7. The Democratic National Convention is the “final play”
- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) declared the July Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, her “final play” for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
- Warren’s campaign manager Roger Lau has predicted that Warren will receive delegates in “nearly every state in play on Super Tuesday,” adding that their “grassroots campaign is built to compete in every state and territory and ultimately prevail at the national convention in Milwaukee.”
6. Steyer, Buttigieg tap out
- Billionaire Tom Steyer has ended his presidential campaign after coming in third place with 11.8% in the South Carolina primary vote. Steyer spent $20 million in advertising throughout the state.
- Not long after Steyer ended his campaign, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg followed suit, but according to a senior campaign aide, Buttigieg “believes this is the right thing to do for our country, for our party and for Americans across the country eager to heal our divided nation, defeat this president and work to fix our broken politics.”
5. Doug Jones courts Soros and big-money donors from Europe
- U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) campaign is getting most of its support from outside of Alabama, but now he is seeking support from outside the United States as well. It turns out Jones made a trip to Europe to pick up checks from “Americans Abroad,” a group of well-off Americans who support his campaign. His campaign paid $3,500 for the excursion.
- Additionally, The People for the American Way have spent $42,459 in February alone supporting U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) reelection campaign through “membership email communications.” The group is connected to George Soros through his Foundation to Promote Open Society.
4. The war in Afghanistan gets closer to ending
- After 18 years, the Taliban and the United States of America have made an agreement that could end the war and lead to a massive withdrawal of American troops, but the deal is not a final peace accord and could come undone at any time.
- One of the principles of the agreement is the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners, but Afghanistan is not happy about that part, so the war that has cost $2 trillion dollars and American/coalition lives could continue.
3. Travel bans increase as coronavirus spreads
- President Donald Trump has announced a travel ban with Iran and more travel warnings about regions of Italy and South Korea due to the increasing number of cases of coronavirus. Trump said he’s considering closing the southern border to prevent further cases.
- As China seems to think they are starting to get this outbreak under control, there have been two deaths so far in the United States with more confirmed cases of the virus every day. Trump has said that more cases are “likely,” and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said they “want to lower the amount of travel to and from the most impacted areas.” He added, “This is a basic containment strategy.”
2. The primary is almost here so candidates are making their final pleas
- With just days before Alabama voters go to the polls, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was campaigning over the weekend explaining why he’s running for his old seat in the U.S. Senate.
- Sessions discussed how the “state’s financial interests” need to be protected by whoever is elected and emphasized his personal values and that they’re “exactly what America needs right now.” Sessions also addressed the issue of being labeled a “career politician,” saying that it “offends” and “irritates” him. Sessions went on to say that he knows “this state” and is “proud of this state.”
1. Biden has had his comeback moment
- In the South Carolina Democratic primary, former Vice President Joe Biden claimed his first victory, saying that “it starts a real comeback and we picked up a lot of delegates.” Biden gained 50% in South Carolina.
- In second place in the state, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has recently been thought of as the frontrunner, only got 18.9%, while billionaire Tom Steyer finished in third place with 11.8%.
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