Hypocrisy

The Hill reports: On “Fox News Sunday,” Chris Wallace displayed graphics indicating that the national debt grew by trillions during former President Trump’s term in the White House, while asking Blunt whether the GOP had any “credibility” on the issue after their votes for the Republican tax reform plan in 2017 that lowered the corporate tax rate. “Haven’t you lost …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: With the support of generous partners like you, we at Family Research Council have faithfully advanced faith, family, and freedom from a biblical perspective in our nation since 1983. Our commitment to this mission is unwavering, but we need to take our engagement to a new level as we face a new …

Axios reports: A conservative group is filing a Hatch Act complaint against Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge for political comments she made at the White House last week. The group, Americans for Public Trust, is signaling that it will use the Hatch Act, which forbids overt political activities by senior federal employees, to cause potential ethics problems …

Trump infamously saluted a North Korean general, but here we are again: Vice President Kamala Harris is facing criticism for appearing to break with precedent and failing to salute the honor guard when boarding Air Force Two. Recent vice presidents have maintained the practice of saluting the honor guard while entering and exiting Air Force Two. Former Vice President Mike …

Axios reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned on the Senate floor Tuesday that if Democrats eliminate the filibuster and Republicans take back the majority, “we wouldn’t just erase every liberal change that hurt the country — we’d strengthen America with all kinds of conservative policies with zero, zero input from the other side.” He promised that a Republican …

The New York Times reports: Before the House gave final approval to a $1.9 trillion stimulus package on Wednesday without any Republican support, Speaker Nancy Pelosi admonished Republicans for their opposition to the measure, declaring, “It’s typical that they vote no and take the dough.” As if to make her point, Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, tweeted approvingly just …

Bloomberg News reports: Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida said Tuesday he’s worried that interest rates and inflation will rise as a result of greater government borrowing once President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package becomes law. “There is a day of reckoning here — you can’t just raise debt,” Scott said on Bloomberg TV’s “Balance of Power” program. “They …

“What we found out this week, is that the [team] just got rid of their cheerleaders. Apparently they didn’t have the decency to tell them face-to-face.The cheerleading squad was disbanded, but apparently they read about it on Twitter. They didn’t say, ‘Hey come to the office, we gotta talk.’ This is insanity guys. They didn’t even have the decency to …

Fox News reports: Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte said President Biden “degraded” himself, following comments he made comparing red-state governors to Neanderthal’s. Gianforte explained that hospitalizations are down and Montana is “open for business” during an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” asserting that a “one-size fits all” approach to coronavirus mandates “doesn’t make sense” for the needs of every state. “For …

The Hill reports: The senators, led by Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), urged Biden in a letter to withdraw the nomination of Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general, arguing he is unqualified to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The senators wrote that Becerra has “no meaningful experience in health care, public health, large-scale logistics, or any other areas critical …

Mediaite reports: “You went and you took your daughters to Cancun and you came back,” Hannity said, clearly teeing up a friendly gloss on the GOP Senator’s conduct. “I think you can be a father and be the senator of Texas all at the same time and make a round-trip quick drop-off trip and come home.” But just moments after …

Michael Brown writes for the Christian Post: We are vile. We are vicious. We are mean-spirited. We treat each other with disrespect and disdain. There is little honor. Little humility. Little grace. Perhaps worse still, we have been taught to hate and we have found justification for our hatred. After all, the Democrats (or Republicans or whatever people have our …

Fox News reports: The Republican National Committee is launching a new panel on election integrity that it says is dedicated to restoring transparency and confidence to future elections. The RNC announced their new Committee on Election Integrity on Wednesday, sharing the news first with Fox News. The RNC says the new committee will work closely with state parties and other …

Ronna McDaniel writes for Fox News: After spending four years telling Americans about the need to move on from President Trump, it turns out Democrats are the ones who can’t let him go. With nothing else to offer, this week Senate Democrats are resorting back to running the impeachment playbook for the second time in as many years, this time …

ABC News reports: The wife of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has filed a criminal complaint against one of the organizers of a protest last month outside their Virginia home. The individual has been charged with a misdemeanor count of illegally demonstrating, but not charged with making threats or vandalism, as the Missouri senator initially alleged. A local magistrate found enough …

The Christian Post reports: Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative student group Turning Point USA, said prominent Christian entertainer Lecrae “should never be allowed” to perform in Christian churches after he campaigned for Raphael Warnock, a pro-choice Democrat. Kirk, author of The MAGA Doctrine, made the comments at Pastor Jack Hibbs’ Calvary Chapel Chino church the week of the inauguration …

Mediaite reports: Former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich railed against Nancy Pelosi as the “most destructive Speaker” in history, leaving out his own checkered past, which involved paying $300,000 and resigning in disgrace after a Congressional ethics probe found he lied about violating tax law. “First off, she keeps violating the Constitution,” he claimed, before offering up several very vague, …

“The Biden administration has already declared our open borders will be welcoming of illegal immigrants, promising amnesty and no deportations of illegal immigrants under a Biden presidency. “The President-Elect will be in defiance, once he takes the oath of the Constitution, as he says he will act unilaterally, without a national debate or a vote in the House or the …

The Christian Post reports: Ravi Zacharias International Ministries confirmed on Wednesday that its late founder “did indeed engage in sexual misconduct.” Massage therapists at day spas co-owned by Zacharias, an influential apologist who died in May after a battle with cancer, alleged that he would come in regularly for back pain treatment. Three women who spoke with Stephen Baughman, an …

The Hill reports: Republicans are preparing to re-embrace their inner deficit hawks after green-lighting big spending bills under President Trump. GOP senators say they expect to refocus on curbing the nation’s debt and reforming entitlement programs starting in 2021, as the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the debt has surpassed the size of the American economy. “I think that’s kind …