Mediaboss Marketing

There is alleged friction between Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, two of the countrys most powerful former First Ladies.

]Is it true that these two alpha females are fussing and feuding when instead they should be collaborating? Heres what to know about this sensational situation!

Celebrity News Are Michelle Obama And Hillary Clinton Friends?

For years there have been rumors about the supposed feud between the Obamas and the Clintons. Kate Andersen Brower wrote about the sitch in The Grace and Power of Americas Modern First Ladies.

According to her, Michelle Obama was disgusted about Bill Clintons cheating while in office and she considered both Bill and Hillary Clintons to be overly ambitious.

Brower states that this alleged beef began during the 2008 competition for the Democratic Party nomination.

Celebrity News Michelle Obama And Hillary Clintons Alleged Feud

At that time, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama...

Continue reading here:
Are Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton Feuding? - imdb

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton was criticized for her use of the word "superpredators" back in 1996. Some on the left laid into her, accusing Clinton of racism.

Meanwhile, her opponent, DonaldTrump, trying to sucker leftist Bernie Sanders voters into not voting for her, piped in, saying yes, she was smearing African Americans. This was the same Trump who in 1989 had called for the execution of the "Central Park Five," five Black and Latino men who as teenagers were convicted of brutally raping a jogger but were later found to have been innocent.

Superpredators were taken at the time to mean young street thugs who repeatedly committed violent crimes with no conscience or empathy and were undeterred by traditional punishment. New York happens to be one of the safest cities in the country, but instances of brutal crimes, especially on the subway, get highlighted by national media. And usually, the individual pushing some bystander in front of a subway train is a person of color.

Ronna McDaniel's conduct following the 2020 election was shocking enough, but NBC's decision to hire her as a paid political analyst almost topped it. The blowback from the company's own commentators prompted the executives to turn around and send McDaniel packing.

Note that other kinds of killers -- serial killers and mass shooters -- tend to be white. They have similar histories of mental illness, addiction and arrests. They, too, are superpredators.

Call them what you want. They must be taken off the streets. That means they must be involuntarily retained in a prison or mental hospital.

Some ditsy newsrooms continue to frame the problem as "larger society" having failed these individuals: "Accused Subway Shover Found Little Help in New York's Chaotic Shelters" (The New York Times).

It may be true that these predators have trauma in their background and serious mental illness. It is true that the mental health shelters are overwhelmed and unable to ensure that every resident has the full array of psychiatric services.

But it is also true that people who enter them are free to leave. And they can't be forced to go to appointments and take their medications: city Department of Homeless Services rules.

There comes a time when an accumulating list of serious acts of violence requires involuntary confinement. Ideally, it would be a compassionate place. But it can't be a place where the "clients," as social workers like to refer to them, can walk out the door.

The most recent subway shover, Carlton McPherson, 24, lived in one of the shelters where he worked off his anger. He was given a cane after being treated for a leg injury and used it to attack a security guard. The person he threw in front of a train in East Harlem was Jason Volz, a 54-year-old man.

The shelters themselves are often scenes of rampage. If certain people can't be controlled within a mental health facility, what hope is there for controlling them once they've left?

The man charged in the recent shooting death of New York City Police Officer Jonathan Diller is Guy Rivera. Rivera, 34, had been arrested nearly two dozen times on drug and attempted assault charges. What was he doing out free?

This is a big sprawling problem. The closing of mental hospitals decades ago was intended to save taxpayers money while offering "clients" more humane care in community centers. But community centers were also not free and were never properly financed.

Outpatient services could probably help a lot of mentally ill people. But there are those they obviously cannot reach. These individuals spread fear and crime in their own neighborhoods and beyond. The "clients" create communities of innocent victims.

In the off-chance they can be fixed with intensive psychiatric care, treatment must be done in locked facilities. Meanwhile, it's time to call these sick people by their proper name, superpredators.

Harrop, who lives inNew York City and Providence, Rhode Island, writes for Creators Syndicate:fharrop@gmail.com.

Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly!

