Sentences with phrase «states during the presidential campaign»

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It drew many comparisons to a moment when Republican Sen. Marco Rubio paused his rebuttal to the 2013 State of the Union to grab a water bottle, which Trump had mocked at length during the 2016 presidential campaign.

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump vowed to pull the United States out of the pact, tapping into a well of concern among his fellow Republicans that the United States» energy habits would be policed by the United Nations.

Christie is a former Republican - appointed United States attorney in New Jersey, and he cited that background time and again during his 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump has been critical of Muslims, calling during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign for a «total and complete shutdown» of Muslims entering the United States.

In July 2016, during the presidential campaign, when Comey publicly announced that Hillary Clinton should not be prosecuted for her email peccadilloes — but strongly criticized her behavior in setting up a private email server while in her role as US secretary of state — Trump did not complain that Department of Justice (DOJ) norms were being violated.

We covered it during the 2016 presidential campaign, when Donald Trump falsely accused former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of giving away U.S. uranium rights to the Russians and claimed — without evidence — that it was done in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Apple was a frequent target of Mr. Trump, who pledged that as president he would force the company to start making iPhones and Macs in the United States.

Trump had pledged during his presidential campaign that he would stop trade practices by China and other countries that he deemed unfair to the United States.

The daily devotions former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sent during the 2016 presidential campaign is being published by a minister.

G. K. Chesterton's famous description of the United States as «a nation with the soul of a church» was never more apt than during the 2000 presidential campaign.

It was introduced into New York politics, during the Presidential campaign of 1876, by the Republicans, and the idea has since been carried out by Democrats and Republicans alike in many other States.

Television ad slots have been scarce in contested states during election seasons before, but the combination of big - money super-PACs and the expectation that both presidential campaigns will spend heavily seems to be driving political actors to reserve time much earlier than usual.

Tobin, who ran for California Secretary of State in 2010 — garnering more than 214,000 votes as the Libertarian nominee — had served as Ralph Nader's national ballot access coordinator during the 2008 presidential campaign, a year when the feisty consumer activist, seeking the brass ring for the final time, appeared on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

Cuomo, who supported home - state candidate Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign, said he also raised concerns with Trump about the state's homelessness issue in New York City, as well as expanding housing programs.

Espaillat stated that his victory was an important one during an equally divisive presidential campaign.

During the presidential campaign, Reed was among Trump's earliest supporters from New York state.

On a state primary day, and during a hotly contested presidential campaign, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday issued a somewhat nonpartisan message to New Yorkers: Vote — or don't complain about the results.

A source in the APC confirmed that Buhari had earlier promised to support the former NBA President, who was one of the President's foot soldiers during the 2015 electioneering as a member of the presidential campaign committee, which was headed by the former Governor of Rivers State, now Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

During the 2008 Presidential election, he served as State Chairman of John McCain's campaign.

Reuters: «U.S. President Donald Trump's son - in - law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, seven current and former U.S. officials told Reuters.»

The New York Republican is using his newly created PAC, No American Debt, to launch an ad campaign in New Hampshire — home to the first presidential primary — and assailed President Obama during a speech in the Granite State, saying he «has the worst fiscal record of any President in the history of our country.»

She has generally opted to stay out of the spotlight, although she did campaign for her mother, now - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during her 2008 presidential campaign.

On a state primary day, and during a hotly contested presidential campaign, Governor Cuomo issued a somewhat non-partisan message to New Yorkers: vote, or don't complain about the results.

THE BRONX — State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., a Democrat who staunchly opposed gay marriage and invited conservative Republican Sen. Ted Cruz to the city during his presidential campaign, now hopes to represent The Bronx on the New York City Council.

Reports late in the campaign suggested that Dole suffered from Barack Obama's decision to aggressively contest North Carolina in the presidential election, [21] while Hagan received substantial support from independent 527 groups lobbying / advertising against Dole, [20] as well as the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, which spent more money in North Carolina than in any other state during the 2008 electioncampaign suggested that Dole suffered from Barack Obama's decision to aggressively contest North Carolina in the presidential election, [21] while Hagan received substantial support from independent 527 groups lobbying / advertising against Dole, [20] as well as the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, which spent more money in North Carolina than in any other state during the 2008 electionCampaign Committee, which spent more money in North Carolina than in any other state during the 2008 election season.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Imo State Governor, Achike Udenwa, for allegedly receiving N350m from the Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman, during the build - up to the 2015 presidential elections.

The Bishop further stated that politicians should live their lives just like Christ and shy away from hate speeches adding that «all presidential and parliamentary candidates should go back to study the Bible and know how Jesus Christ lived his life, Christ always talked with care and a cool heart, so I want all politicians to use Christ as role model and retire from using hate speeches during your campaigns.»

On a state primary day, and during a hotly contested presidential campaign Governor Cuomo issued a somewhat non-partisan message to New Yorkers - vote - or don't complain about the results.

Last week, Mr. Silver mounted a campaign against a move to hold New York's 2016 presidential primary on a date that falls during Passover, recruiting colleagues to sign a letter to the Democratic National Committee stating their opposition.

Prompted by the widespread Russian influence campaign that targeted nearly two dozen states during the 2016 presidential election and the proliferation of secretive political advertising on social media platforms like Facebook, Cuomo proposed and the state Legislature successfully passed the «Democracy Protection Act,» which prohibits foreign entities from creating independent expenditure committees or buying political ads, requires anyone who purchases an online political ad to register as an independent expenditure committee, and also requires online ads to include information about who paid for them, as is currently required of traditional media platforms.

Actors and political activists come together to take a long, hard look at the State of the Union during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election in this documentary, a follow - up to 1993's The Last Party, in which actor Robert Downey Jr. followed the 1992 presidentiPresidential election in this documentary, a follow - up to 1993's The Last Party, in which actor Robert Downey Jr. followed the 1992 presidentialpresidential campaign.

During the campaign, then - presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to respect state and local control of public education.

Rest assured that, should policy proposals be brought forward at the federal level that would attempt to undermine the rights of students - be they proposals to end protections for students created under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, eliminate protections for LGBT youth, or the creation of a registry targeted at the families of Muslim students, to name but three possible proposals aligning with statements made during the presidential campaign - CCSA and our hundreds of member schools across the state stand ready to partner with legislators in California to prevent any such threatening proposals from being enacted or enforced.

Yesterday, 375 members of the National Academy of Sciences, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, posted an open letter reviewing the basics of established climate science, decrying claims of hoax and hype spouted by Republicans during the presidential campaign and warning against the United States pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

As part of a targeted campaign based on geography and timing, Comcast was slated to air the ad on the Fox channel in Houston, Texas — right during the 2013 presidential State of the Union Address.

More than half of the United States saw Facebook posts tied to Russian trolls during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, while the Kremlin had ties to thousands of accounts on Twitter.