Three or more factions may scramble for dominance of the GOP: conservatives, Trumpers and moderates. Ultimately, DiSarro believes the party will return to being â(Ronald) Reagan conservative,â but how long it takes to get there and to rebound from the horrendous scenes on TV from the Capitol insurrection remain to be seen. DiSarro does not see a third party for Trump supporters.
âWhat happened in D.C. is an attack on the moral foundation of the Republican Party,â DiSarro said.
The FBI is warning about the potential for more attacks in Washington and the 50 state capitals from Saturday through Presidentelect Joe Bidenâs inauguration on Wednesday.
Time is quickly running out for U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly in his unprecedented attempt to get the U.S. Supreme Court to eliminate mail-in voting in Pennsylvania ahead of the May 18 primary.
But a lawyer for Kelly, the Republican congressman who continued challenging mail-in ballots and the Electoral College results even after rioting convulsed the U.S. Capitol last week, said Kelly is taking a long-term approach to eliminating mail-in ballots by claiming they are unconstitutional.
Even if the Supreme Court fails to address the issue before the primary, the lawyer said, Kelly will keep pressing to see mail-in ballots go away eventually.
Donald Trump did not act alone.
Though the president has been the most prolific spreader of election disinformation, the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday had also been primed by a long list of elected officials, from Congress to statehouses to local governments, who have echoed Trumpâs dire rhetoric about a nonexistent threat to the republic.
âWe know that that attack today, it didnât materialize out of nowhere,â U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Allegheny County, said on the House floor hours after the Capitol building was secured and Congress was able to resume its final certification of President-elect Joe Bidenâs victory.
Fact-checking Josh Hawleyâs claim about Pennsylvaniaâs election law | PolitFact
The Pennsylvania Constitution sets specific reasons that voters can vote absentee, such as illness. It does not explicitly forbid mail-in voting.
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks to reporters as he returns to the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, early Thursday in Washington. [ MANUEL BALCE CENETA | AP ]
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Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri led the Senate charge against the electoral college certification of Joe Bidenâs victory. Much of his argument was based on changes to mail-in voting in Pennsylvania.
Hawley said that he objected to Bidenâs win because Pennsylvania failed to follow its own state election laws.