Daily Digest: TGIF edition
Good morning, and here we are at Friday already. Not a moment too soon. Here's the Digest.
1. From the story: Bill Davis said "guilty, your honor" 16 times on Thursday for each count of misusing taxpayer money or conspiring to defraud Community Action of Minneapolis, the organization he led for 24 years. The money was supposed to help low-income Minneapolis residents with heating costs, career assistance and other vital services. (MPR News)
2. Thousands of people gathered across the street from the Minnesota Capitol Thursday to listen to Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham. He urged people to vote and said more Christians should run for office, especially if they don't like the quality of the candidates running now. Graham says he has quit the Republican Party and didn't talk about Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. (Star Tribune)
3. “Today, once again, as has been true so many times before, I held and hugged grieving family members and parents,” President Obama told reporters after a two-hour meeting with family members of victims of the Orlando shooting massacre. “And they asked, ‘Why does this keep happening?’” (Orlando Sentinel)
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4. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said President Obama was "directly responsible" for the Orlando attack. McCain made the comment to a group of reporters when they asked him about the gun control debate in the Senate. McCain said the rise of ISIS was due to Obama's decision to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq. McCain later tried to walk back the comment, saying he was referring to the president's national security policies, not the president himself, but his original remarks were met with widespread criticism, especially because they came while Obama was visiting Orlando. (Washington Post)
5. There's a familiar face raising money for Republicans in tight races for the U.S. Senate, and it's not Donald Trump. After eight years of largely avoiding politics, former President George W. Bush is helping campaign for incumbents in tight re-election contests. Bush has said he won't support Trump, and his reappearance is an indication that Trump is not helping down-ballot Republicans raise money. (New York Times)
Finally, because it's Friday, you've got to see this kid. Cinnamon Roll Revolution! (NPR)