Jason Schmid, a top GOP aide in the House Armed Services Committee has resigned citing his disgust for the 147 Republican lawmakers who backed President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election after it fueled the U.S. Capitol’s deadly insurrection last week.
Continue reading “READ: Top GOP Staffer On Armed Services Resigns In Disgust With Election Lies”
In order to understand President Trump’s role in inciting a mob to storm the Capitol — and whether that behavior amounts to impeachable conduct — the events of last Wednesday shouldn’t be seen in a vacuum.
Democrats piled on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) Tuesday for repeatedly refusing to acknowledge that President-elect Joe Biden won the election “fair and square.” Continue reading “Dems Pound On Jim Jordan Until He Grudgingly Concedes Biden Won”
President Trump used his first public appearance in front of reporters since a mob of his supporters breached the Capitol last week, resulting in the deaths of five people, to test out whether his old defenses still carried any water.
There is a simple chain of events that even news outlets doing the best work are still tiptoeing around. After President Trump gave his speech to the insurrectionists on Wednesday he returned to the White House and excitedly watched the storming of the Capitol on TV. As members of Congress were besieged and then retreated to a secure undisclosed location, Trump received numerous pleas from members of Congress to send reinforcements or call on his supporters to disperse. He refused because he liked what he was seeing.
Continue reading “The President Deliberately Withheld Aid to Combat the Insurrection”
A Secret Service officer posted pro-Trump content on Facebook that boosted President Donald Trump’s attack on the election, according to the Washington Post.
Continue reading “Secret Service Officer Cheered On Trump’s Attempt To Steal Election On Facebook”
An alleged participant in last week’s Capitol riot now faces a federal grand jury indictment charging him with civil disorder and other crimes.
Continue reading “BREAKING: DC Grand Jury Indicts Alleged Capitol Rioter For ‘Civil Disorder’”
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Tuesday complained about her removal from an advisory committee to Harvard University’s Institute of Politics over her peddling of unfounded claims of voter fraud. That exact Trump-fueled election delegitimization crusade ultimately incited the deadly insurrection of the Capitol last week. Continue reading “Stefanik Whines Over Losing Cush Harvard Gig For Fanning Conspiracy Flames”
In his first truly public comments since the events of last Wednesday (setting aside pre-taped video clips released by the White House), President Trump railed against impeachment and threatened more violence from his supporters if he is indeed impeached (for inciting violence).
Trump threatens more violence if he's impeached. Impeachment "causing tremendous anger, tremendous danger." pic.twitter.com/Jk6gskCJ4v
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 12, 2021
Former FBI director James Comey on Tuesday labeled the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol last week “terrorists” and argued that changing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration plans in response to last week’s deadly insurrection “would be a mistake.”
