Greene Calls AOC A ‘Chicken’ After Accusing The Dem Of Supporting ‘Terrorists’ WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) yells at journalists after setting off the metal detector outside the doors to the House of Representatives Chamber on January 12, 2021 in Washington, D. WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) yells at journalists after setting off the metal detector outside the doors to the House of Representatives Chamber on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Today the House of Representatives plans to vote on Rep. Jamie Raskin s (D-MD) resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, removing President Trump from office. On Wednesday, House Democrats plan on voting on articles of impeachment. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Republicans Would Back a Stinkbug If It Made the Base Wave Their Flags
Supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump await his return to Florida along the route leading to his Mar-a-Lago estate on January 20, 2021, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Sixteen minutes. That’s how long it took for House Republicans to broom Rep. Liz Cheney out of her leadership position. A pizza takes more time, but Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his merry band of Trumpian thralls don’t have a second to waste.
They seek to seize tomorrow, which, for them, means completely rewriting yesterday pretending that Donald Trump handily won the 2020 election, but was dispossessed by a rash of election fraud currently being remedied in various states with new laws. (Those laws, of course, are a monumental, racist threat to voting rights.) Oh, and that murderous riot at the Capitol in January? Nothing more than “a normal tourist visit,” according to GOP Rep. A
Rep. Chip Roy says he’ll challenge Stefanik for Republican conference chair
Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas said Thursday he is running to challenge GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York in her bid to become the next Republican conference chair.
“I’m running,” Roy told CNN on his way to a closed-door forum on Capitol Hill, where Republican House members were scheduled to hear from Stefanik on Thursday evening. Republican sources say the election will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday for House Republicans to select their new No. 3, where Stefanik is widely expected to prevail.
Roy, whose bid would be considered a long shot given the support Stefanik has amassed, sees it as an opportunity to not only hear from Stefanik, but also voice his concerns about the process.
12 May 2021
Wednesday during an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) indicated that President Joe Biden’s first 100 days left much to be desired given all the economic calamity and international turmoil.
The California Republican argued against a massive spending bill, warning it will have added consequences for an already beleaguered situation.
“[W]hy would you want to put more money into this economy when you have a supply constraint, and you have a rise in inflation the core inflation from everything you do, from gasoline,” he said. “I mean, just think, in just over 100 days, we now have gas lines we haven’t had since Jimmy Carter. We have inflation we haven’t had since the beginning of the 80s. We’ve got missiles in the Middle East, which we didn’t have in the last four years. We’ve got a crisis along our border.”