RNC chair says Talarico's GOP crossover hopes are a 'pipe dream': 'Nobody is going to follow him'

Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico needs to flip some Republican voters this November to win in the largest red state in the U.S., but his opponents are calling out claims of Republicans backing him as inauthentic, if not fraudulent.

"Any chance that Talarico has building any type of Republican coalition is a pipe dream for him," Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters told Fox News Digital in an interview. "Nobody is going to follow him. He’s completely out of touch with Texans."

Gruters' rebuke came after women voters interviewed on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" claimed to be Republican crossover supporters, only to have longstanding ties to Democrats and anti-President Donald Trump groups – not exactly people that would be voting for Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton in one of the Senate's biggest ticket races in the battle for the majority.

"The people that he had come out and say that they were on his team have been proven to be basically Democrat, liberal activists that have been supporting Democrat candidates for 10-plus years," Gruters continued.

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"I just don't believe it," Gruters said. "This is Kamala Harris' 'White Dudes for Kamala.' It just doesn't exist. It's a wannabe or an attempt at them to try to build some crossover support."

Talarico has emphasized building a broad coalition in his campaign, which says it intends to "go everywhere and talk to everyone" ahead of the November election.

But Republicans have seized on the political histories of some of Talarico's backers as evidence the outreach is less bipartisan than advertised.

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One of the women presented as a Republican mother supporting Talarico was identified in subsequent reporting as Mindy McClure. She has Federal Election Commission filings associated with her showing repeated ActBlue contributions benefiting Democratic candidates and political groups dating back to 2018, including Kamala Harris and The Lincoln Project – an anti-Trump political activist group.

"When you have policies like mutilating children, saying that God has six different genders and is non-binary and all this other stuff, you can't expect that Republicans are going to hop on and think that they're going to be on board to this liberal clown show that he's operating down there in Texas," Gruters said.

The primary-voting history of another woman featured in the campaign’s outreach was exposed by a record showing more participation in Democratic than Republican primaries.

When reached for comment Sunday, the Talarico campaign said the women have no official ties to the campaign, but the spokesperson pointed to the MSNBC interview, noting they had previously voted for Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott – one of which vowed to never do again.

Talarico has also showcased the support of former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, a longtime Republican who endorsed the Democrat at a recent campaign event.

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Whitley ran as a Republican judge, but his recent endorsements are on the left. The former county judge endorsed Democrat Mike Collier against Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in 2022 before backing Harris for president and Democrat Colin Allred for U.S. Senate in 2024. All those Democrats lost to Republicans, as did Beto O'Rourke to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by less than three points in 2018.

That history has given Republicans an opening to argue that Talarico is largely attracting voters who had already broken with GOP nominees before the current Senate contest.

"He's not Beto: Beto was actually a decent candidate, as liberal as he was," Gruters said, delivering his oft-used moniker to Talarico for his "freakish" policy positions in a campaign for Senate in the deeply conservative state. "This guy makes Beto look like a conservative.

"Tala-freako has no chance, because people aren't buying into the stuff that he's peddling."

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Texas is famously a state that Trump says votes on "God, guns and oil," so the RNC chair says those not on board with Trump or those staples are "not the right candidate for Texas" and "not the right candidates for the U.S. Senate" in the state.

"We don't need weak members," Gruters said. "We need strong MAGA warriors. And that's exactly what Ken Paxton will provide is he will bring: strength to the U.S. Senate on behalf of Texas and will represent them well."

Paxton survived a potential Texas state impeachment effort just about three years ago. Two of those Republican Texas State House impeachment managers that voted to impeach Paxton in an attempt that died in the state Senate are now campaigning for Paxton.

Republican State Rep. Jeff Leach introduced Paxton at an Allen, Texas, campaign rally last week, and state Rep. Briscoe Cain introduced Paxton at a Houston rally. Both are backing Paxton over Talarico.

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There had been some concern Paxton – endorsed by Trump – was not an ideal GOP nominee, having ousted sitting Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who was a four-term senator and won by nearly double digits in 2020. Cornyn was "a great U.S. senator for a long time," Gruters admitted, stopping short of saying whether Cornyn will stump for Paxton like those impeachment managers that have come home for him.

Fox News Digital reached out to Cornyn's office for comment.

"I think he is raising money right now for all the Republicans in the Senate, still hosting events, and so I don't know personally if he's come out and endorsed Ken Paxton yet, but I'm sure that he is still on board with making sure that we have the MAGA warriors in place to support the president's agenda moving forward," Gruters said.

