Led by a former aide to Senator Harry Reid, the Searchlight Institute is hoping to persuade Democrats to play down causes like climate change and L.G.B.T.Q. rights to appeal to more voters
Adam Jentleson, center, is introducing the Searchlight Institute, with an annual budget of $10 million and a staff that includes, from left, Cam Thompson, Charlotte Swasey, Tré Easton and Danielle Deiseroth.
Millions of people saw the brief exchange between the right-wing political activist and a liberal TikToker after footage of the assassination spread like wildfire across social media.
It was only a few months ago that a Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband were assassinated, and another lawmaker and his wife were wounded.
President Trump’s Secret Service detail rushed to cover him and protect him from any further shots, after an attempted assassin opened fire, during a campaign event in Butler, Pa., last year.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris also accused White House aides, without naming names, of not defending her from right-wing attacks about her competence.
Democrats once had a chance to blunt a couple of the moves President Trump is making now, on redistricting and the takeover of the police force in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Back in the spring of 2021, when Democrats controlled the House and Senate, there were two measures that would have helped to protect against some of President Trump’s current moves.
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