Today in News History
On June 17, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1930, U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. In 1940, George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born. In 1943, Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author was born. In 1952, Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education was born. In 1970, Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter was born. In 1974, Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (born 1889) passed away. In 1979, Tyson Apostol, American television personality was born. In 1982, Stefan Hodgetts, English racing driver was born. In 2001, Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) passed away. In 2014, Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Sending JD Vance to rebut inflation remarks is Trump's 'worst possible strategy': expert
Narrative Analysis: Name Calling
Sending Vice President JD Vance to defend Trump's baffling remarks on inflation was the worst possible strategy, a political expert said on Tuesday.Paul Rieckhoff mocked the very idea while speaking on a CNN panel on Erin Burnett OutFront. However, during Vance's appearance on The View, he found himself defending Trump's I love the inflation comments and laughing off pushback. JD Vance is extremely unpopular, Rieckhoff said. So sending out JD Vance to try to move people is pretty much the worst possible strategy.Rieckhoff added that the real bellwether for how voters feel about inflation will be the general election in November, when Republicans have to talk about inflation, they have to talk about the economy.In particular, Independents are not buying a lot of what Trump's pushing right now, Rieckhoff said, adding that they make up 47 percent of the country's voters.
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