by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, July 21. Also, check out what reporter Graham Moomaw tweeted as “Angry Ken Cuccinelli escorting Heidi Cruz out as Trump supporters yell at her.”
- Attempt for unity falls short as Cruz upstages Pence (“Sen. Ted Cruz’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump — and the ruckus it caused as delegates jeered — showed that many party stalwarts have not reconciled themselves to having the mogul as their standard-bearer.”)
- Media Stunned As Cruz’s Non-Endorsement Tears Apart RNC Convention: “What A Disaster” (“Media Note Cruz ‘Body Slammed’ Trump’s Convention And ‘Ruined’ The Night”)
- Cruz knew his comments could cause a scene (“‘Vote your conscience,’ Sen. Ted Cruz told delegates who, in turn, began booing as it became clear the senator would not endorse Trump.”)
- During speech, Pence misses the mark by taking Clinton’s quotes out of context
- Trump undercut key foreign policy commitments just before Pence pledged to uphold them
- “NATO RIP”: Journalists Horrified By Trump Waffling On Security Guarantees
- Republicans debate: Kill Hillary, or merely jail her (This party – particularly Trump supporters – is completely deranged and utterly unfit to hold public office of any kind.)
- Republicans in Chaos Must Decide Whether to Elect a Madman
- Trump and the GOP have snuffed out the party of Lincoln (Actually, that was snuffed out a looong time ago.)
- Donald Trump’s dreadful show in Cleveland (“At the GOP convention, Democrats are not just criticized — they’re demonized.”)
- Newt Gingrich has turned Islamophobia into an art (Gingrich is a frothing-at-the-mouth bigot.)
- Memo to Republicans: Democracies don’t lock up political opponents (“The GOP’s convention attacks on Hillary Clinton are divorced from reality.”)
- Little sympathy for black shooting victims at GOP convention (Empathy, compassion, and even tolerance are absent from this crazy convention-from-hell.)
- Ted Turns the Tables on Trump. Hard. (“He affirmatively not only refused to endorse Trump but exhorted fellow Republicans not to vote for Trump.”)
- Ted Cruz is betting Trump will lose disastrously in November and he can pick up the pieces (“Let’s dispel with this fiction that Ted Cruz doesn’t know what he’s doing. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he’s doing.”)
- Ted Cruz just humiliated Donald Trump by refusing to endorse him during his convention speech
- Trump supporters taunt Heidi Cruz at Republican convention (“A visibly angry Ken Cuccinelli helped escort Texas senator’s wife from her seat.”)
- Editorial: This is not your father’s Republican convention. It’s Donald Trump’s
- Cruz Speech Lays Bare Cracks in G.O.P. (“Senator Refuses to Endorse Trump and Is Shouted Down”)
- The G.O.P.’s Surreal Diversity Show (“‘A Hispanic engagement tour’ is as ridiculous as Trump’s attacks on Latinos have been unjust.”)
- What Republicans Really Think About Trump (“Republican senators suddenly are busy fishing, mowing the lawn or hiking the Grand Canyon; conservative celebrities mostly sent regrets. This vacuum reflects the horror that many leading conservatives feel for their new nominee.”)
- Making America Safe for Whom? (“Oh, to what depths has the Grand Old Party descended?” The abyss.)
- Rick Scott Discussed Orlando During His RNC Speech. He Didn’t Mention The LGBT Community Or Guns.
- Trump Adviser Calls For Hillary Clinton’s Execution (Trump’s candidacy has led the most despicable creatures in America to crawl out from under their slimy rocks.)
- White Nationalists Love Trump’s Convention: “GOP Is Becoming The De Facto White Party” (“Melania Trump Speech Controversy Blamed On ‘Filthy Kike Media'”)
- Texas’ Voter ID Law Struck Down By An Extraordinarily Conservative Appeals Court
- Ted Cruz Says Building Trump’s Wall Is Like Fighting Slavery and Jim Crow (Just to remind everyone how demented Ted Cruz is — no better than Trump in many ways, worse in some.))
- Gross Displays of Misogyny at the GOP Convention (How can any woman vote for Trump? Got me.)
- Grifting USA: Snake oil salespeople rule the stage at the RNC (“Trump is a con man, so it’s no surprise that his campaign studded the speaker’s list with disreputable people”)
- Environmental demands deserve scrutiny (I’m including this one simply as another illustration of how horrible the Republican Times-Disgrace’s right-wing, anti-environment editorial board is.)
- Schapiro: Don’t underestimate Tim Kaine, say ex-foes Jerry Kilgore, George Allen
- In Fairfax Tim Kaine deflects the VP buzz with humor
- Loudoun prosecutor sues Virginia Gov. McAuliffe for list of restored felons
- Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says no wrongdoing found by outside investigators
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Doubts surrounding Mitchell’s death is jail’s fault
- Arlington’s historic Fire Station 8 to be rebuilt where it has been for 98 years (“The County Board also agrees to allow federal explosion-detection sensors.”)
- Mayor Signer and U.Va. President Sullivan appointed to Governor’s administration (“Signer and Sullivan to serve on boards to improve Virginia’s economy”)
- Confusing ‘proprietary’ FOIA exemption proves tricky to change
- Heat returns today; scorching Friday to Monday
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