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Trump heads to Iowa hoping to refocus attention from shootings to the economy : NPR

Trump heads to Iowa hoping to refocus attention from shootings to the economy : NPR

President Trump arrives at Reagan Washington National Airport. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump is heading on Tuesday to Iowa, where he’s looking to change the subject to his economic agenda as his administration faces growing backlash over his immigration crackdown in Minnesota. More Republicans are calling for an investigation after a second U.S. citizen was shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis. The president is expected to tour a local business and give a speech on energy and the economy. His chief of staff, Susie Wiles, says the trip is the beginning of what will eventually be weekly travel across the U.S. in support of Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections. But Trump is unlikely to escape the controversy surrounding his administration’s immigration tactics in Minneapolis. “The primary news story at the moment isn’t just the ICE-related shooting. It’s the response to the ICE-related shooting,” said Ryan Williams, a veteran Republican strategist who helped lead Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. “That’s what’s going to be the focus. And the president …

Cameron Kasky, Parkland Survivor and Congressional Hopeful, Wants to Refocus the Democrats

Cameron Kasky, Parkland Survivor and Congressional Hopeful, Wants to Refocus the Democrats

Which one? Andrew Schulz. Andrew Schulz was a MAGA-friendly bro and he was saying MAGA-friendly things, warming up his audience to MAGA, and then Pete Buttigieg and Zohran Mamdani, two Democrats who are extremely different on almost all of the issues, both went on Schulz’s podcast, talked to him, and got him to say, Wait, you guys are making sense. It seems like you guys are focused on what’s actually going to benefit the lives of Americans. We’ve been speaking long enough for you to know now that one of the places where I need to hone my abilities is, I need to get better at giving shorter answers. But one of my opinions on the social media game is, attention is great, clicks are great, views are great, but what matters is the substance. I do not want to win the social media game by making the most attention-grabbing videos. I want to win the social media game by posting content that educates and informs not only the voters in my district, but also …