Subject: Hillary Clinton tries to insult President Trump ... and fails miserably

From	TheVote <[email protected]>
Subject	Hillary Clinton tries to insult President Trump ... and fails miserably
Date	June 2, 2020 5:32 PM

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[The Vote]

[Hillary Clinton and other Democratic leaders tweeted a White House photo t=
o mock President Trump. But that photo is from the Obama Administration.

"A viral image shared by Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats that impli=
ed President Trump made an unusual move by turning off all the lights in th=
e White House amid protests over the death of George Floyd is an edited ima=
ge from 2015, according to an Associated Press fact check. 'Elections matte=
r,' Clinton said in a Monday tweet. The tweet showed the White House illumi=
nated in rainbow colors after a 2015 Supreme Court decision that legalized =
same-sex marriage alongside an image of the White House with no exterior li=
ghts on." (Washington Examiner <[link removed]
al-white-house-blackout-image-shared-by-hillary-clinton-democrats-edited-an=
d-from-at-least-2015> )

Read the full story on the Washington Examiner <[link removed]
ner.com/news/viral-white-house-blackout-image-shared-by-hillary-clinton-dem=
ocrats-edited-and-from-at-least-2015>

The Democrats are shamefully using America's crisis of looting and riots th=
is week to attack and try to diminish President Trump ... while many local =
Democratic leaders don't seem able to stop the violence and won't make the =
distinction between peaceful protestors' cause -- and the Antifa radicals w=
ho have taken over and attacked American cities.
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And yesterday, Hillary Clinton and other leaders on the left tweeted a Whit=
e House photo intended to mock President Trump. In the photo, the White Hou=
se lights are turned off, ostensibly in the midst of serious riots in Washi=
ngton, D.C. and near the White House gates.
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But as fact-checkers discovered, that photo is from 2015, during the Obama =
Administration. Naturally, Clinton has not deleted her tweet. <[link removed]
ter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1267469284869058563>

[Joe Biden officially kicked off the 2020 general election today with a cam=
paign speech in Philadelphia.]

"Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden plans to rip Preside=
nt Trump during a speech in Philadelphia on Tuesday, accusing the president=
of wrongly using military personnel to scatter protesters so that he could=
'stage a photo op at a noble church.'" (The Hill <[link removed]
homenews/campaign/500619-biden-to-blast-trumps-church-photo-op-in-philadelp=
hia-speech> )

Read the full story on=C2=A0The Hill <[link removed]
aign/500619-biden-to-blast-trumps-church-photo-op-in-philadelphia-speech>

Coronavirus had kept Joe Biden off the campaign trail and in the basement o=
f his home, as even Democratic strategists noted was a big problem. Things =
are different now.
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Yesterday, Joe Biden held his first in-person campaign event in Delaware an=
d today, he spoke at a podium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with five Amer=
ican flags behind him.
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Biden promised to unite and heal America in its time of crisis, positioning=
himself as a moderate who would reach across the political aisle. But sinc=
e he entered the Democratic primary, Biden has moved steadily left -- and h=
e's now far left of most Americans, as is his party.
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And he devoted a significant part of his speech to insulting President Trum=
p, too.
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The media will provide cover for Biden as long as they can; but as the Amer=
ican people learn more about his radical plans for the economy, education, =
and the environment, they'll see the difference between what he says and wh=
at he promises to do when elected.

[It's Super Tuesday in June -- and Joe Biden may finally(!) secure enough d=
elegates to unquestionably be the nominee.]

"Former Vice President Joe Biden could clinch the Democratic presidential n=
omination as early as this Tuesday, if Washington, D.C., goes ahead with it=
s Democratic primary. Eight states will hold their primaries on Tuesday, Ju=
ne 2nd, many of them make-up primaries, for elections that would have been =
held during late March, April, or May, but were canceled because of the cor=
onavirus pandemic. Washington, D.C., had its primary scheduled for June 2nd=
, and the vote will go ahead as planned." (Daily Wire <[link removed]
e.com/news/joe-biden-set-to-clinch-democratic-nomination-tuesday-after-dc-p=
rimary> )

Read the full story on the Daily Wire <[link removed]
iden-set-to-clinch-democratic-nomination-tuesday-after-dc-primary>

