Trump's affordability message: "You could even come to Mar-a-Lago. You'll be my guest. The problem is that for $5,000 the most you'll be able to buy is a hamburger and maybe a small dessert. I'm not even sure you could buy that! No, don't go there. It's not a good place if you're price conscious."

I struggled to find locals willing to put their name behind any kind of statement of support for Marshall. Partially a function of small-town politeness, but there is clearly something else going on too. Much more here (gift link): kansascity.com/opinion/opn-c…

TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.

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ICYMI: U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday had a reporter who attempted to question him kicked out of a Mobile campaign stop. The reporter tried to ask Tuberville about his pledge to donate his Senate salary to Alabama veterans.

Toforest Johnson, an Alabama Death Row inmate whose conviction has long been questioned even by his original prosecutor, won't be put to death. Gov. Kay Ivey announced the commutation to life in prison without chance of parole Tuesday. More to come.

Alabama Republican gubernatorial candidate Tommy Tuberville had law enforcement escort me out of tonight's Mobile campaign event while I tried to ask him a question. lagniappemobile.com/news/mob…

The list of House battlegrounds from @CookPolitical keeps getting longer and reaching deep red territory. @marianaa_alfaro & @AnnaLissRoy have a great guide to these races, visualized by @erxclau washingtonpost.com/politics/…

I’d put my record and that of Alabama Republicans up against yours any day of the week. Top 20 economy with $70B in investments and 100k+ new good-paying jobs. #1 state for exporting automobiles. Lowest per capita tax collections in the nation. $1.5B in tax cuts since 2022 (including the grocery tax your colleagues failed to cut for 136 years). 1,500+ infrastructure projects across all 67 counties. Most improved state for public education with the biggest gains in 4th grade reading and math nationally. Record investment in public education for six years running. Teacher pay raises 7 out of the last 8 years. Put prayer back in public schools. Banned men from competing in women’s sports. Scholarships for law enforcement and military dependents. 8 weeks of paid parental leave for teachers. Childcare tax credit for working parents. Meanwhile, the only education policy you’re championing would take close to 40,000 students out of a school that best meets their needs. Keep in mind that the program gives priority to the impoverished families you claim to care about. Your record doesn’t come close to ours. If it did, you’d be talking about how you’ve made Alabama better instead of throwing stones at the people who are actually getting things done.