Seth McLaughlin
Articles by Seth McLaughlin
Obama: Trump is ‘jealous of COVID’s media coverage’
Former President Barack Obama said Tuesday President Trump is "jealous of COVID's media coverage." Published October 27, 2020
Biden outlines closing argument in final ad blitz
Joseph R. Biden is closing out his presidential campaign with the same basic message that he started it, telling voters in a new television ad that "we are in a battle for the soul of the nation" and "character is on the ballot." Published October 27, 2020
Biden: Trump is ‘worst possible president’ to deal with coronavirus
Joseph R. Biden said Monday President Trump is the "worst possible president and worst possible person" to lead the country's response to the coronavirus, and said he isn't holding campaign rallies because he wants to prevent COVID-19 superspreader events. Published October 26, 2020
Jared Kushner blasted for saying Black Americans must ‘want to be successful’
The late-in-the-game battle for the hearts and minds of Black voters picked up speed Monday after Jared Kushner said the Black community has come to find President Trump isn't the boogeyman that Democrats and the mainstream media make him out to be. Published October 26, 2020
Trump says Biden would deliver ‘economic death sentence’ to Pennsylvania’s energy industry
President Trump barnstormed across Pennsylvania on Monday, telling voters that Democrat Joseph R. Biden's move way from the oil industry would be an "economic death sentence" for the state's natural-gas industry. Published October 26, 2020
Barack Obama heads to Orlando for Joe Biden
Former President Barack Obama is headed back to Florida on behalf of Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden a week out from the 2020 presidential election. Published October 26, 2020
Under fire, Biden vows ‘I am not banning fracking’
Seeking to stop the political bleeding, Joseph R. Biden struck out on the campaign trail Saturday in Pennsylvania, pushing back against President Trump's charge that he wants to bring the hammer down on the oil and gas industry in the state by banning fracking. Published October 24, 2020
Jill Biden: Pa. voters agree: ‘We all want to see the Patriots lose’
Jill Biden told her husband Joseph R. Biden's supporters in Pennsylvania Saturday that they may not agree on their favorite sports teams or their favorite gas stations, but they all have something in common: dislike for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Published October 24, 2020
Cory Booker: Donald Trump has not done more for Blacks than Abe Lincoln
Sen. Cory A. Booker says President Trump's insistence in the final presidential debate that he's done more for Black people than any president since Abraham Lincoln is a "lie." Published October 23, 2020
Rudy Giuliani ‘Russian pawn’ for disinformation, Joe Biden says
Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is being used as a "Russian pawn" to spread disinformation in an effort to influence the outcome of the 2020 election. Published October 22, 2020
Joe Biden bucks Bernie Sanders, far left on health care
Joseph R. Biden on Thursday distanced himself from the far-left of the Democratic Party in a very public way in the final debate of the 2020 presidential campaign. Published October 22, 2020
Barack Obama returns to campaign trail to support Joe Biden
Former President Barack Obama has returned with a fury to the campaign trail for his former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, embracing the roles of party savior, motivational speaker and champion. Published October 22, 2020
Trump favorite to have mic muted first in final debate: Oddsmakers
Political oddsmakers say President Trump is the odds-on favorite to get his microphone muted first in the final debate of the 2020 presidential campaign Thursday night. Published October 22, 2020
Obama to campaign for Biden in Miami
Former President Obama is headed to Florida over the weekend on behalf of his former right hand man, Joseph R. Biden. Published October 21, 2020
Obama rips Trump’s ‘reality show’ presidency in Philadelphia
Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday hit the campaign trail for the first time in person on behalf of Joseph R. Biden, traveling to the battleground state of Pennsylvania as part of the campaign's final get-out-the-vote push ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Published October 21, 2020
Trump, allies blast moderator, commission ahead of presidential debate
President Trump has been working the refs ahead of Thursday's presidential debate by attacking the format and NBC News moderator Kristen Welker, while signaling he plans to press Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden on his son Hunter's overseas business deals. Published October 21, 2020
Joe Biden’s leads in battleground states smaller than Hillary Clinton’s two weeks before election
Joseph R. Biden leads in most national and battleground polls entering the final two-week stretch of the presidential race, but that's no guarantee of victory on Election Day. Just ask Hillary Clinton. Published October 20, 2020
Trump enthusiasm edge over Biden may translate into win
President Trump is out to prove, as he did in 2016, that size does matter when it comes to drawing massive crowds to campaign rallies. It's an enthusiasm edge over Democratic challenger Joe Biden that Mr. Trump relishes. Published October 18, 2020
Biden blames Trump for ‘dog whistle’ in failed plot to kidnap Michigan governor
Joseph R. Biden said at a campaign stop Friday the men that plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were influenced by President Trump's call earlier this year to "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" Published October 16, 2020
Larry Hogan, Maryland governor, ‘voted for Ronald Reagan’ in 2020: Report
Count Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan among the GOP voters that just couldn't stomach the idea of voting for the leader of his party. Published October 16, 2020