The Republican governor in Montana is tackling the labor shortage because people are collecting unemployment checks that pay more than their jobs by offering $1,200 “return to work” bonuses. Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday that the state would be the first in the country to opt out of federal unemployment benefit programs and put in…
GOP Montana Governor Offers Get Back to Work Bonuses, Cancels Federal Jobless Programs
May 6, 2021 by
Rep. Lance Gooden Calls for Liz Cheney to Be Removed from House GOP Leadership
May 5, 2021 by
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) on Tuesday called for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) to be removed as House Republican Conference chairwoman in the wake of her critical remarks regarding former President Donald Trump. “Her role is to lead House Republican messaging, but she is totally unaligned with the majority of our party. We cannot fight for the…
‘Not Only Are They Friends, They Are Roommates’: Tucker Carlson Reveals GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Rented A Room In DC From Pollster Frank Luntz
May 4, 2021 by
House Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy rented a room in Washington, D.C. from ex-GOP pollster and communications consultant Frank Luntz, Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson revealed. During the Monday episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Carlson claimed that a source tipped him off to the arrangement between McCarthy and Luntz, which was…
Sen. Collins Defends Mitt Romney, Anti-Trump Republicans After Booing At Utah GOP Convention
May 3, 2021 by
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins defended fellow Republicans who are critical of former President Donald Trump on Sunday, saying she was “appalled” when Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was booed at his state’s GOP convention. Some argue the booing of Romney and the continued attacks against Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney are evidence that Trump’s…
GOP Rep. Donalds: ‘Tim Scott Is a Threat’ to the Left Because It’s Harder to Push Their Agenda ‘If People Actually Like the Country’
May 1, 2021 by
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said the left is scared of people like him and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) because “it’s much harder for you to push your radical agenda if people actually like the country.” Donalds said that many white liberals “love to demean a…
Fact Check: Cher Falsely Claims GOP Only Allows White People to Vote
May 1, 2021 by
CLAIM: Left-wing Hollywood star Cher claimed in a tweet Friday that Republicans only allow white people to vote, adding that the GOP doesn’t understand why “black, brown, and native Americans” are allowed to vote in elections. VERDICT: FALSE. The modern Republican party has never put forth legislation that limits voting rights to only white people.…
GOP Congresswoman Pulls Biden Aside After Speech to Urge Him to Tour Border
April 29, 2021 by
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), one of few Republicans who spoke with President Joe Biden following his joint address to Congress on Wednesday night, urged the president to make a trip to the southern border and show support for the border patrol agents who are working there. According to Malliotakis’s office, the New York congresswoman spoke…
Dems, Media, And Activists Are Freaking Out Over A Host Of GOP ‘Anti Protest’ Bills. But How Do Their Claims Measure Up To Reality?
April 28, 2021 by
Several states have passed what many media outlets, Democrats and progressive organizations are calling “anti-protest” laws they claim are waging a war on Americans’ right to protest. The New York Times reported that Republicans are introducing and supporting a “wave of new anti-protest legislation.” “G.O.P. lawmakers in 34 states have introduced 81 anti-protest bills during…
Calling All Patriots: Which New Member Of Congress Will Most Likely Shape The GOP In Coming Years?
April 28, 2021 by
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Florida’s Ron DeSantis: GOP ‘Cannot Be Wedded to Corporate America’
April 22, 2021 by
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says the Republican Party “cannot be wedded to corporate America” as corporations support values at odds with the nation’s working and middle class. In an interview on Fox Nation’s Tucker Carlson Today, DeSantis said the GOP must break with corporate interests if it wants to remain a viable electoral force and…
Whitmer: GOP Legislature Hasn’t Deployed Resources Trump Administration Sent Us
April 17, 2021 by
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) claimed Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In” that despite Michigan’s surge of coronavirus case, she couldnot get the Republican-controlled legislature to “just deploy resources that the Trump administration sent.” Hayes asked, “Boris Johnson, of the UK, of course, who has not been a huge fan of restrictive-public-health measures and also in a…
Maryland Becomes First State To Repeal ‘Police Bill Of Rights’ After Overriding GOP Governor’s Veto
April 12, 2021 by
April 11, 2021 3:23 PM ET Maryland became the first state in the U.S. to end its “police Bill of Rights” when Democratic lawmakers passed broad law enforcement reform bills Saturday. The Democratic-led legislature overrode a veto by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan to pass three new policing bills. The new laws remove certain legal protection…
April Ryan: GOP Is an ‘Anti-Browning Party’ –
April 12, 2021 by
On Sunday, CNN political analyst April Ryan blasted the Republican Party, calling it an “anti-browning party” because of efforts such as in Georgia to shore up election integrity. Ryan accused Republicans of “cheating at the polls” and “doing anything by any means necessary to continue to try to win.” “Donald Trump, when he was president,…
Padilla: Newsom Recall Is GOP Attacking Newsom Because of Trump’s Failures on COVID
April 10, 2021 by
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) said that the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is Republicans “setting their sights on Gov. Newsom because of the Trump administration’s failures to respond to COVID earlier in the pandemic.” Padilla stated, “When it comes to the recall, here’s the hypocrisy…
GOP Congressman Says Fauci Needs To Answer For Why His Agency Bypassed Oversight Of Funding To Wuhan Lab
April 7, 2021 by
Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said it is “very concerning” that the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases bypassed oversight of a research grant that involved the transfer of $600,000 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to modify bat-based coronaviruses. “When it comes to oversight of U.S. tax dollars headed to the Chinese…
Maine Grassroots Republicans Break from State GOP After Rejection of Susan Collins Censure
