More Republicans should follow lead of Liz Cheney (Editorial)
Updated May 13, 2021;
Posted May 13, 2021
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters after House Republicans voted to oust her from her leadership post as chair of the House Republican Conference because of her repeated criticism of former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in instigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP
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Well, not so much.
Her unpardonable sin? Refusing to go along with former President Donald Trump’s big lie, his contention that last year’s presidential election was stolen from him.
Rolling Stone Menu Republicans’ Critical Infrastructure Demand: Protect Tax Cuts for the Rich
“We both made that clear with the president. That’s our red line,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters
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Republican leadership drew a “red line” in the negotiations over the president’s infrastructure plan, insisting it not raise corporate taxes or change anything from the 2017 tax bill passed under former president Trump.
Congressional leaders from both parties met with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday to discuss the White House’s proposals for infrastructure spending, which the administration has dubbed the “American Jobs Plan.” The top Republicans in Congress, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, attended, as did the top Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci has been in the spotlight for over a year now as his position as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases put him as the foremost authority on the COVID-19 virus. Over the course of this viral outbreak, Fauci has become something of a political figure and despite what he might tell you, it’s definitely of his own making.
As Fox News reported, Fauci is now in danger of being fired as Republicans put forward a bill that would remove Fauci as director of the NIAID for incompetence:
Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, is behind the bill officially titled the Fauci’s Incompetence Requires Early Dismissal (FIRED) Act. Fox News first obtained the bill ahead of its introduction Wednesday. Its co-sponsors include Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., and Ralph Norman, R-S.C.
Nancy Pelosi: Appalling That Republicans Deny The Jan. 6 Attack Even Happened It was beyond denial, the House speaker said of the GOP comparing the Capitol insurrection to a normal tourist visit. It fell into the range of sick.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that it was “quite appalling” to hear House Republicans claim in a recent committee hearing that the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection was just a normal day of tourism at the Capitol.
“Really? Really?” Pelosi said during her weekly press conference. “I don’t know on a normal day around here when people are threatening to hang the vice president of the United States, or shoot the speaker in the forehead, or disrupt and injure so many police officers. I don’t consider that normal. Multiple people were killed.”
Republicans Rewrite History of the Capitol Riot, Hampering an Inquiry
Republicans in Congress are insisting that any investigation into the Jan. 6 attack include an examination of left-wing violence.
Representative Andrew Clyde, Republican of Georgia, described the deadly assault at the Capitol on Jan. 6 as akin to a “normal tourist visit.”Credit.Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA, via Shutterstock
May 13, 2021Updated 5:50 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON Four months after supporters of President Donald J. Trump stormed the Capitol in a deadly riot, a growing number of Republicans in Congress are mounting a wholesale effort to rewrite the history of what happened on Jan. 6, downplaying or outright denying the violence and deflecting efforts to investigate it.