WATCH: Byron York says Democrats' midterm 'hysteria' is 'dangerous talk'

Jenny Goldsberry

November 06, 10:36 PM November 06, 10:36 PM

The Washington Examiner's Byron York criticized Democrats campaigning on a doomsday strategy ahead of this week's midterm elections.

York made the comments during a WHD News appearance Sunday afternoon, after being about his Saturday piece describing these final days before the midterms as a time when losing candidates "make extreme statements about their opponents" in an attempt to avoid defeat. He explained that the "hysteria" he referenced was in response to President Joe Biden's closing midterms address last week, which York claimed sent the message that, "you can either elect Democrats or you can end American democracy."

"So what we heard from Democrats, following the president’s lead, was a lot of this talk about 'democracy is on the ballot,' 'it is under threat,' 'we might not have a functioning democracy after next Tuesday.' That kind of talk," York explained. "It's pretty extreme extreme, but it is fairly characteristic of the final days for election. People are very worked up. It’s all coming down to this and they are throwing everything they have out too."

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"It is dangerous talk but it is, I think, what Democrats believe is their best choice right now," he continued, explaining that the issues most important to voters are not favorable to Democratic candidates. "You have inflation, the whole economy, it's not just inflation it's worries about a recession, it's mortgage interest rates going way, way up, 401ks disappearing, all that stuff. Plus you have crime plus you have the border."

"On the other side, you have abortion which is a potent issue but with a very small part of the electorate, then you have climate change even a smaller part of the electorate. Then you have this idea of a threat to democracy," York added. "So clearly Democrats and the president on down decided that would be a theme of the last 72 — 96 hours of the election."

Biden would go on to repeat the same talking point Sunday that he proclaimed at his speech last Wednesday from DC's Union Station, promising those at a rally for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that "if y’all show up and vote, democracy is sustained."

2024 GOP cold war? Trump gives DeSantis cold shoulder at Florida rally

Ryan King

November 06, 07:08 PM November 06, 07:28 PM

Republican politics got a tad icy in the Sunshine State Sunday evening when former President Donald Trump held a rally with top GOP stars that appeared to snub Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

Trump stumped for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and others in Miami, while DeSantis campaigned in Sarasota County and elsewhere for his own reelection bid. Although absent from any mention during his wide-ranging event that he dubbed the "greatest rally we've ever had," the brewing DeSantis rift loomed large as Trump again teased a 2024 bid.

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"Now our country is being destroyed. I ran twice. I won twice, and I did much better the second time than I did the first," Trump proclaimed at the rally, iterating his disputed claims the 2020 election was stolen. "In order to make our country successful, safe, and glorious, I will probably have to do it again."

Trump has long been teasing a 2024 debut and is reportedly eyeing a launch after the midterm elections. During a rally in Pennsylvania Saturday night, Trump beta tested his name-calling tactic against DeSantis, deriding him as “Ron DeSanctimonious” while also teasing his 2024 ambitions.

Branding his rivals for various physical or political shortcomings has been a hallmark of Trump's political career and signature strategy. In addition to Rubio, who is vying against Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and others attended the rally. It is unclear if DeSantis was uninvited or opted to skip.

Rather than vaulting his feud with the governor into the spotlight before the Florida crowd, Trump stuck to dusting off a rhetorical greatest hits of jabs against the Democrats and the bleak state of the country while touting the accomplishments of his presidency.

DeSantis has been Trump's strongest rival in a hypothetical 2024 GOP primary in a bevy of polling. While the duo largely dabble in a similar kind of populist brand of politics, the Florida governor's strong showing has reportedly riled up Trump behind the scenes.

Things came to a head last month when DeSantis recorded robocalls for Colorado Senate hopeful Joe O'Dea. Despite O'Dea's strong showing in polls, which has given Republicans a glimmer of hope of clinching the uphill seat to boost their Senate prospects, Trump has raged against him for criticizing his presidency.

Of all the GOP Senate nominees in the 2022 midterm election cycle outside of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), O'Dea has perhaps been the most outspoken against the former president. Trump decried DeSantis's backing of O'Dea as "a big mistake" and has seemingly used DeSantis's defiance as an excuse to attack his potential foe.

A cacophony of conservatives bristled at Trump for starting his onslaught against DeSantis early, arguing he should wait until after the midterm elections.

DeSantis has been coy about his 2024 plans. He was also similarly tight-lipped about the brewing Trump feud during his campaign event. He is battling against Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) for a second term as Florida governor.

Top 3 takeaways: Here’s what you missed from past night's primaries

Cami Mondeaux

August 17, 08:17 AM August 17, 08:17 AM

Voters in two states cast their ballots in major races on Tuesday, assisting to shape a number of crucial elections that could sway handle of Congress in November.

Most races in Wyoming and Alaska were identified as shortly right after the polls shut in just about every of the states, leaving couple unanswered concerns about who would advance to the November ballot. Former President Donald Trump loomed big in many of the races, ousting one particular of his most large-profile challengers from Congress and boosting many others to a most important victory.

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Below are the major success from final night’s major elections:

Liz Cheney ousted from Congress

1 of the most consequential, but least surprising, results of the night was the ouster of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), offering Trump his most substantial-profile principal earn nonetheless in opposition to Household Republicans who voted to impeach him in 2021.

