Election live updates: Biden focuses on equitably distributing coronavirus vaccine; Trump to aid House GOP
Senate Republicans block Democratic resolution calling for ‘end to using congressional resources to launder Russian disinformation’
On the Senate floor, Johnson objected to the Democratic resolution, defended his probe and said he was not relying on Russian disinformation. Democrats contend that the origins of Johnson’s investigation were rooted in Kremlin-backed disinformation. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Sen. Lindsey O. Graham locked in a tie with his Democratic challenger, former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Jaime Harrison, in his battle for a fourth term in the Senate.shows Graham and Harrison each winning the backing of 48 percent of likely voters in the state. The poll was conducted Sept. 10-14 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
The survey shows Trump with a slight lead over Biden in South Carolina, with 51 percent of likely voters supporting the president and 45 percent backing Biden. And despite the tie between Graham and Harrison in the poll, a majority of the state’s likely voters — 52 percent — said they want to see the Republican Party maintain control of the Senate in this year’s elections.Sen.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday defended Trump’s comments about face masks and declined to say whether any White House staffers have recently tested positive for the coronavirus, arguing that the information is private. McEnany was also asked repeatedly about Trump’s comment during an ABC News town hall Tuesday night that “there are a lot of people that think masks are not good,” a statement that appears to be at odds with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Felicia SonmezWhite House Chief of Staff Meadows says Trump will have a health-care plan by Election Day
“It’s more of an executive action with a legislative component,” he said. “We could have put something out a few weeks ago. … What I wanted to do is make sure that whatever we put out didn’t rely on Congress, so that’s the delay.”
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