WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise M. Stefanik was just about to speak on the House floor as Trump supporters besieged the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. She was prepared to share her
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âAs a veteran and a first responder, the action that those folks took (Wednesday) hurt my heart,â says Chris Granger, who served in the Army Reserves from 1990 to 1996. âI have always had the utmost respect for our countryâs institutions and those that serve.â This going to be the year that we are going to have to get our community back on its feet and back open. Thereâs a vaccine. Thereâs light at the end of the tunnel. Supervisors Chairman Chris Granger
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In the video, Mr. Graham is seen surrounded by officers as he walks through an airport terminal.
“You traitor!” the woman recording the video screams. “Lindsey Graham you are a traitor to the country. You know it was rigged!
“It’s going to be like this forever, wherever you go for the rest of your life,” she said in the video. “Audit the vote, piece of s -t!”
Mr. Graham appeared unfazed as he stared down at his phone and continued walking.
According to another video posted by Politico reporter Daniel Lippman, apparently taken before Ms. Robinson’s, shows the protesters following Mr. Graham and chanting, “Traitor.”
Approved vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna require two doses given 21 days and 28 days apart.
Mr. Trump’s team, Operation Warp Speed, is holding back half of the supply of doses to ensure the booster shot is available after the first one. But some experts say the crisis has gotten so bad that initial supply should be given immediately instead of waiting for manufacturing to ramp up. Countries like the U.K. are employing that strategy, delaying the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine by up to 12 weeks.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opposes any riff on the dosing schedule that was proven in human trials.
Raimondo introduced to nation as pick for U.S. Commerce secretary
Updated at 2:57 p.m. on Jan. 8, 2021.
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO selected by President-elect Joseph R. Biden to serve as the 40th U.S. secretary of commerce. PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Friday was introduced to the nation as President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s choice for commerce secretary, overseeing a sprawling federal agency that promotes job creation and economic growth, with a focus on technology and business but also issues that could include climate change. Raimondo, 49, said in a tweet…
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