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Kellyanne Conway coy on special prosecutor for Hillary Clinton

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Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump‘s campaign manager, appeared to leave the door open as to whether the president-elect would make good on his promise to name a special prosecutor to investigate Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Conway appeared Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. Early Wednesday, Trump — the real estate tycoon-turned-reality TV star — captured 276 electoral college votes, more than the 270 needed to win the White House. “We did not discuss (a special prosecutor) last night since his victory, and he certainly didn’t address…

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Chris Christie says he ‘can’t control’ Trump campaign

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Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he’s just a “surrogate” who’s not “in control” of Donald Trump or his campaign. Christie, who unsuccessfully ran for president and now supports Trump as GOP nominee, spoke with NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell Monday. The interview ran Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. O’Donnell asked Christie, “Are you proud of the campaign he’s running?” The two-term governor didn’t answer directly. “Listen, it’s — for me, the person who needs most to be concerned about the kind of campaign…

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Mike Pence says Donald Trump remorseful over lewd comments

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Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence says he “believe(s) in redemption” and thought Donald Trump “express(ed) genuine contrition and remorse” over his taped lewd remarks about women. Pence, the governor of Indiana, spoke with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle on Monday morning. Last week, a tape from 2005 leaked in which GOP presidential nominee Trump can be heard bragging about how his fame allowed him to “do anything” to women. During Sunday’s debate, however, Trump denied he had kissed and groped women…

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David Jolly embraces his independence from Washington in new TV ad featuring him with a dog

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Harry Truman once said if you wanted a friend in Washington, “get a dog.” In a creative twist on that famous phrase, David Jolly is emphasizing his political independence in his first television ad in his bid for re-election to Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Jolly has been derided by officials from the National Republican Congressional Campaign after he went on “60 Minutes” this spring to speak about the STOP Act, his proposal that would ban federal office holders from raising campaign contributions. The…

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The Donald Trump campaign’s ground game gets going in Hillsborough County

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Though it’s been criticized for a lack of an organization in the Sunshine State, the Donald Trump campaign isn’t in terrible shape, if you go by the most recent public opinion polls. Post-Labor Day, the campaign seems to be getting more focused in Hillsborough County, with a slate of events designed to knock on doors of registered Republicans and sign up new voters before the Oct. 11 registration deadline for the Nov. 8 election. The Trump campaign will host a training…

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Jeff Brandes disagrees with Al Sharpton’s critique of Amendment 4

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Unlike that other solar power constitutional amendment that Floridians will decide on in the fall, seemingly everyone supports Amendment Four, the only ballot measure on this month’s primary ballot. Virtually everyone that is, except Al Sharpton. The New York City-based activist and MSNBC host bashed the measure while making an appearance last week in Opa-Locka. Amendment Four would create a tax exemption for businesses who use solar power, the same type of exemption that homeowners have enjoyed when using solar for the…

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Joe Henderson: Making America afraid again

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It was a dark and stormy night … That oft-mocked opening to novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1830 work “Paul Clifford” – hey, no plagiarizing here; I give credit – seems to have inspired Donald Trump’s downbeat vision of America today. Shining city on a hill? More like Dracula’s castle at the bottom of a deep ravine. What Trump was really trying to do was Make America Afraid Again in his acceptance speech Thursday night to close the Republican convention. After planting that…

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