Former President Trump on Friday took another hit at President Biden, encouraging his fellow Republicans to skip debates and unite against the incumbent. “The last debate was the lowest rated debate in history,” Trump said in the post on Truth Social. “The next and probably last one, in Miami, will do even worse.” “Republicans should… […]
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House Republicans look for reset after Jordan loses Speaker fight: recap
House Republicans are looking for a reset after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) once again fell short of the Speakership Friday, continuing the two-week-long stalemate that has plunged the chamber into chaos. Following Jordan’s third failed attempt at the gavel, the GOP conference voted to no longer back the Ohio Republican for Speaker in a secret… […]
Exclusive: At Least a Dozen Republicans Band Together in Growing Movement to Stop Tom Emmer from Taking Speakership
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) will not receive the votes to become Speaker of the House, Breitbart News has learned. Source
Rep. Jim Jordan loses second speaker vote as more Republicans defect
(NaturalNews) Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the House Republican Conference’s nominee to be the next speaker of the House of Representatives, has once again failed to… Source
Forget governance: Dysfunctional Republicans are putting on a show
For them, satisfying the id of their Republican base voters is paramount, while producing successful legislative outcomes and seeking compromise often takes a backseat. Source
Divisions emerge between 2024 Republicans over Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Tensions spurred by the Israel-Hamas war are boiling over in the Republican presidential primary as the contenders issue responses to the escalating conflict. On Saturday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the U.S. should not take Palestinian refugees from Gaza because they “are all antisemitic.” Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley pushed back… […]
14 More Republicans Publicly Back Jim Jordan as Speaker-Designate Hours Before Potential Vote
Fourteen more House Republicans publicly backed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as Speaker-designate hours before a potential vote for Speaker. Source
Growing Coalition of Republicans Oppose Importing Palestinians to U.S.
A fast-growing coalition of Republican lawmakers is drawing a hard line over the war in Israel, declaring that they will oppose any attempts by President Joe Biden to resettle Palestinians across the United States. Source
Republicans flip Louisiana governor’s mansion
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is projected to win the state’s gubernatorial race, according to The Associated Press, handing Republicans control of the top executive office there for the first time since 2016. Landry competed alongside more than a dozen other people in the jungle primary, in which candidates appear on the same ballot regardless… […]
Kennedy family feud cools as RFK Jr.’s independent run rattles Republicans
CHICAGO — Chris Kennedy expects Thanksgiving might not be so awkward this year now that his older brother, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is no longer running for president as a Democrat. Robert’s announcement earlier this week that he’s taking his bid outside the party structure could be damaging to either President Joe Biden or former […]
Jeffries calls for ‘traditional Republicans to break with the extremists’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to “get their act together” and elect the next speaker while slamming the “extremists” within their party. Jeffries joined PBS News Hour inside the Capitol Thursday night after Speaker-designate Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) withdrew his name from consideration for the role. Scalise was chosen as the… […]
5 Republicans who may run to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy—and inherit leadership of a slim and unruly majority
READ HERE: https://fortune.com/2023/10/03/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-possible-replacements/ Source
WHIP LIST: How Republicans fall on vote to oust McCarthy
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday moved to force a vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his post, setting into motion a process that propels Republicans into a tough decision: Support McCarthy or vote to boot him? At least four Republicans are joining Gaetz in backing McCarthy’s ouster — potentially enough to remove… […]
Is Google Rigging The 2024 Election? The Controversy Over Invisible Republicans
A new report from the right-leaning Media Research Center concludes that Google is burying search results for 2024 presidential candidates, but an expert in search engine optimization has suggested it’s unlikely. According to various tests conducted by MRC and Just the News, the online visibility of these sites in generic searches for the GOP’s 2024 bench […]
Don Jr. Calls out Establishment Republicans for Backing More Tax Dollars to Ukraine
Donald Trump Jr. is aggressively calling out establishment Senate Republicans over advocacy for continued aid to Ukraine. Source
