Mary C. Curtis, a Columnist at Roll Call, talked about the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fight to replace her on the U.S. Supreme Court.
POLITICAL WRAP: Battle Over Filling Supreme Court Opening
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Battle lines are being drawn over the fight to fill the open seat on the Supreme Court. Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis takes a look at the possible scenarios over the weeks and months to come.
Sep202020
Mary C. Curtis: First Debate in a Key Race in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All eyes are on North Carolina, not just because its 15 electoral votes will be key in what is expected to be a close presidential race. The U.S. Senate contest between Republican incumbent Thom Tillis and Democrat Cal Cunningham is also close, according to polls, and could help determine which party controls the Senate.
Big money has already been spent in the Senate race.
What can voters learn from their first debate? WCCB Political Contributor Mary C. Curtis weighs in.
Sep162020
Mary C. Curtis: How Big a Role Will Mail-In Ballots Play in the Election?
CHARLOTTE, NC — In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, a historic number of voters are requesting mail-in ballots in many states including North Carolina.
But how big of a role with mail-in ballots play in this upcoming election?
WCCB political contributor Mary C. Curtis explains.
Sep092020
POLITICAL WRAP: Campaign Strategies Come into Focus
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With the conventions behind us, the campaigns are starting to share their message for the final two months of the Presidential race.
President Trump is spending time on the campaign trail, focusing on battleground states.
Former Vice President Biden is promising to travel after Labor Day.
Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has more in the video above.
Aug302020
The Heat: Donald Trump’s case for four more years
It was a long speech, lasting more than one hour. US President Donald Trump promised to rebuild the economy, to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus and to end the protests around the country. But most of the time was devoted to attacking his Democratic rival. After Trump’s speech, a fireworks display illuminated the night in Washington, closing out the Republican National Convention. The president is already in full campaign mode, hosting a rally in New Hampshire, Friday night. The election in the United States is scheduled for November 3rd.
Joining the panel:
- Mary C. Curtis is a columnist for the political publication Roll Call.
- Joel Rubin is a Democratic strategist.
- John Burnett is Managing Director and Founder of 1 Empire Group.
- Einar Tangen is a current affairs commentator.
Aug302020
Mary C. Curtis: Key Moments from Democratic National Convention
CHARLOTTE, NC –Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president during the second night of a virtual convention. The former vice president secured the nomination in a virtual roll call vote Tuesday night. The second night of the DNC featured more influential names throwing their support behind Biden. WCCB political contributor Mary C. Curtis discusses the biggest takeaways from the DNC.
Aug192020
POLITICAL WRAP: Biden VP Pick; Election Interference?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – This week, Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden could announce his running mate.
So who are the final contenders?
And what factors will go into the former Vice President’s decision?
And the U.S. intelligence community’s top election security official is raising concerns about election interference.
Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has more in the video above.
Aug092020
Trump in trouble revisits his tried-and-true — protecting your neighborhood from ‘them’
As polls show his base stagnant and his poll numbers dropping, Donald Trump has decided to replay an old favorite. While trying to strike fear of the invading “other” is right out of the 1968 playbook of both Richard Nixon and George Wallace, it’s also a tactic Trump honed at his father’s knee. It makes perfect sense for Trump in trouble to return to what he knows — and he knows all about shutting the literal and figurative door on Black folks moving into white neighborhoods.
In the 1970s, Trump and his father, Fred Trump — president and chairman, respectively, of Trump Management — were named as defendants in lawsuits brought by the Justice Department, accusing them of turning away African Americans who applied to rent apartments in some of the company’s buildings. That would be breaking the letter and spirit of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, something that was by no means the exception among property owners of the time.
The reaction, though, was pure Donald Trump. Rather than settle the lawsuits quietly, as some did, he called the charges “absolutely ridiculous,” denied them, countersued and said the government was trying to make him rent to “welfare recipients,” all sadly predictable. Though the Trumps eventually settled without admitting guilt, test renters of different races received different treatment, and investigations found that certain discarded applications were marked with “C” for “colored.”
Though the coding for a tenant deemed undesirable has changed, the sentiment remains. Trump 2020, in the middle of tweeting misinformation about COVID-19 treatment during a pandemic that has taken more than 150,000 lives in the United States, has decided that the best reelection strategy is fear, warning “Suburban Housewives of America” that Joe Biden “will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream,” and that electing the former vice president would mean hordes of people moving in, and lowering home values and raising crime rates.
Yikes! Is the president trying to protect me from me?
Jul302020
