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| Good morning from Washington, where President Trump’s surprise gesture to North Korea’s dictator has many observers in a tizzy. Olivia Enos analyzes the photo op’s impact. The president signs a bipartisan IRS reform bill, Fred Lucas reports. Focus on the Family’s Tim Goeglein talks about his new book on the podcast. Plus: Hans von Spakovsky and Greg Walsh on holding the Electoral College accountable, Doreen Denny on business leaders who embrace abortion, and Kelsey Bolar on Portland’s surrender to leftist violence. On this date in 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopts a resolution supporting independence from Great Britain. |
| Commentary A Federal Investigation Into Antifa Attack on Journalist Isn’t Just Justified—It’s Needed As reports of the attack went viral, conservatives began asking why the police appeared to do nothing as a journalist was robbed and beaten on video, in broad daylight. More News Trump Signs Law Making It Harder for IRS to Seize Money From Americans The Internal Revenue Service seized $446,000 from the bank accounts of brothers Jeffrey, Richard, and Mitch Hirsch in 2012, claiming a “structuring” violation against the owners of Bi-County Distributors Inc. for making multiple bank deposits of less than $10,000. More Commentary Trump-Kim Photo Op at the DMZ Fails to Deliver The photo op handed Kim yet another legitimizing appearance on the world stage—without forcing him to give any major concessions in negotiations. More Analysis How to Restore America “I believe that the most important way to restore America begins in the home. It begins with family,” says Tim Goeglein, co-author of the new book “American Restoration: How Faith, Family, and Personal Sacrifice Can Heal Our Nation.” More Commentary For Liberal CEOs, Abortion Is Good for Business Only two of these companies are listed among the top 180 companies offering the most paid maternity leave to women. More Commentary Faithless Electors Who Break Their Promise Rightly Can Be Punished Liberal activists formed a national alliance shortly after the 2016 election designed to manipulate the Electoral College by persuading and pressuring electors not to vote for Trump when they met to cast their votes, but to vote for an alternative candidate. More | ||
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Trump Goes to North Korea “U.S. President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in North Korea on Sunday when he met its leader, Kim Jong Un, in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas and agreed to resume stalled nuclear talks.” Reuters From the Left The left is generally critical of Trump’s failures to condemn Kim’s human rights abuses, and skeptical that he will obtain any tangible concessions from Kim. “Trump has always prided himself on his willingness to speak with anyone, no matter how poor their record on human rights or their defiance of the United States… But he seems unaware of the pitfalls of the approach. Chief among them: foreign leaders feel encouraged to stick with a strategy, now tried and tested, to circumvent the rest of the U.S. government and appeal directly to the president… ‘You just can’t look at this as going over and talking to your dictator next door and bringing them a hot dish over the fence,’ [Minnesota Democratic Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar] said on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday. The U.S. needs to make ‘sure there are measurable results, that we have a plan when we go in there and we just haven’t seen that.’” Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg “The single, modest agreement that emerged from the encounter, which lasted fifty-three minutes, was to resume working group talks next month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters in South Korea. Asked if the hastily organized rendezvous (which must have driven the Secret Service nuts) was a gamble, Pompeo responded, ‘It worked,’ and then laughed. But he also conceded that the two sides had not yet made any progress on the issue at the heart of the negotiations—defining what ‘denuclearization’ means… A lot of work remains to get beyond the gamesmanship that has typified the first year of the Trump-Kim flirtation.” Robin Wright, The New Yorker “The New York Times reported on Sunday that officials inside the Trump administration (it isn’t clear who) are ‘weighing a new approach’ to arms talks, settling simply for a ‘freeze’ in North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program, at least as a ‘first step,’ rather than demanding full ‘denuclearization’ from the get-go… A freeze on all aspects of North Korea’s nuclear program isn’t a bad idea; in fact, it’s a prerequisite to step-by-step reductions. But the mere declaration of a freeze is a hollow gesture unless the North Koreans also provide a full and itemized list of what they currently possess—how many missiles, how many warheads, how much fissile material, where all this stuff is—and open up their facilities to inspection… “The problem is the North Koreans have never agreed to submit such a list. If Trump can get Kim to do this, and to let inspectors verify its accuracy, we will look back on Sunday’s stroll across the DMZ as a truly historic moment. If not, it will be recognized, and soon forgotten, as a bit of theater staged for Kim’s domestic glorification and Trump’s reelection campaign.” Fred Kaplan, Slate Some argue that “The kind of personal diplomacy Trump favors can have its place. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un cut off negotiations (and perhaps some of his negotiators) after being embarrassed by the failure of his last summit with Trump in Hanoi. Though the North hasn’t tested a nuclear weapon or long-range missile since then, its weapons programs have continued unchecked. If Trump’s handshake on the border gives Kim the cover he needs to agree to restart talks, it will have served some purpose… [But] to reach a lasting nuclear deal, Donald Trump should pull back and let his negotiators hammer out critical details.” Editorial Board, Bloomberg “The political calendar and Trump’s approach could give grounds for optimism. Kim, who has presided over a limited form of economic development inside North Korea, is under pressure to deliver improvements in the lives of his people… So he has an incentive to try to seek economic benefits or aid from the United States and wants punishing economic sanctions lifted — a potential opening for US negotiators… Kim must realize that his chances of basking in this kind of legitimacy with a US President other than Trump are slim. So if he fears Trump could lose in 2020, he may reason the time may be ripe for a deal. And Trump wants nothing more than a big diplomatic breakthrough months before the election.” Stephen Collinson, CNN From the Right The right is cautiously optimistic about Trump’s efforts. Trump’s supporters “recognize that experts have been in charge of U.S. foreign policy for decades. And, they argue, we have little to show