Monday Morning Minute

By Susie Moore | 8:15 AM on September 23, 2024

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Good morning, and welcome to RedState's "Morning Minute" — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at the moment and a look ahead at what the day may bring. Consider this your one-stop shop for news to kickstart your day.

TOP O' THE MORNIN'

Yikes: Kamala's Confused Comment About Trump Shows Why They Don't Want Her Answering Questions

Harris said she'd like another debate with the "former vice president." Um, Donald Trump is the former president, not the former vice president. Paging Mike Pence, sounds like Kamala wants to debate you (again).

Whoops: Did You Notice This Small Problem With Kamala's Oprah Zoom Audience?

So perhaps Harris or Oprah would like to explain what was going on here with the people being repeated? Did Harris not have enough people to fill out the spaces?

Idaho Bar Owner Who Defied the Left, Gets Excommunicated From His Own Church for Defending Christianity

Fitzpatrick has stood his ground in front of what others would call impossible odds.

WHAT'S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill...

Only one meeting on deck for Monday on the Hill: The House Committee on Rules is holding an afternoon meeting.

Meanwhile, congressional leaders have struck a deal regarding the spending bill with a three-month stopgap measure. The House will likely vote on it by Wednesday.

White House What's Up

President Joe Biden will start Monday delivering remarks at the Gotham F.C. Championship Visit. Next, he has a bilateral meeting with the President of the United Arab Emirates. He then travels to New York, New York, in the evening.

The Homestretch

Vice President Kamala Harris is back in Washington, D.C., Monday, where she'll have internal meetings and later meet with the United Arabe Emirates president, as well.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will be campaigning in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday.

Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Monday evening. His running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, will be speaking in Charlotte, North Carolina, late Monday afternoon.

Full Court Press...

Ryan Routh, the man accused of the second attempted assassination of Trump, will be in court in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday for a detention hearing.

TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, will be making their case challenging the April law banning the app in the U.S. or forcing its sale. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in the case Monday.