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Read More »Opinion | One Thing About Trump I Am Not Worried About
Senator JD Vance of Ohio finally has an answer for journalists who ask him who won the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump. Here is how my newsroom colleagues captured the scene: I am not going to explain, again, the sheer absurdity of Vance’s views, but his comment did get me …
Read More »Trump Hits Coachella, Campaigning Once Again in a Blue State
Both presidential campaigns agree that seven swing states are likely to determine the outcome of this year’s election. California, which has not voted for a Republican in a presidential race since 1988, is not one of them. But that did not prevent former President Donald J. Trump from heading there …
Read More »Opinion | Lawyers Should Not Assist Trump in a Potential Power Grab
As the presidential campaign begins its final sprint, Donald Trump has made crystal clear how he will respond if he loses. He will refuse to accept the results; he will make baseless claims of voter fraud; and he will turn, with even more ferocity than he did in 2020, to …
Read More »On the Trail, Vance Is Dogged by Questions About Trump’s Loss in 2020
Senator JD Vance of Ohio, who has faced renewed questions about the 2020 election since refusing at the vice-presidential debate this month to acknowledge that former President Donald J. Trump lost, falsely suggested on Saturday that the election had been “rigged.” “I think the election of 2020 had serious problems,” …
Read More »Opinion | This Election Will Need More Heroes
True political courage — the principled stand, the elevation of country over party pressure, the willingness to sacrifice a career to protect the common good — has become painfully rare in a polarized world. It deserves to be celebrated and nurtured whenever it appears, especially in defense of fundamental American …
Read More »Opinion | JD Vance’s Election Denialism Is Deepening
The first thing I thought of while watching Senator JD Vance of Ohio refuse to say whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election in a recent interview with this newspaper was “The Manchurian Candidate,” John Frankenheimer’s 1962 psychological thriller. The linchpin of “The Manchurian Candidate,” of course, is the …
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