for it: North Korea has nuclear weapons, and China has emerged as a dangerous geopolitical foe. In their view, Trump’s dramatic breaks with the past could be the only chance the United States has to avert dangerous conflicts with one or both nations. Better to take a chance on him, they reason, than hope more of the same will yield different results… Continuing the old ways would have surely led to more North Korean tests, as sanctions unsupported by a credible military threat clearly did not deter Pyongyang.” Henry Olsen, Washington Post “Yes, North Korea’s human rights record is an ongoing atrocity of almost immeasurable terror. But Trump’s friendship with the tyrant is currently the only bulwark Americans, South Koreans, and Japan have from the Kim dynasty’s typical irrational behavior. When the alternative is a North Korea capable of launching nuclear warhead-armed ballistic missiles at every major American city, or a catastrophic new Korean war, then his partnership with Kim is the way to go. Trump knows he must persuade Kim that while America might be an unusual partner, it is one that has narrow interests with North Korea and can be trusted. Such persuasion will be crucial if Kim is to abandon the hardliners in his regime, to avoid new missile tests (which otherwise are coming), and verifiably end his threat to American security.” Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner Some point out, however, that “the symbolism was more potent than the substance. Mr. Trump is betting, as he always does, that flattery and personal engagement can persuade Mr. Kim to give up his nuclear weapons. ‘A lot of great triumphs have been based on relationships,’ the President said Sunday in perhaps the purest distillation of a Trump Doctrine… Mr. Trump’s DMZ diplomacy has reduced the chances of new North Korean nuclear tests. But Mr. Kim wants the U.S. to ease sanctions before he takes even modest steps to disclose his research labs, test facilities and nuclear stockpiles, much less dismantle them. Without such a declaration, North Korean pledges are worthless.” Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal “Kim Jong-un has yet to do anything to prove that he merits the sort of trust he’s asking for, and I sincerely hope that President Tump keeps holding his feet to the fire and demands IAEA inspections and verifiable proof of progress on denuclearization before beginning any sanctions relief or other normalization of North Korea as a legitimate actor in the international community.” Jazz Shaw, Hot Air “The talks could easily stall or fail again. Trump’s negotiators also know that given North Korea’s long record of violating prior agreements, a new agreement will have to be ironclad. with extremely strong verification provisions. Perhaps Kim will never choose to walk through that door. But perhaps the confidence-building that President Trump has initiated with his personal diplomacy will convince Kim to make a denuclearization deal that formally ends hostilities and allows North Korea to join the community of nations… The odds may still be long to reach an agreement that fully denuclearizes North Korea. But President Trump’s unorthodox diplomacy has significantly lowered tensions from the dangerous level he inherited from President Obama and opened a door to peace that no one thought possible.” Fred Fleitz, Fox News “I’m hearing a lot of crap about how [Trump] is giving away the store to Kim Jong-un. Well, what exactly has he given away? Large-scale military exercises are suspended, but military professionals will tell you that small-scale drills are fine for readiness. Not a single sanction has been taken off. The North can’t even connect roads with the South without violating them. There have been no U.S. military pullouts from the Peninsula. And unless you think top-down diplomacy is a concession, there haven’t been many giveaways.” Daniel DePetris, Twitter On the bright side… A beer company is offering a free ‘Deliver-a-Nonna’ service where an Italian grandmother will come and cook for you in your home. Insider Our volunteer team spends hours each night scanning the news, fact-checking, and debating one another, so your 5 minutes each morning can be well spent. If you’ve found value in our work, we welcome you to help sustain our efforts and expand our reach. Any support you can provide is greatly appreciated! Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. You can unsubscribe from this list here. |
POLITICO PLAYBOOK
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DRIVING THE DAY
TIM ALBERTA’S JUICY NEW BOOK, “American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump,” is out July 16, and will be one of the deepest and most fascinating reads about the transformation of the Republican Party over the last 15 or so years. The book begins in the twilight of the Bush presidency, and ends with the release of Robert Mueller’s report in April of this year. We’re told it includes lots of new, unreported storylines on the massive transformation of the party.
TAKE A SNEAK PEEK at the back cover for a taste of the tasty nuggets we should expect from Alberta’s book: “Romney’s problem was he had too much respect for Obama. And he shouldn’t have, because Obama didn’t deserve it,” Donald Trump. … “The Reagan Republican wing beat the Rockefeller Republican wing. And now the Trump wing beat the Reagan wing,” Paul Ryan. Back cover image … $20.22 on Amazon
DEPT. OF JELLO? … WAPO’S ANNE GEARAN, BOB COSTA and DAVID LYNCH: “Trump’s hard line approach appears to soften in meetings with world leaders”: “President Trump entered his meeting with President Xi Jinping over the weekend promising to take a tough approach on trade negotiations and pressure his Chinese counterpart into a sweeping deal.
“But the meeting did not produce an agreement — and Trump’s stance seemed to only soften as he announced he was relaxing limits on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and delaying new tariffs on Chinese goods in hopes of restarting trade talks with Beijing. ‘We discussed a lot of things, and we’re right back on track,’ Trump said. ‘We’ll see what happens.’
“Trump’s meetings with Xi and other leaders at the Group of 20 economic summit suggest that despite his promise to use negotiating savvy and personal relationships to extract concessions from rivals or uncooperative allies, he often leaves one-on-one sessions with fellow world leaders without firm agreements in hand.” WaPo
PAGING POMPEO … WAPO’S JOHN HUDSON: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his special envoy, Steve Biegun, have been given two to three weeks to start new talks with their North Korean counterparts aimed at making a breakthrough in stalled denuclearization negotiations. …
“One variable that is expected to change in the Trump administration’s favor is the leader of North Korea’s negotiating team. Pompeo said Sunday that the North Korean Foreign Ministry would be leading the talks for the country. ‘I don’t know exactly who from the Foreign Ministry, but it’s likely to be one of a couple people,’ he said.
