Trump Says He’ll Seek a Third Term Because ‘They Spied On Me’

Peter Wade,
Rolling Stone•August 17, 2020

With the political world focused on the Democratic convention Monday night, President Trump looked to steal some of the limelight by saying that he will seek a third term if he wins reelection.

During a rally in Wisconsin, the president lied to a cheering crowd, telling them that he deserves eight additional years in office because, he falsely claimed, his campaign was spied on in 2016—an assertion his own FBI refuted in a detailed report.

“We are going to win four more years,” Trump said. “And then after that, we’ll go for another four years because they spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years.”
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— PoliticsVideo23 (@politicsvideo23) August 17, 2020

But Trump has one problem: the Constitution. The 22nd Amendment says, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”

THE ONLY AMENDMENT HE CARES ABOUT IS THE SECOND
During the same rally, Trump went on a bizarre rant about how well the economy was performing before the pandemic, touting the success of students who attended “crummy colleges” and “dumb people.”

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— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) August 17, 2020

The president’s manic Monday did not stop there. During a stop in Michigan, Trump told the assembled crowd a bullshit story he often repeats.

“I was ‘Man of the Year’ eleven years ago in Michigan. I don’t know why but they picked me,” the president said.
Trump: I was man of the year 11years ago in Michigan. I don’t know why but they picked me pic.twitter.com/APZ33Qrz6g
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 17, 2020

Trump doesn’t know why he was chosen for this honor because it’s a lie. According to a 2019 report in the Detroit News, the president has told the fabricated story at least six times—make that seven after today.

“Since 2016, Trump has claimed that he received Michigan’s ‘Man of the Year’ award, and no one in Michigan seems to know what he is talking about,” the report said.

Israeli forces shoot, wound deaf Palestinian at checkpoint

Associated Press•August 17, 2020

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli security guards on Monday shot and wounded a Palestinian who is deaf and couldn't hear their commands to stop at a West Bank checkpoint, police said, while a suspected Palestinian attacker was shot and killed in a separate incident in Jerusalem.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the 60-year-old man was walking in an area of the Qalandia Crossing north of Jerusalem where only vehicles are permitted. Rosenfeld said security guards called upon the man to stop but he continued to "approach them suspiciously."

They then opened fire toward his legs, moderately wounding him. Only after did the guards discover that the suspect did not respond because he “cannot hear or communicate,” Rosenfeld said.

Rosenfeld said later Monday that a guard involved in the shooting was detained as part of an investigation into the incident.


The incident comes less than three months after Israeli police shot and killed a 32-year-old Palestinian with severe autism. Israeli border police forces chased the man into a nook in Jerusalem’s Old City and fatally shot him as he cowered next to a garbage bin after apparently being mistaken for an attacker.

The shooting sparked criticism and calls for police to amend their open fire guidelines to take into consideration those with disabilities.

Later on Monday, police said one person was lightly wounded in a suspected stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City. Rosenfeld said the alleged attacker was shot and killed.

In recent years, lone Palestinian attackers have carried out a series of stabbings, shootings and car-rammings. But Palestinians and Israeli rights groups say Israeli forces often use excessive force and at times kill suspected attackers who could have been arrested.

Heba Yazbak, an Israeli lawmaker of Palestinian origin, said Monday's incident at the crossing exposed trigger-happy Israeli forces.

“First they shoot and then they check,” she said. “The shooting of an innocent deaf Palestinian is just another example of the ease in which Israeli security forces can harm human life.”

Bernie Sanders: 'Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

 Trump golfs.'

Bernie Sanders warns of authoritarianism under Trump at DNC

Hunter Walker White House Correspondent, Yahoo News•August 17, 2020

Bernie Sanders accused President Trump of “leading us down the path of authoritarianism” and having a “negligent response” to the coronavirus pandemic in his speech at the first night of the virtual Democratic National Convention on Monday.

