Closing summary
Democrats are grappling with a New York Times/Siena College poll released over the weekend that showed Joe Biden trailing Donald Trump in five of the six swing states that will be crucial to deciding next year’s election. Worse still, it showed Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, two Republicans who polls show are less popular with the party’s voters than Trump, also beating the president in a general election match-up. David Axelrod, an ex-Barack Obama adviser, said the survey should give the president pause, while Dan Pfeiffer, also formerly of the Obama White House, believes the Democrats still have a path to victory.
Here’s what else happened today:
House Republicans will try again to censure progressive Democrat Rashida Tlaib for her comments about Israel, with two separate resolutions targeting her.
Trump took the witness stand in his civil fraud trial in New York City, and things quickly took a turn for the worse. Our live blog recounts the day’s events here.
Israel’s invasion of Gaza continues, with the Palestinian health ministry announcing the death toll has crossed 10,000.
Ohio is gearing up to vote tomorrow on whether to protect abortion access in the state constitution. Polls indicate the effort may succeed, but reproductive rights advocates are nonetheless anxious.
Another poll shows Americans overwhelmingly believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, and confirms that both Biden and Trump remain unpopular.
Updated
House Republicans gear up to again attempt Tlaib censure over Israel-Palestine remarks
Days after a resolution to censure progressive Democrat Rashida Tlaib was voted down in the House by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Republicans have introduced two more resolutions to punish her for her comments regarding Israel.
Rightwing Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene was the author of the original resolution to censure Tlaib, and is making a new attempt:
.@RepMTG (R-GA) introduces a revised resolution to censure @RepRashida (D-MI) for "antisemitic activity and sympathizing with terrorist organizations."
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 6, 2023
Her previous censure resolution was defeated last week after 23 Republicans voted with Democrats to table (kill) the measure. pic.twitter.com/joNBxb1dVN
Also jumping into the fray is Georgia Republican Rich McCormick, who voted against Greene’s original resolution to censure Tlaib, and has now introduced his own. In a video posted on X (formerly Twitter), he says his problem with the first attempt was that it accused Tlaib of “insurrection”, which, if passed, could have had implications for a “former president” – a reference to Donald Trump:
My resolution to censure @RepRashida is an honest one that protects free speech while still holding her to account for her reckless behavior. pic.twitter.com/mK367M0c6f
— Congressman Rich McCormick, MBA MD (@RepMcCormick) November 2, 2023
Over the weekend, Tlaib stirred up controversy by accusing Joe Biden of supporting “genocide of the Palestinian people” and warning his assistance to Israel as it invades Gaza will hurt his standing in next year’s election:
