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Former HP CEO’s Biggest Contribution Was Lies About Fraudulent Planned Parenthood Videos

Carly Fiorina is officially suspending her presidential campaign. The former head of Hewlett-Packard has been polling between 1 and 7 percent in battleground states and nationally, and finished a dismal seventh in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.

Less than 24 hours ago Fiorina spoke with supporters after losing in the Granite State, promising them she would “keep going.”

Saying she wasn’t going to settle, Fiorina said, “our fight is just beginning, actually.”

“We have a long way to go in terms of knowing how things are going to exactly settle out, but we feel very encouraged,” Fiorina said. “We are going to keep going.” The Hill reported.

“I’m convinced this is my highest calling as a leader, and you have given me the energy and the determination and wind at our backs to continue this great fight,” Fiorina added.

Apparently, those were just some more of Fiorina’s false statements, albeit not on par with the lies she told at a GOP debate over the fraudulent Planned Parenthood “sting” videos.

Moments ago, Fiorina dropped out:

On Twitter, many were thrilled learning of the demise of the Fiorina campaign, but none more than, you guessed it, Planned Parenthood:

More gleeful responses: 

 

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‘End This Tragedy’: Conway Calls to Impeach and Remove ‘Fascist’ Trump

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Attorney George Conway, the Republican never-Trump activist turned Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress, issued a strong call for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump from office.

It’s the latest dire warning Conway has made in recent days.

On Monday, Conway issued a warning about President Trump and his “megalomania.”

“The way things are going in America, it should be clear we don’t have much time,” Conway wrote. “We certainly don’t have three years. We need to help ourselves by pushing for impeachment and removal as hard as we can and carrying it out as soon as humanly possible.”

“How quickly does the megalomaniac lose strength versus how quickly he destroy[s] everything around him,” he added. “The one thing you can depend on is that the megalomaniac gets more destructive and dangerous over time before he’s done.”

READ MORE: White House Scrambles to Spin Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Voting

On Tuesday, Conway wrote, “I think a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility—the most modern and secure one, because our president deserves the best—should be named after Trump. If elected to Congress, I pledge to do my best to enact this into law.”

Tuesday evening, using strong language, he vowed to work to impeach and remove Trump from office, if he wins his bid for a New York congressional seat.

“Removed — not just impeach — remove this fascist f — —,” Conway told the MeidasTouch Network.

“If you want your lives to be better and you want this country to preserve for your kids, we need to impeach and remove this fascist f — —,” he continued. “Now. As soon as possible.”

“You know, that language is tough, but that’s where we are,” Conway said. “We can’t mince words at this point.”

“We are at a crossroads,” he explained, “and if we want to have a country that survives, we need to end this tragedy that’s called Trumpism as soon as humanly possible.”

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White House Scrambles to Spin Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Voting

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President Donald Trump is drawing widespread attention and backlash after urging Republicans on Monday to “nationalize” elections in at least fifteen jurisdictions he deemed “crooked,” particularly because the U.S. Constitution primarily assigns election authority to the states. Now, the White House is having to defend his remarks.

Saying there are “millions and millions” of undocumented immigrants and “we have to get them out,” Trump warned that “if Republicans don’t get them out, you will never win another election as a Republican.”

He claimed that undocumented immigrants are told, “Oh, well, you can vote, you can do whatever you want.”

“It’s crazy,” he added. “I mean, it’s crazy how you can get these people to vote, and if we don’t get them out, Republicans will never win another election.”

“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over. We should take over the voting,’ the voting in at least many, 15 places,” Trump insisted. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”

The New York Times called Trump’s remarks an “escalation,” saying it was “an aggressive rhetorical step that was likely to raise new worries about his administration’s efforts to involve itself in election matters,” and noting that it followed “a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over American elections.”

Prominent elections attorney Marc Elias said Trump’s call to nationalize elections is “one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy.”

