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‘Huge Loss’ For Trump In Texas As He Tries To Dodge Blame Photo from Susan Wrights campaign Facebook Reprinted with permission from Alternet Donald Trump is refusing to concede defeat, although this time though he was not the candidate. Trump endorsed Susan Wright in the Texas Republican special election runoff for a U.S. House seat – a seat that opened after Wrights husband, Rep. Ron Wright, died of coronavirus. She lost on Tuesday to Jake Ellzey. Not according ...

Cheney Backs Voter Suppression Bills Based On Trump’s Big Lie Photo from Liz Cheney official Facebook Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump and her fellow Republican lawmakers who have lied about voter fraud in the 2020 election — so vocal, in fact, that she lost her position in House GOP leadership over it. Yet in an interview with Axios that aired on Sunday, Cheney said she supports the voter suppression legislation Republicans have pus...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reportedly considering 2024 White House run Updated 11:49 AM; Facebook Share Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who pulled out of the 2016 Republican presidential primary and backed Donald Trump after a sixth-place finish in New Hampshire, may give the White House another shot. According to Axios, Christie is seriously considering a 2024 run. The 58-year-old politician-turned-pundit told conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt that he isn’t ruling o...

Updated Mar 08, 2021 In an Axios interview, the Republican senator admitted the former president has a "dark side." Donald Trump could make the Republican Party bigger and stronger, or he could destroy it, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in an Axios interview Sunday.  But as one of Trump’s staunchest supporters, he isn’t about to turn his back on the former president. Graham still regards Trump as the leader of an important movement, even though he has “lots problems facing him.” “...

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Criticizes Joe Biden for Canceling Keystone XL On 2/7/21 at 11:30 PM EST The president of one of the most prominent labor unions in the country has criticized President Joe Biden for canceling the Keystone XL pipeline project on his first day in the White House. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka backed labor groups who have said that the president ended 1,000 existing union jobs and about 10,000 additional projected jobs with his decision during an interview with...

It shows the strong hold Trump still has on the GOP in Arizona, despite Biden winning the state in the 2020 election.

National Guard, state and federal police deployed as mob breaches U.S. Capitol Pro-Trump supporters breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Certification. Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty The National Guard joined state and federal law enforcement on Wednesday afternoon in attempting to curtail a pro-Trump protest that turned violent as rioters breached the U.S. Capitol and Senate chambers during the Electoral College vote count. Drivin...

Trump Loyalists Sue Mike Pence to Give Him Power to Overturn Election Results Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Defend The Majority campaign event on December 11, 2020, in Columbus, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence has come under heavy pressure from President Trump to back an unconstitutional scheme to overturn his election defeat in a joint session of Congress next week. According to multiple reports, advisers have repeatedly had to explain to the pre...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pressed Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on his vow to contest the Electoral College results Jan. 6 on a Senate GOP conference call Thursday.

Opinion: What Trump never said CNN 1/1/2021 Opinion by Joe Lockhart © Erin Schaff/Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving on November 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump had earlier made the traditional call to members of the military stationed abroad through video teleconference. (Photo by Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images) As the last days of Donald Trumps administration wind down, most...