Today eight states will vote in primaries, most rescheduled due to the coro=
navirus outbreak this spring. The most important updates will be "down the =
ballot," i.e. in races below the presidential nominating contest. (Here's a=
good review of what's at stake from Roll Call. <[link removed]
020/06/01/6-things-to-watch-in-tuesdays-primaries-6/> )
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For Joe Biden, it could finally be the day that his campaign garners enough=
pledged delegates to win outright on the first ballot at the Democratic Na=
tional Convention.
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As readers of The Vote like you understand -- though most people don't! -- =
it takes 1,991 pledged delegates to win on the first ballot at the Democrat=
ic convention. Joe Biden is still at 1,556 to Sanders' 1,007.
=20
As long as Biden is below that 1,991 delegate threshold, there's the possib=
ility for a fight on the convention floor during the first ballot, with Bid=
en being denied the nomination outright.
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But that dynamic may change today and, depending on the delegate lead Biden=
picks up, it may reduce some of the bargaining power that Sanders and the =
extreme left has enjoyed.

[John Hickenlooper -- erstwhile 2020 Democratic primary candidate -- now fa=
ces an ethics hearing for private jet travel and more.]

"Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission (IEC) voted unanimously Monday to=
subpoena former Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) to testify at a remote=
hearing on Thursday. The former governor faces an ethics probe over whethe=
r accepting private jet travel from wealthy supporters constituted illegal =
gifts. Hickenlooper has denied that accepting the flights broke the law." (=
9News <[link removed]
ohn-hickenlooper/73-5c2de796-d192-454b-8589-d1dc4da4c647> )

Read the full story on 9News <[link removed]
thics-board-subpoenas-john-hickenlooper/73-5c2de796-d192-454b-8589-d1dc4da4=
c647>

It seems that John Hickenlooper will have to testify on Thursday in an ethi=
cs hearing that covers, among other items, "private jets, meals and car tra=
vel provided by a conference in Italy."
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Hickenlooper and his lawyers have tried to delay the hearing to August, whi=
ch is after his primary for the US Senate. (He dropped out of the Democrati=
c presidential primary in 2019, but got back into campaigning -- albeit for=
a lower office.)
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But they say it's because "video glitches" may make it impossible for the h=
earing to happen fairly. Perhaps they've been watching the Biden campaign t=
oo closely... <[link removed]
hes-in-virtual-tampa-campaign-rally>