But during a press gaggle on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that Trump was referring to the SAVE Act, which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. Opponents argue many Americans do not have ready access to acceptable documents, such as a passport or birth certificate. The bill could also complicate voter registration for people who changed their names but don’t have updated citizenship documents.

Calling the SAVE Act “a huge common sense piece of legislation that Republicans have supported,” Leavitt added, “I don’t think any rational person who’s being honest with themselves would disagree with the idea of requiring citizens of this country to present an ID before casting a ballot in a federal election, or, frankly, in any election, and that’s something the president wants to see happen.”

Despite Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections and have the Republican Party oversee them, Leavitt told reporters that the president “does believe the states should oversee them. The President believes in the United States Constitution.”

“However,” she continued, “he believes there has obviously been a lot of fraud and irregularities that have taken place in American elections. And, again, voter ID is a highly popular and common sense policy that the president wants to pursue, and he wants to pass legislation to make that happen for all states across the country.”

Leavitt appeared to conflate a small number of California jurisdictions that allow non-citizens to vote in local elections, such as school board elections, with fraud.

“If you look at states like California, or if you look at New York City, for example, non-citizens are allowed to vote in elections in places like California and New York City,” she said. Non-citizens are not allowed to vote in elections in New York City at all.

“That just creates a system, an electoral system that is absolutely ripe with fraud, and you cannot deny the fact that, unfortunately, there are millions of people who have questions about that, as does the president,” she continued.

Noting that it’s a “constitutional issue,” Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune said he is “not in favor” of nationalizing elections, NBC News reported.

The Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, said “it’s always been the responsibility of the states to administer elections and it’s a system that works well, so long as the states make it a priority to ensure the integrity of our elections. And we have real concerns about some of the blue states, frankly, that have not been doing that well.”

There is little evidence of voter fraud across the country.

“Extensive research reveals that fraud is very rare,” the Brennan Center for Justice reported. “Yet repeated, false allegations of fraud can make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to participate in elections.”

Former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade noted of Trump’s remarks, “The Constitution delegates the power to conduct elections to the states. This would require an amendment. It would expose voter data to the risk of one hack instead of 50.”

 

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George Conway Wants One Federal Building Named for Trump

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Attorney George Conway, the prominent Republican-turned-Democratic congressional candidate, is calling for one federal building to be named after President Donald Trump, once his time in office is up.

On Monday, Conway issued a dire warning about President Trump and his “megalomania.”

“The way things are going in America, it should be clear we don’t have much time,” Conway wrote on social media. “We certainly don’t have three years. We need to help ourselves by pushing for impeachment and removal as hard as we can and carrying it out as soon as humanly possible.”

On Tuesday, Conway responded to his fellow Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt, who had written, “There will be no buildings named for Trump, no rest stops, not even a plastic urinal in a national park latrine. Nothing. All that will linger is disgrace and shame.”

Schmidt’s remarks came from his Substack post in which he appeared to compare President Donald Trump’s desire to construct a massive 250-foot-tall triumphal arch, “dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial,” as The Washington Post reported, to Adolf Hitler’s desire to remake Berlin.

“I’d like it to be the biggest one of all,” Trump told reporters. “We’re the biggest, most powerful nation.”

Trump has already leveled the East Wing of the White House to make room for his $400 million ballroom, which the U.S. Department of Justice now claims is necessary for national security.

He also just announced the shuttering of the Kennedy Center on July 4 for a two-year renovation project that he says will cost $200 million. He’s remade the White House Rose Garden — twice. He’s refurbished the Lincoln Bedroom’s bathroom. And he wants to revitalize Washington Dulles International Airport.

But Conway disagreed — at least in part — with Schmidt’s demand that no buildings should be named for Trump

“I strongly disagree with my friend Steve here,” said Conway.

“I think a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility—the most modern and secure one, because our president deserves the best—should be named after Trump. If elected to Congress, I pledge to do my best to enact this into law.”

 

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