Follow this link:
Hillary Clinton right the first time about superpredators - Lynchburg News and Advance

Bill Clinton to publish a memoir about life after the White House following the November election

Updated: 7:17 PM EDT Apr 4, 2024

Following the upcoming presidential election, former President Bill Clinton will release a memoir about his life after serving two terms in office.The book, titled "Citizen: My Life After the White House," is expected to be released on Nov. 19, according to Reagan Arthur, Knopf executive vice president and publisher."CITIZEN is the story of my twenty-three-plus years since leaving the White House, told largely through the stories of other people who changed my life as I tried to help change theirs, of those who supported me, including those I loved and lost, and of the mistakes I made along the way," Clinton said in the press release announcing the memoir.The announcement comes after Clinton joined President Joe Biden along with former President Barack Obama at a New York City fundraiser last week where he issued a stark warning about the threat former President Donald Trump would pose if reelected.The publisher said that Clinton will touch on "crucial events of the 21st century," including the Iraq War, the Haiti earthquake, culture wars, the elections of 2008 and 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, as well as discussing political moments involving his wife, Hillary Clinton."Clinton also weighs in on the unprecedented challenges brought on by a global pandemic, ongoing inequality, a steadily warming planet, and authoritarian forces dedicated to weakening democracy at home and across the globe," the press release says.Clinton's book "My Life," published in 2004, detailed his journey from Arkansas to the White House, and it sold more than 400,000 copies on the first day it was available.Former presidents and first ladies have gone on to sell millions of copies of their books and memoirs. Michelle Obama's memoir "Becoming" sold more than 2 million units in all formats and editions in the US and Canada during the first 15 days of its publication, and Barack Obama's "A Promised Land" sold more than 3.3 million units across all formats and editions in the US and Canada during its first month of publication, according to Penguin Random House. According to Simon & Schuster, Hillary Clinton's "What Happened" sold more than 300,000 copies in all formats.

Following the upcoming presidential election, former President Bill Clinton will release a memoir about his life after serving two terms in office.

The book, titled "Citizen: My Life After the White House," is expected to be released on Nov. 19, according to Reagan Arthur, Knopf executive vice president and publisher.

"CITIZEN is the story of my twenty-three-plus years since leaving the White House, told largely through the stories of other people who changed my life as I tried to help change theirs, of those who supported me, including those I loved and lost, and of the mistakes I made along the way," Clinton said in the press release announcing the memoir.

The announcement comes after Clinton joined President Joe Biden along with former President Barack Obama at a New York City fundraiser last week where he issued a stark warning about the threat former President Donald Trump would pose if reelected.

The publisher said that Clinton will touch on "crucial events of the 21st century," including the Iraq War, the Haiti earthquake, culture wars, the elections of 2008 and 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, as well as discussing political moments involving his wife, Hillary Clinton.

"Clinton also weighs in on the unprecedented challenges brought on by a global pandemic, ongoing inequality, a steadily warming planet, and authoritarian forces dedicated to weakening democracy at home and across the globe," the press release says.

Clinton's book "My Life," published in 2004, detailed his journey from Arkansas to the White House, and it sold more than 400,000 copies on the first day it was available.

Former presidents and first ladies have gone on to sell millions of copies of their books and memoirs. Michelle Obama's memoir "Becoming" sold more than 2 million units in all formats and editions in the US and Canada during the first 15 days of its publication, and Barack Obama's "A Promised Land" sold more than 3.3 million units across all formats and editions in the US and Canada during its first month of publication, according to Penguin Random House. According to Simon & Schuster, Hillary Clinton's "What Happened" sold more than 300,000 copies in all formats.

See the rest here:
Bill Clinton to publish a memoir about life after the White House - WMTW Portland

NEW YORK Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a threat to democracy. Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him unfit to be president. And former Vice President Mike Pence has declined to endorse him, citing profound differences.

As Donald Trump seeks the presidency for a third time, he is being vigorously opposed by a vocal contingent of former officials who are stridently warning against his return to power and offering dire predictions for the country and the rule of law if his campaign succeeds.

Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

kAmxED 2 DEC:<:?8 49@CFD @7 56EC24E@CD[ @?6 H:E9@FE AC64656?E :? E96 >@56C? 6C2[ 4@>:?8 7C@> E9@D6 H9@ H:E?6DD65 7:CDE92?5 9:D 4@?5F4E 😕 @77:46 2?5 E96 EFC>@:= E92E 7@==@H65]k^Am

kAm$2C29 |2EE96HD[ 2 7@C>6C %CF>A 2:56 H9@ E6DE:7:65 367@C6 E96 w@FD6 y2?] e 4@>>:EE66 2?5 😀 2>@?8 E9@D6 H2C?:?8 23@FE E96 E9C62E 96 A@D6D[ D2:5 :ED >:?53@88=:?8 9@H >2?J >6>36CD @7 9:D D6?:@C DE277 92G6 56?@F?465 9:>]k^Am

kAm%96D6 2C6 7@= FA 4=@D6 2?5 A6CD@?2= 2?5 D2H 9:D =6256CD9:A DEJ=6[ |2EE96HD D2:5]k^Am

kAm%96 p>6C:42? A6@A=6 D9@F=5 =:DE6? E@ H92E E96D6 7@=:?8 E92E E96 A6@A=6 E92E %CF>A 9:C65 E@ H@C< 7@C 9:> 2 7:CDE E6C> 2C6 D2J:?8 E92E 96D F?7:E E@ D6CG6 7@C 2 D64@?5 E6C>]k^Am

kAm*6E E96 4C:E:4D C6>2:? 2 5:DE:?4E >:?@C:EJ] #6AF3=:42? =2H>2<6CD 2?5 @77:4:2=D 24C@DD E96 A2CEJ 92G6 6?5@CD65 %CF>AD 3:5 D@>6 368CF58:?8=J[ @E96CD H:E9 76CG@C 2?5 6?E9FD:2D>] |2?J 2:56D 2?5 r23:?6E @77:4:2=D H9@ D6CG65 F?56C %CF>A 2C6 @?3@2C5 7@C k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^ECF>AC6AF3=:42?Da_ac42>A2:8?56D2?E:D92=6J3:56?hhcbg6a_hf46ac7_da24bh_733bh6`daQm2?@E96C E6C>k^2m[ D@>6E9:?8 %CF>AVD 42>A2:8? 😀 BF:4< E@ 9:89=:89E]k^Am

kAm%96 >2;@C:EJ @7 E96 A6@A=6 H9@ D6CG65 😕 !C6D:56?E %CF>AD 423:?6E 2?5 😕 9:D 25>:?:DEC2E:@?[ =:<6 E96 >2;@C:EJ @7 p>6C:42?D[ 92G6 @G6CH96=>:?8=J 6?5@CD65 9:D 42?5:524J E@ 362E rC@@<65 y@6 q:56? 2?5 E2<6 324< E96 (9:E6 w@FD6[ D2:5 %CF>A 42>A2:8? DA@<6D>2? $E6G6? r96F?8]k^Am

kAm$E:==[ E96 q:56? 42>A2:8? 92D ECF>A6E65 E96 4C:E:4:D> @7 7@C>6C %CF>A @77:4:2=D 😕 DE2E6>6?ED 2?5 D@4:2= >65:2 A@DED[ 9@A:?8 E@ 4@?G:?46 2E =62DE D@>6 #6AF3=:42? G@E6CD :?4=F5:?8 E9@D6 H9@ 324<65 @E96C 42?5:52E6D 5FC:?8 E96 v~! AC:>2CJ E92E E96J 42??@E DFAA@CE 9:D 42?5:524J]k^Am

kAm%9@D6 H9@ H@C<65 H:E9 s@?2=5 %CF>A 2E E96 >@DE D6?:@C =6G6=D @7 9:D 25>:?:DEC2E:@? 36=:6G6 96 😀 E@@ 52?86C@FD[ E@@ D6=7:D9 2?5 E@@ 6IEC6>6 E@ 6G6C =625 @FC 4@F?ECJ 282:? H6 28C66[ D2:5 q:56? 42>A2:8? DA@<6D>2? p>>2C |@FDD2]k^Am

kAmx? >2?J H2JD[ E96 D49:D> 2>@?8 7@C>6C %CF>A @77:4:2=D 😀 2? 6IE6?D:@? @7 9:D E:>6 😕 E96 (9:E6 w@FD6] uC:4E:@? H2D 4@?DE2?E 2D %CF>AD 56>2?5D C2? :?E@ C6D:DE2?46 7C@> D@>6 @77:4:2=D 2?5 2:56D H9@ C67FD65 C6BF6DED E92E E96J 7@F?5 >:D8F:565[ F?C62=:DE:4 2?5[ 2E E:>6D[ 7=2E=J :==682=] u:C:?8D H6C6 7C6BF6?E] |2?J BF:E]k^Am