The Vermont senator also urged the supporters who pushed him to a second-place finish in the Democratic primary to rally behind the party’s presumptive nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris.

“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfs. His actions fanned this pandemic, resulting in over 170,000 deaths and a nation still unprepared to protect its people,” Sanders said. “Furthermore, Trump’s negligence has exacerbated the economic crisis we are now experiencing.”

Among other things, Sanders blamed Trump for inadequate supplies of protective gear that plagued the country at the start of the pandemic in March and the expiration of employment benefits for the record numbers of workers who have lost their jobs.

He also framed Trump’s overall handling of the presidency as “a threat to our democracy.” To make his case, Sanders, who spoke live during Monday night’s convention kickoff broadcast, listed a number of criticisms he has of the administration, and he took issue with Trump’s remark earlier in the day about staying in office beyond his constitutional term – a recurring bit for the president.

“During this president’s term, the unthinkable has become normal. He has tried to prevent people from voting, undermined the U.S. Postal Service, deployed the military and federal agents against peaceful protesters, threatened to delay the election, and suggested that he will not leave office if he loses,” said Sanders. “This is not normal and we must never treat it like it is. Under this administration, authoritarianism has taken root in our country.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the virtual Democratic National Convention on Monday. (via Reuters TV)

The speech was a preview of attacks to come from Sanders as the election approaches the home stretch. A source close to the senator said he “will continue finding venues to push the message” of why he thinks Trump must lose in November – including potentially holding live events if he is able to do so safely during the pandemic.

Sanders, a self-described “democratic socialist,” has become a leading figure of the party’s progressive wing. In his convention speech, Sanders briefly alluded to the deep divides that have emerged between progressives and more moderate elements of the Democratic Party when he noted that he and Biden “disagree on the best path” toward expanding health care.

However, Sanders also pointed to their common ground and cited “a few examples of how Joe will move us forward,” including Biden’s support for raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, expanding unions, combating climate change, and establishing paid family leave and universal pre-kindergarten. He also praised Biden’s health care proposals, saying they were a step in the right direction.

Despite the clear policy divisions within the Democratic Party, Trump has sought to paint Biden as being in lockstep with Sanders. The Trump campaign responded to Sanders’s speech with a statement saying his “socialist agenda is on the ballot.”

“There is nothing moderate about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and Sanders’s speech tonight proves it,” the Trump campaign statement said. 

Along with the critiques of his policies, Sanders called the president’s rhetoric extreme. He accused Trump of engaging in “the demonization of immigrants, the coddling of white nationalists ... racist dog whistling … religious bigotry and ... ugly attacks on women.” Sanders referenced a slogan of Biden’s campaign and said the former vice president would “heal the soul of our nation” and “end the hate and division Trump has created.”

“To everyone who supported other candidates in the primary and to those who may have voted for Donald Trump in the last election, the future of our democracy is at stake, the future of our economy is at stake, the future of our planet is at stake,” Sanders said.

“We must come together, defeat Donald Trump, and elect Joe Biden.”

How a Broward County teen organized hundreds of young DNC delegates during a pandemic

Alex Daugherty, Miami Herald•August 17, 2020


Like most high school seniors, Joseph Mullen had a lot of time on his hands this spring.

As the coronavirus pandemic began to close schools across Florida in March, the Broward County 18-year-old — who had become increasingly interested in the politics of climate change, gun violence and education policy — filled out a form to run as a delegate for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Though Sanders dropped out and the Democratic National Convention — which began Monday — is now all virtual, Mullen never stopped his online work to connect with other young delegates.

The group he started in May, The Young Delegates Coalition, now has about 225 members. Most are Sanders supporters, though the group includes delegates for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden along with delegates for former presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg.

And now Mullen, a Weston resident and Cypress Bay High School graduate who will attend Cornell University this fall, will be virtually voting on the platform and for the 2020 nominee this week at the convention, along with the members of the group.

