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The Hill reports: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Monday thanked President Biden for his efforts to “depoliticize” the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as the omicron variant surges across the country. Biden held a call with numerous governors to discuss the response to the latest COVID-19 variant, which is highly contagious. “I want to thank all of the …

Newsweek reports: A gun range commercial featuring Rep. Madison Cawthorn has been viewed over 170,700 times on Twitter, prompting online criticism over firearm safety and congressional ethics. Cawthorn, a North Carolina Republican, was featured in an advertisement for Shooter’s World, an Arizona shooting range and firearms retailer. Shooter’s World shared the ad to their social media accounts on Christmas Eve. …

CNN reports: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is engaging with stepped-up Republican efforts to recruit him into next year’s Senate race, CNN has learned. The popular Republican governor’s entry into the Senate race in a blue state would immediately put Democrats on defense in what would otherwise be a sleepy reelection for Sen. Chris Van Hollen — and potentially upend Democratic …

From the editorial board of the Miami Herald: No one is “for” election fraud, but Florida lawmakers returning to Tallahassee next month should still reject Gov. Ron DeSantis’ unnecessary, expensive — and potentially mischief-making — proposition that the state needs a 52-person, $5.7 million Office of Election Crime and Security. The immediate outcry from prosecutors — and the lukewarm reaction …

“You know, I ran in 2016. It was the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. We had a very crowded field with 17 candidates in the race. A very strong field, and I ended up placing second. “And you know, there’s a reason historically that the runner-up is almost always the next nominee. And that’s been true going …

The Hill reports: Rep. Tom Rice says he regrets his vote against certifying two states’ electoral votes for President Joe Biden in the hours after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. It may not be for the reason you expect. The South Carolinian says he still believes there were “real issues with the election.” “In retrospect I should have voted to …

The Insider reports: North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn and his wife Cristina Bayardelle Cawthorn are divorcing after being married for slightly less than a year, with the GOP congressman citing a change in his lifestyle after his election. Cawthorn, 26, said that he and his wife had run into “irreconcilable differences,” in a statement tweeted Wednesday. Cawthorn and Bayardelle were …

Mediaite reports: “It’s hard to educate people on this,” Crenshaw said during the latest episode of his Hold These Truths podcast. “When you attack fossil fuels, oil and gas, you raise the prices for those fossil fuels.” Crenshaw continued that Democrats won’t fully embrace nuclear energy because of popular television shows. “They don’t like nuclear because they watch the Simpsons …

The Washington Post reports: In the fall of 2017, Perry claimed a former House aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) orchestrated “massive” data transfers that amounted to a “substantial security threat,” according to Fox News. The Pakistani American staffer, Imran Awan, was later cleared of stealing government secrets by federal prosecutors. Around the same time, Perry suggested then-CNN host …

The Staten Island Advance reports: “After experiencing mild symptoms and a slight fever, Congresswoman Malliotakis, who is vaccinated, tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. She is quarantining at home and is feeling well,” said Malliotakis’ spokeswoman. The spokeswoman told the Advance/SILive.com that Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) has not yet received a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The congresswoman has said …

“I think you should home school. I was home schooled all the way through. I am proudly a college dropout. Unless you are becoming a doctor or lawyer or engineer, I highly encourage you to drop out.” – Christian nationalist GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, speaking yesterday at Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA conference. Madison Cawthorn today to an audience of …

The New York Times reports: Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Senate Republican and a potential future leader, is seriously considering retiring after next year, a prospect that has set off an intensifying private campaign from other Republicans urging him to seek re-election. Mr. Thune is only 60, but a combination of family concerns and former President Donald …

Austin’s NBC News affiliate reports: After Sen. Joe Machin effectively killed President Joe Biden’s signature legislation, the Build Back Better Act, Republicans are looking at Manchin’s decision as an opportunity to recruit him to the party. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told Nexstar that he sent a text message to the West Virginia Democrat on Tuesday morning saying, “Joe, if they …

CNN reports: Republican Rep. Scott Perry on Tuesday declined the House January 6 committee’s request to speak with him, a move that could set up a showdown between a staunch Trump supporter and the committee. Perry, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, was the first known lawmaker to whom the panel had reached out to talk for its investigation. …

“We, patriotic Americans, were born for such a time as this. We’re going to face some dark times as a nation. I genuinely believe that. “I think we have an opportunity in the next four to six years to prevent kinetic force — countryman on countryman — from ever meeting. “Although I have no doubt we would be victorious if …

The Intercept reports: “Government spending is a HUGE problem,” the conservative video site PragerU tweeted in September 2019. “We must reinvest in Americans by giving them a hand up, not handouts,” the group wrote in another tweet that November. But last year, right-wing groups that have long opposed the concept of increased government spending on “handouts” were the recipients of …

CNN reports: The House select committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot has asked GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to voluntarily sit down for an interview — the first known effort by the panel to talk to a lawmaker about helping former President Donald Trump in his efforts to undermine the election. The committee is not yet issuing a …

Florida Politics reports: An email to supporters from the DeSantis campaign, entitled “Permanent Faucism,” offers the latest in a seemingly endless series of meditations about Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden. “Fauci doesn’t care about doing what’s right or using even basic common sense. He’s …

The Christian Post reports: South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has introduced a bill that would allow students in public schools to pray every morning at school if they so choose despite pushback from secular groups to similar bills in other states. On Monday, Noem released the text of legislation that would “require a moment of silence in schools to …

The New York Daily News reports: Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin swore on Sunday she would only get vaccinated against COVID-19 “over my dead body.” “Enough is enough,” the Republican firebrand said, “especially when it comes to government telling us what we have to inject in our own bodies. No.” Palin was speaking at AmericaFest, an …