kAm$E277 FA962G2= H2D A2CE:4F=2C=J :?E6?D6 😕 E96 492@E:4 H66A H@C<65 E@ @G6CEFC? 9:D 6=64E:@? =@DD E@ q:56?] %CF>A DF>>@?65 DFAA@CE6CD E@ (2D9:?8E@? @? y2?] e[ a_a`[ 2D 9:D k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^ECF>Aa_a_6=64E:@?=:6D563F?<65c74aedce3_fhea7537h5ee6fbh733d_5Qm72=D69@@5Dk^2m 23@FE 2 DE@=6? 6=64E:@? 3642>6 E96 C2==J:?8 4CJ 7@C DFAA@CE6CD H9@ G:@=6?E=J k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^42A:E@=D:686Qm3C624965 E96 &]$] r2A:E@=k^2m] |2?J k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^?2E:@?2=D64FC:EJ>:4926=A6?46_`6b_34467he445fb76eca7g7he7gd`hQmA6@A=6 D6CG:?8 😕 E96 25>:?:DEC2E:@? BF:E 😕 AC@E6DEk^2m[ :?4=F5:?8 |2EE96HD]k^Am

kAm%CF>AD 2EE6>AE E@ C6>2:? 😕 @77:46 :?4=F565 2 3:EE6C AC6DDFC6 42>A2:8? 282:?DE !6?46[ H9@ 2D G:46 AC6D:56?E H2D E2D<65 H:E9 AC6D:5:?8 @G6C E96 4@F?E @7 E96 t=64E@C2= r@==686 32==@ED @? y2?] e] %CF>A H2D 252>2?E E92E !6?46 D9@F=5 AC6G6?E q:56? 7C@> 364@>:?8 AC6D:56?E[ D@>6E9:?8 96 925 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^>:<6A6?466=64E@C2=G@E65afch__a`3ca_b_gf_cb57`hbh3ga7g3Qm?@ A@H6Ck^2m E@ 5@] !6?46 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^42A:E@=D:6865@?2=5ECF>AF?:E65DE2E6D8@G6C?>6?E2?5A@=:E:4D=:K496?6J3h7c43343h5c3d74`23357`7_`e5bg24Qm925 E@ 7=66k^2m E96 $6?2E6 492>36C @? y2?] e 2D C:@E6CD DE@C>65 E96 3F:=5:?8 E@ 492?ED @7 w2?8 |:<6 !6?46Pk^Am

kAm!6?46 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^A6?46ECF>A6?5@CD6>6?E4_d7725`6a_bg`765b474gf3f_f`32c4QmC646?E=J D2:5k^2m 96 42??@E 😕 8@@5 4@?D4:6?46 6?5@CD6 %CF>A 3642FD6 @7 y2?] e 2?5 @E96C :DDF6D[ 56DA:E6 36:?8 AC@F5 @7 H92E E96J 249:6G65 E@86E96C]k^Am

kAmp?5 !6?46 😀 ?@E 2=@?6]k^Am

kAmtDA6C[ H9@ H2D 7:C65 3J %CF>A 52JD 27E6C E96 a_a_ 6=64E:@?[ 4=2D965 H:E9 E96 E96?AC6D:56?E @G6C D6G6C2= :DDF6D[ :?4=F5:?8 %CF>AD AFD9 E@ 56A=@J >:=:E2CJ EC@@AD E@ C6DA@?5 E@ 4:G:= F?C6DE 27E6C E96 <:==:?8 @7 v6@C86 u=@J5 3J A@=:46 :? a_a_]k^Am

kAmx? 2 C646?E k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^EH:EE6C]4@>^p44@F?E23=6v~!^DE2EFD^`ffcg_fcaehf``eghfcQm:?E6CG:6Hk^2m H:E9 wq~D #62= %:>6 (:E9 q:== |296C[ tDA6C C6A62E65 2 H2C?:?8 E92E %CF>A 😀 2 E9C62E E@ 56>@4C24J 2?5 25565[ x E9:?< E96C6D 2 =@E E@ 36 4@?46C?65 23@FE]k^Am

