{"id":2362029,"date":"2024-10-31T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-sen-baldwin-has-sudden-change-of-heart-on-trump-voters\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T07:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T11:01:30","slug":"wi-sen-baldwin-has-sudden-change-of-heart-on-trump-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-sen-baldwin-has-sudden-change-of-heart-on-trump-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"WI Sen. Baldwin Has Sudden Change Of Heart On Trump Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwi-sen-baldwin-has-sudden-change-of-heart-on-trump-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2362029&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin&#8217;s attempt to distance herself\u200d from President Biden&#8217;s recent \u200cdisparaging remarks about Trump supporters. During an event targeting Hispanic voters, Biden criticized a joke\u2064 made \u2062at a Trump rally, referring to Trump supporters as &#8220;garbage.&#8221; \u200cFollowing this, \u2064Baldwin&#8217;s campaign emphasized\u200b that she does not share Biden&#8217;s views and advocates for all Wisconsinites regardless of their \u200bpolitical beliefs. This distancing may be influenced by her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-democrat-whos-been-in-congress-since-1983-goes-after-people-in-washington\/\" title=\"\u2018Desperate\u2019: Democrat Who\u2019s Been in Congress Since 1983 Goes After \u2018People in Washington\u2019\">competitive reelection campaign<\/a> \u2063in \u200ca\u2063 battleground state. Her Republican opponent, Eric Hovde, reminded voters of Baldwin&#8217;s \u2064prior negative comments about Trump supporters, suggesting that both Biden and Baldwin hold disdain for a significant portion of \u200bWisconsin voters. The article highlights the tension and political calculations at play as Baldwin navigates her relationship with the president amidst her electoral challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Wisconsin&rsquo;s far-left senator doesn&rsquo;t want anything to do with President Joe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bidens-past-comments-about-maga-republicans-come-back-haunt-him-white-house-spins-garbage-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden&rsquo;s trash talk <\/a>about Trump supporters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-shell-enthusiastically-support-biden-if-he-runs-again\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says She\u2019ll &quot;Enthusiastically&quot; Support Biden If He Runs Again\">tight reelection bid<\/a> in a battleground state has something to do with Sen. Tammy Baldwin distancing herself from the politically moribund president&rsquo;s incendiary comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden made the disparaging remarks Tuesday at a Hispanic voter activist event. He took aim at comedian Tony Hinchcliffe&rsquo;s joke at former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s New York City campaign rally in which Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as an &ldquo;island of garbage.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[J]ust the other day, a speaker at [Trump&rsquo;s] rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. &hellip; The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,&rdquo; Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>While the White House feebly attempted to &ldquo;clarify&rdquo; Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/hillary-clinton-deplorables-defense-donald-trump-1959646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hillary Clinton-style<\/a> insult of half of the electorate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sLwcZ6OS9II\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> shows the octogenarian gaffe machine doing what he does best.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden as the Democrats&rsquo; presidential nominee after liberals suddenly realized that the president is a cognitive dumpster fire who would cost them the election, attempted to distance herself from the comments. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He clarified his comments but, let me be clear, I strongly disagree with any criticism based on who they vote for,&rdquo; Harris told reporters Wednesday, hours after delivering her Trump-villifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sLwcZ6OS9II\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-unity-speech-was-riddled-with-division-delusion\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris&#039; Unity Speech Was Riddled With Division, Delusion\">closing arguments&#038;rdquo<\/a>;<\/a> Tuesday evening near the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A Tale of Two Tammys?<\/h2>\n<p>Wisconsin&rsquo;s junior senator does &ldquo;not agree with President Biden,&rdquo; according to her campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tammy is fighting for all Wisconsinites no matter who they are or who they vote for,&rdquo; said Andrew Mamo, spokesman for Tammy Baldwin for Senate, in a statement to The Federalist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin&rsquo;s Republican opponent, Madison businessman Eric Hovde, reminded Badger State voters that the leftist senator has previously shared Biden&rsquo;s point of view.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eight years ago, Baldwin accused Trump voters of failing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TammyBaldwin\/photos\/a.467417081101.249374.7357041101\/10154541715016102\/?type=3&amp;amp%3Btheater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;moral test&rdquo;<\/a> in supporting the Republican presidential candidate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump might be one of the most offensive and hateful and unacceptable presidential candidates we&rsquo;ve ever had,&rdquo; Baldwin proclaimed in a June 2016 speech to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, as the Free Beacon <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/democratic-sen-tammy-baldwin-said-trump-voters-failed-moral-test-now-she-wants-their-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. &ldquo;So what does that say about the people who support him?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President of the United States and the Junior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin both CAN&rsquo;T STAND half of Wisconsin&rsquo;s voters. It&rsquo;s time for change,&rdquo; Hovde wrote on his X account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The President of the United States and the Junior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin both CAN&rsquo;T STAND half of Wisconsin&#8217;s voters.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s time for change. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hkAqBWasDx\">pic.twitter.com\/hkAqBWasDx<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Hovde (@EricHovde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricHovde\/status\/1851635323068920039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming said Biden and Baldwin &ldquo;admitted out loud&rdquo; what Republicans have long known.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats in Washington look down on working families, expecting their support in exchange for nothing better than empty promises of unity and positive vibes,&rdquo; Schimming said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2024\/wisgop-what-biden-and-baldwin-really-think-about-trump-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;From &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/republicanpartyofwisconsin.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-mutkkjt-dithiiuuhr-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cling to guns or religion<\/a>&lsquo; to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">calling political opponents &#038;lsquo<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/republicanpartyofwisconsin.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-mutkkjt-dithiiuuhr-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deplorables<\/a>&lsquo; and &lsquo;garbage&rsquo;, their disdain for half the country is undeniable and will be their undoing on Election Day.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin, a two-term senator, leads Hovde by a slim 2 percentage points (49 percent to 47 percent), according to the latest battleground <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25260111\/cnn-polls-in-michigan-pennsylvania-and-wisconsin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll <\/a>from CNN and SSRS. The incumbent leads the money chase, with Democrat ad spending on the race since Labor Day at $55.8 million compared to $48.5 million by Republicans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/10\/25\/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis\/politico-race-to-watch-00185532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> Politico. Cook Political Report rates the race a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/analysis\/senate\/wisconsin-senate\/wisconsin-senate-shifts-lean-democrat-toss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> toss-up<\/a>, a potentially huge get for Republicans who stand a good chance of taking control of the Senate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Baldwin&rsquo;s polling lead in the race has shrunk in recent weeks, prompting some concern from Democrats. The presidential race will also have a significant impact in this state,&rdquo; Politico opined. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The latest RealClearPolitics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/wisconsin\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">average of polls<\/a> shows Harris with a razor-thin 0.2 percent advantage over Trump in Wisconsin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mark Pocan, a firebrand Madison leftist, did not return The Federalist&rsquo;s request seeking comment on Biden&rsquo;s berating of Trump supporters. Neither did Rep. Gwen Moore, a far-left Democrat who represents Milwaukee. Both congressional seats are solidly blue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign for Peter Barca, a Democrat running against Wisconsin 1st Congressional District Rep. Bryan Steil, also did not return a request for comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin&#8217;s senator distances herself from Biden&#8217;s remarks on Trump supporters amid a tight reelection race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2362030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-7.35.51-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14701,39416,44072,41138,44071],"class_list":["post-2362029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-baldwin","tag-political-change","tag-senate-news","tag-trump-voters","tag-wisconsin-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-7.35.51-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}