25 Republican governors sign letter backing Abbott in border legal fight
Zoë Richards
More than two dozen Republican governors issued a statement today backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after the Supreme Court ruled this week that Border Patrol agents could remove razor wire installed along the Mexican border.
The group of 25 governors criticized Biden over his administration’s border policies, which Republicans have highlighted as a failure ahead of the presidential election.
“We stand in solidarity with our fellow Governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy, including razor wire fences, to secure the border,” they wrote. “We do it in part because the Biden Administration is refusing to enforce immigration laws already on the books and is illegally allowing mass parole across America of migrants who entered our country illegally. “
The statement was signed by all Republican governors from across the 50 states except for Abbott and Phil Scott of Vermont.
Biden-district Republicans navigate support for Trump
Alexandra Marquez
Republicans who represent congressional districts Biden won in 2020 are starting to slowly jump on the Trump train.
One lawmaker, Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., offered his full-throated endorsement last week. He represents a district Biden won by less than 1 point in 2020, according to a Daily Kos Elections analysis.
But other House Republicans in Biden seats seem more hesitant to officially throw their support behind Trump, saying generally that they’ll support the party’s eventual nominee.
Yesterday, Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who represents a district Biden won by over 6 points, told the Nebraska Examiner at a Douglas County Republican Party event in Omaha that he would “support the conservative position.”
That was after he told attendees at the event, “I commit to the nominee.”
Bacon stopped short of fully endorsing Trump, just like Reps. John Duarte, R-Calif., and Brandon Williams, R-N.Y.
Duarte, who represents a district Biden won in 2020 by over 10 points, told Axios this week, “I expect to ultimately endorse Donald Trump for president.”
Williams, who represents a district Biden won by over 7 points in 2020, wrote on social media this week that “President Trump will be the Republican nominee for president. … And I have always said our nominee will have my full support to turn this country around.”
Haley campaign says it raised $1 million after Trump’s donor threat
Greg Hyatt
Sarah Dean
Haley’s campaign confirmed to NBC News that it has raised $1 million since Trump threatened to blacklist her donors.
Trump wrote on Truth Social last night that anyone who makes a contribution to the Haley campaign “from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp.”
Haley’s campaign responded today by selling T-shirts that read: “BARRED. PERMANENTLY.”
Biden visits another firehouse
Gary Grumbach
Tara Prindiville
Biden made an unscheduled stop at a firehouse in Superior, Wisconsin, today — his third to a local fire department in two months.
The International Association of Fire Fighters — the biggest firefighters union in the country — continues to sit out any endorsement in the presidential election, even though it was the first to endorse Biden’s run in 2020.
Biden visited Superior Fire Department Local 74 today after his remarks at Earth Rider Brewery. Ever the retail politician, he went to thank the first responders and drop off coffee and baked goods. He spent several minutes chatting with the firefighters and taking selfies.
Biden was joined for the visit by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.
Biden has long been a fan of firefighters. He visited with departments in Philadelphia and Allentown,…
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