“A lot of people see it as a ceremonial opportunity, but delegates have power. Young people realize there’s power there,” Mullen said. “The pandemic and things being virtual have allowed a lot of young people to be involved.”

The Young Delegates Coalition has worked together to advocate for certain policy changes within the Democratic Party like legalizing marijuana and eliminating student loan debt. And they’ve also pushed for the DNC to include more speakers who they say represent the future of the party, arguing that young elected officials like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should get more speaking time than former Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich.

Mullen has a unique perspective as the only Sanders delegate from Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, which is represented by former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Wasserman Schulz stepped down as DNC chair during the 2016 convention after Sanders supporters objected to her handling of the 2016 primary.

“People have to overcome the perception of the DNC as not being friendly to young people,” Mullen said. “My hope is the DNC can live up to its name and be more democratic. This year there has been a lot more of an effort to unite the party and focus on beating Donald Trump.”

Anthony Santiago, a 19-year-old Biden delegate from Kissimmee, started talking with Mullen on Twitter in May. They expanded their discussion on WhatsApp to include other young delegates, ranging in age from 18 to 35, and later moved the conversation to Slack, a virtual chat tool frequently used in workplaces.

Within the Slack group, different young delegates have worked together on press releases or policy memos before presenting their work to the entire Young Delegates Coalition for approval.

“Our main goal is to get young people involved in politics and voting,” Santiago said. “And in the future, if this stays together, we can elect our young delegates for local office.”

Though Mullen and Santiago represent different candidates, they both praised the Biden campaign’s work with Sanders delegates and commitment to policies like making public college tuition free for students from families with incomes up to $125,000.

“Biden has been moving farther left in his policies in a good way, I believe,” Santiago said. “He’s going for a free four-year public college, which I believe is a good thing to do. I believe he is indeed actually trying to get these [young] votes and earn these votes.”

Sabrina Javellana, the 22-year-old vice mayor of Hallandale Beach and a Sanders delegate, said the Biden and Sanders delegates in the group “haven’t really had any animosity.”

“We’re always talking in our Slack channel about totally different things,” Javellana said. “If there’s an issue we think would polarize one group of delegates or another, we don’t touch it.”

Biden has 2,629 pledged delegates heading into the convention, a figure that dwarfs the Young Delegates Coalition’s numbers and Sanders’ 1,038 delegates. While many Sanders delegates plan to vote against the DNC’s policy platform this week, their efforts will be mostly symbolic.

Javellana said the virtual convention and organizing effort are helping to grow the party’s next generation — and that young people can participate at a higher rate than under normal circumstances.

“The pandemic, and all the awful things that come with it, have it made it easier for us to participate,” Javellana said “Being on a video chat is so much easier for young people, and a lot of high schoolers and college students have been home. While older folks that aren’t as tech savvy are struggling with Zoom or struggling to create a Facebook page, we’ve been pushing candidates through Instagram stories.”

Zenaida Huerta, a 21-year-old member of the coalition and a Sanders delegate from California who also represented the Vermont senator at the 2016 convention, said she thinks members of the group will use their political experience as a springboard to a career in politics.

“There are young people and young delegates who have really interesting stories and who I know for certain at the next convention are going to be members of Congress or building the bench of this party,” Huerta said.

Doctors say they're dealing with significantly more patients who resist their advice because of misinformation they read online

Sarah Al-Arshani INSIDER•August 17, 2020

Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit's Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, attends to a COVID-19 patient, Los Angeles, May 18, 2020. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Doctors say it's hard to get some patients to heed medical advice because they're convinced of misinformation about COVID-19 that they read online, The New York Times reported.

Some patients demanded their doctors prescribe them hydroxychloroquine, despite reputable evidence that the medicine is not effective for treating COVID-19 and has potentially dangerous side effects.


Others drank bleach because they believed it would be a cure.


Some waited until it was almost too late to seek medical help because they didn't believe the virus was a big deal.
Doctors have said they are struggling to get patients to adhere to some medical advice because they are convinced of misinformation they read online, The New York Times reported.