kAm%96C6D ?@ H2J x== G@E6 7@C %CF>A[ 3FE 6G6CJ 52J E92E %CF>A 5@6D D@>6E9:?8 4C2KJ[ E96 5@@C E@ G@E:?8 7@C q:56? @A6?D 2 =:EE=6 3:E >@C6[ 2?5 E92ED H96C6 x> 2E[ tDA6C D2:5]k^Am

kAmp>@?8 %CF>AVD >@DE G@42= 4C:E:4D 2C6 7@C>6C 2:56D H9@ H@C<65 4=@D6=J H:E9 9:> 😕 E96 (9:E6 w@FD6[ A2CE:4F=2C=J 2 EC:@ H9@ k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^42A:E@=D:6868@G6C?>6?E2?5A@=:E:4Dh6f4_b33gb7cb73`f3c75h_5`be_hhb5Qm82:?65 AC@>:?6?46k^2m E6DE:7J:?8 23@FE E96 y2?] e 2EE24< 2?5 %CF>AD AFD9 E@ @G6CEFC? E96 6=64E:@?]k^Am

kAm%96 8C@FA :?4=F56D |2EE96HD[ 7@C>6C %CF>A (9:E6 w@FD6 4@>>F?:42E:@?D 5:C64E@C p=JDD2 u2C29 vC:77:? 2?5 r2DD:5J wFE49:?D@?[ 2 7@C>6C E@A 2:56 E@ %CF>A 49:67 @7 DE277 |2C< |625@HD] %96J 92G6 8:G6? 2 D6C:6D @7 :?E6CG:6HD :? C646?E >@?E9D @AA@D:?8 E96:C 7@C>6C 3@DD]k^Am

kAmQuF?52>6?E2==J[ 2 D64@?5 %CF>A E6C> 4@F=5 >62? E96 6?5 @7 p>6C:42? 56>@4C24J 2D H6 36C]k^Am

kAmy@9? z6==J[ %CF>AD 7@C>6C 49:67 @7 DE277[ 925 9:D @H? =@?8 72==:?8@FE H:E9 %CF>A] z6==J[ 😕 2 =6?8E9J ~4E@36C DE2E6>6?E E@ r}}[ 56D4C:365 %CF>A 2D 2 A6CD@? H9@ 25>:C6D 2FE@4C2ED 2?5 >FC56C@FD 5:4E2E@CD 2?5 92D ?@E9:?8 3FE 4@?E6>AE 7@C @FC 56>@4C2E:4 :?DE:EFE:@?D[ @FC r@?DE:EFE:@?[ 2?5 E96 CF=6 @7 =2H]k^Am

kAm~=:G:2 %C@J6[ 2 7@C>6C !6?46 25G:D6C H9@ =67E E96 (9:E6 w@FD6 😕 a_a_[ 2?5 7@C>6C AC6DD D64C6E2CJ $E6A92?:6 vC:D92>[ H9@ C6D:8?65 y2?] e[ 2C6 3@E9 @FEDA@<6? 4C:E:4D H9@ D2:5 E96J 5:5?E G@E6 7@C %CF>A 😕 a_a_]k^Am

kAmtG6? q:== q2CC[ %CF>AD 7@C>6C 2EE@C?6J 86?6C2= H9@ 92D ?@E CF=65 @FE G@E:?8 7@C 9:> 282:?[ 92D C676CC65 E@ %CF>A 2D 2 4@?DF>>2E6 ?2C4:DD:DE H9@ 4@?DE2?E=J 6?8286D 😕 C64<=6DD 4@?5F4E E92E AFED 9:D A@=:E:42= 7@==@H6CD 2E C:D< 2?5 E96 4@?D6CG2E:G6 2?5 #6AF3=:42? 286?52 2E C:D<]k^Am

kAm$E:==[ E96 C2?6C %CF>A @77:4:2=D @AA@D:?8 9:D 3:5 2C6 8C62E=J @FE?F>36C65 3J E9@D6 H9@ 2C6 DFAA@CE:G6]k^Am

kAm{:?52 |4|29@?[ H9@ 962565 E96 $>2== qFD:?6DD p5>:?:DEC2E:@? F?56C %CF>A[ 😀 4@492:C:?8 2 >2;@C 7F?5C2:D6C 7@C E96 7@C>6C AC6D:56?E @? $2EFC52J 😕 u=@C:52[ 2=@?8 H:E9 7@C>6C %CF>A r@>>6C46 $64C6E2CJ (:=3FC #@DD]k^Am

