Trump says Harris shouldn�t be �allowed to run,� recycling weird claim
For nearly a decade, Donald Trump has said those who stand in his way
shouldn't be "allowed" to run for office. Kamala Harris has now joined the
list.
July 25, 2024, 9:00 AM EDT

By Steve Benen

In his first rally since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race,
Donald Trump did exactly what everyone expected him to do: The Republican
spent much of the event going after Vice President Kamala Harris. The
former president�s case against his new rival, however, has tended to rely
heavily on vague name-calling: Trump called the likely Democratic nominee a
�lunatic,� for example.

But during his pitch in North Carolina, one the GOP nominee�s lines of
attack stood out:

�Kamala Harris ... shouldn�t even be allowed to run for president, what
she�s done. She�s committing crimes.

The Republican�s followers, naturally, cheered the rhetoric.

There is a degree of irony to the comments: A jury recently found Trump
guilty of nearly three dozen felonies. If Harris �shouldn�t even be allowed
to run for president� because �she�s committing crimes,� then I supposed we
should look forward to the former president delivering a withdrawal speech
of his own.

What�s more, insisting that the Democratic vice president is �committing
crimes� would be less ridiculous if Trump had any evidence of Harris, you
know, actually committing crimes.

But of particular interest was the GOP candidate�s suggestion that his
likely Democratic rival �shouldn�t even be allowed to run� for the White
House. If the comment rang a bell, there�s a good reason for that:

In October 2015, Trump said Hillary Clinton shouldn�t �even be allowed�
to run for president.
In February 2016, Trump said Ted Cruz was �not allowed� to run for
president.
In March 2016, Trump said John Kasich shouldn�t have been �allowed� to
run against him in a GOP primary.
In October 2020, Trump said Joe Biden shouldn�t have been �allowed� to
run for president.
And in July 2024, Trump said Kamala Harris shouldn�t �even be allowed�
to run for president.

Part of the problem here is that the Republican nominee is getting lazy,
recycling stale insults, nicknames and attacks.
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But just as notable is the fact that Trump has long taken a keen interest
in who should and shouldn�t be �allowed� to run against him, and in a
remarkable coincidence, he consistently argues that those who stand in his
way are � or should be � ineligible for American ballots.

Trump already earned a reputation as someone who was hostile toward
democracy. This won�t help.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-says-harris-
shouldnt-allowed-run-recycling-weird-claim-rcna163593

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - After a rape in 2008 led to charges 15 years later following clearance of backlogged rape test kits, the perpetrator has finally been sentenced for his actions.

Terry Wayne Johnson was sentenced in Hennepin County District Court on Monday to more than a decade in prison. He was charged in October 2023 with second-degree criminal sexual conduct and third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection to the Feb. 16, 2008, rape of a woman.

According to the criminal complaint, at about 12:57 a.m. on Feb. 16, 2008, Minneapolis Police Officers were on patrol near 9th Street East and Park Avenue South when a motorist witness flashing his headlights flagged them down – the victim was also in the vehicle.

At the time, the witness told police he saw the victim near Park Avenue South and 36th Street East, that she was bleeding and needed help, when he offered to bring her to the hospital. Charges said the victim told him she was attacked by a man, later identified as Johnson.

At the hospital, charges say the victim reported she was assaulted and raped, and although she didn't know his name, she was able to provide a description.

The victim said Johnson followed her out of the apartment and dragged her outside to the alley by her hair. She tried to get away, but he said, "Keep yelling, and I will kill you," charges said. He dragged her to the side of the garage. He told her, "You owe me" and ended up punching her in the face, telling her "I'm gonna kill you" as it rendered her unconscious.

The case was later reviewed in 2020 as part of the Minneapolis Police Department and Hennepin County Attorney's Office program to test previously untested sexual assault kits.

The samples in the victim's kit were taken to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for DNA testing, and a DNA profile matched Johnson.

Johnson is already in prison in Washington State on charges of commercial sex abuse of a minor – a crime that occurred after the Minneapolis rape.

He will be processed in the Minnesota prison system, and then be transferred back to Washington to finish serving his sentence there, before returning to Minnesota to serve the remainder of his time connected to the rape charges.

https://www.fox9.com/news/decade-old-minneapolis-rape-kit-prison-sentence