Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.In today’s edition, Bridget Bowman explains that Florida’s primary underscored how the Democratic base has changed since President Donald Trump’s first term.Plus, Andrea Mitchell digs into Trump’s push to hold another meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.— Adam WollnerFlorida upset is the latest sign Democrats want to transcend TrumpAnalysis by Bridget BowmanAlex Vindman’s stunning loss in the Florida Senate primary last night is the latest sign that Democratic voters are itching for a fight — and not just against President Donald Trump.Vindman is the third Democrat to have lost a primary this year after having had a starring role in Trump’s impeachments during his first term.
He fell to state Rep.Angie Nixon, a democratic socialist.
Rep.Diana DeGette of Colorado, who was a Trump impeachment manager after the Jan.
6, 2021, Capitol riot, also lost to a democratic socialist opponent, Melat Kiros, this summer.And Rep.
Dan Goldman of New York, Democrats’ lead counsel during Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, lost his primary to progressive former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.All three Democrats highlighted their impeachment roles in their campaigns.
“When Donald Trump abused power, Vindman stood his ground and called him out,” a narrator said in a Vindman campaign ad.Vindman, an Army veteran who worked at the National Security Council, testified during Trump’s first impeachment that he witnessed Trump pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe Biden and his son.“Diana DeGette is fighting Donald Trump to protect our democracy,” a narrator said in an ad for the congresswoman, followed by video of DeGette speaking on the House floor during Tru...