Second to last stop of the day here for Tim Ryan in Medina, solid turnout at around 100
This flag is a bit of a hit at the Ryan rally
The Medina Dems are plugging an election night watch party with “free pizza, beer, and pop.”
Rally is on a delay because Ryan is running late
more merch variety
Ryan supporters try to get a chant going for the candidate’s walkup #OHsen
Ryan really gets the crowd going by saying “now we’re kicking JD’s ass” after the debates and Fox News town hall, going into his JD Vance teenage son metaphor now #OHsen
Ryan has really smoothed out this bit on the stump, which allows him to name drop MTG, Alex Jones, and DeSantis in a quasi call-and-response type deal. Very effective at getting the crowd into it
These guys on motorcycles keep circling the rally and just about all the attendees seem pretty on edge about it
Ryan invokes Bobby Kennedy at the rally after promising to shock the world and win Ohio
Ryan gets mobbed after his speech, which ended on a rallying cry to “put a dent” in the longstanding GOP stronghold of Medina. The only Dem elected official in this county is the auditor (who was MCing the event) #OHsen
Also in attendance: Steve Schmidt
Ryan says Schmidt is a longtime friend of his, would not get into specifics when I asked about his presence
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SCOOP: Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
Paid canvassers in Michigan were hauled into a U-Haul van with no rear seating, threatened with money being withheld for their motel rooms & more @WIRED wired.com/story/elon-mus…
This is just a wild one, no other way to put it.
Per video obtained by @WIRED, door knockers for a subcontractor of Elon Musk's America PAC sat on the floor of a moving van with no seats (or seatbelts, obv), separated from their driver by a metal cage. wired.com/story/elon-mus…
@WIRED Then there are the threats, not to mention the quite stringent job expectations/rules. This is what it's like to be a part of Elon Musk's field organizing operation:
Trump goes on this tangent about the Lincoln bedroom about 8 minutes into the Joe Rogan interview, and at one point Rogan has to cut in to say he has no idea who Trump is talking about (after comparing Abe Lincoln and Robert E Lee to prize fighters).
The exchange on Robert E Lee and the unnamed MMA fighters starts here:
Right before that, Trump was something approaching emotionally vulnerable when talking about the death of Lincoln’s son. But then we somehow ended up with whatever that was
New — Ex-DeSantis staffers and those involved in planning his book tour/pre-campaign events describe long standing issues over his soft skills coming to the fore as he hits the road.
A feedback loop has begun forming around DeSantis, with early primary state campaign venues trying to cater to his aversion to the press and unpredictable interactions with the public. But they still don't know exactly what he wants.
The pudding incident, which former DeSantis staffers describe as a common instance of him not reading the room (in this case, a very intimate flight cabin): thedailybeast.com/the-republican…
On the Yang "Forward Party" platform, gonna do a separate thread here on the descriptions of the 6 components/slogans. 1/ businessinsider.com/andrew-yang-ne…
Ranked choice voting & open primaries:
"Party primaries disenfranchise the majority of voters. In 80 percent of cases the general election is essentially a foreordained conclusion. Non-major-party candidates are regarded as a “waste” of a vote and can never compete..." 2/
More on RCV:
"Candidates spend millions trashing their lone opponent, making us all more cynical. Ranked choice voting better captures voters’ true preferences and
enables a more dynamic and truly representative democracy while addressing all of these problems." 3/
Scooplet — @AndrewYang's third party has a name "The Forward Party." Comes in the final chapter of his forthcoming book, a copy of which was obtained by Insider. businessinsider.com/andrew-yang-ne…
@AndrewYang "The two sides will be trapped in a war that both sides win—they will still be hovering in one of the most affluent areas in the country trading power—but the people will lose," Yang writes in the chapter about the new party. businessinsider.com/andrew-yang-ne…