“One potential counterpart for Biegun is North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, a seasoned diplomat with years of experience working with American officials on denuclearization issues. Previously, when the Foreign Ministry was sidelined from the talks, Kim entrusted the negotiations to his former spy chief, Kim Yong Chol, a longtime hawk who came off as inscrutable and arrogant during meetings with Pompeo and his aides, U.S. officials said.” WaPo
— NYT’S ED WONG: “Trump Officials Are Split Over Approach to North Korea Talks”: “Some officials are considering a freeze as a first step toward a more comprehensive agreement for Mr. Kim to give up his entire nuclear program. [National security adviser John] Bolton has long insisted that the North Koreans dismantle their nuclear program and give up their entire arsenal of warheads before getting any rewards. …
“Mr. Bolton and [Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo had both urged the president to settle for nothing less than a grand deal, but Mr. Pompeo now appears open to considering a gradual approach.” NYT
MAKING THE ROUNDS ON TWITTER … White House official @mercedesschlapp on Feb. 18, 2016: “@BarackObama visiting Cuba is equivalent to visiting North Korea Embracing communism is anti-American. he is giving Castro dictators a pass.”
THINK ABOUT IT … FROM A WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT Monday on Iran: “There is little doubt that even before the deal’s existence, Iran was violating its terms.”
Happy Tuesday morning. THE LATEST ON JULY FOURTH … AP/D.C.: “At least two Army tanks have arrived in Washington ahead of a Fourth of July celebration that President Donald Trump says will include military hardware.
“An Associated Press photographer says the two M1A1 Abrams tanks are with four other military vehicles on a freight train in a railyard at the southeastern edge of Washington. The vehicles are being guarded by military police but are visible to passersby on nearby paths. A military official earlier told the AP that the tanks were transported north from Fort Stewart in Georgia.” AP
— WAPO’S @gregpmiller: “Trump says July 4 celebration will have ‘brand new Sherman tanks.’ Sherman tanks haven’t been in service since 1957.”
— YIKES … NYT’S TANKS STORY: “Another problem is that Arlington Memorial Bridge, which spans the Potomac River and connects Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial, might not be able to hold the weight.” NYT
TRUMP on “TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT” … THE PRESIDENT told the Fox News host that the deal he was cutting with China was “the largest deal ever made of any kind, not only trade.” The president also said that homelessness in cities like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles “is a phenomenon that started two years ago.” The homelessness bit… The full interview
— FWIW … SEN. RICK SCOTT on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” … “‘I don’t believe there will be a deal’ between U.S. and China, says Republican senator”
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KNOWING STEPHANIE GRISHAM — “Baptism by fire: Stephanie Grisham’s eventful first days,” by AP’s Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin: “She is President Donald Trump’s new top spokeswoman. But she said barely a word during what became her introduction to the world.
“Stephanie Grisham received a baptism by fire over the weekend as she accompanied the president on his high-stakes trip to Asia and threw her body into a fracas with North Korean security officials.
“It was an early sign of how Grisham, a former Trump campaign staffer and aide to the first lady, might reshape a role she technically didn’t start until Monday. She’s taking the job just as Trump enters a White House stretch that will help determine whether he wins another four years in the job.” AP
NOT A BAD DEAL FOR MICK, via WSJ’s Catherine Lucey: “White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is receiving a higher salary than his two predecessors, a reminder of his unusual status straddling two different positions.
“The latest annual report to Congress on White House personnel shows that President Trump’s third chief of staff is getting an annual salary of $203,500, compared with Reince Priebus and John Kelly, each of whom earned $179,700. The White House said Mr. Mulvaney continues to be paid by the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he is technically still the director. The OMB director salary level is set by law, as are other federal salaries.” WSJ
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2020 WATCH — “Record advertising wave heading for swing states in 2020,” by Elena Schneider: “Advertising Analytics, a political ad-tracking firm, expects the total cost of TV and digital ads for the next election to hit over $6 billion — a 57 percent increase over the total in last year’s hotly contested and expensive midterm elections, driven by a huge jump in digital video advertising.
“Over one-quarter of the $6 billion total, $1.6 billion, will be spent on digital video platforms, primarily Facebook and Google, while broadcast and cable TV stations will take in a whopping $4.4 billion — more than twice as much as Democrats and Republicans spent on TV in the last presidential elections.” POLITICO
— AMY CHOZICK for VOGUE: “Madam President? Five Candidates on What It Will Take to Shatter the Most Stubborn Glass Ceiling” With photos by Annie Leibovitz
— “Harris allies see sexism and desperation in Biden camp backlash,” by Chris Cadelago
— “Hickenlooper shakes up campaign amid staff departures,” by Nolan McCaskill and Alex Thompson: “[John] Hickenlooper announced late Monday the hiring of a new campaign manager, M.E. Smith, who managed Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey’s reelection in 2018. Smith also served as deputy campaign manager for Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, now a fellow 2020 competitor, and held the same role for Hickenlooper’s reelection for governor in 2014. …
“His spokeswoman, Lauren Hitt, later confirmed that she would be leaving the campaign, joining former campaign manager Brad Komar. ‘Brad Komar is no longer with the campaign,’ Hitt told POLITICO. ‘Neither is Finance Director Dan Sorenson. I will also be transitioning out over the next few weeks.’” POLITICO
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THE JUICE …
— FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — SHANNON PETTYPIECE is joining NBC as a White House reporter for NBC News Digital. She comes aboard after two years covering the White House for Bloomberg.
— BEN RAY LUJÁN, the House Democrat running for Senate in New Mexico, raised more than $1.1 million in the last quarter from more than 13,000 unique donors. Luján has sworn off corporate PAC contributions. Nearly 98% of the contributions were donations of $100 or less.
— ELTON GALLEGLY, a California Republican who hasn’t been in Congress since 2012, paid his wife $900 last quarter for “book keeping and reporting services.” He has just north of $113,000 in his campaign account.