Cheney, a person of two Republicans on the Residence choose committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and one of 10 who voted to impeach Trump, was a person of the former president’s most higher-profile targets in the 2022 midterm election cycle. The Wyoming Republican centered substantially of her campaign on denouncing Trump’s efforts to overturn the benefits of the 2020 election, urging Democrats and independents in the point out to re-sign-up to vote for her in the GOP principal.

However, she finished considerably behind Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, a onetime ally and informal adviser to Cheney. Cheney is the fourth Property Republican to drop her reelection bid just after voting to impeach Trump, with only Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and David Valadao (R-CA) surviving their primary problems. The other 4 selected not to look for reelection.

Palin among the people to advance to Alaska Dwelling race

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is one of 3 candidates projected to progress to the standard election for the state’s only House seat, setting the phase for her tried political comeback after additional than a ten years out of business office.

Palin, who was backed by Trump and put in substantially of her marketing campaign leaning on his endorsement, will experience Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola in the basic election in November, with a fourth applicant not however established. The four candidates will compete by using rated-alternative voting, the initial time the condition has employed these kinds of a method.

The former governor and 1-time vice presidential candidate also appeared on the ballot for a particular election ending out former Republican Rep. Don Young’s term soon after he died in March. All those final results are not expected to be closing right until at minimum the finish of the month, in accordance to the .

Murkowski survives key obstacle against Trump-backed opponent

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) survived her primary obstacle versus Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka, mainly thanks to the state’s use of ranked-preference voting that allowed the incumbent to advance to the common election.

Murkowski grew to become one of Trump’s most high-profile targets in the Senate right after the Alaska Republican voted to convict the former president throughout his 2nd impeachment trial. She was the only senator who voted to impeach Trump to experience a key problem during this election cycle.

Liz Cheney blasts main opponents for 2020 election uncertainties in new advert

Cami Mondeaux

July 27, 08:31 AM July 27, 08:31 AM

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is employing her GOP major challengers' words and phrases against them in a new Tv set advertisement established to air as a result of the remaining weeks of her principal marketing campaign.

The ad, launched Tuesday, options a compilation of her Republican opponents boosting doubts about the 2020 election all through a June debate, with Cheney making an attempt to distance herself amid her toughest reelection bid. The spot builds on prior campaign adverts from Cheney as she seeks to paint her Trump-backed opponents as perilous to democracy.

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"We've received to elect serious leaders. We have to elect leaders who will choose their oath of place of work significantly, leaders who is not going to simply just say what they feel people today want to listen to," Cheney, who voted in favor of the 2nd effort to impeach previous President Donald Trump subsequent the Jan. 6 riot, said in the closing of the ad.

The ad starts with challenger Harriet Hageman, whom Trump endorsed, raising “serious inquiries about the 2020 election.” Hageman built the comments in the course of a GOP key debate on June 30, which prompted a tense back again-and-forth in between her and Cheney.

At one particular point throughout the debate, Cheney challenged Hagemen to admit the 2020 election wasn’t stolen. When she did not give a immediate response, Cheney chastised her for remaining “completely beholden” to Trump.

That advert continues with equivalent election-denying reviews from principal challengers point out Sen. Anthony Bouchard and businesswoman Robyn Belinskey.

The ad comes at a crucial place of the primary cycle, with Wyoming voters established to head to the polls for the key election on Aug. 16. Cheney has led in fundraising, raking in $13 million more than the key cycle when compared to just $3.8 million from top challenger Hageman. But Hageman has led the incumbent in in-point out fundraising, with the bulk of Cheney's donors residing outdoors Wyoming, according to the latest facts.

Cheney, initial elected in 2016, faces an uphill fight to protect her seat in November as polls show her trailing behind Hageman by 22 points, according to a poll by the Casper Star-Tribune.

Cheney’s chances of staying reelected have been specially rocky at any time since she voted to impeach Trump in 2021, becoming a member of just 9 other Residence Republicans in executing so. The incumbent’s involvement with the Jan. 6 select committee, wherever she serves as vice chairwoman, has deepened the wedge among her and the Trump wing of the bash.

'Squad'-backed Cisneros documents for recount in Texas Democratic principal runoff

Abigail Adcox

June 06, 07:58 PM June 06, 07:58 PM

Liberal candidate Jessica Cisneros introduced Monday she will file for a recount in the close Texas Democratic primary runoff towards Rep. Henry Cuellar.

Cisneros, who has been endorsed by numerous customers of the "Squad," such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), highlighted the key discrepancies between her and her incumbent opponent as factors to pursue a recount for the Democratic main in Texas's 28th Congressional District.

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"Our neighborhood is not performed battling, we are filing for a recount,” Cisneros claimed in a statement. “With just below .6 % of the vote symbolizing these kinds of stark variances for the long run in South Texas, I owe it to our neighborhood to see this via to the conclude.”

The essential runoff election has garnered nationwide notice following the candidates' positions on abortion have been brought to the forefront. Cuellar was the sole Household Democrat to vote in opposition to a invoice in 2021 that would have codified the proper to abortion in federal regulation, an challenge that has been underscored immediately after a leaked draft opinion indicated that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Cuellar has declared victory in the race two times — as soon as right after election night Could 25 and once more June 3 as the final election success had been tallied, protecting both instances that his margin of votes would maintain. In his June 3 statement, Cuellar claimed he was top by 281 votes, up from 177 votes on election evening.

A runoff candidate can request a recount by 5 p.m. Wednesday if the margin is considerably less than 10% been given by the opponent.