Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, ICE claims that a man shattered his skull running into a wall creating tension at a Minnesota hospital, Palestinian citizens in Israel demand more security and a look at the latest batch of Epstein files released.
But first, a look at how a swing House district in Colorado gives a preview to the midterms later this year.
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A protester holds an American flag while waving at motorists Wednesday from an overpass along Interstate 25 in Northglenn, Colo. (AP Photo /David Zalubowski) |
What a swing House district in Colorado shows about Republicans’ immigration fallout in the midterms |
President Donald Trump’s immigration drive in Minnesota, and the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, has resonated across the farms, oil and gas rigs, and shopping centers of Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, a swing seat stretching northeast from Denver. The monthlong turmoil in Minnesota has reinforced the political views of some in the U.S. House district while making others reconsider their own. If such sentiments hold until the fall, that could imperil House Republicans who won their seats by narrow margins and could jeopardize the GOP’s full control of political power in Washington. Read more.
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