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span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Hil=
lary Clinton and other Democratic leaders tweeted a White House photo to mo=
ck President Trump. But that photo is from the Obama Administration.</stron=
g></span></span></p>
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o-line-height-alt: NaNpx; margin: 0;"><em>"<span style=3D"background-color:=
#ffff99;"><strong>A viral image shared by Hillary Clinton and other t=
op Democrats</strong></span> that implied President Trump made an unusual m=
ove by turning off all the lights in the White House amid protests over the=
death of George Floyd <strong><span style=3D"background-color: #ffff99;">i=
s an edited image from 2015</span>,</strong> according to an Associated Pre=
ss fact check. 'Elections matter,' Clinton said in a Monday tweet. The twee=
t showed the White House illuminated in rainbow colors after a 2015 Supreme=
Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage alongside an image of the =
White House with no exterior lights on.<span style=3D"background-color: #ff=
ffff;">"</span> (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" h=
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"[link removed]
%3AMDItYjIwMTU0LWFiNThlMTM3M2RjYTRmNDk4N2RhMDcwOTA5N2UzYWI2%3AYmlnamFja2J1b=
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lLXNoYXJlZC1ieS1oaWxsYXJ5LWNsaW50b24tZGVtb2NyYXRzLWVkaXRlZC1hbmQtZnJvbS1hdC=
1sZWFzdC0yMDE1&K=3Duuv_AqzezFZthqgD3SVl2g" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"-webk=
it-text-size-adjust: none; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; co=
lor: #ffffff; background-color: #3AAEE0; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border=
-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; width: auto; width: auto; border-top=
: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-right: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1px so=
lid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; padding-top: 5px; padding-bott=
om: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-al=
ign: center; mso-border-alt: none; word-break: keep-all;"><span style=3D"pa=
dding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; word-break: break-word; mso-l=
ine-height-alt: 32px;">Read the full story on the <em>Washington Examiner</=
em></span></span></a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:=
#555555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"><strong>The Democrats are shamefully using America's c=
risis of looting and riots this week to attack and try to diminish Presiden=
t Trump</strong> ... while many local Democratic leaders don't seem able to=
stop the violence and won't make the distinction between peaceful protesto=
rs' cause -- and the Antifa radicals who have taken over and attacked Ameri=
can cities.</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"><strong>And yesterday, Hillary Clinton and other leade=
rs on the left tweeted a White House photo intended to mock President Trump=
</strong>. In the photo, the White House lights are turned off, ostensibly =
in the midst of serious riots in Washington, D.C. and near the White House =
gates.</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;">But as fact-checkers discovered, <strong>that photo is=
from 2015, during the Obama Administration</strong>. <a style=3D"text-deco=
ration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMTU0LWFiNThlMTM3M2RjYTRmNDk4N2RhMDcwOTA5N2UzYWI2%=
3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMg%3A%3AaHR0c=
HM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9IaWxsYXJ5Q2xpbnRvbi9zdGF0dXMvMTI2NzQ2OTI4NDg2OTA1ODU2=
Mw&K=3DKlXDDnC6svaMr09acKF9ug" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Naturally=
, Clinton has not deleted her tweet.</a></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Joe=
Biden officially kicked off the 2020 general election today with a campaig=
n speech in Philadelphia.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: NaNpx; margin: 0;"><em>"<span style=3D"background-color:=
#ffff99;"><strong>Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bid=
en plans to rip President Trump during a speech</strong> </s=
pan>in Philadelphia on Tuesday, accusing the president of wrongly using mil=
itary personnel to scatter protesters so that he could 'stage a photo op at=
a noble church.'<span style=3D"background-color: #ffffff;">"</span> (<a st=
yle=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
ote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMTU0LWFiNThlMTM3M2RjYTRmNDk4N2RhM=
DcwOTA5N2UzYWI2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U=
%3ANA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3MvY2FtcGFpZ24vNTAwNjE5=
LWJpZGVuLXRvLWJsYXN0LXRydW1wcy1jaHVyY2gtcGhvdG8tb3AtaW4tcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLXN=
wZWVjaA&K=3D-N_noF5NPWzZND49Lk8byQ" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">The =
Hill</a>)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"h=
ttp://trk.thevote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMTU0LWFiNThlMTM3M2R=
jYTRmNDk4N2RhMDcwOTA5N2UzYWI2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2Mjgx=
NzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3ANQ%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3MvY2FtcG=
FpZ24vNTAwNjE5LWJpZGVuLXRvLWJsYXN0LXRydW1wcy1jaHVyY2gtcGhvdG8tb3AtaW4tcGhpb=
GFkZWxwaGlhLXNwZWVjaA&K=3DWx5WwIFNiw80eMs9UWdLGw" target=3D"_blank" style=
=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; text-decoration: none; display: inline-=
block; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3AAEE0; border-radius: 4px; -webk=
it-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; width: auto; width: auto; b=
order-top: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-right: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-botto=
m: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; padding-top: 5px; pad=
ding-bottom: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif=
; text-align: center; mso-border-alt: none; word-break: keep-all;"><span st=
yle=3D"padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:16px;display:inline-b=
lock;"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; word-break: break-wo=
rd; mso-line-height-alt: 32px;">Read the full story on<em>=C2=A0The Hill</e=
m></span></span></a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:=
#555555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;">Coronavirus had kept Joe Biden off the campaign trail =
and in the basement of his home, as even Democratic strategists noted was a=
big problem. Things are different now.</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"><strong>Yesterday, Joe Biden held his first in-person =
campaign event in Delaware and today, he spoke at a podium in Philadelphia,=
Pennsylvania</strong>, with five American flags behind him.</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;">Biden promised to unite and heal America in its time o=
f crisis, positioning himself as a moderate who would reach across the poli=
tical aisle. But since he entered the Democratic primary, <strong>Biden has=
moved steadily left -- and he's now far left of most Americans, as is his =
