Tag: GOP toxicity

Trump Fans Flooded Iowa Caucus Hotline, Democrats Say

Supporters of President Donald Trump flooded a hotline used by Iowa precinct chairs to report Democratic caucus results after the telephone number was posted online, worsening delays in the statewide tally, a top state Democrat told party leaders on a conference call Wednesday night.

According to two participants on the call, Ken Sagar, a state Democratic central committee member, was among those answering the hotline on caucus night and said people called in and expressed support for Trump. The phone number became public after people posted photos of caucus paperwork that included the hotline number, one of the people on the call said.

The phone call Wednesday night between the Iowa Democratic Party staff and state central committee, the party’s elected governing body, came as the party was still counting results. Continue reading.

Stand By Your Man

The impeachment vote wasn’t just another party-line exercise. It’s about to get ugly in Washington.

DEMOCRATS CALLED IT A sad and solemn day – a prayerful one, even. Republicans made it a day of outrage. Democrats wanted to talk about the substance of the allegations against President Donald Trump. Republicans railed against the process. Democrats said they were upholding their oath to the constitution and democracy; Republicans said Democrats were trying to undo a democratic election.

There’s little left on Capitol Hill that is conducted in a bipartisan manner, with most legislation being approved or defeated with few or no crossover votes. But as the House voted Thursday to formalize an in-progress impeachment inquiry, it became clear that this was not just another party-line exercise. It’s the start of something very ugly and very personal, with Trump characteristically in the center of it all.

“The names are bigger than the rest of the question” about whether Trump committed impeachable offenses, says Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute of Public Opinion in Poughkeepsie, New York. “For lack of a better phrase, facts are going to take a back seat to rooting. No matter what happens, you’re with your guy.”

View the complete November 1 article by Susan Milligan on the U.S. News and World Report website here.