The Daily 202: Primary results confirm 2018 is a terrible year to be a House Republican

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The Daily 202: Primary results confirm 2018 is a terrible year to be a House Republican

-- New details emerged from the time when Scott Pruitt’s security detail had to knock down a door to verify the safety of the EPA leader in March 2017. From the New York Times’s Eric Lipton and Lisa Friedman: “It began that day when Mr. Pruitt’s staff made repeated phone calls to him that went unanswered. So they called Washington emergency dispatchers. ‘They say he’s unconscious at this time,’ a 911 operator was told that evening, according to recordings of the emergency call … ‘I don’t know about the breathing portion.’ The emails detail what happened next. An agent ‘is on site and is breaching [name redacted] door to gain access,’ said a 5:20 p.m. email sent to the E.P.A. inspector general’s office and to the head of the agency’s criminal investigations unit ....” The EPA later reimbursed the condo association over $2,000 to replace the broken door.

-- The first lady’s staff responded harshly to charges of plagiarism tied to the rollout of her “Be Best” initiative. From the New York Times’s Katie Rogers: “Observers on Twitter quickly pointed out that one of the primary materials with ‘Be Best’ branding, a booklet on social media guidelines called ‘Talking With Kids About Being Online,’ had been circulated by the Federal Trade Commission during the Obama era. As the story spread, Mrs. Trump’s communications director published an extraordinary statement on Tuesday that admonished the news media for reporting on the plagiarism claims. ‘Our office will continue to focus on helping children, and I encourage members of the media to attempt to Be Best in their own professions,’ the communications director, Stephanie Grisham, wrote.”

Trump threatened to take away the credentials of news outlets that cover him negatively: