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Donald Trump’s bizarre town hall last week that turned into a 40-minute dance party was part of a “great week” the former president had on the campaign trail, a comment made by an ex-Trump adviser that prompted laughter on CNN Monday night.

The moment came during “The Source” with anchor Kaitlin Collins when longtime Trump supporter David Urban told the panel that included former Obama White House official Van Jones that the Trump campaign feels good because “they had a great week last week.”

“I know we have this skewed view here of how you want to see the world in anti-Trump terms,” Urban said as Jones, seated directly next to him, burst out in laughter before breaking out in dance gestures with his hands to mock Trump.

“That’s a great week?” he said with a laugh.

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Urban went on to reference the crowds outside of the Pennsylvania McDonald’s location that Trump visited Monday as a sign that enthusiasm for the former president’s campaign is soaring, which he claimed isn’t the same for Vice President Kamala Harris.

“The enthusiasm for Donald Trump during this campaign is – to paraphrase Spinal Tap an 11 – right? It is unprecedented.”

But Jones couldn’t help but circle back to Trump’s awkward dance routine.

“What I’m telling you is when your candidates up there and doing this for 40 minutes,” Jones said while again making dance gestures with his hands and chuckling.

“People love him,” Urban said with a smile.

“Yeah crazy people,” Jones quickly responded as the two continued the jovial exchange. “People who are insane. Nobody loved that. The people who were on stage did not love that – it was not good.”

“They loved it, I’m telling you they loved it,” Urban insisted.

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The president of the United Auto Workers slammed former President Donald Trump's visit to a Pennsylvania McDonald's, calling it a "joke" on CNN and saying Trump was simply playing "dress-up."

Trump visited the fast food chain in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday, working the fry station of the McDonald's, which was closed to the public during his visit. During the roughly 30-minute event, he took questions from customers through the drive-through window.

But Shawn Fain, head of the UAW, wasn't impressed, telling CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, "I think it's a joke and I think most voters see it that way."

"Let's be real," he said. "Donald Trump wants to play pretend and put on a show and play dress up and act like he understands what working-class people go through, what fast food workers go through."

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The reality, he noted, is the eatery was closed to the public.

"It was franchisees and campaign supporters that were screened and allowed to be customers," said Fain.

He added: "This is not the life of a McDonald's worker," noting they work at a furious pace to clear people through the line and make the company money, all at "poverty wages."

"To me, it's a slam and it's an insult to people that have to do that work every day that are trying to pay the bills at the end of the week and that's their biggest fear is getting their bills paid," said Fain. "Trump doesn't understand that. So I think that whole charade was a joke."

On the contrary, he said, Vice President Kamala Harris knows what it's like to struggle, said Fain.

"Really to me [that's] one of the distinct differences between these two candidates," he said.

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Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has a few choice words to say about Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and his loyalty to former President Donald Trump.

Cheney, who was ultimately kicked out of the House GOP over her criticisms of the former president and vote to impeach him, gave the remarks at a forum with anti-Trump conservative commentator Charlie Sykes, both of whom were hosting an event Monday for Vice President Kamala Harris in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

"Congresswoman Cheney, you know how hard this is, though," said Sykes. "You know how hard it is to break away from tribal loyalty, to do something you haven't done before. So I'd like you to address that as well. Lindsey Graham was on television yesterday, saying, what are you never-Trump Republicans, what are you thinking of? How could you possibly do all of this?"

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Graham is tapping into something real, Sykes said.

"There are a lot of people who are listening to us who may be disillusioned with what's happening with the Republican Party, but they don't — they're afraid of paying the price. Because there is a cost to all of this. What do you say to those Americans?"

"Well, don't listen to Lindsey Graham, for one," said Cheney. "It's good life advice, actually."

Graham proclaimed in 2016 that the GOP would get "destroyed" for hitching its wagon to Trump and would "deserve it" — only to become one of Trump's most outspoken supporters in the Senate. Even when confronted about Trump's threats to use the military on his political opponents in a recent interview, Graham downplayed it and said Trump will take a "success tour" not a "revenge tour."

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During the 1990s and 2000s, Republicans typically enjoyed double-digit victories in statewide races in Texas.

But in 2018, incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) defeated Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke by only 2 percent. And in 2024, Cruz has been warning fellow Republicans that a victory by Rep. Colin Allred (D-TS) cannot be ruled out.

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In a front-page editorial published on Sunday, Allred picked up an endorsement from the Dallas Morning News — Texas' largest daily newspaper.

The editorial criticized Cruz for promoting "the politics of division," noting that he "could have supported the peaceful transfer of power in the 2020 presidential election" but didn't.

The Morning News’ editorial board wrote, "He instead was the first senator to rise in objection to certifying the electoral vote and one of just six to do so. His actions were a catalyst for what became one of the worst days in our nation's history."

The day the Morning News was referring to was January 6, 2021, which found a mob of Donald Trump supporters violently attacking the U.S. Capitol Building in the hope of preventing Congress from certifying now-President Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.

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The editorial praised Allred's willingness to work with Republicans, arguing that the Texas congressman has "demonstrated over time that both the words and action of bipartisanship matter to him."

Costas Panagopoulos, who teaches political science at Northeastern University in Boston, believes that the Texas Senate race is very much in play for Allred.

According to Panagopoulos, recent polls "suggest the race is tied or even that Allred may be ahead."

Panagopoulos told Newsweek, "Texas voters have had reservations about Ted Cruz for years. He only squeaked by narrowly to win reelection in 2018."

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An Arizona County elections official has agreed to plead guilty after she refused to certify the 2022 election in which Kari Lake lost to Katie Hobbs.

The Washington Post reported Monday that Peggy Judd, who helps lead Cochise County southeast of Phoenix, was indicted last year for allegedly "flouting the state’s deadlines" for the 2022 election certification.

She and another Republican colleague, Thomas Crosby, were both charged with "conspiracy and interfering with an election officer."

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Judd now admits that she “knowingly” refused to perform her duty in failing to certify the election results by the Nov. 28, 2022 deadline, said the Post

“I voted to delay the canvass during a public Cochise County Board of Supervisors meeting. I knew that the canvass would be delayed if one other supervisor voted with me," Judd's statement read.

Judd is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and her lawyer told the judge that she hopes to complete her term in office and then, “Go on a mission and put this behind her.”

Read the full report here.

The Washington Post reported that Vice President Kamala Harris has a huge cash advantage over Donald Trump in the 2024 race after bringing in $1 billion in fewer than three months on the campaign trail.

Meanwhile, a political action committee (PAC) that has been largely funding Donald Trump's legal woes has run out of money — and owes more than it is bringing in.

"Save America, the leadership PAC that Trump has used to pay his legal bills and those of some of his associates, raised $1.4 million in September and spent $4 million, most of it on lawyers, demonstrating how the former president’s legal problems have continued to strain campaign resources," said the report.

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It has less than $2 million cash on hand with nearly $5 million in legal bills, the Post reported.

A March report showed that Trump was shelling out $90,000 a day in legal fees, but none of it was his own personal money. Instead, it came from donors and supporters.

Read the full report here.