198 Nigeria News

Tag: win

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan: Democrats and Trump ‘Colluded’ To Help ‘QAnon Whack Job’ Cox Win Primary

[ad_1]

https://sputniknews.com/20220724/maryland-gov-larry-hogan-democrats-and-trump-colluded-to-help-qanon-whack-job-cox-win-primary-1097754040.html

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan: Democrats and Trump ‘Colluded’ To Help ‘QAnon Whack Job’ Cox Win Primary

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan: Democrats and Trump ‘Colluded’ To Help ‘QAnon Whack Job’ Cox Win Primary

Dan Cox defeated the Larry Hogan-backed Kelly Schulz in Maryland’s GOP Gubernatorial primary election last week, gaining 53.8% of the vote. 24.07.2022, Sputnik International

2022-07-24T21:07+0000

2022-07-24T21:07+0000

2022-07-24T21:07+0000

larry hogan

maryland

/html/head/meta[@name=”og:title”]/@content

/html/head/meta[@name=”og:description”]/@content

https://cdnn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e5/0c/12/1091635698_0:0:3073:1728_1920x0_80_0_0_e7cceb6c1700737c903cd1770734427d.jpg

Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is crying foul after the Democratic Governors’ Association (DGA) supported a Trump-backed candidate in the Republican Gubernatorial primary election last week.Dan Cox, who enjoyed an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, easily defeated Hogan’s preferred candidate Kelly Schulz in the GOP’s primary election last week. Hogan, who has a reputation for being a moderate Republican in the blue state of Maryland, cannot run again due to term limits.Hogan warned that Cox would be unelectable in November and called him “a QAnon whack job.” Cox has backed former President Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and chartered buses to the January 6, 2021 “Stop the steal” rally that turned into a riot and siege on the Capitol building. Cox initially declined to condemn the riots, stating without evidence that the violence that day was caused by “Antifa infiltrators.” He also tweeted that day that former Vice President Mike Pence was a “traitor.” Pence faced criticism from the right wing of his party for not going along with Trump’s plan to overturn the election results.Cox, who is currently a state delegate, would eventually backtrack, lightly denouncing the violence after fellow delegate members called for his expulsion from the Maryland General Assembly.Hogan does not think a candidate with Cox’s history has any chance of winning the governor’s seat in November.The strategy of promoting an opponent that seems easy to defeat was infamously employed by the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 election cycle. An email from her campaign staff, revealed by Wikileaks, showed that her campaign intended to promote GOP candidates, including Trump, who were seen as the most extreme in an effort to push the other candidates right and paint the Republican party as an extremist party. The strategy worked until November of that year when Trump defeated Clinton in the general election.However, there are reasons to believe the strategy may have a better result for Democrats this November. For starters, Cox’s opponent Wes Moore is very popular in Maryland, unlike Clinton who was one of the least popular candidates to ever receive a major party’s nomination. Maryland is also an extremely blue state, with Biden winning 65% of the vote there in 2020.On the flip side, traditional political headwinds are pointing in the Republicans’ favor. Inflation and economic concerns are sure to be a major motivating factor for voters in November. Additionally, Biden is one of the least popular Presidents in modern history. It remains to be seen if those factors will be enough to make Maryland voters overlook Cox’s extremist views. FiveThirtyEight has given Cox a 5% chance of winning the election.Democrats are employing the strategy elsewhere. They also backed GOP candidates in gubernatorial primaries in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Illinois.

https://sputniknews.com/20220717/donald-trump-might-end-up-being-bidens-best-hope-for-2024-bid—strategists-1097402622.html

https://sputniknews.com/20220708/poll-republicans-hold-8-point-lead-over-democrats-in-us-2022-midterm-elections-1097116211.html

maryland

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

2022

News

en_EN

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

https://cdnn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e5/0c/12/1091635698_39:0:2770:2048_1920x0_80_0_0_d6cd73847ef411ad524f58f1dc4194e5.jpg

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

larry hogan, maryland

Subscribe

Dan Cox defeated the Larry Hogan-backed Kelly Schulz in Maryland’s GOP Gubernatorial primary election last week, gaining 53.8% of the vote.

Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is crying foul after the Democratic Governors’ Association (DGA) supported a Trump-backed candidate in the Republican Gubernatorial primary election last week.

“It was kind of unprecedented collusion between the Democratic Governors Association and Donald Trump,” Hogan said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Dan Cox, who enjoyed an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, easily defeated Hogan’s preferred candidate Kelly Schulz in the GOP’s primary election last week. Hogan, who has a reputation for being a moderate Republican in the blue state of Maryland, cannot run again due to term limits.

Donald Trump Might End Up Being Biden’s Best Hope for 2024 Bid – Strategists

Hogan warned that Cox would be unelectable in November and called him “a QAnon whack job.” Cox has backed former President Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and chartered buses to the January 6, 2021 “Stop the steal” rally that turned into a riot and siege on the Capitol building.

Cox initially declined to condemn the riots, stating without evidence that the violence that day was caused by “Antifa infiltrators.” He also tweeted that day that former Vice President Mike Pence was a “traitor.” Pence faced criticism from the right wing of his party for not going along with Trump’s plan to overturn the election results.

Cox, who is currently a state delegate, would eventually backtrack, lightly denouncing the violence after fellow delegate members called for his expulsion from the Maryland General Assembly.

Hogan does not think a candidate with Cox’s history has any chance of winning the governor’s seat in November.

“So, it was a win for the Democrats. It’s a big loss for the Republican Party and we have no chance of saving that governor seat. We actually had a chance if they hadn’t gotten together and done that,” Hogan also claimed that the DGA spent over $3 million on ads for Cox, while the candidate only spent $100,000 himself.

Poll: Republicans Hold 8-Point Lead Over Democrats in US 2022 Midterm Elections

The strategy of promoting an opponent that seems easy to defeat was infamously employed by the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 election cycle. An email from her campaign staff, revealed by Wikileaks, showed that her campaign intended to promote GOP candidates, including Trump, who were seen as the most extreme in an effort to push the other candidates right and paint the Republican party as an extremist party. The strategy worked until November of that year when Trump defeated Clinton in the general election.

However, there are reasons to believe the strategy may have a better result for Democrats this November. For starters, Cox’s opponent Wes Moore is very popular in Maryland, unlike Clinton who was one of the least popular candidates to ever receive a major party’s nomination. Maryland is also an extremely blue state, with Biden winning 65% of the vote there in 2020.

On the flip side, traditional political headwinds are pointing in the Republicans’ favor. Inflation and economic concerns are sure to be a major motivating factor for voters in November. Additionally, Biden is one of the least popular Presidents in modern history. It remains to be seen if those factors will be enough to make Maryland voters overlook Cox’s extremist views. FiveThirtyEight has given Cox a 5% chance of winning the election.

Democrats are employing the strategy elsewhere. They also backed GOP candidates in gubernatorial primaries in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Illinois.

[ad_2]

Source link

July 24, 2022
Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Tinubu Only Desperate To Win Election, Doesn’t Care If Decision Was Right Or Wrong – Ruling APC Chieftain

[ad_1]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) In Adamawa State, Vrati Nzonzo, has added his voice in rejecting the party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
Nzonzo lambasted the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, for undermining the interest of Christians in northern Nigeria.

He said the decision to adopt a fellow Muslim as a running mate by the presidential candidate of the APC, Tinubu may have grave consequences for the party, amongst northern Christians.
In an interview with journalists, Nzonzo, who is also vying for a seat in the National Assembly, vehemently condemned Shettima’s selection as a fellow Muslim, as it amounted to insulting the sensibilities of Christians in Nigeria.
He said, “Let me be as blunt as I can be; I’ll not hesitate to show my displeasure over the decision of my party, the APC, to make our presidential ticket a religious affair.
“Making it a Muslim-Muslim affair has brought to the fore the issue of religion in our politics in Nigeria. Tinubu has through his scheming for the ticket promised to pick a northern Muslim as running mate. He openly said he needs to bring a Muslim VP from the North to win.
“So, ‘ab initio’, he did not paint the picture of competence as he would later want us to believe; he painted the picture of religion. The governor of Kano (Abdullahi Ganduje) was heard saying before it happened that Tinubu has promised to give them a Muslim VP from the North. Several other notable names have been corroborated.”
“Does it mean Tinubu is not Muslim enough; are we having two types of Muslims or what is the issue?” Nzonzo probed.
He maintained that the controversial ticket was capable of truncating the party’s chances in the North.
“Why this issue has caused more damage than good is because for Tinubu is all about winning election, without recourse to whether it is right or not. Now what becomes of people like me who are Christians and candidates on the APC platform? Are we now saying Christian votes don’t matter, if they don’t, are you now not telling them not to vote for me?
“Because I’m in APC and my party has refused to recognise or to be fair to my faith and it’s people in Northern Nigeria. And it’s not only me, a lot of other contesting Christian candidates of the Christian stock will also be victims”, he lamented.
Nzonzo, however, pleaded with the electorates across the country who may have been irked by the choice not to reject other APC candidates, “because it won’t be fair to punish us for Tinubu’s sins,” he said.