kAm|4|29@? 😀 2=D@ 492:C @7 E96 3@2C5 @7 %96 p>6C:42 u:CDE !@=:4J x?DE:EFE6[ H9:49 😀 A24<65 H:E9 DFAA@CE:G6 7@C>6C %CF>A @77:4:2=D 2?5 92D 366? 56D4C:365 2D 2? 25>:?:DEC2E:@? 😕 H2:E:?8 7@C 2 D64@?5 %CF>A E6C>]k^Am

kAm%96 :?DE:EFE6 😀 962565 3J qC@@<6 #@==:?D[ %CF>AD 7@C>6C 5@>6DE:4 A@=:4J 49:67[ 2?5 4@F?ED !6?46D ?2E:@?2= D64FC:EJ 25G:D6C 2?5 C6E:C65 {E] v6?] z6:E9 z6==@88 2>@?8 :ED 492:CD[ 2=@?8 H:E9 7@C>6C t?6C8J $64C6E2CJ #:4< !6CCJ[ %CF>AD &]$] EC256 C6AC6D6?E2E:G6 #@36CE {:89E9:K6C[ 2?5 7@C>6C }2E:@?2= t4@?@>:4 r@F?4:= 5:C64E@C {2CCJ zF5=@H]k^Am

kAmu@C>6C 24E:?8 pEE@C?6J v6?6C2= |2EE96H (9:E2<6C 92D 42>A2:8?65 7@C %CF>A[ 2D 92D 7@C>6C w@FD:?8 $64C6E2CJ q6? r2CD@?[ H9@ 42==65 9:> 2 7C:6?5 @7 p>6C:42]k^Am

kAm%CF>AD 2=D@ 8@E E96 324<:?8 @7 7@C>6C 24E:?8 s:C64E@C @7 }2E:@?2= x?E6==:86?46 #:492C5 vC6?6==[ 7@C>6C x?E6C:@C $64C6E2CJ 2?5 |@?E2?2 #6A] #J2? +:?<6[ 2?5 #FDD6== '@F89E[ H9@ C2? %CF>AD ~77:46 @7 |2?286>6?E 2?5 qF586E]k^Am

kAm'@F89E k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^EH:EE6C]4@>^CFDDG@F89E^DE2EFD^`ee`c_fbcff_fe_h_ghQmD2:5 😕 2 A@DEk^2m @? ) E92E %CF>A 😀 E96 @?=J A6CD@? x ECFDE E@ E2<6 2 HC64<:?8 32== E@ E96 s66A $E2E6]k^Am

kAm%CF>A DFAA@CE6CD 2C6 2=D@ BF:4< E@ 5:D>:DD 4C:E:4D 😕 E96 A2CEJ]k^Am

kAmr2C>6? |4'2?6[ H9@ 2EE6?565 %CF>AVD C2==J %F6D52J 😕 vC66? q2J[ (:D4@?D:?[ D2:5 E9@D6 H9@ DA62< ?682E:G6=J 282:?DE %CF>A @C C67FD6 E@ 6?5@CD6 2C6 #x}~D[ @C #6AF3=:42?D x? }2>6 ~?=J[ 2?5 H:== @?=J 96=A q:56? 2?5 s6>@4C2ED]k^Am

kAm%96C6D 2 =@E @7 #x}~D H9@ 5@?E 5@ H92E E96JC6 DFAA@D65 E@ 5@[ |4'2?6 D2:5] xED E:>6 7@C 6G6CJ@?6 E@ 324< H9@ H6 92G6 2?5 8@ 7F== 7@C46 29625]k^Am

k9C ^m

kAmpDD@4:2E65 !C6DD HC:E6C p5C:2?2 v@>6K {:4@? 😕 vC66? q2J[ (:D4@?D:?[ 4@?EC:3FE65 E@ E9:D C6A@CE]k^Am

Read more here:
Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House - Yoursun.com

In late spring of 2016, even as Donald J. Trump won the Indiana presidential primary with 53.6% of the vote, the Republican establishment was slow to come around. Gov. Mike Pence had given his milquetoast endorsement to Sen. Ted Cruz. Only former GOP Chair Rex Early and Sullivan County Chairman Bill Springer were on board with the Manhattan billionaire when the national convention delegates were announced.