TRUMP’S TUESDAY — The president has nothing on his public schedule.
PLAYBOOK READS
JACK KEANE PROFILE — “The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran,” by Eliana Johnson
DEEP DIVE — “Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence,” by Natasha Bertrand and Daniel Lippman: “For the last four years, the powerhouse firm McKinsey has helped restructure the country’s spying bureaucracy, aiming to improve response time and smooth out communication. Instead, according to nearly a dozen current and former officials who either witnessed the restructuring first-hand or are familiar with the project, the multi-million dollar overhaul has left many within the country’s intelligence agencies demoralized and less effective.
“These insiders say the efforts have hindered decision-making at key agencies — including the CIA, National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. They say McKinsey helped to complicate a well-established linear chain-of-command system, slowing down projects and turnaround time, and applied cookie-cutter solutions to agencies with unique cultures. In the process, numerous employees have become dismayed, saying the efforts have at best been a waste of money and, at worst, made their jobs more difficult.” POLITICO
HONG KONG LATEST … AP’S KEN MORITSUGU: “A ruling Chinese Communist Party newspaper has taken a hard line against pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, saying demonstrators who broke into the local legislature showed their ‘arrogance’ and had no regard for the rule of law.
“Chinese state media ran footage of police in Hong Kong clearing protesters from streets early Tuesday in a break with their silence over days of pro-democracy demonstrations that have challenged Beijing’s authority over the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
“Beijing has largely sought to downplay the demonstrations that have highlighted doubts about the validity of its ‘one country, two systems’ formula for governing the former British colony. Its coverage of the protests and the publication of a harsh editorial in the official Communist Party newspaper Global Times may indicate it is prepared to take a tougher line against the demonstrators following days of forbearance.” AP
— NYT’S JAVIER HERNÁNDEZ in Hong Kong:“Until now, protesters took pride in having no recognized leaders and using encrypted messaging to crowdsource their direction. But the pitfalls of that approach have begun to emerge, with protesters disagreeing over tactics and goals and lacking a consistent position from which to negotiate — even as the government toughens its stance.” NYT
— FOR YOUR RADAR — “Chinese military conducts anti-ship missile tests in hotly contested South China Sea,” by CNBC’s Amanda Macias and NBC’s Courtney Kube
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YOUR CHEESE PLATE IS ABOUT TO GET PRICIER — “U.S. Proposes Tariffs on Another $4 Billion of EU Goods,” by Bloomberg’s Sarah McGregor and Jenny Leonard:“The U.S. Trade Representative’s office on Monday published a list of $4 billion worth of EU goods the U.S. could hit with duties as retaliation for European aircraft subsides. The products range from cherries to meat, cheese, olives and pasta, along with some types of whiskey and cast-iron tubes and pipes. It adds to a list of EU products valued at $21 billion that the USTR published in April, according to the release.” Bloomberg… The list
THE NEXT CULTURE WAR FOOTBALL … WSJ: “Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes”
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IMMIGRATION FILES — CBP will soon begin sending Central American migrants to Tamaulipas, a drug- and violence-torn state along on Mexico’s Gulf Coast. But as Univision anchor Enrique Acevedo notes, the State Department travel advisory for Tamaulipas reads as follows:
“Do not travel due to crime and kidnapping.
“Violent crime, such as murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, extortion, and sexual assault, is common. Gang activity, including gun battles and blockades, is widespread. Armed criminal groups target public and private passenger buses as well as private automobiles traveling through Tamaulipas, often taking passengers hostage and demanding ransom payments. Federal and state security forces have limited capability to respond to violence in many parts of the state.”
— FROM MEXICO CITY: “Mexico’s migration crackdown overwhelms its shelters, antagonizes its neighbors,” by WaPo’s Kevin Sieff: “Detention centers at five times capacity. Migrants held on sports fields. Not enough medicine or health-care workers to go around.
“In the weeks since Mexico signed a pact with the United States to stop migration, conditions in detention centers and shelters have deteriorated dramatically, according to diplomats and human rights officials who have visited the facilities.” WaPo
— REUTERS AT THE BORDER WITH AOC: “Ocasio-Cortez describes ‘horrifying’ conditions at Texas migrant facility”
MEGATRENDS — “American Suburbs Swell Again as a New Generation Escapes the City,” by WSJ’s Valerie Bauerlein in Apex, N.C.: WSJ
MEDIAWATCH … THE DAILY BEAST’S SAM STEIN: “Center for American Progress Puts ThinkProgress Up for Sale”
— Alison Morris has started as the new anchor/host for NBC News NOW. She previously was a business reporter and anchor at Fox 5 in New York and has also worked for WSJ Europe, CNBC Europe and Fox Connecticut.
PLAYBOOKERS
SPOTTED: Eliot Spitzer having lunch Monday at the Ritz-Carlton on Grand Cayman.
WEST WING DEPARTURE LOUNGE — NYT’S MAGGIE HABERMAN and ANNIE KARNI: “Mercedes Schlapp, the White House director of strategic communications, announced on Monday that she would leave her West Wing post to join President Trump’s re-election campaign, the latest move in a shuffle of the White House press shop. Ms. Schlapp said in an interview that she had discussed her departure with Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, for weeks.
“It had been widely expected since Stephanie Grisham was appointed the new press secretary and communications director last week, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions. After some discussion of keeping Ms. Schlapp in the administration but moving her out of the White House and to an agency, those talks fell apart.” NYT
PER ILLINOIS PLAYBOOK: “‘She said: yes!’ U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger started his Fourth of July with fireworks. The Illinois Republican announced on Instagram that he’s getting married. He’s photographed with Sofia Boza-Holman, director of strategic media for VP Mike Pence and a former aide to former Speaker John Boehner. Kinzinger’s post drew congratulatory messages from former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, former Trump spokesman Sean Spicer and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who even offered to officiate.”
