Tag Archives: Kevin Cramer

Cramer: Trump Hates Border Deal Since It Helps Biden

Mediaite reports: Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) spoke to CNN’s Manu Raju over the weekend about former President Donald Trump’s opposition to a bipartisan immigration deal being hammered out in the U.S. Senate. “Makes it harder because there are people that, you know, that that take their lead from, you know, directly from him,” Cramer began, discussing the impact of Trump’s …

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Charges For GOP Senator’s Son Upgraded To Homicide

Click On Detroit reports: New charges approved Thursday against the 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer included an upgraded homicide count in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer initially faced a manslaughter charge related to the Dec. 6 death of Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin on a highway near Hazen. A judge on …

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Manslaughter Charge For Son Of Sen. Kevin Cramer

The Associated Press reports: The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who had just laid a tire deflation device on the road and was taking cover behind his squad car, according to court documents. Ian …

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GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer’s Son Involved In Police Chase That Resulted In Crash That Killed ND Sheriff’s Deputy

Via press release from GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer: Earlier this evening, our 42-year-old son Ian was involved in a police chase which resulted in an accident that killed an officer. Ian suffers from serious mental disorders which manifest in severe paranoia and hallucinations. Kris [Cramer’s wife] was with Ian when he insisted on going to his brother Ike. Ike died …

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GOP Senator Rips Trump: GOP Needs New Leadership

The Hill reports: “Donald Trump’s not going to take advice from the party or from me, but I think what will happen is if he’s indicted, that becomes one of the factors [on] whether he wins primaries or not. The other factor is who else is in the race and who may make the best case,” Sen. Kevin Cramer said …

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Sen. Kevin Cramer: Passing Marriage Bill Would Send “Pretty Strong Message Religious Beliefs Don’t Matter”

“Some Republicans just want to get this thing behind us, and the faster we can do that, the better. And the best way to do that is to simply give them the votes they need to pass the bill. That would be a terrible mistake. “I don’t believe there are 10 Republicans that will fall for that. I’m hearing from …

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GOP Senator May Need Hand Amputated After Injury

The Insider reports: Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said on Wednesday that his right hand may need to be amputated after a yard work accident over the weekend. “While working in the yard over the weekend, I sustained a serious injury to my right hand, which required immediate surgery,” Cramer said in a statement. “I continue to remain …

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GOP Senator “Grateful” For Cop That Shot Ashli Babbitt

“The person that shot her is a police officer shooting a criminal not complying with officers telling her, ‘Stop. Don’t come through that window. We have guns drawn. Don’t do it.’ “They’re protecting people, and the officer was found to be innocent of any wrongdoing. So then what would be the purpose of releasing that officer’s name? What do you …

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GOP Senator Claims His Church Can’t Pray For People’s Healing Because It Would “Out Their Health Situations”

“People are very well informed. They don’t need to be lectured to. They certainly don’t need to be bullied. They respond more negatively than positively to that. And frankly, I prefer to listen to my constituents rather than lecture them and inform them. “I inform them about what’s going on in Congress. I’m not a great informer what’s going on …

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GOP Senator: “It’s Past Time To Start The Transition”

The Hill reports: Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said on Sunday that it was “past time to start a transition” to a Biden administration adding he would “rather have a president that has more than one day to prepare.” The GOP senator told NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd that President Trump had the right to contest the election results …

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GOP Senator Calls Pelosi Retarded, Blames Autocorrect

The Associated Press reports: North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer apologized Wednesday for a late-night tweet in which he used an offensive term to describe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Cramer blamed autocorrect for the tweet, which he deleted soon after posting it Tuesday evening. The Republican senator was responding to a video clip on Twitter in which Pelosi, D-Calif., was being …

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GOP Senator Hails Trump’s “Integrity” In G7/Doral Pick

CNBC reports: Three Democratic senators are asking the White House for a raft of information to justify what they called the “outrageous” decision to have the G-7 summit held at President Donald Trump’s Miami golf resort next year. But even as they did so, a Republican senator said that the decision to have Trump National Doral Miami, which is owned …

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GOP Senator Tried To Steer Wall Contracts To Donor

The Washington Post reports: A Republican senator held up the confirmation of a White House budget official this week in an attempt to obtain sensitive information about border wall contracts he has been trying to steer to a major donor, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post. The emails show Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) blasting the “arrogance” of the …

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GOP Rep: #MeToo Is A Movement Toward Victimization

The New York Times reports: “You’re just supposed to believe somebody because they said it happened,” Mr. Cramer said, alluding to Christine Blasey Ford — who has accused Justice Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers — and, more broadly, women who have come forward to claim that they were sexually abused or assaulted. Invoking his wife, daughters, …

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NORTH DAKOTA: Heitkamp Down 10 Points In New Poll

The Washington Examiner reports: A new poll shows Republican challenger Rep. Kevin Cramer leading Sen. Heidi Heitkamp by a 10-point margin, with North Dakotans overwhelmingly in favor of confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Losing a race in North Dakota would make it significantly more difficult for Democrats to retake the Senate. The poll, from Mason Dixon and …

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Koch Bros Nix Support For Key GOP Senate Candidate

When you’re not extreme enough for the Koch Brothers: The powerful Koch political network won’t help the Republican nominee in a crucial Senate race less than 100 days before the midterm elections, saying Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) doesn’t do enough to further the Koch’s policy issues to warrant their help in the race. The announcement — made in front of …

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Two GOP Senate Candidates Seek And Receive Backing From Notorious Anti-LGBT Activist Eugene Delgaudio

CNN reports: Two Republican Senate nominees sought and received the support of an anti-LGBT group that links homosexuality to pedophilia and defends conversion therapy. North Dakota’s Kevin Cramer and Virginia’s Corey Stewart, who both won the Republican nomination in their respective states on Tuesday, filled out a “Senate Candidate Survey” for the group Public Advocate of the United States. The …

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NORTH DAKOTA: Senate Candidate Compares Voting Against Trump In Congress To Cheating On Your Wife

CNN reports: Rep. Kevin Cramer, the Republican challenging Sen. Heidi Heitkamp this fall in North Dakota, compared voting against President Donald Trump in Congress to cheating on a spouse. Cramer’s comment criticizing Heitkamp’s voting record came in a Wednesday radio interview with conservative North Dakota host Scott Hennen. “Here’s the good news about Donald Trump: Most of the time, he’s …

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GOP House Rep Mocks Democratic Women For Wearing White To Trump’s Speech: They Have A Disease

Politico reports: A Republican congressman who is potentially eyeing a Senate run mocked Democratic women on Wednesday for wearing white at President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said the “poorly dressed” Democratic women wore “bad-looking white pantsuits” in solidarity with failed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. During a radio town …

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