Then came the veepstakes, with Pence slowly rising to the top of the pecking order by mid-July. Once the Trump/Pence ticket had formed, the Indiana establishment came around. After the ticket pulled off the greatest upset in American history when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in November, it paved the way for more than two dozen Hoosier Republicans to join the fledgling administration.

Now we find the Indiana GOP establishment divided over the Trump question once again. Those who worked for President Trump are not embracing a second term.

Pence was the most conspicuous. After a lot of prayer and reflection, Ive come to the conclusion that I wont be endorsing Donald Trump this year, Pence said earlier this month on CBSs Face the Nation. I worked day in and day out for four-and-a-half years to build that record of the Trump/Pence administration. Im incredibly proud of it. But as I look at what Donald Trump is running on now, I simply cannot, in good conscience, endorse his candidacy this year.

None of these Hoosier Republicans who served in the Trump administration neither Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, nor former Pence Chief of Staff Marc Short has endorsed or vowed to vote for Trump at this point. U.S. Sen. Todd Young has said he wont vote for Trump (or President Biden). Two Republicans in Congress U.S. Rep. Greg Pence and Larry Bucshon wont seek reelection after backing Mike Pence.

Gov. Eric Holcomb hasnt made an endorsement since Mike Pence folded his campaign last autumn. Well see what role Indiana plays in the whole process, Holcomb told reporters in October. Ill be looking for the individual who best articulates a substantive agenda or plan and then, more importantly, how to execute it.

Those Hoosiers lining up behind Trump in 2024 are most likely on the ballot this year, including the six-person Republican gubernatorial field: U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, who is the heavy favorite to win the U.S. Senate nomination; U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin; and a dozen or so congressional candidates. Attorney General Todd Rokita, who plans to seek renomination at Junes Indiana GOP convention, is backing Trump.

NBC News last summer reached out to 44 of the dozens of people who had served in Trumps cabinet. Four have said publicly they support his run for reelection, including former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker; Trumps final chief of staff, Mark Meadows; former budget chief Russell Vought; and former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell.

The former presidents 2024 campaign is based on retribution. Trump now calls the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrectionists, who chanted for the murder of Vice President Pence, hostages and has vowed to pardon their convictions, many for assaulting police officers. He has greenlighted an abandonment of Ukraine (Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a March 10 broadcast that Trump will cut off funding). Trump has suggested political violence if indicted (he now faces 88 criminal charges).

Pence waged a six-month campaign for the presidency before bowing out last October. He had been endorsed by Holcomb, Coats and Reps. Pence and Bucshon.

NBC News reached out to Coats last summer. I think he has all the qualities to be a great president, Coats said of Pence. I know its a steep climb for him, but I think the steps he has taken now show the integrity of who he is and his qualifications.

Coats did not respond to Howey Politics Indiana about whether hell back Trump in November now that Pence is out of the race.

Adams told Howey Politics on Tuesday: I believe health care and public health should be nonpartisan, and as such I dont endorse candidates or reveal who Im voting for. However, I stand ready to help whoever is president address Americas poor health and inequitable health care system.

Verma, in a 2023 interview with Managed Healthcare Executive magazine, described working in the Trump White House. Make no mistake. It (was) not a normal work environment where you disagree with somebody and it is disagreement. Over there, it was like, were going to take off your head, we are going to come after you. It (was) a pretty toxic environment. Every day, you are kind of like what is going to happen today?

Short told NBC: If its Biden versus Trump, the implicit assumption is efforts to hurt Trump are going to benefit Biden. If youre putting yourself against the Constitution, I think its disqualifying, but I wouldnt want to be helping Biden.

Another former Pence staffer, Alyssa Farah Griffin, told ABC News in December 2023: Fundamentally, a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it, and I dont say that lightly.

Brian Howey is senior writer and columnist for Howey Politics Indiana/State Affairs, where this column was previously published. Find Howey on Facebook and X @hwypol. Send comments to [emailprotected].

Continued here:
Brian Howey: Trumps Hoosiers passing on a second term - Daily Journal