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Axios reports: Republicans, who enabled President Trump with their silence and compliance, are privately furious with him for blowing their Senate majority. Why it matters: It’s a fitting and predictable end to Trump’s reign. The party has now lost the House, Senate and White House on his watch. He leaves Democrats in full control of Washington’s agenda, with only the …

The Hill reports: Eric Trump warned Tuesday that he will boost primary challengers for every Republican lawmaker who does not object to the Electoral College results Wednesday. The threat underscores the divide that has torn through the GOP over Wednesday’s joint session of Congress, during which both chambers are expected to certify the Electoral College’s 306-232 margin for President-elect Joe …

Yahoo News reports: Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas said in a statement on Sunday that he would not join some of his colleagues planning to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s win by opposing the certification of the Electoral College vote on Wednesday. Cotton, a supporter of President Donald Trump, said attempts to overturn the Electoral College would exceed Congress’ power …

The Daily Mail reports: A conspiracy theory touting lawyer who has championed Donald Trump’s election fraud claims is stirring controversy by suggesting Vice President Mike Pence should “face execution by firing squad” for treason. “If Pence is arrested, @SecPompeo will save the election. Pence will be in jail awaiting trial for treason. He will face execution by firing squad. He …

Politico reports: Vice President Mike Pence has the unilateral power to decide the outcome of the 2020 election, according to the latest filing in a lawsuit brought by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and other Republicans mounting a last-ditch bid to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “Under the Constitution, he has the authority to conduct that proceeding as he …

Axios reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday blocked Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) request to hold a vote on a House standalone measure that would boost the size of stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 per person. President Trump has demanded that the payments be increased, creating a rift between him and Senate GOP leadership ahead of …

Mediaite reports: The president targeted Republicans for a laundry list of failures on Tuesday, including the hesitance from some to support his quixotic attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump has decried Republican leadership in recent weeks, most notably Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recently accepted that Joe Biden will be the next president. On Tuesday, Trump cited …

ABC News reports: President Trump on Tuesday sharply criticized Republican leaders for allowing a vote to override his veto of a must-pass defense policy bill, calling them “weak” and “tired” and accusing them of a “disgraceful act of cowardice.” The House on Monday evening voted 322-87 to override Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), teeing up what …

Politico reports: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and President Donald Trump’s defeated electors from Arizona may force Vice President Mike Pence to publicly pick a side in Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 election loss. Though the lawsuit itself is unlikely to gain legal traction, it does put Pence in the position of having to either contest the suit — putting …

The Des Moines Register reports: Rep. Steve King filed an ethics complaint against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, objecting to the manner in which he was stripped of all of his House committee assignments last year. In the 23-page complaint, filed with the House Ethics Committee, King argues he did not violate U.S. law, the chamber’s Code of …

Mediaite reports: Lin Wood, the celebrity attorney who filed lawsuits contesting the way Georgia handled the 2020 election, seemingly suggested the state’s Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should be arrested, along with Gov. Brian Kemp (R), and told Republicans to “break” the election by refusing to vote. Embiggen the tweet’s image for full crazy. I have received much …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump has been tweeting furiously this Christmas about his quest to overturn the 2020 election, even going so far as to threaten Republican leadership he sees as insufficiently helpful. While a number of Republicans have backed Trump’s baseless claim the election was stolen from him by Joe Biden, leadership has mostly ignored his charge. Senate Majority …

Mediaite reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Wednesday ended a call with House Republicans after they began leaking to the media about his effort to kill a proposal that would include direct $2,000 payments to Americans. McCarthy “just told members on call that somebody is leaking to the NYT … while on the call,” The New York Times’ …

Yesterday Pat Robertson declared that Trump must be living in an “alternate reality” to still be trying to overturn the election. Robertson’s fellow scamvangelicals are furious. From the far-right Charisma News: The timing of Robertson’s negative pronouncement about Trump is peculiar. Although the Supreme Court has, so far, refused to hear any case about election fraud, several members of Congress …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: On Monday night, Ellis tweeted that the Insurrection Act “does not apply” to the post-election wrangling. She was rewarded with comments calling her a bad lawyer, a shill for the left, and someone who’s only in the fight to make money and raise her profile. Some argued that this is war, and everything …

Axios reports: President Trump, in his final days, is turning bitterly on virtually every person around him, griping about anyone who refuses to indulge conspiracy theories or hopeless bids to overturn the election, several top officials tell Axios. Targets of his outrage include Vice President Pence, chief of staff Mark Meadows, White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Secretary of State Pompeo …

The Hill reports: Attorney General William Barr on Monday said that Russia is likely behind the unprecedented hack into multiple federal agencies and thousands of private entities, becoming the second senior administration official to place the blame on Moscow in contradiction to statements by President Trump. The attorney general said that he agrees with the assessment by Secretary of State …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump on Monday derided Georgia’s GOP leadership as turncoat “Republicans in name only” even as the party scrambles to stay unified for the crucial upcoming U.S. Senate run-off elections. Spewing unfounded claims about his loss in the state, Trump trashed Gov. Brian Kemp and top GOP lieutenants for failing to back his dead-end …

Talking Points Memo reports: President Trump told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a tweet early Wednesday that it was too soon to “give up” after the Kentucky Republican conceded that President-elect Joe Biden won November’s election. “Republican Party must finally learn to fight,” Trump added. “People are angry!” In his tweet, the president shared an article titled “Trump’s allies …

Mediaite reports: Mark Levin — the Fox News host and enormously popular radio host who has spread conspiracy theories about the election — said it’s time for the veteran Republican senator to retire. Charlie Kirk, the founder of pro-Trump youth group Turning Point USA, criticized McConnell for the tone of his remarks. “You typically don’t use the term ‘congratulations’ when …