Republicans

Roll Call reports: The House filed a brief Monday in the appeal of Trump ally Steve Bannon that seeks to resurrect legal arguments that the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could not issue subpoenas because it was illegitimate. The chamber’s filing at the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit …

“After pushing Joe Biden out, it was predictable that corporate media would provide hundreds of millions of dollars worth of glowing coverage to his replacement. “They are trying to do that with Kamala but it won’t work — she is too vacuous, too liberal and too unaccomplished for the voters to buy the manufactured narrative. Kamala Harris was complicit in …

The Tennessean reports: On the same day on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett dismissed the qualifications of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and Vice President Kamala Harris, calling both women “DEI hires.” Burchett called Cheatle a “DEI horror story,” referring to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to expand opportunities for women and people of color in workplaces. He told …

“Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! I believe President Trump and Butler County’s JD Vance are the last chance to save our country politically. I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country and it will be saved. It’s the greatest experiment in the history of mankind. And if we come down to …

NBC News reports: Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, was not happy when President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign, throwing the Democratic Party’s ticket into turmoil and robbing Vance of a moment he was looking forward to: Debating Vice President Kamala Harris. “I was told I was going to debate Kamala Harris,” Vance said here Monday during his first solo event …

The Hill reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) greeted the news of the historic shake-up at the top of the Democratic ticket with threats to increase his state’s operations at the Mexican border. “Joe Biden has now endorsed and fully supports his ‘Borders Czar’ Kamala Harris to be the Democrat candidate for president,” Abbott wrote on the social platform X. …

USA Today reports: Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Monday about the agency’s missteps in the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at the GOP nominee’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Tenn., said Americans “demand answers” from Cheatle. The director, in excerpts from her prepared …

CNN reports: Legal challenges to Democrats’ move to nominate a new presidential candidate in the wake of President Joe Biden’s unprecedented decision to drop out of the 2024 race stand little likelihood of success, election law experts told CNN. Donald Trump allies have discussed the legal implications of removing Biden from the ballot, and whether or not they have grounds …

“I’m a classic Republican and he’s a classic Democrat; obviously, President Biden and I usually didn’t see eye-to-eye. I opposed many of his initiatives. But we did find common ground on infrastructure, Ukraine, the Electoral Count Act, adding religious liberty protections to the marriage bill, gun safety measures, and chip manufacturing. Others will judge his presidency. However, having worked with …

The Hill reports: South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace (R) will introduce a resolution on Monday in the House calling on Vice President Harris to invoke the 25th amendment, under which a majority of the Cabinet can remove a president they deem incapacitated. House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have called on Biden to stand down as president after he …

“At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election. “Having invalidated the votes of more than 14 million Americans who selected Joe Biden to be the Democrat nominee for president, the self-proclaimed ‘party of democracy’ has proven …

“If you took video, save it, make a backup copy. We can glean things in terms of audio, in terms of where the shots came from. Was it one rifle? Was it more than one? “I’ve seen some pretty interesting video on the Internet by experts that certainly calls into question what the FBI is telling us about a single …

The Hill reports: ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday pointed to Trump’s remarks at a Saturday rally, during which he went after Vice President Kamala Harris for her laugh, along with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Biden, whom he called a “sick, weak, pathetic band.” When Raddatz asked if Trump missed an opportunity to promote unity, Johnson …

The Washington Post reports: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shared a letter signed by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.) on Saturday detailing the care he has received since last weekend’s assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The letter, written by a political ally whose actions as a medical provider have come into question over the years, marks the most …

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the GOP’s vice presidential pick, has called for President Joe Biden to resign. “Everyone calling on Joe Biden to *stop running* without also calling on him to resign the presidency is engaged in an absurd level of cynicism,” Vance wrote Saturday on X. “If you can’t run, you can’t serve. He should …

“Right now the president of the United States – the former president, and hopefully soon-to-be present of the United States – is alive not because of what Secret Service did, but because he providentially turned his head. That’s the truth. “The fact is the American people are sick of it. They are sick of Lloyd Austin still having a job …

The Washington Post reports: A Florida panel has approved language that will appear beneath an abortion ballot proposal in November that states the referendum will “negatively impact the state budget,” a move that reproductive rights proponents call “a dirty trick.” The financial impact language says public funds may be required to pay for abortions, and that possible lawsuits could be …

Politico reports: House Republicans are escalating their investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, subpoenaing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for information related to security at the rally. House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) on Friday demanded various records, including security plans for the rally site, Secret Service protocol on the day of the rally and …

Law & Crime reports: A controversial new law in Louisiana requiring schools to have a poster of the Ten Commandments in every classroom will not be in effect when students return next month, giving a federal judge time to weigh the constitutionality of the measure. U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana John deGravelles on Friday approved …

The Washington Post reports: Armed with a questionnaire on hot-button social issues about gay and lesbian rights, gender transition care and hiring practices related to diversity, equity and inclusion, Vance (R-Ohio) held up for more than a year the nominations of dozens of diplomats assigned to serve in posts across the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. A copy of …