The Trump endorsement is not undefeated in marquee Senate races, as Herschel Walker (Georgia) and Dr. Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania) lost in 2022 despite Trump's backing, but those key losses were by non-politicians that do not have Paxton's state-wide campaign infrastructure.

"You got to remember Ken Paxton won this state a couple of times in the general," Gruters added. "He won a primary against a strong incumbent [Cornyn] that's been there for a long time by a couple hundred thousand votes."

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Paxton told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" on Sunday that he has "outraised every Republican in the country," but he urged the Senate Leadership Fund – which has long-running ties to Senate incumbents like Cornyn – now-conservative billionaire Elon Musk and Trump's $800 million MAGA Inc. coffers need to help him keep the Senate seat.

"I'm trying to raise money during the summer in Texas, which is challenging, so we're hoping the Senate Leadership Fund, Elon Musk, President Trump come in now because we're trying to accumulate," Paxton told host Maria Bartiromo. "We're raising money for October right now and September, not now.

"We don't have the money for now. So that's allowed [Talarico] to just keep advertising that he's a moderate Democrat when he's, in reality, a socialist."

Despite long-running Democrat hopes and tens of millions of campaign spending to flip Cruz's seat, Gruters predicted this Paxton-Talarico race would not be the biggest dollar one of this cycle – that will wind up being North Carolina, he said.

"People want this race to be the biggest race in the country, but it really won't be because, at the end of the day, Paxton has proven time and time again that he's a winner – he's a winner in this state," Gruters said amid slow-moving funding for Paxton's campaign against the big Talarico Democrat dollars.

"Texas is ruby red. It's not going to go left and vote for somebody who wants to mutilate children, put boys in girls locker rooms and who, you know, says he has faith on Sunday then goes woke on Monday. It's just not going to happen. Texas is a hardcore Republican state.

"And so, yes, listen, a lot of money, Texas is a massive state, a lot of resources from California are pouring in because these California liberals like Tala-freako. But I don't think it's going to help him at the end of the day. Paxton is going to win this race."

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'Highlander' star Christopher Lambert hospitalized after collapsing at Steel City Con

"Highlander" star Christopher Lambert suffered a medical scare after collapsing at Steel City Con in Philadelphia during a meet and greet over the weekend.

The 69-year-old had to leave the convention due to a "personal issue," according to the event's Facebook page.

The French actor was subsequently taken to a local hospital by ambulance, according to TMZ.

A representative for Lambert told TMZ that the actor was "perfectly OK" and resting at his hotel. The representative said Lambert had not gotten enough sleep the previous night and had eaten little during the day, causing his blood sugar to drop.

Steel City Con representatives told People that the actor had become overheated and dehydrated.

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"Christopher was feeling a little overheated and dehydrated. He had to sit down, but he is doing great today," organizers told the outlet.

A representative for Lambert did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

The convention said Lambert was expected to return Sunday for scheduled photo opportunities and a noon Q&A panel. Steel City Con’s official schedule lists Lambert as appearing Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the Aug. 7-9 event.

Lambert is best known for starring as immortal swordsman Connor MacLeod in the 1986 cult classic "Highlander." He also portrayed Tarzan in 1984’s "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" and Lord Raiden in the 1995 film adaptation of "Mortal Kombat."

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The actor experienced another health setback last year after suffering a back injury in a fall at a hotel. The injury forced him to cancel an appearance at Sweden’s SciFiWorld festival in March 2025.

Lambert is scheduled to make additional convention appearances later this month, including Fan Expo Chicago and Mad Monster Expo in North Carolina.

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Saturday at 'the Spa': Saratoga Race Course picks for Whitney Day, including four Grade 1 stakes races

Take my word for it: Saratoga, New York is one of the best summer towns in the country. The concerts, restaurants, nightlife, and most importantly, the Saratoga Race Course, attract a terrific party vibe. Every Saturday during the summer, horse racing's best thoroughbreds, jockeys and trainers go to The Spa.

And Whitney Day, headlined by the self-titled Grade 1 stakes, is one of the best of the days in Saratoga’s summer meet. Along with the Whitney are three more Grade 1 races, such as the Test Stakes, Fourstardave Stakes and Saratoga Derby.

