Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) painstaking beat around the bush when asked about former President Trump’s enduring influence on the Republican Party during an interview with a Kentucky PBS affiliate that aired Monday. Continue reading “McConnell Carefully Avoids Topic Of Trump Grip On GOP During KY Interview”
Where Things Stand: Cheney’s Almost Certainly Toast
“Yes, I do.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sealed Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) fate over the weekend with those three words.
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Sketchy AZ Audit Of 2020 Votes Set To Be Interrupted By… High School Graduations
Arizona Senate Republicans’ conspiracy-theory-infused “audit” of 2020’s election results in Maricopa County will soon be interrupted by the sounds of Arizona teenagers celebrating the end of their high school years.
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The 48 Hour Window
As we watch the Cheney drama unfold, one of the things I keep going back to is that there was a brief period, as little as 48 hours, after the insurrection in which Trump’s hold on the GOP was significantly shaken. When the Senate reconvened the evening of January 6th Sen. Lindsey Graham gave a floor speech in which he basically repudiated Trump. “Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he’s been a consequential president, but today, first thing you’ll see. All I can say is a count me out. Enough is enough.”
Within a few days, Graham was back to being an abject loyalist, even flying with the President as he tried to fight back or change the story in the aftermath of the violence.
In The Wake Of Jan. 6, Families Are Searching For Ways To Deradicalize Their Relatives
As Virginia approached the peak of its COVID surge last January, Robyn Sweet was sick with the disease and caring for a patient who was dying from it.
Then she heard the news: her father had been arrested for invading the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Sanders Antsy Over Biden’s Push For Deal With GOPers On Infrastructure Plan
Senate Budget Committee chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is signaling impatience with the White House’s efforts to cut a deal with Republicans on President Joe Biden’s sweeping infrastructure plan, which GOP lawmakers have slammed as too broad and expensive.
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AZ GOPer Who Supported Sketchy Election Audit Now Says It ‘Makes Us Look Like Idiots’
Arizona state Sen. Paul Boyer (R) apparently has regrets about backing his fellow GOP senators’ push for a shady audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 election ballots to boost ex-President Donald Trump and his allies’ bogus conspiracy theories about voter fraud.
Some GOPers Defend Cheney As Her GOP Leadership Role Comes Under Threat
As House Republicans inch closer to ousting Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the caucus’ conference chair for her vehement refusal to go along with former President Trump’s election fraud falsehoods, a few GOP lawmakers on Sunday came out in support of the third-ranking Republican as her future in GOP leadership hangs in the balance. Continue reading “Some GOPers Defend Cheney As Her GOP Leadership Role Comes Under Threat”
Commerce Secretary Refutes Notion That Unemployment Relief Impedes Job Growth
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Sunday pushed back on the idea that unemployment relief is hurting the job market as Republican governors begin slashing jobless benefits in their states, arguing that the move would force more people to return to work. Continue reading “Commerce Secretary Refutes Notion That Unemployment Relief Impedes Job Growth”
Clyburn Slams McConnell For GOP ‘Losing Its Way’ As House GOP Pushes Cheney Ouster
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) on Sunday took aim at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) amid House Republicans preparing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WYO as its conference chair for refusing to bend to former President Trump’s election fraud falsehoods. Continue reading “Clyburn Slams McConnell For GOP ‘Losing Its Way’ As House GOP Pushes Cheney Ouster”