Michigan will hold its Republican and Democrat primaries on Tuesday, February 27th. Donald Trump currently leads Nikki Haley for the Republican nomination with 110 delegates to 20. Steven Shepard of Politico writes about Haley’s uphill battle: “In Tuesday’s Michigan primary, say Haley actually wins her first state and gets a majority of the delegates awarded, seven of 13. But the bulk of Michigan’s delegates, 39, will actually be awarded next weekend at a state convention, where Trump is expected to romp with the party insiders.” You can read more here: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/25/haley-path-nomination-impossible-00143205
Comedian Shane Gillis hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) this past weekend—doing an incredible Donald Trump impersonation in one segment. But was his impersonation better than SNL’s cast member James Austin Johnson. Rich and Henry think Johnson still has the edge, but Matt argues that Johnson should be disqualified for using the term “pastiche”—a word the real Trump would never use.
During an appearance on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) emphasized that Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents did not clear the president of criminal wrongdoing despite the media’s insistence that it did.
A CPAC straw poll asked conference attendees who they would like to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump select to be his Vice President. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy both received 15% of the vote. Former U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard finished third—receiving 9% of the vote. You can see the full results here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68388154