The former chief of the Detroit Police Department, James Craig, appeared Wednesday night on the Fox News show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and announced that he had launched “the Chief James Craig for Governor Exploratory Committee.” “I gotta tell you, I’m running,” Craig said. Craig, who is Black, told host Tucker Carlson that he had previously promised to...
Turns out the Virginia GOP governor nominee does have an issues page. Sort of.
The Republican nominee for governor in Virginia has faced a torrent of criticism for not having an issue page on his website laying out what he would do if he were elected as the chief executive of the Commonwealth — just a few months before voters head to the polls in November to choose the state’s new leader. Back in June, after Youngkin won the GOP primary, the Washington Post Editorial...
Rep. Ronny Jackson pretends Democratic lawmakers are hiding their vaccination status
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) reacted angrily during a press conference on Thursday morning when a reporter asked whether Republican lawmakers had been vaccinated against COVID-19, accusing the media of being hypocrites for not asking Democrats the same question. “I think you as the press have a responsibility to ask questions of the Democrats as well. How many of the Democrats are willing to...
Senate GOP brags about poll showing Biden is more popular than they are
The National Republican Senatorial Committee circulated a poll on Wednesday, suggesting it was proof that Americans are unhappy with President Joe Biden. But that survey showed him with a majority approval rating — well above their own levels of support. The committee, which is the official campaign arm of the Senate Republican minority, put out a press release titled, “NEW POLL: Majority...
Cheney sides with Pelosi after she rejects 2 GOP selections for Jan. 6 committee
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) had choice words for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, accusing him of doing everything in his power to block a legitimate investigation into the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol. Cheney made the comments after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of McCarty’s five picks — Reps. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) — for the select committee to investigate the...
Texas officials are trying to take immigration enforcement into their own hands
On Tuesday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin posted pictures on Twitter of a chain link fence in Del Rio, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, that representatives of the Texas Department of Public Safety told him had been erected on orders from Gov. Greg Abbott (R). Melugin said the intention is to make it possible for state officials to arrest migrants under Texas law instead of leaving them to be...
GOP senator wants to punish Ben & Jerry’s for not agreeing with him on Israel
Republican Sen. James Lankford demanded on Wednesday that his home state of Oklahoma ban Ben & Jerry’s. His reason: he disagrees with their decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the end of next year. “#Benandjerrys has now decided they know more about Jerusalem than the Israelis. If Ben & Jerry’s wants to have a meltdown & boycott...
GOP senators tank bipartisan infrastructure deal they backed previously
Senate Republicans used the filibuster rule on Wednesday to block consideration of a bipartisan infrastructure deal — weeks after several of them endorsed the $579 billion package. Every member of the Democratic Senate majority backed beginning consideration of H.R. 3684, a procedural step needed to debate and pass the bipartisan framework, but because Senate rules require a three-fifths...
GOP wants to strip all federal funding from colleges that offer medication abortion
New legislation, introduced by three congressional Republicans, would penalize hundreds of thousands of college students for attending schools that offer medication abortion on campus. Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Mary Miller of Illinois, and Steve Daines of Montana announced the Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2021 at a press conference on Wednesday. The bill would prohibit all direct or...
Members of House GOP Doctors Caucus urge vaccination amid Republican fearmongering
As the COVID-19 pandemic has morphed into what Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, called a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” the so-called House GOP “Doctors Caucus” will hold a news conference on Thursday and urge Americans to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The GOP Doctors Caucus describes itself as “18 medical...