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The Washington Post reports: “This week, our former president said I had the right to ‘overturn the election. President Trump is wrong,” Pence said Friday. “I had no right to overturn the election.” Pence dismissed Trump’s statement during a keynote speech given Friday during a conference hosted by the Federalist Society, an organization for conservative and libertarian lawyers, in Florida …

Capitol Media Services reports: The top House Republican is unilaterally quashing legislation that would have given lawmakers the power to reject election results. Strictly speaking, Speaker Rusty Bowers is not killing House Bill 2596, that’s something he could do by simply refusing to assign it to any committee to be considered. Instead, Bowers has taken the unprecedented step of assigning …

CNN reports: The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is now in possession of White House records that provide new details about a phone call Donald Trump made to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan on January 6, 2021 — as the investigation drills down on the former President’s communications that day and questions have long swirled around calls between him …

The Washington Post reports: In an extraordinary rebuke, the Republican National Committee passed a resolution condemning Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who voted to impeach former president Donald Trump after the deadly insurrection. The resolution said that the behavior of Cheney and Kinzinger “has been destructive to the institution of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republican …

The New York Daily News reports: Gov. Hochul signed New York’s new congressional and legislative maps into law on Thursday, capping a chaotic process and two days of bitter feuding in Albany, where the ruling Democrats drew new district lines over Republican opposition. Hochul inked her signature to bills codifying the maps after lawmakers approved legislative redistricting earlier in the …

Politico reports: Emails handed over to American Oversight, a group that bills itself as a government watchdog, suggest that DeSantis is in regular contact with Justice Clarence Thomas. In June 2021, Thomas’ wife, Ginni, who runs her own consulting firm, worked with the DeSantis administration to have the governor talk to a coalition of groups, including people affiliated with Judicial …

The Insider reports: Sen. Rand Paul said that Republicans will subpoena chief White House medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci if they take control of the Senate in the mid-term elections. The Kentucky Republican is a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. He stands to be nominated as chairman of the panel if Republicans win the Senate …

Via press release from Cheney’s campaign: Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) issued the following statement in response to the Republican National Committee’s anticipated vote to censure her. “The leaders of the Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon Jan. 6 defendants, some of …

The Washington Post reports: Republican leaders forged an agreement this week to potentially fund a challenger to Rep. Liz Cheney in Wyoming, and party members are expected to formally condemn her for her work on the Jan. 6 committee Friday, an unprecedented rebuke of an incumbent member of Congress. Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel also worked behind the scenes …

Fox News has the transcript: REP. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS: Well, we know one thing from the Democrats this year, it is that if they can’t win by the rules, they’ll change the rules. In Washington, they’ve tried it with trying to get rid of the filibuster in the Senate, their proposals to pack the Supreme Court, their attempts to radically change …

The New Hampshire Journal reports: On the Howie Carr radio show Wednesday, Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski said his old boss has given him a new job: Get rid of Gov. Chris Sununu. “When we spoke earlier in the day, you told me that [President Trump] assigned you a couple of duties and one is in your home state of New …

Fox News reports: A likely announcement by gubernatorial candidate Vernon Jones that he’s dropping out of Georgia’s GOP primary could come as early as Friday. Two Republican sources familiar with the situation told Fox News on Wednesday that after meeting last week with Donald Trump and being offered the former president’s backing if he instead runs for Congress or another …

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: Despite the security at Haley Sofge Towers, a Miami-Dade public housing building, people with clipboards and Republican Party of Florida caps were in the hallways, door knocking. It made registered NPA Armando Selva suspicious. “They said, “We’re doing the renewals on the voter registration, would you like to renew?” Selva recalled. Resident Juan Carlos Salazar …

Politico reports: The Jan. 6 select committee has subpoenaed the phone records of Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward and her husband, Michael Ward, who both signed documents falsely claiming to be among their state’s presidential electors in 2020. The Wards filed suit Tuesday against the House panel in federal court in Arizona seeking to block the couple’s phone provider, T-Mobile, …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Rudy Giuliani was unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in last week’s taping of the first Season 7 episode of Fox’s popular primetime series The Masked Singer. Deadline hears that as soon as they saw Giuliani, judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke quickly left the stage in protest. The show is known for its jaw-dropping surprises when …

Media Matters has the transcript: Here’s my provocative take: the people of Montana should say you’re not welcome here. Don’t bring your values and your Berkeley worldview to this untouched slice of God’s country. They’re going to destroy Montana. They will. They’re good at it. The activist groups will infiltrate, the racial groups will, in fact — now thankfully, there’s …

Tallahassee’s Fox News affiliate reports: Florida Republicans advanced a voting law package that would establish a police unit for election crimes, embracing a proposal pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections approved the bill after hours of debate. Democrats questioned the need for the election police force and said the bill imposes needless new rules …

The Insider reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger blasted Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday after the senator criticized President Joe Biden for ordering troops to Europe as Russia ramps up its preparations for a potential new invasion of Ukraine, while calling on the White House to block Ukraine from joining the NATO alliance. “I hate to be so personal, but Hawley is …

The Washingtonian reports: The DC health department officially shut down H Street bar and burger joint the Big Board Tuesday night, days after its liquor license was suspended for repeated violations of DC’s indoor mask and vaccine mandates. Stripped of its ability to sell alcohol, the business had continued operating with only food. Four Republican members of Congress—Rand Paul, Thomas …

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday defended his stance against offering pardons to Jan. 6, 2021, defendants a day after former President Trump called him a “RINO,” an acronym that means “Republican In Name Only.” “I stand with the police officers who protect our streets, federal courthouses, and the United States Capitol against rioters. They deserve our …