entering the White House. The conversation is interesting since the Republican Party is not known for supporting diversity, equity and inclusion in any workplace. Attacks on DEI in Republican legislatures across the state may lead one to imagine that diversifying current mandates is the ultimate piece of a really broad conservative agenda.
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MAGA crowd criticizes Kamala Harris for taking a vacation to Hawaii as Karine Jean-Pierre shuts down a reporter who questions the vice president’s ‘downtime’
Twelve years after his complete defeat by Republican Richard Nixon in the 1972 election, former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was asked how long it took him to get better.
“I’ll let you know when I get there” – South Dakota Democrat he joked.
So it stands to reason that Kamala Harris, who entered Election Day with an excellent probability and finished far behind Donald Trump in vote totals, could use a vacation.
“Part of the problem is that you’re running for 18 months straight,” said former Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis, who lost decisively to George H. W. Bush in 1988. “Your time clock is screwed up. “Walter Mondale told me that after he lost to (Ronald) Reagan (in 1984), he woke up at 2 a.m. for months.”
Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, arrived on Hawaii’s Big Island on Tuesday and plan to stay there until next week. The Federal Aviation Administration imposed temporary flight restrictions for “VIP Traffic” from 7:15 p.m. Tuesday until noon Monday.
A Harris aide told NBC News that the trip had already been delayed because the vice president wanted to be certain it would not be needed to break a tie in the U.S. Senate to confirm President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees.
Critics say the trip to Hawaii, a Thanksgiving tradition for Harris and her family, was ill-timed as “Europe prepares for World War III,” as Daily Mail headline on the vice president’s suggested vacation story.
Others say it isn’t a good idea for the vice president to flee to Hawaii while Democrats try to determine how to take care of the debt related to the $1 billion spent on the Harris/Walz ticket. The Democratic National Committee has already been forced to fire employees without severance pay.
Asked Thursday during his every day briefing whether President Biden was considering “optically” about Harris leaving Washington “when so many DNC staffers are literally wondering what they’re going to do,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre he argued downtime is deserved.
“The vice president took time off to spend time with her family,” she said. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. (…) She’s worked very hard over the last four years, and the fact that she’s spending a few days with her family is good for her.”
But critics say Harris has had loads of time to recover from the defeat.
After securing the Democratic nomination, the vice president took several days off from the campaign, a contrast to Trump’s breakneck pace.
“No, I can not accept it. Who the hell is leaving? Trump said in October. “You have 14 days left and she is going to take a few more days off too. Do you recognize why? She’s lazy as hell and has that popularity.
While most individuals on social media supported Harris’ decision to take a break, MAGA showed no sympathy.
“She’s going to lose her job in about two months,” said one commentator on Program X. “She could definitely wait, especially since she took some time without work for the campaign after which a whole week to get better from it. I’m glad we didn’t find yourself with that lazy woman.
Others haven’t any problem with the vacation, but agree it was poorly timed.
“I do not think ‘a few days off’ is a problem, KJP. “This is the right time” said the commentator to X. “Its boss has just approved the escalation of the war in Ukraine, for example, and it looks like there is no such thing as a one in charge in the face of Putin’s threats. So possibly it’s good for her, but not for national security.
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Here’s what Byron Donalds said about Trump not appointing any Black Republicans to his team
Despite campaigning heavily for Donald Trump throughout the 2024 election cycle, to the curiosity of many, Republican Byron Donalds of Florida has not yet been appointed to the president-elect’s future administration. In fact, no Black Republican has been elected among the many greater than two dozen appointments and nominations Trump has revamped the past week.
During an appearance on CNN with Laura Coates, Congressman Donalds he said He was “not surprised” that he was not chosen for a position within the Trump-Vance administration and has vocally defended President-elect Trump against criticism from Democrats reminiscent of the Rev. Al Sharpton.
“That doesn’t mean I won’t do other things in the future,” added Donalds, who’s rumored to be considering a run for Florida governor in 2026 or a run for U.S. Senate if Trump is nominated for U.S. secretary of state, Sen. Marco Rubio has been confirmed.
Donalds rejected criticism that Trump has not appointed any Black people to his Cabinet or administration, suggesting that Democrats are simply upset about losing the 2024 election. He argued: “They are still licking their wounds over the fact that it didn’t work out the way they thought it would.”
The 46-year-old Florida lawmaker said the subsequent Trump administration is not about race or ethnicity, but reasonably about “the people who will carry out his agenda.” In contrast, he argued, the Biden-Harris administration had “an element of every identity” but “failed to do its job.”
“Whether you’re Black or Latinx, if the border is unsafe… does it help everyday people’s lives? “No, no,” Donalds said. He continued: “The election of Donald Trump is about restoring competence and reality to Washington in the White House, making sure that the work gets done on behalf of the American people, regardless of their race, regardless of their religion or regardless of their creed.” creed.”
“This assurance that black people will not be in the highest echelons of power in this country is… representative of that,” he argued. “It actually shows what the program is about and who it is aimed at.” But no matter whether Trump chooses a Black Republican leader for his administration, Brown stressed, “That doesn’t mean it’s safe for our community as well.”
He explained, “They would still have to agree to serve in a government that is dismantling the Department of Education, that is, dismantling DEI programs that are actually opening up opportunities for Black people to access economic and career opportunities, access to education, etc.”
Brown continued: “There are two sides of the coin where yes, there is no diversity of representation and that is by design.” He added: “But people who look like us being considered for these roles wouldn’t help us. They would help Donald Trump.”
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