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Politico reports: A planned Friday vote in the House Budget Committee to advance the GOP megabill is increasingly in peril, with at least three hard-liners pledging to oppose the party-line legislation. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), who sits on the Budget Committee, told reporters he will vote against the package of tax cuts and extensions, border security investments, energy policy and …

“The only thing I regret, I misspelled martial law. I misspelled that. No, I didn’t– I didn’t– Look, everything happened so quick in that election. The time that was given to see if the ballots were real. There were questions, as you know. There were questions throughout the election process. What happened in Georgia was unusual, what happened in Arizona …

“People need to know, Donald Trump can only give you four years. That’s like a football team can only play half of the game. It’s going to take eight years to get this country straight. But Nikki’s youth, and the fact that she can give eight years, and I would also make the argument it’s really three years — because …

“I will tell you. You know why that’s important? Y’all know these illegals coming across the border? I have been there twice. You know when they’re doing? They get a cardboard with a number. What they are doing is registering to vote. You have to win by a big enough margin that you can counteract all the illegals.” – GOP …

Newsweek reports: South Carolina GOP congressman Ralph Norman has once again hinted he’s planning on running against Senator Lindsey Graham for his U.S. Senate seat in 2026. Norman, a member of the influential House Freedom Caucus, said he’s considering running for the South Carolina seat while accusing Graham of being “basically a liberal.” Graham, a relative moderate in the GOP, …

The Hill reports: Congress is racing the clock to fund the government ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline as the threat of a shutdown looms — but to some House conservatives, a shutdown isn’t much of a threat at all. A handful of hard-line Republicans are brushing off — or even embracing — the possibility of a shutdown, arguing that …

Congress Minutes reports: He’s running? Rep. Ralph Norman isn’t ruling out a primary challenge against Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina conservative confirmed Thursday. Details: Norman indicated he has sensed weakness from Graham after the longtime GOP senator was repeatedly booed — “not once, but three times” — by a Republican crowd in his home state when he took the …

The Washington Post reports: Conservative lawmakers have begun mounting a campaign against the emerging deal on the debt ceiling between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), as objections from the right threaten to undermine an agreement even before its contents are publicly released. On Thursday and Friday, in response to reports about the details of the agreement, leading …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), who infamously encouraged former President Donald Trump to declare “Marshall Law” (sic) in order to remain in power, has upset some of the former president’s supporters by endorsing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for president. In a tweet posted on Wednesday morning, Norman said he was “thrilled” to endorse Haley for president, …

“Plotting against the rule of law and to subvert the will of the people is a disgusting affront to our deepest principles as a country. We all, regardless of party, need to stand up for mainstream values and the Constitution, against dangerous, ultra MAGA conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric.” – White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates, after GOP Rep. …

“I’ll also tell your viewers that – an outside member – you don’t have to be a sitting member of Congress to serve. It will become clear in the coming weeks who that person will be, and I can tell you it will be interesting if everything plays out.” – Freedom Caucus Rep. Ralph Norman, speaking on the far-right Real …

Congress Minutes reports: Kevin McCarthy’s Thanksgiving holiday has been far from relaxing, as his bid for speakership gets rockier by the day. Another House Freedom Caucus member announced he would not vote for the GOP leader for speaker next term, with Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) telling POLITICO in an interview on Tuesday that he will be another vote against McCarthy. …

“We’ll subpoena as many people as we can. We gonna hopefully have consequences starting with Mayorkas, Wray with the FBI. I mean, a whole host of things. “The whole administration is a rogue administration and I guess we all know Joe Biden is not running this country. There is a cabal of unelected elitists who are running this country. “Probably …

The Associated Press reports: Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the three congressional Republicans suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi over fines for not wearing masks during a vote on the U.S. House floor, has contracted a breakthrough case of COVID-19, the second member of South Carolina’s delegation to do so. Norman, who has said he has been fully vaccinated since February, tweeted …

Politico reports: Video of the riot shows some who battled with police wore trademark Trump campaign Make America Great Again caps and waved huge pro-Trump flags. However, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) disputed press reports that those who sought to breach the Capitol were backers of Trump. “I don’t know who did the poll to say they were Trump supporters,” Norman …

The Hill reports: Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said on Thursday that people need to “lighten up” over his joke mocking sexual misconduct accusations brought against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Earlier on Thursday at an election debate, Norman quipped that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out saying she was groped by Abraham Lincoln.” Norman’s comments prompted a whirlwind of …

The Washington Post reports: In his opening statements at an election debate Thursday, a South Carolina congressman kicked things off with a joke. “Did y’all hear this latest late-breaking news on the Kavanaugh hearings?” Rep. Ralph Norman (R) asked the audience at a Kiwanis club in his district. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out saying she was groped by Abraham Lincoln.” …

South Carolina’s Post & Courier reports: A South Carolina Republican congressman is not backing down from critics after he pulled out his own personal — and loaded — .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun during a meeting with constituents Friday. U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-Rock Hill, told The Post and Courier he pulled out the weapon and placed it on a …