memeorandum: Why Pence's Refusal to Endorse Trump Matters (Seriously!) (Dan Pfeiffer/The Message Box)

12:35 PM ET, March 17, 2024

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Why Pence's Refusal to Endorse Trump Matters (Seriously!) — A Vice President not endorsing his former boss should be a bigger deal — On Friday afternoon, Mike Pence announced during an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum that he would not endorse Donald Trump for President.

Discussion: USA Today and The Hill

New York Times:

Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses — In a caustic and discursive speech in Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump once again doubled down on a doomsday vision of the United States. — Former President Donald J. Trump, at an event …

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, USA Today, The Guardian, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Florida Politics, Breitbart and Washington Times

Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:

Two GOP senators won't commit to explicit Trump endorsement — Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), in Sunday interviews, would not say whether they would endorse former President Trump's bid for the White House. — Rounds, in an interview on CNN's “State of the Union,” …

Discussion: NBC News, CNN, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Raw Story

NBC News:

Trump says there will be a ‘bloodbath’ if he loses the election — Trump's comments came at a rally in Ohio as he spoke about auto manufacturing. The Biden campaign responded by criticizing the former president's “threats of political violence.” — VANDALIA, Ohio — Former President Donald Trump vowed …

Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story, The National Pulse and WDTN.com

Marisa Iati / Washington Post:

Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’ — The former president also warned of “a bloodbath” if he does not defeat Joe Biden in November — VANDALIA, Ohio — Former president Donald Trump ratcheted up his dehumanizing rhetoric against immigrants Saturday by saying …

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Breitbart, The Politics Brief, Mediaite, The National Pulse, New York Times and Axios

ABC News:

Trump predicts ‘bloodbath’ if he loses 2024 election, ramps up anti-migrant rhetoric — The Biden campaign responded, saying, Trump “wants another January 6.” — What was scheduled to be a guest appearance by former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally for Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno …

Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:

Trump Says There Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’ and Elections Will End if He Isn't Reelected — Former president appeared at Ohio rally for Bernie Moreno, who is competing in a split GOP Senate race — Donald Trump appeared at a rally hosted by super PAC Buckeye Values in Dayton, Ohio …

Discussion: Breitbart, Raw Story, Newsweek, The Moderate Voice, MeidasTouch, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, New York Times and Fox News

Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
This Is The First Big Test Of Donald Trump's Endorsement Power In 2024

Discussion: New York Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, NBC News, Newsweek, Denver Post, CNN, Fox News, Washington Examiner and CBS News

NBC News:

Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort — Biden locked up the Democratic nomination last week, but looking ahead to the general, anxiety has seemed to increase. — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was seething. — In a private meeting at the White House …

Discussion: CBS News and RedState

Daniel Marans / HuffPost:

Biden Campaign Raises Over $53 Million In February — As Donald Trump struggles to raise cash, the sitting president has now amassed $155 million to spend. — Even as President Joe Biden has tried to fend off growing questions about his age and electability, he continued to inspire donations …

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Bloomberg, New York Times, The Hill, ABC News and HotAir

CNN:
Why does Biden keep mentioning January 6? Because Trump won't stop talking about it

Discussion: CBS News, Mediaite and Raw Story

New York Times:

How Trump's Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation — Their claims of censorship have successfully stymied the effort to filter election lies online. — In the wake of the riot on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, a groundswell built in Washington to rein in the onslaught of lies …

Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Supreme Court to decide if White House went too far fighting social media misinformation

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Wall Street Journal

Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:

‘Anti-Trump’ Republicans in North Carolina feel alienated by Mark Robinson — RALEIGH, N.C. - Ex-Republican Phebe Roberson, 75, said she “can't stand” former President Donald Trump and voted against him in North Carolina's GOP primary earlier this month. — She also cast a ballot …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Digby's Hullabaloo

Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:

The GOP's Claim That We Were Better Off in 2020 Is So Weird — The answer will obviously vary, but it's a good bet the year 2020 will rank pretty high in any list of wretched years. After all, it's when COVID-19 arrived. The pandemic eventually took over a million lives just in America.

James Reinl / Daily Mail:

Tyson Foods BOYCOTTED as it sacks 1,300 staff at Iowa pork plant and offers ‘job-and-lawyer’ packages in bid to hire 42,000 asylum seekers in New York — Tyson Foods is closing plants in Iowa, Virginia, Arkansas, Indiana, and Missouri — The company says it wants to double its immigrant hires to 84,000 this year

Discussion: IJR, Fox News, New York Post and The National Pulse

Tobi Raji / Washington Post:

U.S. courts clarify policy limiting ‘judge shopping’ — On Tuesday, officials said a new policy would mean assigning certain cases randomly. Now they say it is just guidance. — Federal judiciary leaders on Friday released the text of a revised policy directing district courts …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Reason and NBC News