"This is no longer just an anecdotal observation that some individual doctors have made," Daniel Allington, a senior lecturer at King's College London told the Times. "This is a statistically significant pattern that we can observe in a large survey."

Allington is also a coauthor of a recent study that found people who got their news online were more likely to believe in conspiracy theories and not follow public health guidelines compared to those who got their news from radio or television.

Some patients have demanded prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine, a medication that the Food and Drug Administration revoked from emergency hospital use for COVID-19 in June after studies found it was not effective against the virus and had potentially dangerous side effects.

Last month, clips of a Breitbart video touting misinformation about the coronavirus and hydroxychloroquine quickly went viral on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and were retweeted by President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr.

The Times reported that some people have gone to hospitals to demand doctor's notes so they don't have to wear a face mask because they believed online rumors that masks lower their oxygen levels.

Dr. Ryan Stanton, an emergency room physician in Kentucky, told The Times a number of patients waited until it was almost too late to benefit from treatment before going to the hospital with COVID-19 symptoms. The patients, according to Stanton, didn't believe the coronavirus was a "big deal."

"They thought it was just a ploy, a sham, a conspiracy," Stanton told The Times. "It just blew my mind that you can put these blinders on and ignore the facts."

Last week, a study from the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene found that at least 800 people died in the first three months of 2020 because of false information that claimed drinking bleach could cure coronavirus. Almost 6,000 people were also hospitalized because of that claim, Business Insider previously reported.

Parinda Warikarn, a doctor in New York, told The Times she saw a patient who ingested bleach because he thought it would prevent the virus.

"He clearly really believed that he was going to prevent Covid," she said. "Luckily, his wife and two young children didn't take this solution."

Dr. Howard Mell, an emergency room physician in Illinois told The Times that the wife of a patient who died from the novel coronavirus yelled at him for writing COVID-19 on the man's death certificate and accused him of doing it for profit.

"She yelled, 'We've seen online how you guys get more money,'" Mell said.

Mell told The Times he deals with several patients each week who strongly believe false information they read online.

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Marco Rubio Decimated For Tweet Criticizing DNC For Celebrity Host Eva Longoria

Josephine Harvey,HuffPost•August 17, 2020

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was ripped Monday on Twitter after he criticized the Democratic National Convention for having actor and activist Eva Longoria host the event.

“Brilliant move! No one is more in touch with the challenges & obstacles faced by everyday Americans than actors & celebrities,” Rubio tweeted alongside a video of Longoria emceeing the event.

Longoria, known best for her role on “Desperate Housewives,” has a long-running history of political activism, philanthropy and advocacy for disadvantaged groups. She’s been a vocal advocate of political issues faced by Latino communities and in 2012 created the Eva Longoria Foundation to help Latino families through education and entrepreneurship. She was also a top fundraiser for former President Barack Obama and national co-chair of his 2012 reelection campaign. She’s spoken at the last two Democratic National Conventions, in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2012 and Philadelphia in 2016. She also co-founded the Latino Victory Fund, an organization that works to build Latino representation in politics, which was the first national Latino group to endorse Joe Biden for president.

Longoria’s political résumé aside, some critics noted that a former reality TV star and real estate mogul currently leads Rubio’s party and happens to be president of the United States. Others noted the lineups at previous Republican National Conventions.