In my first trip to The Spa this summer, I went 0-for-3 on Jim Dandy Day last week, losing $100. I'm heading back to Saratoga for this loaded Whitney Day card with $125 I'm willing to risk. Here's how I'm betting races 9-12 Saturday, August 8.

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Statistically speaking, #6 On Time Girl (7-2) has the best jockey (Irad Ortiz) and trainer (Brad Cox) combo in this field.

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Ortiz is a multiple-time winner of the best jockey during the Saratoga summer meet, and he has the highest winning percentage of any jockey this summer with a minimum of five starts. Cox has the highest winning rate of any trainer this summer at Saratoga with a minimum of 25 starts.

On Time Girl has two wins and a second in three races at this distance and has gone off as the top betting choice in five of her last six starts, including four straight. She is the only filly in this field with tactical speed, so she can win whether there is a fast or slow pace.

This is just a good price for #3 Zulu Kingdom (7-2), who has gone off as the top betting choice in seven of his 11 career races. He has eight wins and one third in his career.

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In five starts at The Spa, Zulu Kingdom has three wins and a third. At this distance, he has four wins and a third in seven races. Zulu Kingdom’s jockey (Flavien Prat) and trainer (Chad Brown) are leading this summer’s Saratoga meet in earnings.

He is coming off his fastest career Beyer Speed Figure (101) in a dead-heat win at the Grade 3 Kelso in Saratoga last month. Zulu Kingdom is experienced in these tough fields; he’s been in seven Graded stakes races, including six straight.

I’m putting #6 Capitol Hill (10-1) underneath in an exacta because he is the only horse in this field with "late speed" and could sneak into the money on the final stretch.

#1 Glavine (12-1) has clocked 86, 83 and 85 Beyers in his three races this year, which isn’t far off the top speeds in this field. He broke his maiden in May and finished fourth and third in his last two starts, both at Saratoga.

If he can improve a little, Glavine will outrun his odds. Speaking of which, he’s gone off at $4.17 or shorter in his three races this year, making Glavine’s 12-1 Saratoga Derby morning-line a great price.

At the end of the day, the top-three betting choices in this field are 9-2 or shorter, and Glavine isn’t nearly three times worse than them.

The 2025 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes champion, #6 Sovereignty (3-1), has a second and a third in his first two starts this year, which is disappointing, considering his resume.

But Sovereignty has three wins in four races at The Spa, which includes last year’s Belmont Stakes and a 10-length victory in the Grade 1 Travers in a field with the top betting choice Saturday, #1 Magnitude (9-5), who lost by 20.75 lengths.

Granted, Magnitude got his revenge by beating Sovereignty in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster at Churchill in May. Nevertheless, Sovereignty’s floor is the rest of this Whitney field's A-game; he has run a 104+ Beyer in six consecutive races.

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Lastly, Sovereignty broke his maiden in his third start as a two-year-old and won the Kentucky Derby in his third start last year, followed by his three wins at Saratoga last summer. At this price, I'm betting Sovereignty will continue this pattern as a four-year-old.

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Cornell bans bear butchering after students carved up creature in dorm kitchen

Cornell University has added a new rule banning the processing of wild game in school kitchens months after two students went viral for carving up a bear in a dormitory kitchen.

"Processing wild/game animals in community kitchens is strictly prohibited," the school's new policy reads.

The school confirmed to a student newspaper that the rule's addition was a direct response to the 2025 incident, which saw two students drag the carcass of a black bear they had killed into Cornell's Ganędagǫ Hall for preparation.

One of those students, Aaron Chin, revealed himself as one of the butchers on a podcast a few months after the incident.

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Chin explained that he and his hunting partner, a fellow Cornell student, had planned on bringing the bear from the hunting grounds located roughly two hours from the school to a friend's house to prepare it, but claimed the friend had an emergency that left them unable to use his home.

Chin also said that before bringing the bear meat on campus, he and his partner ensured they weren't breaking any campus rules.

"We were really diligent in reading all of the rules [and] regulations," Chin told the MeatEater podcast in September. "We made sure we did everything by the book because we knew we were going to be under scrutiny."

The incident incurred swift social media and on-campus backlash, prompting state regulators to investigate.

However, after an inspector from New York's Department of Environmental Conservation visited the kitchen where the carving took place, the agency found no code violations, according to an NBC report.

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Hawaii voters hit the polls as Gov. Josh Green dominates, progressive takes aim at Dem congressman

Hawaii voters will decide Saturday who advances to the November general election, with key contests including the race for governor and the battle to represent the state’s 1st Congressional District.

