Seth McLaughlin
Articles by Seth McLaughlin
Donald Trump questions Hillary Clinton’s temperament to be president
Donald Trump said Thursday the inspector general's findings challenging claims Hillary Clinton made about the use of a secret email server is more evidence that former secretary of state lacks the "temperament" to be president. Published May 26, 2016
Tea party group ‘endorses’ Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s re-election bid
Tea partiers have had so much success during Debbie Wasserman Schultz's tenure as head of the Democratic National Committee that they apparently want her to stick around. Published May 25, 2016
Donald Trump attacks ‘slime’ media, baby protesters at New Mexico rally
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday the blowback he has received after raising millions for military veterans earlier this year has exposed an ugly side of politics and the media. Published May 24, 2016
Donald Trump, RNC roll out team for joint fundraising effort
Likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee rolled out Tuesday a list of big-time fundraisers who will help raise cash for the fall elections, as the billionaire businessman takes another step away from the self-funded nature of his primary campaign. Published May 24, 2016
John Barrasso to lead RNC platform committee
Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming has been tapped to lead the platform committee at the Republican National Convention. Published May 24, 2016
Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton matchup set to test ‘size matters’ election adage
Separated by at least 7 inches in height, presidential contenders Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are set to test the adage that "size matters," according to researchers, who have found that voters, whether they acknowledge it or not, are often influenced by a candidate's physical stature and overall appearance. Published May 23, 2016
RNC has ‘zero’ concerns about Gary Johnson candidacy
The Republican National Committee is dismissing the idea that presumptive Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson's third-party candidacy could cut into Donald Trump's chances of winning the White House in the fall election. Published May 23, 2016
Bob Corker downplays VP talk amid Trump visit
Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Monday he has no reason to believe that Donald Trump is considering him as a possible running mate following a meeting with the presumptive GOP presidential nominee in New York City. Published May 23, 2016
Donald Trump: White House gig for Bill Clinton? Hillary probably looking to keep eye on him
Donald Trump theorized Friday that Hillary Clinton is interested in carving out a position for her husband, former President Bill Clinton, if she is elected president because she wants to keep him on a short leash. Published May 20, 2016
Donald Trump fires back at Robert Gates: ‘Not a big fan of his’
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump brushed aside concerns raised this week about his candidacy by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, saying he's "not a big fan" of Mr. Gates and that he "knows nothing about me." Published May 20, 2016
Donald Trump’s Mexico wall unlikely to be part of GOP party platform
Building a border wall has become the signature of Donald Trump's campaign, but some top GOP officials say it's doubtful his pledge will make it into the party's platform this summer, raising questions about just how much influence the Republican nominee will have over the agenda. Published May 18, 2016
NRSC ad: Hillary Clinton is burden on Democrats candidates
Republicans rolled out a television ad Wednesday that makes the case that Hillary Clinton will be a major drag on down-ticket Democrats in the November elections, describing the former first lady as the "living embodiment of everything people hate about politics." Published May 18, 2016
Mitt Romney blasts ‘fraud’ Donald Trump — 4 years after calling endorsement an ‘honor’
Mitt Romney is doing his darnedest to sink presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's chances of winning the White House in November, in what has turned into an untoward clash of really rich Republicans. Published May 17, 2016
Democratic governors look to cash in on Trump
The Democratic governors' campaign arm is hoping that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's positions on women's issues become a cash cow for their candidates running in the fall election. Published May 13, 2016
Donald Trump, Paul Ryan ‘totally committed’ to party unity after meeting
Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan emerged from a meeting Thursday declaring the GOP is coming together, but lawmakers continued to resist the billionaire businessman's unconventional agenda, and so far their main point of unity is a desire to beat Hillary Clinton in November. Published May 12, 2016
Paul Ryan, Donald Trump set for symbolic meeting
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump will meet Thursday for the first time since 2012. The political world will dissect every smoke signal sent from Thursday's meeting, but the mere fact that they are meeting is symbolically important. Published May 11, 2016
Donald Trump campaign ‘complete opposite’ of RNC’s 2016 blueprint
Donald Trump is not who GOP leaders imagined when they conducted their autopsy of what went wrong in the 2012 presidential election and laid out their path to retake the White House in 2016, beginning with a gentler approach to women and illegal immigrants. Published May 11, 2016
Mitt Romney: Donald Trump should be disqualified over refusal to release tax returns
Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, said businessman Donald Trump's refusal to release his tax returns should "disqualify" him from becoming president, and said there must be a "bombshell" in the New York billionaire's tax records. Published May 11, 2016
Donald Trump pulls even with Hillary Clinton in swing states Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled even with Hillary Clinton in polling in the key swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, as Republicans begin to coalesce around their presumptive nominee, beginning a six-month sprint to Election Day. Published May 10, 2016
West Virginia GOP voters feel ‘betrayed’ by Republican politicians
GOP voters handed Donald Trump another win in the West Virginia primary, and many said Republican in Washington have abandoned them. Published May 10, 2016