Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future
by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
- Length
- 480 pages
- Published
- May 3, 2022
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- ISBN-13
- 978-1982172480
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On Political Wire 10 posts
- McCarthy Discussed Removing Trump from Office
With the publication of This Will Not Pass by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns today, the authors released another audio tape of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) criticizing Donald Trump just after the January 6 Capitol riot.
- Duckworth Pushed Back After Biden Rejected Her
"A new book details Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-IL) strong pushback to the Biden team rejecting her for vice president on the grounds her Thailand birth to an American father would give rise to distracting birther lies and possibly litigation," the Chicago Sun Times reports.
- McCarthy Says Reporting on Trump-Bashing Is False
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) "vehemently denied reporting from a forthcoming book describing his sharp comments directed at former President Trump in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, calling it 'totally false' and accusing the co-authors of not asking for comment before…
- Why McConnell Kept Quiet About Trump’s Election Lie
A new book reports that in December 2020, Donald Trump called Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other top Republicans to talk about his plan to overturn the election, CNN reports.
- Pelosi Resented Having to ‘Beg’ to Be Speaker Again
New excerpts from This Will Not Pass, via Punchbowl News: “The experience of begging for support was wearing on her... Pelosi was the only Democrat in the chamber — the only Democrat alive — who had already served as Speaker, who had shown she could…
- Biden Called Murdoch the ‘Most Dangerous Man’
In a forthcoming book, a pair of New York Times reporters report that President Biden "assessed" Fox News "as one of the most destructive forces in the United States,” CNN reports.
- Jill Biden Wasn’t Happy with Pick of Kamala Harris
Politico got an early copy of This Will Not Pass which notes Jill Biden wasn’t happy with Kamala Harris as a top vice presidential choice after she went after Joe Biden over school busing during a debate.
- Biden Admitted He Didn’t ‘Get’ Kyrsten Sinema
“President Biden confessed in private that he didn't understand Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who helped stymie his biggest legislative dreams, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns write in the first major book about the Biden-Harris administration,” Axios reports.
- Trump Claims Belichick Hugged and Kissed Him
Former President Donald Trump told the authors of This Will Not Pass that New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick made up with him on the Trump International golf course in March 2021 after he had “chickened out” and refused to accept the Presidential Medal of…
- This Will Not Pass
Coming next year: This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns.