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Hugh Hewitt: “2020 Election Isn’t Going To Be Close”

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt foresees a different 2020 presidential election than most liberal voters have in mind:
Hugh Hewitt

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt foresees a different 2020 presidential election than most liberal voters have in mind:

The 2020 election isn’t going to be close. This will come as news to #Resistance liberals, who are certain Trump will lose, because they dislike him so much.

They still haven’t figured out that 40 percent of the country love him and at least another 10 percent are very much committed to considering the alternative in comparison to Trump, not reflexively voting against him. That decile is doing very well in this economy.

Unemployment remains incredibly low. The markets are soaring. That’s not a given for the fall of 2020, but better to be soaring than falling 18 months out.

Hewitt is correct, to a degree.

While I’m immersed in politics on a daily basis, it’s important to note most Americans are not. They experience politics in terms of jobs, income and a healthy economy.

But, Hewitt’s crystal ball isn’t always accurate.

After just a year, his MSNBC show was cancelled in July 2018.

So, there you go…

(h/t JoeMyGod)

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News Round-Up: June 5, 2018

Some news items you might have missed:

• Instagram’s The Bear-Naked Chef (above) says he don’t need no #ChristianCake from the anti-gay baker in Colorado. Woofy Adrian De Berardinis can make his own dang cake.

• In the aftermath of yesterday’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of Colorado’s anti-gay Masterpiece Bake Shop, South Dakota state Rep. Michael Clark (R) says businesses should be able to turn away black folks if they want to.

• A new poll from Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that 72% of Americans believe that business owners should not be allowed to cite their religious beliefs as a justification for refusing LGBTQ customers.

• A man who used Grindr to drug and rape victims has been sentenced to 23 years in prison.

• During his most recent MSNBC program, conservative host Hugh Hewitt defended the anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom in its fight with Amazon. Hewitt failed to mention, however, that ADF is a major sponsor of his radio programs. #ConflictOfInterest

• Comic Michael Henry goes after that silly “thing” where straight guys can’t seem to say if another guy is good-looking because we might think they’re gay.

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News Round-Up: June 22, 2017

Javier Baez

Some news stories you might have missed:

• Check this sneak peek from the upcoming ESPN Body 2017 issue featuring hottie Chicago Cub Javier Baez. The issue is on newsstands July 7.

• Cincinnati plans to name a street after marriage equality plaintiff/hero Jim Obergefell and his deceased husband, Jim Arthur.

• Trans activist Janet Mock says “very privileged” Caitlyn Jenner is NOT a spokesperson for the trans community.

• Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt is getting his own show on MSNBC even as liberal hosts Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell lead the network in ratings. The good news, though, is out news anchor Thomas Roberts will now host a two hour news block on Saturday evenings from 7-9PM.

• Two years after SCOTUS made same-sex marriage the law of the land, Gallup reports that 10.2% of LGBT adults in the U.S. are married to a same-sex spouse, up from 7.9% before the ruling. Additionally, Gallup estimates 61% of same-sex, cohabiting couples in the U.S. are now married, up from 38% before the Obergefell ruling.

• Crystal Griner, the Capitol Police officer who took down the shooter at a Republican baseball practice threw out the first pitch yesterday at the Congressional Women’s softball game.