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South Carolina Democrat Posts $1.5M In Challenge To Graham
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A top Democratic National Commit- tee official has raised $1.5 mil- lion in his challenge to U. S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Campaign officials tell The Associated Press that Jaime Harrison raised the money in the second quarter, which ended Sunday.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is back- ing Harrison in the associate DNC chairman’s effort to block Graham from a fourth term in 2020.
Flipping a Senate seat from red to blue in South Carolina would be difficult and likely would require millions of dol- lars in fundraising, an area in which national-level groups like the Democratic Senatorial
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Campaign Committee would be crucial.
Harrison has said he thinks it could take $10 million to win.
Cory Booker Unveils Immigration Plan Relying On Executive Orders
Cory Booker’s immigra- tion plan, unveiled Tuesday, is one of the most detailed among Democratic White House hopefuls. His proposal sets a different tone from for- mer Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s immigration agenda by focusing entirely on executive orders that a fu- ture president could pursue without relying on a legisla- tive deal that has proved elu- sive in recent years.
For instance, if elected, Booker would use his presi- dential powers to orient the Department of Homeland Se- curity away from raids that target migrants at locations such as schools or churches while adding courthouses to that list, according to a sum- mary released by the New Jersey senator’s campaign. Booker also vows to end President Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the U. S. by residents of certain
SEN. CORY BOOKER
majority-Muslim nations, the Trump administration’s use of quotas in immigration courts and multiple other policy changes that Trump has used to reshape the na- tion’s immigration policy.
Booker released his plan the day that liberal activists planned nationwide demon- strations calling for the clo- sure of immigration detention facilities that some
advocates and attorneys have decried as subjecting mi- grants to unsafe conditions.
More than a half-dozen Democratic presidential can- didates visited a South Florida detention center dur- ing their trips to Miami for last week’s first primary de- bates, a show of force that helped draw sustained atten- tion to conditions at the facil- ities.
Harris Jumps To 2nd Place In Post-Debate Poll
Sen. Kamala Harris (D- Calif.) is gaining on former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary, rocketing into second place following her standout debate performance last week, according to a poll from CNN and SSRS released Monday.
The poll, conducted in the days after the first round of de- bates, shows Harris with 17 percent support among regis- tered Democratic and Demo- cratic-leaning independents, a 9-point increase for the Cali- fornia senator since CNN’s last primary poll in May.
Biden, meanwhile, has lost some ground following a shaky debate performance last week, according to the survey. While the former vice president came out on top with 22 percent sup- port, that’s a significant decline from the 32 percent he held in a similar poll conducted in
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) gained ground in the CNN survey, notching 15 per- cent support, an 8-point jump since May.
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Trump Plans Tanks And Flyovers At Fourth Of July Celebration In Washington
WASHINGTON - Presi- dent Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to display battle tanks on Wash- ington’s National Mall as part of a pumped-up Fourth of July celebration that will also feature flyovers by fighter jets and other displays of military prowess.
The military hardware is just one new element in a U. S. Independence Day pageant that will depart significantly from the nonpartisan, broadly patriotic programs that typically draw hundreds of thousands of people to the monuments in downtown Washington.
While past presidents have traditionally kept a low profile on July 4, Trump plans to deliver a speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
Also on the agenda are an extended fireworks display and flyovers by Air Force One, the custom Boeing 747 used by U. S. presidents, and the U. S. Navy’s Blue Angels jet squadron.
“I’m going to say a few words, and we’re going to have planes going overhead,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “And we’re going to have tanks stationed out- side.”
Democrats in Congress
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have accused Trump of hi- jacking the event to boost his re-election prospects in 2020. They have also ques- tioned how much the event will cost the cash-strapped National Park Service.
Trump has pushed for a military parade in Washing- ton since he marveled at the Bastille Day military parade in Paris in 2017. His admin- istration postponed a parade that had been planned for Veterans Day in November 2018 after costs ballooned to $90 million, three times the initial estimate.
Trump said modern M1 Abrams tanks and World War Two-era Sherman tanks would both be on display. District of Columbia officials have said the heavy military equipment could damage city streets.
“You’ve got to be pretty
careful with the tanks be- cause the roads have a ten- dency not to like to carry heavy tanks, so we have to put them in certain areas,” Trump said.
The antiwar group Code Pink said it had secured per- mits to fly a “Baby Trump” blimp, depicting the presi- dent in diapers, during his speech. “Babies need enor- mous amounts of attention and are unable to gauge the consequences of their behav- ior - just like Donald Trump,” co-founder Medea Benjamin said in a news re- lease.
The Interior Department, which oversees the event, has not said how much the event will cost. Two fireworks firms will put on a 35-minute dis- play for free, which the agency said was equal to a donation of $700,000.
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