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WASHINGTON 鈥?President Donald Trump announced Thursday stanley cup that Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Democrat who broke with his party to vote against Trump impeachment, is officially switching parties and becoming a Republican. Jeff will be joining the Republican Party, Trump announced during an Oval Office event with Van Drew, who broke the news to his staff over the stanley cup weekend, prompting widespread resignations. It a big deal. Van Drew on Wednesday broke with his party and voted against impeaching Trump 鈥?a move that bolstered GOP attempts to depict Democrats as divided on the matter. Republicans voted unanimously against it. I believe that this is just a better fit for me, Van Drew said of his decision, telling Trump that the final straw had been a meeting with a local Democratic Party county chairman who threatened to destroy him if he voted with Republicans on impeachment.WATCH: PBS NewsHour POLITICO Democratic Debate This is who I am, it who I always was, but there was more tolerance of moderate Democrats, of Blue Dog Democrats, of conservative Democrats, said Van Drew, and I think that going away.Trump, reveling in the decision, offered his support and announced that he is endorsing Van Drew for reelection, calling him a tremendous asset for the party.Van Drew later told reporters on the Hill that, in any primary, when you have a president supporting you, it is helpful, stanley cup for sure. Democratic House Speaker Na Lufo Pentagon to send 130 more military advisers to Iraq
UNITED NATIONS AP 鈥?President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the international body with its war in Ukraine as he summoned nation af1 s around the globe to stand firm in backing the Ukrainian resistance.Watch Biden remarks in the player above.Delivering a forceful condemnation of Russia seven-month invasion, Biden said reports of Russian abuses against civilians and its efforts to erase Ukraine and its culture should make your blood run cold. He referenced President Vladimir Putin announcement Wednesday nike dunk that he had ordered聽a partial mobilization of reservists,聽a deeply unpopular step that sparked protests in Russia. And Biden said Putins new nuclear threats against Europe showed reckless disregard for Russia responsibilities as a signer of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.He criticized Russia for scheduling sham referenda this week in territory it has forcibly seized in Ukraine. A permanent member of the U..N Security Council invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase a sovereign state from af1 the map. Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the U.N. charter, he told his U.N. audience.Biden called on all nations, whether democracies or autocracies, to speak out against Russia brutal, needless war and to bolster Ukraine effort to defend itself. We will stand in solidarity against Russias aggression, perio |
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