When Donald Trump heads to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio in July, he is likely to have the popular vote and the Electoral College lead ahead of his two opponents--Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, but that does not mean he will clinch the nomination.
Donald Trump's xenophobic comments against Mexicans and Muslims is starting to leave a bad taste in the mouths of some donors to the Republican National Convention. The New York Times is reporting that Coca-Cola has decided against matching the $660,000 it gave the RNC for the 2012 Republican convention, "deciding to donate only $75,000 for this year and indicating that it does not plan to provide more."
In an effort to recruit Democratic-leaning Black and urban voters, the Republican National Committee has launched a four-week Ohio campaign that will focus on outreach and mobilization ahead of the November 2016 presidential election, reports Cleveland.com. The campaign, called “#CommittedToCommunity: Engage, Empower, Uplift,” is slated to end Aug. 6, the date of the first GOP […]
Fifty-eight years ago today, Rosa Parks, then 43-years-old, became a lightening rod for the Civil Rights Movement when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Apparently, that singular act ended racism. Yes, the Civil Rights Movement that followed Parks’ courageous act — which itself followed […]
Former Secretary of State in the Bush 43 Administration, Condoleeza Rice, was thoroughly vetted to be the vice-presidential running mate for GOP presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. According to RadarOnline, she was rejected because of her moderate/liberal political stances on key social issues. SEE ALSO: See NewsOne’s 6-Point Political Agenda For Black America “Condi was fully vetted to become Mitt […]
Comedian Bill Maher may be an avid political and financial supporter of President Barack Obama, but he still found the rambling “sit down” that octogenarian Clint Eastwood gave the POTUS, via an empty chair at the RNC, funny, reports Politico.com. SEE ALSO: See NewsOne’s 6-Point Political Agenda For Black America The ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ host said that […]
As soon as Paul Ryan (pictured) was officially unveiled as Mitt Romney’s choice for vice president, conservatives swarmed in to set the narrative that the Wisconsin congressman was a serious thinker of great integrity, audacious enough to give the country the hard truths in order to save the very idea of America. How successful have […]
Former MSNBC and Current TV anchor, David Shuster, tweeted an incident that occurred at the Republican National Convention that perfectly captured the racial, classist and elitist undertones of the entire scripted affair, reports TalkingPointsMemo.com. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! See tweet below: Though CNN initially refused to fully address the […]
If you’re one those Black Americans who has asked yourself, “What has the Republican National Committee done for me lately?” look no further than their support of GOP presidential candidate, Mitt “Mittens” Romney, reports TalkingPointsMemo.com. RELATED: It’s Official: Romney Taps Paul Ryan As His Running Mate [VIDEO] In response to former RNC chairperson Michael “Hip-Hop Hooray” Steele’s […]
Top Republican strategists claim that President Barack Obama ran as a “metrosexual, Black, Abe Lincoln during his historical race for the White House in 2008. This, according to a 54-page, $10 million proposal titled “The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts Plan to End His Spending for Good, ” reports the New York Times. Joe […]
OXON HILL, Md. – GOP Chairman Michael Steele has dropped his re-election bid after falling behind in balloting for the leadership of the Republican National Committee.
Ken Mehlman, who headed the Republican National Committee between 2005 and 2007, has come out in an interview with the Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder: Mehlman arrived at this conclusion about his identity fairly recently, he said in an interview. He agreed to answer a reporter’s questions, he said, because, now in private life, he wants to become […]
