Suburban members of Congress talk priorities as Democratic Senate gives them sway U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, front, is flanked by, from left, fellow U.S. Reps. Sean Casten, Jesús G. Chuy García, Jan Schakowsky, and Mike Quigley during a news conference at O Hare International Airport in 2018. Daily Herald File Photo Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden rallies support at a 2014 event in Vernon Hills for Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider. Schneider was among the first Illinois lawmakers to back Biden in 2020. Daily Herald File Photo Senate Judiciary Committee members Kamala Harris of California and Dick Durbin confer at a 2019 hearing. Harris was inaugurated as vice president Wednesday, and Durbin is expected to be the next Judiciary Committee chairman.
Joe Biden’s determination to combat the “rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat,” elucidated in his inaugural speech, is not only a necessary idea but one that is long overdue at the presidential level. It’s also important that he not do it wrong.
However, the early indications emanating from inside the new Biden White House suggest that he could end up doing so particularly by trying to replicate the “War on Terror” of the first decade of this century. The fact that we are, indeed, still struggling to deal with terrorism 20 years later is a powerful indicator that it’s not only an ineffective path, but one that ultimately is corrosive to constitutional values and worsens the underlying problems that created the threat in the first place.
American Majority CEO tells Tucker Carlson Tonight how new president is damaging American sovereignty
This is a rush transcript from Tucker Carlson Tonight, January 21, 2021. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
TUCKER CARLSON, HOST: Good evening, and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight.
It is Joe Biden s first day in office, and you know what that means? CNN can finally take that COVID death ticker off the screen. There s no reason for it now. It s not like you can blame Joe Biden for some Chinese virus that escaped from a lab in Wuhan. It wouldn t be fair. Come on now.
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rad Schneider (D-IL), after the congressman called out the Fox host in defense of his domestic terrorism crackdown bill.
During his Thursday night show, Carlson responded at length to a tweet from Schneider, who shared a clip from the Fox host’s Wednesday night show. In the wake of the violent, Capitol insurrection that resulted in the death of five people, including one police officer, Schneider hit back at Carlson for opposing increased monitoring of violent, domestic extremists, clearly suggesting the Fox host wasn’t concerned about the deaths.
Do I want to see increased monitoring on the types of violent, extremist domestic terrorists that attacked the Capitol, leaving five people dead, including a police officer? Absolutely.
Illinois congressional delegation takes sides on Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act
Members of Illinois’ congressional delegation are taking sides on the proposed Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.
The measure filed by Illinois Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin gives federal agencies more tools to investigate what proponents say is a domestic terrorism threat.
Peoria Republican U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said there are legitimate concerns the measure could impede on people s civil liberties.
State capitol complex reopens
The Capitol Complex is reopened. That’s the word from the Illinois Secretary of State’s office, but it’s still unclear if 250 Illinois National Guard troops will remain around the capitol where they’ve been since Friday.