Republicans

Little Rock’s ABC affiliate reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night. She praised Trump, saying she had never been prouder to stand with him. “Not even an assassin’s bullet could stop him,” Sanders said. She said America and the world were safer when Trump was president. “God Almighty intervened because America is one …

Rolling Stone reports: U.S. Concealed Carry Association, founded in 2003, is based in Wisconsin and claims a membership of 800,000. USCCA pitches itself as a concealed carry advocacy group, encouraging self-defense with firearms. The gun violence publication The Trace has highlighted USCCA as one of many groups “scrambling to fill the NRA’s void,” with that beleaguered gun rights group raising …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) crashed an interview by Kevin McCarthy at the Republican National Convention to taunt the former House Speaker. “What night are you speaking? Are you speaking tonight?” Gaetz said, getting in McCarthy’s face. As the California Republican, who is at the RNC but not slated to speak, seemed to ignore his former colleague in the …

Florida Politics reports: During a contentious interview on CNN, U.S. Rep. Cory Mills said an investigation into the assassination attempt on Donald Trump must consider whether any security failures allowed the 20-year-old shooter to get into a building near a Pennsylvania rally and fire off multiple shots. But Mills went further. “The amount of negligence, the amount of mistakes that …

The Independent reports: The father of 20-year-old would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was previously identified by the former president’s campaign as one of the voters in his area most likely to respond favorably to pro-gun messaging. That’s according to confidential data obtained by Britain’s Channel 4 News, which said 53-year-old Matthew Crooks—who legally purchased the AR-15 rifle used by …

The Hill reports: Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) sharply criticized former President Trump’s choice of running mate in Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), taking aim specifically at the first-term senator’s past opposition to aiding Ukraine as it fends off Russia’s invasion. “They are celebrating that choice, both in Milwaukee tonight and in Moscow,” Kinzinger said Monday in an interview on “The …

News From The States reports: Nebraskans might need a new source for online smut, as Pornhub and its affiliates went dark Monday, a decision the website’s parent company promised after passage of a new state law. That law, Legislative Bill 1092, requires online porn companies to verify users’ ages. On Monday, adults in Nebraska who tried to access any of …

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 …