party</strong>.</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;">And he devoted a significant part of his speech to ins=
ulting President Trump, too.</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;">The media will provide cover for Biden as long as they=
can; but as the American people learn more about his radical plans for the=
economy, education, and the environment, they'll see the difference betwee=
n what he says and what he promises to do when elected.</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>It'=
s Super Tuesday in June -- and Joe Biden may finally(!) secure enough deleg=
ates to unquestionably be the nominee.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: NaNpx; margin: 0;"><em>"<span style=3D"background-color:=
#ffff99;"><strong>Former Vice President Joe Biden could clinch the Democra=
tic presidential nomination as early as this Tuesday</strong></span>, if Wa=
shington, D.C., goes ahead with its Democratic primary. Eight states will h=
old their primaries on Tuesday, June 2nd, many of them make-up primaries, f=
or elections that would have been held during late March, April, or May, bu=
t were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Washington, =
D.C., had its primary scheduled for June 2nd, and the vote will go ahead as=
planned." (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=
=3D"[link removed]
M3M2RjYTRmNDk4N2RhMDcwOTA5N2UzYWI2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA=
2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3ANg%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHl3aXJlLmNvbS9uZXdzL2pvZ=
S1iaWRlbi1zZXQtdG8tY2xpbmNoLWRlbW9jcmF0aWMtbm9taW5hdGlvbi10dWVzZGF5LWFmdGVy=
LWRjLXByaW1hcnk&K=3DRHgt0_GTUdQdTHJuMNuY3w" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopen=
er">Daily Wire</a>)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"[link removed]
k.thevote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMTU0LWFiNThlMTM3M2RjYTRmNDk=
4N2RhMDcwOTA5N2UzYWI2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZ=
mFsc2U%3ANw%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHl3aXJlLmNvbS9uZXdzL2pvZS1iaWRlbi1zZX=
QtdG8tY2xpbmNoLWRlbW9jcmF0aWMtbm9taW5hdGlvbi10dWVzZGF5LWFmdGVyLWRjLXByaW1hc=
nk&K=3DOzk_3GTNlkb13gVCjscX9Q" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"-webkit-text-size=
-adjust: none; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; color: #ffffff=
; background-color: #3AAEE0; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px=
; -moz-border-radius: 4px; width: auto; width: auto; border-top: 1px solid =
#3AAEE0; border-right: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1px solid #3AAEE0;=
border-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; fon=
t-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;=
mso-border-alt: none; word-break: keep-all;"><span style=3D"padding-left:2=
0px;padding-right:20px;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;"><span style=3D=
"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-a=
lt: 32px;">Read the full story on the Daily Wire</span></span></a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:=
#555555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;">Today eight states will vote in primaries, most resche=
duled due to the coronavirus outbreak this spring. <strong>The most importa=
nt updates will be "down the ballot," i.e. in races below the presidential =
nominating contest.</strong> (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color=
: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
IwMTU0LWFiNThlMTM3M2RjYTRmNDk4N2RhMDcwOTA5N2UzYWI2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ2=
1haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AOA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucm9sbGNhbGwuY=
29tLzIwMjAvMDYvMDEvNi10aGluZ3MtdG8td2F0Y2gtaW4tdHVlc2RheXMtcHJpbWFyaWVzLTYv=
&K=3DOzZOzaM6WmUnYLQkCjkQpg" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Here's a go=
od review of what's at stake from <em>Roll Call</em>.</a>)</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;">For Joe Biden, it could finally be the day that his ca=
mpaign garners enough pledged delegates to win outright on the first ballot=
at the Democratic National Convention.</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; font-family: inherit; mso-line-height-al=
t: 17px; margin: 0;">As readers of The Vote like you understand -- though m=
ost people don't! -- it takes 1,991 pledged delegates to win on the first b=
allot at the Democratic convention. Joe Biden is still at 1,556 to Sanders'=
1,007.</p>
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t: 17px; margin: 0;">As long as Biden is below that 1,991 delegate threshol=
d, there's the possibility for a fight on the convention floor during the f=
irst ballot, with Biden being denied the nomination outright.</p>
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t: 17px; margin: 0;">But that dynamic may change today and, <strong>dependi=
ng on the delegate lead Biden picks up, it may reduce some of the bargainin=
g power that Sanders and the extreme left has enjoyed.</strong></p>
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span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Joh=
n Hickenlooper -- erstwhile 2020 Democratic primary candidate -- now faces =
an ethics hearing for private jet travel and more.</strong></span></span></=
p>
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o-line-height-alt: NaNpx; margin: 0;"><em>"Colorado's Independent Ethics Co=
mmission (IEC) voted unanimously Monday to subpoena <span style=3D"backgrou=
nd-color: #ffff99;"><strong>former Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) to t=
estify at a remote hearing on Thursday</strong></span>. The former governor=
faces an ethics probe over whether accepting private jet travel from wealt=
hy supporters constituted illegal gifts. Hickenlooper has denied that accep=
ting the flights broke the law." (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; c=
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l story on 9News</span></span></a>
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
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0;">It seems that John Hickenlooper will have to testify on Thursday in an=
ethics hearing that covers, among other items, <strong>"private jets, meal=
s and car travel provided by a conference in Italy."</strong></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
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0;">Hickenlooper and his lawyers have tried to delay the hearing to August=
, which is <em>after</em> his primary for the US Senate. (He dropped o=
ut of the Democratic presidential primary in 2019, but got back into campai=
gning -- albeit for a lower office.)</p>
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0;"><strong>But they say it's because "video glitches" may make it impossi=
ble for the hearing to happen fairly.</strong> <a style=3D"text-decoration:=
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[Hillary Clinton and other Democratic leaders tweeted a White House photo to mock President Trump. But that photo is from the Obama Administration.

