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Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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A new Gallup poll says public support for gun control has dropped among Americans. Only 57% now favor stricter laws on gun sales. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Support for gun control drops

Many people can't wait for 2020 to end, billing it as a lousy year all around for multiple reasons. In the greater picture, however, the combination of troubling events such as social unrest and the coronavirus pandemic fostered record-breaking gun sales in the U.S., according to several industry sources. It also has influenced public opinion on gun control.

November 16, 2020
Then-presidential candidate Barack Obama prepares to join running mate Joseph R. Biden on stage in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 2008. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Inside the Beltway: Incoming: The Obama blitz

There will be considerable activity in the nation's capital this weekend, organized by those who support President Trump on a near visceral level — and those who will never, ever, ever support the president. There are several rallies and marches set for Saturday in and around the National Mall and the Supreme Court. But that is not the only emphatic public presence which soon will be felt in Washington and elsewhere.

November 12, 2020
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden said during the first presidential debate that counting ballots takes time and when the moderator asked if he wouldn't declare victory until the election was certified said "yes." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside the Beltway: Biden breaks his most vital promise

The first presidential debate seems like it was in another century. It took place only 44 days ago, give or take a few hours. The first match between President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden was loud, restless and cranky. But Mr. Biden did promise to do one thing during the event which is of interest at this very moment.

November 11, 2020
A Media Research Center poll found that many voters who favored Joseph R. Biden were unaware of claims he had overseas business ties. The watchdog says failure to report this influenced the election. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Reality: ‘The media stole the election’

A new post-election poll conducted by the Media Research Center reveals that 36% of voters who chose presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden were not aware of the evidence linking him "to corrupt financial dealings with China through his son Hunter Biden," noted an analysis of the findings released Monday.

November 9, 2020
A new analysis finds the major TV networks’ coverage of the COVID-19 Relief bill only featured the measure’s most popular provision. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Media deploys psyops to ‘depress and silence’ Trump voters

Yes, many voters were taken aback by those news organizations that immediately declared that Joseph R. Biden had suddenly and magically turned into "President-elect Biden." The change in title was unnerving and dismissive, suggesting that fair play, professional standards and decorum had simply imploded during the 2020 presidential election.

November 8, 2020
Former President Barack Obama has a major new memoir arriving in less than two weeks that is 768 pages long based on his early presidency — to be followed by a second book to cover the rest of it. (Crown Publishing)

Inside the Beltway: Mr. Obama’s very precise timing

Former President Barack Obama recently took to the campaign trail with gusto, shoring up support for Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden and offering choice quips about President Trump - calling him a failure and a fraud, among other things, according to a CNN account.

November 4, 2020
ISoldMyHouse.com, a national real estate marketplace, reports in a new survey tha safe rooms and bunkers are among the most desired features in a home during these uncertain times. (Image courtesy of ISoldMyHouse.com)

Fortress chic: Interest in homes with bunkers, panic rooms and hidden spaces up 546%

A nice kitchen and a swimming pool just won't cut it in 2020. In the last 24 hours, searches for houses with 'emergency spaces' such as bunkers, panic rooms and hidden fortified rooms have increased 546%, as America waits for all votes to be counted and the election result is confirmed, reported ISoldMyHouse.com on Wednesday.

November 4, 2020
Liza Durasenko, 16, from Oregon City, Ore., prays during a rally in support of President Donald Trump, Aug. 29, 2020, in Clackamas, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein) ** FILE **

Record-breaking surge of faith voters flock to the polls to support Trump: Exit poll

The faithful have once again proved faithful to President Trump. "Led by record turnout of evangelicals, voters of faith surged to the polls in a nail-biter election that is still too close to call but which has put President Trump on the precipice of re-election," reported the Faith and Freedom Coalition, citing exit polls and a post-election survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies.

November 4, 2020
That was then: President-elect Trump acknowledges he won, flanked by running mate Mike Pence and surrounded by family on Nov. 9, 2016. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Revisiting the election at 2:29 a.m., Nov. 9, 2016

Few will forget election night four years ago. Remember? At 2:29 a.m. Eastern on Nov. 9, 2016, The Associated Press at last called the race for then-Republican nominee Donald Trump. The news service issued a "flash" announcement two minutes later — The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and three other news organizations followed with their own revelations three minutes later.

November 3, 2020
President Donald Trump pumps his fist, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, as they walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Washington. Trump is headed to Nashville, Tenn., for a debate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

New Jersey Women for Trump, Facebook group, reinstated after Donald Trump tweet

Despite the rigors posed by a non-stop reelection campaign, social unrest and a raging pandemic, President Trump took a moment in the middle of it all to right a wrong done to New Jersey Women for Trump, a 29,000-member private grassroots group in the Garden State which had a serious run-in with social media.

November 2, 2020
The Faith & Freedom Coalition has reached out to millions of faith voters to ensure they will get to the polls and support President Trump. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Faith voters rise up and are counted

For the faith community, get-out-the-vote has become a heavenly, heavy-duty cause. The Faith & Freedom Coalition revealed Monday that their volunteers have personally knocked on 5,138,299 doors and reached 9 million voters in battleground states — five times the number that the grassroots group contacted during the 2016 election.

November 2, 2020