Gov. Josh Green, who was first elected in 2022, is heavily favored to win the Democratic primary, where he faces three little-known competitors. His challengers include George "Teva" Lucas-Tadeo, a Democratic socialist who has promised on social media to open a government-run grocery store and legalize recreational marijuana.

David "Duke" Bourgoin is mounting his second primary challenge against Green after losing to him in 2022, when he captured only 590 votes against Green’s 158,161. He also lost two bids for Honolulu mayor, in 2022 and 2024.

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Lauren Kapoliahiʻiaka Shim is also seeking the Democratic nomination. She is the CEO and founder of Aloha AI Incorporated, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Neither Lucas-Tadeo nor Shim had campaign websites, and none of Green’s three challengers had raised any money in the race as of June 30, according to Honolulu Civil Beat. Meanwhile, Green has raised approximately $3.5 million, far outpacing Republican Gary Cordery, the race’s second-highest fundraiser, who has raised about $313,000, according to Honolulu Civil Beat.

Cordery, owner of the contracting company Kingdom Builders, and Ken Fujiyama, an entrepreneur and investor, are competing for the Republican nomination and a chance to end nearly two decades of Democratic control of the governor’s mansion. The last Republican to serve as Hawaii governor was Linda Lingle, who held the office from 2002 to 2010.

Cordery has campaigned on lowering Hawaii’s high cost of living, expanding housing and cracking down on government waste and corruption. He has proposed adding 15,000 homes for working families, using state-owned land for housing and eliminating the state’s general excise tax on food and medicine. Fujiyama has also proposed a plan to tackle the housing affordability crisis by developing 100,000 residential lots and partnering with large landowners to spur growth.

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Whoever emerges from the Republican primary will face an uphill battle to unseat Green if he secures the Democratic nomination. Green holds a 56% approval rating, while the Cook Political Report rates the race "Likely Democrat" and gives Democrats a 13-point advantage.

Meanwhile, eyes outside of Hawaii will be locked on the Democratic primary in the 1st Congressional District, where state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole is challenging Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii.

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Case, who is seeking a seventh term, has represented the district since 2019 and argues that his seniority and position on the Appropriations Committee give Hawaii greater influence in Washington. Meanwhile, Keohokalole, who is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders' group Our Revolution, is running on a progressive platform that includes Medicare for All and opposition to ICE and President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Keohokalole is seeking to portray Case as out of touch with Democratic voters, pointing to the congressman’s vote with House Republicans to pass Trump's SAVE America Act, which would require voters to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Given the district’s strong Democratic lean, whoever wins the party’s primary will likely be favored to win the seat in November.

Polls close at 7pm local time.

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Thousands of migrants remain in Spanish territory after border rush, death toll hits about 100: Ceuta official

Between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in Ceuta after hordes of mostly military-aged men rushed into the Spanish enclave from Morocco late last month, Ceuta's president said Thursday.

While speaking from a video call during an extraordinary session of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Ceuta President Juan Jesus Vivas also revealed around 100 people died during the surge.

Authorities estimate roughly 80,000 migrants rushed into the territory within a 48-hour period in late July.

Vivas called the border crisis an "invasion" and "one of the most difficult moments in the recent history of our city."

"According to the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, an 'invasion' should be understood in its second definition as the abnormal or irregular occupation of a specific place," Vivas said, according to a Fox News Digital translation of his remarks, which he gave in Spanish.

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"That is precisely what occurred on July 30 and 31, when approximately 80,000 people — equivalent to the entire population of Ceuta — stormed into our city. This characterization, moreover, aligns with the statement made by the President of the Government of Spain, who on Friday the 31st, during his visit to Ceuta, stated that we were facing an attack, a violation of Spain's territorial integrity," Vivas continued.

Echoing previous claims from Spain's leftist President Pedro Sánchez and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vivas acknowledged roughly 75,000 of the migrants had returned to Morocco but added "under no circumstances does it allow us to claim that our city has returned to normal."

"Ceuta has not returned to normal because between 3,000 and 5,000 people who entered during those fateful days of July 30 and 31 still remain," Vivas said. "The reception centers for adult and minor migrants are in a state of collapse, turning the influx into a major humanitarian emergency."

