{"id":124466,"date":"2024-11-11T04:19:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T21:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124466"},"modified":"2024-11-11T04:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T21:19:10","slug":"sweep-of-swing-states-rubs-salt-in-democrats-wounds-as-trump-prepares-to-meet-biden-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124466","title":{"rendered":"Sweep of swing states rubs salt in Democrats\u2019 wounds as Trump prepares to meet Biden | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Donald Trump was declared the winner in Arizona early on Sunday, completing the Republicans\u2019 clean sweep of the so-called swing states and rubbing salt in Democrats\u2019 wounds as it was announced that the president-elect is scheduled to meet with Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the presidential handover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a national campaign that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/05\/kamala-harris-donald-trump-polls\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">projected as being extremely close<\/a> but he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/06\/donald-trump-wins-us-presidential-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ended up winning<\/a> handily, the result in Arizona gives Trump 312 electoral college votes, compared with Kamala Harris\u2019s 226. The state joins the other Sun belt swing states \u2013 Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina \u2013 and the three Rust belt states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in voting Republican. All were expected to be extremely competitive but all went for Trump, though by fairly close margins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Republicans also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/06\/senate-elections-republicans-win\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">regained control of the Senate<\/a> \u2013 they hold 53 seats to the Democrats\u2019 46 \u2013 and look <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/09\/republicans-us-house\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">likely to keep control<\/a> of the House of Representatives, where 21 races remain uncalled but Republicans currently have a 212-202 advantage, giving them a \u201ctrifecta\u201d \u2013 both houses of Congress as well as the presidency \u2013 that will allow them to govern largely unfettered for at least the next two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The political realignment comes after a bruising election that has set the stage for the Democratic party to re-evaluate a platform that appeared to have been rejected by a majority of US voters. Trump also won the popular vote, the first time a Republican has done so since George W Bush in 2004 following the 9\/11 attacks a few years before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">At Biden\u2019s request, Trump will visit the Oval Office on Wednesday, a formality that Trump himself did not honor in 2020 when he lost the presidency to Biden but refused to accept the results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a speech last week, Biden said he would \u201cdirect my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But as president-elect, Trump has reportedly yet to submit a series of transition agreements with the Biden administration, including ethics pledges to avoid conflicts of interest. The agreements are required in order to unlock briefings from the outgoing administration before the handover of power in 72 days\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Biden will brief Trump on foreign policy on Wednesday, telling CBS Face the Nation: \u201cThe president will have the chance to explain to President Trump how he sees things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Asked if Biden will ask legislators to pass additional aid for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ukraine\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Ukraine<\/a> before he leaves office, Sullivan said the president \u201cwill make the case that we do need ongoing resources for Ukraine beyond the end of his term\u201d. Trump allies have said the incoming administration\u2019s focus would be on peace not territory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"e3ac35ed-81f9-4d32-9856-be037028dd39\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on 1 May 2024.<\/span> Photograph: Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sullivan also said that the international community needs \u201cto increase pressure on Hamas to come to the table to do a deal in Gaza, because the Israeli government said it\u2019s prepared to take a temporary step in that direction\u201d because the group had told mediators, he said, it \u201cwill not do a cease-fire and hostage deal at this time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The political fallout from Trump\u2019s win continues to reverberate, not least in the Democratic camp. The Harris-Walz campaign is estimated to have spent $1bn in three months but is now reportedly $20m in debt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Republican pollster Frank Luntz told ABC News\u2019s This Week that whoever \u201ctold\u201d Harris to focus on Trump during her presidential campaign had \u201ccommitted political malpractice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe all know what Trump is,\u201d Luntz said. \u201cWe experienced him for four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Progressive senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/bernie-sanders\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Bernie Sanders<\/a>, who votes with Democrats, defended Harris\u2019s campaign and refused to be drawn into further analysis on whether Biden should have stepped away from his re-election bid sooner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to get involved,\u201d he told CNN. \u201cWe got to look forward and not in the back. Kamala did her very best. She came in, she won the debate with Trump. She worked as hard as she possibly could.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-16\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">Big thinkers on what we can do to protect civil liberties and fundamental freedoms in a Trump presidency<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;fighting-back&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;Big thinkers on what we can do to protect civil liberties and fundamental freedoms in a Trump presidency&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. 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We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-16\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"667b0a3e-b0af-4472-a0d2-790ef6939b06\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A supporter attends a Trump campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 4 November 2024.<\/span> Photograph: Jeenah Moon\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cHere is the reality: the working class of this country is angry, and they have reason to be angry,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are living in an economy today where people on top are doing phenomenally well while 60% of our people are living paycheck-to-paycheck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Republicans, meanwhile, have not explained why Trump and many in the party argue last week\u2019s election was free and fair but maintain the 2020 one was somehow rigged, despite every single lawsuit alleging fraud being rejected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the the house judiciary committee, called Trump\u2019s victory last week the \u201cgreatest political comeback\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">On Friday, Jordan and fellow Republican representative Barry Loudermilk sent a letter to special counsel Jack Smith to demand that his office preserve records of the justice department\u2019s prosecutions of Trump.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"07a771fc-fbd1-4f88-8571-592d13899ab6\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:22,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;US special counsel to wind down criminal cases against Donald Trump&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;07a771fc-fbd1-4f88-8571-592d13899ab6&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/06\/special-counsel-trump-criminal-cases&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Asked by CNN whether Trump would go after his political opponents, Jordan said: \u201cHe didn\u2019t do it in his first term. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Democrats<\/a> went after him and everyone understands what they did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI don\u2019t think any of that will happen,\u201d Jordan reiterated. \u201cWe are the party who is against political prosecution. We\u2019re the party who is against going after your opponents using lawfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Byron Donalds, a Republican congressman from Florida, told Fox News that claims of a list were \u201clies from the Democratic left\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI will tell you, this is not something that Donald Trump has ever spoken to, or he\u2019s committed to, whatsoever. There\u2019s no enemies list,\u201d Donalds said. Trump has regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/14\/trump-military-enemy-within-armed-forces-election-day\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">referred to his political opponents<\/a> as \u201cthe enemy within\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/10\/trump-arizona-swing-states-sweep\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump was declared the winner in Arizona early on Sunday, completing the Republicans\u2019 clean sweep of the so-called swing states and rubbing salt in Democrats\u2019 wounds as it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124466\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}