See some of the reaction below:

Yeah, man.
Cuz Trumps & Kushners are so in-touch w/challenges & obstacles of everyday Americans.
Unlike Trump, @EvaLongoria is self-made. She didn’t get millions in bail-outs from her daddy.
Unlike you, she doesn’t remain in complicit silence while our community is demonized. https://t.co/chojIBk1kD
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) August 18, 2020

Eva Longoria has a Master’s degree in Chicano Studies, you buffoon. https://t.co/LDIwV1EAbQ
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) August 18, 2020

Eva Longoria has literally fought to help farmworkers, immigrants and working people more than you have, Marco. https://t.co/llxAJZ09we
— Abel Iraola (@miamiabel) August 18, 2020

.@marcorubio, shame on you. I am involved in this convention but not an actor or celebrity. My daughter was murdered in the state you represent because of the gun violence you fail to address. This convention represents me & all others wanting leadership. Real Americans.
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) August 18, 2020

You literally elected a Reality TV star to be the President.
— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) August 18, 2020

Eva Longoria has a BS in kinesiology from Texas A&M University-Kingsville & a Masters in Chicano Studies from CSUN. Her thesis was titled: “Success STEMS From Diversity: The Value of Latinas in STEM Careers"
Trump supporters: Why is the chick from Desperate Housewives speaking?
— Meredith Lee (@meralee727) August 18, 2020

You traded your dignity for a racist reality show celebrity, Marco. https://t.co/AU2r0sj8NT
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) August 18, 2020

Remind me, is Scott Baio appearing at the GOP Convention?
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 18, 2020

I mean, the president is literally a game show host. https://t.co/8W6baBxxxU
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) August 18, 2020

you literally spoke directly after Clint Eastwood at the 2012 RNC. https://t.co/zugkqkBhV3
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) August 18, 2020

THE FIRST ACTOR GOP POTUS; RONALD REAGAN  
You all made an actor celebrity President. This is like the least aware tweet ever. https://t.co/r5TXZpT6Yy
— Neera -Wear a Mask -Tanden (@neeratanden) August 18, 2020

Eva Longoria plays starring role at Democratic National Convention

Giovanni Lavoile Writer, Yahoo News•August 17, 2020

The actress Eva Longoria, best known for her TV roles as Isabella Braña on “The Young and the Restless” and Gabrielle Solis in “Desperate Housewives,” played a prominent role on the first night of the Democratic National Convention. 

Eva Longoria hosts the the virtual Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. (via Reuters TV)

The Golden Globe and SAG nominee is also a producer, activist and businesswoman. She has a history of political involvement, having served as a co-chair of President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, and she spoke at the 2012 and 2016 Democratic conventions. As an activist, she created the Latino Victory Project to raise awareness and funding for candidates, and she has been prominent in advocating for immigrants.

Longoria was born in Texas to parents who were immigrants from Mexico.

Longoria served as the moderator for the first night of the convention. She began the night with a stirring introduction, delivering a call to arms, emphasizing how essential voting is, and referring to the upcoming election as a “chance to save our country.”

Longoria followed this impassioned plea to vote with a discussion featuring individuals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a small-business owner struggling to stay afloat, a farmer who was pessimistic about the future of his farm, and a young girl attempting to find some semblance of normalcy as the disruption caused by the coronavirus persists for months longer than she ever anticipated.

L-R: Teri Hatcher, Brenda Strong, Eva Longoria Parker, Nicollette Sheridan and Felicity Huffman, of "Desperate Housewives," celebrated the 100th episode of the ABC TV show in 2008. (Ron Tom /Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)More

In a convention held entirely online, Longoria cited President Trump’s failure as a leader to prevent the pandemic from ravaging the country. She spoke of the toll of the virus on the American people, especially on minorities, who have been disproportionately affected. “We need to stop this,” she said. She urged support for former Vice President Joe Biden, arguing that his experience in the Obama administration, which successfully handled the Ebola epidemic and prepared a plan for future epidemics, qualifies him as the candidate for the position.

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Trump wants to take America down with him

Joel Mathis THE WEEK
August 17, 2020

Thirty years ago this month, Iraqi forces commanded by Saddam Hussein invaded and occupied the tiny nation of Kuwait. A few months later, a coalition led by the United States drove those forces back into Iraq. The retreating army did not go quietly. Instead, fleeing soldiers set fire to hundreds of oil wells, blackening the sky with smoke for months and creating a terrible environmental disaster. The message was clear: If Saddam couldn't have Kuwait's oil, nobody could.

