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Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh (Ill.) said that former President Trump “appeals to the worst of us” when discussing his rhetoric and called on President Biden to “recognize the moment” when appealing to voters heading into November. Walsh, who served one term in the House, criticized Trump and called him an “evil demagogue.” “I mean […]
A Republican committee on Thursday night nominated former Parker Mayor and two-time Colorado gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez to run in a June special election to serve out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s term. Pitching himself as a “placeholder” candidate, Lopez argued that since he isn’t running in the June 25 Republican primary […]
On the day of the Super Bowl, Matt Gaetz, a Republican member of Congress from Florida, publicly announced that he would not watch one of the most popular sporting events in America. The reason for his boycott? “They’re desecrating America’s national anthem by playing something called the ‘Black national anthem,’” Gaetz explained. The song he […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sen. Katie Britt walks to a luncheon with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol Building on February 27, in Washington, DC. Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, the youngest Republican woman elected to the US Senate, criticized President Joe Biden and his administration over the border, the state of the US economy and crime and […]
SAN ANTONIO – U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales is facing four challengers in the Republican Primary for US House District 23 in Texas. Gonzales has served as a congressman for the district, which stretches along the border from El Paso to San Antonio, since he was elected in 2020. The Republican congressman, a Navy veteran from […]
WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota announced Monday that he plans to run for U.S. Senate GOP leader. “I hope to be,” Thune said in an interview with KELOLAND News, a news outlet in his home state. “I’m going to do everything I can to convince my colleagues.” Currently the No. […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Golden and scarlet balloons adorned an entrance guarded by the Secret Service that led straight to a bar abuzz with excited reunions, a line of attendees waiting to take pictures at a photo wall and a spacious auditorium set to celebrate a unique subset of the conservative movement in downtown Columbia last […]
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Ukraine Army during tank training. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images House GOP leaders are standing in the way of a Senate-backed $95 billion aid bill. The bill would provide about $60 billion to Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia. The […]
The top Republican with oversight of foreign affairs will travel to Saudi Arabia next month to push forward a deal to establish ties with Israel and Saudi Arabia that was upended in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he’ll be traveling to […]
Former President Donald Trump defeated former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley by a margin of 74% to 26%, the U.S. Virgin Islands Republican Party reported Thursday night. In a Republican presidential primary race that’s been winnowed from a dozen major candidates to just two before many states have had a chance to weigh in, some […]