Trump replaces campaign chief amid sinking polls
Ivanka Trump on Wednesday defended tweeting a photo of herself holding up a can of Goya beans to buck up a Hispanic-owned business that she says has been unfairly treated, arguing that she has “every right” to publicly express her support.
Government watchdogs countered that President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior adviser doesn’t have the right to violate ethics rules that bar government officials from using their public office to endorse
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specific products or groups.
These groups contend Ivanka Trump’s action also highlights broader concerns about how the president and those around him often blur the line between politics and governing. The White House would be responsible for disciplining Ivanka Trump for any ethics violation but chose not to in a similar case involving White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in 2017.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told reporters accompanying the president to Atlanta on Wednesday that he doubted Ivanka Trump would face any repercussions.
This image taken from Ivanka Trump’s Twitter account shows her holding a can of Goya beans along with the words “If it’s Goya, it has to be good” written in English and Spanish.
President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien.
Trump and Parscale’s relationship had been strained since a Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally last month that drew an unexpectedly low crowd, infuriating the president. Trump has been struggling in his reelection campaign against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
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A man shot by police in suburban Atlanta during a chase has died.
Vincent Demario Truitt, 17, of Atlanta died Tuesday after being shot by Cobb County police, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
State investigators say police tried Monday night in Austell to stop a car that had been reported as stolen in Atlanta. The driver sped away, but ended up on a dead end behind an office building. Two of the three passengers tried to run away and officers chased them on foot, police said. One of the men brandished a handgun, the GBI said. He was shot by a Cobb County officer, who hasn’t been identified.
Truitt was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta with critical injuries. The vehicle’s other two occupants were arrested — a 17-year-old on an outstanding warrant and a 15-year-old on charges related to the stolen vehicle.
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