Pennsylvania Republicans on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a state court ruling which extended its mail ballot deadline for November’s presidential election. NEW at SCOTUS: Pennsylvania GOP files emergency application re PA supreme court permitting absentee ballots to be counted after election day. pic.twitter.com/dqBK0LzurL — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) September 28, 2020 The Hill…
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Republicans went on the offense Monday as both parties gear up for what is expected to be a contentious Supreme Court confirmation showdown just weeks ahead of the election, releasing an ad featuring Democrats essentially dismantling their current arguments with their own words. “Not long ago, Joe Biden said that ‘the American people deserve a…
Actress Lori Petty declared Saturday morning that Republican lawmakers have become a “death squad” because of their continued support for President Donald Trump and his response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. The Orange Is the New Black star suggested on social media that if Republican lawmakers removed Trump from office, they would become heroes in the eyes…
Republicans face a political “extinction event” if they are viewed as blocking economic relief to Americans financially harmed by the coronavirus outbreak, warned economist Alan Tonelson, founder of the economics and public policy website RealityChek, during a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Ed Martin. Mansour asked…
Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), on the last day of the public impeachment inquiry hearings, indicated he is no closer to supporting impeachment than before. Hurd, a moderate Republican who is retiring from Congress, has not shied away from criticizing President Trump in the past — giving hope to the left that he would break with…
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that Republicans who attempt to downplay the results in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race “are whistling past the graveyard.” Kaine said, “Any Republican that tries to downplay Andy Beshear’s win, and it looks like he will win, they are whistling past the graveyard. Kentucky is…
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee will only be able to read transcripts of depositions in the “impeachment inquiry” with a Democrat staffer watching them. In addition, there will only be one copy of each transcript available. No further printed or electronic versions will be provided. Those are the rules under which Rep. Adam Schiff…
Twenty-three House Republicans have yet to back a movement to condemn House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) for deliberately fabricating a conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Breitbart News reported Friday that 173 House GOP lawmakers have cosponsored a bill crafted by House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-AZ), known…
One-hundred and seventy-three House Republicans have backed a motion Friday to condemn House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) as Republicans remain poised to force a vote on the bill next week. Over 170 House Republicans, or 88 percent, have cosponsored House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs’ (R-AZ) H. Res. 604, according to a list obtained by…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Tuesday signaled strong support for the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment efforts and dared Senate Republicans to go on the record and “knowingly vote against impeachment of this president knowing his corruption” so they can “have that stain on their careers the rest of their lives.” “Once the House impeaches, the…