WEEKEND WEDDING — Emily Purser, Washington bureau chief at Sky News, married Zach Brown, a former political producer in London for Sky News who’s now living in D.C. The couple met covering Brexit and got married in the south of France. Pic
OMB ARRIVAL LOUNGE — James Braid has joined OMB as deputy associate director for legislative affairs for appropriations. He was most recently policy director for the House Freedom Caucus.
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Courtney Geduldig, EVP of public affairs of S&P Global. What she’s been reading recently: “I just finished reading ‘Grant,’ by Ron Chernow. Chernow is an expert writer — he believes in redemption for the unredeemable. Whether it is the wealthy banker or the alcoholic Grant who has otherwise been portrayed as unsympathetic, Chernow tells the story through the eyes of a conflicted leader tortured by his need to find political power and help an oppressed enslaved minority group. Great read in another of Chernow’s authentic literary voices.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Eric Fanning, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, is 51 (hat tip: Caitlin Hayden) … Jonathan Capehart (hubby tip: Nick Schmit) … Brad Todd, founding partner of On Message … Luci Baines Johnson is 72 … Katherine Lehr … POLITICO’s Brooke Minters, Graph Massara and Cristina Rivero … Sammi McClain … former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu is 8-0 … former Mexican President Vicente Fox is 77 … Keith Morrison, correspondent for NBC’s “Dateline,” is 72 … Scott McGee of Kelley Drye … Matthew Dybwad of Adobe … Berrin Tunçel … Collin Davenport … Devon Gallagher … Derek Gianino, national engagement director at U.S. Global Leadership Coalition … Jenny Beth Martin, honorary chair of Tea Party Patriots Action (h/t Keith Appel) … Victoria Adeniji … FT’s Sebastian Payne is 3-0 …
… Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is 35 … Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) is 59 … Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) is 66 … former Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) is 8-0 … U.S. Army Capt. Chuck Nadd (h/t Brandt Anderson) … Fenton CEO Ben Wyskida is 42 … Kara Rowland … Alysha Love … Matthew L. Schwartz, Boies Schiller Flexner partner … Sophie Zeigler … Caroline Keyes … Jessie Nguyen … Gina Woodworth, director of U.S. public policy at Snap … Eddie Fishman … Joel Bernick is 81 … Arkadi Gerney … Ethan Oberman is 43 … Trevor Neilson is 47 … Jean Cecil Frick … Marie Formica … Reuters’ Michele Gershberg … Sam Nitz … Time’s Jonathan Woods … Facebook’s Brooke Oberwetter Coon is 4-0 (hubby tip: Joey) … Emily Stanitz … Lyndsey Fifield … Hannah Rosenthal … Michael Matthews … Ashley Zohn … Mike Chapman
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| Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-Calif.) strong debate performance last week launched her into the top tier of the Democratic primary race as former Vice President Joe Biden took a major hit and saw his lead almost entirely evaporate. According to a CNN poll released late Monday afternoon, Harris more than doubled her support since May, jumping to 17 percent from 8 percent after Thursday’s debate in Miami, where she was onstage alongside Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Meanwhile, Biden now finds himself at 22 percent among registered voters who are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents after his 14-point lead over Sanders plummeted to 5 points over Harris. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sits at 15 percent, while Sanders rakes in 14 percent. No one else in the 25-candidate primary field hits 5 percent. The poll is the second to show Harris on the rise, but the first that firmly puts her in the top tier. It’s also not the only metric that shows her evident ascent. According to Mike Lillis and Cristina Marcos, Harris is now leading the pack in the fight for endorsements from the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) after challenging Biden last week to explain his Senate record on race and opposition to school busing. Endorsements from CBC members, a valuable commodity, have taken on special significance this presidential cycle, as President Trump has injected issues of race into the election in unprecedented fashion and the crowded Democratic field is fighting to attract support among black voters, who will prove crucial in early primary states such as South Carolina, Alabama and Arkansas. While Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the highest-ranking CBC member, has withheld his endorsement, many others are weighing in left and right. Harris recently won the support of Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) and Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.). While the top four aspirants have separated themselves, the rest of the Democratic field continues look for openings, and some are firing at one another. Rather than going after front-runners, some candidates who made some of the sharpest attacks in last week’s debates linger on the undercard. As Reid Wilson reports, debate experts say that’s a healthy strategy to try to stand out from the crowd. With many more debates ahead, a lesser-known candidate can stand taller by taking on the contender who’s an inch rather than a foot taller. The lesson ahead of the second round of debates at the end of the month in Detroit is that no presidential contender in the shifting Democratic primary is seen as safe. While candidates are looking ahead to July 30 and July 31 in Detroit, some are looking down the road to the following debate in mid-September, when the threshold rises for candidate inclusion. According to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), candidates must hit 2 percent in four polls and have 130,000 unique donors, including 400 unique donors from 20 states. The polling and unique donor figures are doubled from the Miami and Detroit debates, forcing campaigns to make a two-month push to ensure their spot at the third debate. According to CBS News, Biden, Harris, Warren, Sanders, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) and Andrew Yang have all reached the 130,000-donor mark, while others have noted the gains they made in donor numbers after last week’s debate. In other debate news, Democrats are continuing to clamor for a debate focused on climate change, an idea that has received pushback from the DNC even though it is ready to consider the idea. According to HuffPost, the DNC voted unanimously at an executive committee gathering in Pittsburgh on Saturday to refer the proposal to an internal committee, which will consider the idea and make a recommendation. If one is made, the DNC could vote in full on the idea on Aug. 23. The possibility of a climate change debate has been brought up repeatedly by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), who has centered his campaign squarely on the topic. The New Yorker: Will Hunter Biden jeopardize his father’s campaign? Gerald F. Seib: Democrats push left, but need moderate swing states. The Washington Post: Democrats convulse over race as debate exchange reverberates. The Associated Press: Top advisers leave Hickenlooper’s struggling 2020 campaign. Elsewhere on the political scene … Lynne Homrich, a GOP candidate for Georgia’s 7th congressional district, posted a $500,000 haul in the second fundraising quarter in a bid to separate herself from the GOP field of seven candidates. The winner will vie to replace retiring Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) in what is considered a toss-up race. |
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| LEADING THE DAY |
| CONGRESS: There’s trouble in paradise between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) after the House was forced to take up the Senate’s compromise border supplemental last week, exhibiting a rare moment of discord between the two Democratic leaders. As Mike Lillis and Alexander Bolton report, the relationship between the two leaders is being tested after the episode and as the two ready for high-level negotiations in the coming months, including on a potential spending caps deal and the debt ceiling. “This seems to be the only time I can remember in the last two years or three years where Sen. Schumer and Speaker Pelosi were not on the same page,” said a House aide, adding that there was a broad feeling among House Democrats that Schumer had undercut their position. “I don’t think it will be repeated again,” the aide said, pointing to the looming spending and debt ceiling talks. “The things coming down the pipeline are much bigger, more fundamental issues.” The Senate voted on the border bill 84-8, including 30-1 out of the Senate Appropriations Committee, effectively kneecapping Pelosi and progressive lawmakers from pushing for more restrictions in the bill. |
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> House Dems visit border: Tensions
were high between House Democratic lawmakers and border patrol agents
in Clint, Texas, on Monday as they continued to decry conditions at the
facility where migrants are being held (The Hill).
