Tag: Republican

Group Brings Together Democrats and Republicans in Talks, Promotes Unity

The political polarization in the United States has increasingly strained or broken bonds between family and friends in recent years, says clinical psychologist Laura Gilliom. She has seen it in her own family and in those she counsels. “I see a real hunger for regaining the ability to talk with and to trust each other…


Republican Lawmakers Push for Scrutiny of US Sister City Relationships With China

A group of Republican lawmakers is seeking to lift the veil on more than 100 sister city agreements between the United States and China. The partnerships, they say, are vehicles through which the Chinese regime expands its influence in local communities across America. There are 157 such sister city agreements with China in the United…


1 Democrat Joins Nearly All Republicans in Voting Against Gun-Control Measure

One Democratic House lawmaker joined nearly all Republicans in voting against a bill that would expand background checks on guns in the latest gun-control bill pushed by House Democrats and the White House. The bill, called the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, passed 227–203, receiving eight Republican votes. Five Republicans co-sponsored the bill along…


Trump Brands Former Campaign Advisor Karl Rove a ‘RINO’ After Strategist Criticized Him

Donald Trump issued a lengthy statement on March. 4 returning criticism to Republican strategist Karl Rove after the adviser offered criticism of Trump’s first formal speech since leaving office. Rove, who served as George W. Bush’s chief strategist, penned an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday in which he said that Trump’s speech last Sunday to…


Pennsylvania GOP Rebukes Sen. Pat Toomey After Vote to Convict Trump

The Pennsylvania Republican Party voted to rebuke Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) for his vote to convict former President Donald Trump. A rebuke is a political function and does not have any power. “We are outraged that Senator Toomey took part in an impeachment process that facilitated Democrats’ tireless obsession with partisan political retribution,” read a…


Sen. Rick Scott: ‘The Republican Civil War Is Now Cancelled’

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman Rick Scott (R-Fla.) released a memo on Feb. 23 urging the GOP to quickly give up an escalating intra-party dispute and focus on defeating the Democrats in upcoming elections. “At the very same time these far-left radicals are trying to remake America in their image, and lead us…


Vast Majority of Republican Voters Say Leaders Should Be ‘More Like’ Trump: Poll

A new poll found that 73 percent of likely Republican voters said that leaders should be “more like” former President Donald Trump. According to a survey from Rasmussen Reports, it also found that 42 percent of likely voters said that the “recent impeachment proceedings against Trump didn’t make much difference in their opinion of the…


Vast Majority of GOP Voters Say Leaders Should Be ‘More Like’ Trump: Poll

A new poll found that 73 percent of likely Republican voters said that the party’s leaders should be “more like” former President Donald Trump. The survey from Rasmussen Reports also found that 42 percent of likely voters said that the “recent impeachment proceedings against Trump didn’t make much difference in their opinion of the former…


5 of 7 Republican Senators Who Convicted Trump Have Been Censured in Home States

Of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump, five of them have been censured by various state and county Republican Parties or from voters. On Monday night, the North Carolina GOP unanimously voted to censure Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who is retiring in 2022, after he voted to convict, despite…


5 of 7 Republican Senators Who Voted to Convict Trump Censured in Home States

Of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump, five have been censured by various state and county Republican Parties or by voters. On Feb. 15, the North Carolina GOP unanimously voted to censure Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who is retiring in 2022, after he voted to convict despite previously saying…