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A woman impersonating Ivanka Trump stands next to a puppet of Donald Trump during a protest outside Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington on Wednesday.
With over 1,200 days to go:

US: The next US election is still more than 1,200 days away, but Donald Trump is already drumming up cash to pay for his campaign -- and chose the Trump International Hotel, two steps from the White House, as a fundraising venue.

On Wednesday, the 45th President of the United States took part in a dinner benefiting the Republican Party and his own re-election bid, with a seat at the table reportedly starting at $35,000 -- and rising to $100,000 for super donors.

The White House is upfront about the president’s intention to seek a second term.

“Of course he is running for re-election,” Trump’s spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Wednesday when quizzed on the topic.

“But right now, he is focused on his agenda, focused on the midterms, and raising money for the party,” she said. “I don’t think that’s abnormal for any president.” The US leader himself has often referred to his plans for the eight years to come.

June 20, 2017

Donald Trump fails to personally address terror attack on London mosque and murdered Muslim woman

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-finsbury-park-attack-nabra-hassanen-response-muslim-girl-virginia-mosque-deaths-a7798206.html

June 20, 2017

Georgia GOP Leader: Scalise Shooting Will Win Us Tuesday's House Election

Georgia GOP Leader: Scalise Shooting Will Win Us Tuesday's House Election

Georgia GOP Leader: Scalise Shooting Will Win Us Tuesday's House Election

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Nick Wing
HuffPostJune 19, 2017
Georgia GOP Leader: Scalise Shooting Will Win Us Tuesday's House Election
A Republican official in Georgia believes his party will win Tuesday’s special election in the state’s 6th Congressional District thanks to last week’s attack on GOP congressmen at a baseball practice in Northern Virginia.
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A Republican official in Georgia believes his party will win Tuesday’s special election in the state’s 6th Congressional District thanks to last week’s attack on GOP congressmen at a baseball practice in Northern Virginia.
“I’ll tell you what: I think the shooting is going to win this election for us,” Brad Carver, the party chairman in Georgia’s 11th congressional district, said Saturday, according to The Washington Post.

Speaking after a get-out-the-vote rally for GOP candidate Karen Handel, Carver suggested that the shooting, carried out by a former volunteer for the Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), was the latest sign of “left-wing extremism.”
“[M]oderates and independents in this district are tired of left-wing extremism. I get that there’s extremists on both sides, but we are not seeing them,” said Carver. “We’re seeing absolute resistance to everything [President Donald Trump] does. Moderates and independents out there want to give him a chance. Democrats have never given this president a chance.”
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) was still in the hospital Monday after being struck in the hip during Wednesday’s shooting. He was recently upgraded from critical to serious condition and is expected to face a lengthy recovery. Four other people were also injured in the attack; the gunman was shot and killed by police.
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Voters in Georgia head to the polls on Tuesday to decide a heated special election for the congressional seat Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price gave up to serve in Trump’s cabinet. Republicans ― including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ― have represented the district since the late 1970s. But Democrats have staked their hopes on Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old, first-time candidate who fell just short of winning the election outright in April balloting featuring 18 candidates. Handel, 55, is a veteran politician who previously served as Georgia’s secretary of state.
A poll taken last week after the shooting showed Ossoff leading by less than two percentage points. Early voting has been heavy in the race, which both parties see as a potential barometer of discontent with Trump.
A special election also is being held Tuesday in South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District for the seat Republican Mick Mulvaney vacated to become director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump.
GOP candidate Ralph Norman, a businessman, similarly has predicted that last week’s shooting could boost his chances at the polls in the district that tilts Republican anyway. He faces Democrat Archie Parnell, who recently released a campaign video that parodies Netflix’s “House of Cards” series.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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Nick Wing
HuffPostJune 19, 2017
Georgia GOP Leader: Scalise Shooting Will Win Us Tuesday's House Election
A Republican official in Georgia believes his party will win Tuesday’s special election in the state’s 6th Congressional District thanks to last week’s attack on GOP congressmen at a baseball practice in Northern Virginia.
More
A Republican official in Georgia believes his party
https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-gop-leader-scalise-shooting-142942956.html

will win Tuesday’s special election in the state’s 6th Congressional District thanks to last week’s attack on GOP congressmen at a baseball practice in Northern Virginia.

“I’ll tell you what: I think the shooting is going to win this election for us,” Brad Carver, the party chairman in Georgia’s 11th congressional district, said Saturday, according to The Washington Post.

Speaking after a get-out-the-vote rally for GOP candidate Karen Handel, Carver suggested that the shooting, carried out by a former volunteer for the Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), was the latest sign of “left-wing extremism.”
“[M]oderates and independents in this district are tired of left-wing extremism. I get that there’s extremists on both sides, but we are not seeing them,” said Carver. “We’re seeing absolute resistance to everything [President Donald Trump] does. Moderates and independents out there want to give him a chance. Democrats have never given this president a chance.”
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) was still in the hospital Monday after being struck in the hip during Wednesday’s shooting. He was recently upgraded from critical to serious condition and is expected to face a lengthy recovery. Four other people were also injured in the attack; the gunman was shot and killed by police.

For more news videos visit Yahoo View, available on iOS and Android.
Voters in Georgia head to the polls on Tuesday to decide a heated special election for the congressional seat Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price gave up to serve in Trump’s cabinet. Republicans ― including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ― have represented the district since the late 1970s. But Democrats have staked their hopes on Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old, first-time candidate who fell just short of winning the election outright in April balloting featuring 18 candidates. Handel, 55, is a veteran politician who previously served as Georgia’s secretary of state.
A poll taken last week after the shooting showed Ossoff leading by less than two percentage points. Early voting has been heavy in the race, which both parties see as a potential barometer of discontent with Trump.
A special election also is being held Tuesday in South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District for the seat Republican Mick Mulvaney vacated to become director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump.
GOP candidate Ralph Norman, a businessman, similarly has predicted that last week’s shooting could boost his chances at the polls in the district that tilts Republican anyway. He faces Democrat Archie Parnell, who recently released a campaign video that parodies Netflix’s “House of Cards” series.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

June 20, 2017

Sean Spicer might be leaving White House podium

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