Rev. Raphael Warnock, who will take Georgia’s Senate seat in the coming weeks, did not answer one question on the minds of voters throughout the entire campaign cycle: whether or not he would support adding more justices to the Supreme Court.
High-ranking Ohio Republicans condemned the actions of those who stormed the Capitol Wednesday afternoon.
Others just tweeted they re safe or that they have confidence the Capitol police will resolve the situation.
Here s what they said:
Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Columbia Tusculum
Wenstrup called the protestors criminals in a tweet. This violence must stop, Wenstrup tweeted. The criminals who have broken into the U.S. Capitol, injured law enforcement, and disrupted the constitutional process are not patriots. No matter what flag one is carrying, people violating the law need to be held accountable.
Wenstrup went on to say that Americans are free to exercise free speech but must do so peacefully.
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When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was asked at a press conference whether he was a capitalist, a communist, or a socialist, he simply responded: “I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.”
Now that the Democrats are set to control the White House and both chambers of Congress, don’t get hung up on political labels and “isms.” Put aside red and blue and keep your eye on the green, as in marijuana and money.
Marijuana “normalization” continues at the state level. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in late December announced the forgiveness and expungement of about 500,000 criminal cannabis cases. Pritzker stated that he issued pardons for 9,210 low-level cannabis convictions.
Colorado Springs has a reputation as a place that favors small government and limited public spending, but 75 years ago the city was a hub for projects funded by the government s New Deal.Without those projects, Rampart Range Road wouldn t snake into the mountains, Garden of the Gods wouldn t be studded with juniper trees, Monument Creek might still flood its banks and some of the city s most visible public art wouldn t exist.This year marks the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, a series of programs that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pushed through as his stimulus package to help the country weather the Great Depression. The government job-creation program began in 1933, employing more than 4 million Americans at its peak, in skills as varied as painting and bridge-building. It fizzled out by 1942, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor thrust the nation into World War II.Whether one views the New Deal as a boon or a boondoggle, it was a remarkable period in the nation s history.