Tag Archives: hypocrisy

OOPS: James Comer Also Paid His Brother $200,000

The Daily Beast reports: House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) on Wednesday subpoenaed President Joe Biden’s brother, James Biden, who Comer has implicated in unsubstantiated allegations of “shady business practices” in the Biden family. Comer has in particular been trying to make hay out of two personal loan repayments from James Biden to his brother, for $40,000 and $200,000—with …

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Swalwell: Teapot Museum Highlights GOP Hypocrisy

From a 2007 CBS News report: It might sound far-fetched that a quirky collection of teapots would draw 60,000 tourists each year to Sparta, N.C., population 18,000. But the plan is being financed by your tax dollars. The Sparta Teapot Museum is the brainchild of avid teapot collectors Sonny and Gloria Kamm and North Carolina philanthropist Philip Hanes — as …

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Trump Accuses Anti-Abortion Groups Of Being Grifters

“This is an issue that’s been going on for 52 years. I was able to end it. That gave tremendous negotiating power to the pro-life movement, tremendous negotiating power because they can’t do the things that they used to be able to do. The pro-life was fighting it. We have these groups fighting this thing for so many decades, but …

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McCarthy Reverses On Menendez Because Santos

The Huffington Post reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was one of many people calling for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez (D) to resign, but it only took two words to get him to change his mind. McCarthy seemed to flip-flop on Tuesday after CNN’s Manu Raju asked him a cagey question: “Do you think that George Santos, who’s been …

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Wife Accuses “Family Values” GOP Rep Of Adultery

The New York Post reports: A South Carolina congressman who campaigns as an advocate for “traditional family values” carried out multiple affairs during his 34-year marriage, his wife claimed in divorce papers. Melody Duncan accused GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan in Friday’s filing of abandoning his family to live with his mistress, who is reportedly a lobbyist in the D.C. area. …

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Ana Navarro Roasts “Trash Queen” Lauren Boebert

“No honey, you weren’t eccentric. You were X-rated! This was not a performance of Fifty Shades Of Grey, it was a performance of Beetlejuice. This weekend I was reading all this stuff and I was thinking to myself, ‘it’s like Republicans gone wild. “You’ve got this woman — Boebert — getting kicked out because she was getting fondled in the …

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Charlie Kirk: Texas AG Is On Trial For Being “Too Bold”

“This looks to be intentional to make an example — you are too bold as an attorney general, we’re going to clobber you. Remember, we talked about in our op-ed, it’s time to indict the left, well how can you indict you the left if the good guys, the good law enforcement officers are impeached? “And other attorneys general are …

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Jeanine Pirro In November 2016: “We Cannot Have A President Subject To Ongoing Criminal Investigations”

“Whether or not you like Hillary Rodham Clinton, or Donald J. Trump, doesn’t matter. There is only one person you can vote for. We cannot have a country led by a president subject to ongoing criminal investigations, potential indictment, and never ending hearings. “We cannot have a president under that level of scrutiny that inevitably leads to even more questions …

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Aunt Lydia Requests Socialist FEMA Aid For Arkansas

Little Rock’s NBC affiliate reports: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders requested a Major Disaster Declaration from President Joe Biden for the June 25 storms that hit Arkansas. Gov. Sanders is requesting assistance that would help affected communities with repairing homes, counseling services, access free to legal services and financial assistance for businesses and homeowners. The governor requested the assistance for those …

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RNC Launches Ad Urging Republicans To Vote Early

The Hill reports: “When Republicans vote early, we win,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says in the 30-second video, which comes as part of the RNC’s “Bank Your Vote” campaign to raise awareness about absentee ballots and other early voting methods nationwide. “That’s how we’re going to beat the Democrats at their own game,” says Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), who along …

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DeSantis Whines About “Frivolous” Federal Spending After Refusing To Return Billions In Unspent Bailouts

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is spotlighting a drop in America’s credit rating and blaming “frivolous” federal spending via the CARES Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. However, billions of dollars worth of that cash went to the Sunshine State, and the Governor made no moves to return it to the federal government. DeSantis was urged to return unused …

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Politico: 25 Congress Members Drive Electric Vehicles

Politico reports: Congress is deeply divided on whether Washington should push more Americans to buy electric vehicles. But more than two dozen lawmakers have made the leap themselves, according to a first-of-its kind tally by POLITICO’s E&E News — including at least two House Republicans who oppose President Joe Biden’s climate policies. Conservative Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is a longtime …

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Republicans Who Oppose All Gun Control Laws Call On Media To Limit Their Reporting About Mass Shooters

Via press release from GOP Rep. Andy Ogles: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a resolution urging the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they seek and to minimize the potential ‘media contagion effect’ caused by sensationalistic reporting. The resolution aims to encourage a more balanced …

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DeSantis Slams Trump Prison Reform Law He Voted For

CNN reports: On the campaign trail, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has attacked Donald Trump’s signature prison reform bill, calling it a “jailbreak bill” and claiming it “allowed dangerous people out of prison who have now reoffended and really, really hurt a number of people.” But as a congressman, DeSantis voted for a House version of the bill in May 2018 …

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Kirk’s Outfit Partners With Registered Sex Offender

Rolling Stone reports: Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk is cheerleading the far-right boycott of Target over the retailer’s Pride collection — which included trans-friendly youth apparel and other LGBTQ-positive gear — for what Kirk decries as “their support for grooming kids.” Kirk’s condemnation of the retailer coincided with TPUSA’s second-annual Pastors Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, this past week, where …

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Fox Host Praises Teacher Charged With Statutory Rape

Media Matters has the transcript: GREG GUTFELD (HOST): OK, this 38-year-old math teacher in California, was once named teacher of the year (and I support that), was arrested and booked into jail for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student. She posted bail but this is what bothers me. KATHERINE TIMPF: The fact that she had sex with a …

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MTG Defends Her Boyfriend After Drag Photos Surface

The Insider reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has consistently bashed drag queens, defended her boyfriend, Brian Glenn, after a Twitter account surfaced an old video of him dressed like a woman. Twitter account Patriot Takes posted the video on Sunday, which showed Glenn dressed like an old Caucasian woman — complete with a fluffy blonde wig, white gloves, and …

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Aunt Lydia Seeks More Socialist Aid After Tornadoes

The Arkansas Advocate reports: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday asked President Joe Biden to extend the federal government’s coverage of 100% of debris cleanup and disaster mitigation costs stemming from the March 31 tornadoes that hit Arkansas. The estimated total cleanup costs in all three counties is nearly $25 million and nearly $16 million for emergency protective measures, according …

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Graham: It’s “Ridiculous Theater” For Biden To Send Troops To The Border (He Praised Trump For Doing It)

“I feel that Donald Trump did the best job in my political lifetime. When Donald Trump did something, it worked. Everything he did, as Ted suggested, worked. What am I urging the Biden administration to do? Because Trump did it doesn’t mean you can’t do it. “Your country is being destroyed by illegal immigration. Your own democratic cities are being …

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MTG Calls For Criminalizing Internet Porn [VIDEO]

The Daily Beast reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene is disgusted that websites like Pornhub exist, and even more horrified that Hunter Biden may have used them. Raw Story reports that the Republican from Georgia shared her newfound knowledge of the adult film landscape in a keynote address at the Putnam County Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Sunday. “There is a website–you may …

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