Republicans

Denver’s Fox affiliate reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert announced Monday that she introduced legislation to “hold Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle accountable” after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. A portion of the bill included in a press release said it would “prohibit the use of federal funds for the salary of the Director …

The Associated Press reports: A state court judge’s ruling Monday keeps an abortion-rights question on the November ballot in South Dakota. Judge John Pekas dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group, Life Defense Fund, that sought to have the question removed even though supporters turned in more than enough valid signatures to put it on the ballot. “They have …

The Hill reports: Former presidential candidate and pharmaceutical entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy says he’s he interested in filling the Ohio Senate seat occupied by Sen. JD Vance (R) or serving in a future Trump administration Cabinet position. “I would strongly consider it if I were asked to serve,” he said of the Senate seat that would be vacated if Donald Trump …

NBC News reports: Some high-profile speakers on the first night of the Republican National Convention leaned into anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, doubling down on the party’s 2024 platform, which calls for keeping “men out of women’s sports” and ending “left-wing gender insanity.” Their speeches Monday especially targeted transgender and non-gender-conforming people. “Let me state this clearly: There are only two genders,” said …

The New York Post reports: Elon Musk plans to donate around $45 million per month to a new political group backing ex-President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, according to a report. The Tesla boss — who fully endorsed Trump in the wake of the weekend assassination attempt — is one of several tech moguls contributing to the America PAC, …

“Our God still saves. He still delivers, and he still sets free. Because on Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle. “But an American lion got back up on his feet, and he roared! He roared! If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you better be believing right now. “You see, America, this is a difficult time …

Raw Story reports: Neighbors of the man who allegedly shot Donald Trump said that they spotted campaign signs for the former president outside his home in recent years. WPXI first reported Monday that law enforcement officers had interviewed the neighbors of Thomas Matthew Crooks, who Secret Service snipers killed following the assassination attempt. “Records show he is a registered Republican …

The Hill reports: President Biden’s reelection campaign on Monday blasted former President Trump for choosing Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate, saying that the senator will enable the former president. “Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance as his running mate because Vance will do what Mike Pence wouldn’t on January 6: bend over backwards to enable Trump and his …

CNN reports: The floor at the Republican National Convention rang out in boos when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the mic with the Kentucky delegation moments ago. Some context: McConnell, who pointedly blamed former President Donald Trump for the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, announced he will support Trump for the presidency after Trump’s final substantive …

The Washington Post reports: Delegates at the Republican National Convention approved a new party platform Monday that embraces presumptive nominee Donald Trump’s political positions, including a leave-it-to-states approach to abortion restrictions that abandons the party’s long-standing explicit support for national restrictions on the procedure. The new platform also abandons the old document’s opposition same-sex marriage, saying only that “Republicans will …

Politico reports: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has been informed that he is not former President Donald Trump’s choice to be his vice presidential nominee, according to two sources familiar with the decision. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has also been told something similar. A spokesperson for former President Donald Trump says he has made his pick for running mate. “The …

The Alabama Political Reporter reports: A House bill that could have led to the arrest of librarians narrowly missed becoming law last session, but sponsors have already filed a follow-up for the session that begins next February. House Bill 4 is primarily sponsored by Rep. Arnold Mooney, R-Indian Springs, but has a total of 49 co-sponsors including House Speaker Nathaniel …

The Lever reports: In the months before Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, the state’s legislature blocked a bill banning the sale of the type of assault rifle allegedly used in the attack. Prior to that, at the federal level, nearly all of Pennsylvania’s Republican congressional delegation voted against a bill to reinstate a nationwide assault …

The Associated Press reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday said he’s demanding an investigation into the response of the utility that serves the area as well as answers about its preparations for upcoming storms. “Power companies along the Gulf Coast must be prepared to deal with hurricanes, to state the obvious,” Abbott said at his first news conference about …

“You know, it just everything you all mentioned about the rooftop. I’ve talked to a marine sniper today, SEAL sniper, former CIA operator, and they all said the same thing. How the hell did he get on top of that roof? If you look at the pictures, he didn’t go through the top of the roof. There had to be …

NBC News reports: Speakers at the Republican National Convention have been given specific advice about how to handle their speeches in the wake of Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump: Change nothing. Trump aides and convention leadership have not told those speaking at the weeklong convention in Milwaukee to alter their original speeches after the shooting at a Trump rally …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor wants answers from the Joe Biden administration in the wake of Saturday’s assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. “DC bureaucratic failures almost never result in any accountability; this time needs to be different. Our country is in the peril its in partly because the DC ruling class has consistently evaded responsibility for its failures,” …

“This is a horrific act of political violence that ought to be roundly condemned. Obviously, we can’t go on like this as a society. “You know, our prayers are with President Trump, all the rally attendees, certainly the family of the individual that lost their life and those who were injured. “We have gotten briefings from law enforcement. I spoke …

“Biden’s speech was not the inspiring, unifying speech that’s necessary from the president of the United States in this moment. He can’t even say it was an assassination attempt. That’s not leadership.  “Democrats and liberals in the media have called Trump a fascist. They’ve compared him to Hitler. They’ve tried to lock him up. They tried to remove his Secret …

Politico reports: Congressional Republicans already believed Donald Trump was headed back to the White House. Some of them think the Saturday night rally shooting has made his path even easier. “President Trump survives this attack — he just won the election,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) told POLITICO in a brief interview shortly after the shooting. Other Republicans, who quickly …