President Trump is now running the United States government using Saddam-like logic.

There are fewer than 90 days left before the election, and Trump — who lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College in 2016 — is in bad shape. RealClearPolitics' roundup of polls shows presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading Trump by almost eight points nationally, and by 4.3 points in battleground states. Trump has never had an approval rate above 50 percent during his term — but Gallup now puts his approval rating at 41 percent, which is better than George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter had at the same point in their first terms, but worse than the last four presidents who actually achieved re-election.

The president's response to the growing prospect of losing the White House has been to set fire to, well, everything — our national cohesion, our institutions, and our elections.

Trump has always been divisive, willing to wage ugly attacks on Gold Star parents and former prisoners of war who had the audacity to criticize or disagree with him. The hopes that he would become "presidential" in office have been dashed so many times by now that "this is the day Donald Trump became president" has long been a running gag on Twitter.

As his position has become vulnerable, though, the president has become ever more willing to dissolve the already-fragile ties that bind Americans together. Trump draws lines daily. He warns suburbanites that minorities will invade their neighborhoods if he loses the election. He raises questions about the eligibility of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) to serve as president. (She's eligible.) He even retweets fans of his who urge conservatives to "Leave Democrat cities. Let them rot." Has any president ever expressed such contempt for his fellow citizens? President Abraham Lincoln waged a bloody Civil War against the Confederacy, and he managed to urge Americans not to have malice against their once and future neighbors. Trump has no time for the rhetoric of unity.

Trump has also spent his presidency hollowing out important American institutions — most notably bending and breaking the Department of Justice to short-circuit investigations of his cronies while using it as a weapon against his perceived enemies. And while he has long been interested in undermining the United States Postal Service, those efforts have taken on new urgency as the election nears. Sorting machines and post office boxes have been removed in cities across the country in a clear attempt to disrupt absentee voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump has admitted this is his aim.

These moves to divide Americans and wreck long-trusted institutions are in service to the president's most fundamental goal: destroying confidence in the November presidential election. Democracy is only as strong as Americans' belief in the fairness and accuracy of election results results. Trump regularly asserts that the election will be rigged against him via the mail, or because vote-counting might extend past election night. There is little reason to believe either assertion is true, but the threat gives Trump a public reason to hold onto power even if the vote goes against him. At best, it will be an excuse to salve his ego.

As the election draws near, and the danger to Trump's position becomes more clear, the characteristics that make him a terrible president are amplifying and accelerating. He will only get more destructive — acting out, raging, burning our institutions to the ground out of petulance and protest.

Three decades later, Kuwait is still dealing with financial and environmental issues lingering from the destruction of all its oil wells in 1991. The example is instructive. Even if Trump ends up leaving the White House in January — voluntarily or involuntarily — it may be years or decades before America recovers from the damage done in the last months before the 2020 election. The message is clear: If Trump can't have America, nobody can.

St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters to participate in Republican National Convention

OF COURSE THEY ARE Catherine Garcia, The Week•August 17, 2020



Republican National Convention organizers are hoping that the allure of a St. Louis husband and wife photographed pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters will be enough to pull in viewers.

Republican Party officials said the armed couple, lawyers Patricia and Mark McCloskey, will participate in next week's convention and share their support of President Trump, The Washington Post reports. The McCloskeys were photographed in late June outside their home, wielding guns and pointing them at Black Lives Matter protesters who were marching by on their way to the mayor's house down the street.

Last month, both McCloskeys were charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon. They claim they were defending their home from the protesters, with Mark McCloskey telling Fox News, "We're not going to apologize for doing what's right."

The Republican National Convention's schedule is still mostly shrouded in mystery. Trump has said he will speak from the White House, with Vice President Mike Pence delivering his address from Fort McHenry in Maryland. Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and U.N. ambassador, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) are also expected to make appearances.

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