"A viral image shared by Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats that implied President Trump made an unusual move by turning off all the lights in the White House amid protests over the death of George Floyd is an edited image from 2015, according to an Associated Press fact check. 'Elections matter,' Clinton said in a Monday tweet. The tweet showed the White House illuminated in rainbow colors after a 2015 Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage alongside an image of the White House with no exterior lights on." (Washington Examiner <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on the Washington Examiner <[link removed]>

The Democrats are shamefully using America's crisis of looting and riots this week to attack and try to diminish President Trump ... while many local Democratic leaders don't seem able to stop the violence and won't make the distinction between peaceful protestors' cause -- and the Antifa radicals who have taken over and attacked American cities.

And yesterday, Hillary Clinton and other leaders on the left tweeted a White House photo intended to mock President Trump. In the photo, the White House lights are turned off, ostensibly in the midst of serious riots in Washington, D.C. and near the White House gates.

But as fact-checkers discovered, that photo is from 2015, during the Obama Administration. Naturally, Clinton has not deleted her tweet. <[link removed]>

[Joe Biden officially kicked off the 2020 general election today with a campaign speech in Philadelphia.]

"Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden plans to rip President Trump during a speech in Philadelphia on Tuesday, accusing the president of wrongly using military personnel to scatter protesters so that he could 'stage a photo op at a noble church.'" (The Hill <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on The Hill <[link removed]>

Coronavirus had kept Joe Biden off the campaign trail and in the basement of his home, as even Democratic strategists noted was a big problem. Things are different now.

Yesterday, Joe Biden held his first in-person campaign event in Delaware and today, he spoke at a podium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with five American flags behind him.

Biden promised to unite and heal America in its time of crisis, positioning himself as a moderate who would reach across the political aisle. But since he entered the Democratic primary, Biden has moved steadily left -- and he's now far left of most Americans, as is his party.

And he devoted a significant part of his speech to insulting President Trump, too.

The media will provide cover for Biden as long as they can; but as the American people learn more about his radical plans for the economy, education, and the environment, they'll see the difference between what he says and what he promises to do when elected.

[It's Super Tuesday in June -- and Joe Biden may finally(!) secure enough delegates to unquestionably be the nominee.]

"Former Vice President Joe Biden could clinch the Democratic presidential nomination as early as this Tuesday, if Washington, D.C., goes ahead with its Democratic primary. Eight states will hold their primaries on Tuesday, June 2nd, many of them make-up primaries, for elections that would have been held during late March, April, or May, but were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Washington, D.C., had its primary scheduled for June 2nd, and the vote will go ahead as planned." (Daily Wire <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on the Daily Wire <[link removed]>

Today eight states will vote in primaries, most rescheduled due to the coronavirus outbreak this spring. The most important updates will be "down the ballot," i.e. in races below the presidential nominating contest. (Here's a good review of what's at stake from Roll Call. <[link removed]> )

For Joe Biden, it could finally be the day that his campaign garners enough pledged delegates to win outright on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention.

As readers of The Vote like you understand -- though most people don't! -- it takes 1,991 pledged delegates to win on the first ballot at the Democratic convention. Joe Biden is still at 1,556 to Sanders' 1,007.

As long as Biden is below that 1,991 delegate threshold, there's the possibility for a fight on the convention floor during the first ballot, with Biden being denied the nomination outright.

But that dynamic may change today and, depending on the delegate lead Biden picks up, it may reduce some of the bargaining power that Sanders and the extreme left has enjoyed.

[John Hickenlooper -- erstwhile 2020 Democratic primary candidate -- now faces an ethics hearing for private jet travel and more.]

"Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission (IEC) voted unanimously Monday to subpoena former Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) to testify at a remote hearing on Thursday. The former governor faces an ethics probe over whether accepting private jet travel from wealthy supporters constituted illegal gifts. Hickenlooper has denied that accepting the flights broke the law." (9News <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on 9News <[link removed]>

It seems that John Hickenlooper will have to testify on Thursday in an ethics hearing that covers, among other items, "private jets, meals and car travel provided by a conference in Italy."

Hickenlooper and his lawyers have tried to delay the hearing to August, which is after his primary for the US Senate. (He dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary in 2019, but got back into campaigning -- albeit for a lower office.)

But they say it's because "video glitches" may make it impossible for the hearing to happen fairly. Perhaps they've been watching the Biden campaign too closely... <[link removed]>

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