21 House Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.),
toured the facility, where lawmakers were forced to relinquish their
phones and not allowed to take pictures. They questioned whether what
they saw was the real conditions or a sanitized version.
“There was definitely some bad blood between the members and the agents,” said Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), pointing to one incident in particular when one border patrol agent tried to take a selfie with Ocasio-Cortez in the background. Additionally, they were greeted by protesters who chanted “Trump 2020” and became the subject of highly personal attacks. For example, they made derogatory references toward Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over her Muslim faith. One man yelled for her to “go back to [her] country.” Tlaib was born in Detroit. The Washington Post: Lawmakers condemn “vulgar” posts in secret border agent Facebook group. The Associated Press: Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) says there will likely be a congressional investigation into the Facebook posts. The Daily podcast, The New York Times (26 minutes): Inside the migrant detention center in Clint, Texas. > Huawei: The president’s decision to lift the ban on U.S. companies selling products to Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has left many lawmakers and industry officials deeply concerned over the national security implications of the move (The Hill). The backlash on Capitol Hill has been swift and bipartisan, with some members of Congress vowing to take legislative steps to keep existing restrictions against Huawei in place. “Huawei is one of few potent levers we have to make China play fair on trade,” Schumer said in a statement. “If President Trump backs off, as it appears he is doing, it will dramatically undercut our ability to change China’s unfair trade practices.” Some Republicans shared Schumer’s sentiment. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) tweeted over the weekend that the telecom company “is not only an arm of the Chinese Communist Party, but also a close partner of the People’s Liberation Army.” |
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| WHITE HOUSE & INTERNATIONAL: Trump’s tariffs truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping over the weekend hit the pause button between the world’s largest economies, quieting some global concerns about the potential wreckage of a prolonged trade war. Trump on Monday said U.S.-China talks have “already begun.” But the agreement between the two leaders to resume negotiations may do little to bring the U.S. and China closer to a deal (The Hill). > Iran: The United States issued a warning to Tehran on Monday in the wake of the country’s breach of an agreed-upon ceiling on enriched uranium, part of the nuclear pact negotiated in 2015 under the Obama administration with Iran and international partners (The Hill). “They’re playing with fire,” Trump said of Tehran (The Hill). The president spoke on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron about the situation and today, France warned Iran against further breaches of the nuclear deal (Reuters). France has sought to keep in place the nuclear deal with Iran, from which Trump withdrew the United States in 2018. Iran’s action does not by itself give the country material to produce a nuclear weapon, but signaled that “Iran is moving to abandon the restriction and restore the far larger stockpile that took the United States and five other nations years to persuade Tehran to send abroad” (The New York Times). > Mexico and immigration: Trump said raids and deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will happen after Independence Day. “After July 4, a lot of people are going to be brought back out” of the United States, the president told reporters on Monday (The Hill). “People that come up [across the southern border] may be here for a short while, but they’re going to be gone, they’re going back to their countries,” the president said. “They go back home. ICE is going to be apprehending them and bringing them back. And we have a very good system for that, and it’s been very effective, and it will be very effective.” Trump also said U.S. tariffs on all imports from Mexico, which he threatened last month, are on hold “now” because he said the Mexican government is cooperating with the United States to slow the migrant surge from Central America across its border with Guatemala. “It’s cut way down,” the president said. “The numbers are way down for the last week.” The Department of Homeland Security recently projected that the administration’s combined efforts in June reduced the number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by 25 percent (CNN). > North Korea: For the United States, the challenges of new talks with Pyongyang remain unchanged. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. envoy Steve Biegun have been given two to three weeks to start new talks with their North Korean counterparts aimed at making a breakthrough in stalled denuclearization negotiations (The Washington Post). > Hong Kong demonstrations: Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas early today to disperse hundreds of defiant protesters, some of whom stormed and ransacked the city’s legislature on the anniversary of the city’s 1997 return to Chinese rule. The demonstrators gathered around a council building in the former British colony’s financial district in a direct challenge to authorities in Beijing (Reuters). The New York Times: Hong Kong protesters are increasingly at odds with one another. At the White House on Monday, Trump told reporters, “I hope it gets solved. … It’s very sad to see.” |
| OPINION |
| Gender politics and the 2020 Democratic primary: A test case in lessons learned? by Jessica Tarlov, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/308b1D1 John Roberts shows the nation he can steer the Supreme Court ship, by Lawrence Friedman, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2xo1NWC |
| WHERE AND WHEN |
| Hill.TV’s “Rising” program features U.S.-sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska a key figure in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, in the first of a three-part series; plus Marie Newman (D), a congressional candidate from Illinois, to discuss her primary bid against Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), and Brenda Choresi Carter, director of the Reflective Democracy Campaign, to discuss the gender gap at 9 a.m. ET at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m. at Rising on YouTube. The House will get back to work on July 9. The Senate is in recess until July 8. The president has no public events on his schedule. Vice President Pence flies to Manchester, N.H., for a roundtable discussion with patients at the Granite Recovery Center headquarters where he’ll speak about the opioid crisis and illegal drug flow in New Hampshire at 1 p.m. He’ll then return to Washington. Economic indicators: The Bureau of Economic Analysis releases a report at 8:30 a.m. describing foreign direct investment in the United States last year. |
