Donald Trump is defending his controversial meeting with Kanye West.
09.11.2022 - 01:57 / deadline.com
Months of punditry, analysis and polling will give way tonight to actual midterm results, as Republicans seek to regain control of the House and the Senate, Democratic gubernatorial candidates seek to defeat Donald Trump-endorsed election deniers and Los Angeles decides a hotly contested mayor’s race.
Inflation and abortion were nearly tied among the issues voters cited as the most important to their vote, according to initial exit poll data provided to news outlets from Edison Research/NEP.
Broadcast and cable networks see this is perhaps the most important night of the year, hoping to win back audiences that tuned out once Trump exited the White House.
The former president and former Celebrity Apprentice host is not on the ballot but will be a presence in coverage. In an interview with NewsNation set to run this evening, Trump was asked about about all the candidates he endorsed this cycle. He said, with a bit of a smirk, “Well, I think if they win I should get all the credit, and if they lose, I should not be blamed at all.”
The focus on 2024 has already started, with Trump, reportedly expected to soon announce another presidential bid, told NewsNation that he thought Florida governor Ron DeSantis “could have been more gracious” after he endorsed him for his statewide race back in 2018. DeSantis, who has been leading in the polls for his own reelection, is viewed as perhaps Trump’s strongest challenger for the GOP nomination if he ultimately decides to run. Last weekend, Trump even referred to DeSantis as “Ron DeSanctimonious.”
Networks spent much of the day attuned to any reports of troubles at the polls, as well as concerns of election violence. Those concerns increased following the attack on Paul Pelosi, the
Donald Trump is defending his controversial meeting with Kanye West.
Kanye West took to Twitter on Thanksgiving night to share a series of increasingly-bizarre campaign videos for the forthcoming 2024 presidential election.
Akon recently claimed that Kanye West’s spate of antisemitic comments over the last few months are all an attempt to draw votes away from Donald Trump in the next US presidential election. But what if it was actually an attempt to appeal to Trump himself? West says that, at a meeting with the former President yesterday, he asked Trump to be his running mate in 2024.West tweeted that he had met Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, adding that he’d turned up late and inappropriately dressed. Still, this seemingly didn’t put him off making his big proposal.“First time at Mar-a-Lago”, he wrote.
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With the midterm elections taking over news headlines this week, Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” had a few hot takes on the outcomes. One of the most notable ones was the shift Rupert Murdoch’spublications had on Donald Trump after the “red wave” never materialized with the Democrats holding their ground.
As Rupert Murdoch-owned outlets noticeably pinned the blame for the Republicans’ midterm losses on Donald Trump, Saturday Night Live spoofed Fox & Friends as it tries to move on from its once-favorite guest.
The White House was said to be “giddy and gleeful” in the wake of Election Night’s surprisingly strong showing by Democrats. But the administration has nothing on the mood of Bill Maher, as exhibited on Friday’s Real Time.