Category: Republicans
Critics Say Matt Gaetz’s Nickname For New House Speaker Is Alarmingly On Point
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) called the new House speaker “MAGA Mike Johnson” on Wednesday and onlookers suggested the moniker was, unfortunately, a good fit.
Here’s How New House Speaker Mike Johnson Voted on Veteran and Military Issues
The man who became speaker of the House on Wednesday after three weeks of GOP infighting has a solidly conservative voting record that includes opposing both the sweeping toxic exposure bill for veterans passed last year and the Pentagon’s abortion policy.
The GOP’s Fetish for Political Violence Is Reaching Dangerous New Heights
As Jim Jordan and his allies attempted to whip speaker votes last week, they kept running into a familiar refrain from their skeptics: The brass-knuckle tactics they were deploying were causing Jordan’s critics and their families to receive a slew of vicious messages—including death threats.
Jenna Ellis becomes latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia’s election
Attorney and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, tearfully telling the judge she looks back on that time with “deep remorse.”
The Only Way to Fix Congress
Representatives haven’t negotiated a plan to avert the impending government shutdown. They haven’t worked on aid packages to Ukraine or Israel. They haven’t made progress on vital legislation like the farm bill, to keep basic necessities like milk from skyrocketing in cost. Instead, they’ve been voting over and over to elect a new Speaker, and they’ve gotten nowhere.
Dems will “crush us” – Republican says “Trump can’t win,” adds, “Should’ve been disqualified”
McCarthy, who was an attorney for Rudy Giuliani as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, warned, “Very simple: Trump can’t win. 65% already against him. That’s before Dems launch [a] barrage after getting him nominated.”
Latest job numbers leave Republican leaders literally speechless
Job growth under President Joe Biden has been so strong that Republican leaders continue to go out of their way to pretend not to notice the good news.
Authoritarianism Expert Says Nikki Haley’s Trump Comment Means 1 Chilling Thing
Nikki Haley’s refusal to condemn Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric showed America is “living through real-time preparation for an authoritarian crackdown.”
The future of the GOP is now its past
Shortly before the 2010 election, a trio of House Republicans published a book that they hoped would plant a flag for the future of the party. Titled “Young Guns,” it argued for a change in how the party approached politics following two challenging election cycles.