"Added to this are disruptions to public order and a high risk to public safety," he continued. "Furthermore, the morale of Ceuta's residents is severely affected. Our population feels sad, helpless, uneasy, fearful, and worried — and with good reason. It is inevitable to wonder whether this will happen again, and if that next time will be the definitive plunge into the abyss, causing us to cease being what we are: Spain and Europe. It has been exposed to the world that we are extraordinarily vulnerable, and that our security and integrity are in the hands of a third country, Morocco, which does not recognize our sovereignty."

He then proposed a set of actions authorities should take to return the city to normal. The proposals included expelling the remaining Moroccan migrants, provisioning more resources for the city's migrant facilities, and the implementation of a new economic model which he called on to be "More Spain and More Europe."

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"We serve a society that has forged its character through courage to endure and the ability to overcome adversity. We are confident it will do so again, though I emphasize that the requested support from European authorities remains indispensable. Thank you very much," Vivas concluded.

Following the border rush between July 30–31, Sánchez called the incident "an attack, a violation of the territorial integrity of Spain."

Fox News Digital contacted the governments of Spain and Ceuta for additional comment.

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DAVID MARCUS: Experts crowned El-Sayed — then Michigan voters turned his win into a near-disaster

Over the past week, prior to far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed squeaking to a possible victory over Rep. Haley Stevens in Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary, the contest was treated by almost everyone in the news media as over, with El-Sayed a shoo-in.

I had been in Michigan reporting on the race, and what I wrote was the exact opposite: It was clear to me the race was tightening, especially after the endorsement of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. So when I saw every subsequent poll giving El-Sayed double-digit leads, I was shocked and a bit nervous.

Maybe, for the first time, the ground had lied to me and the numbers guys had this one right. But once again, the ground coverage defeated the aerial polling.

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But by Wednesday morning, this race, in which El-Sayed held a 95% to 5% advantage in prediction markets, had not been called, with El-Sayed seeming to head toward a meager 1- to 3-point victory, with his total under 50%.

Notably, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out of the race, still netted 4% — or, put another way, the difference.

As for the polling, the last five public polls had El-Sayed winning by 19, 17, 14, 16 and 11 points, respectively. The news media took this as gospel, and instead of covering a surging Stevens with a real chance to win — as I did — they covered an El-Sayed coronation pre-party.

What surprised me so much about this polling was that in Detroit, after dozens of interviews, I couldn’t find anyone voting for El-Sayed who wasn’t already an activist in some way. The more ordinary the politics or occupation of the voter, the more likely that person was to support Stevens.

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As I put it in these pages then, "Many Democratic voters I talked to wanted a steadier hand on the system, and they want to beat Trump and the GOP. But they don’t want to blow up the system."

Those voters, whom I met in Detroit diners and bars, were invisible to the pollsters. Yet, in the end, between Stevens and McMorrow, they were the majority of Democratic voters.

There needs to be a serious reckoning over how journalists use polls and prediction markets in the wake of this historic polling miss, because there is every reason to believe Stevens could have won if her very real momentum had been accurately described.

Elections are stories, and they have arcs. The last week of this campaign, by all rights, should have been about "The Stevens Comeback," but instead, the polls told the story: "El-Sayed Blowout."

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How many potential Stevens voters stayed home on Tuesday as a result? We will never know.

The national coverage throughout the week leading to Election Day was that even with Whitmer’s endorsement and that of Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., to shore up the Black vote, El-Sayed and his communist-aligned podcaster ally, Hasan Piker, were cruising to victory.

Let’s be honest: It is the story everybody wanted. It is the sexy story of young socialists upending the Democratic Party establishment, but the embellished polls may well have become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

For Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, this is all excellent news. He wanted to run against the socialist-aligned El-Sayed, and now he will. He also has the advantage of El-Sayed’s being wounded by what turned into a humiliating underperformance.

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Rogers should also be buoyed by El-Sayed surrogate Piker’s statement Tuesday night about possibly reaching out to Stevens voters. Piker said: saying, "Everyone being like, 'Abdul has a f--- ton of work to do mending bridges' … You are all unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of sh---. You literally called the dude a f---ing terrorist for months on end …  And now you're going to say sit there and be like, 'you really gotta come to me now.'"

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These are not the sweet, sonorous sounds of intraparty unity.

The race between Rogers and El-Sayed will be close and hard-fought, and I will find my way back to the Great Lakes State to take the temperature. In the meantime, the news media must be much more skeptical of polling because it may have turned this primary.

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