[ad_2]

Source link

July 23, 2022
Egypt: Zamalek Win 28th Egypt Cup Title

[ad_1]

Zamalek football team have reclaimed their 28th Egypt Cup title for the season 2020-2021 after beating Ahly 2-1 on Thursday.

Zamalek initiated the scoring by 2-0 with goals from Ahmed “Zizo” El Sayed and Emam Ashour on 6 and 30 minutes.

Al Ahly’s Hossam Hassan scored one back in the 55th minute.

[ad_2]

Source link

July 23, 2022
Atiku Abubakar: It’s difficult for a miracle to happen for Peter Obi to win 2023 election

[ad_1]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said it is difficult for a miracle to happen for Labour Party candidate Peter Obi to win the 2023 presidential election.

Atiku, a former vice president, during an interview on Arise TV, said he is not expecting Peter Obi and Labour Party to pull off a surprise in the next general elections.

The PDP candidate dismissed political calculations that Obi, a former Anambra State governor, will divide votes of his party.

Atiku noted that the political status of the Labour Party does not agree with those calculations, citing instances from the just concluded governorship election in Osun and that the party does not have governors, members of the national assembly and state assemblies.

“I really don’t expect the Labour Party to take as many votes from the PDP as people are suggesting,” he said.

“We could have seen it in the last election in Osun state. What is the performance of the Labour Party?

“This is a party that doesn’t have a governor, doesn’t have members of the national assembly, doesn’t have state assembly members, and politics in this country depends on the structures you have at the various levels — at the local government level, at the state level, and at the national level.”

Atiku said 90 percent of people in the north are not social media, insinuating that it will limit the chances of the LP to win the 2023 presidential election.

“So, it is very difficult to expect a miracle to happen, simply because Peter Obi is in the Labour Party. After all, they were saying through social media, they had more than one million votes in Osun state,” he said.

“But how many votes turned for the Labour Party? And then again, mark you, you’re talking about social media. In the north, 90 percent of our people are not tuned to social media.”

New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso, who had a failed merger negotiation with Labour Party had argued that northern voters will not vote for Obi.

“The implication is if you put somebody from the south-east, unfortunately, there are many issues in the south-east,” Kwankwaso said on Channels Television.

“You see, northern voters are the worst hit by this country’s maladministration issue. Even under that circumstance, a northern voter also believes that he is better as a one united Nigeria.”

Obi, however, refuted the claims, saying he has a national structure in young people across the country.

[ad_2]

Source link

July 22, 2022
Sadio Mane, Asisat Oshoala win African Player of the Year awards | Football News

[ad_1]

The Senegal forward is crowned African Player of the Year after helping his country win the first AFCON title.

Sadio Mane has been named African Footballer of Year after a season that saw him kick the winning penalty for Senegal as they claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeat the feat when they secured the World Cup qualification.

The 30-year-old forward player, who signed a three-year deal with German giants Bayern Munich last month, won the award for the first time in 2019 while he was at English side Liverpool.

“I am really honoured and highly delighted to receive this award again,” Mane said on Thursday. “Thanks to my coaches, my club and national team colleagues and those friends who stood by me during difficult times.”

“I dedicate this award to the youth of Senegal. I’m very emotional and don’t have the words to express how I’m feeling,” he added.

Nigerian Asisat Oshoala won the Women’s Player of the Year for a record fifth time, overtaking compatriot Perpetua Nkwocha.

The 27-year-old Barcelona forward was forced to miss the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco due to an injury.

