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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy, by JD Vance (2017) |
Crippled America, by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury, by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed, by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump, by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad , by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe , by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold, by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime, by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Becoming, by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty, by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump, by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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2024 Vice Presidential debate: Senator JD Vance vs. Governor Tim Walz
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations from 2024 Vice Presidential debate: Gov. Tim Walz vs. Sen. JD Vance (number of quotes indicated):
- Donald Trump (2)
- JD Vance (15)
- Tim Walz (16)
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Citations for the vice-presidential debate, Oct. 1, 2024:
- Huffington Post, "Donald Trump Had An ALL-CAPS Meltdown On Truth Social During The Debate," by S.V. Date, Oct 2, 2024, (Link)
- CBS News, "Full VP debate transcript from the Walz-Vance showdown," by Stefan Becket, October 2, 2024, (Link)
- (coming soon, with more excerpts)
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OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Donald Trump: I would veto a national abortion ban.
JD Vance: Democracy is messy; let voters decide in each state.
Tim Walz: No registry of pregnancies; that's nobody else's business.
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Energy & Oil
JD Vance: We should produce as much energy as possible in the USA.
JD Vance: Build more clean energy, like nukes and natural gas.
Tim Walz: Let's harvest wind and produce more clean energy.
Tim Walz: Reducing our impact is absolutely critical on climate change.
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Families & Children
JD Vance: Promote choice, like neighborhood childcare.
Tim Walz: Paid medical leave will enhance our families and workplaces.
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Foreign Policy
Tim Walz: I am sometimes a knucklehead; I misspoke on Tiananmen.
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Free Trade
JD Vance: Cut taxes; we'll take a lot of money with tariffs on imports.
JD Vance: Experts lied about cheaper goods from offshoring.
Tim Walz: We need fair trading partners for soybeans and corn.
Tim Walz: Tariffs will add another $4000 in costs to families.
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Government Reform
JD Vance: Higher housing prices are due to government regulations.
Tim Walz: People think we can get rid of regulations; some are needed.
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Gun Control
JD Vance: Unfortunately, we have to increase security in our schools.
Tim Walz: Do you want your schools hardened to look like a fort?
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Health Care
JD Vance: Donald Trump salvaged ObamaCare in a bipartisan way.
Tim Walz: Trump repeatedly tried and failed to repeal ObamaCare.
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Immigration
JD Vance: Illegal migrants use CBP One app to apply for asylum .
Tim Walz: Matthew 25:40 applies to Haitian immigrants.
JD Vance: Make it harder for illegal aliens to undercut wages.
Tim Walz: Congress must enact immigration reform; Trump said "No".
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Principles & Values
Donald Trump: News media lying about 2020 election & Hunter Biden laptop.
JD Vance: The real threat to democracy is censorship, not Jan. 6.
Tim Walz: Jan 6 was not Facebook ads: it was overturning an election.
JD Vance: Censorship is bigger threat to democracy than Donald Trump.
Tim Walz: Democracy is bigger than winning an election.
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War & Peace
JD Vance: Trump deterred Iran; Biden-Harris unfroze $100B.
Tim Walz: Build coalition against Iranian nuclear weapons.
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Welfare & Poverty
JD Vance: Biden/Harris plan drove cost of housing higher by 60%.
Tim Walz: 3 million new houses proposed, under the Harris plan.
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The above quotations are from 2024 Vice Presidential debate: Senator JD Vance vs. Governor Tim Walz.
2023-24 Presidential primary debates:
- Fifth GOP primary debate, Jan. 10, 2024
- Fourth GOP primary debate, Dec. 6, 2023
- Third GOP primary debate, Nov. 8, 2023
- Second GOP primary debate, Sept. 27, 2023
- First GOP primary debate, Aug. 23, 2023
- 2023 Presidential primary Hopefuls early excerpts
- 2024 Presidential primary Hopefuls by OnTheIssues.org
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