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The Texas Tribune Pageant wrapped up Saturday evening after three days of conversations with politicians, newsmakers, journalists and authors. Listed below are some highlights from the occasion.
Liz Cheney reveals her father’s vote
Days after saying she’d vote for Kamala Harris this November, GOP former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney dropped one other bombshell: so will her dad, former Vice President Dick Cheney.
“Dick Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris,” she stated of her father, who served as vp below President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. “If you think about the moment we’re in, and you think about how serious this moment is, my dad believes — and he said publicly — there has never been an individual in our country who is as grave a threat to our democracy as Donald Trump is.”
The previous vp later confirmed the information in an announcement.
Liz Cheney additionally endorsed Colin Allred, the Democratic nominee difficult Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate in Texas.
Watch the total interview right here.
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, predicts the GOP will lose the Home
The comparatively centrist Republican who has routinely spoken out in opposition to his personal social gathering instructed the GOP majority has failed to deal with individuals’s on a regular basis considerations.
“What is frustrating me is, I firmly believe that House Republicans are going to lose the majority. And we’re going to lose it because of ourselves,” he stated in an interview with Punchbowl Information’ Jake Sherman. “We’re getting outraised. We’re getting outspent.” He added that the messaging from Democrats “is at a different level than where we’re at.”
U.S. Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blasts Texas’ immigration insurance policies
“This is the first time in my 20 to 22 years of government service that I see a state act in direct contravention of national interests,” Mayorkas advised Laura Barrón-López, the White Home Correspondent for PBS Information Hour.
Learn extra right here and watch the total interview right here.
Challengers to Home Speaker Dade Phelan current a united entrance
Reps. Tom Oliverson and Shelby Slawson, each members of Home Republican management, grew to become the primary two candidates to problem Phelan’s speakership this election cycle. They argued that the speaker’s race is about reforming the Home after bruising battles with the state’s high Republicans and the conservative grassroots.
“It’s time for change in the Texas House and not little change,” Oliverson advised the Tribune’s Zach Despart. “It’s time for big change.”
Learn extra right here.
Glenn Youngkin says inflation will determine the 2024 presidential election
The Republican governor from Virginia stated Saturday that inflation would be the high subject for voters this November and his state could possibly be winnable for former President Donald Trump.
“Is it going to be a lift?” he stated. “Yes, but it is competitive.”
Youngkin stated Vice President Kamala Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, could be dangerous for the financial system as a result of she wouldn’t renew the tax cuts made below Trump’s earlier administration.
“We’ve watched an economy where the brakes come on,” Youngkin stated. “The reality, of course, is that the Biden-Harris administration unleashed unfettered spending that drives inflation.”
Learn extra and watch the total interview right here.
Colin Allred defends his marketing campaign from frightened progressives
Talking at The Texas Tribune Pageant with The Bulwark’s Tim Miller, Allred’s feedback have been in response to a latest evaluation by Beto O’Rourke that Allred ought to have “more unscripted moments, more connecting with people.”
“We’ve got a great state and a massive state, and last month, we’ve done 50 stops in 22 cities,” Allred stated. “We also have to have resources to make sure we communicate in the biggest media markets in the country, and also in markets in places that are completely siloed from each other.”
Allred stated “it is a challenge in terms of making sure you can get the message out” as a result of state’s dimension.
“What happens in Houston, nobody knows about Dallas, by and large. What happens in Austin, it’s unknown to El Paso,” Allred stated.
Watch the total interview right here and browse extra right here.
Gretchen Whitmer decries political violence in opposition to each events
The Michigan governor blamed former President Donald Trump for fomenting the divisiveness that led to the 2020 kidnapping plot in opposition to her. However after an assassination try on Trump earlier this yr, Whitmer stated it was on members of each events to name out political violence.
“When I saw the shooting in Pennsylvania, I was so grateful that he was not killed or hurt beyond the ear,” Whitmer stated Thursday at The Texas Tribune Pageant. “But it’s not okay all of a sudden to take on political violence and claim that it’s your opponent that’s stoking it. This has been fomenting in this country for too long, and it’s on every one of us for us to hold one another accountable, not just people across the aisle, but within our own parties, too.”
“Whether it’s against [Supreme Court Justice] Brett Kavanaugh or it is against Donald Trump or me and my colleagues, we all should be taking a stand and calling it out and demanding that there are repercussions for people that play those games,” Whitmer continued.
Watch the total interview and browse extra right here.
Nancy Pelosi warns of the stakes within the presidential election
Talking in regards to the upcoming presidential debate, Pelosi requested journalist Kara Swisher, “Do you think he’s gonna show up?”
“You know something I don’t know?” Swisher requested.
“I know cowardice when I see it,” she stated.
Watch the total interview right here.
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Pageant-goers file out of the Paramount Theatre after the pageant’s closing keynote on Sept. 7, 2024.
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The Texas Tribune’s signature occasion of the yr, The Texas Tribune Pageant, brings Texans nearer to politics, coverage and the day’s information from Texas and past. On Sept. 7, we wrapped our 2024 Pageant — three unforgettable days full of 100+ classes and occasions.
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