Jan. 6 panel: Trump took no action for 187 minutes as Capitol was attacked
2022-07-21The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack presented testimony that President Trump remained in the White House dining room for 187 minutes, from the end of his Ellipse speech until a recorded video statement, without calling the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, or the Secretary of Homeland Security. The committee's final report later titled the episode "187 Minutes of Dereliction."
Obama's Whole Foods arugula-price remark in Iowa becomes recurring elitism story through 2008
2007-07-27At a rural issues forum at the Van Fossen farm in Adel, Iowa, Sen. Barack Obama cited the price of arugula at Whole Foods to argue farm policy should support specialty-crop growers, prompting mockery that he was out of touch since Iowa had no Whole Foods stores. The remark, dubbed "Arugula-gate," was repeatedly invoked by the McCain campaign, the Clinton campaign, and the press through the 2008 general election as evidence of elitism.