Some of these candidates are just plain lying that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump or was rife with massive fraud. Others are professing to be merely asking questions. Still others are walking an evasive tightrope,
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Minnesota GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn dead at age 59 after cancer fight
Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) has died following a battle with kidney cancer, his family revealed on Friday. He was 59. “It is with a broken heart, shattered spirit and overwhelming sadness I share my husband Congressman Jim Hagedorn passed away
House probe of Jan. 6 Capitol riot subpoenas Arizona GOP leader Kelli Ward, 5 others over ‘alternate electors’
Arizona Chairwoman Kelli Ward speaks during the Rally To Protect Our Elections conference on July 24, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued subpoenas Tuesday to Arizona
Vote on Biden Fed picks delayed as GOP presses for answers on Raskin’s ties to firm
Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, September 28, 2021.
McCarthy says GOP will probe John Durham findings if they win back House
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is committed to further exploring the findings of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe to “ensure nothing like it ever happens again.” In a statement to The Post, McCarthy (R-Calif.)
Fox hosts, Donald Trump Jr., GOP reps begged Mark Meadows in texts to get Trump to stop Capitol riot on Jan. 6
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows gestures as he walks back to the West Wing following an interview with FOX News outside the White House on October 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images
GOP Senator Says He Was Elected Fair And Square In 2020 But Won’t Admit Biden Was
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) on Sunday baselessly cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 election, though he insisted that his own win in Kansas was earned “fair and square.” Marshall, who was among the 147 Republicans who voted to
GOP feud simmers despite McCarthy’s warning, causing concerns over 2022 prospects
His message didn’t seem to take hold. Emerging from her meeting, Greene told CNN that both she and former President Donald Trump would back a primary challenge to Mace in 2022. And after she met with McCarthy, Mace had this
GOP senator likens Biden to ‘the Mad Hatter’ for pushing BBB amid inflation
Sen. John Barrasso likened President Biden to “the Mad Hatter” for trying to push his $2 trillion Build Back Better social spending plan through the Senate amid the worst inflation in more than 30 years. Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said he sees the
Kyle Rittenhouse lawyer slams GOP pols for offering teen DC job
The lawyer for acquitted Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse says it’s “disgusting” that some pols have offered the teen a job on Capitol Hill. Defense lawyer Mark Richards says the Congress members are only trying to cash in on the teenager’s
As G.O.P. Fights Mask and Vaccine Mandates, Florida Takes the Lead
About 60,800 people have died of Covid-19 in Florida. The state was hit hard by the virus this summer, when the Delta variant filled hospitals in much of the state with more patients than at any time during the pandemic.
Trump’s ex-Russia adviser Fiona Hill on the state of the GOP and Trump: ‘Am I a dissident now?’
“I think it’s worth speaking out, you know, for myself, you know, am I a dissident now? I don’t know. You know, is that kind of the path? But you know what? In other settings, historically in other times, people
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar Posts Anime Video Of Him Killing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The lawmaker, who has been linked to white nationalist and other extremist groups, tweeted the opening credits from the Japanese animated series “Attack on Titan” but altered to show himself in the place of the main character and with the
Michigan House GOP Passes Critical Race Theory Ban
Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing. (pabradyphoto/Getty Images) Republicans in Michigan’s House of Representatives passed a bill to ban K–12 schools from teaching “race or gender stereotyping” in a special session on Tuesday. The bill passed 55–0 in the Republican-controlled
GOP Senators Block Debate on Dem Elections Bill
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 28, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Republican senators voted on Wednesday to block debate on a Democrat elections bill for the third time this