The Tap: Sunday, May 29, 2016

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The Tap covered election news, public policy, and other noteworthy events from February 2016 to February 2022.

Review of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #19 of The Tap, which was published on June 4, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

• Former Republican governors Gary Johnson (N.M.) and William Weld (Mass.) were selected as the Libertarian presidential and vice presidential nominees at the Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, Florida. “There are Republican voters who are going to feel cheated by the fact that their presidential nomination has been taken by a reality show star, and there are Democratic voters who are going to feel cheated when that corporate shill boxes out Senator Sanders at the convention in that rigged process. When those people feel cheated, we present an option for them,” said Nicholas Sarwark, the Libertarian Party’s national chairman.
  • See also: Day three of the Libertarian National Convention: Johnson/Weld chosen as nominees
• In an interview that aired on CNN, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) discussed his experience campaigning, including the regrets he had about insulting Donald Trump for having “small hands” and being labeled as “robotic” for repeating the same phrase several times during a single debate. When asked for his opinion on Trump reviving “scandals” from the 1990s, Rubio said, “This is who Donald is. This is how he does things. And at this point, I don't think he should change if he's been successful. I may not like that direction, but, at this point, he won and this is the direction that he won on.”

State

• The Oregon Senate confirmed Lisa Hardie to the Oregon Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Hardie, an energy attorney in Oregon, was nominated by Gov. Kate Brown to replace former commissioner Susan Ackerman, who stepped down from the commission on May 20, 2016. Hardie is the new chair of the PUC. She joined Stephen Bloom and John Savage, who were reappointed by Brown and were each confirmed for another term.

Preview of the day

There were no items for this day in issue #18 of The Tap, which was published on March 28, 2016. See the "Review of the day" tab for more information.