Republicans

The Meidas Touch reports: The Ron Desantis campaign is seeking to capitalize on any momentum it will receive tonight with the endorsement from Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds by simultaneously launching a brutal broadside at Trump. This is, by far, the most aggressive attack made by the Desantis campaign yet on Trump. The clips include Trump forgetting what state he was …

“Republican voters across the country are sick and tired of Republicans because they never do anything to hold hold this government accountable. Republicans go out on the campaign trail and go on TV and do their five-minute hearing videos, and posts up on social media, and say all this garbage about how they’re going to fight it and stop it. …

Florida Politics reports: The Ron DeSantis presidential campaign will formally roll out an endorsement Monday night from Iowa’s Governor. And for just $25 (or more), small dollar donors will be able to watch Kim Reynolds formally confer her nod of approval. “RUSH IN $25,” read the email “We want you at this event. Chip in what you can now and …

The Detroit News reports: After months of speculation, former U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer is jumping into the race for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, launching a campaign Monday for the Republican Party’s nomination. Meijer, 35, of Grand Rapids Township, is an Iraq War veteran and grandson of the founder of the Meijer supermarket chain. He was elected in 2020 to …

Via press release from the White House: Election denial is a dangerous conspiracy theory that has done unprecedented harm to the country and has been comprehensively debunked by over 80 federal judges, as well as the Trump Administration’s national security officials. Like President Biden said when House Republicans won their majority, when Speaker McCarthy was elected, and when Speaker Johnson …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: If and when Kim Reynolds of Iowa endorses Ron DeSanctimonious, who is absolutely dying in the polls both in Iowa and Nationwide, it will be the end of her political career in that MAGA would never support her again, just as MAGA will never support DeSanctimonious again. Two extremely disloyal people getting …

Rolling Stone reports: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson admitted that he and his son monitored each other’s porn intake in a resurfaced clip from 2022. During a conversation on the “War on Technology” at Benton, Louisiana’s Cypress Baptist Church — unearthed by X user Receipt Maven last week — the Louisiana representative talked about how he installed “accountability software” …

“I think many peaceful protesters on January 6 should absolutely not be in prison. We have a dual standard of justice in this country. I don’t think that many of those prosecutions are just. My view is if you’re using one standard of political prosecution for somebody because they have political views different from your own, that’s not justice. That …

ABC News has the transcript: STEPHANOPOULOS: You got a lot of Republicans around the country want you to run for president, as you know. You just saw the poll we had that showed both Joe Biden and Donald Trump unpopular. Now, I know you say you’re not going to address this until after the Tuesday election, but I just want …

CNN reports: Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos refused to take off the table a potential plea deal with the federal government and acknowledged mistakes in his handling of key issues outlined in the criminal indictments against him even as he forcefully defended himself. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN, the New York Republican blamed “stupidity” and “insecurity” for his extensive …

Mediaite reports: “Can you say unequivocally the 2020 election was not stolen?” That was the question ABC’s George Stephanopoulos put to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) during a contentious interview on This Week. And he asked the question again and again and again. And he got no answer again and again and again. Five different times in a three-minute …

The Hill reports: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) called a referendum on reproductive rights on the ballot Tuesday in his home state a “radical proposal,” just days before voters will take to the polls to weigh in on the issue. “If you look at Issue 1 — it’s a radical proposal and whether you’re pro-choice or pro-life, it just goes …

“I’ve been labeled all kinds of stuff, but these people don’t know me. Look, my family – it’s no fun to be misquoted and maligned and mocked of course, but we know that comes with the job and we’re unfazed. I’m not even sure what the term [Christian nationalist] means. Look, there are entire industries built on taking down, tearing …

NBC News reports: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will endorse Ron DeSantis for president at a rally in Des Moines on Monday, sources close to both governors told NBC News. Reynolds’ endorsement is a major boost for the Florida governor, who’s gone all-in on Iowa since launching his bid for the GOP nomination in May. DeSantis currently trails former President Donald …

“What the mainstream media is saying about the indiscriminate fire and the actors – I mean you literally have paid actors who are pretending to be killed, are pretending to be treated, that are now coming forward. So I ask every individual as we already do here in America, educate yourself and find good positive outsources and stop trusting the …

“Imagine if we could fix the double standard of justice at the federal level. If we could fix the double standard of justice that doesn’t lock up a Hunter Biden but does everything possible to prosecute a President Donald Trump. “So, here’s where I’m going with this. I think we need to set up a new legal defense fund for …

The Messenger reports: The boos rained down on the former New Jersey governor Saturday almost as soon as he took the stage at the Republican Party of Florida’s presidential candidate summit. “This pettiness is beneath the process of electing a president,” Christie told the crowd as they booed him. “If your arguments are so strong. If your arguments are so …

Florida Politics reports: Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson drew boos at a gathering of Florida Republicans after predicting Donald Trump will get convicted. “That may or may not happen before you vote in March,” he told the crowd. Hutchinson was the first presidential candidate to speak at the Florida Freedom Summit, held in Orlando Saturday. His prediction about Trump turned …

Axios reports: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) sent letters to colleagues who voted against expelling him from Congress earlier this week thanking them for their votes. The letters went out not only to Republicans, but the dozens of Democrats who voted to spare the embattled Long Islander as well – one of whom wrote back that it’s “not shameful to resign.” …

The Texas Tribune reports: For nearly four decades, Texas activist David Barton has barnstormed statehouses and pulpits across the nation, arguing that the separation between church and state is a myth and that America should be run as a Christian nation. Now, he’s closer to power than perhaps ever before. One day after little-known Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson of …