| ELSEWHERE |
| ➔ State Watch: Oregon voters won’t have to put a postage stamp on ballots when they mail them back to elections officials, under a bill approved during the closing hours of the 2019 legislative session. Gov. Kate Brown (D) is expected to sign the measure. Vote-by-mail became the standard in Oregon in 1998 and the new bill would make voting free (The Oregonian). ➔ Supreme Court: Decisions handed down during the high court’s recently concluded term show the right-leaning justices do not see eye to eye on some of the highest-profile cases. While Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, appointed by Trump, shifted the high court to the right, the newest members and Chief Justice John Roberts surprised court watchers by occasionally forging unlikely alliances with their liberal counterparts on the bench (The Hill). … Meanwhile, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks about gender equality, her life and the law tonight with two of her former clerks at Georgetown Law’s Hart Auditorium in Washington from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., followed by a conversation among legal experts moderated by CNN legal analyst and Supreme Court biographer Joan Biskupic. Information is HERE. |
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| THE CLOSER |
| And finally… If you’re thinking about visiting Washington, D.C., for Fourth of July festivities, we have some news you can use. Check the day’s program of activities, list of road closures and information about public transportation, a weather forecast and the various access points if you want to view the parade, Trump’s Lincoln Memorial speech, the Blue Angels flyover, a concert at the U.S. Capitol and of course the 35 minutes of spectacular fireworks launched near the Potomac River (WTOP). And speaking of the river, the Metropolitan Police Department announced watercraft restrictions on Thursday HERE. The U.S. National Park Police will have safety advisories on the Fourth of July available via text for visitors who sign up to get them. WJLA has a useful Fourth of July guide that includes that information HERE. The president has been talking for a year about his vision for a big national bash on Independence Day. He will display U.S.-manufactured tanks on the mall (The Washington Post). “I’m going to say a few words and we’re going to have planes going overhead, the best fighter jets in the world,” Trump told reporters on Monday from the Oval Office. “And we’re going to have some tanks stationed outside. … We have the brand-new Sherman tanks, and we have the brand-new Abram tanks. And we have some incredible equipment, military equipment on display. Brand-new. And we’re very proud of it.” According to a new Monmouth University Poll, 52 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s plans to deliver a national address on Thursday, but about 80 percent of poll respondents contacted in mid-June said they had no idea the president planned to speak. |
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In the 1790s, stars and bars were added to reflect the addition of Vermont and Kentucky as states. U.S. flag designs continued to change as states were admitted to the union until the 50th star, for Hawaii, was added in 1960.” Nike has since called retailers requesting the shoes back. The Air Max 1 USA sneakers are not available on Nike’s website. Biden Drops in Polls Following First Debate A new CNN poll conducted over the weekend reveals that Biden’s support has fallen a full 10% amongst registered Democrats and Democrat-leaning independent voters, from 32% to 22%. Conversely, Sen. Kamala Harris’ (CA-D) stock seems to be rising, clocking a 9% jump in support, from 8% to 17%, following the debate. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA-D) reported similar increase in support, from 7% to 15%, leading many to wonder if the Democrat primaries will end with two women vying for the final nomination. But as Alexandra DeSanctis of National Review points out, these numbers do not tell the whole story: “The easiest way to read these numbers would be to assume that Harris’s attack on Biden at last week’s Democratic primary debate — when she criticized him for opposing busing and working with segregationists when he was in the U.S. Senate — was a success, and that she was able to pick off support from the frontrunner in the aftermath… But a closer look at the poll suggests it’s not quite that simple. While Harris has pulled even with the former vice president among white voters, non-white women, and young voters — especially those who call themselves “liberal” and white voters with college degrees — Biden still maintains a strong lead among black voters, with 36 percent support to Harris’s 24 percent. Older voters prefer Biden to Harris by a 20-point margin, and he leads Harris by 20 points among Democratic voters who describe themselves as either moderate or conservative. Harris’s star seems to be rising, then, mostly with young, white liberals, but Biden continues to claim a strong advantage among non-white Democrats. The California senator’s effort to portray him as weak on race issues didn’t seem to lead to any sort of surge in her support among black voters who now view Biden as having been in league with segregationists. Her move might’ve played well with the progressives paying closest attention to the ups and downs of the contest, but it doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll be able to best the former vice president on primary voting days around the country.” What I’m Reading Today In the New York Times, a ‘Human Rights’ Professor Calls for Mob Rule (National Review) The Twilight of Master Essayist John McPhee is Beautiful (The Federalist) Antifa, Terror Faction. 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| In the bureaucratic state, you can’t give free eyeglasses to the homeless Posted: 01 Jul 2019 05:43 PM PDT In Kentucky, only a licensed optometrist can give out eyeglasses. This makes sense to some extent, at least more so than the other side of the law that saws only new eyeglasses can be given. That has caused a conundrum for one charitable group that has been giving away free used eyeglasses to homeless people. […] The post In the bureaucratic state, you can’t give free eyeglasses to the homeless appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Note to anyone taking visits from AOC: Record everything she does Posted: 01 Jul 2019 05:00 PM PDT When the story broke that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reported horrid conditions and evil men during her border patrol facilities visit, my first emotion was confusion. Surely they were smart enough to be on their best behavior in front of the woman who wants to eliminate their livelihood and throw America into a pure open borders […] The