April 1, 2021 by
A group of about 25 conservative Maine Republicans, including six county chairmen and state committee members, have broken from the state Republican Party to form a new grassroots caucus. An announcement about the newly formed caucus came just one day after the state Republican Party voted to reject censuring Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for her…
GOP Leader McCarthy Says He’d Remove Matt Gaetz From Judiciary Committee If Sex Allegations Are Confirmed
March 31, 2021 by
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy committed on Wednesday to removing Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz from his position on the House Judiciary Committee if sexual misconduct allegations against him turn out to be true. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the Justice Department opened an investigation last year into whether Gaetz had a sexual…
GOP Sen. Kennedy: ‘We Do Not Need More Gun Control –
March 24, 2021 by
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned the wisdom of a push by congressional Democrats to enact legislation in the immediate aftermath of a tragic shooting in Boulder, CO earlier this week. Kennedy suggested Democrats were using this moment to enact gun control because he did not think they believed in the Second Amendment as interpreted by…
‘The Republican Party Is Stacked’: Here’s Who Trump Is Picking As The Future Of The GOP
March 23, 2021 by
Former President Donald Trump gave his thoughts on the future of the Republican party during a lengthy interview with Fox News contributor and podcast host Lisa Marie Boothe. “We have a lot of young, good people,” Trump explained after Boothe asked about the party. “[Florida Gov.] Ron DeSantis is doing a really good job in…
GOP Rep. Gimenez on Border Crisis: ‘Basically, It’s Modern-Day Slavery’
March 22, 2021 by
Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “The Next Revolution,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) discussed his recent visit to see firsthand the crisis at United States’ border with Mexico. Gimenez described the situation at the border as “modern-day slavery.” He added the border crisis is seeing the molestation of young females, indentured servitude until families can come…
GOP Sen. Mike Crapo Endorses Amnesty, Foreign Workforce Bill
March 20, 2021 by
GOP Sen. Mike Crapo has opened the Senate’s door to a huge agricultural amnesty that would replace many American farmworkers with an international pipeline that delivers cheap, compliant foreign workers to agriculture companies plus many new voters to Democrats. The announcement from Crapo came one day after Democrats and lobbyists won just 30 GOP votes…
Kasich: GOP Leadership ‘Fostered Lies and Misinformation’ for ‘False Prophet’ Trump
March 18, 2021 by
Former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) said Thursday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” he holds the Republican leadership responsible for fostering “foster lies and misinformation” that enabled President Donald Trump, who Kasich called a “false prophet.” Kasich said, “The situation is that the Republican leadership has really gone along in fostering these lies, these conspiracies. You…
GOP Senator Presses Biden Nominee Over Investment In Company That Makes Chemical Used By Mexican Drug Cartels
March 13, 2021 by
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is pressing Vanita Gupta, the nominee for the number three position at the Justice Department, over millions of dollars in stock holdings she has in a chemical company that makes a key ingredient that Mexican drug cartels use to make heroin. Gupta holds between $11 million and $55 million in shares…
GOP Sen. Wicker: ‘The Left Has Taken over a Large Part of the Way Americans Communicate’
March 5, 2021 by
Friday on FNC’s “Your World,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) argued that similar to what one might see in a third-world country when a strongman “takes over in a coup d’etat,” the American left was engaged in taking over the way American citizens communicate, which could be a way to maintain power.The Mississippi Republican U.S. Senator warned…
MSNBC’s Glaude: GOP ‘Assault’ on Voting Rights Part of the ‘Cold Civil War’
March 4, 2021 by
MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude said Wednesday on “Deadline” that Republican state legislators forwarding voting legislation and defending the legal challenges were fighting a “cold civil war.” Anchor Nicolle Wallace asked about “Republicans’ brazen attempts to make it harder for people who don’t vote for them to vote.” Glaude said, “There is something eerily familiar about…
GOP Rep. Moore: Biden ‘Nowhere to Be Found’ –
March 3, 2021 by
Now that Democrats have control of the House, Senate and White House, it is apparent that elections have consequences as the Democrat leadership in Congress moves forward with a so-called progressive agenda. However, Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) anticipates that Democrat agenda, which seems to be proceeding without President Joe Biden guiding its path, will have…
‘I Would Bet My House’: Kevin McCarthy Predicts GOP House Takeover In 2022
February 28, 2021 by
February 27, 2021 9:28 PM ET House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he’d “bet” his house that Republicans will take over the House of Representatives in 2022. The California congressman’s prediction came Saturday during an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with American Conservative Union Chair Matt Schlapp. “I would bet my house ……
Mitt Romney Says Trump Will Win GOP Nomination If He Runs In 2024
February 25, 2021 by
February 24, 2021 12:41 PM ET Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said former President Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination in 2024 if he decides to run again. Romney, who voted in favor of convicting Trump in both of his impeachment trials in the Senate, said he has looked at polling and believes Trump…
Michigan GOP Censures Fred Upton For Voting To Remove Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committee Spot
February 24, 2021 by
Republicans of Cass County, Michigan, censured Republican Rep. Fred Upton Tuesday for his vote to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from the House Education Committee. Upton voted to remove Greene from the committee for spreading QAnon conspiracy theories and for comments on school shootings, Upton said in a tweet. Republicans from his district…
Liz Cheney: GOP Needs to Make Clear After Capitol Riot ‘We Aren’t the Party of White Supremacy’
February 24, 2021 by
Representative Liz Cheney (R- WY), one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday during a Reagan Institute event that the Republican party needs to “make clear that we aren’t the party of white supremacy” in the wake of the deadly Capitol riots. Cheney said, “Certainly the potential of…