Haley and Trump vie for Republican delegates as Biden aims for overwhelming Democratic victory

Trump played golf at the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach on Tuesday morning, according to a person who was with him that day.

Trump’s campaign said the former president called into “Fox & Friends” for an interview this morning, but will not join other media until tonight’s speech at Mar-a-Lago. .

Not only are VIPs such as Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Darrell Steinberg stopping by the polling place at the Museum of California in Sacramento, but the polling place’s election monitor, Eben Burgoon, is a cartoonist. He painted Election Day themed pictures and posted them throughout the polling places. A cartoon above the ballot box says, “Slip your ballot into the blue box… like a pizza into the warm oven of democracy.”

Ms. Bourgon tells me that voting should be fun.

Today, you’ll hear a lot about public and private election campaigns, such as primaries and caucuses. What does that mean exactly?

• Open: Voters can choose which primary to vote in, regardless of their registration (in many cases, these states do not require voters to register by party). Today, open primaries are being held in Republican races in Alabama, Arkansas, Minnesota, Texas, Virginia, and Vermont.
• Partially open: These contests are typically limited to party members and independent voters. In some cases, if a voter votes in a primary election, he or she may be considered registered with a political party for at least the remainder of the election period. Partial primaries have begun in Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Tennessee**. (Back to Tennessee.)
• closed: Voters must be registered with a political party to vote in a primary or caucus. On the Republican side, contests in Alaska, California, Oklahoma and Utah fall into this category.

What happened to Tennessee? Well, technically people can vote in either primary because the state doesn’t register voters by party. But a state law enacted last year requires polling places to inform voters that it is illegal to vote in a primary even if you are not a “bona fide member” of that party, causing confusion and It’s spurring lawsuits.

In an interview with Dallas radio station K104’s “DeDe in the Morning” that aired today, Biden highlighted the efforts his administration has taken to support the Black community.

He highlighted, for example, the government’s more than $7 billion in funding for historically black colleges and universities and debt relief for college students.

Biden also noted his nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

“There’s a lot at stake, including democracy, freedom, and economic opportunity,” Biden said, adding, “I urge everyone to consider the alternative. If you lose this election, you’re Donald Trump. “It’s going to come back to Trump.”

Biden spoke briefly about Trump, adding, “I think the way he spoke, the way he acted, the way he treated the African American community was disgraceful.” Biden did not mention the former president’s specific actions as the focus of his criticism.

A senior official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said this morning that the United States sees no threat to the election.

“There are no concrete or credible threats to the campaign today,” the official, who requested anonymity, told a news conference.

“We continue to provide round-the-clock support to our election infrastructure partners across the country and stand ready to assist with any security-related issues that may arise,” she said.

The official said the agency was aware of an ongoing outage in Meta, but said there was no indication it was the result of malicious cyber activity.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Davis Green, a 35-year-old Salt Lake City-based financial analyst who plans to vote for Trump in the 2024 election, said in an interview with NBC News that the 2020 election results are legitimate. Mr. Biden said that he believes it was something. You can’t legally win in November.

People are “tired of being gaslighted” under the Biden administration about the economy, international politics, the Ukraine war and the southern border issue, he said.

As an example, Davis cited a bipartisan border bill that Senate Republicans rejected hours after the document was released last month. The bill included foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

“I think a big part of what you looked at in that detail is that the funds were going elsewhere, not to the border itself. So 60% of the funds allocated went to other countries, Ukraine and Israel. “It was kind of directed at, and I think those were the two countries that come to mind, and it didn’t really solve the problem,” he said. “And Biden is saying, ‘If it doesn’t pass, it’s the Republicans’ fault,’ which I think is really disingenuous. Most people who have seen this bill are honestly saying that we’re being gaslit. I think you’ll understand.”

David believes “not solving the border is suicidal” in an election year, adding that Biden’s “insight” is “seriously problematic.”

Steve Kornacki appeared on “Morning Joe” to discuss Super Tuesday, which showed Trump holding a large delegate lead over Haley in the Republican presidential race.

Today is the most important day in the presidential nomination race for both parties, and has come to be known as “Super Tuesday” among political enthusiasts.

Sixteen states and one territory in the United States are holding some form of presidential nominating contest today. Both the Republican and Democratic parties will win more than one-third of the total number of delegates that could be obtained throughout the nomination contest in a single day.

Here’s a guide to what voters can expect as they cast their ballots across the country.

This morning, the meta is in serious turmoil.

Experts from two organizations that monitor internet traffic, kentic NetBlocks has confirmed that various companies on Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger) are experiencing a significant drop in traffic.

This issue is related to how users log in and spans multiple countries. NetBrock said.

Some of these services, especially Facebook, are major political campaign tools.

Even on major websites, intermittent outages are often a configuration issue and are usually resolved quickly. It wasn’t immediately clear what the problem with Meta was or when it would be fixed.

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone I wrote to X“We are aware that people are having issues accessing our services. We are currently working on this.”

In an interview on Fox News this morning, President Trump was asked about his plans to lower inflation, including food and gas prices, during his first 100 days in office.

The former president offered few substantive policy answers, citing oil and gas drilling as a way to lower prices across the country.

“We’re going to develop a baby drill and bring prices down. Energy is going to calm everything down,” President Trump said.

President Trump has previously floated the idea of ​​imposing 10% tariffs on imported goods, which economists have warned could disrupt and inhibit global economic activity.