The timing, days after a mass shooting at Seattle Center, was not ideal. Either way, the decision is made. What the mayor does next will define her stewardship of public safety.
In reality, Trump loves a communist, Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, in particular. As Trump once said, “I love China... I respect China greatly. I very much respect President Xi. Xi’s for China, I’m for the US, but other than that we love each other.”
Republican Trevor Potter, former chair of the Federal Election Commission, charged that Trump is fixated on his claim that he didn’t lose. Potter said, “It feels like Captain Ahab in pursuit of Moby Dick.”
A Republican upset this fall would be the first crack in Senate Democrats’ recent run of Trump-era success — one the Washington GOP is sure to parse over with a proverbial magnifying glass.