Tag Archives: GOP

Cawthorn Brandishes Check From Bill He Voted Against

Talking Points Memo reports: Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-NC) photo-op touting the infrastructure funding for his district that came from the bipartisan infrastructure package (BIF) didn’t go quite as planned on Thursday. A video published by American Muckrakers PAC, a Cawthorn opposition group, shows the GOP lawmaker being confronted by a person off-screen who asked him point-blank if he actually voted …

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Greitens: I’m Coming For Disgusting Coward McConnell

“I wanna tell you directly, Karl Rove and Mitch McConnell. Hear me now. You are disgusting cowards and we are coming for you. “We are no longer going to allow you – not just to attack me and attack my kids, but to destroy this country, and that’s what you’re doing. “You’re making life hard for millions of families around …

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Utah House Overrides Gov’s Veto Of Anti-Trans Bill

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: During an impassioned hourlong debate, the Utah House of Representatives on Friday voted to override Gov. Spencer Cox’s veto of a controversial bill that would bar transgender girls from participating in school sports matching their gender identities. The House voted 56-18 in favor of the override, with Democrats and two Republicans voting against it. State …

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McCarthy: Newly Convicted GOP Rep Should Resign

Politico reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday suggested Rep. Jeff Fortenberry should resign from Congress, hours after the Nebraska Republican was convicted of lying to the FBI over illegal campaign contributions. “I think when someone’s convicted, it’s time to resign, ” McCarthy told reporters. “I am going to discuss with him today. I think he had his day …

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DeSantis Signs Bill On Banning School Library Books

Florida Politics reports: On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law legislation (CS/HB 1467) that would impose School Board term limit requirements statewide and also offer parents and others a mechanism to purge texts they don’t like from the classroom. The legislation also stoked controversy during the Legislative Session for enhancing the ability of community members to cull potentially objectionable …

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Pompeo Speech Lays Groundwork For 2024 WH Bid

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports: Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo checked all the boxes for a Republican presidential candidate in the Trump era, going after the “woke left” and the media while wading into gender politics Thursday during a Sarasota appearance that included a warning about Americans moving away from “Judeo-Christian” values. Pompeo is widely believed to be considering …

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Missouri GOP Fails In US House Redistricting Battle

The Kansas City Star reports: The Missouri Senate approved a congressional map on Thursday, ending weeks of Republican infighting over how far to go in drawing GOP-leaning districts for partisan advantage. The map — approved in a 22-10 vote — was the result of a compromise among Republicans, including between GOP leaders and some members of the Conservative Caucus, a …

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Pence Blames Biden For North Korea’s ICBM Test

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that the Trump administration “stood up to Kim Jong Un” and blamed the Biden administration for North Korea’s latest missile test. “The fact that for the first time in more than four years, Kim Jong Un fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that went into space and landed in the …

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Republican US Rep Found Guilty Of Three Felonies

The Associated Press reports: U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was convicted late Thursday on charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from a foreign billionaire at a 2016 Los Angeles fundraiser. A federal jury in LA deliberated about two hours before finding the nine-term Republican guilty of concealing information and two …

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REPORT: Trump’s Michigan AG Pick Was Fired For Fraud

Bridge Michigan reports: A Republican running to be Michigan’s top law enforcement official was fired from a law firm in 2005 after colleagues alleged he “padded” client billings for personal and professional benefit, according to court records reviewed by Bridge Michigan. Matt DePerno, an attorney general candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump, sued the firm over his firing and …

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AZ Gov Gets 15-Week “No Exceptions” Abortion Ban Bill

Axios reports: The Arizona House on Thursday voted to approve a bill that would effectively ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill, approved by Arizona’s Senate last month, resembles a Mississippi abortion ban under review by the Supreme Court, which could overturn Roe v. Wade. Details: Arizona’s SB 1164 states that any health professional who performs an abortion …

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McConnell: “I Cannot And Will Not” Vote To Confirm

The Associated Press reports: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he will vote against confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson, saying he “cannot and will not” support the groundbreaking nominee for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court. While McConnell’s opposition was not unexpected and Jackson’s confirmation is still on track, his declaration coming only hours after the Senate Judiciary …

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Cultist US House Candidate Calls Mick Mulvaney “Really A True Piece Of Shit” In Wild Text Message Exchange

South Carolina’s The State reports: A Trump-backed South Carolina GOP congressional candidate lashed out at the former president’s acting White House chief of staff in a series of text messages this week, where she twice called Mick Mulvaney a “piece of s—” after he told a national news outlet she was “not the best candidate by any stretch of the …

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At SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing, Alabama AG Refuses Multiple Times To Acknowledge Biden As Fairly Elected

Montgomery’s ABC News affiliate reports: Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall testified today before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. During his testimony, AG Marshall said he had particular concern about the “left’s efforts to downplay violent crime while also claiming that the justice system is …

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Texas AG Declares School District’s “Pride Week” Illegal

The Hill reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said in a letter to the Austin Independent School District (AISD) this week that its Pride Week was “breaking state law.” Paxton wrote Tuesday that by hosting pride week, the district “has, at best undertaken a week-long instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent. Or, worse [the] district is cynically …

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Cruz Unwittingly Makes Children’s Book A Bestseller

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made a big production on Tuesday about how wrong it is that children’s books promoting anti-racism are being taught at a private school in Washington, D.C., where Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is a board member. “Antiracist Baby” is now Amazon’s No. 1 bestselling children’s book under the category of “difficult …

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AZ Gov Gets Bill Requiring Citizenship Proof To Vote

Common Dreams reports: The Arizona Senate on Wednesday passed a Republican-authored bill that advocates warn could prompt “the most extreme voter purge in the country” by requiring state residents to provide proof of citizenship to stay on the rolls. Just one of a slew of voter suppression measures that the GOP-controlled Arizona legislature is currently working to advance—including a bill …

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Biden Fires Oz And Walker From Federal Sports Council

NBC News reports: The Biden administration threatened Wednesday to remove Dr. Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker from a federal advisory committee if they didn’t resign, setting the stage for a public fight with two high-profile GOP Senate candidates. Under the Hatch Act, Oz and Walker are considered special government employees who “may not be candidates in partisan elections” while engaged …

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Perkins: Unseat “Sellout” GOP Govs Over Trans Vetoes

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: It’s not every day that a politician has the chance to be a hero in one of the most high-profile debates in the country. And it’s also not every day that a leader turns the chance down. This week, it happened twice. To the shock of Indiana and Utah voters, their governors …

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TX Official Ordered Librarians To Remove LGBTQ Books: If You Disagree, You Better Hide It, We’re Conservatives

The Texas Tribune reports: In early January, a day before students returned from winter break, Jeremy Glenn, the superintendent of the Granbury Independent School District in North Texas, told a group of librarians he’d summoned to a district meeting room that he needed to speak from his heart. “I want to talk about our community,” Glenn said, according to a …

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