Trump News for Sunday, May 21, 2023
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Ty Cobbs Says Trump 'Will Go To Jail' For Mishandling Classified Documents
The Huffington Post
Ty Cobb is confident the Department of Justice has a "tight case" against the former president that will land him in prison.
May 21, 2023, 10:52 PM
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Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott poised to make White House bid official
Reuters
Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, is set to kick off his 2024 presidential campaign on Monday, betting that his optimistic message will sell in a party in which many voters are still firmly behind former President Donald Trump.
May 21, 2023, 10:13 PM

MAGA fund founder backs DeSantis over Trump for president
New York Post
Hal Lambert who runs an investment fund named after Donald Trump's Make America Great Again political movement is endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over Trump for president.
May 21, 2023, 9:53 PM
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US Ryder Cup team captain Zach Johnson swerves thorny issue of LIV selections
The Irish Times
US skipper ‘does not speak in hypotheticals’ but reality set to trump early-stage assumptions
May 21, 2023, 9:11 PM

GOP Senator Says Trump Can’t Win A Presidential Election
The Huffington Post
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy cited recent elections where Trump-supported Senate candidates in swing states all lost their races.
May 21, 2023, 6:46 PM

Fox News Host Confronts Ted Cruz on Votes to Raise Debt Limit Under Trump
Newsweek
Congress raised the debt ceiling three times under Donald Trump with little or no spending cuts required.
May 21, 2023, 5:32 PM

GOP Rep. Confronted With Trump Flip-Flop on Debt Limit
Newsweek
The United States could avoid a default if the federal government decides to either have spending cuts or raise its debt ceiling or both.
May 21, 2023, 5:24 PM

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy says Trump can't win a general election
Cable News Network
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Sunday he doesn’t think Donald Trump would be able to win a general election, pointing to the GOP’s disappointing performance in last year’s midterm elections when several candidates endorsed by the former president went down to defeat.
May 21, 2023, 4:51 PM

Why Ron DeSantis can win the GOP nomination for president
Cable News Network
Ron DeSantis is expected to enter the 2024 presidential race this week. But the Florida governor begins his campaign to win the GOP nomination with his poll numbers flailing and with former President Donald Trump as the clear primary front-runner.
May 21, 2023, 4:41 PM

Republican Senator Outlines Why Trump 'Cannot Win' in 2024 Election
Newsweek
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy predicted the former president would have a "hard time" winning swing states in 2024.
May 21, 2023, 4:36 PM

Akash Madhwal: Engineer, Pant’s neighbour and MI’s trump card who eliminated Lucknow Super Giants
The Indian Express
Uttarakhand's first homegrown cricketer to play in the IPL finishes with figure of 3.3-0-5-5
May 21, 2023, 4:11 PM

Republican senator: Trump will lose 2024 presidential race if nominated
The Guardian
Bill Cassidy, one of the few Republicans to vote to impeach Trump in 2021, says 2022 midterms showed Trump’s weakness
May 21, 2023, 3:51 PM

GOP senator: 'I don’t think Trump can win a general election'
POLITICO
“If past [is] prologue, that means President Trump is going to have a hard time in those swing states, which means that he cannot win a general election,” Bill Cassidy said.
May 21, 2023, 3:10 PM

Senate Republican: ‘I don’t think Trump can win a general election’
The Hill
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said he does not believe former President Trump can win another general election as he campaigns for the GOP nomination in 2024. CNN’s “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper highlighted comments from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to launch his own 2024 bid later this week,…
May 21, 2023, 2:16 PM

Robert De Niro Slams Donald Trump, Talks “The Banality Of Evil” In ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’
Deadline
Robert De Niro Slams Donald Trump, Talks "The Banality Of Evil" In 'Killers Of The Flower Moon'
May 21, 2023, 12:47 PM

‘The exact opposite of Donald Trump’: Republican senator Tim Scott’s vision for America
The Guardian
Can the politician’s Reagan-esque optimism and rightwing principles convince the GOP to pick its first Black presidential candidate?
May 21, 2023, 11:00 AM

Graham on Durham’s Trump-FBI report: ‘It is done and it’s damning’
The Hill
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that special counsel John Durham’s long-awaited report on the FBI investigation into former President Trump’s ties to Russia is “damning.” “The Durham report is damning,” Graham told radio talk show host John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats Roundtable.” “It shows the FBI became a political weapon. They…
May 21, 2023, 11:00 AM

Lawyer who quit Trump legal team cites disagreements with Trump adviser as basis for departure
CNBC
A lawyer who quit Trump's legal team this past week attributed his decision Saturday to strategy disagreements with a close adviser to the former president.
May 21, 2023, 10:29 AM

Five questions for DeSantis as he readies to take on Trump
The Hill
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appears, finally, to be ready to enter the presidential race. DeSantis, who has long been seen as the most serious rival to former President Trump for the GOP nomination, has been running a quasi-campaign for months, backed up by a big-spending super PAC. But now multiple media reports suggest the…
May 21, 2023, 10:00 AM

Robert De Niro Slams Donald Trump at Killers Flower Moon Cannes Press Conference
Variety
Robert De Niro called Donald Trump "stupid" while discussing evil men at Cannes.
May 21, 2023, 9:44 AM

Melissa McCarthy: ‘I spend a lot of my work shredding people’
The Guardian
Actor Melissa McCarthy on winding up Trump, using ‘humour as healthcare’ and why she’s had enough of Hollywood’s ‘screamers and egos’
May 21, 2023, 9:00 AM

Donald Trump's Former Lawyer Turns on Trump Adviser After Stepping Down
Newsweek
Tim Parlatore said he left Donald Trump's legal team because there were individuals that "made defending the president much harder than it needed to be."
May 21, 2023, 8:37 AM

Russia’s Latest Sanctions on U.S. Officials Turn to Trump Enemies
The New York Times
Among the 500 people singled out for travel and financial restrictions were Americans seen as adversaries by former President Donald J. Trump.
May 21, 2023, 8:35 AM

Senior Tories say Trump-style takeover could precipitate party meltdown
The Guardian
Prominent members fear a tilt to the right could spell the end in the ‘blue wall’ heartlands
May 21, 2023, 6:00 AM

Republicans damned if they do, damned if they don't in Trump's 2024 candidacy
New York Post
By the end of the week, there'll be around 7 contestants in a race to see who gets to go head-to-head with Donald Trump for the GOP nomination.
May 21, 2023, 1:38 AM