Tag: Republicans

DeSantis Says He Hasn’t ‘Made a Final Decision’ on 2024 Presidential Run

If he was President of the United States, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would loosen regulatory spigots on domestic oil/gas production to diminish Putin’s Russia, defend Taiwan if attacked by the People’s Republic of China, ban TikTok, and nationalize a governing formula that has made the Sunshine State “one of the most dynamic jurisdictions in the…


Biden, Cabinet Will Visit 20 States to Promote Economic, Clean Energy Agenda

President Joe Biden and members of his staff will hit the road for the “Investing in America” tour beginning March 28 to tout the benefits of his economic plans, according to a White House press release. In addition to cabinet officers, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff will participate. Biden’s first stop…


Poll Challengers Defended by Witnesses in House Election Hearing

Election integrity activist Lynn Taylor came before Congress on March 23 “to set the record straight.” Taylor, the president of the Virginia Institute of Public Policy, ripped into the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), nonprofit organizations, and the media for “misleading the American people for the past two years” by portraying election poll watchers as a “problem.”…


Rand Paul: I Wouldn’t Vaccinate My Children for COVID Over Myocarditis Risks

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that he wouldn’t vaccinate his own children for COVID-19 due to numerous studies reporting an elevated risk of myocarditis—a type of heart inflammation—occurring after vaccination. Paul expressed concerns about heart inflammation risks for children during an interview on The Hill’s “Rising,” arguing that experiencing an adverse reaction after…


Lawmaker Revives Push to Make English Official US Language

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) revived a decades-old push to establish English as the official language of the United States with the introduction on March 24 of the English Language Unity Act of 2023. If passed, the bill (pdf) would “declare English as the official language of the United States,” require all functions and proceedings of…


DeSantis Responds to Question About Whether He’d Be Trump’s 2024 Vice President

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to a question about whether he would be former President Donald Trump’s vice president in 2024, indicating that he would not. When asked by Newsmax during an interview aired Thursday night about whether he’d join Trump’s ticket, the Republican governor demurred. “I think I am probably more of an executive…


LIVE NOW: Speaker McCarthy Holds Press Availability After Passage of Parents Bill of Rights

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) holds a press availability after the passing of the Parents Bill of Rights at 11:15 a.m. ET on March 24. …


Speaker McCarthy Holds Press Availability After Passage of Parents Bill of Rights

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) holds a press availability after the passing of the Parents Bill of Rights at 11:15 a.m. ET on March 24. …


Sen. Lindsey Graham Admonished in Rare Move by Senate Ethics Panel

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was formally admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee in a public letter on March 23 for allegedly soliciting campaign contributions in a federal building in 2022. The committee, in their letter (pdf) to the Republican lawmaker, said they had reviewed an allegation that Graham “violated Senate Rules and related standards of conduct” by soliciting campaign…


Don’t Let Them Eat Cake

Commentary Sugar, of all things, may not seem a very apt symbol of liberty under siege, but who imagined what another commodity, tea, would come to mean to the American colonists in 1773? We read in grammar school how the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and hid themselves on board three ships carrying tea…