BREAKING: House Republicans Fail to Pass Short-Term Spending Bill as Government Shutdown Looms
BREAKING: House Republicans Fail to Pass Short-Term Spending Bill as Government Shutdown Looms Source
18 Republicans Help Democrats Kill Amendment Defunding Pentagon-Sponsored Pride Month Celebrations
Eighteen House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in killing an amendment to the 2024 Department of Defense Appropriations Act that would have barred taxpayer dollars from funding Pentagon-sponsored “Pride Month” celebrations. Source
Bill Kristol’s “Republicans For Ukraine” Ad Says ‘War Is Good’
Bill Kristol’s “Republicans For Ukraine” Ad Says ‘War Is Good’ Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A new group formed to rally GOP support for Ukraine released an ad this weekend that said US spending on the war in Ukraine is good for the US because it “weakens” Russia. The ad was made by Republicans for Ukraine, […]
House Republicans Try Flipping Script from Funding Futility to Border Security
House Republicans are hammering out their differences over spending plans for 2024 while Democrats and the media blame them for the looming shutdown caused by the establishment’s unpopular demands for more migration and the war in Ukraine. Source
Moderate Republicans plot last-ditch shutdown plan with Democrats
A small but significant number of moderate GOP lawmakers are plotting a path toward potentially working with Democrats to fund the government past Sept. 30 and combat a shutdown. At least three Republicans — Reps. Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Don Bacon (Neb.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) — have expressed an openness to joining Democrats in signing… […]
Democratic Mayor Of Dallas: “American Cities Need Republicans… & I’m Becoming One”
While the Democratic Mayor of Dallas says the city has thrived, Eric Johnson writes in a very frank WSJ op-ed that, elsewhere, Democratic policies have exacerbated crime and homelessness. “The future of America’s great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation’s mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism. Our cities desperately […]
Biden accuses the Republicans for the massive surge of illegal immigrants
Joe Biden claimed Thursday that it is really Republicans that are to blame for undermining the security of the southern border, despite a massive surge in numbers of illegal immigrants coming across under his administration. Addressing the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Biden also claimed President Trump “spent four years gutting the immigration system.” He further claimed […]
Video: Biden Claims It’s REPUBLICANS Who Are “Undermining Our Border Security”
Joe Biden claimed Thursday that it is really Republicans that are to blame for undermining the security of the southern border, despite a massive surge in numbers of illegal immigrants coming across under his administration. Addressing the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Biden also claimed President Trump “spent four years gutting the immigration system.” Watch: Biden (heavily […]
Jayapal slams GOP over looming government shutdown: ‘Republicans cannot govern’
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Wednesday sharply criticized her Republican colleagues for failing to find a path forward to avert a government shutdown before the looming deadline at the end of the month. “At this rate, we are headed to a Republican shutdown,” Jayapal said during a CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer. “And that gives… […]
GA State Sen. Colton Moore Demands Fellow Republicans Help Him Fight the ‘Nazis in Atlanta’ by Impeaching Fani Willis
Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore launched a crusade against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after her office indicted former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others earlier this year for their roles in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Moore is demanding that a special legislative session be called […]
Republicans call out Biden’s liberal “work-from-home” arrangements, demands feds sell unused space to pay for ballooning national debt
(NaturalNews) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that more than 75 percent of the available office space at 17 different federal agencies is still… Source
Hard-line House Republicans itching for shutdown, impeachment fights
Hard-line Republicans in the House are itching for fights over opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and extracting deep spending cuts even at the risk of a government shutdown. Their eagerness to fight isn’t just with Biden and Democrats, but also with Republicans in their conference worried about the political risks of an impeachment fight and… […]
Republicans slam Trump’s comments on Netanyahu and Hezbollah
Some prominent Republicans are distancing themselves from former President Donald Trump, after the current GOP frontrunner repeatedly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and offered unexpected praise for Hezbollah militants. “Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, the greatest state sponsor of terrorism, these are states and entities that are focused on wiping Israel off the face of the […]