Sadio Mane joined Liverpool in 2016 from Southampton; last month, he signed for Bayern Munich [File: Pablo Morano/Reuters]

Mane was in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, to receive the award after a dash across the Atlantic having converted a penalty for his new club in a 6-2 pre-season friendly win over DC United in Washington on Wednesday.

He won ahead of former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah from Egypt and fellow Senegal international and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.

Mane and Salah played pivotal roles last season with Liverpool, who lifted the FA Cup and English League Cup and finished runners-up in the Premier League and Champions League.

Salah has since signed a new contract at Anfield while Mane opted for a move, with Bayern reportedly paying an initial 32 million euros ($32.5m) that could rise to 41 million euros ($41.7m).

In February, Mane converted the decisive fifth penalty to give Senegal a 4-2 shoot-out victory over Egypt and a first Africa Cup of Nations title after the final ended 0-0 in Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital.

A month later, Mane was once again the shoot-out match-winner against Egypt, this time in a World Cup playoff near Senegal’s capital, Dakar, after a 1-1 aggregate impasse.

Bayern Munich confirmed the signing of Sadio Mane from Liverpool on June 22 [File: Christof Stache/AFP]

Born in a village nearly 400km (250 miles) from Dakar, Mane attracted the attention of Metz having played for local second-tier club Generation Foot.

After enhancing his reputation at Salzburg, Mane joined Southampton, where his feats included scoring a record-breaking 176-second Premier League hat-trick against Aston Villa.

In mid-2016, the Senegalese signed for Liverpool and went on to form a fearsome front three with Salah and Brazilian Roberto Firmino.

As Mane moved to Bayern, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: “My only criticism of Sadio is that maybe at times he is the only one not to realise just how good he is.”

Mane won the award for the second time in his career [Abdelhak Balhaki/Reuters]

Football: African awards winners

Men

Player of the Year: Sadio Mane (Senegal)

Club Player of the Year: Mohamed el Shenawy (Al Ahly/Egypt)

Young Player of the Year: Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)

Coach of the Year: Aliou Cisse (Senegal)

National Team of the Year: Senegal

Club of the Year: Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)

Goal of the Year: Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal, Simba/TAN)

Women

Player of the Year: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

Club Player of the Year: Evelyn Badu (Avaldsnes/Norway, Ghana)

Young Player of the Year: Badu

Coach of the Year: Desiree Ellis (South Africa)

Club of the Year: Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

National Team of the Year: To be announced after Cup of Nations final between Morocco and South Africa in Rabat on Saturday

Asisat Oshoala poses with the trophy next to CAF President Patrice Motsepe (left), after winning the Women’s Player of the Year award [AFP]

[ad_2]

Source link

July 22, 2022
Jesus scores in Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Everton

[ad_1]

Recent acquisition Gabriel Jesus wasted little time in making his presence felt in his first start for Arsenal, opening the scoring in a 2-0 friendly win over Everton in Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday.

Brazil forward Jesus, signed from Manchester City for a fee of around £45 million earlier this month, had already set a tone for his Arsenal tenure with two goals as a substitute in a friendly against German outfit Nuremberg.

But the match between English Premier League rivals before 39,245 at M&T Bank Stadium, home of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, was his first start since the move to Arsenal saw him reunited with manager Mikel Arteta, who was Pep Guardiola’s assistant at City before he took charge at the Emirates Stadium.

He opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when Martin Odegaard’s corner sailed over a sea of bodies to find him.

After one controlling touch, Jesus punched it into the roof of the net over a clutch of Everton players.

Three minutes later, Bukayo Saka doubled the score, converting at the far post.

Halftime saw wholesale changes from both teams — including an entirely new 11 for Frank Lampard’s Everton.

The changes failed to produce any spark, however, and the Toffees rarely threatened Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner, a recent arrival from Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution.

His best stop came on a long-distance attempt from Salomon Rondon, whose bid to catch Turner out of goal was thwarted as the American managed to scramble back and deflect the ball.

Both teams’ early preparation for the August 5 start of the Premier League season continues Stateside, with Everton next facing MLS’s Minnesota United in Minneapolis.

Arsenal will take on MLS’s Orlando City and Premiership rivals Chelsea in Florida.

[ad_2]

Source link

July 17, 2022