Seth McLaughlin
Articles by Seth McLaughlin
Trump says coronavirus vaccine distribution starting in October
President Trump on Wednesday said the government is poised to begin distributing a coronavirus vaccine as soon as next month, potentially giving the country and his reelection campaign a shot in the arm Published September 16, 2020
Joe Biden backs mask mandate executive order
Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday that, if it is deemed within his scope of power as president, he would sign an executive order mandating masks across the United States as a way to slow the spread of the coronavirus and save lives. Published September 16, 2020
Biden: ‘I trust vaccines, I trust scientists, but I don’t trust Donald Trump’
Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday he will not let politics get in the way of the development and delivery of a coronavirus vaccine and warned that President Trump cannot be trusted to do the same. Published September 16, 2020
Joe Biden college campus support threatened by coronavirus
Biden backers fear their candidate could lose much of the campus-based youth support Democrats have come to count on in years past. Published September 15, 2020
Biden dings Trump as ‘climate arsonist’
Joseph R. Biden on Monday slammed President Trump's views on climate change, calling the Republican a "climate arsonist" and warning the wildfires raging in the West are a bigger threat to the nation's suburbs than immigration. Published September 14, 2020
Biden targets Black voters in new ads
Joseph R. Biden is wooing the Black vote in a series of ads his campaign released this week featuring barbershop talk focusing on the importance of voting and backing the Biden-Harris ticket. Published September 14, 2020
Joe Biden vies to win moral argument Hillary Clinton lost
Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden is trying to make sure the 2020 election isn't seen as a choice between the lesser of two evils. Published September 13, 2020
Biden top choice of 65-plus crowd: Poll
Joseph R. Biden is the preferred pick of seniors in the 2020 White House race, according to a Monmouth University survey that shows the Democrat with a 9-point lead over President Trump among registered voters and a 7-point lead among likely voters. Published September 10, 2020
President Trump deflects criticism, points finger at Woodward
President Trump said Thursday if Bob Woodward was so worried about the fallout from his decision to downplay the coronavirus then the veteran journalist should have sounded the alarm earlier on. Published September 10, 2020
Biden: Trump ‘lied’ about threat of coronavirus
Joseph R. Biden pounced on the news Wednesday that President Trump purposely downplayed the threat of the coronavirus in the pandemic's early stages, calling his conduct a "life and death betrayal of the American people." Published September 9, 2020
Trump campaign ad knocks Biden’s ‘shut it down’ economy comment
The Trump campaign got back into the TV ad wars Tuesday after ceding the airwaves to Joseph R. Biden in recent weeks, hitting the Democratic challenger for threatening to bring the president's "great American comeback" to a screeching halt by again shutting down the economy. Published September 8, 2020
Biden demands Trump apologize for reportedly disparaging service members
Joseph R. Biden said Friday if a recent report that President Trump called U.S. Marines who died in World War are "suckers" and "losers" is true that he should apologize to the members of the military and their families. Published September 4, 2020
Donald Trump favored to beat Joe Biden, bookies say, as ‘law and order’ message resonates
Joseph R. Biden is assuming a bigger presence on the campaign trail, shifting away from his basement-dwelling strategy in a tightening race with President Trump roughly two months from Election Day. Published September 2, 2020
Pete Buttigieg: Vote for Joe Biden is vote for progress
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said the 2020 election is a chance to celebrate and vote for the nation's more inclusive nature. Published August 20, 2020
Donald Trump love, hatred drives competing ‘enthusiasm gap’ claims
President Trump and Democrats alike can claim voter enthusiasm is on their side -- the polling data, after all, cuts both ways -- but the clear trend indicates the energy in the 2020 electorate is either pro-Trump or anti-Trump. Joseph R. Biden is an afterthought. Published August 20, 2020
Hillary Clinton warns: ‘Joe and Kamala can win by 3 million votes and still lose’
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged voters to learn from her experience that winning the most votes doesn't mean winning The White House. Published August 19, 2020
Hillary Clinton warns Democrats against ‘another woulda coulda shoulda election’
Hillary Clinton wants voters to have a greater sense of urgency about the presidential election this fall after President Trump got the best of her four years ago. Published August 19, 2020
Democrats riding high heading into home stretch — just like in 2016
Democrats are feeling good about their chances of winning the White House and scoring a decisive blow against Trumpism in November, as they ride high in the polls and are led by one of the party's more battle-tested veterans. Published August 19, 2020
Calamari stars in Rhode Island DNC roll call
Rhode Island Democrats didn't miss the chance to plug their favorite seafood appetizer during the virtual roll call vote at the Democratic national convention, promoting the "Calamari Comeback!" alongside, well, a giant plate of calamari. Published August 18, 2020
Bill Clinton zings Donald Trump in DNC speech
Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday cast the race for the White House as a choice between a tweeter-in-chief who refuses to take responsibility in President Trump or a "get the job done guy" in Joseph R. Biden. Published August 18, 2020
