Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis held a town hall on Tuesday during which he announced he would seek to impanel a grand jury to investigate “any wrongdoing” by COVID-19 vaccine makers. “We are going to work to hold these manufacturers accountable for this mRNA [vaccine] because they said there was no side effects, and we know that there have been, and there have been a lot,”...
Mike Pence calls Brittney Griner release an ‘ill-advised’ and ‘uneven’ trade
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday criticized President Joe Biden’s deal to bring professional basketball player Brittney Griner home after she was detained for nearly a year in Russia, calling the decision “ill-advised.” Pence made the comment during a Fox News interview, during which he said he never would have agreed to trade Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout...
Author of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ law indicted on money laundering and fraud charges
The author of Florida’s law banning discussion or instruction on gender identity and sexuality in schools was indicted on Wednesday on six counts related to an alleged plan to fraudulently obtain $150,000 in COVID-related small business loans, the Department of Justice announced. Republican state Rep. Joe Harding was charged with money laundering, wire fraud, and making false statements...
The 3 things Republicans blamed for Herschel Walker’s loss
Republicans across the country are playing the blame game after Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) handily defeated GOP nominee Herschel Walker in Tuesday night’s Senate runoff to serve a full six-year term in the Senate. The loss was the cherry on top of a disappointing midterm election for Republicans, who lost a seat in the Senate and won a narrow House majority that could be ungovernable with...
Family of fallen Capitol Police officer refuses to shake hands with McCarthy, McConnell
Family members of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick refused to shake the hands of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell while accepting medals on behalf of the officer who died after defending the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. The moment happened at a ceremony to award the congressional gold medal to members of law...
Lauren Boebert elected to Republican House leadership position
House Republicans on Wednesday elected Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado to a leadership role in which she will advise them on policy. Boebert, a right-wing extremist who has often created a spectacle on Capitol Hill, including flashing firearms during committee hearings and refusing to follow Capitol security procedures, will serve on the Republican Policy Committee, a group of 23 GOP members who...
Top Senate Republican threatens to tank the economy if he can’t cut Social Security
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. Senate, said on Tuesday that the GOP plans to use the debt ceiling as leverage to make cuts to Social Security and other social safety net programs. “There’s a set of solutions there that we really need to take on if we’re going to get serious about making these programs sustainable and getting this debt bomb at a...
GOP turns to losing Senate candidate to help win future elections
After Republicans failed to take a majority in the Senate and underperformed expectations in the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections this month, the Republican National Committee is launching a “Republican Party Advisory Council” to figure out why its promised “red wave” never materialized. Politico reported on Tuesday that the panel will include...
Herschel Walker releases anti-trans ad the day after LGBTQ club massacre
Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker released a new ad on Monday attacking transgender women, referring to them as “biological males” who should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports. The ad was released one day after a gunman opened fire on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing five people and injuring at least 25 others. It also came one...
Democrats sue Georgia over ban on post-Thanksgiving Saturday early voting in Senate runoff
The campaign of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, whose run for reelection against Republican nominee Herschel Walker will be decided in a runoff election on Dec. 6, on Monday joined the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Georgia Democratic Party in filing a lawsuit against the state of Georgia. The suit, filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County, challenges a decision...