post Note to anyone taking visits from AOC: Record everything she does appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| As high minimum wage kicks in across the country, the restaurant industry braces Posted: 01 Jul 2019 04:06 PM PDT A video from Fox News caught my attention because it was talking about the rise in fake beef burgers. But the real meat of the story came closer to the end of the interview with former McDonald’s USA CEO Ed Rensi as he discussed the prospects for restaurants that are being hit with minimum wage increases. […] The post As high minimum wage kicks in across the country, the restaurant industry braces appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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| Of course intersectionality is Kamala Harris’s weapon. It’s all she has. Posted: 01 Jul 2019 01:13 PM PDT Pete Buttigieg has intellect. Cory Booker has passion. Andrew Yang, Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, and Julian Castro have ideas. I may disagree with all of these candidates, but I respect that they’re trying to make the Democratic nomination race about more than their intersectional statuses. The same cannot be said about Kamala Harris, whose only […] The post Of course intersectionality is Kamala Harris’s weapon. It’s all she has. appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Will Twitter ban a blue checkmark who called for killing Jews? Posted: 01 Jul 2019 11:47 AM PDT Update: After 12 hours, the account was finally suspended. Original Story: Over the last few months, we’ve seen conservatives banned or suspended on Twitter in record time, especially if they’re a “blue checkmark” verified account. It usually only takes a couple of hours from the point that a conservative makes a joke about Elizabeth Warren’s false […] The post Will Twitter ban a blue checkmark who called for killing Jews? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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Believing, erroneously, that too many Union troops were defending it, Ewell waited. Ewell was mistaken about the size of the Northern force, and hesitation proved fateful. On the evening of July 1, Union Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock arrived with the First, Third, and 11th Corps. By nightfall, he had arrayed this huge force from Cemetery Hill down to Cemetery Ridge and all the way to the end of the line, to Little Round Top. On the third day of the battle, Hancock would be severely wounded in the leg by a Confederate rifleman. He would survive and, after the war, continue his career in the Army, oversee the hanging of Lincoln assassination conspirator Mary Surratt, and become the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1880. All that lay in his future. On this day Hancock, whom French immigrant and Union Army Col. Régis de Trobriand called “one of the handsomest men in the United States Army,” had arrived on time and deployed his men properly. What those men — most of whom were “citizen soldiers,” not Army lifers — would do with that position would be decided in the two days of fighting that lay ahead. In a moment, I’ll describe briefly how two American officers met the challenge. First, I’d steer you to RealClearPolitics’ front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion columns spanning the political spectrum. We also offer original material from our own reporters and contributors, including the following: * * * Twitter Can Now Censor the President. Kalev Leetaru reports on the implications of the site’s new policy regarding “abusive” speech and public officials. A Tax on Eli Broad Is a Tax on Us All. RealClearMarkets editor John Tamny argues that the billionaire’s willingness to pay more is counterproductive because a wealth tax lessens the amount of money he and others can invest in job-creating endeavors. When Drug Prices Mean More Than Sick Patients. 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The night before, Gen. James Longstreet had advised Lee against attacking a large force holding a strategically superior position. Longstreet favored getting around the Union forces and marching toward Washington, which would give reduce the Union Army’s options. “No,” Lee replied. “The enemy is there, and I am going to attack him there.” For July 2, Lee decided to attack the left and right flanks of the Union lines. Longstreet was put in charge of the massive assault on the federals’ left flank on hills known as Round Top and Little Round Top. Gen. Ewell was to resume the effort to take Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Hill on the federals’ right flank. Lee wanted Longstreet’s men to attack early in the morning, but the taxing logistics and perhaps Longstreet’s ambivalence delayed the assault until 4 p.m. It might have succeeded anyway, thanks to an unforced error by Union Gen. Daniel Sickles, who disobeyed orders and relocated his 10,000 troops forward several hundred yards. Sickles was ostensibly seeking even higher ground, but his error in judgment cut him off from the rest of the Union line — and the federals defending Little Round Top. This mistake was noticed by a Pennsylvania lawyer named Strong Vincent. When the Civil War broke out, he had enlisted in the U.S. Army. At Gettysburg, Col. Vincent was literally defending his home state. His name fit him, too. Vincent was strong. He hustled his brigade there without waiting for orders and convinced another citizen soldier — fellow colonel Joshua Chamberlain of the 20th Maine Regiment — that Little Round Top must not fall. “Hold that ground at all hazards,” Vincent told Chamberlain. The men of the 20th Maine did just that. Led by their Bowdoin College professor-turned-Union-officer, they repelled repeated Southern assaults, the last with a valorous bayonet charge. Meanwhile, on the far side of the battlefield, similar heroics were taking place by line officers making crucial decisions without waiting to be told what was needed. One of them was a 62-year-old West Point man who’d come out of retirement as an engineer and was a general in charge of a crucially positioned brigade. I’ll write about him tomorrow. For today, I’ll close with the fighting words of Col. Strong Vincent. When an adjacent brigade, the 16th Michigan, looked like it was about to be overrun by rebels, he jumped atop a large boulder and waved a riding crop given to him by his wife. “Don’t give an inch!” he shouted to his men and the Michiganders. They didn’t yield, but Vincent was felled by Confederate rifle fire. His men carried him from the mountain, and he died in a nearby farmhouse before the week was up. Vincent was promoted to brigadier general on his deathbed, and his body was taken to his home in Erie for interment. Two months later, his wife gave birth to a baby girl. She did not live to see her first birthday and was buried next to her father. Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com |
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